The village of the Wa people was built in a valley, surrounded by mountains and surrounded by clouds and fog.
The whole family lives together, large and small thatched cottages are built on the flat ground in the valley, or on the mountainside. Although there is not a single wooden or brick house, it looks quite spectacular.
It's just that they may have lived in seclusion for too long, and the men and women I saw, the old and the young, mostly looked confused and timid, and lost a lot of vitality.
Ye Bulan came up to grab Huo Xi's arm a little recklessly, which made Huo Xi feel that she was a little more angry.
looked at her with a smile: "You know? Do you have a loom at home?"
Thinking of Ye Bran's clothes she was wearing, black and red, like a kind of hemp. But there was no loom in her house.
Ye Bran heard the general report, nodded fiercely at Huo Xi, said a few words, and then pulled a girl of a similar age next to her.
"Her house is nearby? Do you want to visit her house? Yes." Huo Xi nodded.
Turning his head to look at Mu Yan, he followed Ye Bran to a nearby hut. Mu Yan kept her eyes on her and followed her.
Ye Bran was a little afraid of him, he didn't dare to look up at him, and swallowed nervously. Huo Xi thought it was a little funny, and told Mu Yan not to follow, but he still didn't listen. He had no choice but to appease the two girls.
Ye Bulan's friend's house, like hers, doesn't seem to be in good condition.
The outside is surrounded by a bamboo fence half a person’s height, which is the yard. There is only one grass hut in the yard, and the cooking is also done in the firepit in the middle of the hut. The whole family lives in the hut. There was little furniture and few ornaments.
Bringing out the loom, Ye Bran showed Huo Xi the loom of their clan.
is a foot loom. The weaver sits on the ground, with a loom belt tied around his waist, and his feet are flat on the warp beam.
The left hand inserts the weft thread, and the right hand uses a wooden knife to tighten the weft thread. The shuttle shuttles back and forth between the warp threads and tightens it with a machine knife until the cloth is dense.
In this case... "Can your waist bear it?"
Moreover, the head was lowered all the time, and the feet were flattened to exert force. This is not to say sitting for a day and a half, but only half an hour, and I can't bear it.
Compared to the sitting looms used by the weavers in our Songjiang weaving workshop, it is really a difference between low-end and high-end. And the efficiency is a bit low.
"How long does it take to weave a piece of cloth?"
"It will take five days at the fastest. Generally, a piece of cloth can be woven in seven to nine days!"
For this kind of linen, Jiangnan weavers can weave two pieces a day with a quick hand.
Huo Xi felt emotional. Looking at Ye Bulan, the girl at the age of cardamom is dressed in black, with a red circle on the sleeves and trousers. Looking into the stockade again, they are all dressed in general.
It takes so long to weave one piece of cloth, so it’s no wonder that few sets are changed and washed.
Ye Bran stretched out his clothes to show Huo Xi, showing that they are thick and durable. Huo Xi nodded to her with a smile, yes, it is indeed very durable, it has been washed and turned white, and it has not been broken. If he was wearing his own clothes before entering the mountain, he would probably be so scratched that he couldn't see.
Checked in the stockade, all the women and girls from different families can weave. At the age of five or six, they can twist and weave under the guidance of grandma and grandma, and the smart ones can weave various patterns. In the stockade, everyone praised him for his dexterity.
Women weave, gather, go up the mountain to pick wild fruits and vegetables, and pick mushrooms for the family's meals, while men go up the mountain to hunt. The family eats the meat from hunting, and keeps the fur as clothes. Only when there is not enough salt at home, will they take wild animals outside to exchange some salt and come back.
There are almost no vegetable fields in and around the stockade.
"There are mountains all around here, and there is no shortage of food in the mountains."
Huo Xi looked up, yes, surrounded by mountains, there are many supplies on the mountains. Living in this mountain, living in seclusion from the world, the wars and court changes outside have nothing to do with them, and they live a self-sufficient life.
Although materially poor, there is no worry or worry.
But after watching and listening, she took it for granted. Maybe they are all enjoying this kind of life and don't want to be disturbed.
After lunch at the patriarch's house, Mu Yan and Huo Xi bid farewell to the Wa people.
Because the patriarch's family used the bedding for the grandson's wedding, Mu Yan gave him some money as compensation, and the patriarch excitedly dragged the dried meat and fungus from the house and insisted on giving them to them.
Yilan also led her two grandchildren with a big bamboo basket and followed Huo Xi, insisting on sending her off. Said that Huo Xi likes to eat her family's jerky, so Huo Xi insisted on accepting it.
However, Huo Xi asked people to accept some wild tea leaves, dried mushrooms and dried meat.
The patriarch sent someone to send them down the mountain, Ye Bulan and Alek also followed. After leaving the mountain, the two sides said goodbye, Aleike suddenly ran up to Mu Yan, and mustered up the courage to say something to him.
"I grow up, can I also be your guard?"
Alike has long been attracted by the second-class people from Liyikan, thinking that they are very imposing, and they must be people with great abilities. As a young boy, he already longed for the world beyond the mountains. Desire to go to the stronger side.
After the report was finished, Mu Yan raised the corner of his mouth: "Okay, if you have the ability, I will let you be my guard."
"How can I be capable?"
Mu Yan made a wink at Chaoli. Li Yi took him and Tong Shi aside. I don't know what to say, Huo Xi saw Alike's excited face, and imitated the etiquette of the Han people to salute Mu Yan and Huo Xi.
"Let's go." Mu Yan nodded to him, took Huo Xi to his side, and walked.
Huo Xi turned his head and waved goodbye to Ye Bran and Alek.
Until the group disappeared, the siblings were still standing on the mountain road.
"Sister, the prince said that I can go to him to learn my skills! When I have the skills, I can be his guard! Sister, I want to learn my skills!"
"Okay, sister also learns!" Huo Xi's appearance appeared in front of Ye Bulan's eyes. She wanted to be like her, and when she learned the skills, she could go outside to see more people and things.
Soon the group returned to Yibang.
Mama Mama, Xiangcao and the others who were waiting for Huo Xi's news at Yibang Inn rushed over excitedly when they saw Huo Xi, crying and laughing, "Madam, we are all scared to death. If something happens to Madam , we don’t want to live anymore!”
"Madam, we are afraid that you will be sent out of the border and hid in neighboring countries. We are afraid that we will never see you again. We are so afraid." Wept into a ball.
"Are you okay, miss?"
With tears in her eyes, Nanny Ma came up to look at Huo Xi carefully, glanced at Mu Yan next to her, and then at Huo Xi, her eyes were full of worry.
The girl has been kidnapped for several days. If she is found in the capital, she will be sent to the family temple if she is found.
"Girl?"
Huo Xi understood her eyes and patted her hand.
"Don't worry, Mammy, I'm fine. Your girl is smart, and she runs away when she sees something wrong. You don't know, the cliff is still quite high. I thought I could swim since I was a child, and jumping down would be fine. As a result, I almost didn’t get knocked out by the water. I’m scared after thinking about it. I don’t want to have to do it again.”
"Bah, bah, bah! Madame, hurry up. How could it happen again! From now on, we will keep an eye on madam. Chasing wind actually let madam be taken away, he is useless at all. I don't want him anymore!" Vanilla angrily .
"It was the group of people who were familiar with the terrain and deceived Zhuifeng. Besides, you won't be able to see him for a month. Your family's heir sent him to the mountains for training."
Xiang Cao looked at it, and really didn’t see Zhuifeng, and said to let him go to train, but she couldn’t help feeling a little worried. But seeing that Huo Xi was safe and sound, he was overjoyed.
Talked with a few maidservants for a while, seeing Mu Yan turned around, "Where are you going?" Huo Xi hurriedly asked him.
"I'll go see if the two of Jun's family are dead." The voice was clear and cold, as if coming from hell.