After Xiao Chen examined the poisoned people one by one, he found that after taking the medicine prescribed by him, they were already in a state of curing the poison. Compared with yesterday, these poisoned people were no longer in so much pain.
After the inspection, Xiao Chen came out of the poisoner's house and saw a child holding a yellowish silkworm in his hand. He felt a little strange.
Autumn has already begun, and we have entered the autumn season. If we are in the north, it must have four distinct seasons, but if we are in the south, it seems that there is no difference all year round.
However, the color of this silkworm looks a bit special.
Xiao Chen grew up in the countryside. He knew that there are spring silkworms, summer silkworms, and autumn silkworms. Therefore, it is normal that there are autumn silkworms in this season.
"Little brother, where does this silkworm come from?"
Xiao Chen thought it was raised by an adult in his family.
In many places in the south, including rural areas, mulberry leaves and silkworms are raised.
In the Miao village, many of the Miao cloths woven by the Miao people are also made of silk.
There are silkworms here, so of course there is silk.
"On the mountain." said the little brother.
After Xiao Chen heard Sister Sang's translation, according to the direction pointed by his younger brother, it should be on the mountain.
Xiao Chen, Sang and Mo Xiaowan walked in the direction pointed by the child. After walking for about twenty minutes, they already saw many Miao women. Xiao Chen looked over and found that there were many autumn silkworms on many tall mulberry trees.
Eating leaves, these autumn silkworms seem to be still growing, that is, they will finally spin silk and then turn into silkworm pupae. At that time, those formed cocoons can be removed to obtain silk.
This has been the case in China for thousands of years, and it is naturally the same here in Miao territory.
However, there are very few silks on the market now.
When Xiao Chen, Sang and Mo Xiaowan looked at the silkworms on the mulberry trees, Mo Xiaowan was surprised, but Sang naturally didn't feel anything.
This is normal in the Miao area.
There are them in the mountains and in the fields.
In the past, the woven cloth could be used as money or exchanged for other items, but now it is rarely bartered. However, what can be confirmed is that the Miao cloth in this Miao village should be genuine.
Sang and Mo Xiaowan didn't know what Xiao Chen was looking at there. Xiao Chen looked all the way and finally stopped and saw a mulberry tree that looked like there were silkworms.
However, this silkworm looks a little special, it's covered in gold
Yellow, somewhat different from the silkworms on other mulberry trees.
"Sister Sang, are these silkworms too?"
"It looks similar, I guess so!"
Sang said.
Mo Xiaowan thought so, but these silkworms looked prettier than the ones just now, and they seemed to be lying quietly on the mulberry tree, unlike those in other mulberry trees that were eating mulberry leaves.
Xiao Chen thought these silkworms were very strange and did not look like ordinary silkworms, but he did not catch them with his hands.
I called a passing Miao woman and asked about it, and I learned that these were golden silkworms, and the silk they spun was like gold. However, these were the only ones in the entire Dongjiang Miao Village, and no one else could raise them.
Golden silkworm?
"Excuse me, who raised it?"
"There is a mute uncle in our village."
Mute?
Could it be that he is mute?
"Can't you talk?"
The Miao woman nodded.
I heard that this mute uncle could not speak since he was a child. He didn't know when he started raising those golden silkworms, and then relied on the silk of these golden silkworms to support himself.
Originally, the other party was in Miao Village, and there were other girls who liked him and wanted to be with him. However, I heard that the other party had low self-esteem and had not married a wife in these years, but lived alone.
There are actually people like this in Dongjiang Miao Village?
Xiao Chen was even more surprised.
Xiao Chen is not one of those people who would laugh at someone as being mute. He simply thinks there is something wrong with these silkworms.
After Xiao Chen patted the golden silkworms with his hands, he left with Sang and Mo Xiaowan.
The scenery along the way still looks very good, but Xiao Chen is not in the mood to appreciate it now. One is the water ghost in the Dongjiang River, which he has not yet figured out, and the other is who made the golden silkworm Gu.
When I left here and went back to Patriarch Shi's home, Patriarch Shi happened to be at home.
"Mr. Xiao." Chief Shi greeted.
"Chief Shi, I want to know something about the mute and his golden silkworm."
Golden silkworm?
Patriarch Shi naturally knows.
In Dongjiang Miao Village, golden silkworms have always existed.
However, only one person can raise this kind of golden silkworm in Miao Village, and no one else can raise it.
Now I'm dumb
It was raised by my uncle, but it was raised by another person before.
And there are only thirty of these golden silkworms, no more, no less. Although the silk of those golden silkworms is not real golden silk, it is indeed beautiful and much better than ordinary silk.
"I have some here, which were sold to my grandfather by the previous generation of golden silkworm raisers."
When Patriarch Shi went to take it out, Xiao Chen soon discovered that it really looked like gold, but it was not actually gold, it just looked like gold. If
Woven into a piece of clothing, it looks golden when worn on the body, especially when the sun or light shines on it, it looks very beautiful.
"Chief Shi, who are you, this mute uncle, and where do you usually live?"
"He has no fixed address. He may not necessarily live in a Miao village. He may be in the mountains or other places. However, he rarely comes into contact with other people. Although he is a five-guarantee household and a disabled person,
I didn’t accept help from others, and I didn’t ask for state subsidies.”
homeless?
"Then can I find him now?"
"Not necessarily. Sometimes, I don't know where he is, but occasionally I see him going to see his golden silkworms."
"Isn't he afraid that others will take away his golden silkworm?"
"No, if someone else catches you, you won't be able to raise her."
"Chief Shi, don't these golden silkworms eat mulberry leaves?"
"I don't know about this."
If that was the case, Xiao Chen felt more and more that something was wrong.
After giving the golden silkworm's silk back to Patriarch Shi, Xiao Chen had a look to see if he could find this mute uncle. It was best to ask him clearly. If the other party had no problem, then of course it would be best. If there was a problem, then it wouldn't be a problem.
Is this what Xiao Chen wants to find?
So where is this dumb uncle now?
"Chief Shi, where are there usually more mute uncles?"
"You can go to his house and meet him."
Although Uncle Mute has no fixed address, he has his own house not far from the Miao village, but he usually doesn't like other villagers from the Miao village to go there.
Xiao Chen took Mo Xiaowan and Sang, and then left Patriarch Shi's house. According to the direction pointed by Patriarch Shi, Xiao Chen walked for about half an hour, and he did see a building not far from Miao Village.