Song Yuyan took the rice home and put it away before returning to the door. It was so late, it seemed unsafe to let Tang Zhi, a little girl, stand in the dark.Tang Zhi was puzzled by her going back and forth, but he didn't speak.

When Tang Haogen's rough voice came from the alley, Song Yuyan went home in peace and closed the courtyard door.

Tang Zhi walked to Tang Haogen's side and said, "Brother, is the vegetable garden okay? Go back and have a rest."

Tang Haogen smiled and said: "It's nothing, Ye'er is asleep?"

"Sleeping, before going to bed, I was still talking about why my elder brother hasn't come back yet!"

"Then you should go back to rest early, don't burn yourself out at a young age."

Song Yuyan was slightly envious when he heard the warm and considerate words of the brothers and sisters of the Tang family.

She is an only child. Although she was spoiled at a young age, her family style is strict and will not let her develop a pampered temperament.However, her parents have placed great expectations on her, but they seldom care about her mood. Most of the time, she can only get a moment of relaxation when she is immersed in the world of crafts and the sea of ​​knowledge.

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The stars were shining in the sky, but the small courtyard of the Song family was shrouded in darkness.According to memory, Song Yuyan found the few lamp oil in this family, poured it on the lamp, and then found flint to light it.

She first went to see how Song Yuban and Song Yuzhuan were sleeping, then went to the kitchen to put away the rice, and then boiled some water to wash their bodies.

There is no bathroom, and there is no bathtub. The only way for the original owner to take a bath is to carry water and rinse in the corner of the kitchen.

In summer, you can use cold water, so you wash it every few days, but in autumn and winter, you have to boil the water, and it takes ten days and a half months to wash it. Usually, you just wipe your body.

After Song Yuyan finished brushing his teeth and taking a shower, he happened to hear the sound of the watchman.If it was changed to Beijing time, it would be almost one o'clock. At this time, the common people had already fallen asleep, and the young people started to move out.

Song Yuyan didn't intend to get involved anymore. After treating the small wound on her foot, she went back to sleep in the utility room next to the kitchen.

There are two bedrooms in the courtyard of the Song family, the one next to the main room and the one next to the kitchen.

Originally, when Song Yuyan's uncle was alive, there were three houses here. In addition to the main house, there was one for the two little radish heads, and a utility room. The original owner had always lived in the house in the village.

Later, Song Yuyan's uncle died, and her aunt Wu took her to live here, and let her sleep in the utility room to the west.

In the same year, some natural disasters occurred here. The house on the west side was blown down by the wind. My aunt Wu did not want to spend money on repairs, so she let the two little radish heads sleep with her, and gave up the room next to the kitchen to the original owner, and used it as a new sundry by the way house.

After the Wu family swept away the Song family's wealth, the original owner didn't say that she would sleep in the main house, mainly because she didn't care much, and every time she went to the main house, she would think of Wu's face, and she felt very responsive.

Lying on the hard bed, Song Yuyan touched the straw mat under him, and suddenly the picture he saw today flashed through his mind—almost every household here can weave straw mats.

Combined with the memory of the original owner, I understand that this is Cixi County, which belongs to the eastern coastal city-Mingzhou, and Mingzhou has Mingzhou Port, one of the three major foreign commercial ports.

As a large commercial port, foreign trade is very prosperous. Those merchants from Korea and Japan like to buy tea, porcelain, Luo and bamboo and wood processed products.

Among them, the Mingzhou straw mat "Mingxi" is one of the special products, which is very popular. Therefore, many women and children weave some straw mats at home in their spare time, and then hand them over to big buyers who specialize in buying them, and then sell them to foreign businessmen.

Although a straw mat can't be exchanged for a few pennies, it can subsidize the family.

The original owner had seen her mother weave Ming mats since she was a child, and later saw a lot in the market, and knew how to weave them, but she had never been impatient, and never knit straw mats for money.

Song Yuyan is different. Her grandfather is the Secretary-General of the Handicraft Committee. She has been exposed to various traditional cultures and traditional crafts since she was a child, so she also has research on bamboo and straw weaving and other bamboo and wood processing.

After two days, the guy who Aunt Lie asked for leave came back, and she had to find a new job. For the sustainable development of the family's economy, she needed to open up a few more businesses.

After setting the direction, she fell asleep peacefully.

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On the other side, the lights of Tang's house were still on. Tang Zhi and Tang Haogen mentioned the abnormalities of Song Yuyan today, and Tang Haogen was also very surprised by this.

However, he had a big heart, and said with a smile: "Then you might as well believe that he has really lost his way, after all, he is a child of the Song family, and he has also read sage books. He can spend a day or two, but he can't spend a lifetime. "

Tang Zhi snorted: "There's no need to praise her like this, she has only been educated for a few years, and which of the things she has done in these years is not insulting to the sages?"

Tang Haogen said: "You also know that the county school in this county is dilapidated. The reason why I can study is that Song's righteous school is willing to accept outsiders, so this kindness cannot be forgotten. By the way, the salt is not worth much. He gave it to me. You have too much money, you give him some back."

But Tang Zhi said: "That's not okay, brother, it's not that I'm greedy for her little money, but that she can't be too used to it. If I argue with her clearly today, she will start to take advantage tomorrow. But I don't I will save the extra money, and when she gets messed up again and the family can't solve the problem, this money will come in handy."

"Okay, make up your own mind! Go to bed earlier, I'm going to the vegetable garden."

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Early the next morning, Song Yuyan opened her eyes in a daze after hearing the sound of roosters crowing all around her. Looking at the dilapidated roof, she immediately woke up.

She passed through yesterday, and all this is not a dream!

System: "Good morning, Yam!"

Song Yuyan smiled and said, "You can try calling again?"

The system pouted: "I'm showing my closeness to you!"

Song Yuyan was expressionless: "I can consider changing my name and stop worrying about you getting me here without authorization."

"Sister Shan? Medicine? Xiaoyuyu?"

As if in an ice cellar, the system timidly changed its words: "Student Xiao Song."

Compared with the previous titles, this title seemed much more normal, so Song Yuyan didn't bother with the system anymore.

After brushing her teeth and washing her face, she carried a bucket to fetch water from the nearest well.

The so-called "righteous well" is an official well dug by the government in the city. People don't need money to fetch water here, and it is closer and safer than fetching water from the river.

The original owner's popularity is not good, as can be seen from the matter of fetching water - the neighbors in the front line basically greet each other and help each other. When Song Yuyan went to fetch water, one or two For her, that is to avoid.

Song Yuyan is not someone who likes to put a hot face on a cold butt, so he ignored her.She ran several times before filling the tank at home with water.

At this time, Song Yuban and Song Yuzhuan also woke up. They saw the cooking smoke in the kitchen, so they sneaked in to take a look. As a result, they saw the rice in the rice jar, and their eyes widened immediately.

"You don't have to look at me like that. As I said, I went to help Aunt Lie with work. I bought it with my wages."

Song Yuban was silent, while Song Yuzhuan was eating his fingers, salivating at the porridge in the pot.

Song Yuyan took them to brush their teeth and wash their faces. Both of them resisted very much. Song Yuyan had no choice but to scare them with what her parents used to scare her when she was a child. Why did a large worm grow out of her teeth and then burrowed into her stomach, and her stomach hurts... …

The two little radish heads have both experienced stomach pains. Being frightened by her like this, they thought that the stomach pains in the past were caused by "tooth bugs". Now they brush their teeth more seriously and diligently than anyone else.

Song Yuyan went out again. She bought two eggs, then beat them into the porridge and stirred them, then sprinkled some salt in, and the egg porridge was ready.

Right now she doesn't have much money, and she has to buy straw mats for the rest of the money, so she can only eat so simply.

But although it is simple, the taste is good, and the three brothers and sisters are very full.

After Song Yuyan explained the safety precautions that the two little radishheads should pay attention to as usual, she went out again-it was not time for her to go to work, so she went to the grass market outside the county seat first.

There are not many cities and towns in the memory of the original owner, but some places have begun to take shape, such as grass markets and township markets.

Song Yuyan could only go to these places if he wanted to buy mat grass, because mat grass mostly grows in swamps or paddy fields with abundant water resources, and some farmers will harvest mat grass specially, and then sell it out.

There are many types of mat grass, such as rush grass, cattail grass, salty grass, Malan grass and so on.

In addition to the matting grass, white hemp has to be bought as the tendon of the matting.Of course, jute and green hemp can also be used as tendons, but these two are less tough than white hemp.

Since Song Yuyan wanted to make straw mat weaving a long-term career, he didn't intend to be vague and ruin his own brand.

The author has something to say: Yam: Today is another day to lie to children~

Recalling that my family was poor when I was a child, I often cracked an egg into the porridge and boiled it until golden, added some salt, and ate it like that.

The materials referenced in this chapter include "Baoqing Siming Zhi" County Chronicle Volume [-], "General History of Chinese Economy" Song Dynasty Economic Volume

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