Chapter 41 There are birds in the southern mountain, and Luo in the northern mountain!
Wei Zhai.
A knitting room.
Several women are reeling (sao) silk.
Silk reeling is to boil silkworm cocoons in water, pick up the silk threads floating on the water, and combine several threads into a strand of silk. Subsequently, the silk threads are plucked (lian), that is, the prepared silk threads are repeatedly soaked in warm water containing plant ash. The gum on top will further fall off, making the silk white and soft.
These women are obviously not mulberry picking women.
Because these women, judging from their clothes, must have come from wealthy families.
The leader was a few dignified middle-aged women, and the rest were only in their teens. They were all wearing brocade and silk clothes, either wide-sleeved dark clothes, or two-color skirts, and sachets around their waists.
The whole weaving room was filled with the smell of vanilla.
Throughout ancient society, weaving was as important as farming.
The corn harvested from plowing the fields is for eating, and the cloth produced by weaving is for wearing, so there is a saying that "men farm and women weave".
"The Book of Shang Jun" says: "Those who work hard in their own business, till and weave and produce a lot of millet and silk, will be restored to their original state."
The Qin Dynasty has been encouraging farming and weaving since the beginning of Shang Yang's reform, and stipulated that slave farmers who paid more in grain and cloth could regain their freedom. The government's taxes also included cloth. Sometimes when there was a shortage of money, cloth would be used as the equivalent.
"Book of Rites·Yue Ling": "The concubine Qi Jie, went to the East and wanted to make mulberry leaves... After the silkworm room was boarded, the cocoons were separated, and the silk was used to serve as clothes for the suburban temple."
The Book of Rites stipulates that the concubines of the Emperor of Zhou must go to the eastern suburbs outside the city to pick mulberry after fasting, and the silkworms must be weighed and assessed one by one to make sacrificial robes for the Emperor.
In the Qin Dynasty.
This period of extremely stressful life and heavy survival pressure forced every Qin people with labor force, regardless of men, women, old or young, to participate in various production activities.
Even nobles and powerful people are no exception.
In the last row of the Jamsil, a young girl is working with a noble lady.
The girl was wearing a dark red and black dress. She had a long and fair neck. She had not yet had haircuts, so her dark hair hung down her shoulders. However, the girl was a little absent-minded, but her position was very far back, so no one noticed it for a moment.
Most middle-aged ladies just go through the motions.
After pouring a few bamboo plaques of silkworm cocoons into the water, they greeted each other, talked and laughed and left the silkworm room. As for the remaining "women's skills" such as silk reeling and silk spinning, they were left to the girls in the room.
Girls are already used to it.
Continue to reel and reel the silk with concentration.
After lingering for a while, Bo Shu finally couldn't help it. She looked around a few times and whispered to the two close friends next to her: "Guan'e, Zhao Tan, you guys will go out later, can you help me?" Do you want to bring someone a message from the school?"
Guan E and Zhao Tan were stunned.
They looked Bo Shu up and down for a few times, with a shy smile in their eyes, and asked curiously: "Huh? Our Yu Shu has actually fallen in love with someone? Who is the other person? How can we, Yu Shu, be so proactive."
Seeing the misunderstanding between the two women, Bo Shu blushed and hurriedly explained:
"You have misunderstood."
"I am grounded during this period."
"I want you to help me bring a message to Mr. Qin."
Zhao Tan agreed and said with a smile:
"Master Qin?"
"Is this our Yushu's favorite person?"
"However, I have to say it first. There are some words that I will not mention, such as the saying in the Book of Songs, 'There are birds in the southern mountains, and Luo in the northern mountains. I miss you, but I have no choice...'."
"I can't say these shameful words."
Guan E also followed and started making noises.
A blush flashed across Bo Shu's face, and then she rolled her eyes at the two of them, and said angrily: "Stop making fun of me here."
"I'm really in a hurry."
"Otherwise I wouldn't have asked you to help."
Seeing that Bo Shu was so serious, Zhao Tan and Guan E also became quiet. They asked curiously: "What message do you want us to bring you?"
Bo Shu's face turned pale.
Sighed:
"I actually don't know what to say."
"Didn't I go out of the city some time ago? I happened to meet Mr. Qin. When I left, Mr. Qin gave me a piece of calligraphy as a gift. Later, for some reason, my mother discovered it, and she asked some questions at that time.
The question, I was so flustered that I let it slip."
"I didn't pay much attention to it at first."
"But yesterday, some officials came to inquire about Mr. Qin's situation. I was worried that they would be harmful to Mr. Qin. I actually wanted to remind Mr. Qin myself, but my family banned me, so I could only ask you to help me.
Just a heads up."
"I......"
"I really didn't mean it."
As she spoke, Bo Shu's eyes became red and filled with grievances.
Zhao Tan and Guan E quickly comforted him.
At the same time he said:
"Don't worry, your matter is our matter, and we will definitely help with this matter, but what exactly does Mr. Qin look like?"
Bo Shu sobbed a few times and recalled Qin Luoheng's figure.
She said quietly:
"He is nearly eight feet tall, has an upright appearance, sharp eyebrows and beautiful eyes. He is open-minded and sincere. He has a sense of freedom and elegance in his movements. He likes to read and often keeps reading. He also likes..."
Listening to Bo Shu's description, Zhao Tan and Guan E looked at each other with smiles in their eyes.
...
On the other side, inside the school room.
Qin Luoheng naturally didn't know that he had attracted a lot of attention. His attention was now focused on class.
He knows nothing about the outside world.
After nearly four hours of classes, the school day was finally over.
Lang came over and said: "Brother Qin, I think you should pay attention to it. This engineer is a bit desperate now. He has failed to buy and sell with you. I feel that he may use it on you."
Qiang, how about I go with you today?"
Fen Ye said: "Brother Qin, it would be great if you lived in the city. If you give him ten courages, he won't dare to stir up trouble. He is sure that you are not in the city now, so he dares to threaten you so blatantly.
."
"It's a pity there is no evidence."
"Otherwise, I will accompany Brother Qin to sue the officials."
"His mother-in-law's!"
Qin Luoheng smiled and said:
"Need not."
"Since he is an engineer, he must know the laws of Qin."
"No matter how crazy he is, he wouldn't dare to commit any crime against Qin's laws. What's more, as a scholar, I can enter the school without any support."
"If he really dares to attack me, he will never come back!"
"You don't have to worry about me."
Qin Luoheng didn't take him to heart at all.
Lang Hefen nodded.
They can enter the school because they have some background.
For example, Lang's father was a doctor with a title, Fen's father was a city official, and the other historical sons either came from official families, or had titles in their families, and were not really considered low-level Guizhou leaders.
Qin Luoheng was able to enter the school room, so he was no exception.
Think of this.
Lang Hefen also felt relieved.
Lang said:
"Too."
"He is just an engineer, but he is a big official. What are you afraid of what he will do?"
"When we graduate from school and work as local officials, depending on our conditions, we will be able to become Haizhi within three to five years. Prison history and so on. We will check on him every now and then to see if we don't torture him to death.
"
"Dare to put your ideas on our heads."
"His mother-in-law's!"
Hear the words.
The three of them laughed.
They packed up their belongings and left the school together.
Before they even reached the door, the three of them discovered that the first person to leave was Ci and others who were still in the school room, and they were all blocking the door.
Qin Luoheng's eyes darkened slightly and he walked towards the door.