He ...... It's not too bad. Gu Qingzhu turned the red rattan bracelet on his wrist, and whispered a sentence for him for no reason.

"Huh?" Liang Mancang was a little suspicious that he had misheard.

"No......" Gu Qingzhu saw his stunned appearance, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, and he wanted to explain for a while, but he didn't know where to start.

"Qingzhu, you're back." At this moment, the Qin family led Qingying and the iron egg into the door one by one, and as soon as the Qin family let go, the two children ran hand in hand to the back room to see the little turtles, and saw them run away, she then said to Gu Qingzhu, "What about your silkworm seeds, the spring tea picking is about to end, and it's time to take out the hatching." ”

"Oh, I'll go get it." Gu Qingzhu and Liang Mancang's words stopped, and she hurriedly turned around and went to the firewood room.

After a while, Gu Qingzhu took a boxy black cloth bag, because the cloth bag had been placed in a dark corner for half a year, and there was a layer of dust on it, she didn't dare to dust it, so she carefully untied it directly, and took out three pale yellow mulberry thick paper from it, which were densely adsorbed with black-brown silkworm eggs.

Qin carefully inspected the silkworm eggs and saw that the grains were full, so he said: "The tea in your tea garden will always be picked for a few more days, silkworm seeds, I will help you hatch them first, don't miss the season." ”

"Thank you, Aunt Qin." Gu Qingzhu said gratefully.

"What's the thanks, it's a good thing, by the way, you have to pluck the mulberry strip from the heart, don't let it grow all the way, the mulberry leaves can't continue to be fertile, but they don't grow well." When Qin was leaving, he gave another admonition.

"Okay, I know, I'll go to the ground tomorrow." Gu Qingzhu nodded.

"You are busy in the tea garden and mulberry garden, so don't bother to go out and sell tea, or let me help you carry it and sell it." Liang Mancang saw that her things were one after another, and he couldn't be idle for half a moment, and he couldn't help with other things, so he could only run errands.

"Okay then." Mulberry topping is a particularly time-consuming thing, if she goes to the town to sell tea, it will take more than an hour to go back and forth, it is too delayed, thinking of this, Gu Qingzhu had to agree.

"Silkworm raising, what else do you want to buy? I'll be able to bring it back tomorrow. Liang Mancang thought about it and asked.

"Brother Mancang is thoughtful, please help me buy some quicklime and rice husks." Gu Qingzhu appreciated.

On the second day, it was a good weather, Gu Qingzhu got up early in the morning, boiled porridge in the pot, and took the silkworm pillars, rungs, silkworm plaques, silkworm chopsticks, silkworm foil and other silkworm raising utensils in the firewood room to the stream and washed them one by one, and spread them out in the yard to dry.

The small silkworm room next to the main house was useless for half a year, Gu Qingzhuzi cleaned it carefully, and waited for Liang Mancang to buy quicklime to sprinkle.

The sun rose, Gu Qingzhu spread out seven or eight egg cakes, and had breakfast with salted radish strips and Qingying, now Qingsong is not at home, Gu Qingzhu went to pick tea, Qingying followed back, although she was young, she was the most painful, knowing that the eldest sister worked hard and had been helping to pick tea.

There are many hard pieces of fresh tea and they are big, and the Gu Qingzhu sisters picked them until noon, and then picked all the newly emerging buds in the tea garden, and piled up a large basket, and after a while, Liang Mancang came to carry the tea leaves.

There were still some porridge and cakes left in the morning, the two sisters ate a little, and in the afternoon, Gu Qingzhu coaxed Qingying to take a nap, she asked the Qin family to help take care of it, and rushed to the mulberry garden by herself.

Last winter, the mulberry strips were pruned bare, and now they grew as long as an arm, and the branches were covered with mulberry leaves, and the newly sprouted leaves were slightly curled, goose yellow and delicate, and shiny with water, and those strong leaves, dark green in color, with clear veins, were about the size of an adult's palm. The whole garden is green, and under the breeze, the branches dance, like rippling blue waves, and like the gentle silk of beautiful women.

The so-called topping, not only can prevent the unrestricted growth of mulberry, so that mulberry leaves increase and thicken rapidly, but also can promote the growth of axillary buds, as long as the fertility can keep up, a number of branches can grow on a branch, in this way, virtually greatly increase the yield of mulberry leaves.

Gu Qingzhu grabbed a few mulberry sticks with one hand, and the scissors in the other hand clicked and cut them one by one, and some young shoots and leaves suddenly fell on the ground, exuding a fresh smell, her hands didn't stop for a while, when the sun was setting, Gu Qingzhu hurried to pick a small half of the mulberry tree.

Today is thirteen, the full moon is not satisfied, fortunately, the weather is clear, the moonlight is clear, illuminating the four fields, Gu Qingzhu ate dinner, entrusted Qingying to the care of the Qin family, and went to the mulberry garden with a horse lantern by himself, at this time there are many people in the village who work in the solar terms, torches, carrying horse lanterns abound, there are people with fields adjacent to each other, women have to say a few words of gossip from time to time, frolicking, hands and feet do not stop, but they do not feel tired.

"Qingzhu, it's not too early, it's time to go back." A woman yawned and said as she passed by Gu Qingzhu's mulberry garden.

"Hey, I'll leave when I'm done with these trees." Gu Qingzhu replied crisply.

The moon is like silver, and before you know it, it is already westward, and the fewer people around, even the insects in the grass don't scream, Gu Qingzhu took the horse lantern and dragged his sore arms back home.

Because she pinched the scissors and kept pressing, she had a new bubble at the tiger's mouth in her right hand, and it hurt to touch it, so that she could still do things tomorrow, after washing, she couldn't help but pick up the blisters and put on some homemade powder.

Early the next morning, Liang Mancang sent the money from yesterday's tea sales, quicklime and rice husks, and the price of tea was really as Gu Qingzhu thought, and the Sanshengjia also fell by two cents, and the tea became less and less valuable.

"Yesterday, you fortunately didn't go to sell tea, the third master asked me about you, I said you didn't come, I was still very disappointed, and I was holding back some bad ideas." Liang Mancang helped sprinkle lime powder evenly on the silkworm room, and muttered.

"If the price is lower, even the fresh leaves are not worth selling." Gu Qingzhu sighed, her mind was all about making money, and she didn't seem to hear Liang Mancang's complaints.

"Spring tea is coming to an end, and the price is inevitable." Liang Mancang comforted her, and then said, "Every year in Nancang County, after Xiaoman, there is a big market in the East Market to buy silkworm cocoons, and if you raise the spring silkworms well, you can still sell them for a high price." ”

"This season, the price of tea cakes is really unsatisfactory, so I hope that silkworm cocoons can earn more." Gu Qingzhu lowered his head.

"Your hand is injured like this, how can you go to pluck your heart?" Liang Mancang glanced over and wrinkled his eyebrows.

"If it's okay, my left hand can do it." Gu Qingzhu smiled lightly and waved his left hand.

"Girls should always cherish themselves more, don't fight so hard." Liang Mancang was a little unbearable.

"I won't pick tea today, hurry up and finish picking that half and then rest." Gu Qingzhu nodded.

Gu Qingzhu was very busy picking mulberry tops at home, Mu Jincheng sat behind the tea collection counter, waiting for her with his eyes blank, he didn't come on the first day, he didn't come on the second day, even the burly man only came to sell tea twice and then disappeared, and his heart was empty.

It's just that he is a person who can't pull his face, but he just asked a word yesterday, and he was guarded by the man as a thief, which shows that their relationship is not ordinary, but now there is nothing to do to go to the countryside to find someone, that is, he is in a hurry.

Qian Yi eats and drinks here in Mu Jincheng. After two days of messing around, he couldn't pry his mouth open, and Bao Ying was extremely loyal, Qian Yi didn't dare to ask too explicitly, so Bao Ying fooled around, so his trip, except for eating and drinking, was basically in vain.

In the blink of an eye, it was noon on the third day, and Mama Zhao still burned the dishes on the table, and Qian Yi seemed to be confused by the snake feast, and he couldn't even be interested in the private dishes in the Mu family.

"Say, how did you hook my sister's soul? She has been living in another courtyard for the past few days, refusing to go back to Nancang County, although I don't know why she is angry, she must have nothing to do with you! Qian Yi raised his head and drank a glass of wine, and suddenly mentioned Qian Man.

"You can eat more, and don't talk nonsense. Your sister's innocence can't be buried in the hands of your bastard brother, what does it have to do with me, I haven't seen Sister Ling for more than half a month. Mu Jincheng knocked on the edge of the bowl impatiently.

"You don't bastard, hurry up and marry her, I'll keep a big gift, so that she won't have to think all day long, cause trouble everywhere, and cause trouble, which will harm people!" Qian Yi has already gotten the news, his arrogant sister has beaten all the people in the other courtyard to find fault, and for a while, there were many complaints, and the housekeeper's son was even knocked out of his front teeth by her, and the complaint has been sued to Qian Youcai.

"The posture of the fairy of the sister should be matched with the dragon and phoenix among the people, I only mess around with you every day, wine bags and rice bags, but I don't have the ability to surrender." Mu Jincheng waved his hand again and again.

It's a joke, don't say that he doesn't like Qian Man, even if he is willing, his father will not be willing, a woman like Qian Man is destined to be the master who disturbs the peace of the inner house.

"Isn't it this skin that looks good, my sister is not afraid of heaven and earth, but she is inexplicably planted in your hands." Qian Yi grinned and stared at Mu Jincheng's jade-like face.

"Parents who suffer from the skin of the body are not allowed to kill themselves." Mu Jincheng suddenly said with a serious face.

"Come on, come on, you're annoyed by what you're doing." Qian Yi waved his hand and continued to drink.

He did explore the truth for Qian Man, but Mu Jincheng would rather not look than accept Qian Man's words, which really shocked him.

"You're done drinking, and in the afternoon, you can go back." Mu Jincheng was in a bad mood and was too lazy to go around with him.

"I'm really angry, it's just me, it's all my fault, and I'll punish myself with three cups!" Qian Yi drank three glasses in a row.

At this meal, Mu Jincheng ate like chewing wax, and after the banquet was dispersed, Qian Yi was already drunk, swaying, and groggily trying to find a place to sleep.

"Baoying, you and Yun Guan'er helped Qian Erye into the carriage, and he said that there was something wrong with the shop in the county, and he had to hurry back." Mu Jincheng raised his hand.

"Okay!" Bao Ying couldn't wait to send this plague god away as soon as possible, so he hurriedly ran over.

Yun Guan'er also stepped forward to hold him by one arm, and the two dragged people into the carriage, and Qian Yitou fell asleep unconscious as soon as he was next to the carriage mat.

Watching the carriage turn around the corner and go away, Mu Jincheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Mu Jincheng turned around and asked the people in the shop, only that man had come today, but Gu Qingzhu never appeared, he was a little worried for a while, didn't something happen?