Protect Our Clan Leader
Chapter 1160 - 91: Purge the Monarch's Side! Execute Shou Zhe (Vote for Monthly Ticket)_2

Nineteen years old, just the age to get married. Although Sang was tall and her figure was already starting to show, her face still looked like that of a child.

She easily carried a basket of mulberry leaves on her back, her face adorned with a radiant smile, cheerfully chatting with the young girls, "Last night, when I went to check the silkworm room, my father said our silkworm babies have already shed their skin for the fourth time and are about to spin cocoons. He's planning to start making the silkworm beds today. In a few days, when the silkworm babies stop eating, we'll put the beds in there, and they'll start spinning."

"Wow~ that's so fast?" The girl beside her said enviously, "Mine haven't finished shedding yet~ it seems that this year the first to spin cocoons will be your family's silkworms again."

"Ah well~ it's not certain. Qian's family from the eastern part of the village is also very impressive. I heard they're also researching silk farming techniques, they might surpass us this year." Sang smiled modestly.

"Don't be so modest~ your father is really amazing, the silkworms he raises grow quickly and are healthy. The cocoons they spin are the largest, and although they raise the same amount of silkworms, they make more money than other families." Hearing their conversation, a woman in her twenties, who seemed rather composed, smiled and chimed in.

"It's not as impressive as all that~" Sang said shyly with a smile, explaining, "After all, my father is the great-grandson of the last generation's Grand Gu Master. He just has a slightly stronger bloodline than other people, but when compared to those geniuses who can become Gu Masters, he's still far behind. My uncles, now they are truly amazing."

The girls couldn't help but daydream about the elegance of a Gu Master upon hearing this.

Within the Gu Fortress, Gu Masters held a revered status. Typically, the leader of the village, called the "Grand Gu Master," was selected from the most powerful Gu Masters.

Because only Gu Masters and Grand Gu Masters could protect the village from the dangers of the Savage Land.

To ensure that the bloodline of Gu Masters is passed down from generation to generation, some powerful Gu Masters would even take several wives. By having many children, occasionally offspring with excellent bloodline talent would be born, who, as they grew up, could protect the village even better.

The young girls were chattering away when, somehow, the topic shifted to old times.

"I heard that in the past our village had less than two thousand people, just the smallest kind of village. Now we have so many people, it's because the life conditions improved after 'Quasi Sacred Maiden Jing' came, and slowly our numbers increased."

"Our ancestors struggled to develop the terraced fields, and the difficulty in irrigation and production was immense, the amount of grain produced every year was far too limited. If the weather was bad, we might not harvest anything at all. It was tough to sustain a village of over a thousand people, let alone provide for more. It's only now, with all the terraces plated with mulberry and Spirit Mulberry trees, that we have diversified our income sources, and life has become more comfortable."

"Moreover, back then children couldn't survive the miasma, many didn't even live to adulthood. Where could we have had such good days as now?"

The more mature woman spoke and couldn't help but sigh, reflecting on the hardships of their ancestors.

"I've heard from grandma too," Sang also spoke, "Grandma said when she was young, our lives were difficult. There was even something called 'Insect Burial.' It's when the elderly couldn't work anymore due to age, they would leave all their valuables at home, and only in their clothes, go into the mountains, after dying they would feed the mountain insects. Grandma saw her grandmother go into the mountains."

As Sang spoke, she herself got goosebumps. Shaking her head hastily to clear the mental image, she couldn't help but feel thankful, "I'm glad things are better now. Otherwise, at grandma's age, she might also have to go into the mountains. I couldn't bear that."

"Indeed," the other girls nodded in agreement, "Things are better now. If not for 'Quasi Sacred Maiden Jing' being so impressive, where would our good days come from?"

As the group chatted together, the topic easily strayed. Somehow, they were back to talking about silkworm cocoons again.

"When autumn comes, the people from the Changning United Weaving Bureau will come here to collect the cocoons. I've heard that the price is going to rise again this time~ After getting the money, what do you plan to buy?"

"Speaking of which, in the winter, the Gu Masters who went out to work will also be coming home. Then, they will bring back large quantities of grain, and also a lot of good stuff from Da Qian. Then we can buy from them. Last time Di Hua brought back those accessories and face powder, they were all the rage~" One of the younger sisters said, then uncertainly asked the others, "'All the rage,' is that how it's used?"

These "vocabulary" words that came from over at Da Qian, some of them still didn't quite know how to use. The so-called going out to work meant the young Gu Masters from the village were hired by the Great Qian Wang Clan to go to Da Qian, specifically to work in pest control for the fields.

A young Gu Master could breed many King of the grass-bug and other beneficial insects, and once proficient, could protect tens of thousands of mu of fertile land from pest disasters. Their annual income was astronomical.

Having made a "fortune," naturally, they would buy many advanced and quality goods to bring back.

"Di Hua's goods are great, it's just that every time you have to compete to get them. Especially the Beauty Cream, if you act even a bit slow, it's gone," another girl complained, "I heard that the kind of Beauty Cream used by 'Quasi Sacred Maiden Jing' is exclusively from the Great Qian Wang Clan. Last time my father finally managed to grab a box, I thought it was for me, but he ended up giving it to my mother."