The daily farming life of the black-bellied young lady

Chapter 135 Begins Printing

Chu Ying placed the paper-made curtain on a wooden frame of equal size. There were a few pieces of wood in the wooden frame for support, and wooden strips were placed on both sides of the paper-made curtain so that the copied paper would be neat all around.

Chu Ying first used a stick to beat the pulp in the pool evenly, and then put a piece of wood in the middle of the pool to fix it, so that when the paper-making curtain was finished making paper, it could be placed on the edge of the pool and on the wood.

But papermaking is a technical job. The pulp must be evenly distributed on the papermaking curtain to make a good paper. Chu Ying waited for a long time to shake the papermaking curtain back and forth before making a more uniform paper.

Take down the paper-making curtain, turn the wet paper on the wooden board, and insert two thin bamboos on the wooden board close to you, so that the paper-making curtain can lean on the bamboo and stack the wet paper neatly together , Waiting for a palm-high stack of wet paper for a day has passed.

Chu Ying added another wooden board on top of the wet paper, and then pressed stones and other heavy objects, so that some water could be squeezed out. Waiting for the next day, Chu Ying slowly tore off the stack of paper one by one with a brush Brush it on the bluestone board of the baking paper, so that the second one is torn off, and the previous one is already dry.

Chu Ying cut and sewed the hemp paper and then wrapped it in burlap, so that the outer cover of the book would be more durable. Chu Ying put the 20 small books in the wooden box and waited for Heitan to come next time It's time to send it to the Lu Mansion.

After doing more papermaking, Chu Ying also gradually mastered the technique. If she did it three times, she would have a chance of success twice. Chu Ying told Ye Qiu about her experience and let her explore slowly, so she rented an ox cart to see the bamboo forest. side process.

Chu Ying looked at the bamboos whose green skin had been peeled off and split into small pieces floating on the river. When they reached the Jianzhifang, Chu Ying saw that Wang Naiyuan was reinforcing the bamboos inserted in the middle of the minimum river width. These bamboos were used to block the Bamboo slices flowing down the river.

"Chu Ying, Uncle Qi and Uncle Qiu haven't come back for lunch yet. Why are you here? See if this bamboo is doing the right thing. I also did what you said. I don't know if I made a mistake. I Go and tie the ox cart." Wang Naiyuan tied the ox cart to several bamboos.

"Just to have a look, this is very good. After soaking for ten days, cut the bamboo into small pieces and tie them into a ball, soak them in plant ash, one spoon of plant ash, five spoons of water, and soak for another 10 days. Just take it out and wash it in the river." Chu Ying looked at the two large stoves that had already been made, and a large bamboo steamer was also placed on them.

"Okay, it's not difficult."

Chu Ying looked at the two pairs of toon seeds that had been made, but they couldn't reach the handrails when stepping on the pedals. This is what He Qi explained, and the height should be a little higher. At that time, a few men must be invited to do it. .

"Girl Ying, you are here. There are some problems here. Come and see. Last time you said that you want to build it like this, but I think it is better to dig out a pond and pave it with bricks, and then pave it with bamboo to draw water from the river. I picked up water back and forth, but drainage is also a problem." Uncle Qiu took out the blueprints that had been turned up and damaged from his pocket.

"It's okay, Uncle Qiu, these pools don't need to change the water frequently, just follow the blueprint." Chu Ying looked at the bamboo piled up into a hill, and didn't know if they hadn't taken them for soaking. What's the use.

"Miss Ying, these are used to build houses. You can build a few bamboo houses. The materials are all bamboo, but it will take some time. When the weather is hot, the bamboo houses will be cooler. The other houses will be drawn according to your drawings. Build an adobe-brick house, and then I will make a good frame for the house." Chu Ying watched Uncle Qi and his apprentices digging the soil, probably to make a foundation.

"Okay." Chu Ying put the grain brought by the bullock cart into a house that had already been built.

This is the house where Wang Naiyuan lives now. There is only a wooden bed and neatly arranged tools in it. "You can't be hungry here. The food is enough for a while. I'll come back in a few days. At that time, I can start working. When the houses here are built, you can let Lu Meng and Qian Yong come. Help, and then we will see how to pay wages."

Wang Naiyuan covered the grain with wood, but he couldn't see what was in the corner. "Okay, anyway, there is no farm work now, and they are just looking for some casual jobs to do. If you want to leave, you have to leave early, or it will be too late to go back."

"Okay, then take care of yourself. Everything is fine at home. My sister-in-law will take care of you at home and the baby will be full moon in 5 days. You can come back for a few days. It should be almost the same by then."

Chu Ying bid farewell to Uncle Qi and Uncle Qiu and went home quickly. When it was almost dark, she finally arrived home. After a hasty meal, Chu Ying started to print and made full pages of the books that Lu Ming said she used frequently. The engraving can only be printed when it is available.

However, it will be more difficult to print the full page, because if you make a mistake, you will have to start all over again, so it is already the day when the Wang family’s baby is full moon after engraving a copy, and there is not much surplus food due to the drought, but the Wang family added Shangye Qiu and herself.

Although the dishes were not very rich, they did cook a lot of rice, but Chu Ying ate more wild vegetable soup and didn't eat much rice.While waiting for the banquet, Chu Ying and Wang Naiyuan explained how to make pulp.

These basic processes are similar to those used to make paper, but the fibers of bamboo are more difficult to extract than hemp, and require more time for soaking, steaming, and beating. Lu Meng and Qian Yong have also helped before, so it should not be difficult get started.

"Okay, I'll show you when I make some. Are you bringing it over when it's ready? Don't you make paper there?" Wang Naiyuan gave Bai Yuhe the child in his arms. It's pretty ugly, but now that it has flesh, it looks very cute.

"I didn't do it there. The direction from the bamboo forest to my house is the same as to the city. I made the pulp and shipped it to my home. I made paper at home and then shipped it to the city. Making paper is a careful job and takes a lot of time. So It's better to make it at home." Chu Ying looked at Ye Qiu in the distance and felt a bit doubled, and she didn't drink any alcohol, so she didn't know why.

"Okay." After Chu Ying and Wang Naiyuan finished speaking, they asked him to hug the child quickly and share the family happiness.

In the next few days, Chu Ying continued to carve characters, but sometimes there were always double images in the distance, and the distance between the double images became larger and larger. Take Changsheng out for a stroll.

Maybe it's because I work at close range for a long time, so my eyes are a little tired. There are no eyes in this age, and I can't make my eyes short-sighted. Otherwise, I won't be able to hunt by then. Half of the hunting is long-distance shooting. If the eyesight is not good, it will be serious. affect hunting results.

Fortunately, other books are not very commonly used. Chu Ying can print as long as the typesetting is done, and all the facilities at the bamboo forest have been built. The labor and materials cost a total of 10 taels of silver, and the first batch of pulp has also been shipped. .

The pulp made of bamboo looks whiter. In fact, adding more lime can make the paper whiter, but that will have some impact on the environment, and the off-white paper made by this kind of paper looks quite delicious.

(End of this chapter)