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The small town where Ji Mo lives is Huicheng, with mountains on one side, rivers on the other, and plains on both sides. Being able to farm, even if business was suppressed in ancient times, there were no large-scale commercial activities here, and no large caravans were usually seen, but life was actually not difficult.

It is also the choice of most people to live in poverty and live in peace if you can't achieve a little wealth.

There are no good drainage facilities in the alleys, which is fine on sunny days. The faint stench of excrement and urine is gathered under the walls, so that it is not dazzling in the sun. Those bits and pieces washed up and mixed into a pool, making people not ready to settle down when they looked at the dirty water.

The threshold blocked the soft muddy water outside, and Ji Mo frowned. Fortunately, the roof was repaired a few days ago, and now it doesn't leak much rain, otherwise...

Paper-making people use bamboo slivers, and there are no ready-made ones for sale in the city, so you have to look for them outside the city. It is best if you can find a bamboo forest, but if you can’t, there will be no substitute materials for a while, and you may need to buy them. Moved to another place.

It is best to live near the raw materials, so that everything is convenient and saves time.

If the commerce and trade were more developed, it would be okay to buy bamboo, as long as it wasn't a large-scale demand, and the shipping fee would be much more expensive, which he couldn't afford, and it wasn't cost-effective.

There is only so much money in his hand, and after many calculations, he is stretched. Ji Mo sat on the repaired bench, sat on one end, stepped on the other end, and looked at some places in the small courtyard outside where a lot of muddy water had accumulated due to the sag. in a daze.

The sound of crashing rain was accompanied by the sound of howling wind, and there was a sound of thumping, as if some shelf was blown down by the wind.

In this thatched house with earthen walls, not only Ji Mo and the neighbor's aunt live there, but also a few people, either idle or lonely, they all seem to have lost their enthusiasm for life.

Think about it too, if you have a family, not only for your wife, but also for your children, try to change to a better place to live, with that kind of fighting spirit, it won't be too bad no matter what.

It was raining outside, and it was not easy to step on the cloth shoes in the water, not to mention that the water looked too dirty, so Ji Mo didn't go out, so he took two bites of the leftover pancakes at noon, drank two mouthfuls of cold water, and fell asleep.

The next day the weather was still cloudy, but the rain stopped, and the ground was still muddy. After all, it was much better than yesterday’s scene that almost flooded into the house. Ji Mo tied a circle of grass outside the cloth shoes, he doesn’t know how to weave straw sandals , can only make a pile of grass like a mat, and then step on it and tie it under the feet, just like a layer of mats to increase the height.

It looks a bit ugly like this, the feet seem to have swollen a lot, but walking in the mud can prevent the cloth shoes from getting wet as much as possible.

Going out for a walk, Ji Mo went to the wine shop as if clocking in, and looked at how Gu Erqiu and Gu Xiaoshan were doing in the process of brewing wine. Since the agreement was made that day, he did not really wait for anyone to come Asked, I took the initiative to go around once a day, the shopkeeper saw him, and within two days, he smiled again, and he was able to say hello when he saw him.

When this day came, I also talked to him a few words, asking him if the paper-making business had started, and knowing that he hadn't looked for bamboo anywhere, he smiled and persuaded him to give up this end.

"It's all skills passed down from our ancestors. How can we lose it? We always have to pick it up. If I can't find bamboo nearby, I'm afraid I'll have to move to another place. It's more convenient."

Ji Mo is firm.

The shopkeeper was defeated by his brains. You can’t say anything to this kind of person, and you simply don’t repeat the same old tune. Knowing that he is looking for bamboo, tell him where to look for it, saying it is somewhere outside the city. Yes, it was from a rich and noble family in the past who were arty and wanted to find some kind of bamboo garden. They worked hard to cultivate it successfully, but in the end, something happened to the family and they disappeared.

The garden was abandoned later and is said to be haunted.

All the houses that have been deserted for a long time, not in the central area, will be stamped with "haunted" in the ancient population, and it seems that this can explain the spooky reason.

"Don't say I didn't remind you. Be careful when you go. Go there at noon. Don't let anything happen. The wine hasn't been brewed yet." When the shopkeeper talked about the brewing, his face showed A bit regretful, regretful that he talked too fast just now, if something really happened, his wine hasn't succeeded yet.

Knowing that most of the concern is about wine, Ji Mo also smiled and said, "The shopkeeper has forgotten what I do, so how can I be afraid of these things, I just go and have a look. Bamboo, I would also like to thank the shopkeeper for his guidance."

He is not a local who has lived for a long time, so he really may not know the news. Ji Mo thanked the shopkeeper, praised Gu Xiaoshan and Gu Erqiu for their abilities, and said that he also explained all the subsequent wine making steps. , if they remember it well and follow suit, it will be fine.

The shopkeeper gave him a slanted look: "If I didn't know that you taught me well, I could tell you this, go ahead, I'll be upset if you look at me, okay, what's wrong with you..."

Seeing that nagging was about to become a cliché again, Ji Mo quickly thanked him and left the wine shop.

It is not difficult to find out the exact location of the bamboo garden outside the city. It is on the side of the mountain. If there is any scenery in Huicheng, it is only on the side of the mountain and the river. Needless to say, the river has no twists and turns, and the spacious river flows with waves. It looks like two or three boats can walk side by side. There are no beautiful plants, and the river is not so transparent. There is not even a bridge. There is really nothing to see.

On the side of the mountain, there are always more flowers and trees in the scenery. The bamboo garden is built at the foot of the mountain, shaded and verdant. Some mushrooms, bamboo shoots and the like have a special taste.

That's probably what the wealthy family thought back then, so they specially found Fengya bamboo to add interest, but who knows, the bamboo garden was finally built, but they didn't enjoy it much.

On the way out of the city, I met a few people. Ji Mo inquired again. Compared with the shopkeeper who refused to utter evil words to promote superstition, these people had no scruples. The compilation has come to a head, and there are so many versions one after another. Maybe for a while, the most sensational gossip is the way the family died.

After many years, many people said it as if they had personally experienced it, and everyone seemed to have seen it with their own eyes, making people wonder who to believe.

Ji Mo didn't think too much, and went alone with a hatchet. At noon, the sun came out, and the remaining moisture in the air evaporated further. Ji Mo's straw-bag shoes were already very heavy, and many The mud fell on it, and it was tiring to lift my legs.

Seeing that there was not so much mud on the road ahead, he simply removed the layer of grass on the outside of his shoes, and he walked much faster.

Just after noon, he found the bamboo garden, thinking that it would be surrounded by high walls, maybe he could just take a look and leave, but when he saw the remains of the dilapidated bamboo fence, Ji Mo suddenly realized Oh, yes, if there are really rich households in such a small town, they must not be at the same level as the wealthy households in big cities. The city walls are so broken, how can the wealthy households be willing to use brick walls to build courtyard walls?

Doesn't the bamboo fence as the wall complement the name of the bamboo garden?

Within the damaged and skewed bamboo fence, the lush bamboos are full of vitality, and less people take care of them means that the growth is not restricted, and the growth speed of bamboo is also fast when the environment is suitable. Use is enough.

Ji Mo looked at it carefully, and nodded slightly. He lacked tools at home. When he came, he borrowed a hatchet from the shopkeeper. He used to do the work of splitting bamboo, but he was not afraid, so he chose the bamboo. , Not greedy for too much when chopping, I got two first, and carried them into the city before the sky was overcast. First, I went home to put the bamboo, and went to the wine shop to return the knife.

"I see... are you all right?"

The shopkeeper didn't want to take the knife, but the waiter took it. There were no customers at the moment, and they all knew that Ji Mo had gone there, so they stretched out their ears to listen, wanting to hear a terrifying sound.

"What could be the matter, the bricks have been pulled away."

What Ji Mo said is the most truthful. The previous planning of that place is not very concrete because of the crazy growth of bamboo, but the use of bamboo fences as walls can be said to be for fun. You can’t also use bamboo to build houses. Most people can’t stand bamboo. The building is cool and cool, and the rich households definitely want to build brick and tile houses. However, there are no bricks and some broken tiles. It is estimated that after the rich households were defeated, all the things here were scratched. gone.

As soon as the truth came out, the guys around couldn't hold back and burst out laughing, Gu Xiaoshan also laughed when he heard it, and said: "That's not true, it was so lively at that time, my father scared you before! "

"Hey, what are you scaring, isn't he dealing with this? Let him feel it for himself, hmph, and he said that he didn't even have a knife to do this, so you cut it by hand?"

The shopkeeper was sneering again.

Ji Mo was not annoyed, and said with a smile, "I'm going to buy a knife, and I have to prepare some tools. No, if it doesn't rain tomorrow, I will go buy it."

"It's not good to do something with that little money. Do this." The shopkeeper was still dissatisfied, but pointed to an acquaintance who did this. "Go, tell me that I introduced it, and it can be cheaper for you."

"Hey, thank you shopkeeper."

Ji Mo accepts as soon as he sees it good, and he doesn't talk too much, so he bids farewell and leaves.

He has no relatives here, and there is an acquaintance, so there will be fewer troubles. Among other things, these guys in the wine shop are young and strong guys, and they have to be intimidating when they go out. A fox pretends to be a tiger, even if the shopkeeper is a small person, but to the idlers in the alley, he is still a tiger to be trifled with.