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Chapter 383: The Mother of the Bomen Raises Her Stepson 50

Ever since bringing Shen Junyao and Shen Tang to her side, Sirong has been imparting modern ideas and common sense to these two children in her own way.

Including the schools she built, the courses there also incorporated some modern knowledge.

For example, abacus and the multiplication table.

Some woodworking techniques also incorporate geometric calculations.

"Triangles are the most stable, so roofs are usually triangular."

"What is the Pythagorean theorem, and where does it generally apply in life?"

Next is the importance of personal hygiene, the benefits of not drinking raw water, and the sources of epidemics.

The wound can be disinfected with strong alcohol or concentrated salt water.

In agriculture, disease-resistant rice seeds are cultivated through artificial pollination to increase yields.

Water-saving irrigation systems can be made using clay pipes and bamboo tubes to cope with drought.

The importance of composting and the benefits of rotating land species each season.

Sirong would also take the children to mix graphite and clay to make pencils for the children to use.

This knowledge includes the radioactivity of minerals and the harm they cause to the body.

What is quicklime used for? Why can red stone be turned into molten iron after smelting?

Sirong did not have any extreme views on Taoism as a kind of great wisdom, but she could not bear to see the child she raised eating mercury residue.

If that were the case, she would really want to be a wicked mother-in-law who broke up a couple.

Xiao Changrong is not smart to begin with, and if he takes a few pills for no reason, then I will thank you. Will my grandson be okay by then?

Shen Tang was speechless about Sirong's nervousness: "Mom, don't worry, I didn't touch those pills, and neither did Xiao Changrong."

"We just discussed it a few times."

"Oh, all right."

"Then why are you blushing?"

"No, nothing!" Shen Tang's little face was as red as an apple.

This is how it is.

Since Shen Tang has been with Sirong, his personality has gradually become more confident and cheerful.

Once, she happened to see Xiao Changrong discussing scriptures and doctrines with a group of scholars. That day, they were enthusiastically discussing the Five Stones Powder of the previous dynasty.

One of them shook his head and said with longing, "Wu Shi San is a magical medicine on the road to immortality. Taking it can make you feel ethereal and intoxicated. It's a pity that the court is so ignorant that they banned it!"

Another person echoed, "Yes, if it weren't for the ban, we might have already glimpsed the way of heaven. Why would we be trapped in the mortal world?"

Shen Tang listened from the side and became more and more angry. Finally, he could not help but sneer and refute.

"Those who took the Five Stones Powder in the previous dynasty also initially said it was the 'essential path to immortality,' but what happened later?"

Her eyes were sharp as she spoke word by word:

"They're all bare-chested and bare-backed, afraid to let any cloth touch them. They're like crazy, ghosts, and you call this 'becoming immortals'? I think 'going crazy' is more like it!"

The group of people were so angry that their faces turned red after hearing what Shen Tang said, but there were still a few who were not convinced. They felt embarrassed to be humiliated by a little girl in public, so they stiffened their necks and argued with her.

The more Shen Tang listened, the angrier he became, and his words became sharper and sharper, each sentence hitting the nail on the head. He clearly explained the dangers of Wu Shi San and the madness of those who took the medicine in the previous dynasty.

She quoted from classics and spoke with strict logic, which left those young men who claimed to be well-read and knowledgeable speechless and could only make excuses with specious reasons.

The two sides exchanged verbal attacks and the situation was at a stalemate for a while.

In the end, it was Xiao Changrong who scolded them coldly, and those people shut up in disappointment.

After all, Xiao Changrong is the eldest princess's only son. Even though he has an old-fashioned personality and is obsessed with these mysterious ways, his family background is there. Who would dare to really offend him?

Most of the rich kids who surrounded him were just trying to curry favor with him and gain some advantage.

My obsession with Taoism is not that deep.

Xiao Changrong has always been studious and a bit stubborn.

Seeing Shen Tang's disdain for Taoism, he wanted to explain it to her. In his eyes, Shen Tang was a child of Aunt Si's family, and her understanding of Taoism probably only stayed at the literal meaning, which was why she said those extreme words.

The two already knew each other. Sirong often brought Shen Tang to the princess's mansion, so Xiao Changrong was also familiar with her.

But after today's debate, he became more and more shocked. Shen Tang was not only familiar with Taoist classics, but could even quote from them, refuting him so much that he was speechless for a moment.

At first, the two of them just quoted classics and put forward their own arguments.

But gradually, Xiao Changrong found that the Taoist doctrines he had studied for many years seemed shallow in front of Shen Tang. She had clear thinking and unique insights, and could even draw inferences from one example to another, breaking down his self-proclaimed brilliant arguments one by one.

Could it be that the child from Aunt Si's family ate something special? Is his brain unusually sharp?

Shen Tang thought that the debate was over and was about to put it behind her, but she didn't expect that Xiao Changrong would come to her shop in person the next day.

What surprised her even more was that he not only came, but also brought a summary of the topic he lost yesterday, with his arguments and evidence listed in neat handwriting, as if he was ready for another round of battle.

In this battle, Shen Tang lost.

From then on, the two of them were like rivals in chess, taking turns to perform.

One challenges with unyielding spirit, the other accepts the challenge with rigor and seriousness.

Shen Tang was a strong-willed person who always wanted to compete in everything. Whenever he lost, he would go home and study hard, insisting on learning things thoroughly before asking for advice.

Xiao Changrong is a typical science and engineering man, and emotional intelligence does not exist in him.

In his eyes, there are only questions and right and wrong.

I totally don't understand why Shen Tang wants to win.

In order to defeat Xiao Changrong in the debate, Shen Tang turned over almost all the Taoist classics he could find in his home.

She mastered those obscure scriptures so thoroughly that she could recite them to the point where she could pinpoint the source the moment someone uttered a word: volume, page, line, to the last detail.

In this way, the two fledgling "newbies" gradually became a pair of bickering lovers in the eyes of others through mutual learning.

Xiao Changrong originally thought that he was already proficient enough in Taoist doctrines, but in one debate after another, he witnessed Shen Tang's amazing breadth of knowledge.

During the confrontation, Shen Tang gradually understood his almost stubborn spirit of research and no longer simply regarded him as a conservative nerd.

Their relationship quietly changed from arguing with each other to partners in the pursuit of knowledge.

The two began to study the classics together and explore the profound meanings contained therein.

Shen Tang even took Xiao Changrong to conduct chemical experiments, using experiments to prove that the statements in certain classics were not scientific, or were misinterpreted and misused by later generations.