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The cemetery outside the city is a wasteland, not suitable for farming, and there are a lot of weeds, but the area with tombstones is better. Whether it is for burial or sacrifice, someone always comes to weed and take a rest. It looks like that, but the mass burial area is really messy.

The dead bones crush the weeds, the weeds cover the dead bones, there are rotten clothes, and the hair that cannot rot immediately, the long strands of hair left the corpse, mixed in the thin and tough weeds, inadvertently rubbing against the ankles, the feeling almost can Let the scalp explode.

From time to time, there are red-eyed dogs quietly going back and forth among the grass, lying down, as if preparing to launch an attack, those pairs of eyes that imply biting hostility, and the low-hanging dogs. No matter how you look at it, it is hard to tell whether it is a wolf or a dog.

In order not to make him panic even more, Ji Moquan treated him like a dog. He held a wooden stick with a thick wrist and kept beating the grass to startle the snake. Thinking about it will make people break out in a cold sweat.

"So, the collection you are talking about is looking for... looking for these here?"

He Er watched as Ji Mo picked up the weird-looking long clip stuffed in the basket with the other hand. It was made of two long wooden sticks, like long chopsticks, but the front end was slightly flat, which was convenient for holding things. It is connected with some metal wrapping, which has a little hardness to maintain the shape of the clip, but it is not too rigid. With the force of the hand, the flat mouth at the front can be closed to pick up things.

It looks weird, but it’s really good for this kind of place. It’s so rotten that it can’t see the color, and it’s pulled out from under the corpse. It looks like rotten clothes. The filth, I can't tell whether it's the rotten meat or the stinky water flowing out, disgusting, really disgusting, even if it is an open place, it seems that the stench can be smelled.

He Er wore a mask on his face, subconsciously, he pulled the cloth rope hanging behind his ears, trying to make the mask more tightly protected.

The two companions brought out by him also wore masks of different colors on their faces, which were sewn by Ji Mo himself, and the stitches were not so fine. The advantage is that the cloth used was boiled and sun-dried, which can be regarded as high-temperature disinfection , As for how much it can defend against, it can only be said to be better than not defending.

He Er and the others thought it was superfluous at first. What is the use of this kind of thing? When they really got here, they realized, ah, the air feels fresher after being filtered.

"I agreed to teach you, why not start from here, these pieces of cloth mixed with the smell of corpses, logically speaking, also condense yin energy, and the paper made with it also has yin energy, it is the best way to make paper figurines. the best material."

Ji Mo's voice came from behind the mask, a little muffled, and his enunciation was clear, He Er and the others heard it, there were two clips, and the one who was playing with the clips turned his head to look at Wen Yan, "So this basket is still there. Need to add a cover, afraid of the sun?"

They were all wearing masks, Ji Mo heard the sound and looked over, only to see a pair of deep eyes, Ji Mo nodded and said, "I think so."

Uncle Li didn’t take him to do these things back then. What he’s doing now is just groping for himself. From this point of view, it’s not wronged him at all to rebuild the paper tie. He didn’t do many things carefully. This time Just thinking of adding something.

"Wait, didn't you teach the paper maker? How did you make it into paper?" The other couldn't help asking, as if he had discovered some blind spot.

He Er reacted quickly, and Yu Ji Mo replied: "Stupid, paper-making people don't use paper!"

The man was stunned, and he couldn't speak again, but Ji Mo didn't acquiesce in the meaning of this sentence, and explained: "You probably don't know the process of making paper, and cooking, baking, drying and the like are indispensable. When the paper comes out, the yang fire is too strong, that is, the yang energy is heavy, and the yin and yang are in conflict, you have always heard of this."

Nowadays, it is not only about marrying a wife and holding a funeral, but also about all major events, such as saying that they are in conflict with each other. People who are born at what time cannot go, and those who are pregnant cannot appear. These are all derivative rules of this set of rules .

The one who asked the question first asked thoughtfully: "Is your method of making paper different from the beginning?"

"It's like this if you pay attention to it. If you don't pay attention to it, it can be made of discarded paper as before."

Ji Mo said frankly that since he wants to teach, there is no need to hide it here. He explained the things that saved labor and materials in the past, and it is not likely that these people will really spread the word to ruin his business, let alone if there are Money, of course, can pay more attention to these things. If there is no money, it is good to have a pair of paper dolls. No matter what is good or bad, it is always the face of filial sons and virtuous grandchildren.

"...Using these cloudy materials to make paper is not easy to see open flames, and it takes a long time to rot, and the process in the middle is also smelly. In short, it is not easy."

Ji Mo couldn't help frowning when he thought about it, his residence in the city was too small, not to mention whether there was such a space in the front yard, even if there was, it was not easy to do, but outside, he dug a hole in the bamboo forest for To decompose these materials, and then make paper, this is always going to be guarded.

Pulling a few ropes on the bamboo is also convenient for drying in the shade. Even though the finished paper products are likely to be uneven, but for making paper figurines, they don’t need to be very smooth.

"There is another kind of grass called Tongyin grass, which is also a hollow grass. Look, if it looks like this, pull it and see if it is hollow inside, it is the Tongyin grass. The serious Tongyin grass must grow on the cemetery. ..."

Ji Mo can be said to be teaching everything, but it is not a master-student relationship after all, and he doesn't talk about it systematically. Wherever he wants to talk about it, he mainly talks about today's collection tasks, so that they can help them collect.

As the four of them went deeper, the wild dogs hidden in the weeds were ready to move. He Er himself held a long stick in both hands a little bit on guard, and didn't even care to ask questions. The two companions he brought performed better, especially It was the one who asked the question first. He was not tall, a little short, and thin, but extremely flexible and powerful. As soon as the stick was dropped, he heard the wild dog barking, obviously in great pain.

The whirring wind of the long stick dancing really feels like watching a martial arts movie. There are not many fancy moves, and each stick is extremely solid. It makes Ji Mo believe that there may still be martial arts practitioners in this world, but they should follow The etherealness of flying across the river in martial arts movies has nothing to do with it.

It should have nothing to do with internal force.

I thought about it a little bit divergently, and the movements of my hands never stopped. Ji Mo is the main force of the collection, and he is protected in the middle, so that he can concentrate on collecting things. He Er occasionally pulls weeds, but he will never use that It was another companion who flipped the carrion with the clip. He had no scruples. He would poke the corpse when flipping it with the clip, guessing how long the other party had been dead.

The feeling of courage.

To be honest, Ji Mo himself didn't dare to look too much, he was very careful with every step he took, for fear of stepping on it and sinking into the corpse pit, even if the bones underneath were like dead wood, he could hear it There was a crackling sound, but that feeling was really bad.

It was still broad daylight, and there was someone to accompany him. If it was night, Ji Mo couldn't even think about it.

He took out three bamboo baskets, and he was going to fill them up and leave, never to come again next time.

Because most of the tattered fabrics were covered with corpse water, two bamboo baskets were installed separately, and the remaining bamboo basket was filled with tightly pressed yin grass.

As a result, more than half of this large piece of wild grass has been squeezed down. Here, He Er is the absolute main force, and the only one who beats the dog is the short one. The other party doesn't mind this division of labor.

When the collection was completed, He Er still picked up the bamboo basket containing Tongyin grass in disgust, and let out the other two bamboo baskets containing rotten clothes. Ji Mo took one by himself, and the other was taken by the short man who beat the dog. He took it, as if he was afraid that the corpse would splash on his body, he followed Ji Mo's example, picked up the basket with a wooden stick, and opened the distance like this.

The group of people did not go to the city, but went directly to the bamboo forest. On the way, Ji Mo told them the uses of this bamboo, and also mentioned the grades of the paper figurines. He classified the one with bamboo strips as the last one. Wait, everyone was in a daze after hearing that.

"I still save money by treating it as pure paper, but it still takes a lot of trouble?"

He Er suddenly understood.

"The degree of difficulty is different. With bamboo strips as the skeleton, it is much easier to tie the paper. Moreover, the paper maker pays attention to the simpler the material, the better. The best paper is the same. If bamboo strips are used It is inevitable that it is miscellaneous and not specialized, and it is not 'empty' when the inner core is filled."

This is the experience that Ji Mo summed up by himself. What paper-making pays attention to is an "emptiness", "emptiness" can pass through the yin, and it is necessary to leave this cavity to allow the ghost to live in, so it is called a soul garment.

The bamboo forest is quiet, it seems that because it has been abandoned for a long time and few people come here, there is a gloomy and cold air here. Under such an environment, Ji Mo couldn't help but think of the paper man who was begged and taken away by Yang Feng back then. The interesting story was told directly to He Er and the others.

"Do you know what that paper man is for?"

The short man took the initiative to ask this, seeming very curious.

"Maybe just to be a little spy." Ji Mo doesn't know much about this, he has seen Uncle Li make a paper man like that once, if he hadn't been focused all the time, I'm afraid this matter would have disappeared from memory long ago Thanks to him not being a real child, otherwise this top-grade paper figurine would really be doomed to be lost.

"How to use it specifically?" He Er also asked, he has been really curious about this aspect for a long time, and he wanted to know exactly when he heard it.

The contents of the three baskets have been poured into the pit. Ji Mo used yellow mud to thicken the pit repeatedly before. Not to mention comparable to wine tanks, it can also be temporarily used as a pool for water storage. Fast enough, you can see the finished product in less than a month.

"Then I don't know. I only saw it once, and I haven't seen it again. I haven't seen how the tomb robber took the paper doll and used it." Ji Mo told the truth, looking at the three of them a little Looking at his son's disappointed eyes, he squinted his eyes with a smile, and the regret conveyed seemed to have turned into fun and evil.