Chapter 23: Closeness【VIP】
Time was limited, and by the end of the conversation, only the sound of one person chewing could be heard.
After Yang Jizong learned from his sister about Chen Yao's deeds in recent days, his eyes were full of curiosity and admiration for her.
Whether it was supporting his sister in educating the people, organizing his family to do business, or encouraging the elderly in Wanhe Township to raise silkworms.
None of these things seemed like something a tenant farmer would do, but everyone believed her without a single doubt.
"Brother." Yang Wenying tugged at her brother's sleeve.
Brother, stop staring at Chen Yao. You have to give us some advice.
Chen Yao told her uncle and Yang Jizong about her plan to plant mulberry trees and raise silkworms, because her limited experience in this world made it difficult for her to understand the market demand.
The embroidery shops and clothing stores in Qingfeng Town do not buy silk thread, and I don’t know whether other towns under the jurisdiction of Fang County will buy it.
That's why she wanted to ask Yang Jizon's opinion.
Yang Jizong didn't speak immediately, but instead asked Chen Yao and the others, "Can you reel silk?"
So embarrassing?
"Cousin, I am very thick-skinned now. I don't feel embarrassed at all about doing business!" As long as there is money to be made, I will be embarrassed to death.
Huang Dongsheng didn't understand what Yang Jizong said, but it was definitely right to express his determination to his cousin first.
Yang Wenying was amused by his answer and explained to everyone, "It's not embarrassing. My brother was talking about reeling silk. It's about reeling silk cocoons into silk thread. How can you be so stupid?"
"Wenying, don't be unreasonable!" Yang Jizong scolded.
Yang Wenying was shocked to realize that she had called Huang Dongsheng stupid in front of her elders, and she quickly apologized to Huang Songbai who was sitting next to her.
Huang Songbai was somewhat bewildered by her greeting and quickly extended his hand to signal her to stand up. "Although I don't understand, I can tell at a glance that you are a good child and have no ill intentions."
Huang Dongsheng chuckled and admitted generously that he really didn't know how to do it.
After following his cousin in business and broadening his horizons, he finally understood what his cousin meant by the frog at the bottom of the well. He used to be the frog at the bottom of the well.
Huang Dongsheng then asked Yang Wenying if she could reel silk.
Yang Wenying blushed. She didn't know how to do it either. She had only read about it in books. After all, she was only good at talking about it on paper. In some things, she was not as good as them.
Inferior to them? Who are they? They are tenant farmers.
Yang Wenying was startled by her own thoughts and subconsciously looked at her brother.
Yang Jizong took in everyone's expressions and noticed the changes in his sister in recent days, and he felt very relieved.
People cannot always dwell on the past; they should look forward.
Yang Jizong handed the bowl and chopsticks back to Chen Yao, and said in a deep voice: "Ayao, can you do it?"
The affectionate call of "Ayao" made her hair stand on end.
There was something wrong with Yang Jizong. He wanted to break off ties with her when they first met, and now he calls her A Yao?
"Cousin!" Huang Dongsheng looked at her with dismay.
Although Yang Jizong is his cousin-in-law in name, cousin, aren't you being too bold? How can you just stare at a man's face without saying anything in public?
Chen Yao was distracted by the smile that flashed across Yang Jizong's eyes. She complained in her heart that men and sex had misled her, so she replied perfunctorily, "I'll go back and think about it. Maybe it will work."
She really can!
Chen Yao tried hard to suppress the upturned corners of her lips, feeling quite proud in her heart. She was grateful to the intangible cultural heritage master invited by the school to teach them. Not only had she learned the silk reeling technique, she had also used the oldest reeling machine.
Her academic works, silk fans and velvet flowers, are still kept in her dormitory.
After she returns, she will figure out the reeling machine, and maybe she won't have to reel silk by hand anymore in the future.
Yang Jizong saw through her disguise at once. Although he had doubts in his heart, he did not expose her. Instead, he agreed with her: "If you can really reel it out, then you can try your luck in Huayan Town, Huaiyao Town, and Baihe Town under the jurisdiction of Fang County."
Seeing Chen Yao staring at him blankly again with questioning eyes, he asked, "How can you give such a specific town name? Have you been here before?"
Yang Jizong couldn't help laughing and explained her confusion: "I studied here before. The other towns in Fang County are mostly remote and not prosperous. You don't have to walk there and take the risk."
clear!
Chen Yao put the bowls and chopsticks back into the backpack, watched the officers approaching them, knew the time had come, and stood up and said, "Uncle, take care of yourselves."
"Dad, I..." As they were about to part, Huang Dongsheng was startled by a loud cry beside him before he could shed tears.
"Brother, wow - you must work hard - wow - eat more, and take good care of yourself wow!" Yang Wenying grabbed her brother's sleeve again, crying and wiping her tears with the sleeve.
The atmosphere was originally sad, but Yang Jizong was made to laugh and cry by his sister. He pulled back his sleeve, glanced at the stain on it, and patted his sister's head with his other hand: "I understand your feelings, brother, go back quickly."
He also expressed his gratitude to Chen Yao for taking care of Yang Wenying.
Chen Yao was a little dazed by his gaze. She rubbed her arms and looked away: "Ah, it's getting late. We have to leave quickly."
She hadn't taken two steps when she was taken this way!"
Before leaving, everyone met Instructor Xing. No one knew what Yang Ji wanted, but she actually asked Youfu and Goudan from Wanhe Township to come and meet her.
When Chen Youfu learned that his blind old mother was still alive, he hugged his son and burst into tears. After crying, he pulled his son to kneel down and kowtow to Chen Yao.
Chen Yao reached out and held one person's arm to prevent him from kneeling: "Uncle Youfu, you have to hold on. I will redeem you."
Chen Youfu was moved to tears and kept the kindness in his heart. He told Chen Yao that if they could all return alive, they would take good care of the elderly in the village, regardless of their blood relationship.
After Chen Yao and his group returned to Wanhe Township, they told the elderly people in the village about the situation in the quarry.
This matter could not be concealed, and everyone was mentally prepared, but in reality, the elderly people could not hold on and most of them fainted.
Chen Yao signaled her cousin to pinch their Ren Zhong points. After the old people woke up, the room became eerily quiet.
After a long while, Grandma Goudan's voice was heard in the house.
"Sister He, you have to hold on for the sake of your family's wheat. Otherwise, when your son comes back and you are not here, he will be even more sad." Grandma Goudan leaned on a wooden stick and went to each bedside to comfort the old people in the house.
"We are all neighbors. We have watched most of the people in the village being born, growing up, getting married, and having children. Although we are not blood relatives, we are still close relatives and neighbors."
"My son!" Grandma He crawled on the bed and burst into tears.
"Sister He, don't cry, don't cry, or your eyes will be damaged if you cry any more."
Chen Yao looked at the old people and didn't know how to comfort them, so she could only convey Chen Youfu's words to them.
Although Grandma Goudan couldn't see, her mind was as clear as a mirror. It would be useless for these children to stay here.
"Ayao, you guys should go back. Today is Mid-Autumn Festival. I'm sure your family will be waiting for you to go back and reunite. Go home while it's still light and the road is easy to walk on!"
Chen Yao and her group were locked outside the door by Grandma Goudan.
"Ayao, let's go back." Tian Baozhu signaled her brother to carry the silkworm feces in the yard, and put the bag of silk cocoons in the backpack carried by Huang Dongsheng. She and Yang Wenying held Chen Yao's arms on the left and right and left.
At dusk, the laborers in the East Suburb Quarry had stopped working and were lining up to receive their steamed bread.
The black steamed bread was not filling at all, especially after eating it, when they saw Yang Jizong and Huang Songbai distributing food to another group of people, their eyes turned green, but they did not dare to step forward to grab it.
The eight households in Wanhe Township together have dozens of people, and each of them looks tough. If a fight really breaks out, it is hard to say who will suffer.
Seeing this group of people suddenly gather together, even the police officers were a little nervous and hurriedly reported it to the head criminal instructor in charge.
Yang Jizong was taken away for questioning.
In the dim thatched hut, the oil lamp was lit, casting a slanted shadow on the figure standing in front of the hall.
Instructor Xing poured himself a bowl of water and said, "Don't cause trouble here, or I'll make sure you can't leave this quarry."
Yang Jizong stood still, not frightened at all by his words, and retorted, "If I can't get out, Coach Xing will probably be unable to get out either."
"How dare you threaten me?"
"No, Instructor Xing was appointed by the higher-ups to build the city wall here. Unless the wall is completed, even if the deadline is up, Instructor Xing will not only be unable to leave, but will also be punished by the higher-ups. I guess your deadline is almost up."
Coach Xing was quite furious when the drum surface was punctured by a prisoner.
"How dare you! I'm giving you face, right?" Coach Xing threw the tea bowl in his hand onto the rotten wooden table with a missing corner, and stood up slamming the table.
"Master Xing, calm down. I have a plan that will help you achieve merit here."
Listen, this is what the literati say, one side is sharp and the other is sweet, killing people without shedding blood!
Just a few words made him feel itchy.
Coach Xing spat, "Stop talking nonsense and offer a good plan quickly, otherwise..."
Yang Jizong took a step forward and pushed the blade in his hand back into the sheath, whispering in his ear: "It's not difficult for me to offer a good plan, just..."
Instructor Xing narrowed his tiger eyes slightly, "Are you serious?"
You will know whether it is true or not if you try it.
So, Instructor Xing waved his arm, led his soldiers and took up their cold weapons and went into the nearby hills on this beautiful night.
Huang Songbai saw that Yang Jizong was brought back safely by the officers and heaved a sigh of relief: "Zi'an, you're not hurt, are you?"
Yang Jizong returned to the shack and lay down. He lowered his voice and whispered a few words to Huang Songbai. Huang Songbai was so happy that he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.
He still couldn't believe that the ferocious Coach Xing would go to the mountains to hunt wolves for them and share the wolf meat with them?
Huang Songbai turned his head to look at Yang Jizong. He was still awake. What Zi'an said was not a dream, but the truth.
The full moon on the 15th is not round, it hangs in the sky, and figures are chasing wolves in the dense forest.
"Boss, I killed five. Is there a reward?"
Just as Instructor Xing was about to open his mouth, his wolf splattered blood all over his face. "Damn it, five wolf skins as a reward."
"Boss, why are we here to kill wolves?"
Why?
Because Yang Jizong said that the people in the quarry were the most valuable resource. If they were starved or exhausted to death, there would be no one to build the city wall for them. When the deadline was up, he would be the next batch of hard laborers.
"Stop talking so much nonsense. Kill them all quickly and bring them back."
"Boss, what are you taking it back for?"
Coach Xing got impatient with the question and kicked him: "What are you doing? Skinning you and eating your meat. If you ask again, I'll skin you too!"
As night fell, the howling of wolves all around disturbed everyone so much that they dared not fall asleep.
Yang Jizong folded his hands behind his head and looked at the bright moon, but he was thinking in his heart, Chen Yao and his sister should be home at this moment, gathering with their relatives to enjoy the moon, right?
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