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Chapter 19 0018 [My father sailed out to sea](1/2)

There are many troubles in front of the widow's door, and it has been like this since ancient times.

By the next day, the nearby villagers went out to work, and they all walked around here intentionally or unintentionally.

Although no one spoke rudely again, when they saw Zhu Ming and Zhu Guoxiang, a strange smile appeared on their faces.

Even if the Zhu family father and son hide in the house, the villagers could see the thin horse in the yard, and then glanced into the house unconsciously.

During the morning of dinner, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were worried.

In the end, Chen Yourong comforted her mother-in-law: "Don't worry, aunt, walk straight, sit straight, and don't be afraid of not being chewy."

"Oh, we are not afraid," Grandma Yan looked at her grandson, "This matter is about to spread to all corners of the countryside, but I am afraid that Brother Qi will be stabbed by someone, and he said why did he behave like a woman?..."

Chen Yourong was silent for a moment. She could hold on herself, but what should the child do?

Seeing that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were embarrassed, Zhu Guoxiang stood up and bowed: "We are not considering it well, which has caused trouble for both of you. Why not do this? Please borrow some corn and salt, and move us to the mountains to live, and wait for the birthday party on April 2nd before going down the mountain."

Before the two women could speak, Zhu Ming said, "It's useless to move out. The rumors have spread in the village. Don't say that we leave the village, even if we leave Xixiang County, the rumors will continue to spread, and the more they spread, the more they become dirtier and the more they spread, the more outrageous it becomes."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone stopped talking.

Zhu Ming asked his father: "Do you know how celebrities 'refuted' the rumors'?"

"Issuing an announcement?" Zhu Guoxiang said.

"You old comrades in the system have no idea how to carry out publicity and public relations, and they don't know how to do crisis public relations. No wonder there are so many embarrassing things," Zhu Ming corrected in anger, "It is to divert the attention of the people! Rumors are topics of conversation, and spreading rumors is a social way that can demonstrate oneself. As long as they are given enough topics of conversation and divert their attention, no one will care about the initial rumors anymore."

"It makes sense, what do you do?" Zhu Guoxiang agreed quite well.

Zhu Ming looked confident: "Ji and the old lady and Mrs. Chen, take Brother Qi to the mountains to hide, and you can go to the forest to cut some firewood. When you come back in the afternoon, this matter will probably be settled."

"Are you sure?" Zhu Guoxiang expressed doubts.

Zhu Ming smiled and said, "If you don't say it's 100% sure, there are still 70% to 80%. There are just a few foolish men and women in the village. How difficult is it to fool them?"

Although the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law don’t understand what system, what stars, what failures, what crisis public relations, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law don’t understand, they know that the Zhu family’s eldest son has a way.

When Grandma Yan went to wash dishes, Chen Yourong wiped the mulberry leaves clean and said to Zhu Ming: "Dalang, I swept the silkworm manure and wiped the mulberry leaves clean. By noon, please help feed the silkworms. There are a total of six silkworms. I divide the mulberry leaves into six stacks, and feed them one stack of each pile."

"Don't worry, I know how to feed silkworms." Zhu Ming said confidently.

Of course, Zhu Ming didn't know how to feed silkworms, but he knew how to provide free labor.

Seeing Zhu Ming slapping his chest and making a promise, Chen Yourong didn't say much. Anyway, he fed the silkworm four times a day, and occasionally he had less food.

Everything was ready, so Zhu Guoxiang followed the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and took the children out to the mountain.

When I passed by a wheat field, there were villagers working.

The man glanced at Zhu Guoxiang a few times and greeted him: "Madam Yan, go chopping wood?"

"Cutting firewood, there is not enough firewood at home." said Grandma Yan.

"Then be careful, the road is very steep, don't fall down the mountain." The villager seemed very kind, but his smile was very strange, and he had already made up his mind to go home and talk about gossip.

Grandma Yan thanked her and quickly moved forward. She always felt uncomfortable all over her body when she was staring at her.

Halfway through the mountain, there is a large teahouse, and there are not many people here.

Chen Yourong was still nervous and asked, "Good Master Zhu, is there any way to Dalang?"

Zhu Guoxiang promised: "Don't worry, although the dog son is not serious, he is very smart. Several villagers should not be able to defeat him."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law didn't ask any more questions, so they could only choose to believe that Zhu Ming could make peace.

...

Only Zhu Ming and a thin horse were left at home.

This guy was not very clean, so he ran to grab a handful of beans, spread his hands and said to the horse, "Come and eat it quickly, it's stolen, it's fragrant."

The horse was overjoyed and chewed it when he opened his mouth.

About half an hour later, a farmer passed by on the small road outside the yard carrying a hoe, and suddenly stopped to secretly look at Zhu Ming feeding the horse.

Zhu Ming did not hide or avoid, and even took the initiative to greet him: "Do you go home after work?"

The farmer came to see the joke, but at this moment he couldn't mess with him. He laughed awkwardly and said, "Ah... Yes, yes, go home after work."

Zhu Ming introduced himself: "My name is Zhu Ming, I come from the south."

"The south is good, the south is warm." The farmer could only chat in awkward manner, not knowing how to deal with it.

Zhu Ming said again: "The rapeseed is about to be collected. Do you want this big brother to help?"

The farmer shook his head quickly: "Don't help, my family has labor."

Zhu Ming smiled and said, "If you need help, just shout. I have no livelihood, I just want to make a few meals."

"Okay, I'll help you pay attention to whichever company wants to help you. I... I'll leave first if I have something to do at home." The farmer hastily ended the exchange.

Zhu Ming waved goodbye and said, "You can leave with me, and I always come to play when I have time."

After a while, another middle-aged woman came.

"Hello, my name is Zhu Ming, I'm from the south." Zhu Ming said openly, and even called himself "I" in his local accent.

This middle-aged woman is also familiar with her. Seeing Zhu Ming taking the initiative to talk, she immediately ignited the soul of gossip: "Where is the young man from the south?"

Zhu Ming casually whispered and said, "My family lives on Guangnan Road."

The middle-aged woman asked, "Where is Guangnan Road? I only know Zizhou Road, Kuizhou Road, and Jingxi Road. I have never heard of Guangnan Road."

Zhu Ming said: "It's far away, further south of Jinghu Road."

"Where is Jinghu Road?" The middle-aged woman became more and more curious.

Zhu Ming waved and said, "Aunt, come in and say, I'll draw a map for you."

"That's very good." The middle-aged woman stood outside the door, smiling and waiting for Zhu Ming to open the yard door.

Zhu Ming invited the woman in and drew a simple map on the ground with a stick. It was so simple that it could not be simpler. The territory of the Song Dynasty was painted as a cake by him: "This is our Song Dynasty, and the imperial city of Kaifeng is here. This is Lizhou Road, and below is Zizhou Road and Kuizhou Road, which my aunt mentioned. This is Jinghu Road, and further south is Guangnan Road."

It is probably the first time I saw a map. The middle-aged woman didn't ask for gossip and stared at the map for a long time: "Where is Hangzhou? My head of the family went back to the city last time and heard that the new magistrate was from Hangzhou."

Zhu Ming casually drew circles: "Hangzhou is here."

The middle-aged woman said in surprise: "That's very far away. How long does it take for an official to leave before coming to our county."

Zhu Ming started to talk nonsense, afraid that he would not understand it, so he deliberately learned the local accent and slowed down his speech: "I have been to Hangzhou. There are paradise above and Suhang below. The people in Hangzhou alone are more people than in the entire Xixiang County. It is difficult to walk on the street. There are people in front, back, left and right, and there are mules and donkeys that can be used to pick up goods. There are shops on both sides of the street, and there are everything you want to buy. People in Hangzhou like to eat shark fins. Do you know what shark fins are? They are sharks in the sea. Rich people don't eat shark meat, but eat shark fins... "

The middle-aged woman was stunned when she heard this, her mind was full of imaginations of the unknown world.

Zhu Ming continued to make up random things, chatting all over the world, and even told the stories of overseas cannibals.

As he was talking, another villager "passed by" outside the courtyard.

Based on the principle that a sheep is also driven and a flock of sheep is also released, the villagers were also invited by Zhu Ming to listen to the story.

Before we knew it, the audience gradually increased to five.

Two men and two women, and a child.

When talking about the key point, Zhu Ming suddenly shut up and turned around and walked towards the silkworm room.

A village woman shouted, "Little scholar, what are you doing? Let's finish the story of the Savage Country!"

A scholar was not a fame and fortune in the Song Dynasty, but a respectful title for scholars...

Zhu Ming grinned and showed his white teeth and said with a smile: "The silkworm hasn't been fed yet, so I'll talk about it after I finish feeding the silkworm."

"I'll help you, and talk while feeding." The woman rushed over.

Including the child, all five of them followed into the room and picked up the mulberry leaves quickly. Zhu Ming didn't need to do it himself.

Those who work hard to control others, and those who work hard to control others.

Isn't this done?

After feeding the silkworms, everyone returned to the yard.

"Bang!"

Zhu Ming hit the ground with a stick and acted as a wake-up tree: "But it is said that in the extreme south, there is a Huanouti island in the thousands of miles of oceans. Once, my father went out to sea with a boat and encountered strong winds and waves. He floated on the sea for two months and almost died of thirst!"

An old woman asked: "The little scholar just said that the sea was full of water, why did he die of thirst in the sea?"

"It's true that there's water in the sea, but the salt content of sea water is heavy. The more you drink, the thirst you will die of drinking too much." Zhu Ming explained.

An old man said in surprise: "There is salt in the sea water, so don't you have to spend money to buy salt if you live by the sea?"

Zhu Ming said: "Sea water can be used to boil salt. The Song Dynasty government set up many salt fields on the beach. Pour the sea water into a pot and boil it dry. The remaining food is salt. However, sea water is still poisonous, so it is not possible to drink it directly. If you drink too much, you will be poisoned to death."

"Don't talk nonsense, listen to the story of the young scholar," another woman urged, "Where has it been floating in the sea for two months?"

"Ahem!"

Zhu Ming coughed twice and took out a video to blow his pussy: "This aunt is not anxious, but she said that my father lost his position on the boat and kept floating in the sea thousands of miles away. He was thirsty and could only wait for the rain to drink water. He had to make the food himself. The rotten food on the boat was thrown on the deck as bait. People hid next to them, and when the seabirds came down to eat, they rushed out and grabbed the seabirds..."

"There is a whale in the sea, and my father saw one. The whale was blue and had no gills. After swimming in the water for a few hours, it had to float to the water to breathe. Did you see the mountain opposite? Good guy, the whale floated up and there was a mountain. After turning over, he almost overturned the boat..."

"Let's talk about the big island, there are animals that are very strange. Their heads are like rats, but they can stand on both feet, with a long tail behind them. There are pockets on their belly, so they can be raised in their pockets..."

"That night, my father and the crew went to the village. The villagers were not wearing clothes, and they were surrounded by animal skins to cover their shame. They were also hospitality and invited my father to dinner. My father was originally happy, but it was almost time to eat, but he was so scared that he vomited jaundice.
To be continued...
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