The big man has a living father

Chapter 5 You are zinc deficient

Huo Hai took a piece of beef and squatted in front of the table to eat.

Sima Xiangru wanted to kneel upright, but felt very uncomfortable. Then he saw Huo Hai squatting to eat, so he simply sat sideways and started eating.

Huo Hai: "You feel sore all over and weak after exercise. It's obvious that you are zinc deficient."

Sima Xiangru blew his beard and glared: "You are the one who lacks brains."

Huo Hai: "I said you are lacking zinc. Zinc is a metal, the kind that is white with a blue sheen..."

"Why am I telling you about zinc ore? Zinc is not only found in rocks, but also in food. People also need it. Exercise consumes these trace elements. People who lack zinc will have no strength."

Sima Xiangru didn't understand.

Huo Hai: "People who are zinc deficient have trouble having sex."

Sima Xiangru understood everything else, but he immediately grasped Huo Hai and said, "You mean, if you take zinc supplements, you can have sex..."

Huo Hai nodded: "Yes."

Sima Xiangru began to think about it. He remarried just to have a son, so he had to get the zinc ore.

Huo Hai originally wanted to show off that these foods were good ingredients for zinc supplementation, but he was interrupted and forgot about showing off.

After dinner, Huo Hai went to get the pole again, but Sima Xiangru took the hatchet, took out the bamboo tube placed under the eaves, and started chopping it.

Huo Hai: "Hello? Didn't we agree to start the fight after dinner?"

Sima Xiangru shook his head while splitting the bamboo strips: "I will do it tomorrow. I have to make some bamboo slips. I have some literary ideas recently, so I want to write them down so that I won't forget them."

Make bamboo slips? Huo Hai's eyes lit up: "I know how to leave."

While Sima Xiangru was splitting bamboo strips, he watched Huo Hai and a group of followers chopping down trees and peeling the bark.

Sima Xiangru didn't understand what Huo Hai was doing, but he still said, "Boy from the Huo family, you are the first person in the Han Dynasty who dared to cut down trees in the emperor's mausoleum. I wonder if your elder brother can handle it."

The retainers were stunned, and a group of them ran away.

Only a few were left standing.

Huo Hai was not afraid at all: "It doesn't matter. When I succeed, His Majesty will definitely not embarrass me. He will even treat me to a meal."

……

Su Wu came to the restaurant and was a little confused when he saw everyone in the restaurant laughing.

"Brother, what are you laughing at?"

The people at the table next to him laughed and turned around: "Haha, did you know that the General of Cavalry came to Chang'an with his two brothers?"

Su Wu nodded.

That person: "The second brother of the General of the Cavalry was also born out of wedlock."

Su Wu: "There are so many people like this. What's so funny about this?"

Indeed, in this era there is no such thing as not having sex or meeting each other before marriage, so many men and women have sex first and then get married.

However, this kind of operation will inevitably result in some people not being able to get married, and eventually there will be unmarried children.

That person: "This is not funny. What's funny is that the second young master of the Huo family is blessed by God. His brother is a general of the cavalry, and his teacher is Mr. Sima Xiangru. This is incredible."

Su Wu envied: "It's hard not to become a talent."

That person: "That's hard to say. I heard that this Second Master studied with the General of the Cavalry, and now he is learning martial arts with Mr. Sima. Hahahahaha!"

Su Wu was amused: "Interesting, interesting. He is a wonderful person."

……

The fact that Huo Hai learned literature from Huo Qubing and martial arts from Sima Xiangru spread quickly throughout Chang'an like the cold joke of the year, and everyone knew about it.

Even Liu Che was stunned when he heard the news.

"This kid went to learn martial arts from Sima Xiangru? Didn't I let him learn to write poetry? Besides learning martial arts, didn't he read books? Didn't he do anything else?"

The eunuch bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, in addition to learning martial arts, Master Huo also..."

Liu Che was displeased: "Speak."

Eunuch: "We are still peeling bark off trees in Maoling, and cutting down a lot of trees..."

Liu Che's face turned black.

Maoling is the tomb that Liu Che prepared for himself. What is the difference between peeling the bark of the tree at Maoling and peeling off Liu Che's trousers in front of all the civil and military officials?
"This kid doesn't want to enter the government, and wants to offend me to death? Has he always been so brave? Isn't he afraid of being beheaded?"

The eunuch lowered his head. How could he dare to say such words? What if the news got out to the general of the cavalry, wouldn't the general chop him off? Liu Che thought for a moment and said, "Go and pass on an oral order, asking Huo Hai to submit a poem within seven days. If he disobeys the order, he will be beheaded."

The eunuch hurriedly retreated.

……

"You steamed, boiled, soaked, and mashed it into a paste. Can you really make food out of this tree bark?"

Facing Sima Xiangru's doubts, Huo Hai said: "Of course the bark is edible, but I'm not eating it."

Sima Xiangru: "Anyway, you'd better have a legitimate reason, otherwise His Majesty will definitely chop off your head."

Huo Hai raised his head and pointed at Sima Xiangru: "Wow, you are done, I will report you, you said your majesty is stingy!"

Sima Xiangru: "..."

Huo Hai: "Don't worry, do you think I'm a fool? Of course I have a legitimate reason."

Sima Xiangru: "Let's not talk about this. His Majesty asked you to submit an article within seven days, which was to ask you not to harm the trees on his grave again. You ignored his advice. Six days have passed and you have cut down a bunch of trees again. You haven't written a word of the article yet!"

Huo Hai: "It's just an article. Please hand it in on time tomorrow."

It's a pity that time is a bit tight, so I can only pass it on bamboo slips. Otherwise, I would directly pass it on rice paper. I don’t believe that he won’t let me out.

Sima Xiangru: "Okay, I want to see what kind of articles the students taught by General Huo can write."

Huo Hai was suspicious: "How do you know it was my brother who taught me how to write and read?"

Sima Xiangru: "Don't you know? Everyone in Chang'an knows it. General Huo taught you literature, and Mr. Sima taught you martial arts. They also said that you are the biggest fool in Chang'an."

Huo Hai was stunned for a moment.

When I first arrived at the Huo family, Huo Guang had just started learning to read, and I learned from him for two days.

I can read, but I just don't know the characters of this era, so I learn very quickly, but it's impossible to finish learning it in two days.

During the expedition northward, Huo Hai learned to read from Huo Qubing.

When you calculate it this way, wow.

During the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, the most skilled person in killing people taught me, Huo Hai, how to read. During the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, the most skilled person in writing articles taught me, Huo Hai, how to kill people.

I, Huo Hai, have also made great progress!

"Wait a minute, when did you teach me how to chop people?" Huo Hai asked.

Sima Xiangru: "Boy, have you secretly learned a few spear techniques from me? Does that count as learning?"

Huo Hai: "Stealing is considered learning? Then if I go out and steal a purse, the person who stole it will be the one who provides for my old age?"

Sima Xiangru: "Go and tell the people in Chang'an."

Sima Xiangru took out a cloth bag and said, "Take a look at this."

Sima Xiangru looked around vigilantly while taking out the things.

It was obvious that he waited until there was no one around before saying it.

Huo Hai looked around and saw several servants peeling, boiling, and washing tree bark, and they were not paying attention to this side. He lowered his head and took a look.

“Huh?!” Oh my god, lead-zinc mine?!
Sima Xiangru whispered: "After listening to your description, I asked someone to find this. After getting it, I felt that my waist and legs were no longer sore..."

"Climb up to the sixth floor in one breath without taking a breath?" Huo Hai continued.

Sima Xiangru: "Sixth floor? I've never climbed that high platform. But... recently my manliness has returned!"

Huo Hai said loudly: "Do you think this is the effect? ​​That's because you ate so much of my beef and seafood!"

"I asked you to supplement zinc. It's a trace element that is invisible to the naked eye. Eating this zinc ore won't replenish your body. You can't eat it directly."

Sima Xiangru feels a bit regretful, as his vigor has recently returned. It turns out that it was not the effect of the gem, but the result of eating meat that brought back his vigor?

"This... can't be eaten directly, how about licking it?"

Huo Hai: "This is lead-zinc ore, not pure zinc ore. This stuff contains lead and is highly toxic! Lead poisoning is a devastating blow to the kidneys!"

Sima Xiangru shuddered and threw away the lead-zinc mine: "Ah? I'm almost done for!"

"It's not that it's over, it's that the egg is almost over." Huo Hai: "But your method is good. Can you find the lead-zinc mine based on my description? Is your father-in-law really the supplier of building materials for Maoling as the legend says?"

Although the word "supplier" is new, it is also very appropriate. Sima Xiangru smiled and said, "Yes."

Huo Hai's eyes lit up: "I have a fortune here..."

(End of this chapter)