Tang Dynasty good man

Chapter [-]

Cotton is a rare thing, at least it was a rare thing in Guanzhong in the Tang Dynasty.So, in order to show her respect for rare things, Ying decided to make cotton jackets by herself.When it comes to needlework, the second daughter and Ying are top-notch. All the clothes on me from the inside to the outside are handwritten by the two wives. I never thought that I could wear clothes cut by my wife. I am very happy.

Although I have never seen Lanling's craftsmanship, but from Ying's tone, I can hear that Lanling has super-class strength.I don’t know Her Royal Highness, what is the use of learning this, maybe it’s the same as I had to learn so many weird homework when I was a child. It’s one thing to learn well, and the other is whether you need it when you enter the society. irrelevant.

But Cotton has been embezzled, and Lan Ling also began to think about what style he should make for himself with peace of mind. The jackets of this era are completely different from the jackets that later generations call them. The jackets are designed in a simple and clear way. I still prefer the latter, pestering Ying to change the style for me.After explaining the appearance and function of the mandarin jacket to Ying, my proposal was rejected on the grounds that it was similar to the summer attire of peasant households, and the family has not yet reached the point of saving fabrics.

Lan Ling doesn't care about this, she doesn't have the idea of ​​being respectful at all times, as a princess, she is still a princess even if she is dressed in rags, she doesn't need to cater to anyone's taste, she is a lot more maverick.He was very fond of the mandarin jacket I conceived, without saying a word, he took a soft ruler and measured my size, recorded them one by one, and carefully cut a set for me when I went back.Listening to her idea, it means making a couple outfit.

I am busy cutting clothes here, and I am busy picking cotton.After driving out all the creatures in the back house, Wangcai kept scratching at the door aggrieved.Lan Ling wanted to observe at first, but I pushed him out of the door, closed the window and locked it, and killed anyone who peeked.The tools are ready.Bamboo skins were used to build a cotton bed according to the size of the quilt, and the edges of the bed were filled with bamboo sticks.Put the cotton on it, then tie a leather belt, hang a big bamboo bow, and take a super big garlic hammer with a string slot engraved, and I don't have the courage to look in the mirror.I know that my current image must be very embarrassing, "boom boom" a few times, I can't find the feeling, and I lack the bright sense of rhythm when I was a child and watched other people play cotton masters.Their rhythm, two short and one long, is full of rhythm, and only one beat lasts for n hours, which sounds soft and steely.With all kinds of tastes, I will go around the beam for three days.

It's not easy to do anything, underestimate this skill.I thought it was fun at first, just like chopping dumpling dumpling, I just played it over and over again, but it took a long time.The monotonous movements are repeated again and again, and the angle of the bowstring must be used to control the depth of the bowstring cutting into the cotton pile, and the bowstring should be played evenly as much as possible, which is not easy.Cotton wool is flying all over the sky.Fortunately, I was prepared and covered my face with a silk scarf. Although the image was even worse, it was better than choking to death.My back hurts, my hands are numb and heavy when I hit the bowstring, I'm tired.If it wasn't for seeing that the cotton that was originally sticking together has become white and fluffy, which brought a little encouragement, I would have quit the stall long ago.Originally, I wanted to find someone like Er Niangzi to be the main bomb.But what Ying said is right, artisans and nursing homes need to be distinguished. If they can't enter the cotton workshop in the future, they can't get involved in this matter. Although I don't think it is necessary to keep the untechnical craft of cotton plucking secret, I still follow along first. She means.Ying was born in a businessman's family, and she has a deep understanding of these principled issues, and she is a top-notch virtuous housemate.It's hard to find even with a flashlight.

Almost there.Touch it, it feels good.She looks good too, she's not busy in vain, and she recognizes her all in white.He tidied himself up indiscriminately, changed his clothes, and finally looked a little human. Fortunately, his hair was still clean because his head was covered with a sweat towel.

Women love beauty, especially those who have no resistance to something as pure as white as snow. Ying and Lan Ling stood beside the bamboo bed watching, touching, feeling for a while, and then begged me to give all of them away. Cotton has become like this, I did not agree.The tired body gave me sanity, ignoring the temptation of beauty, I need to rest now.Fortunately, a large pile of flour flower needs to be processed. It was too little when harvested at that time, but now it is found that there is too much cotton, which is not the usual amount.

I need helpers and substitutes. It is too hard to teach Ying to play net sets while beating her back. "If it weren't for this, pick some people and let them do it. I can't do it. It's not a job done by people."

Seeing that Lan Ling was present, Ying didn't rush to make a statement, and changed the conversation, "Cotton, the flowers are screaming all day long, and I just found out how beautiful it is today. The husband's method is really good, it's boxy, and it's a silk thread." The bedding looks like a satin cover. It’s soft and soft, whether it’s a bedding or a bedding, it’s comfortable when you think about it.”

"That's not it," Lan Ling was helping to pull the thread, and praised: "It's still Zihao's ability, how can he make it so white and fine, think about it, we will harvest hundreds of acres of cotton next year, and in the future, we will plant more , even if anyone can use it, Zihao has done a great good."

"Hey," in fact, you can make a lot of money, Ying can't tell, only I know the meaning of Lanling's words, and she never speaks well of me, "Yes, doing good, I have this hobby of doing good."

"Tomorrow, I'll ask two people to come over and finish playing the cotton. It's not a problem for me alone." After Lan Ling left, he discussed with Ying, "What kind of technical work is cotton picking, so don't keep it a secret He's a snake and a scorpion, he looks at everything closely all day, as if everyone in the Tang Dynasty owes our family money."

"Hehe..." I was choosing the material when I was amused by Mian Diying, "Okay, I will ask Er Niangzi to help me tomorrow. He is a martial arts practitioner and he is in good shape. One is enough, and there is no need for two." Let me choose a fabric, "Which one looks better, my husband? They are all easy to embroider, and the second daughter earns it back. Pick one and sew it on. It is best to use a cotton quilt at night."

"Then I'll let the second girl choose." I pulled the excited Ying to sit on the kang. She didn't know the power of the quilt. She didn't have the solar terms on August [-]th. Covering such a thick quilt was suicide. "If you don't cover it now, you will get angry and have nosebleeds if you cover it."

"It's cotton, it's called fur." ​​Ying touched the newly stretched quilt, and pressed it under her body from time to time to feel the softness, "Take out this quilt, let alone... also... ..." Clapping his hands, he hesitated and said, "Husband, tell me, how much will it cost?"

"Haha..." I smiled a little embarrassedly at Ying. "Tell me, if you saw this thing outside, how much do you plan to spend to buy it back?"

"This..." Ying's small eyes flickered, and she hummed for a long time, "Either two pennies, or three taels of silver pancakes, or you can exchange it with toilet water. purchase."

"That's right. Because this thing is different from toilet water, it can't be smelled, and it hasn't been used. So the benefits can only be known by experiencing it for yourself. No one wants to spend money on something that you don't know if it's good or bad." In the [-]s, the Guanzhong area was not so cold that quilts were necessary for the winter. People might not think it was better than blankets, and it was a project that was only tested. It was estimated that it would be limited to the aristocratic circle within ten years, and ordinary people were expected to have this blessing.I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve without more than ten years of promotion.This is a good thing, and it is the stage with the highest profits. As long as the publicity is spread in the first two years, there will be no worries about making money later.

"The key point is that the yield per mu is astonishingly small. The cotton is light. Such a large pile weighs less than forty catties. According to the weight of a quilt of three and a half catties, plus the loss of cotton plucking, it can barely fit ten beds. Two guan for one bed. Gross income per mu is [-] guan. This is still the output of Nanlin Garden. The work of ordinary farmers cannot reach the level of the royal nursery. On the basis of [-] guan, minus [-] guan will become ten. About two guan, if the miscellaneous land expenses are reduced again, the net income of one mu of land is about eight or nine guan. If the six hundred acres are completed in a year, you can earn [-] guan, which is more cost-effective than growing grain. Already." Don't dare to count.This number is a bit exaggerated, so much money, how to spend it?Suppressing the joy in his heart, he hung the spinning wheel on the kang on the wall, looked back at Ying who was shining with golden light, and opened his mouth unconsciously.

"The spinning wheel, the spinning wheel has been smashed." Ying suddenly woke up, as if she was in a state of magic.Find yourself gaffe.She blushed and smiled, "Cotton. I need cotton, not thread. The cotton thread I just spun was compared with the silk thread, and it is very thick. If the same fabric is woven, it will definitely not be as dense as satin, but it will be a waste of cotton." Ying was a little excited, "Husband, [-] acres of land is too little, and the Yun family's [-] acres of land must be brought home before the spring sowing tomorrow, so she can rest easy." A cold light flashed in her eyes as she spoke, and her little hands snapped 'Slap on the Kang table with a sound.

"Melon seeds." Rubbing her face with her hands, she relaxed Yingdi's expression, "Talking nonsense when you are in a hurry, think clearly before speaking. What's the use of winning this year, and you have to grow food next year. The imperial court Only our Fenghe Zhuangzi was specially approved. You try all kinds of things in the Yunjia field. The fine is enough for us to drink a pot, and it is not worthwhile to punish another crime. You manage well and wait for the cotton harvest in Fenghe next year. , we don’t earn a penny, and we put all our hands on it for experimentation, until the spring of the next year after the seeds are planted, and we play it once and send it out as a quilt.” My mouth was dry when I said it, maybe I was excited. Picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, "When they feel comfortable using it, they can't do without it, hehe, there are more than two quilts in the next year, and those people don't care about adding four or five quilts. Anyway, it's already past the spring sowing, and I just want to learn Our family has no idea, so we can only obediently buy our quilt. It is only five thousand guan, but according to my method, it is estimated to be around [-] thousand guan. You just wait for the money to sleep. quilt."

Ying's face convulsed a little, and she threw me onto the kang at once, her small eyes closed and rubbed against my face, not knowing what to say.I didn't even respond to the second daughter coming in, and made me feel numb from the hug. It was the first time I found that Ying still had such great strength.

"God let our family turn around." After dinner, Ying took the second daughter with one hand and dialed the abacus with the other, and called back and forth no less than ten times, "at least five years, as long as our family is well controlled, five years The money I earned will be enough for a few lifetimes.” Looking down lovingly at the second daughter in his arms, “Didn’t you fall in love with the ‘Bo Yan Zhai’ big food cat’s eye? I’m anxious to buy it tomorrow, Poor thing, a cat's eye trick stumps the baby."

"Okay," I couldn't stand it anymore, and I started wasting money before I even wrote the horoscope. 'Bo Yan Zhai' Is that where people go?The Cui family's backstage is the kind of shop that has not opened for three years and has been open for three years. It is not killing people, but cutting them alive. "Calm down. If you want Maoyan, I will entrust the Cheng family's caravan to buy it. Anyone who mentions the word 'Boyanzhai' at home will be punished. Cui Zhang's name is for nothing?"

When I said Cui Zhang, Ying and the second daughter hugged each other and laughed.The Cui family is the most profitable place in the circle. Whether it is knowledge or property, the Cheng family is still slightly inferior to the Cui family.Especially when the Cui family is in Cui Zhang's hands, they will carry forward the family's advantages even more.Cui Zhang, whose name is Shiren, read it in Guanzhong dialect, and it becomes "reminder".Killing people'.Being a friend is nothing to say, they are loyal and heroic enough, and they just spend a lot of money.But if you dare to have a relationship with his family's private business, then wait to be rubbed to the ground.

The quilt was spread out, and Ying and the second daughter fluttered fiercely and softly on it, and the two girls rolled into a pile laughing and laughing.I don't join in the fun, the quilt is spread out enough for two people to lie on it, I just sleep on the blanket honestly.After a serious illness, I vowed to cherish my body and never get sick. Thinking about the taste of traditional Chinese medicine, I was more afraid than doing business with Cui's family, and I was determined not to get sick.

For several days.The three women are all in good spirits, Ying and the second daughter are happy about the huge income in the future, while Lan Ling is happy to have finished the mandarin jacket, and she insists on letting me wear it.Yes, very Yuan Shikai's posture.The only bad thing is that the weather is still warm, so I can't wear it for a long time.

"How come I don't see you doing it these days?" Lan Ling asked while arranging the jacket on my body, "Where's the spinning wheel? Didn't you say you can spin thread two days ago? It doesn't look like thread yet."

"The cotton hasn't been plucked yet, what are you in a hurry for?" Lan Ling wanted to spin and weave cloth.But she didn't understand the mystery, "It's not too late to spin the cotton when it's finished. Now I'm sending someone to pick cotton in the empty yard to the west."

"Isn't there? Don't wait, show me the spinning wheel." Lan Ling couldn't understand the slow-moving thing, so he would do it if he said it, and stared at me a few times, "Don't be a rascal again, yesterday You didn't mention this to me. It's procrastinating today, what's the shameful thing?"

"Okay, spin." Is there any way, she is now a half-wife, and she can't do without taking care of her. "It can be spun, but there is less cotton..."

He took the spinning wheel and put it away, and took a few rolled cotton rolls.Lanling has a good understanding, and after teaching it twice, he can spin decently.The spinning wheel swayed faster and faster.buzzing.

"Great," Lan Ling carefully observed the roll of cotton thread in his hand. "Thick, much stronger than silk thread. If the fabric is woven, it will definitely be more durable than silk. The small farmer has a lot of physical work, so it is inevitable that there will be delays. It is best to wear this." Weighed the amount of cotton in the roll, "That's all, all of it is spun and weaved. I want to calculate how much cloth can be woven from one acre of cotton. In terms of the yield per mu, it is already much better than silk."

"Okay, do as you say." Lanling said it was thick and wear-resistant, Ying said it was rough and not dense, both women were right, Lanling was for the sake of the people, Ying was for the sake of the family, each said something , all make sense.This disagreement came out before there was any difference, and I was a little bit in the middle.Morally, I firmly support Lanling. From the perspective of my own interests, I am more inclined to Ying. Let the two sides be perfunctory. You can't just slap Lanling if you are partial to Ying.There are still two years left, and I have plenty of time to slowly convince Lan Ling that it would be good for her if I earn two extra dollars.

Dalai is the most suitable for spinning thread. Her injury has recovered and she just needs a little exercise to stretch her muscles, so I leave it to her.Seeing the girl's ingenuity and handiness, Lan Ling also likes to see the ground, so she stepped forward to comfort her and express her encouragement.Dalai was terrified when he saw Lanling, he didn't dare to say a word, he climbed on the bed and kowtowed when he met him, his hands were not flexible when spinning the spinning wheel, and he broke the thread in a fit of anger, and he was so scared that he wanted to kowtow once it was broken.I don’t feel well, I’m still my own servant after all, I’m ashamed to be a kowtow to Lan Ling’s face, a few reprimands are useless, seeing that Dalai grasped the key points, I hurriedly pulled Lan Ling out, Don't scare the little girl into getting sick again, but it took a lot of money to raise her.

Cotton was finally settled, and after embezzling four sets of bedding and four cotton jackets, there was not much left, and all the cotton rolls were rolled out to spin yarn, and everyone was happy.In two days it will be August [-]th, the Mid-Autumn Festival, so we must make good purchases.At this time last year, the family conditions were not good, and I didn't have so much spare money to squander. It's not what it used to be, and I'm sorry for the income this year if I don't take care of it.

Ying still settles accounts, recently learned abacus, and her efficiency has improved a lot, and she pays close attention to the Yun family, and Ying is a little bit impatient when the good thing about cotton comes out.The Yun family has recovered a little bit recently, and Ying can't afford to open aid, and often complains that the method of raising chickens is made public too early, which makes the Yun family grasp at straws.

"It's not that they are grabbing straws, it's that you are impatient. If it's done a long time ago, she can't make big waves, what are you afraid of?" Ying said that the wind is rain, and she is more like a landlady with an abacus, "Didn't you have all the plans? Then don’t change, take your time. The weather will be cold when you talk about it, you are not nagging all day: the weather is cold and you will not lay eggs, and the wind will catch the wind and cold. The difficulty will be in winter.”

"Yeah, I can't hold my breath anymore. I just feel that something is wrong with the Yun family." Ying smiled self-deprecatingly. "Husband, Mrs. Qin will invite my concubine to attend the banquet tomorrow. I'm afraid I won't be able to come back at noon. Didn't you say that Qin Yu returned to Beijing fifteen years ago? Mrs. Qin is a little anxious."

Qin Yu said that he was able to come back [-] years ago, and now the day is coming, and he hasn't seen anyone yet, so he can't help but feel anxious.It stands to reason that you can leave after handing over the formalities there, and the news is reliable, so wait a little longer, maybe you will arrive in the capital tomorrow.