This is a reed house, next to the reed house next to a large pond, it can be seen that the pond is mainly used for fish farming, in addition to irrigating the surrounding fields, this reed house is for the purpose of guarding or living. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The owner of the reed house may have flourished for a while, and this reed house belongs to the type of "flutter house" with five beams in the middle, neatly arranged on all sides and the roof, and the reeds are woven strongly. As long as this kind of reed house is soaked in water for a short time, it can last for a hundred years without breaking.

Huaishang weaving reeds for the house has always been famous, especially Huai'an, reed weaving, pu weaving, willow weaving is extremely prosperous, there are a large number of weaving for the living.

"Huaimin weaves reeds as a house, and the poor families are all the same, and there is also a difference between fine and coarse. An area is placed in the garden, which is like a drawing. Xu Taishou is the same as An, and loves it. After returning, imitate it, the name is: Huai House. ”

However, all this is a thing of the past, the reed house in front of me is toppled on all sides, the surrounding area is overgrown with weeds, the owner's house has long been gone, maybe a certain dry bone that I accidentally saw in a certain place at some time is the owner of everything in front of me.

The reed house pond is more than ten zhang away from the river bank, and a dry and hard dirt road extends into a small village in the distance.

Looking at the original fields around Zhuangzi, they are overgrown with weeds, and it is obvious that they have been abandoned for a long time.

It is terrible to be in this kind of plain in troubled times, not to mention a large group of thieves and soldiers, or a small group of bandits, when will they be able to capture Zhuangzi and take the lives of the whole village.

Therefore, the villages were merged with the villages, and the Zhuangzi were merged one by one, and then they worked together to build the wall, practiced the village, and watched everything outside the village vigilantly and indifferently.

This kind of small Zhuangzi was either captured or voluntarily abandoned.

Yang He entered the reed house to inspect it, and it was full of holes, weeds and garbage, and some scattered furniture was piled up with thick dust.

There was an indescribable strange smell in the air, and what made Yang He frown in particular was that he saw a pile of white bones inside, as well as a few pieces of moldy cloth stained with dark black blood, and it was obvious that some kind of tragic story had happened in it.

But to Yang He's little delight, he found a relatively complete clay pot and several broken bowls by the stove, which could be used to cook soup and drink.

He couldn't go to Zhuangzi anymore, and his younger brothers and sisters urgently needed to replenish food, even if they drank some hot water. He himself felt weak and powerless, and he was very hungry and unbearable, and streams of sour water rolled up from his stomach, making his internal organs uncomfortable.

Yang He already felt dizzy for a while, and the kind of sour water that bubbled up made people's eyes full of pain, especially making people have no strength in their whole body. Most of him was also considered to be fine clothes and food in later life, but he didn't expect to come to this world and taste hunger for the first time.

Yang He took the clay pot out, and he prepared to go to the river to clean and fill the water, but the water in the pond had become stagnant, exuding a fishy and unpleasant smell, and could not be drunk and cleaned.

He has also seen this area, the river section is mostly depression, poor drainage, serious waterlogging, and has become a saline-alkali land, which is called the repulsion of brine land by the locals.

This kind of land can not grow crops, the Qing Dynasty Lianshui has a county magistrate once lamented that Lianshui, which was originally the land of fish and rice, has become an extremely poor county with "all fields are rejected, and there are basils everywhere".

This is the result of unfavorable drainage and irrigation, Huai'an Mansion, Fengyang Mansion are all like this, heavy rain and flooding, light rain and small waterlogging, no rain and drought.

However, because of the high salt content of saline-alkali land, most of the plants that can grow have medicinal and edible value, and Yang He saw some edible wild vegetables and weeds earlier, several of which contain certain essential amino acids, vitamins and minerals and other elements, which can be picked and eaten.

With his younger siblings and clay pots in hand, Yang He came to the river, and he was not at ease about leaving his two children in the reed house.

This area of water is seriously dry, revealing large areas of river flats, but there is still a lot of water in the middle of the river.

In fact, if the organization is effective, at least the fields by the river can be irrigated, but this requires a very powerful irrigation system, which is difficult to do by relying on the ability of one village and one household, which is also the fragility of the small peasant economy in ancient times.

Yang He pulled out some weeds and cleaned the clay pot vigorously, and while he was cleaning, his younger brothers and sisters waited obediently.

The place where the Yang River cleansed is a large rocky beach, and the water in front of you is clear, but there is a muddy tidal flat on the side.

took off his shoes and walked into the tidal flats, Yang He reached out to touch a handful of fish eggs for a while, a fish for a while, and a loach for a while, all of which were put into the clay pot, causing his sister Ying'er to clap her hands happily from time to time: "Brother is so good." ”

Yang He smiled, the folk proverb is good, a thousand years of grass seeds, 10,000 years of fish larvae, even if there is a big drought, fish eggs can survive for a long time. Some fish know how to burrow into moist underground soil during drought times and come out when it rains.

After cleaning the fish he touched, dissecting them with a small dagger on his waist, and filling a jar of water, Yang He took his younger siblings back to the reed house. He also took the two of them to look for wild vegetables in the saline-alkali land not far away, and harvested a lot, especially yellow mustard and shepherd's cabbage.

Yang He poured some water from the clay pot to clean the wild vegetables, his younger brother Yang Qian helped together, and his younger sister Ying'er sensibly beat Yang He's shoulder.

Then he washed the broken bowls, put the wild vegetables in the clay pot, pulled out a pile of dry thatch, and put the clay pot into the stove.

Occasionally, Yang He used a long knife to split a table on the ground with two missing legs, and put a few pieces of firewood into the stove to build a simple and practical support frame, so that the clay pot was stable, and the rest was used for fire.

In the end, Yang He took out his fire sickle, took out the flint inside, the fire velvet and other things.

This fire sickle has always been hung on his waist, and the whole is similar to a sachet and purse hanging on his waist, which contains flint, velvet, and fire steel.

His fire sickle is exquisite, the leather mouth is embedded with iron, which is magnetic, and the mouth can be automatically sealed when not in use, and the rope is adorned with agate ornaments. The strength of the fire steel is also high, and it is bent and bent into the shape of a sickle, which is engraved with patterns such as unicorn fire, and even the fire velvet is carefully selected mugwort leaves.

I took some velvet wool and wrapped it around the flint, and scratched it twice on the fire steel, and the floc immediately lit up red.

The Yang River blew, and the flocculent burst into flames.

Put the burning floc into the dry thatch prepared in the stove, slowly add firewood and grass, and soon the fire in the stove will be blazing.

"Wow."

Seeing that the fire on the stove was constantly burning, her sister Ying'er clapped her hands happily.

"You'll be able to eat it later."

Yang He said with a smile, and touched his arms again, there were some fine pieces of silver, and a small bag of fine salt, but everything else was on the side of the scholar Minister Yang, but the two were separated in the previous battle.

"I don't know what happened to the minister?"

Thinking of his scholar Minister Yang, Yang He was secretly worried.

The two grew up together since childhood, although they are called master servants, they are actually brothers, this young man whose original name is Yang Dayong, Yang He has always regarded him as a younger brother.

"Young master, I've read a lot of sage books, do I feel that the name Dayong is a bit earthy?"

"Dirt? Then call you a minister, it's always atmospheric, right? ”

Thinking that something might happen to his scholar and never see him again in the future, Yang He couldn't help but feel a faint pain in his heart.

……

The firewood and grass were burning, occasionally making a soft "pop" sound, and some cold wind poured in through the gaps in the reed houses, making the flames shake from time to time, and half of Yang He's face was also reflected in the flickering light.

It is not far from the frost, according to the lunar calendar, although it is only in September, but the solar calendar is already in October, that is, this afternoon, the wind blowing on the body feels quite cold.

Add firewood and grass from time to time, and Yang He tidies up the things on his body.

A student license was folded and placed in his arms, which was the proof of Yang He's fame.

With this, you can wear a green shirt, avoid errands, see the county official and do not kneel, the official can not use the punishment at will, in case of official business, you can see the county, etc., after each child is admitted to Xiucai, the Ministry of Rites or Confucianism will issue such a license.

"Luyi County Confucianism Zhengtang Li, in order to issue a license: I hereby check that there is a student Yang He in Luyi, who has a good character, integrity, simplicity and outstanding academic performance, and can be the choice of a student of Luyi. In addition to the registration of the detailed registration of the Ministry of Counseling, the first issue of the license to the student for storage. The person who must obtain a license, Yang He, is 17 years old, is a native of Luyi, and lives in Yangzhuang. Three generations: great-grandfather, ancestor, father. Right to Yang He to receive. Chongzhen thirteenth year of October 6th, Confucianism. ”

A square piece of rough-edged paper, which is also stamped with two Zhu Wen seals, one large and one small.

This is a sign of Yang He's glory, a seventeen-year-old Xiucai, a first-class dining student, and the official gives him a meal allowance.

However, the student's license will not be shown to others to watch, just like the difference between the ID card and the household registration book in later generations, those who generally express their identity, in addition to clothing, are the use of tooth cards and waist cards.

Yang He also hung his own waist tag around his waist, with jade as the core, ebony edging, and carved with ornamentation.

In addition to writing their own names and identities in the waist card, there are two seal characters of "ancient meaning", which looks simple and chic.

The last important thing is the horse chopping knife on the body.

The blade is more than three feet long, the grip is one foot, easy to operate with both hands, the whole knife is made of stainless steel, because of the continuous forging and quenching, the knife body reveals a pine-like texture and a slightly arc-shaped style, and the shape of the whole knife is beautiful and sharp.

Looking at the metallic luster on the knife body, Yang He estimated that the material of the whole knife was close to high-carbon steel, which was a magic weapon at this time.

Not only that, but there are threads on the front and back of the handle, which can be screwed into a long handle, making it a seven-foot long knife.

In fact, Yang He's knife has such a long handle, which is made of cooked copper, and can be taken off as a stick on weekdays, but it is scattered because of the battle not long ago for the scholar Minister Yang to use.

and his own Kaiyuan strong bow, which was also lost.