Chapter 215 Soap Is Expensive but Water Is Cheap

"come on! Come on!"

The spectators around the Zhuangzi skating arena still encouraged the players.

There are more and more children on the ice car park elsewhere. Some adults have sent their children here early in the morning and then turned around and left because they were busy with something.

He left money to Zhangjia Village and said he would come to pick him up after dark.

They found a great place. The children had nowhere to play. They were running around during the day, and they couldn't get a drink or anything else they wanted.

It just so happened that Zhuangzi had something to play with. The ice cart cost no money, but food and drink had expenses.

Zhuangzi has someone to take care of the children, which is so worry-free.

The money given to Zhangjiacun is lunch money, which can be deducted from eating skewers in the village.

Usually it is the man who makes excuses to take care of the children, but the woman stays by the side.

Some children come on their own, and they don’t have to spend money on ice skating or drinking skewers of bone-in chicken soup.

These children belong to the category where the family's financial situation is not very good. Adults have no time to take care of them. The older children in the neighborhood say hello and take other children out of the city together.

As soon as the day breaks and the city gate opens, we set out and walk for a while. When we see a horse-drawn carriage or an ox-cart running over to pick up the cart.

Some drivers felt sorry for their animals and drove them with whips in the air.

Some people see the bus as empty and let their children ride for a while.

It took about half an hour to get to Zhuangzi from the city. First, we had some soup to warm ourselves up, and then we went to play on the ice cart.

"The proprietor doesn't care?" Huang Bai noticed the situation and asked Qingsong. He thought his name matched Qingsong.

"Guan, at noon, the proprietor will take care of a meal. The children are smart and know the situation in just a few days.

Other wealthy families bring their children, while those without money come by themselves. There are plenty of ice rinks on Zhuangzi, enough for them to play. "

Qingsong took Huangbai's familiar and draggable luggage, rested in the children's play area, and had a sip of soup, otherwise he would have to go back to drink hot water.

"I'm asking the proprietor if he won't drive them away? The soup made from bones and chickens is also money, and salt and seasonings are added to it. Look, there are still pieces of meat floating around."

Huang Bai corrected him.

"The children finally have a safe place to play, but they are driven away to skate elsewhere and fall into an ice hole. What should we do?

Our proprietor is a rich man and the neighbors must look after him. If rich people in other places can give porridge, Zhuangzi gives them a meal, so that people will know that the owner is kind-hearted. "

Qingsong told Huangbai that rich people all over the Tang Dynasty had to pay to repair bridges and roads.

Neighbors in the same county have to pay for their weddings and weddings, and sometimes they also need help.

The restaurant owners had leftovers, which they put in buckets and carried out at night to feed the beggars.

People begging usually rush to eat and fish from swill buckets.

If you do this, if something happens, just say hello and someone will help. Otherwise, if there is a fire at home, others will not reach out to see the excitement.

Qingsong and the others understand that it is not easy for a proprietor to maintain a good reputation.

"Tell the children to wash their hands with hot water, use a brush to clean their hands, and apply skin care cream." Li Yi's voice appeared behind the two people.

"Yes." Qingsong didn't want to respond first, while Huang Bai was startled.

Qingsong went over and greeted: "Come here and wash your hands. There is soap. After washing, we will eat at noon."

After hearing this, a large group of children dropped their ice carts and drills and ran over.

All of them have dark faces and dark hands, and there are also traces similar to chapped ones left by frequent inability to clean them, but they are actually chapped.

Some had heavy runny noses and sniffed back from time to time.

Li Yi looked at it and remembered the same situation when he was a child. The area under the thumb could never be washed clean. Even soaking it in hot water would not work. He had to use a brush.

Then my neck is also dark and I don’t wash my face properly.

Anyway, the children at that time were all the same, unlike later, when families' economic conditions improved, they lived in buildings, and the children became clean.

"Put the things away, put them away." An older child shouted over there, throwing the ice drill and ice cart at will, for fear of upsetting his boss.

One shouted, and the others followed suit, and the children ran back again.

No matter how 'wild' they are usually, they are still afraid when meeting rich people, especially Li Jia Zhuangzi.

In the past, when they drank soup, they would wait nearby, waiting for the farmer to serve it. They did not dare to come forward, fearing that the children of wealthy families who also ate skewers would be disgusted.

After I brushed my hands and face, and put on skin care cream, I immediately felt that I was different, so I moved closer.

Then...the other children still disliked it.

While despising the children from poor families, the children from rich families ran to have the water changed to wash their hands and faces, waiting to apply skin care cream.

Li Yi walked among the children and stood in front of a seven or eight-year-old boy. He observed that the child always touched his upper lip with his tongue.

"Open your mouth." Li Yi said softly.

The child opened his mouth, his teeth had not been brushed, and he did not dare to vent his anger.

"Open the medicine box." Li Yi said again.

Qingsong ran over, opened the box skillfully, selected a small box and opened it.

Li Yi took out a pair of pliers and touched the child's left front tooth.

"I've prepared delicious food for you, but... ok, stop licking it, bite the cotton and spit it out later."

As Li Yi spoke, he clamped the child's teeth and pulled them out. When it was time to replace the teeth, the teeth kept moving and the child would lick them.

The child bit the cotton ball and blinked, not knowing what to say.

Walking away from the child, Li Yi would look at a child's minor problems from time to time.

Gum abscess, angular stomatitis, bubbles in the mouth, ulcers, and cuts made by little hands.

They cleaned and applied medicine one by one, and also taught the children how to blow their own noses.

He worked slowly and patiently, and the children's eyes became different when they looked at him, no longer fearful and uneasy at first.

Qingsong cooperated beside him, handing over small tools, potions, and ointments from time to time.

Another game started over there, and Li Chengqi came over.

"It seems that the palace has already asked the imperial doctors to treat people. You don't need to look at small things like this, right?" He pointed to small cuts and teeth.

"Children with minor illnesses only suffer, but they are just holding on. The adults don't care, but the children can endure it." Li Yi didn't think this was a trivial matter.

Especially children with swollen gums will prick themselves with needles, put their fingers in and press them without washing their hands, and then the needle-pricked area will heal, but there will still be pus inside.

If someone makes a larger incision under hygienic conditions, squeezes out all the pus and blood, and sprays watermelon cream or borax on it, the child will get better soon.

Li Chengqi didn't say anything else, just wrote it down, and told his third brother later that the imperial doctor should not be idle.

Especially apprentices, apprentices can handle such minor illnesses.

"It seems that I need to talk to Pei Ming's Mansion. Hygiene needs to be improved. In addition to flushing out the cesspit with hot water, we also need to spread more plant ash and lime, and wash our hands before eating and after using the toilet. I... provide soapy water and sell it cheaper. Chang'an Yamen."

Li Yi thought and said that he would continue to increase his life span.

Let others increase your life span, and you will also increase your life span.

Hygiene is the biggest problem. Drinking raw water is normal, but drinking hot water is incomprehensible.

As for washing hands before eating and after going to the toilet, many people at that time were unable to do so.

If soap is provided, it will affect the international smuggling trade.

Change it to soapy water and let Pei Yaoqing distribute it to the people. With fewer sick people, it will naturally contribute to the Tang Dynasty.

"How cheap is it?" Li Chengqi asked Pei Yaoqing.

"Capital." Li Yi gave two words.

He could actually give the recipe for making soap, but he doesn't want to.

"Less money than soap powder?" Li Chengqi asked again.

"How much does the worst soap powder cost?" Li Yi really didn't know the price.

"One, two or three cents." Li Chengqi asked specifically, although he had not used the cheapest soap powder before.

"My price is one penny per catty. I have to buy tens of thousands of catties at a time, otherwise it will be two cents per catty." Li Yi estimated the cost and gave a price.

What he calls capital includes labor costs.