This time, the children probably didn't play around because it was cold, but it was much cleaner. He wore a full-legged cotton robe, with no buttons or straps on the two sides of the placket, but was wrapped around his chest one mile and one outside, and then tied with a belt at the waist.

This kind of cotton robe has a special use, the previous Erya didn't know, and always thought that it was because people in this era didn't know how to make better-looking and lighter winter clothes, so they made it so stupid and lenient, but in fact it was not. It was also when Xiaohu prepared winter clothes for Leader Zhao to take to the place of exile later, and Erya knew that this cotton robe could also be used as a cover for sleeping.

In the old days, unlike the later days when hotels and guesthouses were everywhere, there was usually a hotel in a small town where pedestrians or temporary visitors could stay for a night. However, in this era, in addition to the official inns on the official roads, only the towns above the county level will have inns. Some of the trails built by the people sometimes walk for ten days and a half without seeing a place to rest temporarily. If you stay at people's homes, most people are poor, and there is no extra quilt for the guests to use, so you need to find your own way.

Over time, people who often travel have designed this wide and long robe that can be worn both as a quilt and as a cotton coat in response to this need, as a necessary luggage for traveling. Among them, the most commonly used robes are students who travel to study and enter the capital (or capital) to take the exam, so later, the wearing of robes by scholars has also become a convention and a symbol of status. (It's apocryphal, don't take it seriously.) Hey! ）

Erya asked the child who spoke, "Are you wearing such a thick cotton robe?" ”

I didn't wait for the child who was asked. A child next to him rushed to say: "He didn't wear anything in it, only this cotton robe won't be hot!" ”

"You're also light inside, and you still have the face to talk about me?"

Quli Town called a few children to be ignorant. I was not ashamed or impatient to say anything in front of the distinguished guests, and I was so angry that I straightened my beard. scolded: "You guys go home and stay, what are you doing here?!" ”

When the children saw that Grandpa Lizhen was angry, they grimaced at each other and ran away in a hurry. Quli Town let Xiaohu and his wife sit in the house, and after sitting down, they began to talk about the fertilizer.

"Virtuous nephew and daughter-in-law! That's a great way to make manure! The day before yesterday, I saw that the water was all black, but I didn't know what was going on. I always felt like I heard a bubbling sound inside. ”

"That's when the grass is fermenting, and the biogas emitted is far away. If you inhale too much of that gas, you will die. But when it's all fermented and the gas is gone, it'll be fine. It's this kind of time when you're soaking, you have to stay away. Don't be curious to see what's there. He lowered his head and got too close. That's the most dangerous! ”

Qu Lizhen replied with palpitations: "Oops! If the uncle didn't bend down this waist, he would really bend down and squat down to see what was soaking! It seems that Uncle is really fateful! ”

Erya was also a little afraid, afraid that the old man would be stunned by the methane and fall into the manure pond, which would really be a life. "Uncle still has time to talk to everyone, but no one will lose their lives because of this."

"Hey! I'm going to tell everyone about it! You take a break to drink saliva, and the uncle will come back immediately. You rode for a day. No matter how good your body is, you will get tired. Listen to my uncle and take a break! ”

Xiaohu hurriedly responded: "Hey! Uncle, don't worry, go and say hello to them. We'll just sit at your house and rest for a while, and don't rush to leave. ”

After Quli Town left, it was Qu Shaoyong, the eldest son of Qu Li Town, who sat with them. Xiaohu and Qu Shaoyong are more familiar, some chat, and the second girl is bored to sit aside. There was nothing to do, so he looked aimlessly at their living room.

Because Erya and Xiaohu are sitting on the side of the wall on the right, what is usually called the chief. This gave Erya a turn of her head left and right to see the whole long living room, and she saw that there was a half-woven sorghum stalk mat in the living room, which was rough. Compared to the handicrafts she had seen made of thin strips as thick as threads broken from sorghum stalks, it was far from the same.

Qu Shaoyong and Xiaohu are chatting speculatively, and although he is in his forties, he is also the same generation as Erya, and Erya is not easy to take the initiative to talk to him. After sitting idly until Quli Town came back, Erya pointed to the sorghum stalk mat on the ground and asked, "What else do your sorghum stalks do besides weaving this kind of mat?" ”

Li Zhen replied: "There is also to make dustpans and baskets, and there is nothing else." ”

"Do you just keep it for your own use or sell it for money?"

Qu Lizhen was surprised when he heard the word "selling money": "Huh? How can this be sold for money?! You have to do better than others to give it away, so that someone may want it. We all make it for home use, and we never sell it. ”

"Uncle! Either the craftsmanship is good, or the craftsmanship is practical, as long as you can do these two things, I can help you sell your things for money. ”

Qu Lizhen replied disapprenously: "Thank you for your kindness, but that's all we can do, everyone's craftsmanship is similar, and I haven't seen how good anyone's craftsmanship is." As for practicality, the things we make are all for use, and none of them are for viewing, and the practicality you are talking about can only be like this. ”

Erya didn't play tricks with Qu Lizhen, she walked to the mat with sorghum stalks, picked up a long strip that had been broken and sharpened, and broke three petals with a knife. Qu Li Zhenhe was talking and saw that Erya's movement had stopped, and the three of them looked at Erya curiously, wanting to know what she wanted to do.

I saw that she showed the sorghum stalk that was broken into three petals to Quli Town, and said: "Uncle, look, this stalk that you have broken can be broken into three more petals, and if you boil this stalk in water, it can be broken a little thinner." Your sorghum stalk comes in red and blue-white, and if these colors can be matched well, it is not impossible to turn this mat into a flower. Do you think this kind of mat can be sold? ”

Qu Lizhen nodded affirmatively: "Yes!" It's just a virtuous nephew and daughter-in-law, I'm not afraid of your jokes, we are rough-handed, and we really don't have the ability to make the kind of mat you said! ”

Erya shook her head helplessly, "It's too!" However, young people can practice first, and when they are familiar with their hands, they can make it up to earn money. However, you can use sorghum stalks to make some curtains that are used by people in the city, which are specially used for dumplings, steamed buns, and steamed buns. You may have used it, it's a very simple thing, I don't think there's a problem with making thirty or forty a day. When the time comes, our convoy will help you take it to the city to sell, even if it costs two pennies, you can earn one or twenty wen a day, which is better than you living on the meager income in the field. ”

This curtain of dumplings in the town knows that although his family's life is not very good, but during the New Year, dumplings still have to be eaten. It's just that the rough stuff strung with a dozen sorghum stalks can be sold? If you can sell it for two for a penny, he won't believe it. However, seeing that the prefect's sister-in-law really wants to help them, if they push back again, they don't know how to lift. Get! simply organized other people in Ao Zi to make some and handed them over to the prefect's sister-in-law to sell, which can be regarded as receiving her favor. It doesn't matter if it can be sold or not, anyway, I didn't think it could be sold for money: "We will do what you said, but we have never sold it." If you can help us sell it, we can't ask for it. It doesn't matter if we can't sell it, anyway, this sorghum stalk is not very useful, we all use it to make fires. ”

Erya nodded, thinking that if the state capital did not sell well, he would let people take it to the capital to sell it. It's just that this curtain is too simple, and a person will see it, but I'm afraid that the people around the capital will sell this when the time comes. Ay! Let's take the opportunity and talk about it, maybe Qu Jiaao won't need to earn this hard-earned money in the future!

However, it is indeed not a long-term solution for this sorghum stalk to be used as a curtain, and we have to think of other ways, if the crushing forest can be used, it is the best.

Erya thought of squeezing the woods and asked Quli Town tentatively: "Uncle! It's a pity that the forest is left like this, and it is probably impossible to find the family to come over and continue to raise silkworms. I thought I'd go somewhere else and find two silkworm masters to teach you how to raise silkworms. Then your family will divide the forest to squeeze the silkworms, and I will buy the silk according to the market price. Do you think this is a good idea? ”

"Good! Isn't that good?! It's just, virtuous nephew and daughter-in-law! The master who raised silkworms has not been able to raise them for three years, and we have never been able to raise them. ”

As for why people didn't feed them, Erya didn't know much about it, so he didn't know, and only by inviting a master who was good at raising silkworms could he know the reason and then solve the problem. If other experts come and are sure that they can't be raised, then they don't have to stare at the woods to bother, just concentrate on what they know. If other experts can raise it, then the people of Qujiaao raise silkworms and she collects silk weaving, and her own land can't sell it, so she sells it to the ocean, maybe it's more profitable than silk!

"Uncle! As long as you are willing to raise it, I will take care of the rest. I invited the master to come over, and if they can raise it, you will set aside a piece of land to squeeze the forest and raise silkworms, and then sell the silk to me. If the master I invited also said that he couldn't raise it, then it would only be my waste of money, and it has nothing to do with you. Do you think that's going to happen? ”

"Is this just a bargain for us? Now we don't have the ability and can't afford to pay money, so we can only lose our virtuous nephew and daughter-in-law first. If the virtuous nephew and daughter-in-law really want to do this, the silk we produce in the future will not be sold to others even if it is broken. Unless it's you who speak! ”

With Qu Lizhen's assurance, Er Ya felt that the matter was half successful, and happily replied: "That's good! Let's settle this matter first. When I go back, I will send someone to find the silkworm master to come and have a look. Strive to start raising silkworms next year. ”

Qu Lizhen was not as optimistic as Erya in his heart, but he didn't show it, just smiled noncommittally, which was in response to Erya's words. Xiaohu saw that Quli Town was not very responsive to his daughter-in-law's idea, but he didn't say it. In my heart, I support my daughter-in-law, and I believe that if my daughter-in-law works hard to do something, then this thing will definitely be done. I only hope that by then, the town will be able to sell not a single grain to others as he promised. (To be continued.) )