Pampered Tian's Wife: The Little Weaver Girl in the Farmhouse

Chapter 100 The Silkworm Harvest
In late June, all the silkworms had cocooned. At this time, every household began to go up the mountain to harvest their own silkworms.The Qi family has been collecting silkworms by Qiaoyun himself over the years, and this year is no exception, so on the morning of June 22, Qiaoyun went up the mountain with tools.

Mountain silkworms spin cocoons under the leaves of oak trees, so it is not difficult to find cocoons. If any leaf is curled, there must be cocoons inside.The oak trees in the woods of the Qi family are not particularly tall, they are the best height for raising silkworms, so harvesting them is not too troublesome.

Qiaoyun held a long pole with a sickle on it, hooked the high branches with the sickle, and then plucked the silkworm cocoons from them.This job is actually not easy, especially this year the survival rate of the mountain silkworms raised by Qiaoyun is very high, there are no less than a hundred silkworm cocoons on a tree, so this speed is not very fast.

Qiaoyun slowly searched for tree by tree, not a single cocoon could fall down, so in fact, not a few trees could be harvested in one day.Fortunately, with the help of Qinglei and Xiaoshitou, the work can be done faster. Even so, this day is just harvesting dozens of trees.

Due to the high survival rate of mountain silkworms this year and the relatively large cocoons of mountain silkworms, even dozens of trees have harvested a lot of cocoons this day.Several large round baskets were placed on the ground, filled with silkworm cocoons.Every household in Qijia Village has this kind of basket, which is used to hold silkworm cocoons.

At dusk, when the day's work was over, Qiao Yun looked at the six or seven large baskets on the ground, and asked Xiao Shitou to call for someone at Qi's house.This basket is not light, she can't handle it by herself, it needs two people to carry it with poles, so Qi Tiankui and Qi Yongyuan must come.

"Brother, you should go back first. You have helped me a lot today. If the people of the Qi family see you here, I am afraid they will not come to transport silkworm cocoons tomorrow. I will have to sell this thing for money." I see, it doesn’t make sense to ask the eldest brother to do more.” Qiao Yun saw that Qing Lei wanted to move those baskets, so he stopped Qing Lei and persuaded Qing Lei to leave.

Qing Lei thought about it for a while, the people in the Qi family were really too lazy, he was helping Qiaoyun for the sake of face, but he had no obligation to work for the Qi family. "Well, you can just watch here, whether they like to come or not. I'm afraid it will rain in the past two days. If they don't come to take away the cocoons, they will just rot on the mountain." Qing Lei The attitude of the Qi family is also very angry.

Qiaoyun smiled, "Brother, I worked so hard to raise this. If it is really ruined by the rain, to be honest, I feel very distressed. It's okay. I will tell them tonight and let the Qi family They all go up to the mountains to work. Brother doesn’t have to come here tomorrow, otherwise these people will be even more lazy if they have hope.”

Qing Lei nodded, "Okay, I'm going to town tomorrow, and I really don't have time to come and help. Then take care of yourself, don't get tired. The Qi family's things have nothing to do with you, they If you don't come, you don't have to worry about it." Qing Lei gave a few more instructions before leaving.

Not long after Qing Lei left, Qi Tiankui and Qi Yongyuan came. Qi Tiankui was still a little unhappy, muttering as he walked. "Qiaoyun, why are you so lazy, this kind of work is worth calling us up? You can pick up such a few silkworm cocoons with a pole."

As a result, when Qi Tiankui came to him and saw the six or seven large baskets full of silkworm cocoons, he was also taken aback. "Why are there so many? Did you pick off all the cocoons today?" In the past, all the cocoons were harvested, and that's all. Qi Tiankui thought that Qiao Yun had picked all the cocoons.

"Father, the mountain silkworms in our family are growing well this year, and many of them are left behind. I think we can keep more than [-]% of them. Hurry up and go home, don't leave them on the mountain and lose them." Speaking of which, coincidentally Yun is also quite proud.Regardless of whether these things have been harvested for her or not, she has worked hard for two months, and now that the harvest is huge, she is also happy.

Looking at the silkworm cocoons in these large baskets on the ground, Qi Tiankui couldn't help but smile.These are all money. According to Qiao Yun, this year's harvest is estimated to be twice that of previous years. "Come on, Yongyuan, both of us hurry up and take the basket home. We have harvested a lot of cocoons this year. When we sell them for money, we will be able to marry you." Qi Tiankui was very happy and stopped complaining now.

Just like that, Qi Tiankui and Qi Yongyuan walked back carrying the basket, while Qiao Yun stayed on the mountain to watch.Qiaoyun didn't feel relieved until he got all these six or seven baskets of cocoons home.

Qi family, Mrs. Liu looked at the six or seven baskets of silkworm cocoons on the ground, and smiled happily.She heard about it just now, and she only received less than half of it.In other words, this year's silkworm cocoons, except those reserved for seed cocoons, have to be twice as many as in previous years.Calculated in this way, this year's harvest is not small.

"Mother, everyone in the family has to go up the mountain with me to collect silkworm cocoons tomorrow. Today, Brother Yuan saw that I was too busy alone, so he led a small stone to help. We can't always ask others to help. It doesn't make sense to point at our own affairs. Other people." Seeing Liu's happy look, Qiaoyun deliberately poured cold water on her.

The smile on Liu's face froze, "What? They all went to the mountains to collect silkworm cocoons? Didn't you work alone in previous years? Why do you have to work together this year?" Liu has long been used to working at home. Yun took care of it all by herself, how could she be willing to move with her lazy bones?

"That's right, since the boy surnamed Yuan can help, let him do it, we just wait at home." Xiumei also answered.

Qiao Yun glared at Xiumei, "Brother Yuan is kind enough to help for a day, it's already good, he has nothing to do with himself? Brother Yuan is going to town tomorrow, so he has no time to help. This is something from the Qi family, not Yuan The family, is it possible that someone can pick it off and take it to the Yuan family? Are you willing to do that?"

"I've seen it. The weather is not stable. It might change. It might rain tomorrow night. If the silkworm cocoons can't be retrieved, they will be soaked by the rain on the mountain, not to mention whether they are rotten or not. Even if the silkworm cocoons soaked in rain can still be used, the extracted silk will turn black and dull, and they will not be able to be sold for money.”

"Father, mother, you can figure it out. I can't get back that much by myself. If you think it's a pity that the silkworm cocoon is blind, then you can do whatever you want. I don't care about it." Qiao Yun said very bluntly. "Besides, if I always collect silkworm cocoons on the mountain, there will be no one weaving at home. If the supply cannot meet the needs of the other side of the cloth shop, you will pay for it, which has nothing to do with me."

Qiaoyun crackled and said something, Qi Tiankui and Liu Shi on the other end were a little dumbfounded.After finally being able to harvest a series of silkworm cocoons this year, they were reluctant to throw them all on the mountain to be soaked by the rain. "Okay, I'll follow your orders. We'll all go up the mountain tomorrow." Qi Tiankui said.

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