"Come on! Come on! "
The spectators around the Zhuangzi skating arena were still cheering for the contestants.
There were more and more children on the ice skating arena. Some parents brought their children here early in the morning and left.
They left money for the Zhang Family Village and said that they would come to pick them up after dark.
They found a good place. The children had nowhere to play and ran around during the day. They couldn't even get a drink or anything.
It just so happened that there were things to play in Zhuangzi. The ice skating was free, but there were expenses for food and drink.
There were people in Zhuangzi to take care of the children. It was too worry-free.
The money given to the Zhang Family Village was lunch money. They ate skewers in Zhuangzi and were deducted.
Usually, the men found excuses to take the children to do things, while the women stayed by the side.
Some children came by themselves. They didn't need to pay for the ice skating or chicken bone soup.
These children belonged to the type of family whose economic conditions weren't very good. The adults didn't have time to take care of them. The older children in the neighborhood greeted them and took the other children out of the city.
They set off at dawn when the city gate opened. They jumped and walked for a while. When they saw a carriage or an ox cart, they ran over and grabbed it.
Some drivers felt sorry for the animals and drove with their whips.
Some saw that the cart was empty and let the children ride for a while.
It took about an hour to reach Zhuangzi from the city. They drank soup first and warmed up before going to the ice skating arena.
"Dongzhu doesn't care?" Huang Bai noticed the situation and asked Qing Song. He felt that his name matched Qing Song.
"Yes, at noon, Dongzhu will take care of a meal. The children are smart. They know the situation in a few days.
Other rich families bring their children here. Those who don't have money come by themselves. Zhuangzi has a lot of ice skating rinks. It's enough for them to play. "
Qing Song took Huang Bai's familiar suitcase and rested at the children's play area. They drank some soup or went back to drink hot water.
"I'm asking if Dongzhu doesn't drive them away? The soup made with bones and chicken is also money. There's salt and seasoning in it. Look, there's still minced meat floating. "
Huang Bai corrected his meaning.
"The children finally have a safe place to play. If they are driven away and fall into the ice hole, what should we do?
Our Dongzhu is a rich man. We have to take care of our neighbors. Rich people in other places can give porridge, but Zhuangzi will give them a meal so that people will know that Dongzhu is kind. "
Qingsong told Huang Bai that there were rich people everywhere in the Tang dynasty, and they needed to pay to repair bridges and roads.
Neighbors in the same county had to fork out money for weddings and funerals. Sometimes, they even had to fork out manpower.
The restaurant owners had leftovers. They would put them in buckets and bring them out at night to feed the beggars.
Beggars usually fought for food, scooping it out from the swill bucket.
If he did that, he would have to call for help if something happened. Otherwise, if his house was on fire, no one would help even if they were just bystanders.
Qing Song and the others understood that it was not easy for Dongzhu to maintain a good reputation.
"Tell the children to wash their hands with hot water. Use a brush to clean their hands and apply some cream." Li Yi's voice came from behind the two of them.
"Yes." Pine Tree responded without even thinking. Huang Bai jumped in fright.
Qing Song went over to greet them. "Come and wash your hands. There's soap. After you wash your hands, we'll have lunch."
When the large group of children heard this, they threw down the ice cart and stake and ran over.
Their faces and hands were all black, and they often could not wash their hands clean, leaving behind traces that were similar to dried skin.
There were also some with big snot dripping from their noses and sniffing from time to time.
Li Yi looked at them and remembered that when he was a child, he was in the same situation. The area under his thumb could not be washed clean. He could not even soak it in hot water. He had to use a brush.
Then, his neck was also black, and he did not wash his face properly.
Anyway, the children at that time were similar, unlike later, when the economic conditions of the families improved and they lived in apartments, and the children became clean.
"Put the things away, put them away." An older child shouted. The ice stakes and ice cart were thrown away randomly. The older child was afraid that he would make the boss unhappy.
When one of them shouted, the others followed, and the children ran back.
No matter how "wild" they usually were, they were still afraid when they met the rich, especially the Li Family Zhuangzi.
Previously, when they drank soup, they waited at the side for the villager to scoop it for them. They did not dare to go forward, afraid that the children of the rich who also ate skewers would dislike them.
After washing their hands and faces and applying the cream, they immediately felt that they were different and moved forward.
Then … the other children still disliked them.
On one hand, they disliked the children of the poor, while the children of the rich ran to change the water to wash their hands and faces, waiting to apply the cream.
Li Yi strolled among the children and stood in front of a seven or eight-year-old boy. He observed that the child always used his tongue to lick his upper lip.
"Open your mouth." Li Yi said softly.
The child opened his mouth. He had not brushed his teeth, so he did not dare to breathe.
"Open the medicine box." Li Yi said again.
Qingsong ran over and skillfully opened the box. He chose a small box to open.
Li Yi took out a pair of pliers and touched the child's left front tooth.
"I prepared something delicious for you, just … Okay, stop licking. Bite the cotton ball and spit it out later."
Li Yi said as he pulled out the child's tooth. When it was time to change teeth, the teeth kept moving, so the child licked it.
The child bit the cotton ball and blinked, not knowing what to say.
Walking away from the children, Li Yi checked the children's minor problems from time to time.
There were abscesses on the gums, angular cheilitis, bubbles in the mouth, ulcers, and cuts on the small hands.
He cleaned and applied medicine one by one and even taught the children how to blow their own noses.
He did it slowly and patiently. The children looked at him differently, no longer with the initial fear and uneasiness.
Qingsong cooperated by the side and handed over small tools, medicine, and ointment from time to time.
Another match started and Li Chengqi walked over.
"The palace seems to have already asked the imperial physicians to treat the patients. There's no need to treat these minor problems, right?" He pointed to the small incisions and teeth.
"Children will suffer if they have minor problems. They just have to endure it. If the adults don't care, the children can endure it." Li Yi did not think that this was a minor problem.
Especially children with swollen gums, they would use needles and put their fingers in without washing their hands. Then, the place where the needles were inserted would heal, but there would still be pus inside.
If someone made a bigger incision in a hygienic situation, squeezed out all the pus and blood, and sprayed it with watermelon frost or borax, the child would get better soon.
Li Chengqi did not say anything and noted it down. He would tell his third brother later that the imperial physicians should not be idle.
Especially the apprentices, who could handle such minor problems.
"It seems that I have to talk to the Pei Ming Mansion. The hygiene needs to be improved. In addition to flushing out the fecal pits with hot water, more ash and lime should be sprinkled. People should wash their hands before and after meals. I … I will provide soap water and sell it to the Chang 'an Yamen at a cheaper price."
Li Yi said while thinking. He wanted to continue to increase his lifespan.
If he increased the lifespan of others, he would also increase it.
Hygiene was the biggest problem. It was normal to drink unboiled water, but it was incomprehensible to drink hot water.
As for washing their hands before and after meals, many people could not do it at that time.
If he provided soap, it would affect the international smuggling trade.
He changed it to soap water and asked Pei Yaoqing to distribute it to the people. If fewer people fell sick, it would naturally contribute to the Tang dynasty.
"How cheap?" Li Chengqi asked on behalf of Pei Yaoqing.
"The cost." Li Yi gave two words.
He could actually tell him the method of making soap, but he did not want to.
"Is it cheaper than soap powder?" Li Chengqi asked again.
"How much is the cheapest soap powder?" Li Yi really did not know the price.
"One tael and three copper coins." Li Chengqi had specially asked before, although he did not use the cheapest soap powder before.
"Mine is one copper coin per kilogram. You have to buy tens of thousands of kilograms at a time, or else it will be two copper coins per kilogram." Li Yi estimated the cost and gave a price.
The so-called cost included the cost of manpower.
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