Chapter 10: The Resurrection of the Tip of the Tongue
It was another good weather, Yun Yao brought a large clay pot filled with water, and put the fish in the clay pot, since he wanted to give a gift, he naturally wanted to give it alive. It takes a lot of time to walk from the river bank to the bottom of the mountain, so I won't be working today.
The closer you get to the mountains and forests, the more small animals there are, and these little animals still don't know what kind of civilization their descendants will face, and they don't know how delicious their descendants will become. At this time, they are carefree and scurrying in the weeds by the roadside, and they are not afraid of people at all.
You can already see the mountain man's house, and the style is very simple, Yun Yao knows that this mountain man sometimes goes to the mining to exchange some food, and Uncle Zai and they have all traded with him.
The outer walls of the house were decorated with feathers of various colors, tied with fine hemp rope, which must have been offerings, and some unknown dried meat was dried, and some bones were piled up in the corners.
The house is protected by a bamboo fence, and there are two large mulberry trees planted in the courtyard, and there are a few willow trees by the stream outside the fence.
"Anyone, please?" Standing outside the fence, Yun Yao asked aloud in her good voice.
After a while, a voice came from inside the house, the door opened, and a petite woman dressed in animal skin stepped out, presumably the wife of the mountain man.
The woman looked at Yun Yao a little strangely, and couldn't see the origin of the guest, so she asked, "What's the matter with you?" ”
"Is the mountain man at home? I am the daughter of the Zhu family, and I heard that the archery skills of the mountain people are wonderful, so I came to learn and ask for advice. Yun Yao said politely.
"I don't know if it's a noble lady coming, please come in." I heard that she was the daughter of the Zhu family, and the woman also knew that she was a baron, the only nobleman in this realm.
"Are you the wife of the mountain man? How to call it? ”
"Exactly, my name is Ji Jiang." Corresponding to Yun Yao's name, she is surnamed Jiang, but Ji is definitely not her name, she took the surname of the mountain man, that is, the way of naming a married daughter.
For example, Yun Yao's mother was called Zhu Jiang when she was alive, and she was also surnamed Jiang, and then took her father's name as her name. Because the mountain people are not nobles and do not have a clan, they take the surname.
Having a surname also means that it is the identity of a Chinese person, and the average savage has no name at all, only a code name.
"Hello Aunt Jiang." Yun Yao immediately greeted obediently.
"Come in, please." Ji Jiang is about thirty years old, his body is a little delicate, and his demeanor is a little tired, but his eyes are kind, and he must be a virtuous person.
Being ushered into the hall, Yun Yao took a cursory look.
The house is not big, but it is well organized, and there is a bamboo plaque for raising silkworms in the hall, which is covered with mulberry leaves, and it seems that it is to prepare for raising spring silkworms.
These things are also available in Yun Yao's family, all of which were left by Yun Yao's mother, and no one has used them since she died. It stands to reason that Yun Yao should raise silkworms and weave cloth as a woman, but as a baron, no one has to make a choice, so she has never raised silkworms. Before the crossing, Yun Yao really didn't know that the history of silkworm raising in the Central Plains could be pushed back to before the Western Zhou Dynasty.
"She, he has entered the mountain, and he will come back in the afternoon, you can wait for him, if there is anything else to do, you can also leave a message to me, and I will tell him." Ji Jiang said softly, she took a thatched futon and asked Yun Yao to sit, but she was actually kneeling.
"I'll wait for him." Yun Yao said: "There is a black fish here as a gift, please be sure to accept it." ”
"No, my husband has a strange temper, and he will be angry if I accept the gift without permission." "Noble girl, husband he may not agree to teach you archery, he often says that his archery skills are going to be lost, because although his archery skills are powerful, but the requirements for the practitioner are also high, if the strength is not enough, even the bow can not be pulled." It's no wonder that Ji Jiang is suspicious, after all, Yun Yao is white and tender, not like a powerful person, but he wants to learn archery, but he is afraid that he is asking for hardship.
"If I can't learn it, I have to tell me in person, so that I can be willing." Yun Yao must learn, not only to learn archery, but also to learn to drive in the future, because the two skills of archery and royalty are necessary skills for men to be competitive, and only by cultivating these two skills to the point of being supernatural can men be scared away.
Ji Jiang smiled bitterly, and thought that Yun Yao was cute, and thought that he had to persuade his husband to let him teach Yun Yao a trick and a half.
Yun Yao came alone, Ji Jiang remembered Yun Yao's life experience, knew that she was an orphan, and couldn't help but feel more pity: "Noble girl, you take a break, I'll pick some berries." ”
Yun Yao originally wanted to say that there was no need to bother, but she knew that the other party would definitely insist on picking it, after all, it was not etiquette to have guests but not prepare something to entertain, so she said: "I'll go with you, I'll sit here alone and have nothing to do." ”
Ji Jiang intuitively felt that Yunyao was lively and cute, full of girlish nature, and couldn't help laughing: "Picking berries is not playing, so don't go." ”
Yun Yao had already stood up and said, "Go together, go together." ”
Ji Jiang had no choice but to take Yun Yao to pick berries together, although the winter has only passed, but there are already a lot of berries growing in the mountains, Ji Jiang held a small clay pot in his arms and took Yun Yao into the mountains to pick the fruits.
Yunyao is still the first time to enter the mountain, the mountain road is not easy to walk, but the undeveloped mountain forest is indeed rich in products, there are trees, bamboo, and bamboo shoots. It's a pity that even salt is rare these days, and there are ingredients that can't be developed into food, although bamboo shoots can be eaten, but Yunyao is not a panda can eat bamboo shoots alone.
Unfortunately, if the seasoning is a little richer, this mountain ingredient can be turned into a delicacy on the taste buds.
So let's go eat berries, at least these foods have a flavor in themselves, unlike bamboo shoots that need to be seasoned.
Ji Jiang taught Yun Yao how to distinguish berries while picking them, Yun Yao was greedy and picked them directly into his mouth, and was taken into the mountain by the mountain man's wife, this is not an illegal act, when will you not eat at this time?
Yun Yao wanted to cry, it turned out that his tongue was still useful, and he could taste the ups and downs, when the fresh taste of berries danced on his tongue, Yun Yao, who was used to the tasteless little rice, really had a feeling of resurrection, and the world suddenly became wonderful again.
"It's sour, sweet, and delicious." Yun Yao smiled sincerely.
"Most people are not used to eating these berries, so if you think they are delicious, eat more." Ji Jiang also knows that outsiders usually can't eat these things, and some people even think that the berries taste too weird, but Yun Yao is obviously not an ordinary person, her tongue has been tested for a long time before the crossing, as a fat fat, it is necessary to eat and eat, Yun Yao can not exaggerate to say that she was also a gourmand before the crossing, she can eat and cook, relatives and friends around her say that she is a good cook, but unfortunately it is difficult for a Qiao woman to cook without rice now, in the scarcity environment of the Western Zhou Dynasty, even eating salt is a luxury, let alone cooking food.
In addition to berries, bamboo shoots, mushrooms, and beehives, Yun Yao is more and more greedy, and made up her mind that even if it is for her own five internal organs, she must worship the mountain as a teacher, and if she wants to get permission to enter the mountain casually, she must succeed.