They bypassed Wenshui County and headed north. They were all young children, and their reluctance to leave home was quickly replaced by the excitement of the future. Su Ren's motorcade walked very slowly, admiring the scenery while walking along the official road.
Huang Shisan, as the vanguard, walked at the front of the entire team. He was tall, strong, with a face full of flesh, and a big ax that looked like an eye-catcher, making passers-by stay away. Huang Shisan's
His father, Huang Ba, was taken to Laojun Temple by Su Ren. Huang Shisan no longer had any worries and was ready to follow Su Ren into something famous.
Leng Yue poked her head out of the carriage, pointed to the mulberry forest in the distance, and chattered something to Huo Zhilan. Sichuan has been an important place for raising mulberry silkworms since ancient times. Silkworms were domesticated before Xia, and they were selected from mulberry tree pests.
The silkworms were bred and the technology of sericulture was created. In the Shang Dynasty, there were "female silkworms", who were the earliest officials in charge of sericulture. In the Zhou dynasty, there was a pro-sericulture system, and the emperor and the princes had public sericulture rooms. In the Qin and Han Dynasties, this traditional craft
It has been carried forward, and now there is a Jinguan, just to encourage silkworm breeding.
Seed bathing begins in the second month of the lunar calendar, and silkworm rearing begins on the first day of March until around the autumn harvest, when silkworms spin cocoons. Next comes the year-round cooking and spinning of cocoons. At this time, all silkworm farmers in central Sichuan are in full swing.
There is a constant stream of green smoke on the stoves of every household. From a distance, the clouds and mist appear, which is a spectacular sight.
Now the leaves of this mulberry tree have been collected long ago, leaving only clusters of dead branches standing upright. Wenshui people are not good at raising silkworms, so they have seen such large tracts of neatly planted mulberry trees.
"The spring silkworms will not run out of silk until they die, and the wax torches will dry up when they turn to ashes!" Su Ren suddenly sighed with emotion.
Leng Jun glanced at Su Ren with disdain: "What you say is good, but what you do is not very authentic."
Su Ren ignored the cold cynicism and headed forward with his hands on the horse's belly. This kid has been acting strangely these days, so it would be better not to get involved with him.
Huo Zhilan called out to Su Ren: "Brother, can Sister Leng Yue and I also raise some silkworms next year? I heard that those beautiful silks are made of this, and women in Sichuan can do it. If we two can't
, you will be laughed at by others."
"Haha, okay! But you can't be afraid of hardship. This silkworm baby is very delicate. If you don't pay attention, it will die completely. I suggest you ask some people to help, not too many, learn it first, and you will learn it.
Say it again."
"Thank you, brother!" Huo Zhilan responded with a sweet smile and retracted her head to discuss their sericulture business with Leng Yue.
Ever since Huang Shisan arrived, Hawking liked to stay with him. Compared with Leng Jun, Huang Shisan was taller, with strong muscles all over his body, and the special big ax in his hand, which made him look like a hero at first glance. He was determined to do something.
The great hero Hawking quickly became close to Huang Shisan, to the point where he forgot about his master.
The two of them laughed heartily in front, and Su Ren suddenly appeared. Huang Shisan moved aside unconsciously.
Hawking looked excited: "Brother, Lao Huang said that the martial arts I learned from my second brother were fighting skills. His kind of martial arts is for killing enemies on the battlefield. I thought it made sense. There were so many people on the battlefield, Xiao Qiao
The path is not suitable for you. Only by opening and closing can you be invincible."
Su Ren nodded: "Old Huang is right, one force can defeat ten enemies. Look at Old Huang's body. If he strikes with an axe, it doesn't matter whether you are wearing armor or not, and whether you block or not, it will definitely be split in half.
On the battlefield, it is not about who is good at martial arts, but who is strong and cruel!"
"Okay! Lao Huang, when you get to Chengdu, how about you teach me your skills?"
Huang Shisan chuckled and looked at Su Ren cautiously: "As long as Brother Huo is willing to learn, I will teach you!"
I can't stop seeing all the scenery on the road. I just took a look at everything here. As the mountain road turns, there is another scenery.
There is a town in front, which is not very big, but there are many pedestrians coming and going. Huang Shisan said that this place is called Sangyuan Town, and 30% of the silk used in Shu brocade is bought from here. As soon as you enter the town, you will see on both sides of the street, in front of every house.
They were all hung with snow-white silk, and the whole street looked like a shop selling dried noodles. The merchants were busy bargaining with the silkworm farmers. It was a lively scene.
It was getting late, and the group of people found a place to stay. After dinner, Huo Zhilan came to pester Su Ren again.
"Brother, we want to go out and see how good the silk here is. You said we should study first. My eldest sister and I are going to go out and study now. Okay, brother, just promise us?"
Su Ren had a splitting headache and could only agree: "Okay, okay, let's go! Let your second brother follow. It's not safe for two girls to go out at night!"
"Thank you, brother!" Huo Zhilan abandoned Su Ren and went to pester Leng Jun again.
Soon, Leng Jun came out of the house with a dark face. Huo Zhilan jumped up and took Leng Yue's hand and followed behind. Su Ren waved goodbye to Leng Jun, but Leng Jun snorted and ignored him.
Huo Jin was also impatient. He played table tennis with Huang Shisan in the backyard, and the noisy people covered their ears and ran to the front yard. Huo Qianshi was sewing clothes, lowering his head and smiling contentedly. Huo Laosi brought tea and put it on the table.
In front of Su Ren.
"Brother Ren, drink some water. You've been traveling all day. Are you exhausted?"
"It's okay! Let's not be in a hurry and walk slowly. If everyone likes it, we can also visit the silk market here tomorrow."
Huo Laosi nodded: "These are good days. Looking at this boy and girl, I, Huo Laosi, feel satisfied. If it weren't for Brother Ren, our whole family would never be where we are today. We would spend our whole lives in that shabby house without enough to eat.
If you don't wear warm clothes, you will be bullied by others. If it weren't for Brother Ren..."
"Fourth brother, you have said these words several times. We are all a family. Don't say it again. If you say it again, I will get angry!"
"Okay, no more!" Huo Laosi turned his head, wiped his tears, and smiled with contentment on his face.
After Bailu, the weather is getting colder day by day, the heat has receded, and you can't sit in the yard for a long time at night. Hawking and Huang Shisan have stopped "forging iron", ran back covered with sweat, grabbed their mother, and asked
Prepare bath water for yourself. Huo Laosi also packed up his things and asked Su Ren to go into the house. While the noisy ones were busy working, Leng Jun came back with Leng Yue and Huo Zhilan.
"Brother, we caught the bad guy!" As soon as he entered the door, Huo Zhilan's face turned red and she expressed her gratitude to Su Ren.
"Oh? Who is it? My little sister is great here, not bad!"
Leng Jun pushed a person into the door. The guy didn't pay attention to his feet, tripped over the threshold, and fell to the ground. Hawking immediately stepped on his back and pulled off the hat on his head.
"It's you!"
The brother with bad breath was still struggling, but Hawking's heavy blows prevented him from getting up: "Mr. Su, please forgive me! I really didn't do anything bad!"
Su Ren waved his hand and signaled Huo Jin to let go of Liu Gao: "Why did you do this? I remember you and Liu Wen left, and I didn't see you later. I thought you were following Liu Jun, why are you here?"
"Hey! It's hard to put it into words! Damn it, the Liu family is nothing! It's a shame that I always think about the Liu family. If you don't want it anymore, just kick me away!"
"Haha!" Su Ren smiled: "This is also for your own good. If you were still in the Liu family, I'm afraid you would have been taken to Chang'an by now. The best outcome would be to be stabbed outside the Meridian Gate."
"Who wants to go to Chang'an with them? It would be better if all the Liu family are dead!"
"Such a temper!" Su Ren looked at Liu Gao: "Looking at you like this, you are not doing well!"
"Hey! I haven't had anything to eat or drink for several days, and I have no place to sleep. I'm the only one who can't do anything. If I hadn't seen Leng Daochang and the others, I would have starved to death here!"
"Xiao Jinzi, go get him some food. After all, we are from the same hometown. He was the one who came to Laojun to watch and report the news!"
"Thank you Mr. Su, Mr. Su is a great person!"
Hawking reluctantly went to find food for Liu Gao. Liu Gao knelt on the ground and kowtowed as if he were pounding garlic, with tears falling down his face as he vented his grievances.
Su Ren ignored him: "Do you know why you ended up in this situation? Because you have both sides! To the Liu family, you tipping me off is disloyal; to me, you are the Liu family.
A dog at home, no matter what your purpose was that day, I didn’t have a good impression in my heart, so I never thought you were mine, but one thing made me see that your conscience has not been exhausted.
.”
"Liu Wen was injured. Everyone followed Hou Jian. Only you supported Liu Wen. This incident made me change my view of you. If nothing else, you are still a bit righteous in times of crisis.
Posture.”
Liu Gao lay on the ground silently.
Su Ren thought for a while: "If you can change those problems of yours, will you follow me in the future? Although you can't be glamorous, it won't be a problem to have enough food and clothing!"
Liu Gao looked at Su Ren in disbelief. One meal had exceeded his expectations. Now that Su Ren wanted to take him in, he began to wonder if he had heard wrongly.
Leng Jun knew that Liu Gao had tipped off. He brought this guy back just to give him a way to survive. When he heard Su Ren's words, he kicked Liu Gao in the butt: "Why are you still standing there?"
Only then did Liu Gao come to his senses and kowtowed quickly: "Thank you, Mr. Su, I will spend my whole life working like a bull to repay my kindness to you!"
"Haha, you don't have to act like a cow or a horse. Eat first. After eating, go take a shower and change clothes. I thought you had a bad mouth, but now your whole body stinks."
After things were arranged, Huo Laosi was left to accompany Liu Gao, and the others went back to their rooms to sleep one after another. The space was limited, so everyone could only squeeze in. Su Ren and Leng Jun were arranged in the same room. In the room
There is only one bed, and it is a bit awkward for two grown men to live there.
Su Ren looked at the bed in a dilemma, and Lengjun pulled off the bedding from the couch: "You sleep on top, I'll sleep on the bottom!"
"so good?"
"Stop talking nonsense, that Liu Gao is our savior after all. Although he is hateful, he is also pitiful. If you can take him in, you still have some conscience. Master Dao will let you take a step today!"
"Hahaha! Where's the Taoist priest's? Do you have a Taoist robe on you?"
Only then did Leng Jun realize that he was no longer a Taoist priest when he left Laojun Temple, and he felt sad. He blew out the oil lamp, got into his bed with his clothes on, and left Su Ren standing in a daze in the dark room. (Unfinished)
