- Flowering courtyards and bamboo groves, papermaking and printing, scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants.
[A book with a lot of problems]
A family of papermakers named He lives in a bamboo grove by Qingxi Creek.
The He family has a daughter named Lingyue, seventeen years old, with a beauty like Xi Shi among the bamboo and a slender willow waist. Yet she can do every step of papermaking, from cutting bamboo and soaking it in ponds to pounding, washing, and steaming it, and laying pulp over a screen to press the paper... She is strong enough to lift a cauldron.
On the first day Huo Chen came to live in the bamboo grove, Miss He was carrying a load of horse manure and rice husks on her shoulder to fertilize the bamboo.
Huo Chen, admiring the beauty: ...
A few things to know before visiting the bamboo grove:
1. Stay away from the soaking ponds, or the heroine will think you're here to steal bamboo.
2. Stay away from the heroine, or the hero will think you're here to steal her.
3. Some chapters include detailed papermaking processes.
4. The story is set in a world where people eat three meals a day.
5. City planner and villa designer: Unreliable Cherry Crisp.
Theme: Scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants
