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The beauty is beautiful and idle, picking Sangqi Road.

The soft strips are rising, and the fallen leaves are fluttering.

Sleeves to see plain hands, bright wrists about gold rings.

The head is golden, and the waist is cuilang.

The pearl is handed over to the jade body, and the wood is difficult among the corals.

Luo Yi is fluttering, and the light coat is far away with the wind.

Looking forward to the brilliance, the long howl is like an orchid.

Don't look at the poetry in which the literati write about Cai Sang in a poetic way, which makes people full of reverie, in fact, this is mostly a kind of obscenity of the literati.

Think about it, "The head is golden, and the waist is green." The pearl is handed over to the jade body, and the wood is difficult among the corals. "Is this an ordinary mulberry picker? How do you think it's describing the scene when the queen mother kisses silkworms, and the slender jade picks a few mulberry leaves by hand.

The real silkworm farmer, the most bitter and tiring part of the link is to pick mulberry, silkworms grow to ten days and eight days before silk, the amount of food is very large, a person picking mulberry leaves is not enough silkworms to eat, you want to raise more silkworms, you can only pick from dawn to dark;

The mulberry field is impermeable, the heat is unstoppable, the bullshit Luo Yi is fluttering, the light skirt is far away with the wind, and it is often seen that he dies of heat stroke in the mulberry field.

There are few fields suitable for planting rice and wheat in Xujia Village, and in recent years, it has mainly relied on planting mulberry and raising silkworms on dry land to become rich.

If you can really increase the speed of picking mulberry leaves by four or five times as Yang Yi said, it is equivalent to saying that a person can raise a few more silkworms than now, which is equivalent to adding several times the labor force to the family, and this kind of thing will bring earth-shaking changes to their lives in the future.

Xu Erniangzi and a group of other women heard the conversation outside the courtyard, and they couldn't help but run out to listen, the work of picking mulberry leaves is mostly done by women on weekdays. For them, this matter is even bigger than the sky. Where can you not listen to understand.

Xu Er's delicate girl couldn't help but ask, "Yang Daguan, aren't you bragging?" What the hell is a rare thing? Can you really let everyone pick mulberry leaves several times faster? ”

She came out to interject like this, which was somewhat rude, and the old man Xu immediately reprimanded: "The third sister must not be rude, do you have the right to intervene when your uncles talk to your guests?" Don't hurry up yet. ”

The little girl's personality is a little stubborn, and the children in the countryside are usually more casual, she pouted and wanted to answer a few words, but Xu Er's virtuous lady hurriedly pulled the hem of her clothes to stop her.

Yang Yi smiled and said: "On weekdays, I like to tinker with some strange tricks and tricks, and I thought about this for a while." It shouldn't be very difficult, just make a small object instead of hand-picking, so let's say a few things, you can help me prepare it tomorrow, I'll make one out to test, if it's okay, it's the best, if there are any defects, I promise to improve it for you until it can be used. ”

Xu Er and the others are now energetic. Hurriedly asked: "What do you want to prepare, even if you tell me, I will go and prepare it for you immediately." ”

"It's not a rarity, you have two cylindrical pieces of wood for me. There are also a dozen iron nails and two thin blades, just these three. ”

"That's all three?" Xu Er and others were even more skeptical. I can't think of how these three things can increase the speed of picking mulberry leaves several times.

"Well, let's get those three things first. Second Brother Xu, stretch out your thumb and forefinger. In the shape of a wine glass, yes, that's it, the two cylindrical pieces of wood together are roughly the size of a wine glass, so it fits in your hand like this. The iron nail should be an inch long, and the grass stalk should be thick; Blades, find a better steel hammer to make it thinner, two inches long, and open the edge. ”

Although Xu Er and the others couldn't figure it out, they still prepared according to his requirements, and they went to prepare overnight, after all, not every family has iron nails these days, so they have to go to a blacksmith to customize them.

After dinner, the villagers dispersed, Xu Erniang and his little sister were busy carrying hot water for Qing Niang to bathe, Yang Yi took Xiaobai to the stream at the edge of the village to take a cold bath, and when he came back, the moonlight was like frost and snow;

Most of the people in the small village have gone to bed with the lights off, and from time to time there are a few barking dogs, which makes the whole countryside seem more silent, and the moon shadow on the pond in front of it sways leisurely, which seems very peaceful.

In the middle of the three main houses of the Xu family is the hall, the room on the left lives the old man Xu and his wife, the room on the right is the room of the young couple Xu Er, the delicate little sister lives in the wing room on the right, Yang Yi and Qing Niang were arranged in the wing room on the left, the room is not big, there is only a bed and a small table, and a small cabinet, which is very clean.

When Yang Yi came back, Xu Er was still waiting at the courtyard gate, and his little wife was helping Qing Niang make the bed in the wing.

Xu Er greeted him and said, "Yang Daguan has worked hard today, but what else do you need, just give orders." ”

Yang Yi replied with a smile: "Second Brother Lao Xu has been waiting for a long time, it's okay, it's not early at night, Second Brother Xu should go back to the room and rest." ”

The two exchanged two words in the courtyard, and after Xu Er's lady heard the voice, she quickly withdrew from the room and gave Yang Yi Yingying, and then went back to the room with Xu Er, Yang Yi noticed that there was a happy word on the door of his house, and he wanted to come to the couple not long after they got married.

Xu two good, with the whole village to develop sericulture, and catch up with the explosive development of the Song Dynasty, silk prices have risen again and again, these years have made a lot of money, the newly married lady is both beautiful and virtuous, the most important thing is to know filial piety to the elders, is really a happy family.

Yang Yi entered the wing room, closed the room with his hand, Qing Niang took the change of clothes in his hand and put it on the wooden box, she was graceful and graceful under the lamp, and the dress of the small jasper had a different style.

Yang Yi leaned back on the head of the bed and asked, "Qing Niang, will you blame Brother Yang for being too boring and wandering around so purposelessly, if you are not used to it, let's go back to the city tomorrow." ”

Qing Niang turned her head leisurely, with a smile on her face, just like a begonia flower blooming on a branch.

Yang Yi beckoned to her, and the girl sat down on the edge of the bed obediently, and the little bird leaned on him and said, "Brother Yang don't worry about me, I think this is very good, anyway, with Brother Yang by my side, I am not afraid of anywhere, walking around like this is very fresh." ”

Yang Yi pinched her jade nose and smiled: "It's good if you really think so, if you like it." Brother Yang will take you out when he has time in the future, and let's wander around. Enjoy the scenery of the four seasons and taste the food of various places. and listen to the poetry of the mother......"

"Ah, Brother Yang, you ...... Don't talk nonsense. In the lonely room in the middle of the night, as soon as Yang Yi mentioned the poem, Qing Niang couldn't help but think about it, and she was so ashamed that she went straight into Yang Yi's arms.

Yang Yi said innocently: "Qing Niang, I didn't mean that, don't think about it, I'm talking about serious poetry, not the .........."

Qing Niang pounded him with a pair of pink fists. Just don't follow.

"Shh Yang Yi's hearing is better than ordinary people, and suddenly heard a strange noise outside, and hurriedly silenced Qing Niang, Qing Niang stopped her pink fist, and sure enough, she heard a strange squeak, the sound was not loud, but it was really heard in this night.

Qing Niang's first reaction was that there was a thief, but it didn't look like she listened carefully, so she couldn't help but ask softly, "Brother Yang." What sound is this? ”

"I don't know, I'll take a look."

"Ah, Brother Yang, don't go, I'm afraid ........."

"Don't be afraid. Brother Yang cleaned up the little thief, and he didn't have his hands on it........."

When Yang Yi said this, he couldn't go on, because except for the squeak. At this time, there was a faint moan, although it was not loud. But it is not difficult to judge that it was sent by Xu Er's little wife.

Qing Niang is also here now, how can she not know where the moaning in the middle of the night came from. The pretty face was as red as Zhu Dan in an instant, Yang Yi couldn't help but cover his mouth and grunt, damn it, you spoke up earlier, so that I and Qing Niang thought it was a thief.

He finally couldn't hold back his laughter, and said jokingly to Qing Niang: "Qing Niang, it's not early at night, let's rest quickly." ”

Qing Niang sighed, covered her hot face and rolled into the bed, pulled the futon and covered her head, causing Yang Yi to grunt again.

In order to see the effect, the efficiency of the villagers of Xujia Village was surprisingly fast, and Yang Yi got up in the early morning, and they had already prepared all the things that Yang Yi wanted, and it was said that the iron nails and blades were made overnight by the blacksmith in the next village.

Zhao Er's lady brought water to wash Yang Yi and Qing Niang, Yang Yi found that she had never dared to look at herself, and she couldn't hide the shame on her face;

She looks quite beautiful, graceful, fair-skinned, and is definitely a rare beauty in the countryside, no wonder Xu Er cut the mulberry branches for a day, and she is not too tired, and she works hard at night.

Yang Yi pretended not to see the shame on her face, hurriedly turned his face, and went to fiddle with the small objects sent by the villagers;

Two semi-cylindrical pieces of wood, together they form a cylinder, with a hole in the middle about the size of a finger, and a shaft pin is attached to the pre-drilled hole at the back, so that the two cylindrical pieces can be opened and closed like the jaws of a vise.

Then insert the two blades into the inside of the cylinder, nail them tightly, and the knife edge is slightly exposed downward.

Then there were a dozen or so one-inch-long iron nails, which were evenly nailed to the bottom of the two cylinders, like iron brushes.

Finally, find two small strips of cloth so that the small leaf picker can be wrapped around the thumb and index finger, so that the retractable thumb and index finger can easily carry the two pieces of cylindrical wood to open and close.

This is not difficult to say, but it took Yang Yi half an hour to put together a few small objects smoothly, and a group of villagers didn't do anything, one by one they gathered around and watched, what kind of leaf picker didn't work, it was too important to them, so that no one had the heart to work in the field today.

Old man Xu asked first: "Yang Daguan, is this good?" ”

Yang Yi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It should be almost, you see, like me, wrap this leaf picker around your thumb and index finger............"

When Yang Yi said this, he asked someone to take a mulberry branch and try to say: "Open, close the mulberry branch in the empty space in the middle of the leaf picker, and then pull down briskly along the mulberry branch, these long nails below will nail the mulberry leaf, so that the leaf will not fly away, and the blade inside will cut off the petiole accordingly;

In this way, you can pick more than 10 leaves with a brisk pull, and then with your other hand, you can take off the leaves pierced in the nail and put them in the basket. ”

Yang Yi said that everyone nodded frequently, but before they saw the real effect of this leaf picker, the villagers' voices still had a sense of hesitation.

Well, there are no mulberry leaves this season, so let's find some leaves that resemble mulberry leaves and try it.

What is the effect, in fact, Yang Yi has no bottom in his heart!

You know, theory is not the same as reality.

Just as the villagers were watching, Yang Daguan took out a cooking cake like a trick and ate it with relish.

Don't look at it, this is a cooking cake made by my family's Qing Niang, and I won't share it with you when I see it.

How could Qing Niang make cooking cakes, this question came to Yang Daguan's mind again.

Okay, let's try this leaf picker first.

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PS: Thank you for the support of several friends such as September's oneness, autumn god light, and Shimizu shore willow.

(To be continued.) )