Chapter 160 Preselection
"It's the Dragon Boat Festival again."
Li Ang was walking on the street, looking at the shops on both sides of the street with wormwood and calamus hanging on the door, he couldn't help sighing.
The last time the Dragon Boat Festival was held was in Jizhou, and a whole year had passed before I knew it.
Looking back on the experience during this period, the first exam, admission, practice, underground palace, ghost market, Zhaoming... It feels like it has been a long time since I feel relaxed and just go shopping.
"Grandma, how do you sell Ai Ye?"
He stopped at a roadside stall, bought some sage grass and wormwood, and packed them in cloth bags. Chai Chai and Li Leling walked behind side by side, Chai Chai held a piece of soft and sweet walnut date cake with one hand, and chewed it, while Li Leling held a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus rice cake with both hands, chomping like a squirrel.
The two were chatting and laughing, followed by a group of maid guards—but this is the north of Chang'an City, where the families of princes and ministers live, this kind of battle is not unusual.
"Ahem."
Passing through an intersection, the smoke from burning wormwood on the street drifted over with the wind, making Li Leling cough involuntarily.
The maids who dressed her immediately stepped forward with nervous expressions. Li Leling quickly covered her nose and waved her hands to indicate that she was fine.
"The smell of wormwood smoke is too strong, isn't it?"
Seeing this, Li Ang took out a Breeze Talisman from his bosom, injected it with spiritual power, and raised it into the air, helping Li Leling to disperse the wormwood smoke.
"Let's go faster."
Chai Chai took Li Leling's arm, passed the intersection quickly, and complained in a low voice: "Why are so many people burning wormwood this year, it feels like the sky is gloomy."
"Yes, it should be to repel mosquitoes,"
Li Leling sneezed again, covered her mouth and nose and said, "It's actually a good thing. Every household has contributed to expel mosquitoes and prevent malaria, ah chirp—"
"Still thinking about the common people, take care of yourself first."
Chai Chai reluctantly handed the silk scarf to his friend, suddenly thought of something, turned to Li Ang and said, "Dalang, I remember you said last time that you would publish an academic paper on the effect of mugwort leaves to repel mosquitoes."
"It was posted early, it has been posted for seven days."
Li Ang waved his hand and said: "The mosquito repellent effect of simply burning the dried mugwort leaves is actually very poor. Before the mosquitoes are killed, they will smoke people first."
The main substance in wormwood that affects mosquitoes is eucalyptol, which can repel mosquitoes to a certain extent, but requires a higher concentration.
Believe in the mosquito repelling effect of wormwood, it is better to plant a eucalyptus tree at the door of the house.
Li Ang said: "Based on previous experiments, the most effective substances for repelling mosquitoes are all kinds of plant essential oils. Nepeta oil has the best effect, followed by cinnamon oil, and peppermint, which is the essential oil of Yindan grass."
Li Leling nodded, "Oh, I know. Yesterday, the fourth brother gave each of us a small bottle of peony essential oil, which smells good."
Li Ang smiled and said nothing. Ever since he distilled the condensing device with steam to produce allicin, many doctors in the academy have been obsessed with producing various plant essential oils.
Peony, sweet-scented osmanthus, honeysuckle, Qilihuang, and even leeks have to be squeezed.
Li Ang is happy to see the achievements of the doctors' spirit of seeking knowledge. Most plant essential oils are of little value, but some have fragrance, skin care and even mosquito repellent effects, and can be used as cosmetics and daily necessities.
It’s just that the price is a bit expensive, and the condensing device used is still a secret of Yu State. Only a few institutions are qualified to produce it, and the output cannot be so high.
‘Maybe after a while, Dr. Xuegong has developed other methods of refining and extracting essential oils, which will reduce the price of essential oils and increase the output. '
Li Ang wondered, "When essential oils are mass-produced, the Thai massage may be renamed Yu-style massage, and blind massage shops may appear on the street, which will increase the employment rate and benefit the country and the people."
"Hey, Dalang."
Chai Chai interrupted Li Ang's thinking, she pointed to the sage grass and wormwood in the cloth bag Li Ang was carrying, "Isn't there at home, why buy new ones?"
Li Ang patted the cloth bag, "Oh, these are bought for cooking."
Chai Chai and Li Leling said in unison: "Cooking?"
"Try it."
Li Ang laughed and said, "Scramble an egg with wormwood, make an egg pancake, make a chicken soup or something."
Of course, the most important thing is to make meat-filled Qingming Kueh, add some diced bamboo shoots, diced mushrooms, and dried tofu
Although the memory of the other world is incomplete, and Li Ang doesn't know where he is from the other world, he has a lot of recipes in his mind, and he has an inexplicable obsession.
"I want to eat!"
When Chai Chai heard that there was something delicious, he immediately raised his hand, his eyes sparkling.
"I can't do without you."
Li Ang smiled, looked at the slightly hesitant expression on Li Leling's face, and said, "If your highness wants to eat, you can come, and add a pair of bowls and chopsticks."
"Huh? Really, thanks."
Li Leling nodded happily when she heard the words. She had heard from Chai Cuiqiao a long time ago that Li Ang occasionally had a whim at home and experimented with making some novel foods, which tasted surprisingly good. Let Chai Chai shout out that he has been cheated into cooking for so many years.
The female officer in the back row hesitated to speak. Her Royal Highness often went out to play with a civilian girl, which had already caused a little gossip in the palace. Going to the young man's house for dinner again, is that a little bit.
The female officer glanced at the happy expression on the princess's face, hesitated for a moment, but still didn't say anything.
Li Ang's identity is different after all, he is the founding uncle of the country, the number one scholar in the academy, and at the same time the little medicine king **** of the Yousheng Temple. Even the newly born princes and daughters would be hugged and shown to him every year, so no one would make inappropriate comments in the palace.
"The rankings are released! The rankings are released over there! Everyone, come and see!"
"It can be regarded as the release of the rankings, and I am almost dying of anxiety."
There was a noisy sound from a distance, and the Changan citizens who were walking and shopping on the street just now rushed towards Zhuque Avenue in unison.
Some stall owners simply closed their stalls and asked their familiar neighbors to take care of them, and then ran forward quickly.
"Is this... the academy released the rankings?"
Looking over from a distance, Li Ang saw forms with densely packed handwriting posted at the end of Suzaku Avenue. That should be the list of students who have been selected this year and can participate in the school's preliminary examination.
As in previous years, the preliminary examination list is also in the scale of 10,000 people.
"Sunrise!"
A familiar voice came from the front, and Song Shaoyuan and You Xiao were walking towards the crowd, holding hands.
"Brother Song?"
Li Ang saw the unconcealable joy on Song Shaoyuan's face, and immediately reacted, "Choose?"
Song Shaoyuan raised the corner of his mouth, nodded with a smile and said: "I have chosen."
"That would be great."
Li Ang and Chai Chai are sincerely happy for Song Shaoyuan,
Both he and You Xiao seem to have lost a lot of weight, which must be the result of hard study and careful counseling during this period of time.
"Well. But this is just a preliminary exam, and there will be a preliminary exam, a re-examination, and a final exam. One step at a time."
Song Shaoyuan sighed, he failed the re-examination last year, this year is his last chance to enter the academy, once he misses it, it will never be possible again.
"Heaven rewards hard work, Dalang, you will definitely pass the exam. I believe in you."
You Xiao patted the back of Song Shaoyuan's hand lightly, his eyes were full of love.
sprinkled dog food on the faces of the onlookers.
"I hope so. By the way, this is."
Song Shaoyuan and You Xiao turned their gazes to Li Leling who was standing beside her. She was wearing a luxurious skirt with a group of maid guards behind her. It was obvious that she was either rich or expensive.
"Oh, let me introduce, this is my classmate, Li Leling. This is my cousin Song Shaoyuan in Weizhou, and his wife You Xiao."
Li Ang introduced the identities of both parties,
Song Shaoyuan just nodded to say hello, and suddenly realized something.
Wait, Li Leling? Why does this name become more and more familiar?
Look at the maid guards in the back who have a dignified and stern temperament and faintly wear palace belt badges on their waists
"Princess, princess?"
Song Shaoyuan was dumbfounded, and You Xiao also opened his mouth slightly in surprise.
(end of this chapter)