Lady Caisang: My husband is a little sweet

Chapter 21

"Qing Ya, your skills are no worse than those of us who have been working for decades. Why didn't you go with your parents?" It is normal to chat while doing things here, and when a bunch of women gather together, the most That is to say, the east is long and the west is short.

The person who spoke was Wang Shi, the eldest daughter-in-law of the village chief. She has a brighter personality and is popular in the village. Her husband Yan Shigong is also capable. It is said that he will be the next village chief.

Gu Qingya smiled embarrassingly, "Auntie, my craftsmanship is not as good as you said, I am even embarrassed by what you said."

"Mother, look, this girl is really humble, alright!" Mrs. Wang is very satisfied with a capable and humble person like Gu Qingya. Her daughter has already been married, so it would be great if she can be friends with her.

The elder mother-in-law squinted her eyes and looked at Gu Qingya carefully, "Well, she is indeed a good girl, and she will have a good life in the future."

It is said that Li Chang's mother-in-law has a little bit of ability to read faces, and she doesn't speak easily, but her words are definitely not too bad. After listening to her mother-in-law's words, the women present looked at Gu Qingya differently.

It's quite embarrassing to know what Gu Qingya said in the village.But what he said was not about Wangfu, so everyone just smiled and made fun of a few words. The people present are all close relatives of the head of the village, so they will not spread the word to the outside world, but their attitude towards Gu Qingya is also different. will affect the views of others.

Gu Qingya smiled embarrassingly, and quickly immersed herself in her work, becoming more and more serious.

She didn't know how much the influence of coming to the Li Chang's family to do things would affect her, but her intuition told her that there was absolutely nothing wrong with coming, and the people in the Li Chang's family were easier to get along with than imagined.

After peeling off the cocoon clothes, it is to pick the cocoons. Simply put, it is to classify the silkworm cocoons, which is very important to the quality of the silk. Sometimes it is mixed with one or two different colors, and the grade and price of the silk will be determined. To go down a lot.

Therefore, wise people will not be greedy for petty profits, but instead pick sesame seeds and lose watermelons.

Gu Qingya helped with the work for a few days, and the next thing about silk reeling has little to do with her.After taking the wages, he was reluctant to buy something, so he kept it. Seeing that there was nothing special at home, he went to find Liu Bingbing.

Liu Bingbing's parents are not here, so Liu's father is looking for some strength to do some work at this time, and Liu's mother helps others to light the fire, reeling and cooking cocoons, and her fire control is still very good.

Seeing Gu Qingya, Liu Bingbing's eyes lit up, she said something to her grandparents, and then went out, "Qingya, you're done."

There are many people who know about Gu Qingya's going to the elder's house to help, and many of them have bitter words, but Liu Bingbing is happy for her friend. Apart from having income, it also shows that her friend is not accepted by the Yan clan. Repulsive.You must know that the branch of Li Chang's family has a lot of voice in the clan establishment.

"Well, I can't help with the rest, can you get away these few days?" Gu Qingya still remembered what she had promised before.

"I'm afraid it won't work today, but can it be done tomorrow?"

"Alright, you can come to me tomorrow." Gu Qingya nodded, she mentioned this to Gu Shi before, and Gu Shi also agreed, but how much she can learn depends on Liu Bingbing's talent.

The silkworms raised by Gu’s side are more expensive than other silkworms for several days, so when other families are busy cooking cocoons and reeling silk, Gu’s side is busy peeling silkworm clothes and picking silkworms. wasted time.

As for Gu Qingya's behavior of taking Liu Bingbing to follow Gu Shi to learn, as long as it doesn't affect the silk reeling, the person in charge doesn't care, and whoever has some skills is not like this, teaching children or taking an apprentice.

There is also a time limit for silk reeling, beyond this point, the silk that comes out will be worse, so when Gu Qingya and Liu Bingbing went, they saw such a spectacular scene.

Rows of brick stoves pass side by side, and each brick stove is equipped with a wire cart, which looks very spectacular.Generally, such a scene would only happen to a big family like the Wu family, and they were all over half a century old.It is very rare for an ordinary family to have two or three silk carts.

Gu Shi is very busy, because the cocoon she is in charge of is a new variety. It is very difficult to grasp the speed. Several experienced women have failed before, and they cannot guarantee the final yield of this batch of new cocoons. How much is it, all retreated.

Gu Shi is a bit stubborn person, otherwise, how can he say that the family does not enter the family, and it is somewhat similar to Yan's father.She was not in a hurry to cook cocoons, but grabbed a few cocoons, researched for a long time, and finally tried it out, so the position where she shrank was also the best treatment.

"Look at the side first, don't do anything, pay attention to every movement of mine, if you have doubts in your heart, ask later." In a hurry, Gu Shi could only explain these few words, and then buried himself in work .

The silent strict father moved two stools for the two girls to sit on, while he helped Gu Shi by adding cocoons to the wooden basin on the wooden shelf next to the stove or replacing the cocoons that failed.

Having lived with Gu Shi for a long time, the tacit understanding between the two has long been in every move, and Yan's father knows what to do with just one look. Adding firewood or adding water to change water, etc., are all technical tasks.

I saw Gu Shi looking at the water in the pot, and after a little trial, he kept Yan's father at this temperature, and then the white silkworm cocoons fell into the hot water like dumplings.In his hand, Gushi holds a silk-making hand made of straw [the same tool] and picks the cocoons in the water left and right, letting the cocoons shake and roll, and then picks up the silk, which should be the so-called threading.

At this time, both Gu Qingya and Liu Bingbing opened their eyes wide, watching the movements of Gu Shi's hand, which was very fast, pinching, lifting and pinching, and then they were divided into nests, and when the pedals on their feet were moved, the silk car would move Turn it up, and soon you can see the silk winding on the shaft and gradually taking shape.

At this time, Gu Shi couldn't concentrate on paying attention to the things around her. She was watching the situation of the silk thread, and when she saw the cocoon lining, she had to pick it up and add new silk to prevent the thread from being too thin. .

This kind of work requires a high degree of mental concentration, and it must be done at the sight of the hand. After sitting for less than half an hour, the whole body will become stiff. The hard work involved is indescribable.

But as a person who grew up in such an environment, it is already a normal state. Gu Qingya's eyes are almost glued to Gu Shi's hands, the movements, angles, strength, etc., without rich surprises, It simply cannot be done.

Before being able to completely start reeling silk, many of them used broken cocoons to practice. In Gu's family situation, there was no chance to practice at all, and the process was always full of blood and tears.

When the silk on the shaft looked about one or two, Father Yan brought some charcoal pots and put them under the silk shaft. The so-called "silk comes out of the water needs fire", also known as fanning the fire, the last key to silk production point.

Wen Wen Gu had agreed with Yan's father a long time ago. After the brazier was on for a while, the luster of the silk thread came out. Different from the local silk, the luster was more comfortable, with a jade color, and it could be seen that the silk thread was woven into silk. How dazzling the finished product will be.

　The silk reeling information comes from ancient books. There are many fictitious silkworm varieties and the color of the silk, so don't use words...

　　
　
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