Chapter 245: Silkworm Raising
The tenants of the Wang family were so bold that they paid the rent with grain that had begun to mold.
These people were very cunning, and they didn't need sympathy at all, and under Li Ling's persuasion, the Wang family sisters and brothers decided to take back the land rented by the tenants.
The tenants were evicted by the landlords, and for this reason their land was repossessed, and they were so notorious that no other landlord dared to rent their fields to them.
More than a dozen families couldn't stay in the neighborhood, so they had to drag their families to other places to make a living.
"Isn't it a bit cruel for us to do this? The tenants were forced to leave their hometowns, and their lives must have been miserable in the future! Li Yanyu asked a little unbearably.
Although she was very angry when the tenants bullied Wang Chan's sister and brother, after seeing their fate, she felt that these things were a bit excessive.
"What if you don't do this, let them stay and bully the landlords, or let the other tenants learn treacherous ways with them!" Li Ling was a little unimpressed.
After going through so many things, he naturally knows that only with clear rewards and punishments can he lead an army, and this is also the case in daily life.
On the day these tenants left this place, Li Ling found some tenants who still had more than enough on his grange, and rented Wang Chan's land!
As for those grains, Li Ling also thought of a way to solve the problem: the grains that had already begun to deteriorate could no longer be used after being in the warehouse for a period of time, and their only role was to make wine.
Not only did he make wine from these grains, but he also distilled them to produce wines of varying purity.
"It's wonderful! In this way, not only will we not suffer from it, but we will gain more! ”。 Wang Chan praised from the bottom of her heart, she couldn't imagine that Li Ling could easily solve their problem.
The Wang siblings survived the difficulties, and the two were naturally grateful. Both of them are good at hunting, and often send some mountain game to Li Ling's manor to improve their lives.
Yang Ying and Li Yanyu have to take a period of time every day to help the women in the village raise silkworms.
Yang Ying was agile, so she naturally accompanied the women to the forest to collect mulberry leaves, while Li Yanyu was left in the silkworm pond to find the cocoons in the pond, and picked them out one by one to peel off the cocoons.
The silkworm pond is generally a few meters square, and two or three households share one, and everyone shares the responsibility of raising silkworms and shares the benefits.
Li Yanyu is timid, she does not dare to enter the silkworm pond, so she can only pick the cocoons inside the pond outside, and then use special tools to pull the silk.
"Aunt Liu, Aunt Liu. The silkworm baby seems to have a problem, you come over to see what the hell is going on? ”。
When Li Yanyu was picking silkworm cocoons, he suddenly found that some larvae were also in condition, and the larvae stopped wriggling and lay motionless on the mulberry leaves.
"It's weird, they were fine in the morning, why are they all dead now?". Aunt Liu took the young silkworms in her hands and found that they were dead.
Aunt Liu is very sad, this has just entered the season of silkworm raising, is there going to be a problem?
He has invested a lot of time and energy in raising silkworms, is it all in vain?
Aunt Liu stood quietly in front of her silkworm pond, she was a little at a loss.
When Li Yanyu saw the other party like this, she was also stunned, how to persuade Aunt Liu if she didn't go to the guest house for a while.
The people who had gone to collect mulberry leaves finally returned, and several experienced women carefully helped to check the young silkworms, and they were really dead!
"What should I do?". The women were dispossessed and did not know what to do.
Aunt Liu's family only rented five acres of land, but the two of them gave birth to four children, plus their elderly mother-in-law, Aunt Liu's family lived quite poorly.
A large family is still waiting for her to raise silkworms!
Yang Ying and Li Yanyu also looked at each other, after all, they had never seen such a scene. And I don't know how to treat it.
Even more terrible things are still to come, not only Aunt Liu's family, but also other silkworm ponds have also appeared the same phenomenon, and the young silkworms began to die in a large area.
"Could it be a problem with the mulberry leaves, the young silkworms are dying from today, could it be that there is a problem with the mulberry leaves collected today?".
"Absolutely not, Aunt Liu's silkworms started to get sick without eating today's mulberry leaves!"
The women began to talk about it, but they did not come up with any results.
Aunt Liu's family is burdened, and she uses a silkworm pond by herself, and Yang Ying and Li Yanyu have been helping her with things these days.
When the young silkworms became ill, Yang Ying had not picked back today's fresh mulberry leaves, so it must not be a problem with mulberry leaves.
"Then, it can't be silkworm plague!". A woman trembled and spoke her opinion.
Everyone else was silent, they simply didn't have the courage to face such an outcome.
In desperation, they had no choice but to ask their men for help, but what would those rude men do except sigh?
When Yang Ying and Li Yanyu went to help again, they felt that the atmosphere was a little strange.
The women, who had been fond of discussing some household matters, lost their voices collectively today, and none of them spoke to their companions.
"Yang Ying, you've helped us enough this time, so you don't have to collect mulberry leaves today!" When she was about to leave, Aunt Ma finally stood up and said to Yang Ying.
After the women left, only two daughters and Aunt Liu were left in the courtyard.
After a long time, Aunt Liu finally spoke: "Two young grandmothers/grandmothers, thank you for your help during this time, I am very grateful to you, but after all, you have a noble status, and you will not come here again from tomorrow!" ”。
After Aunt Liu finished speaking, she let out a long breath, although she didn't want to do it either, but this was a common decision of everyone, and she couldn't go against it.
"Why? Why don't you want us to come over, Aunt Liu, are you busy coming over alone? ”。 Li Yanyu was very puzzled, things were done well, why did Aunt Liu regret it?
Yang Ying pulled Li Yanyu's sleeve and signaled her not to ask again, it seems that Aunt Liu is also a last resort.
"The silkworms are all dead, and they all say that you two are bad luck, so let me find a way to ask you to leave." Aunt Liu finally told the truth.
The two girls help her work every day, so naturally she still has to find a way to send away the two "plague gods".
"You". Li Yanyu's face turned white all of a sudden. She didn't expect that the two of them had worked hard to help Aunt Liu do so many things, but in the end, they still couldn't get his trust.
Yang Ying also understood what was going on, she pulled Li Yanyu and ran out without saying a word.
The two had just run home, but they saw Li Ling riding back from the city.
"Brother Li!". Li Yanyu threw herself into Li Ling's arms with tears in her eyes and told him what had happened!
"In that case, you two can stay at home, or go to Wang's house to hunt with Xiaobai's kid!" Li Ling wiped away the tears on Li Yanyu's face and said, "You can learn to ride a horse with your sister Yang Ying in your spare time, so that you can go back to Beijing with me!" ”。
Li Ling didn't plan to meet the same people as those women, let alone go to Xingshi to ask for guilt, the clear ones would clear themselves, and they would know the truth of the matter sooner or later.
After sending the two "plague gods" away, the women were really happy for a while, but within two days they were sad again.
Far from decreasing, the number of young silkworm deaths has not decreased. And it's getting worse.
If this continues, months of women's busyness will be in vain.
"Why don't we go and ask Master Li? I heard that Master Li is erudite and talented, and he was born in Jiangnan, so maybe he can know the reason for the death of the young silkworms! ”。
Sick and rushed to the doctor, Aunt Ma, who first proposed to expel Yang Ying and Li Yanyu, proposed to everyone.
She has no choice, like Aunt Liu, she also occupies a silkworm pond alone, and if it continues like this, her loss will be great!
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