The concubine wants to farm: the alluring wife raises the emperor

Chapter 182 Girl, Someone Comes For You

"Sister Wu, where did you buy all these yarns?" Xu Yuan twisted a loose cotton yarn.

Wu seemed a little shy when she laughed: "Where did we get the money to buy this thing? It's all made by planting a little hemp in our own fields."

Xu Yuan raised her eyebrows, she really didn't know how the yarn was made.

"Can you take me to see it?"

"Of course." Mrs. Wu put down her work and led Xu Yuan to the back of the yard.

The hemp in her house is soaked in the pool behind this yard, and when she is free, she will call Wu Cheng to come over and spin some yarn with her.

As soon as Xu Yuan went in, she was a little shocked to see a pool full of soaked hemp. The pool of water was full of scattered hemp, and there was also a dark yellow color soaked from the hemp.

"How on earth is this made?" Standing by the pool, she reached for a handful of things in the water, and took a closer look, only to find that they were all fibers.

Wu took the tools at hand to demonstrate to Xu Yuan, and twisted the hemp bit by bit into a thin thread and handed it to Xu Yuan.

She took it over, the hemp just out of the water was still a little wet, but it had almost been wrung dry.

The newly spun thread is still light yellow in color. If you want to color it in the previous step, it should be feasible.

"Daughter-in-law..." Li Yin followed the direction Wu Cheng pointed out to him and showed his head in front of the yard, looking around for where Xu Yuan was.

"Here." Xu Yuan beckoned to him, and Li Yin immediately ran in from outside and stood by her side.

Wu put down the things in her hands, and wiped off the water on her hands directly on the hem of her clothes: "Yuanyuan is leaving?"

"Well, I'll come back tomorrow." She took Li Yin's hand, "Does Sister Wu know where there is a place that sells dyes in Yonghua City?"

"Yes, not far. What are you going to buy that dye for?"

"I'll tell you tomorrow." Xu Yuan shook her head helplessly. Li Yin had been restlessly holding her hand and tugging her for a long time.

After saying goodbye to Mrs. Wu, Xu Yuan followed Li Yin out of the carpenter's house.

Li Yin talked about what Chen Yan asked him to tell Xu Yuan, and after receiving a letter from Li Dashu, they would be able to return to Yong'an City in about two days.

Xu Yuan did some calculations, and it didn't seem like it took too long to go back and forth for a few days. If she trains more people, it may stabilize soon.

Then she can also concentrate on studying the weaving. If she wants to weave patterns, as long as she can arrange the color matching and the order of the threads, it is not difficult to think about it, but she has to start with this thread first.

On the second day, Xu Yuan asked Mrs. Wu to take her to buy some dyes. Although the workmanship was rough, it was generally usable. Xu Yuan could also match the colors by herself according to the principle of three primary colors.

Back at the carpenter's house, she first picked out a part of the pool soaked in hemp as an experiment, and divided it into several pots.

After that, she and Wu Shi cleared out all the yellowed water in the pots. After washing it several times, when the water became clear, she put some dyes in each pot according to her own aesthetics.

It was the first time for Wu Shi to see someone directly dye hemp, but she also knew that Xu Yuan had her own ideas, so she didn't ask much.

After finishing the dyeing work, Xu Yuan went back to the house and borrowed paper and pen from Mrs. Wu, and began to study the wiring.

To say that she has already understood the rules, but it is really difficult to arrange the fine lines in a certain order according to the pattern she imagined.

She spent the whole afternoon writing and drawing on paper, but she didn't come up with anything.

Before Li Yin came to pick her up in the evening, several of them went to the back to have a look at the pot soaked in numbness, and then tried to ask Mrs. Wu to use a tool to twist a few threads out, unexpectedly, it was done directly!

The thread made out of this is not to mention the color directly, and it looks much smoother than the thread without color!

Seeing the results, Xu Yuan raised her eyebrows, finally making progress.

It's just that if this is the case, then the manpower of this cloth village is not enough.

It is better to find a man to do the physical work of dyeing hemp.

Xu Chi has finally calmed down in the past few days, and the houses on the side of the refugees are almost built.

Although Xu Yuan counted for half a month, those men expected their family members to live in a better environment as soon as possible, so they were all very motivated and had a huge workload every day, but the benefits were basically gone now. Mostly done.

In this way, Xu Chi has more free time. When Xu Yuan came home, he was talking to Father Xu in the study.

A few days ago, he didn't communicate with Xu's father very much, but now he heard from Xu's father that Zhao Yuanyi had actually gone to the grain shop, thanks to Xu Yuan's lack of suspicion, otherwise he would have to try his best to explain it.

"Father, Brother." Xu Yuan knocked on the door and walked in. The expressions of the two people in the room changed instantly, as if they were chatting.

"Why did you come back so early today?" Father Xu coughed twice.

"I've finished everything that can be done today." Xu Yuan pulled up a chair and sat down beside Xu Chi, "Brother, how is the house over there?"

Xu Chi thought for a while, and replied: "There are still eight households left, and it can be completed in two days."

Xu Yuan asked in surprise, "So fast?"

He smiled, explained the enthusiasm of that group of people, and then asked Xu Yuan when he would formally employ them.

"Come on, Li Dashu's batch of rations is almost here, let Lu Zhou train them for a few days and they will be officially on the road." She knocked on the table, "We still have to let Li Dashu take them with us."

"That's no problem, I can also help Mr. Lu practice."

"Well, if you are free in a few days, go to Yonghua City to inquire about the house and see if there is any suitable place. If we settle it, we will start repairing and prepare to move there." She picked up a pen and drew on the paper. A brief schematic diagram, "Just follow this picture for the general appearance, and refer to the Sanxian Pavilion for the size."

"It's so big?" Xu's father was listening, but now he couldn't hold back. The size of Sanxian Pavilion is more than three times that of their house in the village.

Xu Yuan nodded. She had thought about it carefully. By then, her shop would definitely have to expand. Those capable people and strangers would have to charge more. They had to have a place to live.

After arranging these things, Xu Yuan picked up an orange on Father Xu's desk, the old god peeled it open and tasted one, and then calmly handed it to Xu Chi.

He took it without hesitation and stuffed it into his mouth, but in the next second he wanted to strangle Xu Yuan to death. This guy is so sour!

"Miss Xu, Miss Wumao asked me to tell you that someone is looking for you outside." A servant's voice came from outside the door.

Xu Yuan clapped her hands and stood up, looked at Xu Chi and said, "Let's take a look together?"

Naturally, Xu Chi would not refuse. The two told Father Xu, and they walked towards the main entrance of Sanxian Pavilion together.

On the way, Xu Yuan guessed all kinds of people who might come, and when she got outside the door, she actually found that the person she was waiting for had arrived.

(End of this chapter)