tall and rhubarb

The next evening, before it was dark enough, the mutants sent people over early to express their agreement to Gao Chang's proposal, but they couldn't weave so much cloth for a while, and hoped that Gao Chang could provide the wild boar first.

Gao Chang has no objection, even if the mutants can weave so much cloth at once, their village can't provide so much silk, and the most important thing right now is to repair the fence, so silkworm raising and weaving can take a while.I'm not afraid of those mutated people playing tricks, they plan to stay here for a long time, and after their village is repaired, naturally they can run away and monks can't run away from the temple.

The villagers quickly got to work, digging ditches and repairing walls, and the old people in the village were not idle, and they were the best at weaving bamboo mats.Taking advantage of this opportunity, Bai Bao and the others recruited some people from the town to help dig the trench first, saying that anyone who can't bear hardships and stand hard work will not be used in the future, which is called a probationary period.

Among the newly recruited subordinates, there are many who are family-friendly. With these people, Bai Bao should feel at ease, at least when they flee for their lives, they bring their wives and children with them. Much stronger.

At the same time, the Mutants started work in full swing. They reselected a place not far from Gao Chang's village. They walked along the Panshan Highway into the mountains, and it took about an hour to arrive. If they drive, it takes 10 minutes. about.

This place used to be an elementary school, which had been abandoned for many years. In the first few years, there were fewer and fewer people on the mountain, and naturally fewer children were studying here. Later, those students were simply merged into the village, and the school closed down. .The classroom is a row of bungalows with white walls and black tiles. The floor is plastered with cement. It can be lived in after tidying up. There is a playground in front of it, and the place is quite big.

The people over there discussed with Gao Changbaibao and asked the people on their side to help keep it secret, and not to reveal their mutated identities, so as not to let those people in the town think about them.From now on, these people will only trade with Gao Chang and his village. Anyway, a large part of the town's supplies are controlled by Bai Bao.

It's impossible to keep it absolutely secret. Fortunately, the village said that the villagers usually have little contact with the outside world. Coupled with the attitude of the few old people in the village, there is usually no problem.But the brothers under Bai Bao's hands are hard to say. These mermaids are a mixed bag, and there are many outlaws among them. In order to expand the gang's power, they have to continue to recruit people. When you look away.

But where is there any absolute safety in this world? The dead people in their town are killed every now and then, some were bitten to death by poisonous snakes and mice, some were accidentally exposed to the sun, and some were bitten to death by insects while sleeping, and some even died in the same way. Inexplicable.Everyone was no longer surprised, and when they found out that someone had died somewhere, and there was a friend who lived nearby, they helped dig a hole and buried the body. There were many dead bodies, and both adults and children got used to it.

During that time, Gao Chang borrowed a liberation car from Bai Bao, and went out to catch wild boars almost every night. If he caught live pigs, he would send them to the mutants at the elementary school. It will be troublesome to catch them in the future. Now there are hordes of wild boars in the ditch, and people in the village dare not go down easily.Those wild boars that were killed were directly sacrificed to the Wu Zang Temple. Everyone did heavy work every day, and it was necessary to get some pork to improve the food. Of course, Bai Bao and the others were indispensable.

Simba and Miaozai went hunting with them every day, and every time they ate their stomachs round. After more than a month, there was a trend of horizontal development, and the fur on their bodies was smooth and smooth.Even Suobo began to grow taller. After living in human society for a long time, he gradually began to imitate the children around him. His limbs gradually stretched out, and his back, which was always a cat, also straightened.

Busy days always go by quickly, and in a blink of an eye, spring is here. The fence around the village has been repaired for a while, and people stay inside during the day and night, patrolling along the fence, and when they hear any abnormalities, they open the trap Looking at the situation outside, although there have been no major incidents, everyone still believes that the existence of this wall is very necessary.

This time, Bai Bao and his yard were also surrounded, and it was much more convenient and safe for both parties to walk around. Basically, Bai Bao and his colleagues walked towards the tall and long yard, and villagers generally would not go to Bai Bao and his yard to hang out. .

In the evening, Gao Chang and Da Huang carried a basin and the other carried a silk reeling cart out of the yard, and Suobo followed behind with a ponytail.The temperature has been getting higher and higher recently, and staying in the yard seems suffocating. As long as it does not rain, adults and children in the village have to come out to get some air every morning and dusk, and no one is willing to waste this precious time. , usually have to carry tools out to do some work.

Gao Chang and the others came out a bit late, and the two small grain drying yards in the village had already been occupied by people, so they had to put the tools on the concrete road that entered the village, and Sobo opened the three small horses in his hand to put them On the side of the road, several people quickly set up a stall on the side of the cement road.Most of this cement road is occupied every night, there are people working and children playing, but everyone agrees that they only occupy the south half of the road, and reserve the north half for those who fertilize and water.

The silk reeling carts and looms in the village were all made by Uncle Cui in the village. When he made them for the mutants, one loom was exchanged for one piece of cloth, and one silk reeling frame was exchanged for half a piece of cloth. When I was in my village, the price was reduced, and I made a loom to send a reeling frame, and a piece of cloth was all done.

Gao Chang’s family did not make looms, because there was no woman in the family, and the three of them were not of the ingenious type. Weaving is definitely impossible. When making this hand-operated silk reeling cart, Uncle Cui He didn't ask for wages, but Gao Chang was too embarrassed to make people work for nothing, so he gave him a pig thigh the next day.

It stands to reason that Gao Chang's family is fine if they don't raise silkworms or weave cloth. As long as they can hunt, they don't have to worry about making money from fabrics. In the beginning, it was because of Suobo. It's so fresh, look at it eagerly.Seeing Gao Chang, he felt a little soft-hearted, isn't it just raising silkworms, so he got some silkworm chrysalis from He Yun and the others, and slowly raised them.

At first, Gao Chang thought it was too troublesome to reel silk and weave cloth. Besides, his family had no shortage of cloth, so he peeled off cocoons and put on silk quilts. Pillows are used to make quilts. After the quilts are made, the weather will be warmer, and the villagers will move their things outside to work, so they follow the trend.

Gao Chang took some thread ends out of the water and fixed them on the silk reeling cart. Rhubarb grabbed the handle and shook it round and round. Suobo sat on the edge of the basin and stared at the silkworm cocoons inside. There were several silkworm cocoons As soon as they are pulled by the silk thread, they will roll in the water. When they see them rolling into a pile, they will quickly reach out and push them away.

The three people, big and small, were all wearing original-colored silk clothes, which were all made with the help of He Yun and the others. The fabric was soft, comfortable, sweat-absorbing and breathable, and it was soft and not as thin as the silk sold in the store before. I didn't like it after I got used to it. Wear other fabrics.

Miaozai and Simba watched the excitement for a while, and soon couldn't sit still. They ran towards the entrance of the village one after the other. Although the entrance of the village was also built with a wall, it was not blocked, and a small gate was left. There is a ladder standing high, and the villagers still come in and out from here.When the two villagers on duty saw them, they didn't say a word, they lowered their ladders and let them pass. The two figures, one big and one small, quickly disappeared into the night.

About four or ten minutes later, there were a few cat meows outside. Everyone in the village recognized the cat's cry, so they put up a ladder to let them in. The big snakes on the ground are regarded as rewards for putting ladders on them.This is purely a way of learning. When Gao Changcong went out of the village, he would bring a few snakes to the villagers on duty. Miaozai and Simba quickly learned it too, which made their entry and exit from the village more unimpeded.

After finding the big army, Miaozai lay cross-body next to the tall ponytail and began to doze off. Simba gently placed a round light blue object in his mouth beside Suobo.

"What do you think this thing is?" Before Suobo had time to receive it, Gao Chang stretched out his hand and brought Rhubarb to offer the treasure, which caused Simba to whine dissatisfiedly.

"It looks like a bird's egg." Rhubarb tilted his body, shaking the silk reeling machine once and for all, and replied uncertainly.In the memory he inherited, there are quite a lot of information on this aspect, but after being exposed to the blue sun, those information are not very authoritative, so I can't answer the question about the breed of the egg in front of me.

"Go to the ground and dig some mud, shall we roast it and eat it?" Gao Chang returned the egg of unknown species to Suobo.

"Don't eat." Suobo grabbed the egg, looked at it again and again, and finally decided to keep it away.

There is a bamboo box under the baby's bed, which contains all kinds of treasures, including brightly colored stones, old books with pictures, leftover cans from their family, and dozens of treasures he and Simba picked out of their mouths. A bracelet bought from a catty of wild boar meat, and a spinning top that Gao Chang made for him a while ago. When he didn’t want to sleep during the day, he would turn out these things and play with them. One person, one wolf and one cat, each talking to each other, woo woo Yeah, I had a lot of fun too.Now he decided to put this egg in too.

"This thing can't be left alone, it will turn into a rotten egg after a long time, why don't you ask Aunt He Yun to help you make a pocket and tie it to your stomach, in two or thirty days, a baby bird should hatch." The number of birds at the beginning of the year is extremely rare. If you have a bird at home, it will be very lively.

"Bird?" Suobo opened his eyes wide. In his mind, the memory of the bird was extremely vague, and only a few pictures of the bird could be seen in the old books.

"Well, it should be right, it can't be a snake anyway." There are snakes everywhere on this mountain, and I have seen a lot of snake eggs, so I know what they look like.

"Okay." Suobo responded, and ran away immediately, this kid is a man of action.

After finishing all the cocoons prepared in advance, Gao Chang and the others were not in a hurry to go back. The spring breeze was so warm that it made people want to sleep, so Gao Chang went to the grain drying yard to get an idle bamboo mat. Spread it on the road, shake off your shoes and lie down on it.Many fires had already been lit in the village at this time, and the villagers had been fiddling with the silk for a long time, and the feel came out, so there was no need to stare at it.

There are still a few pedal silk reeling carts in their yard, which are slightly more advanced than the hand-cranked ones, and some people are using them at the moment. They cook cocoons and reel silk while drying, making the yard smoky, but the efficiency is Higher, everyone is thinking about getting some more in the grain drying yard, and working outside at night is much more breathable than in the yard.

It is said that more than a hundred years ago, our country's technology in this area was quite developed, and the tools for manual work were also very exquisite. However, in recent years, everyone has become accustomed to relying on machines, and the old things have long been thrown into the sky.Nowadays, in the absence of electricity and network, it is very difficult to restore these technologies, so we have to go back to the level hundreds of years ago and slowly move forward.

Rhubarb was lying on Gao Chang's side, leaning sideways and squinting his eyes. The sleepy look was also very interesting. Gao Chang looked around again and again, planning that if no one was paying attention, he would go over to steal a scent.But he was still disappointed in the end, because Suobo had asked He Yun to make a cloth bag and walked back, and there was a bulging lump on his stomach, which obviously had hatched the egg.

Between Gao Chang and Rhubarb, Suobo found an empty space and slipped in, carefully protecting the egg on his belly, lying down with his body bent and not moving anymore.The old man in the yard told him just now that it is not easy to hatch chicks. The mother bird squats in the nest for dozens of days. If he runs around like this, he will definitely not be able to hatch the birds. He advised him to eat drop it.But whatever they said, nothing could shake Suobo's determination to hatch a bird.

Seeing that all the members of his family have moved, Miaozai also got on the bamboo mat. It’s only April, and it’s still too cold to sleep on the bamboo mat. Miaozai searched and searched but couldn’t find a warm place, and finally climbed onto Gao Chang’s stomach , the flat and flexible lower abdomen is covered with soft silk, it is still very comfortable to sleep on it, and the temperature is just right.

However, this treasure land of geomantic omen is not something it can get its hands on. Before the cat had time to get into a good position, it was thrown into the ditch by Dahuang by the neck. Fortunately, there was no water in the ditch, so it got up and shook the mud on its body, and rushed to Rhubarb. He meowed a few times to express his protest, but in the end he didn't dare to challenge his authority, scratched the ground, bit some grass to vent his anger, and then fell asleep at Suobo's feet.

Simba tilted his head and watched this scene happen, and grinned a few times gloatingly, but still felt that it was not very enjoyable. This cat usually despises it because it can climb trees and mount beams.The moon in the sky was perfectly round, and the blood of the wolf was boiling. Finally, it couldn't help but raised its head and howled.

"Ouch..."

The villagers who were confused while working on the grain drying field were startled by the sudden howl of wolves, and the silk in their hands was torn off one after another.After a short period of confusion and a few low-pitched curses, people managed to pull themselves together again, and soon, the silk reeling cart started whirring again.