After Yuan Fang discussed together for nearly an hour, Liu Yiyi got up with satisfaction, put the one hundred and eight silver coins belonging to him on Liu Wuji's neck, and then rode Liu Wuxian leisurely and went home.

Nothing to say all the way.

When I got home, I saw Lao Liu carrying a bundle of green mulberry leaves into the silkworm house. Liu Yiyi opened the door and entered the courtyard, tied Liu Wuxian well, and then followed in.

The light inside the silkworm room is a little dim, except for the door, the whole room only has a skylight on the roof. It's weird, but according to Liu He, only in this semi-bright environment will the silkworm baby eat well, sleep sweetly, and grow strong. Therefore, in several nearby villages, almost all the silkworm houses of households are like this.

I don't know if there is a scientific basis, Liu Yiyi doesn't understand, he doesn't know much about the silkworm species, and his knowledge is limited to some poems mentioned in textbooks, such as 'Spring silkworms die to the end'.

You must know that in the 21st century, silkworm raising has become more and more distant from people's lives. With the cotton species, the demand for silkworm cocoons is getting smaller and smaller, and in the countryside, there are few people who breed silkworms on such a large scale.

To be honest, Liu Yiyi has only seen the appearance of silkworm babies twice in total since he was a child, and he only saw it when some classmates raised and played.

As soon as he entered the house, Liu Yi heard a rustling sound, which was the sound of silkworms eating mulberry leaves.

"Dad, mother!" Liu Yichi screamed softly. Walk towards the old willows.

"Oh, Ichijo is back." Liu He chuckled and nodded at Liu Yi, and then took the scissors in his hand to cut the mulberry leaves piece by piece, and sprinkled them evenly into the layers of silkworm dust.

The silkworm dustpan is like a giant cake, all made of bamboo strips, specially used to hold and raise silkworms, and Liu He's handful of mulberry leaves are still in. The whole silkworm seemed to move, and the rustling sound from inside was even more than before.

Lao Liu also sat next to Liu He's and sorted out the newly folded bundle of mulberry leaves, and when he saw Liu Yi coming in, he said: "One, the gifts you need have been prepared for you, you can go and see in a while, what are the shortcomings, if it is not enough, go and add some." ”

"yes, got it, Dad." Yanagichichi nodded. Walking to Liu He and Lao Liu, I couldn't help but exclaim when I saw the white tender silkworm baby rolling on the silkworm dustpan and grabbing food, so much.

On each piece of silkworm dust, crowded and crowded, a piece of white flowers, roughly calculated. There are also at least two hundred silkworms. Look at the silkworms in their silkworm house. Row by row, layer upon layer, there are more than 100 sheets. One hundred times two hundred, what a huge number. I wonder how much silk can be extracted and how much silver can be sold when they are all cocooned.

Liu Yiyi stretched out his hand and wanted to pick one up to take a look, but he didn't want to be slapped away by Liu He's slap.

"You stinky boy, you want to be fussy again. Are there fewer silkworms that were killed by you a few years ago? Liu He's face sank. Then put down the scissors. Unceremoniously pushed Liu Yiyi out of the door, and said in his mouth: "Go, go." While playing, don't hit the idea of the old lady silkworm baby. ”

"Eh, eh! Mother, I just want to see it, and I don't mean anything else, mother," Liu Yiyi explained to Liu He as he retreated. Just curiously looking at it, Na Cheng thought that he would be treated like this by Liu He's family.

It can be seen that the previous Liu Yi has a very bad record in this regard, otherwise how could the Liu He clan, who has always been gentle and loving, react so much?

"Just see? When didn't you say that before, as a result, the old lady's silkworms are a large piece as soon as they die, hum! "Liu He's is also a rare willow eyebrows, if those silkworm babies are her hard work, just like the child she pulled with one hand, it is no wonder that he is angry.

"Don't enter the silkworm house in the future!" Ryu slammed the door shut. Dried the willow to the door of the silkworm house.

"Yo, big brother, were you kicked out by your mother again?" Liu Erjo stood at the door of the hall, looking at Liu Yiyi, pretending to raise his head and calculate: "This is the first time, well, I have to calculate this, since the year when the younger brother remembers, this is the tenth time for the eldest brother, right?" ”

"Oh, really?" Liu Yiyi looked at Liu Erjo's little face that was a little underbeaten, slowly walked to his side, looked at Liu Erjo with a smile and said: "Erjo, I haven't withdrawn from my mother and her old man, but will I be helpless against you, a stinky boy?" ”

As he spoke, Liu Yiyi stepped forward and strangled Liu Ertiao's neck, unceremoniously slapped his little head a few times, and muttered while patting his mouth: "I'll let you say it!" I make you laugh! I'll let you say it! I make you laugh! ”

"Ouch, big brother, spare your life, big brother, little brother knows that he is wrong, big brother! Ouch! Liu Erjo began to hold his head and beg for mercy. Look at the way he looks

Pitiful, pitiful, pathetic.

"Okay, okay, don't pretend to be pitiful for me there." Liu Yichi let go of his hand, patted Liu Ertiao's head again, and said, "I don't know the strength of my hand, and it's still so miserable?" Go, go to the house and read to me. In the future, the family will still count on you to glorify your ancestors and glorify the lintel. ”

"Hehe, big brother Shengming," Liu Erjo stood up to Liu Yidi with a smile and said, "You can read the book at any time, don't be in a hurry." Now the younger brother has a question that I want to ask the eldest brother for advice, and I also ask the eldest brother to teach me. ”

"Oh?" Liu Yiyi glanced at Liu Ertiao unexpectedly, stood up straight, stepped into the hall, and said to Liu Ertiao: "You can talk about it, but if it is about the imperial examination, you don't have to mention it, those big brothers don't know more than you." ”

"I know this," Liu Erjo eagerly poured a cup of tea for Liu Yiyi, and then sat down next to Liu Yiyi, and said with a smile: "I used to always see the eldest brother playing boxing and practicing martial arts at home every morning, it seems to be very powerful, and the younger brother is envious in his heart, so I want to learn from the eldest brother, and I hope that the eldest brother can teach me." ”

"You want to learn martial arts?" Liu Yichi took the tea and looked Liu Erjo up and down, didn't this kid be stimulated by anything, right? A good scholar, what do you do when you learn martial arts? Then he opened his mouth and asked, "How could you suddenly think of learning martial arts?" Studying and entering the office, you don't do such a promising career well, why do you learn martial arts? Are you being bullied outside? ”

"No, no, it's just a momentary whim, if the eldest brother doesn't want to teach, forget it." Liu Erjo hurriedly waved his hand to deny it, and the expression on his face was a little gloomy.

This kid must have encountered something out there.

Liu Yiyi glanced at him and said: "It's not that the eldest brother refuses to teach you, you can have a skill in you, whether you go out to study in the future, or go to other places to be an official, the eldest brother will also be relieved, but now is not a good time for you to learn martial arts." In three months, you will have to take the township test, the township test is over, and there is a provincial test behind, how can the eldest brother let you practice martial arts at such an important time and not do your job? ”

"Oh, got it, big brother." Liu Erjo lowered his head, looking uninterested.

"In that case, the little brother will go to the study first." After saying this, Liu Erjo stood up and went back to his study listlessly.

What's wrong with this kid, so abnormal?

At this time, Lao Liu came out of the silkworm room, and Liu Yichi asked: "Dad, during my absence, did something happen to Erjo, I think there seems to be something wrong with him." ”

"What, what did Nijo tell you?" Lao Liu's face changed slightly, and he asked Liu Yiyi a little unnaturally.

"No, he just said that he wanted to learn martial arts with me, I asked him if something was wrong, he just shook his head and denied it, and refused to say anything." Liu Yiyi looked at Lao Liu and asked, "Dad, do you know what happened to him?" ”

"No, what can happen to Nijo, except for the private school all day long, it's at home, and I've never been out in the wild, it's okay, it's because you're too worried." Lao Liu shook his head and whispered to Liu Yiyi.

"Well, I hope so." Liu Yiyi nodded, but he still felt that something was wrong with Liu Erjo, this kid.

"Alright, don't think about it." Lao Liu took out a bunch of things from the house, put them on the table next to Liu Yiyi, and said, "This is a gift that Daddy bought for your father-in-law, you can order it, if it's okay, go after dinner." Don't drink too much, be rude, and come back early. ”

"Got it, Dad. I saved it. Liu Yiyi nodded, put Liu Erjo's matter aside for the time being, stood up and lit the gift on the table.

The gifts prepared by Lao Liu are very, well, not fancy, and mostly practical.

For example, this flower cloth, and then this half of the pig's leg, and then the two white chickens, and then for example

"Dad, why are these all these" Liu Yiyi pointed to the things on the table helplessly, wondering in his heart, is this also a custom?

"These are all for Chu Chu's girl to eat, for use." Lao Liu continued: "Listen to your mother, Chu Chu's girl is good at everything, but this body is too thin and weak, and it is not good to make up for it, how can she give birth to children when she marries into our family in the future?" Your mother and I are waiting to hold our grandson next year. You see if these are enough, if they are not enough, we will buy them again. ”

"Uh, that, Dad, that's enough, that's enough, you're Shengming." Liu Yiyi nodded and said to Lao Liu, but in the corner of his forehead, he didn't feel a drop of cold sweat.