"It turns out that this village has only started raising silkworms for nearly two hundred years!" Gu Anxia continued to look at Murashi, a little surprised.

Gu Tianxing's heart moved when he heard this, no wonder he always felt that something was wrong!

Yes, Shui Lanxing also has silkworm breeding, and it is mostly prevalent in the three major river basins of Chang Mou River, Zhu Mou River, and Huang Mou River.

The first place is mild and rainy, the middle part is hot and rainy, and the last place is rainy in summer despite the drought in the spring.

It can be seen that rainwater is a very important condition for silkworm raising, but this Sangshan area obviously does not meet this point.

In the current village, for example, there is only a small pond and a well, which was dug by craftsmen more than 50 years ago when the villagers were a little wealthy.

Could it be that the land on the mountain is extremely fertile, which makes up for the shortcoming of the water source?

She was a little confused, so she followed the fourth uncle to continue to check the village chronicles.

"Bah! Sangshan first started raising silkworms, but it was actually the family surnamed Hua? It seems that this family is quite generous, and such an important way to make money is willing to share it with others! "To be honest, if it were me, I'm afraid I wouldn't have this heart.

The scholar walked in with two cups of tea, and when he heard the words, he responded:

"Indeed, the ancestors of the Hua family discovered the method of raising silkworms to make tough silk more than 200 years ago, and it is said that at that time, not only were silkworms extremely difficult to survive in this area, but even mulberry trees were very rare.

Later, there were more mulberry trees in Sangshan, and there were more silkworms, so his family made this method public.

Since then, more than a dozen villages around Sangshan have been in awe of the Hua family, and it has not disappeared to this day. ”

"Not bad! If it weren't for that, the little brother wanted to take a look at such a trivial matter as raising silkworms, and the old man didn't have to go to Hua's house for a trip. ”

It was the old village chief who came, and looking at his relaxed expression, the Hua family should have agreed to the request of the uncle and nephew.

"There is Lao Lao, I don't know ......" Gu Anxia closed the "Village Chronicles" in his hand and stood up, he hoped to see this livelihood with his own eyes.

The old village chief stroked his long beard with a smile and said:

"It's okay, the Hua family not only agreed, but also invited the two of them to the Hua family's 'Mulberry Garden' to have a look."

Seeing that the two of them did not know why, the old man explained:

"This 'mulberry garden' was when the Hua family made the method of raising silkworms publicly, and the villagers bought a piece of land in Sangshan with their own money and gave it to his family.

That piece of land is easily not allowed to go, even mulberry leaves are not easy to pick. ”

That's right, people even said the way to make money generously, and those villagers can't say nothing at all.

Besides, the ancient mountains were not expensive, especially at that time, the work of 'raising silkworms' had not yet developed, so it naturally did not cost a few silver dollars.

The uncle and nephew were immediately excited, this 'mulberry garden' sounded like a private garden, and there must be a secret method for raising silkworms and making silk.

Gu Anxia can't wait for the night to pass soon, and he can go and see it soon!

At noon, the old village chief and the young scholar led their uncle and nephew to the 'mulberry garden'.

I am grateful that the two of them sent back their grandchildren, and the head of the Hua family with his two sons is already at the foot of the mountain.

Several people greeted each other for a while, and soon came to the 'mulberry garden' of the flower family.

Although it is called a garden, the ancient stars can not see the courtyard wall with the naked eye, and there is a stone workshop erected at the entrance, which is engraved with two big cyan characters of 'mulberry garden'.

Facing the entrance was a stone road, large enough for a two-horse carriage to pass, and looking at the marks on the ground, I thought that goods were often transported.

The stone road is not long and only three or four hundred meters, and there are rows of mulberry trees planted at the end of the road, which blocks the appearance of the inside.

Passing through the small mulberry forest, you can clearly see a large courtyard, separated by a stone wall.

Mr. Hua pointed to the courtyards on both sides and introduced:

"Two of you, please see, this is the most secret place of my Huajia's 'mulberry garden', the left side is used to breed mulberry insects, and the right side is the place where silk is made.

If you are interested, you can enter the house for a detailed investigation. ”

Seeing the curiosity on the faces of the two of them, he smiled and guided a few people into the courtyard on the left.

In the courtyard, rows of wooden shelves are neatly erected, and all dustpans are placed on them. Gu Anxia looked curiously and flicked it with his hand, but found no silkworms.

Master Hua knew that he was puzzled, and took the initiative to explain:

"The yard is full of washed mulberry leaves, and then give the silkworms to eat when the water is a little dry, the silkworms are delicate, and they are mostly kept indoors."

As he spoke, he led a few more people to the house, and there were still rows of wooden shelves full of dustpans, the difference was that the wriggling white fat silkworms among the mulberry leaves in the dustpan were clearly visible.

"These silkworm eggs, which look very much like fine sesame seeds, are yellow, and they have to change color after two or three days......

Mr. Hua was a little excited, and introduced the changes of silkworms in detail.

Gu Anxia listened even more carefully, if he hadn't taken care of it, he really wanted to take a note with a piece of paper.

Gu Tianxing looked around indiscriminately as she listened, and suddenly a place in the middle attracted her attention. It was an independent wooden frame, only one person high, but it was made of fine ebony wood.

This kind of wood is generally used to build furniture in large households, and it is too luxurious to only make a wooden shelf!

There was only a dustpan tied with a red rope on the ebony wooden shelf, and she couldn't help but walk over and take a closer look, there were only two silkworms inside!

Just as he was guessing the difference between these two silkworms, he suddenly felt a faint fluctuation of spiritual power flash!

Gu Tianxing immediately unfolded his divine sense, and there was no abnormality in the circle after a round, could it really be his own delusion?

I couldn't figure it out, so I walked closer again, and was about to take a good look at the two silkworm babies, but was "cough cough! Two coughs interrupted.

As soon as Master Hua saw Gu Tianxing walking inside, his heart jumped, for fear that the little girl would be reckless and hurt the 'heirloom' silkworm. Now that I saw her walking closer, I couldn't help but curse in my heart and stopped her.

This is not a priceless treasure, but it has been passed down from generation to generation by the ancestors of the Hua family, so he naturally does not want to show it to others easily.

Looking at the appearance of a few people who didn't know why, even the old village chief was inquiring, and when he saw it, Master Hua felt "It's bad!" "I'm afraid it's a misunderstanding!

For fear of the occurrence of the misfortune of 'the husband is not guilty of his guilt', after thinking for a while, he still explained the origin of this pair of silkworms.

It turns out that more than 200 years ago, it was just a poor village in the middle of nowhere, and there were not so many mulberry trees planted on the periphery of Mulberry Mountain.

It was a year of great drought, and the villagers were forced to go deep into the mountains to find a way to survive.

Although the Mulberry Mountain is not tall, it covers an extremely wide area, and it is even more wooded and fierce, and there are many fierce beasts, if it is not really hungry, the big guy will not go.

It is said that the ancestor of the Hua family at that time was still a young and strong guy, but in the disaster year, the mother of the family was seriously ill, so he wanted to go into the mountains to find ginseng.

I didn't think that the ginseng was not searched, but I found a huge ancient mulberry tree, and I even saw a silkworm cocoon on the tree.

Thanks to the ancestor of the Hua family, he had a good understanding and knew that there was silkworm breeding and silk production in the rich land in the south thousands of miles away, so he took a lot of them home to study.

Not to mention how the ancestors of the Hua family worked hard to cultivate silkworms and how to plant mulberry trees, the two silkworms on the black spring wooden frame in front of everyone are the descendants of two of the ones brought back that year.

There were a lot of silkworms brought back that year, but only one pair was the most spiritual, and the ancestor of the Hua family picked it out and cultivated it carefully.

The offspring of ordinary silkworms are hundreds of silkworm eggs, but this pair is different, only two slightly larger eggs, and the cocoons produced by partial growth are much better than ordinary ones.

Therefore, the Hua family has carefully cared for the offspring of this pair of silkworms from generation to generation, although it has not seen any effect, but it is also regarded as a kind of family inheritance.

As soon as he heard that it was of little use, the old village chief's curiosity suddenly disappeared mostly, and it was a pity to say straight!

Think about it, how many cocoons can be produced and how much silk can be made by only giving birth to a pair of offspring? It's just a rare thing to see!

Gu Tianxing sounded a little excited, there must be something unusual about that huge ancient mulberry tree! Now that I've been touched by myself, I'm going to find out anyway.

One was interested in going to Mulberry Mountain at night to check, and the other was anxious to record what he saw and heard in the Hua family, and the uncle and nephew were combined, so they decided to spend another night at the old village chief's house.