Mulberry Empress

It's a habit he developed from childhood.In fact, people from small places are not as ignorant and uneducated as people in big cities imagine. In some remote places, traditional culture has been completely preserved.Zhang Chi has received Confucian education since he was a child, with four dimensions and eight virtues, five ethics and five constant principles. He doesn't think there is anything wrong with these old antiques, but he can appreciate a lot of principles of life from them.Just like tidying up the room, it seems to take a lot of time, but in fact, a comfortable living environment can not only make people feel happy, but also save time looking for things. The advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Looking up at the wall clock on the wall, the hour hand has already pointed to 6.

"Are you hungry?"

The expression on Sang Ming's face froze for a moment: "Well... I have hands and feet, so I can look for food by myself."

Zhang Chi knocked Sang Ming on the head: "Idiot, of course you eat me at my house."

Sang Ming yelled angrily: "Don't hit me on the head. If you hit too much, you will become stupid."

Zhang Chi was stunned, remembering that his cousin was probably too stupid in the eyes of ordinary people, his eyes suddenly softened, and he raised his hand to stroke Sang Ming's hair: "I'll touch it for you, so you won't become stupid anymore."

Sang Ming lowered his head, his ears were red, as if he was a little embarrassed.

"Come on, you help me, let's cook together?"

"Well! This kind of thing can't trouble me!"

Zhang Chi didn't believe that his dumb cousin would help cook.He had hoped that his cousin would be able to pick cowpeas for him, but who knew that Sang Ming was also a good housework expert. He was nimble and diligent in doing things, and he finished the work Zhang Chi gave him in a short while, so he went to Zhang Chi's side to watch How does he light a fire to cook.

"It turns out that you just need to turn it to make a fire. Your human things are really convenient!"

"Don't learn this. Gas is very dangerous. If you inhale too much, people will die."

"Will I die if I smoke too much?"

"If you smoke too much... you will turn into a zombie, covered with red spots, it's scary!"

Zhang Chi wanted to scare his cousin, but suddenly there was a strong force behind him, he couldn't stand still, and was dragged back two steps by Sang Ming, even the frying spoon fell to the ground.

"What are you doing?" He glared.

Sang Ming frowned tightly: "Stop cooking, can I find food for you? If you really want to do it, let me do it! You will die if you smoke too much gas, I... Even if I really become a zombie, Guanyin Bodhisattva will still be able to save me."

Zhang Chi couldn't laugh or cry: "You idiot!"

"I'm not an idiot!" As he spoke, he dragged Zhang Chi away from the gas.

"Okay, okay, Xiaoming is not an idiot, it's my fault, I didn't explain it clearly. There is only gas but no fire, people will die if they inhale it, but now they will be fine if they light the fire."

"Then teach me how to light a fire."

"no!"

"why not?"

"Because I want to cook for you!"

"..." Her ears turned red again, and there was a slight hum in her nose.

"Oops! The vegetables are burnt!"

Because of the "heroic sacrifice" of the only meat dish, the two had to settle for two vegetarian dishes.Zhang Chi was a little embarrassed, at least it was the first day a relative came to the door, so he would have gone out to eat if he had known about it.

"Tomorrow, I'll take you to have a good meal. You can choose the big fish and meat!"

"No, I like to be vegetarian."

"why?"

"Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva said this would help me accumulate merit."

Zhang Chi has a headache, his cousin has obviously been indoctrinated with a lot of weird ideas.Such a silly child was living outside alone, and he didn't know how much he had suffered. Fortunately, he met him at this moment.

"Who told you to marry me?"

"This is a long-standing appointment, do you want to renege on it?" Xiaolian was very aggrieved.

"Not bad, not bad." Zhang Chi patted Sang Ming's head, and suddenly remembered something, "Watch TV for a while after dinner, then go take a shower, and I'll change your clothes." By the way, check this Were there any injuries on the road.

"Is there something wrong with my clothes?"

"You've been walking outside for so long, it's time for your clothes to be washed."

"Oh……"

After eating, Sang Ming rushed to wash the dishes, and the two sat on the sofa watching TV together.Although Zhang Chi has a lot of work to do, he is patiently explaining TV to his cousin at the moment.He suddenly realized that Sang Ming was not stupid, or that he had the same IQ as ordinary people in some areas, and he learned to use the remote control after only a short while.He thought that now that Sang Ming was here, maybe he could take him to the hospital again. After all, the medical conditions in City C were better than those in the provincial hospital where Sang Ming went.

"Okay, let's take a shower!"

Zhang Chi drags Sang Chi, who is reluctant to part with the cartoon, into the bathroom.After explaining the facilities in the bathroom, Zhang Chi folded his arms and did not intend to leave.

Sang Xiaoming suddenly became furious: "You...why are you standing here, do you want to peek at me taking a shower?"

"It's not peeking, it's looking openly."

"!!!"

"I'm not joking with you. I'll see if you're injured, so I can give you medicine."

"How could I be injured?"

"Let me see. What's there to be shy about being men?"

"...My lord, I am not shy!"

Sang Ming untied his belt, quickly opened his skirt and closed it again: "Okay, okay, you've checked, I'm not injured."

Zhang Chi wanted to say that he hadn't checked his back, but he felt that the white flowers just now were a bit dazzling, so he pretended to calmly clear his throat: "I put the replacement clothes here, if you have any questions, call me." After speaking, he was a little embarrassed escaped.

Sang Ming was taking a shower in the bathroom, Zhang Chi found out the phone number of his hometown from his mobile phone and dialed it.He didn't know the phone number of his aunt's village, so he had to call the paging number of his own village.The phone rang a dozen times, but no one answered, and it was automatically cut off.

In the entire village, only the headman's house has a phone, and it is used as a paging phone. Usually, someone is always there when calling. What happened today?

Zhang Chi called again, convinced that no one answered, so he went to the phone book in the drawer.He has a cousin who lives in the town and has a telephone at home.This time it was finally connected, and the woman who answered the phone said that Zhang Chi's cousin had gone to a wedding, and it would take two or three days before he came back, and she didn't know why he couldn't get through the phone.

Looks like I can't get in touch today.Zhang Chi sighed, hoping that Auntie would not worry too much.The door of the bathroom opened, and Zhang Chi ran over to look. Sang Ming was wearing his T-shirt and pajama pants, as if he didn't know where to put his hands and feet.

"Is the size not suitable?" They are about the same height, so they should be able to wear it!

"It always feels weird." Sang Ming looked uncertain.

Zhang Chi breathed a sigh of relief: "You just aren't used to it, just get used to it. Come on, I'll tell you where to sleep."

There is only one bed in the bedroom, Zhang Chi doesn't want to wrong himself to sleep on the sofa, after all, his cousin may live there for several days!Fortunately, he still has an old camp bed, which he didn't lose when he moved, and it can be placed next to the single bed.

"Shall we share a room?"

Sang Ming moved his mouth, and Zhang Chi couldn't help laughing when he heard the words "fiance".

"Do you think I can't control what I do to you, or you can't control what I do to me?"

Sang Ming's face turned red all of a sudden.

"Good..." Zhang Chi patted his head, "What you worry about won't happen."

Sang Ming: "..."

Zhang Chi slept restlessly that night.Dreams followed one after another, and many pictures that were dusty in his memory were displayed in front of him one by one, making him feel dizzy.

According to the old people in the village, there used to be many mulberry trees in Zhang Chi's hometown, and every family would raise silkworms to subsidize the family.I don’t know in which year, a new policy came from outside, and the mulberry forest was replaced by the fruit forest. The villagers chewed on the new term "large-scale planting", and regretted that they could no longer sell silkworm chrysalis for money.

All the mulberry trees were cut down, only one mulberry tree remained.It was in another Zhangjia village next to Zhang Chi's hometown. There was an old mulberry tree growing by the pond at the entrance of the village.The tree was old and thicker than the average mulberry tree, but it was skewed overall, and most of the tree crowns were above the pond.Since no fruit trees can be planted in this place, this tree was preserved.In summer, clusters of purple-red mulberries grow on the mulberry trees, which become the favorite of nearby children.Zhang Chi was a king of children when he was young. Although the old mulberry tree did not grow in his village, he often took a group of children to steal mulberries.

The picture in Zhang Chi's dream is how he secretly picked a large handful of mulberries while the children in the neighboring village were not paying attention when he was a child.He still remembered a stone statue standing beside the old mulberry tree not far from the bank of the pond.I don't know what year the stone statue is from, and its face is somewhat blurred, and it can only be vaguely distinguished as a woman.When Zhang Chi saw the stone statue when he was a child, an idea suddenly popped into his mind that the stone statue should have spirituality.

There is little water in the village, and most of the children do not know water skills. For them, climbing to the pond to pick mulberries is both fun and dangerous.Only four or five children, including Zhang Chi, dared to go up in the two Zhang family villages.Zhang Chi's tree climbing is different from other children.He always went to the stone statue first, piled up a bag of soil, and regarded it as a pinch of soil for incense, then respectfully worshiped the stone statue three times, and finally climbed up the tree to pick mulberries.When asked by other children, he would always answer, this stone is like Mistress Mulberry, and the mulberry on the old mulberry tree is Mistress Mulberry's treasure.

Probably because two children fell into the water one after another, other children also began to worship the mulberry tree when they came here.