Chapter Seventy-Nine
When Guo Hongjun's small movements were not noticed by Wang Jianguo, Cuilian nodded knowingly. Regarding the two of them tossing and purchasing the things in the station, Cuilian did not tell Wang Jianguo. After all, the two brothers Wang Jianguo and Wang Jianjun had expressly forbidden such behavior before. Therefore, the two only talked about it in private.
Although I don't know how many things Guo Hongjun has hidden now, Cuilian believes that there must be a lot, and there are even more good things in it. I still remember that before the Chinese New Year, Guo Hongjun ran to the area many times, and he must have not only poured the fabric, but also visited the regional acquisition station many times.
With Aunt Guo's hands and feet sharp, the Wang family's breakfast today was earlier than before. After eating, Wang Jianguo and Guo Hongjun rode their bicycles to the county, leaving the elderly and children at home.
Today, Cuilian asked the root sister-in-law Ye Xiang to come to the house to weave, because of the inconvenience of the body can not sit for a long time, Ye Xiang thought to take advantage of the spring planting, when the field is not very busy, quickly teach the weaving technique to the root sister-in-law, in this way, he is a lot easier, and there is a helper. In the future, if the counter is really set up, it will definitely not work by hand-weaving alone, and it will not be possible to rely on her alone. At present, she has taught the eldest girl, and the second girl is still learning, and now she has taught the sister-in-law of the tree root, and she has more helpers.
To the sister-in-law of the tree root, Cuilian believes it. In the past, she planned to let everyone in the village learn to weave, so that not only could she supply her own fabrics, but it would also be a craft in the future. It's a pity that after gaining an in-depth understanding of the character of the people in the village and the persuasion of the sister-in-law of the tree root, she also stopped thinking about it.
However, she didn't give up on the idea of training a few helpers. Although learning to weave this thing seems simple, you only need to follow a fixed path to arrange the line, thread, step on the board, is a normal person, you can learn it after a period of time, but to learn well, it is not so easy to weave the fabric of the upper quality. First of all, this line is a fine job, let alone the line. Even Cuilian's ability to weave high-quality fabrics has gone through decades of training and hundreds of years of viewing to achieve today's results.
Of course, because of the constraints of the conditions, the fabrics she weaves now are also relatively good, almost the same as those from the textile factories, all cotton. It's just thick.
"Cuilian, Cuilian, are you there?" Cuilian, who was still pondering, was interrupted by a voice outside the courtyard gate.
"Hey, sister-in-law, I'm here. Come in, come in. After pushing open the door and letting the sister-in-law in, Cuilian took the people to the room where they were killed.
"Cuilian, it's not that my sister-in-law doesn't believe you, my sister-in-law doesn't ask clearly, and I'm always upset in my heart." After Ye Xiang entered the door, she was directly taken to Xiaoya's house by Cuilian, looked at the things in the house, and said to Cuilian with an embarrassed face.
"Sister-in-law is polite, what can't be said. I know that my sister-in-law wants to ask me about weaving, sister-in-law, don't worry, since I said that I want to teach you, I must be sincere. I invited my sister-in-law to come today, just because I didn't have to work in the field recently, and my sister-in-law didn't care about so many jobs, so I ...... "Cuilian can't see what the sister-in-law of the root means, but she can understand it very well." In this era, many old crafts are passed on to children but not to women, and not to outsiders. Today, I can teach her this hand-weaving skill, and it is normal for her to be apprehensive.
"Since Cuilian has said so, then sister-in-law, I will be cheeky and learn. But Cuilian, you are worried, as long as you don't agree, I will definitely not teach it to others, and even my second girl won't let her see it. Ye Xiang was still very happy about Cuilian's trust, and also made a promise that this craft would never be passed on in her hands.
"Sister-in-law, it's not that serious. I still want to learn as many people as possible, and if you hadn't reminded me, I would have taught everyone in the village who wanted to learn. I taught her the basic things when I cleaned the house, and as long as she insisted on practicing more, she would definitely be able to weave good cloth in the future. If your second girl is interested, you should also teach, the girl's family, there is a craft, and you will not suffer in the future. Or if you look at someone who is studious, sensible and well-behaved, and wants to teach, it doesn't hurt, just help me bring a few apprentices. Cuilian could understand what the sister-in-law meant, but she didn't agree. It is because of the stubbornness of many old craftsmen that they are unwilling to carry forward their crafts and disappear in the long river of history, but she is unwilling. If you want to carry forward the old crafts of weaving and embroidery, which have a background and traditional culture, you can't rely on one or two people.
"Okay, sister-in-law understands what you mean. My sister-in-law knows that you are a visionary, and since you say so, even if Erya is unwilling, I will let her learn. Where do you want your sister-in-law to start learning today, if your sister-in-law doesn't do well, don't be polite, just say it, sister-in-law will definitely correct it, and strive to improve her ideological awareness. Seeing that Cuilian was so atmospheric and bold, Ye Xiang was not a person who twisted it, so she directly accepted it. However, I really remember Cuilian's goodness in my heart, and I will definitely help Cuilian wholeheartedly in the future.
"Okay, sister-in-law, I have asked my second brother to order two more machines from the carpenter who used to make machines, and my sister-in-law will move one back when the time comes. Now let me start with how cloth is woven. The process of weaving is divided into several steps: spinning, winding, pulling, brushing, batching, threading, bolting, spikeing, and weaving. It sounds like a lot, but it doesn't feel like too much. Sister-in-law, let's start with spinning thread today. Spinning thread is to make thread from cotton or the hemp straw skin we found before. And if these things want to be threaded, they have to do some work, such as splitting and rubbing threads. The quality or thickness of the cloth is determined by the thickness and uniformity of the weaving thread. Cuilian pulled Ye Xiang, the sister-in-law of the tree, to sit in front of the machine, and introduced the whole process of weaving for her in detail, and then explained the steps one by one, until Ye Xiang's brain had a concept of the weaving process, and then explained in detail the main learning content today.
"Ouch, Cuilian, sister-in-law, I have a stupid brain and slow to learn things, I have to think about what you said today, for a while, it definitely won't work." After Cuilian explained, Ye Xiang was a little ashamed to say to Cuilian that she was stupid, she had been trying to remember it just now, but as soon as Cuilian finished speaking, she seemed to be finished in her mind, as if she didn't remember anything, and she seemed to remember some.
"Sister-in-law, what's this, it's like this at the beginning. If you can't remember it once, let's just come a few more times, and these things are practice makes perfect, as long as you practice more, ponder more, and operate more, you will be able to weave your own cloth in a short time. Cuilian can understand the mood of the sister-in-law of the tree root very well, thinking that when she first started to learn weaving, how many bamboo strips she received from her mother, and she was only 6 or 7 years old at that time, it was the time to learn enlightenment, better than the current sister-in-law of the tree root, and it took so long to learn before becoming a teacher.
After getting Cuilian's understanding, Ye Xiang was also relieved, and she was worried that Cuilian felt that she was stupid, although she was willing to teach herself to weave, but her heart was definitely not so comfortable. Now Cuilian's performance of not caring at all has made Ye Xiang have a better understanding of Cuilian's character in her heart, and her identification with Cuilian is deeper.