Chapter 3 Variety of Soups

The term Tang Pozi has not been heard of for almost half a century. In July, the Vientiane edition of "United Daily News" had an article with a photo of a freshwater turtle. If you look closely, the so-called water turtle is what the ancients called Tang Pozi.The terracotta in the photo is very new, probably produced in the Republic of China more than ten years ago. When Tang Pozi was produced is unknown in modern times, but it was used in the Song Dynasty.Su Dongpo wrote to Yang Junsu in a letter, saying: "Give me a copper pot for warming feet, fill it with hot soup every night, plug its mouth, and still wrap it in a single quilt so that it will not be cold at dawn." Po, sleep at night and dawn." So Tang Pozi was also called "Foot Po". At that time, some people called it "Tang Yu" and "Warm Foot Bottle". In short, according to the above statement, Tang Pozi was already very popular in the Song Dynasty.

At that time in the Yangtze River area, although the cold wind did not irritate the skin in mid-winter, when I went to bed in the middle of the night, the quilt and mattress were cold, and my feet were often unable to keep warm all night.There is a Tang Pozi roasting and simmering her buttocks, or warm jade is hugging her, so she will naturally feel sound and comfortable.In the early winter in the north, most households usually light up the stove or burn the hot kang at the latest in mid-September.However, wealthy and wealthy families still sleep on beds instead of kangs, and they inevitably use soup pots made of tin or copper to keep their feet warm. Therefore, regardless of whether girls from the north and the south leave the cabinet, Mrs. Tang is an indispensable gift in the dowry. !The Tang Pozi made by the copper jade tinware shop first used a wooden plug to sheath the mouth, but occasionally the quilt was easily wet.Later, it was improved to a screw plug with a rubber mouth. No matter how much Mrs. Tang tossed and tumbled in the quilt tube, the hot water would still not wet the quilt.The rubber water bag was originally a medical device. It was used to fill boiling water with hot compresses, and to put ice cubes in cold compresses. I don’t know which wise man poured it into boiling water and used it as a hand stove and foot stove.

When I first arrived in Shanghai in the 123rd year of the Republic of China, my friends invited me to watch the civilized drama performed by Zheng Yuqiu and Wang Wuji. The first five rows in the theater were filled with rich and famous women, and everyone held a hot water bottle in their hands. Bright red and purple, of different sizes.Each hot water bottle is wrapped in colorful silk scarves and handkerchiefs, and the scenes of the caseloaders rushing to refill the hot water are really breathtaking.Then go to the windows of the three major companies Xinxin, Xianshi, and Yongan on Nanjing East Road to have a look. The entire window is filled with hot water bottles of various colors, large and small, and they are divided into two types: transparent and opaque. It is said that the eyes are fascinated by five colors, and I don’t know which one to buy!

At that time, most of the rubber water bags sold in China were supplied by a British manufacturer. Suddenly, the number of leather water bags sold to China increased by tens of thousands in a year, and orders continued to pour in.The manager in charge of sales in the Far East was puzzled by Bai En, so he came to China in person, and first went to Shanghai for inspection. He never imagined that in China, except for a few medical equipment, more than 90% of leather water bags are used. They have all become skin soup wives who warm their hands and iron their feet on the boudoir's embroidered couch.

A kind of COINTREAU liqueur produced in France for women. The Chinese transliteration is called Koulisa. Because this kind of wine is afraid of seeing the sun, it is used to hold the wine in a bottle made of clay, and there is a handle near the mouth of the bottle.The bottle mouth and cap, because they are afraid of the aroma of the wine from spilling out, are made very carefully. Not only are they tightly sealed, but also they will not leak.Later, some smart person took this empty wine bottle and filled it with boiled water to use instead of Tang Pozi. It not only keeps warm, but also prevents water leakage, because the body of the bottle is smooth and smooth, and it is more useful than the original Tang Pozi when placed under the quilt. .When Xianci was alive, he liked the mellow and elegant COINTREAU Lisa, and occasionally sipped a glass or two, and when the bottle was not empty, someone would beg for it to be emptied.Later, after being explained by someone, I realized that pouring hot water into an empty koulisha bottle to warm the quilt is more affordable than the old-fashioned Tang Pozi.

In the winter in the north, every small household has to install a briquette stove to keep warm in the house. A support bowl (a sloped rectangular brick ground with sand bricks) is used on the stove. (Turn off the heat) Set up a pot of water.The water vapor is steaming, which can prevent the indoor air from being too dry. At the same time, it is much more convenient to use boiling water.In Liyuanxing, there was an old student named Zhen Hongkui who sang Erlu. His face was full of red, and he was born with a face of joy when the Master saw him. He was always smiling, so some people called him "Mr. Smiling Face".This person's physique is hot and cold, and he can't sleep on a hot kang in winter, but his feet are afraid of cold.After dinner every day, he finds two sand board bricks and erects them on both sides of the furnace mouth of the briquettes stove. Before he goes to bed, the two bricks are burnt to the skin. Under the quilt, he undressed and lay down again.According to him: "When people pass middle age, their blood energy gradually declines. When they reach their sixties, they are most likely to suffer from old and cold legs. If you use hot bricks to warm the quilt, this problem will not happen!" His wonderful theory is also in line with scientific principles. .This winter, friends who live in the north and have cold legs may wish to try it. I think it will not do any harm even if it has no effect!