The woman holds the Yi basket, follows his subtle movements, and seeks the softness of love. Silkworms are growing mulberry trees in the moonlight. Take the ax to cut down the mulberry leaves from far away.
These lines of poetry come from the Book of Songs "Bin Feng·July", which means that a woman carries a basket along a winding path to pick young mulberry leaves. The silkworms were about to spin silk, so they took the ax to chop down the mulberry branches, and cut down the high and far branches. The silkworms were about to spin cocoons on the branches.
It is now late April, when the mulberry trees are in full bloom and there are thumb-sized mulberries hanging between the branches, glowing dark red.
At this time, the mulberry leaves on the tree have been picked once by the silkworm farmers, and there are still new leaves on the tree. The mulberry leaves will not be picked for the time being, but the mulberries are the most delicious right now.
Minzhou.
Sang County.
Outside Silkworm Town, beside the country trails.
Most of the terraced fields and mountains and forests are filled with mulberry trees.
One old, one young and one donkey.
"Uncle Liu, stop shaking and hold the donkey." Xiaoyu stood on the donkey's back under a mulberry tree full of mulberries, reaching out to pick delicious mulberries.
Uncle Liu frowned and replied: "It's the donkey that's swaying, I'm not swaying."
"I know, if you pull it up and don't let it eat grass, it will stop shaking!" Xiaoyu pointed at the donkey that was swinging around and eating grass at his feet.
Upon hearing this, Uncle Liu stretched out his hand and pulled the rope around the donkey's mouth, "Okay."
"Here, wrap it up in lotus leaves. This thing is delicious. Let's take some to eat on the road." Xiao Yu warned, stuffing it into his mouth while saying it, and handed it to Uncle Liu, who was very busy.
Like a sensible child, Uncle Liu put the mulberries handed over by Xiaoyu one by one to the big lotus leaves on the ground.
Next to the mulberry forest is a bamboo forest with lush bamboo leaves.
Liu Bo and Xiao Yu were picking mulberries on this side, while a few children were playing with bamboo weevils in the bamboo forest on the other side.
I saw two adults here picking mulberries, and several naughty children came over with worms in their hands and pointed at them with a smile.
"There, there!! There is a big mulberry there!..."
Xiaoyu picked the big one and threw it to the yelling boy. The boy caught it and ate it with a smile.
A group of children gathered around, and Uncle Liu gave them a lot of mulberries.
Mulberries are grown by sericulture farmers, and they do not mind passers-by picking mulberries. Children are the children of sericulture farmers, and sericulture farmers do not mind their children eating mulberries.
After the two of them picked a large lotus leaf of mulberries, put the lotus leaves in a fish basket, and piled a basket of mulberries, it started to rain lightly.
Under the bamboo forest.
Two adults and five children, a total of seven people, were eating mulberries at the edge of the bamboo forest to cool off and escape the heat.
Everyone's mouths and hands were stained red with a lot of sweet mulberry juice, and they were happy.
Not long after, several people were already half-full, and they randomly collected water on the edge of the field to wash their hands and mouths. Xiao Yu and Uncle Liu continued on their way, and the children continued to fiddle with their bamboo weevils in the bamboo forest.
Silkworm town.
At the entrance of Sancha Street, a group of people were gathered around to watch the excitement.
Uncle Liu was walking behind with the donkey in his hand. Xiao Yu, who loved to watch the excitement, hurried over and gathered behind the crowd.
"You bastard, the money is in my hand, how can you say it's yours?" A small man was being pulled by a slightly taller swordsman.
The little man was dressed in linen clothes and looked neat and clean. He had a small pointed face and small eyes and stood confidently with his hands on his hips.
As for the swordsman, he had a stinky smell and you could tell he hadn't taken a bath in months. He held a long sword in his left hand and was holding the little man's arm with his right hand, preventing him from leaving.
The swordsman is none other than Yu Liufei, the disciple of Feng Yi who is known as the chess madman in the world.
Xiao Yu had met him once. When this "stinky" swordsman lost his money and his arms were bruised from fighting with the Shaolin stick monk, it was Luo Yao who treated him.
Listening to his words and actions, he seemed to be a bit arrogant, very much like the temperament of Er Gouzi at the entrance of the village, he was like a fool.
Yu Liufei held the little man's arm and refused to let him go.
"It's you. You stole these eight taels of silver from me, five taels of solid silver and three taels of loose silver." Yu Liufei glared at the little man and said confidently.
The little man was called Jiang Qing. He was the fourth child in the family. He was a gangster in the town and a habitual thief. People in the town called him Jiang Si. He specialized in stealing the wallets of passers-by and merchants.
Jiang Si'er was being pulled by Yu Liufei. The money in his hand was not in a purse but empty. A discerning eye could count the amount of money in his hand.
Five taels of solid silver, three taels of loose silver.
Jiang Si pointed at the money in his hand and glared at Yu Liufei: "You stinky man, I didn't put this money in a purse. Everyone can tell that it's five taels of silver and three taels of loose silver. Why do you think so?" Just say I stole it from you."
After Jiang Si finished speaking, he said to everyone: "Look, everyone, come and comment. This stinky man insists on saying that my money belongs to him, and he won't let me go."
The onlookers included businessmen passing by, acquaintances living in the town, and the three accomplices Jiang Si hung out with on weekdays.
The merchants passing by saw that the man holding the sword smelled bad and was slovenly. He looked like he was not someone who could afford eight taels of silver. On the other hand, although Jiang Si's clothes were not rich and beautiful, they were as neat as new.
Judging from the appearance, people who passed by and didn't know Jiang Si thought that this bad guy was trying to steal Jiang Si's money.
Naturally, the discerning acquaintances in the town would not dare to expose them. This group of people has been doing this business in this town all year round, and the people in the town are at peace with them.
And Jiang Si's three accomplices are already ready to judge and act as impartial persons for Jiang Si.
Among Jiang Si's three wings, one is called Niu Chuan, one is called Gu Yuan, and the other is named Zhang Ben.
Counting Jiang Si, there were four of them in total. They were all gangsters in the town. They did not do the serious work of raising silkworms at home, and relied on stealing money from passers-by.
"Yes, yes, in my opinion, you stinky guy, you clearly want to steal other people's money. You smell bad and you are still wearing rags. I don't think you are someone who can have eight taels of silver!" After hearing what Jiang Si said, Gu Yuan was originally standing in the front of the crowd. At this time, he acted as a passerby and ran out to smooth things over for Jiang Si.
Yu Liufei held Jiang Si's hand tighter, frowned and shouted: "Come here, this silver is mine! Five taels of silver is borrowed, three taels is what I earned from doing work, and five taels is what I have to pay back to others." of!"
"Ouch! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts..." Jiang Si yelled and cursed, "It's a robbery of money!! Come on, everyone, it's a public robbery of money in broad daylight!!"
On one side, Jiang Si's three friends Niu Chuan, Gu Yuan, and Zhang Ben rolled up their sleeves and went to help.
"Hey, hey, you bastard, you are committing robbery in public, don't let go now. If you do this again, we will drag you to report to the government!!!" Niu Chuansheng, a tall man, stood next to Yu Liufei first, Reaching out to grab his arm.
Yu Liufei raised his hand and hit Niu Chuan sideways, putting aside Niu Chuan's hand, but did not use much force. After all, the opponent was a civilian in the town, and he was a person walking in the world. It would not be good to hurt a civilian.
Ushikawa was hit by an elbow, and his body hurt, but it was nothing serious. However, he immediately fell to the ground and covered his shoulder, crying out for pain. He also yelled: "He's been beaten, the robber has been beaten!! Guys, come and see." !!”
During this shouting, many more people gathered around to watch the excitement.
