Chapter 686: There is no trivial matter in people's livelihood
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Seeing that the weak sister-in-law and bride were about to go up to move the mulberry branches, Yang Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly: "This big brother, I really don't need to trouble you, we really can't go over, so we will turn around and leave." ”
Yang Yi's words made the three of them stop, and looked at him in some surprise, I really haven't seen such a thing, the road is blocked, and it's not that you won't be allowed to go, why do you have to turn around and go?
The girl with a round face couldn't help but say, "Even if you want to turn around, you have to find a spacious place in front of you to turn around." ”
Yang Yi looked at it really, there was only one car on the mulberry field on both sides of the road, and his carriage was an extended version, and it was completely possible to sleep directly on the car at night, and it was really difficult to turn around in this narrow place.
At this time, the young man also said: "The villain's surname is Xu, his name is Xu Er, and he hasn't asked the senior official for his surname, which is really rude." ”
"Second Brother Xu doesn't have to be polite, my surname is Yang."
"Where are Yang officials going to visit, there are seventeen families in this village, and they are all familiar with each other on weekdays."
"I'm just passing by, not visiting anyone."
The little girl suddenly showed a hint of suspicion, quietly pulled the corner of Brother Nai's clothes, and then said: "That's strange, this road only leads to our Xujia Village, and there will be no way to go there, how can you pass by here?" ”
Yang Yi saw the girl's small movements, obviously, the little girl thought that his words were not right, and she was suspicious.
I don't blame the little girl, as soon as you encounter a little obstacle, and it is not that you will not let you, you will turn around and leave in a hurry. In the eyes of others, this is clearly a thief with a weak heart, either a traitor or a thief!
Yang Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly. said to Qing Niang in the car: "Qing Niang, come down and meet Second Brother Xu's family." ”
No way. I can't say that I am taking my wife to make a honeymoon trip, and I am wandering around with confidence, in the eyes of small families in the countryside, this kind of thing is not believable, that is only to invite Qing Niang down, with Qing Niang's graceful attitude, no one in this world must believe that she is a bad person.
Sure enough, Qing Niang lifted the curtain and got out of the car. Collect a blessing to the three people, this poetic and picturesque person, whoever wants to think about the bad guy feels that it is a sin, and the three hurriedly return the salute, and the doubts are gone.
Yang Yi preemptively said: "My husband and wife came from the capital, and we don't hide it, we just feel a little bored after living in the city for a long time, so we go to the countryside for a walk, and there is no place to go." I believe that the horse came here, I don't want to alarm Second Brother Xu and your family, I really don't want to go. ”
"Exactly, I really don't need to bother you to move mulberry branches. We'll rest here for a while, and when you find a car to pull it away, we'll set off again. It doesn't hurt. Qing Niang heard Yang Yi say the word husband and wife, and smiled sweetly at him. Then he said to Xu Erlang's family.
The delicate girl's eyes never left Qing Niang, although the clothes on Qing Niang's body were not gorgeous. But that temperament full of poetry and books is absolutely absent from country women, which makes her both envious and intimate.
After listening to Qing Niang's words, she hurriedly said: "This is not good, it is not early this day, wait for your itinerary, but how can it be good, or else, it is too late to go back to the city, madam, why don't you come to my house for a night, how about leaving tomorrow?" ”
The people in the capital are hospitable, but the people outside the city are not bad, as soon as they saw Qing Niang's good face, they immediately invited them to the house to be a guest.
Qing Niang stopped talking, a pair of crescent moons looked at Yang Yi with a smile, Yang Yi looked at the sky, and said: "My husband and wife have no fixed place to go, since the second brother Xu's family is warmly invited, then bother." ”
This matter is solved, and Xu Erlang's family is very happy, at least they don't have to move that large pile of mulberry branches around.
Yang Yi and Qing Niang were idle, so they came to the mulberry field with Xu Er, Qing Niang took out some fruit points and distributed them to them, Yang Yi snatched the two cooking cakes, well, this is my family's Qing Niang made it herself, and I am reluctant to give it to others to eat.
Xu Erlang's family didn't know why, the fruits brought by Qing Niang were extremely exquisite, and non-rich people couldn't eat them, so the two cooking cakes were the daily diet of the small people;
Yang Yi snatched the cooking cakes, they thought that Yang Yi was deliberately giving them the good ones to eat, but they were moved by Yang Yi a little.
After flipping through the resignation, the delicate little lady took the pastry, but she refused to eat it, and after repeated persuasion, she blushed and said that the small family had never seen such exquisite food, and wanted to keep it for her in-laws to eat.
Hearing her words, Xu Erlang and his sister's faces suddenly became like a red cloth, and they were extremely ashamed, and they hurriedly put away the pastries.
Yang Yi and Qing Niang glanced at each other, both of them were moved by the little lady, and Yang Yi once again remembered the two poems that Qing Niang had originally recited: Weisang and Zi, must be respectful.
Qing Niang stepped forward and persuaded: "You guys eat quickly, I still have a lot in the car, wait for about to go to your mansion to disturb, I have to ask Lingzun Lingtang to taste, you can eat these first, if it's not enough, I'll take some down." ”
Yang Yi felt that he was watching here, and Xu Erlang and the three would only be more embarrassed, so he didn't listen to what they said, and ran back to the car in a fit of anger and took out the Damascus Treasure Knife under the cushion;
The one he always carried with him was given to the boss, but at the beginning, Li Xiangxian brought back a total of twenty handfuls, and gave some to Wang Yong and others, and he still kept three.
If this Damascus treasure knife is sold in the Tokyo market, it will definitely not be a problem to sell it for one or two thousand, Yang Daguan is good, and after returning to Sangtian with the knife, he actually used the treasure knife to cut up mulberry branches.
Xu Er saw it and hurriedly came up to stop him: "Yang Daguan, I can't help it, I can't help it, I can't delay the trip of your husband and wife, the villain can't help it, how can I work you to do this rough work anymore, I can't do it." ”
"Second Brother Xu, if you have the strength, hurry up and cut your mulberry branches, and we'll call it a day after we're done."
"But the big officials ......."
"Don't be, your lady is so virtuous, how can you be lazy, go and cut it." As Yang Daguan spoke, he waved his knife to cut down, not to mention, he used a Damascus treasure knife worth thousands of gold to cut mulberry branches. It's really handy, and it's as clean as chopping melons and vegetables. In an instant, he cut down a large piece.
The more Yang Daguan cuts, the more addicted he becomes, and his feet are not bad. He felt as if he had returned to the bloody battlefield, slashing at the enemy's head with a knife, and the mulberry branches flew out one by one, like the corpse of the enemy falling to the ground.
The vertical and horizontal sword qi made Xu Er unable to get close, and he couldn't persuade him, so he really couldn't do anything.
His sister seemed to want to say something, but the virtuous little lady pulled her sleeve in time. The words came to his lips and he swallowed again.
Qing Niang saw the movements of the two of them, and the careful Qing Niang looked at the mulberry branches they chopped, and then looked at what Yang Yi chopped, she felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly shouted: "Brother Yang, stop, stop, how can you cut like this." ”
"Uh, isn't that how you cut it? I think it's a good idea. Yang Daguan looked dazed. I also gestured left and right to see which posture was more comfortable.
Qing Niang smiled, pointed to the mulberry branch cut by Xu Er and said, "Brother Yang, Brother Xu cut back this mulberry branch to make firewood and grass to cook rice." You can see clearly, Second Brother Xu cut off the mulberry branches against the ground, and the remaining half a foot long you cut. If you cut it like this, there will be a lot of firewood and grass in this acre of mulberry field. ”
Yang Daguan took a look. It's true, Xu Er is cut close to the ground. There is still one or twenty centimeters left on the ground for those who cut themselves, or even more, and there is no gas available these days, so every household has to find firewood and grass to cook;
Rich and noble families are extravagant and wasteful, eating a chicken and eating chicken tongue, and all the chicken is lost; But it's different in ordinary farms, they are used to being thrifty, and a piece of grass is also precious in their eyes.
Yang Yiguan said with some embarrassment: "Well, I'll cut it again, and this time I will ensure that the particles are returned to the warehouse." ”
Xu Er scratched his head, and Nana explained: "According to Yang Daguanren, it is really not good to cut like this, waste firewood or secondary, the main thing is that if this root is left too high, we will not be able to cover the new soil next spring, and the buds that grow will not grow roots themselves, and they all have to rely on the original old roots to supply fertilizer and water, and the mulberry branches will be very thin and small, and the leaves will be small, which will not be enough to raise silkworms." ”
After Xu Eryi said, Yang Yi immediately understood, Xu Er cut off the old branch close to the ground, and next year the new shoots can only grow from the ground, and the old roots can be covered by a layer of soil, and the new shoots can grow roots on their own, which is conducive to absorbing nutrients and naturally growing stronger;
It's really like a mountain, if you cut it like yourself, Xu Er's family will only have to drink the northwest wind next year.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'll cut it again." Yang Yi said that he would come back immediately to rework, and Qing Niang saw that he finally had time to eat, and couldn't help but steal the fun.
Xu Er was even more uneasy, and persuaded him again: "Yang Daguan, you are a rich and noble life, you don't do this farm work, you better rest, I'll cut it alone, I really don't want to go like this." ”
"Don't be wordy, you can cut it quickly, let's go back to your house to drink after chopping, I have good wine in the car, you can accompany me to have a drink tonight."
Yang Yi was arrogant, Xu Er couldn't resist him, so he had to let him, the two of them cut in front, and the sister-in-law tied up the mulberry they cut with straw ropes in the back, and Qing Niang also had to help, not to mention that Xu Er's family didn't let it go this time, even Yang Yi refused.
"Qing Niang, you are watching from the sidelines, you are not allowed to join in the fun, this is an order." Yang Yi gave an order to Qing Niang for the first time.
Just kidding, what's not easy to do, bring Qing Niang to do farm work, if Qing Niang's fans know, it would be strange if Yang Daguan was not hunted down to the ends of the earth.
"Okay, Brother Yang, don't be angry, people just look at it." Qing Niang was ordered by him with a tiger face, stuck out her little tongue, and had to stay honestly on the side.
Yang Yi and Xu Er, who settled down, chatted about the silkworm while chopping, the matter of agriculture and mulberry is not a trivial matter, in China, all dynasties have implemented the policy of "simultaneous development of agriculture and mulberry";
At the beginning of spring, local officials should personally go down to the fields to persuade farmers to teach mulberry, and there is a saying among the people that "a woman does not have silkworms, or suffers from the cold". It can be seen how important the matter of silkworms is.
When Yang Yi was the governor of Huanzhou, he often had to go down to the fields, but Huanzhou was located in the northwest and was not suitable for raising silkworms, and he didn't know much about silkworms.
Listening to Xu Er's eloquent talk, Yang Yi was interested, and now with the rise of maritime trade, the demand for silk fabrics is greater, and it is always in short supply;
How to increase the production of silk is a matter related to the prosperity of the country.
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PS: Thank you for the god of autumn, 815 bookworms, kill? Kill? Killing, drunkenness, and tears of the Republic for the support of the five book friends, thank you. (To be continued.) )