farming female castellan

Chapter 123 Playing Cotton and Making a Quilt

The afternoon sun was very warm, the cotton was exposed to the sun for two days, and the children played with it for two days.They especially love that squishy feel.If there are a few naughty ones, just tear them up.Chen Fan didn't stop him either, but just said to them: "It will be your job in two days."

The children put on the mouthpieces excitedly. They were all made by Liu's family according to her mask style, with different materials.

They had a lot of fun at the beginning, tearing, pinching, and laughing. After a long time, they lost interest; after tearing for a while, they needed to rely on responsibility and will.

Granny Zhou has been in shock for two days. "There are so many jibes, do you have to spend a lot of money?" "It's not easy to buy jibes, Mr. Zhang is really capable, and you can buy so many." "This jibe is really liking the more you look at it, so white, so soft." She babbled on and on.

When she took out the cotton, she used Zhang Ci's name to say that he bought it from outside.Isn't it normal to bring some cotton with two carts of wheat seeds?
Chen Fan announced Jibei's new name: "I want to call it cotton, like a flower." He also wrote the words for everyone to see.

The children did not object.

The cotton is all dried in the inner courtyard, and outsiders are not allowed to watch.Everyone tore the cotton, put it in bags, and carried it to Su Yuan to make quilts.

The bow for playing cotton was drawn by Chen Fan and asked Zhang Ci to make it. He once said that he likes making bows and crossbows.The slingshot is made of bamboo and is about four feet long; the strings are stretched at both ends, and the lint is played with the string bow.

She has a vivid memory of plucking cotton.There is a family of cotton craftsmen in the grandmother's village. They are relatives who share the same room with the grandmother. She wants to call her uncle.When she was a child, she often went to his house to play and watch that uncle play cotton.She listened to the sound of strings and watched the bow flicking, flicking, flicking, the room was filled with white and shredded cotton, and finally pressed a pile of cotton into a flat bedding, as if it was a magic trick.

When she was a little older, she learned how to pick cotton by herself, just because she thought it was fun.

The first step is to lay the yarn. With the help of thin wooden nails around the chopping board, the thread is climbed into a grid like a net.She handed over this job to Zhang Ci, thinking that he has more experience in things like laying nets.

After the yarn was laid, everyone put the cotton wool on it and started to play cotton.Picking cotton is a laborious job, but Chen Fan has strength, and Zhang Ci and his guards also have strength.

She tied a belt around her waist, inserted the shovel head (actually a wooden stick) into the back, tied it with a rope, and hung a bow.Holding a bow in her left hand and a mallet in her right hand, she beats the bowstring rhythmically with the mallet, bang, bang, bang... The string buried in the cotton vibrates greatly, and the white cotton wadding on the chopping board dances with the beat, and the cotton loosens .

Zhang Ci looked at it for a while, then took over Chen Fan's job, playing cotton with Qing Ji.Their movements are stronger and faster, speeding up the process of picking cotton.

After playing, it needs to be pressed, and then the yarn is used to form a net shape, and then the edges must be locked to hook up the threads around the quilt to fix the cotton wool.

Finally, several people use wooden discs to press and grind lightly on the cotton tire back and forth, and a soft, comfortable and warm quilt is made.

Qingji was very excited: "I made this quilt myself!"

The chapter is also very novel: "It turns out that the quilt is made in this way."

The children cheered, screamed, and touched it with their hands, and the two youngest even jumped on it.

"It's so hot underneath!" they exclaimed, causing other children to scramble to get on top of it.

Granny Zhou was a little anxious: "Oh, oh, what should I do if it is crushed?"

"Mother-in-law, don't worry, the new quilt needs to be pressed, otherwise the cotton wool will run away." Chen Fan said.The dolls pressed harder.

"When it's colder, I'll just lay it on the bed and press it when I sleep," Chen Fan said.

Zhang Ci nodded: "Now you can press a piece of wood first, and after a bed of quilts are made, you can pile them up layer by layer."

"Find some smart and reliable people to make all the quilts, and send a few beds to the Liu family. Now that the cold dew is coming, the cotton clothes should be made as soon as possible. If the cotton planting is successful next year, there will be more People who grow cotton can have cotton clothes and quilts in winter.”

"Let's open a quilt shop next year, specializing in quilt sales." Zhang Ci said with a smile.

Chen Fan went to the embroiderer with a big bag of cotton and told him about making cotton clothes.

"Cotton clothes? So many Jibei?" Xiuniang looked like she saw luxury goods.

(End of this chapter)