Chapter 91 Sunning the Valley
When I woke up again, the first thing I saw was De Ge'er.
Sun Shan closed his eyes again.
De Ge'er had already noticed him and exclaimed, "Shanzi, you're awake. You really can sleep. I've been watching you here for a long time."
Sun Shan opened his eyes, slowly stood up, and asked, "Brother De, why are you here?"
De Geer asked with concern: "Shanzi, I was really worried about you. Fortunately, the doctor said you just had heatstroke and there's nothing wrong. Oh, looking at your small body, I'm worried about you. You won't be able to do farm work in the future."
He glanced at Sun Shan and continued, "When I grow up, I will suffer a little and help you work in the fields. Oh, I am so miserable to have a brother like you."
Sun Shan was moved but speechless and ignored him.
I got up from bed and went to the kitchen to wash my face and wake myself up. But my mind was still foggy and my body was not feeling well.
De Ge'er considerately found a pair of cloth shoes for Sun Shan, put them in front of him and said, "Put on your shoes. You'll have dinner soon."
Sun Shan looked outside. The days were getting longer and the nights were getting shorter. There was a hint of colorful clouds outside and it would be dark soon.
He said to De Ge'er, "Have they returned from work?"
De Geer shook his head and said, "I haven't come back yet. Let's work a little longer while the weather is not so hot."
Sun Shan and De Ge'er walked out of the bedroom and came to the kitchen, where their eldest sister Guyu was.
Sun Shan said, "Sister, I want to wash my face."
Guyu came over, touched Sun Shan's forehead, and said gently, "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Sun Shan shook his head.
After washing his face, Guyu brought another bowl of medicine and said, "Shanzi, take the medicine. The doctor said you need to take it for two days."
Without saying a word, Sun Shan picked up the medicine and poured it into his mouth. His movements were smooth and flowing. It would be impossible to perform such smooth movements without practicing hundreds of times.
De Geer said admiringly: "Shanzi, you are amazing. Drinking medicine is just like drinking water."
After taking the medicine, I rinsed my mouth and put a candy in it, and then I felt less uncomfortable.
Sun Shan and De Ge'er walked out of the kitchen, not knowing what to do, so they went back into the study to read.
De Geer said in distress: "Shanzi, I don't want to read. I've worked all day and I'm too tired."
Sun Shan rolled his eyes at him and asked, "When did you come to see me? Are you using this excuse to come and not work?"
De Ge'er was so angry when Sun Shan said that he said, "No, I came here to take care of you because you were sick. Alas, I have good intentions."
Sun Shan smiled and said, "Hey, that's really fake, but thank you for coming to see me anyway."
After hearing this, De Ge'er couldn't help but laugh.
Sun Shan picked up the book and asked De Ge'er questions. The two asked and answered each other. Although De Ge'er had to be reminded of many contents, he could only answer them reluctantly. However, this learning model made him more profound.
After reading for a while, Sun Boming and others came back.
When Sun Shan walked out, Sun Bomin touched his son's face and body and asked with concern, "Son, are you feeling uncomfortable? If you are, please tell me."
Even though Guyu came and said Shanzi had woken up and was fine, Sun Boming was still worried. He made an excuse to go home to get a sack, and only after taking a look at his soundly sleeping son did he feel a little relieved.
Sun Shan said crisply, "Dad, I'm fine. Maybe the sun was too strong today, so I got a heat stroke."
Uncle Sun San, who came back with him, agreed with this and sighed, "Shanzi is right. The sun is so strong. I am almost getting a heat stroke."
Huang said unhappily, "You are not serious in your words. It's always hot in the summer."
After a pause, he said, "Starting tomorrow, get up early to work, take more rest at noon, and work later in the afternoon. The weather is very hot, and I am most afraid that you will faint from the heat."
Aunt Sun San agreed with him, "Mother, you are right. We shouldn't work on such a hot day. There was a man in our village who got heatstroke while cutting rice in the middle of the day and died. The doctor said that heatstroke can be serious or minor and should be taken seriously."
Who wouldn’t want to pay attention? Rushing to harvest early and then rushing to plant late rice, this is a race against time, and you can’t relax.
The livelihood of the mud-legged man's family depends entirely on the harvest from the fields. If he gets heatstroke, he gets heatstroke. If he is really unlucky, he dies.
Guyu brought a few sisters to the kitchen to cook, and first served a bowl of mung bean sugar water to the family to relieve the summer heat.
Sun Shan drank the sweet mung bean soup and wanted to add some ice, but it was just a thought.
As for making ice with saltpeter, it has not been tried yet, mainly because it is difficult to find saltpeter. There is some on the walls of old houses, but very little. If you collect it and purify it, you will get even less. Sun Shan simply decided not to do it.
After drinking the sweet soup, we can have dinner at home.
Because the work was hard, Huang secretly subsidized the workers and used copper coins to buy pork for everyone to eat.
A dish of stir-fried pork and cabbage, with a big bone soup. It's simple, but better than what many people in the village eat.
There are many fields at home, and we need to harvest, thresh and dry the crops. It is very tiring.
Due to health reasons, Sun Shan was no longer allowed to work in the fields and was sent to watch over the threshing ground.
The village's threshing ground is in front of the ancestral hall. It is a large open space with mats spread out for everyone to dry their threshing grains.
Sun Shan was mainly responsible for turning the grain from time to time and collecting it into sacks after the sun went down. He also had to watch out for birds eating the grain, and when it was about to rain, he had to collect the grain quickly.
There were many children in the ancestral hall, all of whom were arranged by their adults to watch the show.
Sun Shan was reading a book in the ancestral hall, and most children didn't want to play with him.
Firstly, books were expensive, and parents would tell their children not to get close to them. Secondly, due to his long-term illness, Sun Shan had been staying at home all the time, had no friends, and was not familiar with the children in the village.
Sun Shan got up early and practiced calligraphy for a while, then went to the ancestral hall to dry the rice while reading a book. In the evening, after harvesting the rice, he went home to eat and then taught his four sisters to read. He lived a regular life like this, and when he returned to the school, Master Zheng checked and all of them passed.
Master Zheng stroked his beard and said with satisfaction, "Sun Shan, very good. You did not forget to study even during the holidays. You did a good job."
Then he looked at De Ge'er fiercely and said, "Stretch out your hand!"
De Ge'er timidly stretched out his hand. Pa, pa, pa, pa, pa, he hit him five times in total. Sun Shan felt sorry for his hand when he heard it.
Then he walked towards Yang Qingbei and said angrily, "Stretch out your hand too."
Snap, Snap, Snap. It was less than what Brother Bi De got hit with, only three times, but it was still painful enough.
Master Zheng scolded, "Yang Qingbei, before the holiday, I told you not to forget to study, and I will check on you when you come back."
I thought that I could handle Tsinghua and Peking University like Sun Shan, but to my disappointment, I could only recite them sporadically and forgot several sentences. It was obvious that I didn't review seriously. I guess it was because I was on vacation and my mind was free and I didn't want to go back home.
Master Zheng checked the homework of the three people again. Only when he saw that they had completed the homework well overall did he reveal a satisfied smile.
Then the first lesson after the holiday officially began, teaching new knowledge.