In June and July, it is the hottest time in Sichuan and also the busiest time. The silkworms raised in spring are now spinning cocoons and spinning silk. Standing on the top of Yuan Mountain, looking at the entire Sichuan, shrouded in a mist,
All that mist is the heat produced by cooking silkworm cocoons in silk-tying workshops. The silk-tying workshop in Zhuiyun Mountain is too small to produce mist.
There is also a small mulberry garden in the back mountain of Zhuiyun Mountain, which was cultivated by Zhuiyun Mountain himself. Su Ren did not waste any time. From the first day he came to Zhuiyun Mountain, he encouraged these people to expand the mulberry garden. The Chinese
The love for silk has not yet arisen in the Han Dynasty. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, a few hundred years later, silk will become the same item as food and can even be used as money. The land in Yuanshan is barren and not suitable for farming. Planting some mulberry trees will
It can also be regarded as the second industry.
Su Ren and Lu were walking slowly in the mulberry garden. The mulberry leaves that had grown out for the second time had grown old and covered the mulberry garden so tightly that even the sun could not feel the heat.
"I'm going to marry you!" Su Ren clasped his hands behind his back, lowered his head, and kicked the weeds in the mulberry garden.
Lu Yi stopped and said, "Is this why you came to me today to talk about this?"
"Almost! When I return to Chengdu, I will send someone to pick you up. After all the etiquette is completed, I will marry you home in all glory."
"Haha!" Lu Yi laughed: "You don't really want to marry me, just to make you feel better. That thing has nothing to do with you. I did everything by myself. You were drunk at the time.
Wake up, don’t feel any guilt about this.”
"I really wanted you to marry me at the beginning, but now I understand that you are not a person who can keep a woman for the rest of his life, and following you may not be a good thing! Of course, my background is not good, and with your talent and wisdom
Sooner or later, your career will skyrocket, and having a wife like me will do you no good."
"That's not what I meant!" Su Ren quickly explained.
Lu Yi took a deep breath and smiled: "No need to explain, I know you can't forget your fairy sister. Although I don't know who she is, she must be the most beautiful woman in the world. Now that I am pregnant with your child,
I am already very satisfied. With him, you have something to worry about. Even if it is not for me, you will think about your child."
Lu Yi touched his belly with a satisfied smile on his face: "I hope it is a boy. When he grows up, I will tell him what kind of person his father is and how smart and powerful he is.
There is nothing in the world that he doesn’t understand. I will take him to Laojun Temple in Wenling, and I will also come to Chaiyun Mountain, and maybe I will also go to the Qiang land and let him walk the same path you have walked."
"It would be great if it's a girl. She'd better be a little like me, haha! It doesn't have to be too pretty. I'll find him a sweetheart who is willing to take care of her and protect her for the rest of his life. I will be old by then, so I won't go to your house again.
Look what the fairy sister you mentioned looks like!"
Lu Yi didn't cry. She was very calm. She was sitting under the tree holding her belly, which was not yet pregnant, with both hands. She was extra careful. Even if a leaf fell, she was worried about being hit. Lu Yi was talking and Su Ren was listening.
He was a good speaker and the other was a good listener. The two of them sat in the mulberry garden for a long time.
Su Ren took out a brocade box from his arms: "This is left for you. It is one of the few things left after I came to this world. It is a pair. It can be regarded as a souvenir!"
Lu Yi took the brocade box and opened it gently. Two crystal-clear beads lay quietly inside. A ray of sunlight penetrated through the gap in the mulberry leaves and shone on the beads. After refraction, a piece of crystal appeared on the surface of the brocade box.
Little rainbow.
Lu Yi's eyes widened: "What is this?"
"The glass ball is not a priceless treasure."
Lu Yi nodded, gently closed the lid, and held the brocade box tightly in his hand.
Without any surprise, Cui Jiuming's proposal of marriage was rejected by Ayinong. When he returned to Su Ren's small courtyard, he grabbed a teapot and started drinking. After talking for a whole day, Ayinong still refused to let go, and Cui Jiuming felt that his throat was shaking.
There was smoke.
"This old guy is so difficult to deal with. I even promised him two shops, but he still won't let go. He still thinks his daughter is a treasure?"
Su Ren glanced at Cui Jiuming and said calmly: "No need to go."
"Ah! What do you mean?" Cui Jiuming thought that Su Ren felt that he was not good at doing things, so he quickly said: "I will go again tomorrow. This time I am bleeding heavily. I will give him whatever he wants. If you don't believe it, you can't convince Ayinong!"
Su Ren shook his head: "No need really. I talked to Lu Yi this afternoon and she won't marry me."
"Why? Doesn't he already have yours..."
"Hey! Since I came here, more and more people have apologized to me. I'm so tired. Thank you for your help with this matter. I'll thank you another day. It's getting late and I want to rest."
Cui Jiuming watched Su Ren return to his room blankly, and asked Huang Shisan: "Is he okay?"
Huang Shisan shook his head: "When a man is rejected by a woman, it is inevitable that he will feel uncomfortable."
Cui Jiuming's eyes widened in an instant, and his look at Huang Shisan became sharp. He thought for a while, gave Huang Shisan a thumbs up, and then turned around and left.
Tang Meng sat bored in the tent. For many years, Shuzhong has never been so quiet. In the past, the Yelang people, Bo people, Yuanshan bandits and Qiang people were the most harmful forces around Shuzhong. As the captain of Shu County
, he needs to go around with soldiers and horses to put out fires every day. Just after repelling the Yelang people's attack, the Bo people started making trouble again; after suppressing the Bo people, the Yuanshan bandits went down the mountain; before the Yuanshan bandits rushed back, the Qiang people
One of his elite soldiers gave Shu County a severe blow.
But now, the Yelang people are beating themselves up, the Bo people have become peaceful, the Yuanshan bandits are gone, and even the fierce Qiang people have too much to take care of themselves. Tang Meng suddenly felt that he had nothing to do but stay here every day
In a daze in the military camp.
"Report to the captain, someone from Chang Shi's Mansion is here, just outside the camp."
Tang Meng stretched out: "Who is it?"
"It's Meng Wei, the steward of Chang Shi's Mansion. He said he was here to take Mr. Meng home on the orders of Chang Shi."
"Let him come in, and bring Mr. Meng in as well."
"Here!"
Meng Bi came first, and he no longer looked like the handsome young man he once was. His nose was bruised, his face was swollen, and he was covered in blood, especially his mouth, which was so swollen that he almost looked like a human being. He was lying on a door panel, staring at Tang Meng with both eyes, angry.
I could light the tent on fire. I mumbled for a long time, but didn't say a word.
Meng Wei was startled and looked carefully for a long time before he recognized his young master. When he looked at Tang Meng again, he couldn't help but become nervous: "Captain Tang, this..."
"He was beaten by me and his tongue was cut off." Tang Meng said calmly.
Meng Wei was stunned for a moment. Meng Bi, who was lying on the door panel, rolled down and hugged Meng Wei's legs, with tears and runny nose streaming down his face. Meng Wei quickly turned around to comfort him and said to Tang Meng: "Captain Tang, I will definitely do this.
I will tell Chang Shi that you are doing this to..."
"Hahaha!" Tang Meng smiled: "Since you have done it, you are not afraid that Meng Ji will know about it. Take your young master back! By the way, tell Meng Ji that getting together with the King of Huainan will not do him any good. Those hundreds of horses
I have also sent people to rob the war horses back, and by the way, I also captured a person from the Chang Shi Mansion. This guy has confessed everything. I have written a statement about this matter, and I should have just entered Chang'an now."
"You!" Meng Wei took a breath, this Tang Meng was really good at what he did, this attitude was going to kill the Meng family.
After not staying in the military camp for long, Meng Wei and Meng Bi hurried to Chengdu. The deputy general looked at the Meng family's carriage and horses in the distance, and asked Tang Meng worriedly: "Captain, the Meng family has great power in Shu. If we force
It's not good for us to be anxious."
"I can't care about so much anymore. Since I have chosen to stand with Su Ren, I have to do it to the end!" Tang Meng put his hands behind his back, and his long beard rose up in the wind: "From where we let the Bo people in
At the beginning of the day, we have already fallen out with the Meng family. At this time, it is too late to make amends, so we must be more ruthless in doing things. Only by forcing us to a dead end will Su Ren believe in us and fulfill his original promise."
"Captain, do you really believe in that Su Ren?"
"This is not a question of whether you believe it or not. I have been paying attention to Su Ren since Budaiyan. For more than a year, as long as he is in the place, no one can escape his calculations. Since we can't defeat him,
, why not cooperate with him?”
"just in case?"
"There is nothing wrong with this. I did this alone and it has nothing to do with you."
The lieutenant general's heart was shaken. Thinking of Meng Bi's miserable state, he quickly knelt down on the ground and said, "The last general will definitely follow the captain's lead. No matter what happens in the future, I will definitely stand by the captain's side."
Tang Meng smiled and helped the lieutenant up: "We are all people who hold the sword together. I know you are loyal to me. Don't worry, if things come true, I will never forget you."
"Thank you Captain!"
"Okay, now send someone to Yuanshan. I want to see Su Ren. This time there must be a result!"
Su Ren stayed in the house these days, never went out and saw no one. Early that morning, Lu Yi came in from outside with a bowl of porridge. Huang Shisan, who was standing at the door, quickly opened the door. Lu Yi put the tray on the table
Go up and turn around to help Su Ren make the bed. In the past few days, Lu Yi has been taking care of Su Ren. Although the two of them don't sleep together, they look no different from a couple.
Su Ren took a sip of porridge: "Stop being busy, you have to pay attention to rest now."
Lu Yi did not stop what he was doing: "It's okay. Hurry up. Tang Meng's people are still outside. We have reached an agreement with Tang Meng. We Bo people should return to Dujiangyan as soon as possible. The crops are about to mature. If we don't harvest,
Next year we will starve to death."
Su Ren finished the porridge in two gulps, clapped his hands and walked out the door. When he reached the door, he turned around and said to Lu Yi: "In the bag next to the bed are the anti-fetal medicines and tonics that I sent people to get from Chengdu. You can leave now."
Take it with you when the time comes."
"I know!" Lu Yi agreed with a smile. (To be continued)
