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

Chapter 242 Accidental Discovery
Qiaoyun took people shopping on the street while shopping. After a while, a few people bought a lot.Everyone had a lot of things in their hands, seeing this, Qiao Yun proposed to go back first.Anyway, they're going to stay here for more than half a month. They have plenty of time, so they can just go out for a walk when they have time.

Little Shitou and that guy are tired from walking.Chuntao and Xiahe, on the other hand, still had an unfinished look, and they both looked a little regretful when they heard Qiaoyun say that they wanted to go back.When Qiaoyun saw this, she couldn't help laughing. From this, it can be seen that women's shopping is really a natural ability.

"Let's go, let's come back tomorrow when we are free, it's too hot outside, be careful of tanning." Qiao Yun said with a smile.

Now that Qiaoyun said so, of course Chuntao and the others couldn't object, so everyone had to go back.However, they often come out to wander around, and now they have gone a long way.Seeing this, the guy led Qiaoyun and the others back by another shortcut.

I had a lot of fun shopping just now, Qiao Yun only looked at the stalls on the street, but paid little attention to the pedestrians.At this moment, Qiaoyun didn't plan to buy anything anymore, so she started to pay attention to pedestrians.There are many people coming and going here, and the clothes they wear are different.

Most of the merchants who came from all over the world wore silk clothes. Daliao silk was very popular here, and it was also a status symbol.As for some ordinary local people, they usually wear linen clothes.But besides these, Qiaoyun accidentally discovered that some people were wearing cotton cloth.

This discovery made Qiaoyun's eyes brighten. She looked at several people carefully, and finally confirmed that those people were indeed wearing cotton cloth.It's just that the cotton spinning process is too ordinary, the cloth is a bit thick, and the weaving is also a bit rough.Either way, it's a great discovery.

"Ah Yong, look at the clothes those people wear, do they have this locally? I mean, is that fabric available locally?" Qiao Yun pointed to those people and asked the accompanying guy softly.

Ayong looked at the people Qiaoyun pointed at, and shook his head, "Girl, I really can't see any difference. Isn't that just some rough cloth? It can't match the one on me. What do you ask this for?" Ah Yong looked at the clothes on his body. The authentic fine Gebu cloth was much better than those worn by those people. I don't know why Miss Qiaoyun is curious about them.

Qiaoyun sighed, "Come on, take us to the place where we buy cloth here, look for a shop that sells ordinary cloth. I'm going to see if there is any cloth like that just now." She had to figure it out, That was obviously cotton cloth. She finally found some clues, and of course she would not give up easily.

Ayong felt a little strange, it depends on what those coarse cloths are for?Daliao's cloth is hundreds of times stronger than that.But Qiaoyun was so persistent that he didn't like it, so he led Qiaoyun around a few alleys and found a place selling cloth.

"Girl, I think you can find what you're looking for here. This place usually sells to the poor, and basically doesn't sell silk." Ayong pointed to the shop and explained.

Qiaoyun took a look, this shop is really inconspicuous, I hope there is something I want to find in it. "Come on, go in and have a look." As he said that, Qiao Yun was the first to step in.

After walking inside, Qiaoyun realized that the business here is really not good, and there are almost no people inside.A guy was sprawled over the counter, looking like he was about to fall asleep.

Qiaoyun didn't bother with that guy, just looked around in this shop, sure enough, Qiaoyun found what she wanted here.Isn't the cotton cloth she was looking for on the counter?The cotton cloth here seems to be much finer than the ones she saw just now.

"Ah Yong, ask him, is this cloth produced locally? What is it used to weave it?" Qiao Yun was naturally very happy when he saw the cotton cloth, so he asked Ayong to ask the guy.

Although Ah Yong still felt strange in his heart, seeing Qiao Yun like that, he knew that this matter was very important to Qiao Yun.So he went forward and woke up the guy who was still sleeping. The two chattered a lot over there, and then Ah Yong came back.

"Girl, let me ask you clearly. This kind of cloth is woven from a local thing. I heard what the guy said. The locals call that thing tree wool, and some call it fluff. The guy said , It grows on a kind of crop that is about the height of a person, after that thing blooms, it will bear a kind of fruit, the fruit will dry and crack, and the white thing inside will be exposed."

Ah Yong couldn't understand what the guy was talking about, so the explanation was a bit vague, but Qiao Yun understood.According to what Ayong said, Qiaoyun can be sure that it is undoubtedly cotton. "Ayong, help me and ask him again, is there any other use for that floc besides weaving?"

Ayong had no choice but to go back and talk to the guy for a while before turning around and coming back, "Girl, I have asked clearly. He said that the floc has no other use except for weaving. The locals used to be basically In sackcloth, or something like that."

"This flocculation needs to be planted artificially, but the output is not high, and it is quite laborious to weave. Therefore, before our Daliao silk is shipped over, it can be regarded as the clothes that the local nobles can wear. But wait for the Daliao silk. Over the years, nobles like to wear silk clothes, and almost no one cares about this kind of cloth."

"Poor people can't afford it, and rich people don't like it. Anyway, this cloth is not so easy to sell now. The local people who grow this kind of cloth usually weave their own clothes, which is the kind of coarse cloth we see outside. As for fine cloth, there are very few People are wearing it." Ah Yong is very clever, he has already found out all the things he can find out.

Qiao Yun nodded, finally understood this time.In this day and age, although people have recognized the role of cotton, the cotton yield is not high due to problems with planting techniques.Perhaps there are also technical problems, so the price of cotton cloth is not low.As a result, the poor could not afford it, and the rich and the rich went to buy silk and satin, so no one cares about this item.

Qiao Yun could only sigh helplessly. She was covered in precious cotton. She didn't expect to be despised to such an extent in this age. It's really aggrieved.

However, for Qiaoyun, this is undoubtedly good news. She has to vigorously develop what others can't do.She will not let go of such a cash crop, and it will be up to her next.

(End of this chapter)