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

Chapter 11 Qiao Yun's Plan

Qijia Village is located in the middle of the mountains. Every household in the village has its own hilltop, and there are many oak trees on the mountain.Therefore, most of the villagers here are breeding tussah silkworms, which were only introduced from the south in recent years.

Qijia Village is located in the north, so it can raise a crop of silkworms a year. At the same time, there are not many local mulberry trees, and they are all grown from the south.Most of the families in the village think silkworms are troublesome, and all they raise are tussah silkworms.Of course, the color of tussah silk is not good, some are black and yellow, so the selling price is not as high as that of mulberry silk.In the past two years, many people have begun to think about raising silkworms.

The Qi family has three girls, Xiumei, Xiuyan, and Qiaoyun. It is said that there is enough manpower, and they should raise some silkworms.But Qi Xiumei and Qi Xiuyan have been pampered by Mrs. Liu since childhood, so they don't want to suffer.So when Qi Tiankui proposed to plant mulberry and raise silkworms, Qi Xiumei's sisters all objected, and the matter didn't work out. It was only Qiaoyun in the Qi family who was in charge of raising tussah silkworms.

There is still some time before the tussah silkworms climb the tree, and the silkworm eggs are hatched in a special family at this time, so Qiaoyun can relax for a few days at this time.Waiting for the tussah silkworms to climb the tree, Qiaoyun will be even more busy.

People in this day and age basically depended on the produce in the ground to live, and all kinds of crops had to be planted.Therefore, apart from paying taxes and food, there is not much left over from the twenty mu of land.The daily chores at home basically refer to Qiaoyun spinning and weaving to earn money.

Qiaoyun, who had been busy for a long time, couldn't rest even when she returned to her room. She sat in front of the loom and started weaving again.

As the heir of a textile family, Lin Xueqian not only understands modern textile technology, but also needs to master all the skills handed down by the Lin family for nearly a thousand years.But at this time, Qiao Yun is also quite thankful that she has mastered so many skills, these will be the capital for her to settle down in this world.

She won't stay in Qi's house forever, this Qi's house, she feels oppressed even if she lives for a whole day, but she can't leave now.She hasn't taken care of her body yet, she looks so skinny, she might lose half of her life after going out for a few days.

Not only that, she has no money in her hand, and it is difficult to move without money. She has to find a way to save a little money.What's more, she has only been here for ten days, so she doesn't even know what the outside of Qijia Village looks like.Leaving in such a hasty way, there is no goal at all. If you get lost in this vast mountain, it will be a dead end.

Qiaoyun was thinking about things in her head, but her hands didn't stop. She saw the shuttle in her hand flying back and forth, and the cloth in front of her gradually became longer.The loom was tampered with by her, and the weaving speed was almost twice as fast as before, so even though she only had to weave every afternoon, she could weave a piece of cloth in just one afternoon.

The family has saved four bolts of cloth, and three or four more bolts can be brought to the town to sell.She must find a way to go out to find out what it's like outside, and by the way, see if there is any way to make money.In Qi's family, she has no access to money, and it is difficult to move without money. She must think of a way.

Qiaoyun started weaving after lunch, and sat in front of the loom until dusk.When Mrs. Liu called outside to ask Qiaoyun to go out to cook, Qiaoyun had already woven a piece of cloth.Qiaoyun measured it with a ruler, then cut off the woven cloth, and carried the cloth out to Mrs. Liu.

"Mother, this is today's cloth. After saving it for a few days, I think it can be brought to the town to sell. I'm going to cook the fire. Mother, let's put the cloth away first." Any property in the family is controlled by the Liu family. Well, this cloth can be sold for money, so Mrs. Liu will not allow Qiaoyun to keep it by herself.

Seeing the cloth that Qiaoyun handed over, Mrs. Liu was overjoyed, "This girl has been very diligent recently, and she can weave a piece of cloth in a day without delaying her work. It seems that the head of the family is right. , can't let her die, who will make money after she dies?" Liu muttered to herself.

In the evening, they had porridge, mixed with wild vegetables, and scallions dipped in miso. Everyone had dinner, and then went to rest.Qiao Yun wanted to soak the clothes that everyone changed that day in water with plant ashes, so that they could be washed in the morning.

After a busy day, I can finally rest at this time.Both Qi Tiankui and Liu Shi are stingy, and they are absolutely reluctant to use candle oil lamps, so Qiaoyun doesn't have to work at night, and can sleep well.Tired for the whole day, Qiaoyun lay down on the kang and soon fell asleep.

Before dawn the next day, Qiaoyun got up early, she was used to getting up early, and she didn't want to listen to Liu's swearing.After getting up and putting on clothes, she casually brushed her hair up, and then Qiaoyun wrung out all the soaked clothes in the tub and carried them to the river.

In fact, people in the country don't need to wash clothes so diligently, but Mrs. Liu doesn't seem to bother Qiaoyun, and finds a way to find a lot of clothes for Qiaoyun to wash every day.

Qiao Yun put on her clothes, and walked quickly to the river, at this time there was no one by the river, ordinary people would not come out to wash clothes so early.It was still dark around, Qiaoyun couldn't care less, took out the clothes one by one, threw them on the stone and beat them.

There was silence all around, only the sound of Qiaoyun hitting his clothes with the mallet in his hand.The river water was still very cold in mid-April, and Qiao Yun tried not to put her feet in the water, just squatting on the rocks, beating her clothes non-stop.Qiaoyun worked very quickly, it didn't take half an hour, and the clothes were almost washed, and then Qiaoyun wrung out all the clothes and put them in the basin.

At this time, it was already daylight, and the roosters in the village were beginning to crow. Qiaoyun straightened up and looked around.She promised to bring food to the person who was rescued yesterday, but Qi's family's meals were all fixed, and they couldn't even get enough food. She had to find a way to get some food.

Qiaoyun looked at the river in front of her. There must be fish in the river. This is the season when the fish are biting the flood. If she walks upstream, she might be able to get something.Thinking of this, Qiaoyun put the wooden basin in the grass by the river, and then walked upstream along the river.In Qiaoyun's memory, there is a place with stable water upstream, and I heard that there are fish there.

Most of the river banks are shrubs and grasses, and the more you go up, the less people come, so the shrubs and grasses are denser.It was very quiet early in the morning, and Qiaoyun's movements inevitably disturbed the animals in the grass.

Right next to Qiaoyun, a black shadow suddenly flew out and landed on the river.

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