first-class pretty peasant woman

Chapter 144 The Grand Finale (3)
Jinxiu untied the bundle, and took out two wooden boxes from inside. The four sides of the box were woven into a net with extremely fine silk, which ensured that the silkworm seedlings inside could breathe.The twelve sides are supported by wooden strips.

Jinxiu smiled and tossed it in her hand, and it was the same method as she had seen when she was a child.

"Sister-in-law, is this the silkworm seedling you mentioned?" Qin Chunlan couldn't bear her curiosity, so she raised a box and shook it towards the sky. "Why didn't I see anything but a pile of sand?"

Wang's was not as bold as Qin Chunlan, but she just watched Qin Chunlan seriously.Hearing what Qin Chunlan said, she hurriedly nodded in agreement.

"Yes, yes, I also saw a pile of sand going up and down, yes, there was a rustling sound for a while. Chunlan, are you right?"

Chunlan listened and nodded in approval. "Yes, yes, Sister Wan is right, and there is still a rustling sound."

Jinxiu laughed when she heard the words.

Silently put the box away, took it into the main room, turned around and went out the door.

"Let's go, let's go to the field to pick mulberry leaves." After finishing speaking, Jinxiu took the whole family out, leaving only Qin Xiaofeng and his brothers immobile, resting and sleeping at home.

In the field, in the two cold-water fields that Qin Dayong and Jinxiu originally allocated from the Qin family, the water from the cold-water well has long since been separated by Jinxiu, washed away from a small ditch in the sky, and her family's cold-water fields have long been washed away. into dry land.On the dry land, at a distance of about half a foot, there is a mulberry tree that is as tall as an adult, with lush branches and leaves, and it is still green.

Jinxiu led the adults to the field and slowly collected mulberry leaves, demonstrating and explaining while picking.

"This mulberry leaf, we can't pick it indiscriminately. Here, like me, pick the bigger ones at the bottom first. The young leaves on the top and branches can be left for two days for picking. The mulberry leaves must not be crumpled casually, but should be stacked one by one, so that they will not be rotten when they are taken home later. Baskets and panniers can also be filled with more.”

After watching Jinxiu's demonstration and listening to her detailed explanation, everyone started picking with great vigor.One by one, the mulberry trees began to gradually bare the lower trunks, and the bamboo baskets one by one began to slowly fill up.

"Look, my lady, my basket is already full." Qin Dayong, who was a man and was young and strong, was the first to pick a full basket, and raised his eyebrows obediently, wanting to ask Jinxiu for credit.

Without saying a word, Jinxiu went straight to his side, bent down, and pressed her palms down into the back basket.

The sound of Xixisuo sounded, and before the sound fell, everyone saw Qin Dayong's proud basket full of mulberry leaves, and in an instant, only a small half of the basket was left.

The smug smile on her face froze at the corner of her mouth, and she looked at Jinxiu in amazement as she walked past her with the corners of her lips raised smugly.

"You see, the mulberry leaves in this basket are not easy to pick up, everyone, let's work hard."

Everyone nodded in unison, turned around and continued to pick it up, Qin Dayong stroked his forehead, a little embarrassed.Glancing at Jinxiu's basket, she was pressing down, and the thickness after pressing was actually a few points higher than her own.

It turned out that not only did I not get all the picks, I didn't even get the fastest number one.He rubbed the tip of his nose in desperation, then buried himself in hard work without saying anything.

Among this large group of people, he was the only big man, if he still couldn't beat a group of women and children, then it would be really embarrassing.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, the backpack in the hands of the big guy was full.After Jinxiu led the crowd home, she asked Qin Dayong to cook in the kitchen, while she took Qin Chunlan and Li Wan'er, squatted by the well, took out the mulberry leaves in the basket and washed them one by one.

While writing, Jinxiu explained to Qin Chunlan and Li Wan'er the whole set of ways to raise silkworms.

When the silkworm seedlings are young, the mulberry leaves cannot be fed in whole. They must be washed first and placed in a big shaukei to dry.Wait until the water is almost dry, and then use a kitchen knife to chop it into fine pieces.

The silkworm seedlings are extremely small, as fine as sand, and need to be spread out with a large dustpan, and a layer of paper should be laid inside. Jinxiu thought, then she would just use the old paper used by Qin Dayong and his daughter to practice calligraphy. .

Then sprinkle the chopped mulberry leaves on top, and the silkworms can use it a little bit.When the silkworm seedlings grow up a bit, and the whole body turns white and green, the mulberry leaves do not need to be cut at that time. After washing and drying, they can be directly covered on the top of the silkworm seedlings.

I have to feed the silkworm seedlings two to three times a day with mulberry leaves, and I make a lot of noise during the day, and I don't think there is anything wrong with eating silkworm seedlings.At night, if you sleep next to the silkworm seedlings' room, you will definitely feel the torture caused by the rustling sound.

But as far as Jinxiu was concerned, that was a kind of satisfaction.It seems that I can go back to the scene of raising silkworms with my mother and aunt when I was a child.

The silkworm seedlings grow up little by little, and their bodies gradually become translucent, and every blood vessel and internal organs in their bodies can be seen with eyes.At that time, the branches of Nanzhu can be prepared.

The mulberry leaves began to stop, and the bamboo branches were placed one by one on the dustpan where the silkworms were resting, and then they were allowed to climb up together, pick a favorite spot to attach, spin silk, and cocoon.

When all the silkworms have made their cocoons, they lift up the bamboo branch, and they can be seen covered with oval snow-white spheres one by one, looking from a distance like snowflakes hanging on the bamboo branch.

At that time, it is only necessary to pick off the cocoons one by one, and Qin Dayong and Su Zhixuan will drag them back to the south of the Yangtze River in a carriage and sell them to silk collectors.

After Jinxiu finished speaking, Qin Chunlan and Li Wan'er also understood.

This is how Jinxiu’s family’s silkworm rearing journey started. Qin Dayong is still in the silk business, and he comes back every evening to feed the silkworms with Jinxiu, teach his daughter, and have fun with the big guys. , time passed quickly.

Another year is over, and on the second day of the new year, Qin Dayong handed over the store to the store clerk to watch over, and he planned to return to his mother's house with Jinxiu and his two children.

Li Wan'er brought Qin Xiaofeng and Qin Yulin back to Li's house.Li Wan'er originally didn't want to go back, but someone from the Li family said that the old lady of the Li family was afraid that she would die, and hoped that she would take her two grandchildren back to have a look at her.After hearing this, Jinxiu persuaded her to go back. After all, they are the biological mother and daughter, so how can there be so much hatred.

Li Wan'er followed Jinxiu's wishes, bought some gifts and went back in style.

Qin Chunlan accompanied Sun Guangcai back to visit Qin Xiaoyue's grave.

The courtyard of the Su family had already been deserted, so Shen felt relieved. Seeing her son and daughter-in-law loving each other, they came back to pick her up and live in Weishuiji. She couldn't bear to go against the kindness of the two of them, so she nodded and followed. .So this time, Jinxiuhui's natal home is no longer Jianshan Village, but Jishui County.

(End of this chapter)