Early the next morning, Liang Mancang and Gu Qingsong set off, and the strong laborers who came back from the village for the festival also left home sooner or later, and only Zheng Changlin and Fang Kui stayed in the village to help with farm work.

After the Dragon Boat Festival, it is Xiaoman, the silkworm affairs of the family are getting busier and busier, the women don't even have time to gossip together, Gu Qingzhu's silkworms no longer eat mulberry, and the silkworm sand has changed from dark green hard stool to leaf-green soft stool, and the snow-white and fat silkworms have gradually become transparent in the front half of their bodies.

Gu Qingzhu covered the window of the silkworm room with a black cloth, and the room became dark all of a sudden, and the cluster frame had already been prepared.

It takes two or three days for a silkworm to produce a cocoon, and it is spectacular for ten foil silkworms to spin silk and form cocoons together, but silkworms mature in sequence, and cocoons are naturally late, so to really harvest cocoons, you have to wait five or six days.

Now that she no longer picks mulberry leaves, Gu Qingzhu went to the silkworm house several times a day to see the cocooning situation, and began to pick up the corners of the vegetable field and the tea garden mulberry garden.

"Qingzhu, Ming'er is the birthday of the silkworm god Niangniang, I told a few sisters-in-law that I would simply hold a sacrifice, and you should come too." Qin Shi carried a hoe, walked through the vegetable field of green bamboo, stopped and said.

"Okay, I'll be here in time, what do you want to prepare?" Gu Qingzhu was picking up a load of water, hurriedly rested, straightened up and asked.

"Today, Changlin went out of the mountain to buy food for his father and mother, and I asked him to buy some incense and candle offerings on his behalf, so don't worry about it." Qin said briskly.

"When the time comes, it will be folded into a money stall, this year's spring cocoons have not been sold, and you have not received much money in half a year, so how can I ask you to advance money." Gu Qingzhu shook his head and said.

"Okay, it's up to you, you girl, others are only afraid of your own losses, but you are afraid that others will suffer." Qin smiled a little helplessly.

"That's how it should be." Gu Qingzhu smiled and scooped water to water the vegetables.

On the second day, all the silkworm raisers in Gujiaao participated in the sacrifice of the silkworm god Niangniang, and Sun was the daughter-in-law of the village chief, so naturally she led a group of women and girls to kowtow to incense and pray for a bumper harvest of silkworm cocoons this season.

Su Ri has some friendships with the Qin family, more or less, even if it is five or ten yuan, they will give a little, which can be regarded as apportioning the public account of the sacrifice, and some people are simply here to take advantage, they don't pay half a penny, they come by the hour, and they leave in a hurry, as if one step late, the Qin family is going to catch her and ask for money.

Gu Qingzhu couldn't see it, and gave a hundred texts, which was considered to be a subsidy for the Qin family, but the Qin family resigned for a long time, but in the end he still accepted it.

In the evening, Gu Qingzhu went to the silkworm room again, and saw that the silkworms were all on the cluster frame, and the first batch of silkworms had already produced oval and full, snow-white and lustrous cocoons.

According to the usual price, the best silkworm cocoons can be sold for a hundred wen a catty, and she has raised them well this year, how can she collect five or six catties of fresh cocoons.

In the summer, it is common for the mountains to rain from time to time, and this day is no exception, and in the evening, it still rains non-stop.

The accumulated rainwater is the most likely to breed mosquitoes, so Gu Qingzhu had dinner with Qingying early, bathed her, and sent her to sit in the mosquito net and play with the little tiger puppet.

Just when Gu Qingzhu was holding the dustpan and preparing to feed the chickens, he heard a bang in the silkworm room, as if something had fallen, and at this time, due to the rain, the sky had completely darkened.

She couldn't help but wonder in her heart, so she put down the dustpan, walked to the silkworm house, passed by the firewood pile, thought about it, or pulled a wooden stick and held it in her hand to defend herself.

Gu Qingzhu tiptoed open the door, it was originally covered with black curtains, but at this moment, the curtains disappeared, and a silkworm plaque fell to the ground, obviously someone took advantage of her inattention and broke into the silkworm room to steal the silkworm cocoon!

Just when Gu Qingzhu, who was frightened, wanted to go up and check more carefully, he heard the Qin family shouting and scolding from the next door outside, I don't know what was wrong, Gu Qingzhu couldn't take care of his own silkworm cocoon, closed the door and ran to the Qin family's house.

When I got into the eyes, I saw that the Qin family was dragging a person in the muddy field in the courtyard, that person was thicker than the Qin family, and he was struggling to break free from the pull of the Qin family, Gu Qingzhu couldn't see her face clearly, but she must not be a good person in the situation, she picked up a stick and beat her on the back.

"Ahh The man was suddenly attacked from behind, let go of the Qin family for a while, and turned his head to see Gu Qingzhu scolding, "Dead girl, you dare to beat the old lady!" ”

The sky suddenly flashed, and with the dazzling light, Gu Qingzhu saw clearly that the familiar voice was actually her second aunt Zhu!

"Qingzhu, hurry up and catch her, I just saw her carrying a burden, sneakily stepping over from my yard, I don't know what she stole and was just snatched by me!" The Qin clan endured the pain and refused to let go.

The Zhu family is used to stealing things in the village, as small as a vegetable in the field, as big as the silver money that she is targeting, and even the man she thinks can cheat out the money, she dares to steal, this month is dark and rainy, the avenue is not walking, and she specializes in drilling people's fences, and it is strange that the Qin family does not treat her as a thief!

"You just ran to my house to steal silkworm cocoons!" As soon as Gu Qingzhu heard this, he immediately understood, brandished a wooden stick, and asked angrily.

"Who stole it? Which eye of yours saw me enter your yard? "The Zhu family was not caught by Gu Qingzhu, so he refused to admit it.

"I told you how I saw a white thing fall from you." Qin Shi said, squatting on the ground and touching a cocoon, although it was covered with muddy water, it still glowed with white silk: "You still don't admit it!" What is this? ”

"You don't have silkworms at home, you didn't steal it, where did it come from!" Gu Qingzhu grabbed Zhu's clothes and forced her to look at her.

"I ...... I...... Why am I telling you! Zhu couldn't speak, and he said strongly.

"I see that you don't beat up, you can't speak honestly!" The Qin clan took advantage of his unpreparedness and raised his hand to give the Zhu clan a slap.

This slap exerted ten percent of Qin's strength, crisp and loud, and immediately imprinted five finger prints on Zhu's face.

"You beat me, my mother fought with you!" Zhu is not easy to bully, she pounced and pinched Qin's neck.

"Let go of my mother, let go of my mother!" Tie Dan rushed out of the house and hugged Zhu's legs.

Zhu kicked impatiently, kicked the iron egg out directly, and threw him into the mud and cried.

"You're going too far, even kids!" Gu Qingzhu picked up the iron egg, picked up the stick and hit Zhu without a head.

Zhu Shi, who was beaten on the head, had no choice but to let go of Qin, turned around and grabbed Gu Qingzhu's stick, and the two fought together.

Qin's voice was sharp, and her shouting and scolding had already spread all over Gujiaao, because it was dark and raining, most of the women and children in the village didn't want to meddle with things, so they listened with their ears pricked up at home, and not many people came out to watch.

Gu Shigui, who was idle at home in the rain, vaguely heard the scolding, it is common for the Zhu family to go out at night to steal chickens and touch dogs, Gu Shigui doesn't care much most of the time, as long as he has food to eat and money to gamble, he doesn't care where those come from.

He was already lying on the bed, and under Wu's repeated urging, he reluctantly came in the rain.

"It's really amazing, you dare to beat your second aunt!" Gu Shigui grabbed Gu Qingzhu's shirt and raised his fist to fight.

"The thieves are so fierce, is there a king in this world!" Qin grabbed his arm, which was as thin as a hemp rod.

"Humph! I'm an uncle to teach the juniors in the family, or you can't talk nonsense from a widow's family. Gu Shigui shook it hard, but he didn't break free, he couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and said with a wicked smile, "Hold it very tightly, Ta Made, I want to stick to Lao Tzu, let's make an appointment for a good day, and keep you dry......"

"Smack!"

"Ahh

Before Gu Shigui finished saying those obscene words, his face had already slapped Qin's mouth fiercely, because he didn't cover his mouth and foul language, he was a little worse than Zhu's, and the skin on his face was cut out by Qin's long nails and five bloody wounds, which made him scream in pain.

Wu saw that his son and daughter-in-law had not come back for a long time at home, so he rushed over with a shallow foot, and saw the precious son covering his face and calling, and he was very distressed.

"You stinky girl who eats inside and out, last time you killed the second uncle's chicken with a wild man, and now you are mixing with the widow to beat them, why don't you die outside like your father!" Wu is indiscriminate and scolds.

"Grandma, you are unreasonable, it is clear that the second aunt stole my family's silkworm cocoon, and was caught by Aunt Qin, the second uncle doesn't distinguish between right and wrong, and he will beat me when he comes up!" Gu Qingzhu retorted loudly.

"You deserve to be beaten! You know how important those two chickens were last time! Wu said bitterly, "A few days ago, the manager of the gambling house came to see it, and said that after the Dragon Boat Festival, he took the two chickens away to settle the account, but was beaten to death by the stinky boy of Liang Mancang, for this reason, not only can we not pay off, but also owe more debts, shouldn't you use silkworm cocoons to compensate?!" ”

"What are you talking about? Slander and theft are justified! Gu Qingzhu snorted contemptuously.

"Whether you are willing or unwilling today, the cocoons are all compensated!" Gu Shigui held back the pain and said viciously.

"Ridiculous!" Gu Qingshan and Gu Daya came in the rain, and Gu Qingshan said sternly, "My father is not at home when he goes out to work, but when does Gu Jiaao's rules become indistinguishable between right and wrong, black and white are reversed!" ”

"You are all the elders of Qingzhu, but you are lazy to eat, chew the root of your tongue, and this time you will steal the cocoons that Qingzhu has worked hard to raise, in front of our juniors, you are not ashamed to talk nonsense, but you can make a face!" Gu Daya was straightforward and quick-spoken, and crackled and mocked.

"No matter how long the village chief's hands are, he can't take care of my family's housework, besides, you haven't grown a kid with all the hair, you just escaped death and picked up your life, you have this fake work, don't hurry up and return the life-saving money you owe to me!" At this time, if Gu Shifu came, Gu Shigui might have slipped away a long time ago, but now, he didn't care about Gu Qingshan at all.

"Your cheek is really not ordinarily thick, the money was borrowed from Qingzhu, and she will naturally be repaid in the future, what does it have to do with you!" Gu Qingshan sneered.