Mix the world with space

Chapter 236 The Ugly Under the Night
The next stop, Xitai, plans to go to Xiyuan Village, which is the largest jute plantation area of ​​the Xi nationality and also the largest cloth production area of ​​the Xi nationality.

Every household in Xiyuan Village weaves, and everyone can be called a master.

It was also the village where the Xi people suffered the most losses.Because almost all jute is grown there, there is no wheat or other crops, and everyone's food is bought.

This time, more than half of the jute in Xiyuan Village was burned, and the losses of the weavers could not be calculated with coins. The destruction of the raw materials for weaving was equivalent to destroying their vitality.

The carriage had been on the road for two days, resting in the passing villages. Xitai also informed the local village head about the mandarin and sorghum, and asked them to spread the news to surrounding villages.

We will arrive at Xiyuan Village in half a day, and it is estimated that it will be nightfall when we arrive.

Chen Chen and Bei Mu have already fallen asleep side by side on the cushion, Yun Duo is leaning against Xiao Ye's arms, looking out of the window boredly, admiring the autumn scenery and passing the time.

This road is relatively spacious, and there are rows of tall trees growing on both sides of the road. The leaves have begun to turn yellow in response to the season, and they flash past the window quickly. It is very beautiful, and the clouds are fascinated by it.

Um?In addition to the dark yellow leaves, these trees seem to have white things piled up on the trunks. It looks like snow in winter, snow in autumn?interesting.

"Xiao Ye, slow down the carriage, I want to look outside."

Yun Duo was interested in admiring the scenery, Xiao Ye naturally agreed, slowing down the speed of the carriage, and the scenery outside the window became clearer.

Without the speed of a flash, the snow became more concrete.

"Hey, look, is there snow on the tree?" Yun Duo asked the three sober men with great interest.

Those white, either attached to the trunk, or wrapped in the branches, are especially special in this season.

"Where did the snow come from at this time, it should be something else." Xi Tai looked up and came to a conclusion.

"Go down and have a look and you'll know." Xuan has always been a man of action, so it's better to prove it himself than to guess.

Xiao Ye smiled, Xuan's words were exactly what he wanted, and he was also a little curious.

After stopping the carriage, several people walked towards the trees on the side of the road.

It was indeed not snow, but a layer of white condensation, reflecting a dull luster under the sun, more like something secreted by trees, for example, pine wood can secrete oil, which may also be a kind of oil.

Yun Duo reached out and touched the white layer, smooth and delicate, but she was sure it was not grease, because there were no cracks in the trees.

She has seen this kind of thing before, but she can't remember it for a while, what is it?

Zhou Qi frowned and thought hard, "Xiao Ye, please help me shave a little off, I have seen this thing before, I have to think about it."

Xiao Ye took out the dagger that he carried with him, and with a light stroke, he peeled off a whole piece of white object on the trunk, without deformation at all, and still maintained the shape wrapped around the trunk.

Yun Duo took the piece and studied it carefully, and the three people beside her didn't bother her.

"This is... a candle, by the way, this is wax!" Yun Duo remembered, isn't that what candles are like in modern times?
It just changed a shape, and she couldn't remember it.

Also, it has been about two years since I came to this time and space, and I use oil lamps every day, so how could I expect to see candles.

No, this is not a candle, this is white wax, the raw form of a candle, which needs to be processed.

"Candle?" Xiao Ye asked suspiciously.

"Well, this kind of white wax can be made into candles to replace oil lamps. Oil lamps have relatively heavy fumes, and candles have almost no fumes." Yun Duo's eyes twinkled, his face full of excitement.

"Replace the oil lamp? Just this thing?" Xi Tai expressed doubts. The oil lamp is burned with oil, and this thing is at best another kind of oil. How could there be no oil smoke?

But doubts are doubts, and he must believe in Yun Duo's words. There are so many things he has never seen, and Bei Mu will say that he has no knowledge, and he will lose face in front of his son in vain.

Such as sorghum, such as zongzi, such as ganzi, in this business, he is actually the person with the longest knowledge, because he is the least knowledgeable among the group of people, so I let him go.

Seeing Yun Duo's happy smiling face, Xiao Ye also felt happy, "How much more can I shave for you?"

"Okay, get some more, I'll try to see if I can make candles when I get back." Yun Duo nodded hastily, for experiments, there must be a lot of materials.

Xuan Ye took out his dagger, and together with Xiao Ye, scraped away the surrounding trees.

"Don't worry, this kind of tree can grow to the side of the road, so there must be a lot in our west. If you can really make candles, I will ask my men to search the whole west to find these white wax for you." Xi Tai clapped one hand Open your chest and swear.

If you can really make candles, it will be the Taxi people who will benefit. At this time, commitment is very necessary.

"If you are in business, you must be a qualified profiteer." Xiao Ye teased, you can make money without making money, what is not a profiteer.

"Look at what you said, what kind of profiteer? I have a unique vision, so I just spotted this thing. Which households don't need lights? In the future, candles from our Western tribe will be sold all over the continent, and the capital will definitely increase. Strong, take it easy on Nail, you may be overtaken by us Xi Clan."

Xitai does have a long-term vision and a long-term thinking.If candles can replace oil lamps and become a must-have item in every household, the Xi people will definitely benefit a lot.

"You just blow like this before you start, don't break the cowhide."

"I'm not bragging, I have confidence in you."

"Are you treating us as free laborers and trying your best to indulge in soup?"

Xi Tai narrowed his eyes and said, "How can it be, I'm almost becoming your loyal supporter, and you still run on me."

Xiao Ye laughed, and Yun Duo couldn't help laughing, the new Xitai has more and more merits.

Xuan glanced at Xi Tai indifferently, saying that three years old is fixed, and this person is still able to make changes at forty, which is okay.

Xi Tai didn't let go of Xuan's affirmative glance, his heart was so excited, he tried hard to control his facial expression not to let himself get too complacent, there is still a long way to win his son back, he must continue to work hard.

The delay on the road caused them to miss time, and there were no other villages along the way, so the group simply smeared and hurried on. By the time they arrived at Xiyuan Village, it was already late at night.

The whole village was dark, quiet and silent.The only light is Yun Duo's flashlight in the carriage.That thing is tightly held in Xi Tai's hands now, and he has been studying it for two hours.

Xiao Ye slowed down the speed of the carriage, under the entire night sky, only the sound of Dede echoed softly.

"It's so late, it's hard to find a place to stay." Yun Duo sighed softly, it's not very good to knock on someone's door in the middle of the night, or just find a place to camp in the village.

"This is the entrance of the village, let's go further inside." Xi Tai poked his head out of the window, he couldn't see his fingers, not even the moon. shake.

Bei Mu had a good night's sleep in the afternoon, and now he is in good spirits, "Uncle, don't shake it, if someone sees that thing, they will treat you as a monster."

Xi Tai retracted the carriage silently, this brat, why did he beat him to the ground every time.

But it is also true that things that have never appeared on the mainland will always attract special curiosity and ghost theory.

Let’s just talk about himself, his ability to accept is strong enough, and he was taken aback by the flashlight at first, but he was excited, what was he afraid of Xi Tai?Never been afraid.

Well, what I'm most afraid of now is that my son ignores him, cough.

The carriage continued to move forward slowly, Xi Tai carefully clutched the flashlight, got out of the carriage, sat on the driver's seat to observe the terrain, it was hard to do without a place to sleep, he couldn't be crowded in the carriage overnight, and there was a younger brother inside. As for the daughter-in-law, it is not convenient.

In the dead of night, a little sound can be magnified countless times.

Xi Tai's ears were sharp, and besides the tramp of the carriage, there seemed to be some other sounds mixed in.

Stretch your head back into the car, and lower your voice, "Did you hear any other sounds?"

Everyone stopped and concentrated. It seemed that they could really hear the faint noise. As the carriage moved forward, the sound became more and more clear.

"Okay, there is a place to sleep. You stay in it, and I will lead the way." After confirming that there were noises around, Xi Tai pulled his shoehorn face back.

Drive the carriage along the sound, without the barrier of the carriage, Xi Tai heard the sound more clearly than in the carriage.

It seems that a man and a woman are arguing and crying?

Husband and wife quarrel?Why didn't the people around make any movement, and didn't come out to persuade them to fight?
Xi Tai raised his eyebrows, no wonder others, if he would not pay attention to him, it has nothing to do with him.

But now it's his business, he has to sleep, he has to find a place.

Turn off the flashlight, slowly approach the source of the sound, and after your eyes get used to the darkness, you can see the houses not far ahead, hidden in the night, and the ugliness hidden in the night.

A tall man and a struggling woman.

"Let go of me! Let me go! You bastard, you're going to die..."

"Ai Xi, don't screw it up, I really like you, don't be like this, let's be together, okay?"

"Go away, who wants to be nice to you, you rascal, if you dare to touch me today, I will never let you go!"

"Ai Xi, come on, stop making trouble, you are old and young, after so many years, you see who cares about you besides me, be good, follow me, I will not treat you badly..."

The woman is extremely angry, but she can't break free from the man's entanglement. The disparity in body size and strength puts her at a disadvantage.

The man's patience seemed to be exhausted in this struggle, replaced by an evil fire.

"Okay, Essie, don't be too ignorant. You know how people around you think of you. Are you really going to die alone? I don't deserve you at all!"

"Bastard, rascal, even if I die of old age, I won't take a liking to someone like you!"

(End of this chapter)