Chapter 134: Cotton and Cocoons
"Here we are!" The phantom smiled, and strode into the cave. The warm breath in the cave of the pen and the fun www.biquge.info pavilion instantly surrounded him, and the whole person gradually calmed down.
"Xiao Ran is a year older, congratulations!" Ma Ma looked at Lin Xiaoran sitting on the sofa with a smile, they only knew the term birthday two days ago, and today's birthday will bring her a great impression.
"yes, I'm eight years old!" Lin Xiaoran touched her cheek, but with her modern age, she didn't seem to be much younger than Mama.
"Xiao Ran will be a big kid soon!" Ma Ma smiled and took Lin Xiaoran's hand, "In a few years, Xiao Ran will be able to form her own family and have her own baby!" ”
"Huh?" Lin Xiaoran blushed instantly, and then suddenly thought that girls would have menarche when they were about twelve years old, which meant that they had grown up.
It's just that...... Her face turned white in an instant, this is a primitive society! What should I do if my best friend comes? Do you use plant ash like the people of the tribe? She couldn't take it!
"In the next few years, we must get cotton out!" Lin Xiaoran muttered to herself, "Even if there is no cotton wild sponge, it's fine, but I always feel that wild sponges seem to be more rare than cotton!" ”
"What kind of sponge cotton?" Ma Ma looked at Lin Xiaoran, who was muttering to herself, "Are you okay?" Why is your face so bad? ”
"No, nothing!" Lin Xiaoran reluctantly squeezed out a smile, "Cotton is a good thing, we must find it!" ”
"Cotton?" The phantom suddenly remembered something, "Is that the thing you said had a lot of effect?" ”
Lin Xiaoran nodded, the phantom had studied Chinese with her, so she understood many rare words more thoroughly than others, and also knew the role of many things that Lin Xiaoran needed, and this so-called cotton is more suitable for winter than sweaters, and even cotton can be made into something that is enough to replace animal skin, this thing called cloth can completely replace animal skin clothes in summer!
"You have memorized the characteristics of cotton, and I will start to pay attention to it when spring comes, but I heard you say that cotton seems to start to ripen in autumn." Phantom frowned a little worriedly, they had already walked around the mountains and the woods many times in the autumn, but they didn't find any trace of cotton, should they go to the forest this year?
"In addition to cotton, which is important to us, there is also an animal." Lin Xiaoran suddenly thought of the silk that first appeared in the ancient legends of China and influenced the history of Chinese civilization for thousands of years!
"Animals?" Mama and Phantom were a little confused, "Is it okay to eat?" ”
It's no wonder that, under normal circumstances, only animals have the most of their role to eat, and it's no wonder that Phantom and Mama have such thoughts.
"Forehead......" Lin Xiaoran didn't know how to answer for a while, so he could only think for a while and then replied cautiously, "It should be able to eat, but I haven't eaten it, so I don't dare to ......."
What kind of strange answer is this? The phantom looked at Lin Xiaoran in confusion, what should be able to eat but dare not eat?
"Anyway, don't worry so much." Lin Xiaoran waved his hand, "What I'm looking for is a white insect that grows up eating mulberry leaves, and when it grows up, it will turn into a white cocoon, this thing called a cocoon is very stiff, but it is a good material for making clothes!" ”
"White fruit on a mulberry tree?" Mama's eyes suddenly lit up, thinking that she had encountered such a thing when she was still in the gathering team, and everyone thought it was the fruit of the mulberry tree, but apparently this fruit could not be bitten at all, and finally they gave up this fruit.
Is this what fate is called? Although Lin Xiaoran doesn't know much about silkworms, she knows some ancient myths and stories, those white fruits on mulberry trees are silkworm cocoons, and the silk she needs depends on those "white fruits"!
This is really happy news! Now that we know that there is news of wild silkworms in this world, will the silk that has influenced China for thousands of years be far away?
Lin Xiaoran's excitement and phantoms can be felt, so they also pay special attention to these two plants and animals that can bring everyone a better life, these may be the existence they need to pay attention to in the future.
"There's only so much I can think of for the time being." Lin Xiaoran shrugged her shoulders, picked up the boiled egg on the table and put it in her mouth, it was just past twelve o'clock at noon, and today in order to be able to celebrate her birthday, everyone started the party at 10 o'clock in the morning, and then ate a lot of things.
"Eat some jerky, don't always eat eggs!" Phantom depressedly put away all the eggs on the table, "Too many eggs!" ”
"Forget that there is still dried meat...... Lin Xiaoran spit out her little tongue~ head, she will instinctively pick up the food in front of her when she is bored to eat, and the food in front of her just now is only eggs, so everyone knows the end of the matter.
"You should put some jerky on the table!" Lin Xiaoran finally complained unconvincedly, "In this way, I will always see the jerky and not the eggs, or it is okay to put some thousand fruits on the table!" ”
Ma Ma shook her head helplessly, and finally found the Qianguo that Lin Xiaoran had put in from the convenient cabinet, and then put it on the table in a small beautifully woven bamboo basket.
Lin Xiaoran laughed, and then threw a thousand fruits into her mouth, everyone likes to let her come by her own temperament on her birthday today, but Lin Xiaoran also knows that such a privilege is only for one day.
"Xiao Ran, there is still snow outside that has not melted, do you want to go out with me?" The phantom suddenly stretched out his hand and said to Lin Xiaoran, obviously he missed the last time it snowed.
"Okay!" After the birthday carnival, there is endless confusion and boredom, Lin Xiaoran is happy to find something to do with the phantom at this time, especially the more joyful things.
Ma Ma looked at the two of them with a smile, the two children are always so happy, every time she sees them having so much fun, it always makes her mood better.
Lin Xiaoran and Phantom were building a snowman in the snow outside the courtyard, the snowman that two people built last time had melted, and this time they built a snowman still couldn't hold on for a long time, but they still went back to do it for no reason! (To be continued.) )