Chapter 67: Snow Drying

Sang Yu watched the Wang family leave angrily, and couldn't help sneering, he actually wanted to occupy his house by taking advantage of the grain matter, this Wang family is really calculating himself all the time. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, she was glad in her heart, glad that Lin Dashan was finally different from before. If it was still the same Lin Dashan before, I was afraid that my house would be lost by Lin Dashan. I can't be angry yet.

Lin Dashan came back from the town, took out the purse in his arms, and handed it to Sang Yu, which was the money for selling game today, and he could sell it for more than one or two pieces of silver every time. Sang Yu counted it, and put away the money.

Lin Dashan patted off the snow on his body, and Sang Yu told him about what the Wang family had come to today, Lin Dashan listened, his hand only paused, and then returned to normal.

He knows his mother's temperament, and he must not give up, if he is at home, it is really difficult to be caught in the middle, and now that Sang Yu has sent the Wang family away, Lin Dashan only feels relieved.

After Sang Yu finished weaving the last piece of cloth on the spinning wheel, he didn't do it again. Lin Dashan thought she was tired, so he let her rest more and went to the kitchen to cook by herself.

In fact, Sang Yu was just thinking. She had seen a weaving method in ancient books, which was to use snow.

Spun in the snow, weave, wash, dry. Call it snow drying.

In addition to the characteristics of summer cloth, this kind of cloth is more transparent and full of spirituality.

She has never made this kind of cloth, after all, in Jiangnan, it is rare to encounter snowy weather. Not to mention spinning thread in the snow.

Nowadays, this small forest village is pure white inside and out, and even the yard is piled with a thick layer of snow.

Sang Yu didn't think of the snow drying up, but when he was weaving, he suddenly looked up and saw goose feathers and snow sprinkled outside the window. The contents of the ancient book suddenly appeared in my mind.

After lunch, Sang Yu held the little fox in his arms and didn't speak, just stared out the window. The little fox moved its paws, and when it saw that Sang Yu ignored it, it found a comfortable position, hid its head under its big tail, and went to sleep.

One afternoon, Sang Yu didn't say a word. Lin Dashan occasionally came back to see her, and saw that she hadn't changed her posture for a long time, and he didn't know what she was thinking. Seeing the focused look, Lin Dashan opened his mouth, and finally retreated silently.

After thinking about it for an afternoon, Sang Yu found two ways to try it out.

The first is to spin the hemp dumplings into thread in the snow, and even the weaving cloth must be woven in the snow, and then the rice milk on the cloth is washed off with snow, and then the washed linen cloth is dried in the snow, so that the snow drying done according to the ancient books is completed.

It's just that Sang Yu is already too cold in the house, everything must be done in the snow, how long does it take, if you want to say that the snow spinning, cleaning, and drying can be endured. She still has to weave cloth in the snow, you know, weaving is a big project, although her spinning wheel is much faster than ordinary spinning wheels after improvement, but to weave a piece of cloth, it will take two or three days to say the least. If he really stayed in the snow for two or three days, Sang Yu was afraid that the cloth would die of cold before it was woven.

So, I came up with a second way. The second way is to spin the hemp dumplings into thread in the snow, and then bury the twine in the snow, and then use the snow water to put it in the pot and cook it slowly until the twine is boiled in the pot softly, and there is no need to weave cloth in the snow, just in the house, only the rice milk pasted on the cloth is to be mixed with snow water, and when the cloth is woven, it can be washed with the melted snow water, and finally, it is also to be dried in the snow.

Sang Yu didn't know what kind of cloth was woven by the second method, she hadn't tried it.

The next day, he took out a lump of hemp balls from the cupboard, took them, and pushed the door out. It has been snowing a lot these days, and Lin Dashan has not gone to the mountain, and has been staying at home to do some wood work. Before building a new house, I didn't think about building a house at that time, because Lin Dayou hadn't said that he would split up and go out alone, and there was no house crisis that followed. I was busy during that time, so I didn't do much at all. When moving, Sang Yu left all the original furniture to Lin Dayou, but the wood was moved back. Now that it is placed in the backyard, Lin Dashan is a little panicked when he is idle every day, he is diligent and used to it, so he went out and carried one in, thinking that he would make some stools for the family, and the guests would be able to sit in the future.

I saw Sang Yu going out with a ball of twine. On weekdays, Sang Yu almost doesn't go out, and spends a lot of time in the room weaving, besides, it's so cold outside, and Sang Yu is most afraid of the cold, and he can't wait to only nest in the quilt. actually went out today, Lin Dashan only felt very strange.

After thinking about it, he put down his work and went out with him.

When I saw it, I was so scared that my heart was about to jump out.

I saw Sang Yu squatting in the snow, spinning the hemp balls into thread.

Lin Dashan hurriedly ran over and pulled Sang Yu up, his big broad hand held Sang Yu's small hand, and it was cold.

"Sangyu, what are you doing, it's so cold outside, you still run to the yard to spin thread, is this fun? Isn't it possible to spin the thread warmly at home? ”

put Sang Yu's hand in his arms and covered it, and after a while, Sang Yu's nose was red from the cold, and even his body was trembling.

She sniffed and shivered, and even her voice trembled a little.

"I, I didn't play. I'm spinning. There is one, a kind of cloth that is woven in the snow. I, that's what I'm weaving. ”

Lin Dashan didn't care what kind of cloth it was, he only cared about Sang Yu. Regardless of what she said, he pulled her back, closed the door, and went to the kitchen to boil water, wash Sang Yu's face and burn her feet. Poured a cup of hot water for Sang Yu to hold. continued to work by himself, but he refused to let Sang Yu go out again.

Sang Yu was so anxious to explain on the side, but Lin Dashan just didn't listen, what kind of cloth was so squeamish, and he had to spin and weave cloth in the snow. Isn't this about freezing people to death?

Sang Yu had no choice, Lin Dashan didn't open the door for her, so she had to go back to the house angrily. He picked up the handkerchief in the basket and began to embroider the flowers.

In the evening, Lin Dashan went to the kitchen to cook, Sang Yu stretched his waist, went to the hall to pour water to drink, saw that Lin Dashan was not there, his eyes rolled, and he went back to the house to get the twine and opened the door and went out.

When Lin Dashan cooked and found that Sang Yu was not in the house, he searched all the rooms but did not find her, and finally found her in the yard, Sang Yu's small hands were red from the cold, and her crimson nose was also inhaled, and even her lips were frozen purple and purple, her teeth kept fighting, and when she saw herself, she actually raised her head to look at herself and smiled.

Lin Dashan was angry and helpless in his heart. pulled Sang Yu up, but was startled by the temperature of her hand. Where is the hand, it's clearly a piece of ice. Indeed, Sang Yu's hands are numb from the cold now, and she can't even feel the pain. She was only intoxicated with weaving, but she felt cold, and the movement of spinning yarn in her hand did not stop. His lips were already purple from the cold, but he still had a satisfied smile.

Lin Dashan was so angry that he didn't say a word after returning to the house, and Sang Yu didn't dare to look at him, only silently burning his hands and feet.

Until she fell asleep at night, Lin Dashan didn't say a word to her.

When she got up early the next morning, she didn't see Lin Dashan there, and of course Lin Dashan didn't leave a note for her, Sang Yu was a little apprehensive in her heart, but she was more happy. Perhaps, Lin Dashan has something to do.

After Sang Yu had breakfast, he took out some hemp dumplings from the cabinet. When Lin Dashan was not there, he didn't spin more threads.

So he was alone in the snow, and occasionally it was very cold, so he went to the house and made a cloth bag out of the rags, and sewed some cotton into it, and then put the cloth bag with the cotton sewn on his feet, and it was not so cold. It's just that there is nothing that can be done about the hand. At the end of this day, Sang Yu spun a lot of twine, but that hand was also frozen like a white steamed bun.

It wasn't until it was dark that Sang Yu was waiting at home in a hurry, and Lin Dashan didn't come back. Only he didn't come back alone, he actually carried a sika deer on his shoulder, the sika deer was about more than a meter long, Lin Dashan threw the sika deer in the snow, fixed the deer with a wooden shelf, and went to the kitchen.

Sang Yu didn't know what Lin Dashan wanted to do. Since Lin Dashan came back, he didn't say a word to Sang Yu, and he didn't even look at her, Sang Yu knew that Lin Dashan was angry. Lin Dashan took a knife from the kitchen, the knife was not very sharp, and he sharpened it on the whetstone for a while, until the knife showed a cold light. I took two more wooden basins before I went out of the kitchen.

When he walked in front of the deer and wiped it with his knife, the deer let out a stream of blood and hurriedly took it with a wooden basin. Until the deer's blood is gone.

He brought the wooden basin filled with deer blood to the kitchen and began to skin the deer. Looking at Lin Dashan's familiar technique, he should have been used to peeling these skins, and it was only half an hour, and the deer skin of such a large deer was completely peeled off.

I didn't care about putting down the skinned deer, took the deer skin and went out, for most of the day, I didn't say a word to Sang Yu, and even when he went out in the end, he didn't tell Sang Yu where to go. Sang Yu was originally a little scared of Lin Dashan, but it can be seen that Lin Dashan treated her like this, and the guilt in her heart was swept away, and she even became angry. He didn't eat, but went to his room and got a hemp dumpling out of his room, and went to the snow again to spin the thread.

When Lin Dashan came back, Sang Yu had already slept. The prepared meals on the table didn't move at all. Lin Dashan glanced at it, but did not eat it. Gently pushed Sang Yu's door open, there was still a light in the room, he knew that if there was light, Sang Yu would not sleep well, if she was not afraid, she would not light the lamp. walked to the side of the bed and looked at Sang Yu's sleeping face carefully. Maybe I've been in the snow for a long time, even in the house, my cheeks are crimson, my fine eyelashes are like a beautiful butterfly, fanning out a beautiful arc on my eyelids, and my lips are like flowers, pink and delicious. Unconsciously, Lin Dashan was fascinated, and he couldn't help but lean down, wanting to taste whether the pink lips were more delicious than the nectar.

Sang Yu felt that her hands were very hot and itchy, she grabbed the back of her hand, and the cold air outside suddenly rushed into the warm quilt, only feeling cool and comfortable.

She fell asleep, but on her instincts, she reached out of the bed.

Lin Dashan was getting closer and closer to Sang Yu, he could even feel Sang Yu's slightly hot breathing, but he didn't expect Sang Yu to move, so he stretched out his hand.

Lin Dashan's thoughts were disturbed, and he was afraid that Sang Yu would catch a cold, so he hurriedly put her hand in the quilt. But out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the hand was swollen like a steamed bun, not at all as slender as it used to be.

Lin Dashan didn't have any thoughts, it was as if he had been splashed with a scoop of snow water. I was angry and helpless in my heart. put Sang Yu's swollen hand like a steamed bun in his hand, rubbing it back and forth repeatedly.

Sang Yu was woken up by hunger.

When she woke up, it was already morning.

I moved my hand, although I was a little inactive, but it was better than yesterday, and looking at the hand, it was smaller than yesterday, and it seemed that the swelling had subsided.

Sang Yu was happy in his heart, smelled the fragrance, and walked towards the kitchen.

Lin Dashan squinted his eyes for a while when it was almost early in the morning. And he slept for two hours, and then he woke up. He didn't eat dinner either, thinking that Sang Yu would be hungry when he woke up in a while, so he went to the kitchen and cut some of last night's deer blood to make some deer blood porridge.

This winter is the best way to eat venison, and it is the most insulated. That deer blood is also a good thing, and Sang Yu's body is weak, so he just makes up for it.

Although it is not easy to hunt this deer, it all depends on luck, and it can be sold for a good price, but Lin Dashan is not ready to sell it.

Sang Yu is a stubborn person, seeing that she is so fascinated by the snow, she must not give up. But if you want to spin and weave in the snow, it's so cold, and you don't need to eat something to keep warm. This venison is the best, and many rich and noble people eat venison in winter.

Besides, on such a cold day, this meat will not spoil for a long time, and it will save money to buy meat. Isn't it a good deal?

Seeing Sang Yu come in, Lin Dashan hurriedly pulled her to the front of the boiler and let her roast the fire.

When the deer blood porridge was ready, he first served a bowl to Sang Yu, and then put the dishes made last night in the pot to heat it up.

Sang Yu ate the deer blood porridge, and suddenly a hot breath spread in his stomach, and it seemed that even his intestines were hot. It's comfortable.

Lin Dashan saw that she was eating happily, and he also served a bowl of food, and suddenly felt warm all over his body.

After breakfast, Lin Dashan went out. Sang Yu had already spun a lot of thread yesterday, she had never done snow drying, she was afraid that she would spin too much thread and not finish weaving it for a while, and she would lose the effect if she put it there, and she didn't spin it anymore. Besides, the spinning wheel couldn't move by itself, and Lin Dashan went out again. Sang Yu only embroidered a veil in the house.

But he said that Lin Dashan, naturally he went to the mountains again, and he originally wanted to get some animal fur for Sang Yu to make something to keep warm. Yesterday the deer was, but he didn't know how to make deer skins, so he took it to the people in the village who knew how to make this craft. Only the deer skin had to be disposed of within half an hour of being peeled off, so Lin Dashan didn't say a word to Sang Yu and went out.

Last night, after thinking about it, he still felt that it was not enough, so he decided to go to the mountains to get some fur and come back, besides, the skinned rabbit himself could be taken to the town and sold, and he would not suffer at all.

On this snowy day, there was no trace of any animal in the mountains. Lin Dashan walked around the mountains for a long time, and he didn't even see rabbit fur. Only occasionally saw pheasants and the like, Lin Dashan didn't let go, and brought them all back to Sang Yu.

Sang Yu looked at the colorful pheasant feathers, and a look of excitement appeared on his face, telling Lin Dashan that next time he went to the town, he must bring all the pheasant feathers back. Lin Dashan couldn't figure out what Sang Yu was thinking. But he will not refuse these requests, and it is not a big deal. I agreed, just because the pheasant feathers were good-looking, and Sang Yu liked it.

Coming back from the town, Lin Dashan came back with a bag full of all kinds of hair. Not only pheasants, but also rabbits, quails, sparrows, and whatever.

Sang Yu happily poured the big bag of fur on the ground, separated the feathers from the fur, packed them in bags, and put them in the empty room at the back.

Lin Dashan watched Sang Yu busy with his work, he was quite embarrassed when he went to the town today to ask the store for feathers.

It took the boss a few times to understand what Lin Dashan meant.

Immediately, he waved his hand and smiled, "It's just some chicken feathers that you don't need, whatever, if you want, I'll let the kitchen dispose of the chickens, and the chicken feathers will let you take them back." Anyway, the chicken feathers are here for me, so I still have to take them out and throw them away. You take it, and I'll save you trouble. ”

Lin Dashan hurriedly thanked him, went to the kitchen, and saw a lot of other animals' hairs piled up in the corner, he thought, Sang Yu might be interested, so he brought them back.

Sang Yu divided the feathers, waited for the time to clean them, dried them, and put them in the house.

In this winter, the people in the village usually stay at home and rarely go out, and even the people who like to visit the door the most on weekdays are now unable to see people for half a month.

However, in this winter, the news that Lin Lixiang was going to get married reached Sang Yu's ears. Even Sang Yu knew that this Xiaolin Village must have spread all over the village.

didn't even look at each other, and suddenly they were going to get married.

Sang Yuzi didn't feel any interest. After all, she had only seen this Lin Lixiang a few times, and because of the relationship between the Wang family, Sang Yu had no good impression of everyone in the Lin family. Except, of course, Lin Dashan. Lin Dayou and the Zhang family are also exceptions.

Lin Lixiang, Sang Yu didn't even say a word to her, in her memory, she seemed to be a girl who looked a little delicate, but she was about the same age as herself.

If it weren't for Lin Lixiang's sudden visit, Sang Yu's impression of her would only be like this.

Looking at the girl in front of her who was a little uncomfortable and lowered her head, Sang Yu was a little speechless and asked the sky.

It's been a long time, and I haven't said a word until now. He sat on the stool shyly, glancing at himself occasionally, but immediately lowered his head. Sang Yu was very speechless, could it be that she looked like a man, otherwise, why did this titular sister-in-law even look at herself secretly.

However, he could not drive her away. Of course, if he could, Sang Yu would definitely not mind doing that. Only Lin Lixiang has never offended herself, the two have never even spoken, so you can't transfer your hatred for the Wang family to Lin Lixiang. In this way, Lin Dashan is afraid that he will be in a dilemma again.

Sang Yu had to sit with him.

It's really boring, she went into the house and took out the basket of things she used to make things on weekdays, so that she could relieve the awkward atmosphere by doing needlework.

Although Lin Lixiang didn't speak, she kept looking at Sang Yu. I've only seen it a few times before, and it's always at night, so naturally I can't really see it. People in the village have always said that the eldest brother married a good-looking dominatrix, which is even better than the tofu Shih Tzu that sells tofu in the town, plus the eldest brother has built such a magnificent house, she has long wanted to come, but her sister-in-law doesn't go out much, and she doesn't invite herself to come over to play, she only came on the day of the house beam, at that time, the house has not been built, and naturally she can't see anything.

If it weren't for the marriage, Lin Lixiang wouldn't have come on such a cold day.

She prides herself on being different from the girls in the village, even her appearance is one of the best in the village. Whose girl is not thick and dark, with thick calluses on her hands, and her face is not as fair and delicate as the girl's skin.

In addition, her second brother Lin Dafa is a person with a bit of status in the village, so she is naturally like the Wang Chen family, with her eyes on the top of her head. It's just that she is different, the Wang family and the Chen family are on the surface, but Lin Lixiang is modest and shy on the face, but she completely looks down on these people in the village inside.

Over the years, I don't know how many people have come to propose marriage, but all of them have been sent away by the Wang family. Those people, she can't look down on either. The one she wants to marry is naturally the dragon and phoenix among that person, otherwise, it is also a rich and noble family.

Her appearance is not bad compared to those noble ladies, and it is not natural to marry into a good family?

Lin Lixiang thinks so.

Only, after Sang Yu appeared, Lin Lixiang heard someone in the village say from time to time that the eldest daughter-in-law of the Lin family is a good look, not only in Xiaolin Village, but also in the neighboring villages, and she can't find such a good appearance, since she married Lin Dashan, Lin Dashan built a new house within a few months. I don't know what kind of luck Lin Dashan had. actually got a good-looking and prosperous daughter-in-law.

Every time she heard such words, the handkerchief in Lin Lixiang's hand would be wrinkled, although she still maintained a gentle smile on her face, she couldn't help but roar in her heart, "Who said that no one looks better than her, can't you see it?" She looks better than her, right in front of you. ”

Only her words were shouted in her heart, and the person who spoke didn't care about her at all, and still smiled and smiled.

Over time, the more Lin Lixiang wanted to go and meet Sangyu for a while. But Sangyu rarely goes out, and even Lin Dashan never invites himself to come to his house to play.

Lin Lixiang prides herself on being more dignified than the ladies, so naturally she won't do that uninvited thing. (To be continued.) )