Du Yan traveled around for the purpose of increasing his knowledge. He thought that he would not be deceived by foreign things after he became an official in the court in the future, so he was well-informed after traveling to so many places.

As for bamboo carving, he only came into contact with it after making friends with people. Although the time of contact is short, he has seen many literati carving bamboo and wood by themselves. learn.But the arm rest Song Yuyan gave him didn't quite conform to the above-mentioned carving techniques.

He felt that the armrest was a bit like a blue-grained carving, but the blue-grained carvings he had come into contact with generally left only the green skin with the pattern engraved on it. way, draw the line.

And what about the armrest in front of you?

There was also only a green skin of the plum blossom range left on it, but what really caught his eyes was that this plum blossom was exquisitely carved, it did not use engraved lines to show the hardness of the branches and the petals of the plum blossom, but instead Use the thickness of the green skin to express the hierarchical relationship of plum blossoms...

If the thickness of the green skin is three points, then when Song Yuyan carved the branches, he left three points in some places, two points in some places, and only one point in some places.And in this three-point relationship, it is not a sudden change, but a gradual change, which makes this plum blossom suddenly vivid and flexible!

The bamboo thorns on it had also been worn away, and he couldn't help rubbing it in his hand, carefully feeling the texture on the armrest.

If it was a painting, it wouldn't make him feel so emotional, because in his opinion, this "painting" skill can still be improved a little bit.

But the exquisiteness and hierarchical relationship of this arm rest are enough to cover up the lack of artistry!

Moreover, he heard that Song Yuyan had never studied calligraphy and painting, but if he wanted to carve such a work, he must have a lot of painting skills.So in his heart, Song Yuyan must have been silently working hard to learn painting in a place unknown to his tribe.

"No matter how bad the living environment is, he has never lost his desire to learn and forge ahead. This kid has a tenacious personality and a sincere heart for life, just like me back then!" Du Yan was filled with emotion and couldn't help but feel sorry He and Song Yuyan were moved by their perseverance.

It's a pity that he is better at calligraphy, otherwise he can communicate with her.However, since Song Yuyan had never learned calligraphy, why couldn't he teach her?It would be great if I could take the opportunity to discuss bamboo carving with her!

Thinking of this, Du Yan is really looking forward to the next meeting with Song Yuyan.

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Song Yuyan, who didn't know that Du Yan had imagined so much, said goodbye to him with a book and went home.She works during the day, taking an hour a day to sculpt, and the time for reading is squeezed out from the time spent taking a walk after eating to digest food.

However, although Song Yuyan can write traditional Chinese characters, it is still a little difficult to fully understand books that have no punctuation marks and are written in vertical classical Chinese.

Fortunately, she was urged by her grandfather to learn calligraphy and traditional Chinese painting since she was a child, so she learned some ancient books indirectly.In addition, Du Yan has a good habit of annotating some of his own opinions in his books, which makes it easier for Song Yuyan to understand when he chews and digests these contents repeatedly.

When Tang Haogen came to her, she happened to have some ideas about how to control the pests, but she hadn't tried it yet, so she couldn't take the initiative to ask the Tang family to ask for a vegetable field as a test field.

Now Tang Haogen also hopes to find a more economical and affordable way to replace quicklime, so she can just use the Tang family's field to test it.

"In addition to deep plowing and digging the soil, you can also take [-] catties of rabbit manure, add three buckets of water, retting for more than ten days, and then spray, which can kill pests that grow in the ground such as rootworms. In addition, you can also use two catties of fresh cucumber vines. , smashed and sprayed with a few drops of water, can control cabbage caterpillars and cabbage borers.”

Tang Haogen: "..."

His original intention was to urge Song Yuyan to study more, why didn't Song Yuyan play cards according to the routine?

"Are you serious?" Tang Haogen thought for a long time, and choked out such a sentence, he wanted to know if Song Yuyan was fooling him.

If it was in the past, he would have believed it seventy percent immediately.

It's no wonder that he doesn't trust Song Yuyan very much, mainly because he now looks at her from the perspective of choosing a sister-in-law, and his attitude towards her has become more subtle: he doesn't want Song Yuyan to be his sister-in-law, but if his sister really treats her People are moved, and he has nothing to do!

Song Yuyan took out the "Book of Fansheng" and "Qimin Yaoshu" and recommended them to him seriously: "We must believe in science, but there are still merits in the accumulated experience of these ancestors!"

It is impossible to lend the book to Tang Haogen, after all, it has to be returned to Du Yan, but Tang Haogen is working in the yamen, so there are still many opportunities to borrow the books in the yamen.

However, it is impossible for Tang Haogen to really read these two books, because he is already busy enough on weekdays, and spends his spare time reading "The Analects of Confucius", "Spring and Autumn" and "Book of Rites".

So he went to the yamen to borrow these two books and threw them back to Tang Zhi, "Song Dalang said that there is a solution to pests in these two books, and he has already found it, but if you don't believe it, you can think about it yourself."

Tang Zhi said: "Brother, why did you really go to find her?"

Tang Haogen rubbed the back of his head: "We also talked about it before, the coal ash is still a little expensive, and you are almost ready, so the dowry needs to be prepared early, so if you can save money, you should save it."

Tang Zhi was stunned for a moment, and said: "Brother, my marriage is still early, there is no need to bring it up so early."

"Of course I won't let you get married so early, but my eldest brother also hopes that you can find a good husband in the future and bring more dowry, so that you can have more confidence and live as freely as at home."

No matter what, it must be much richer than the Song family's family, so that his sister can hold Song Dalang down... Although judging from the current relationship between the two of them, it is usually Song Dalang who is scolded by his sister. Drenched head, but, as an uncle, he couldn't get enough of it!

When Tang Zhi was slightly moved, Tang Haogen said again: "I won't read these two books, you should think about it yourself!"

Tang Zhi, who is literate but not as educated as her elder brother, was a little worried when she read the two books. Maybe when she found the solution Song Yuyan said in it, her family's food would probably be devoured by bugs. up.

If you ask Song Yuyan for help, but her elder brother has already troubled him once, so she shouldn't trouble him again.In the end, she thought about it, and upholding the principle of harmonious and friendly neighbors, she still had the cheek to go to Song Yuyan.

Song Yuyan didn't notice the awkwardness in her heart, and not only explained to her the knowledge of pest control, but also the rest of the farming methods.

After just a few days of systematic study, Tang Zhi discovered that there are so many ways to cultivate the land.

After she went back, she followed the method provided by Song Yuyan, collecting rabbit droppings, cucumber vines, etc., and fiddled with them.

Tang Haogen, who had originally agreed to ignore the matter, began to pay attention secretly, because he thought, if this method really works, he can recommend it to the county magistrate.

The imperial court emphasized agriculture over business, and one of the responsibilities of the county magistrate was to urge the people to cultivate. However, there was too little arable land in Mingzhou. If there were natural disasters, pests, etc., the harvest would not be very good.So if some method can be found to control the pests and the county magistrate can implement it, it will be a good thing for the people.

Seeing that Song Yuyan had helped the Tang family so generously, when she was going to cut bamboo, Tang Zhi thought that Song Yuyan might need to hire someone to help her bring the bamboo back. The Tang family's ox cart was borrowed.

only--

Song Yuyan looked sincere: "I don't know how to drive a bullock cart."

She didn't even have a motor vehicle driver's license in modern times, let alone the more difficult operation of an ox cart.

Tang Zhi: "..."

Tang Haogen had to be on duty, so he didn't have time to drive an ox cart to see Song Yuyan off.Recently, there are quite a lot of people looking for Song Yuyan to buy bamboo products, so her demand for bamboo is also increasing. Naturally, it is impossible to wait until Tang Haogen is free before buying bamboo.

Based on this situation, Tang Zhi had no choice but to let his younger sister go to the Song family to play, and take care of the two little radish heads of the Song family along the way.And she herself drove an ox cart to Biezi Mountain with Song Yuyan.

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Although Tang Zhi grew up in Cixi County since she was a child, the number of times she went to Biezi Mountain was one of the few, so after arriving at Biezi Mountain, she didn't know how to go.

Song Yuyan led the ox cart, went to the wine shop at the foot of the mountain, and chatted with the owner there.While chatting and laughing, the owner of the restaurant generously took over the job of helping her take care of the ox cart.

"Have you been drinking here many times?" Tang Zhi asked.

Song Yuyan smiled and said, "I only drank once."

Tang Zhi didn't believe it, he only had a drink here once, how could the other party be so generous to help take care of the ox cart?

It's just that Song Yuyan didn't explain, and she didn't want to be troublesome, so she didn't ask.

Seeing many people greeting Song Yuyan along the way, she couldn't help but look sideways: "I didn't expect you to be quite popular here."

"They are a group of very enthusiastic and kind people." Song Yuyan said.

Such an optimistic and cheerful look again!Tang Zhi was flickered by her smile.

Thinking that she was once praised as a good person by Song Yuyan, she said: "In your eyes, there are no bad people!"

"How come, it's just that if I meet someone who makes me uncomfortable, I usually stay away from it. I won't have the opportunity to let you know that there are so-called 'bad guys' in my eyes."

Tang Zhi asked: "What kind of person will make you uncomfortable?"

Song Yuyan thought for a while, and said, "Probably a very jerk."

Tang Zhi was silent again, she said this as if she didn't say it, this standard is also called no standard!

While chatting, the two of them smelled a faint smell of urine.Tang Zhi frowned and wanted to avoid it, but Song Yuyan paused, but still walked over bravely.

Tang Zhi wanted to call her to stop, but he couldn't speak, so he could only follow her while pinching his nose.As the two of them walked deeper and deeper, the smell became stronger and stronger.Soon, in front of them, a simple hut made of bamboo and wood appeared.

Song Yuyan looked at the whitish trees beside her, and was a little dumbfounded—she probably guessed what was going on in this hut.

"Song Dalang, why did you bring a little lady with you today?" A woodcutter who had drunk with Song Yuyan just came out of the hut and asked with a smile when he saw them.

Tang Zhi saw that he was still tying his belt, so he turned around quickly.And Song Yuyan subconsciously stood in front of Tang Zhi, smiled slightly, and said, "This is my sister, she came to help me today."

"So it's Miss Song." The man sneered, he thought Song Dalang was also enlightened.

As soon as the man left, Tang Zhi gave Song Yuyan a gouged look: "Who do you say is your sister?!"

Song Yuyan said: "But little girl, you are younger than me, aren't you?"

Tang Zhi jumped angrily: "Who are you calling a little girl, I am not a little girl!"

Only 14 years old, what is it if she is not a little girl?Song Yuyan thought in her heart, but thought of the little girl's good face, she said, "Well, I called it wrong, don't be angry."

Tang Zhi wanted to be angry after hearing this, did she look so stingy?In Song Yuyan's eyes, is she so easy to get angry?

"Hmph, I'm being generous, I'm too lazy to get angry with you!" Tang Zhi said.

Song Yuyan smiled silently, and Tang Zhi saw that people around him often came in and out of the latrine, so he wanted to drag Song Yuyan away, "Do you want to go to the latrine? Otherwise, what are you doing here?"

At this time, Bai Can came here panting, he glanced at the ash tree, and then he let out a heavy breath.When he saw Song Yuyan standing not far away, he exclaimed happily: "Song Dalang, you are here!"

It's good that Song Yuyan comes, but if he doesn't come, he will be worried!

Ever since Song Yuyan told him the role of the ash tree, he has been very excited and nervous. He has high hopes for these trees, but he is worried that others will cut them down.

After tossing and turning for several nights, he came up with a solution - since he can't tell others the value of these trees, why can't he let others stay away from these trees?

So he thought of urinating under the tree, using the smell of urine to keep everyone away from them.At the beginning, his method worked quite well, but as soon as everyone got close to these trees, they were suffocated by the stench.

But slowly, some people also like to go to the tree to defecate. After he found out, he felt that this would not work, so he simply built a hut not far away. Everyone usually solves their physiological problems in the hut, and when they get used to it Once there are a few trees beside the hut, I will not pay attention to those trees anymore.

Sure enough, his method is not bad. Everyone is used to building huts in places with shelter, and these trees are in a good position.Although some people have paid attention to the bugs above, they don't know those bugs, so they don't take it seriously.

Even so, he would still take the opportunity of going to the latrine to come and stare at these trees every day.

As the days passed and the white wax worms began to hatch, he was worried that Song Yuyan would not come.After all, Song Yuyan was the only one who knew how to make candles. If she didn't come, his plan to make money would have to be shelved.

So when Song Yuyan came, he was happier than getting paid.

"Well, as long as the mountain is not closed here, I will naturally come here. I have to come here for my livelihood." Song Yuyan laughed.

Bai Can also laughed. He was about to tell Song Yuyan about the ash tree when he saw the little girl standing beside him.

"This is……"

To prevent Song Yuyan from talking nonsense again, Tang Zhi said, "I'm her neighbor, I'm here to help her!"

Bai Can suddenly realized: "You are Tang Dianshi's younger sister, Miss Tang, right?!"

Tang Zhi was secretly surprised, when she turned her head, she saw Song Yuyan holding back a smile.Only then did she realize that Song Yuyan had no intention of telling Bai Can that she was her sister at all!

"You know me?" Tang Zhi glared at Song Yuyan and asked Bai Can.

"Of course I know, Song Dalang mentioned the Tang Dian matter twice."

Tang Zhi murmured: "What did she ask my brother to do?"

"We mentioned it when we were chatting. Song Dalang said that Tang Dianshi, even the people in the Tang family are very kind, and they are kind to him. There is also Tang Dianshi's younger sister, who has been taking care of the huge vegetable garden at a young age..."

Tang Zhi's cheeks turned red from the praise, but Song Yuyan never expected that Song Yuyan would also praise her brother and her in front of others.

Suddenly, she thought of Song Yuyan's behavior just now, and squinted at this person, "Then why did you tell people that I am your sister just now?"

Bai Can explained for Song Yuyan: "Song Dalang also has to consider your reputation. Besides, I have an unusual relationship with Song Dalang, so naturally he won't hide it from me."

Bai Can is a little proud, the two of them have hidden the secret of making money from the ash tree together, how can this relationship be normal!

Tang Zhi frowned, Song Yuyan's relationship with Meng Shuituan was not as strong as Bai Can's words made her feel uncomfortable.

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