Fall In Love with the Technology Tree

Chapter 34: stepmother heart

    In winter, Hu was wearing a mourning dress made of burlap. Even if you put more fleece inside, it still doesn't keep you warm. She shuddered while holding the stove, and asked the maid next to her who was also dressed in white: "Where's Dalang and Erlang? They went to the woods of the Ding family again?"

    Hu's maid has also been involved in the affairs of Cao's house for more than a year, so I still know this important news. "If you go back to Madam, Lord Xiao Dalang and Lord Erlang go out to stay for four days every seven days. Today is the day of the fifteenth day at home. However, a letter was sent from the other side yesterday, saying that it was blocked by wind and snow, so it's not good to travel overnight. , and leave when the snow stops."

    Hu shi looked at the snow outside the door, worried: "Although the snow has stopped, but the two of them, who come and go in the wind and snow, don't know why they have to suffer this way? "

    The old mother Chang added charcoal to Hu's hand stove: "These two young gentlemen have great ideas. When the old man died, he left people to them, and it became more and more lawless. It's like a mother and an ancestor filial piety folded in the sun. It's okay for them to be like this, the lady of the province will worry about it."

    Hu frowned. "Mother's words are inappropriate. That's Lang Jun's direct son. If there is an accident, Lang Jun's face will light up? And..." She lowered her voice, "I and Lang Jun are in the period of filial piety, and we are not allowed to have **** for three years. When he has his own children, Dalang Erlang will be at least eight years old."

    When Mrs. Chang heard this, she frowned, but she still wanted to persuade: "Madam, relax, there are still days to come."

    Hu Shi was down for less than half a minute, and then looked up again: "I think Dalang Erlang has a good temperament and is willing to get close to them. Speaking of which, the smokeless charcoal fire and the hand stove are all that Two children gave it."

    Chang looked like she was about to cry: "We are a dignified family, do we have to compromise and please ignorant children?"

    Nursing mothers like house fights so much that even Hu Shi has a headache. She rubbed her temples a little at a time: "If that's the case, mom, don't say it again."

    At this moment, a little maid hurried in in front. "Madam, the two little Langjun have returned to the mansion. After seeing the old lady and Langjun in the main hall, they have already come here."

    "Quick! Come in quickly. Two more braziers, poor, don't freeze them."

    Before the house was tidy up, I heard Ah Sheng's clear voice: "Mother is still so worried." As the voice fell, I saw the twins wearing thick scorpions, stepping on the snow Come in. Cao Cao became more and more sturdy, and when he walked around, it was difficult to discipline him. Ah Sheng is still like a child carved in pink and jade, even more white.

    "Erlang, come, come, let mother see." Hu Shi warmed his palm and hugged Ah Sheng, who had been unbuttoned under the service of the maid, and tried the expression on her face with the back of his hand. The temperature, "It's really cold. It's cold on the way in the morning." Then he ordered the maid, "Go and get some hot **** soup."

    A Sheng giggled, and waited until Cao Cao finished salute to Hu, then said, "I will see you in a few days, how is your mother? Is the charcoal fire sent by Brother A, easy to use?"

    "It's all easy to use, all easy to use. You are still young, where do you need you to take care of me?"

     

    Said a few more polite words, drank some **** soup, and then went cold.

    It's winter, and it's really a season with nothing to do. The men also had the pleasure of winter hunting, and the women had to stay indoors and do odd jobs. Thinking of this, Hu Shi suddenly had a bright light, and an idea from a long time ago came to his mind. "Erlang, I have free time today. Let me teach you how to weave."

    A Sheng was startled: "Okay." Craftsman Ai wanted to improve the loom a few years ago, but because of delays in paper, pencil and iron making, there is not much progress now. Her own knowledge of the loom is only on paper, and now she has the opportunity to practice it herself, which is naturally not bad.

    Cao Cao was also very interested: "Does my mother still weave? I know my grandmother has a weaving room, but we have never entered."

    Hus excitedly ordered the loom to be carried to the small room next door, and laid out the blanket brazier before taking the twins over in person. "My mother's family is a side branch, and the famine years have been difficult. In order to supplement the family, my mother took us a few to weave cloth. Even so, this is a skill handed down from Leizu, and it is also a kind of virtue. It should not be Think it's a cheap job."

    Ancient women, even those from a small noble family, have their own unique set of methods to adapt to the times. Ah Sheng praised Hu's skillful weaving technique. She really thinks it's amazing that the equipment of this era is very simple, but such a simple tool has been used to support the clothing of a nation for thousands of years.

    The tools are simple and the labor requirements will be higher.

    After that, fibers of different lengths are spun into threads, and after that, is the real weaving process. Warp and weft were the terms in the weaving process at the earliest, and when to use the shuttle to thread the thread and when to push the push rod on the loom, there are inherent reasons.

    "My loom is simple and can only weave plain plain silk. For example, the patterned silk, or the colorful brocade, the loom is as high as one room, and many people can work together to complete it. ."

    A Sheng rounded her eyes: "I really want to see you."

    "How can it be so easy to see. They are all skills treasured by major families."

    "Oh, then forget it." She knew that the advanced technology at this time was monopolized by others. However, she does not use a jacquard machine for the time being, and improving the spinning efficiency of solid-colored fabrics is king. Wait until most people at the bottom can wear clothes, and then consider the question of beauty.

    She asked Space for fully domesticated insect-resistant cotton seeds this year. But it was probably because the other party felt that the value of cotton seeds was too high, and they took away all the space water and did not give her the seeds. Not only that, from June to December, not a single drop of water was left in the space, and they all disappeared along the sky-reaching orbit. Ah Sheng estimated that when the other party felt that the amount was enough, the transaction would be considered complete.

    She also accepts this result.

    Penicillin also needs to be carefully cultivated and purified by itself. It takes at least ten years of hard work until mature penicillin appears. It takes a lifetime to promote. But cotton is different. This kind of thing is immediate, just plant it and grow it. The method of weaving is ready-made, and it can be applied after a little modification. That said, the subsequent cost of cotton seeds to make an impact on the world is far less than Penicillium, which requires tightly controlled cultivation conditions.

    According to this logic, it is estimated that she needs to change to sweet potatoes and corn, which is not enough. The follow-up promotion cost of high-yield grain is lower than that of cotton seeds, which can be eaten after planting, and no need to improve the textile machine. Her time is limited, and she has so much space for water every year, so she has to plan carefully.

    "Erlang, Erlang."

    The shout drew Ah Sheng's attention back to the constantly moving loom in front of him. "Mother?"

    Hu looked worried: "Do you think textiles are boring?"

    "No." Ah Sheng blinked innocently.

    Cao Cao explained with a smile: "Don't worry about mother. Ah Sheng is often so wandering. If she shows this expression, it just means that she likes one thing."

    A Sheng took the opportunity to nod: "I think the loom is not bad, it is one of the greatest inventions in human history."

    Brother Ah Cao covered his forehead and snickered: "You're talking nonsense again."

    Hu Shi did not know what she meant, but she still followed her own thinking: "In the afternoon, I will take you to see the overwintering silkworm eggs. In spring, silkworms can hatch. Picking mulberries and raising silkworms, It's the most interesting, and the little girls like it."

    Do you raise silkworms? I raised it in my previous life, and I miss it when I say it. Moreover, how to increase productivity in sericulture is a question worthy of discussion.

    So Ah Sheng clapped her hands happily: "Okay. I'll be bothering my mother today." She didn't realize that Hu was trying to abduct her back to the right path of a female worker and a girl. Think about the plan for intensive reform of the textile industry.

    The way of thinking is very different.

    But under the intentional maintenance of both parties, Ah Sheng and Cao Cao still get along relatively well with Hu. A day passed quickly, and the Hu family left them for supper.

    "Rest early today, get up early tomorrow, the Xiahou family will come to visit." Mr. Hu set aside half of the soy sauce vegetarian chicken from his plate and asked the maid to share it with the two children.

    The twins bowed unanimously before they picked up. "Thank you mother for the food."

    Xiahou's house, it sounds familiar. At such times, you should act naive and curious. Ah Sheng swallowed the last mouthful of soy products, brewed his emotions for three seconds, and asked in a tone that was three times softer than usual: "Xiahou's family, I seem to have heard many times, are they also relatives of our family? But why so late? How about at the door?"

    "Xiahou's family is also in mourning. The eldest of their family passed away three years ago, and filial piety was born a few days ago."

    "Um..."

    "The Xiahou family, together with the Ding family and the Cao family, belong to the Qiaoxian clan, and after Ruyin Wenhou [1]. Although they are now unemployed and somewhat declining, but you must not be rude, do you know?"

    Cao Cao and Cao Sheng understood. The ancestors of the Xiahou family were very honorable, but now they have fallen into disrepair, and they are not even comparable to the nouveau riche Cao family. It is only by the reputation of the ancestors and the principle that "a thin and dead camel is bigger than a horse" to maintain its tyrannical status. The twins did not discriminate against this situation. Anyone like Cao Teng could start from scratch. With the foundation of the Xiahou family, as long as a capable person was born, they would become famous again.

    What's more, as far as Ah Sheng's knowledge is concerned, there are capable people, is it Xiahou Dun or Xiahou Gang? She struggled to recall it for a long time before digging out a blue Three Kingdoms Killing General from her mind. Strong? It seems that the blood loss can be judged? 【2】

    A Sheng was embarrassed by what he recalled for a long time. Forget it, let's see the real person and then judge. All historical knowledge is a cloud.

    The author has something to say: [1]: Ruyin Wenhou, referring to Xiahouying, the founding hero of the Western Han Dynasty. The descendants were later won titles, and by the time of Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan's father's generation, they had already declined.

    [2]: Three Kingdoms kill basic package general card: Xiahou Dun. Skill, Toughness: When you are damaged, you can decide, if the result is not hearts, choose one source: 1. Discard two cards in your hand; 2. Take 1 point of damage from you.

    In the next chapter, childhood A Dun and A Yuan are online.

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