Tong Xue said with a smile, "Of course you can do this." It's not that hard. ”

Looking at a glove she had made, Tong Xue said she was very satisfied, stuffed two fingers into it, and felt that it was quite warm, "It's a pity that there is too little rabbit hair, and it's not good to spin, if there is wool, it would be good, but I took a look, there are not so many sheep here." ”

Regarding this point, Xu Wan, who used to raise livestock, said, "The sheep are not as picky as the long meat of pigs, and the meat still has a bad smell, and there is no one to raise it over there." Raising pigs is much less troublesome than raising sheep. ”

This is true, although mutton is indeed expensive, but not too many people raise it, take Qingshan Village as an example, as long as the conditions are similar, basically every family raises pigs, but basically no one raises sheep.

The main thing is that sheep do not grow meat, but also often go to put, can not eat everything like pigs, calculated, although sheep are a little more expensive, but on the whole is not more cost-effective than pigs, natural sheep are less.

Xu Wan touched Tong Xue's knitted gloves in her hand, and couldn't put it down, and then thought that the sheep's body was not much more wool than the rabbit, so she said, "But if according to what the sister-in-law said, if the wool on the sheep's body can be made into this wool, it is not bad to raise sheep." If this dress can be sold out, it will definitely make a lot of money. ”

Tong Xue looked at Xu Wan's own eyes shining, as if she had seen some huge surprise, and couldn't help but smile and poke Xu Wan's forehead, "You girl, now you have also fallen into the eyes of money." ”

Tong Xue couldn't help but sigh, the Xu family is actually all business materials, Xu Wan's brain is the same as Xu Wenyuan, she didn't think about making money just now, sure enough, she is not a person who can make a fortune, as long as she meets the needs of survival, she is not so thirsty for making a lot of money or something.

Xu Wan covered her mouth and smiled, she didn't know these before, although she was calculating how much money was money, but it was forced by life, and she had to calculate the flowers, and when she saw something, she thought about whether she would make money This was still learned by Tong Xue after she passed the door, "This is also what I learned from my sister-in-law." Everything you do, you have to think about that...... Business opportunities. ”

Tong Xue pointed to the spinning wheel beside Xu Wan, as well as the gloves on her hands, "You just want to make money, don't you say that the two of us are going to spend our eyes, and it took an afternoon to toss out this glove, or Wen Zhao's big little hands, if you get some big pieces, people will be tired." ”

Xu Wan also nodded very approvingly, since the conditions at home have improved, and she has married the Su family again, everyone basically doesn't let her do anything, so she concentrates on preparing the dowry and learning things from Yan Niang, she hasn't worked for a long time, and now she feels a little tired after moving all afternoon.

Xu Wan sighed, "That's right." But if you want to earn money, how can you not work hard? When we were selling tofu in Qingshan Village, we didn't get up early and be greedy for darkness, how hard it was at that time. ”

Tong Xue also thought of the previous days, those days of eating bran and swallowed vegetables seemed to be still in front of her, but she felt a little unreal, "This day is good, I am lazy, it is really easy to go from thrift to luxury, now let me think about my previous life, I didn't expect to eat that multigrain paste all day long, and I couldn't eat enough, I actually survived." ”

Xu Wan nodded vigorously, "Our days will get better and better in the future." ”

Tong Xue smiled slightly, now that we are getting better together, of course it will get better and better, "Of course." ”

"Now that life is better, my bones are getting lazy." Xu Wan stretched, rested for a while, looked at Tong Xue and said, "But I'm happy to work with my sister-in-law, I can learn things, in fact, I prefer to learn these things that can be used in life with my sister-in-law, and it's really grinding to go to Yanniang to learn to play the piano with her." ”

"You, you don't know how much you are blessed with, how many people want to learn this, but no one has taught you yet." Tong Xue smiled, "We let you go to school, we also want you to have confidence after you go to the Su family, but speaking of which, the Su family also started as a businessman, and there are not so many rules." If you really don't like it, it's okay not to learn, qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, which are things that cultivate sentiment and vassal elegance, just understand it, and you don't need to learn it so well. ”

Xu Wan immediately came over and grabbed Tong Xue's arm, and leaned her head on Tong Xue's shoulder affectionately, "I'm relieved to have this sentence from my sister-in-law, if I don't learn well at that time, my sister-in-law can intercede with my eldest brother and don't talk about me." ”

Tong Xue thought of what Xu Wenda said about listening to the qin when she was in the capital, and knew that in this matter, Xu Wenda's point of view was the same as hers, "Okay, I'll tell your eldest brother when the time comes." ”

Xu Wan was happy for a while, and immediately sat back in front of the spinning wheel, looking at the thread on the cart excitedly, "Sister-in-law, you see this thread in my hand, it will be spun soon, wait a minute, you rub it with me, and after you rub it into a strand, you can teach me to weave tomorrow." ”

Tong Xue nodded, "It's okay, how to use this spinning wheel, Jade has also learned it today, let her spin the thread tomorrow, and I will teach you how to weave." ”

The next day, Xu Wan woke up early in the morning and came to Tong Xue's room, Tong Xue was still asleep and didn't wake up.

Xu Wenda looked at Xu Wan, who was almost jumping over, "What's wrong with you, early in the morning, you are frizzy, and your sister-in-law is still resting." ”

Xu Wan looked at Xu Wenda and was a little surprised, "Big brother, this point, why are you still at home, haven't you already gone to the yamen in the past?" ”

Xu Wenda's ears turned red when asked, "I got up late today, so I went later." ”

Xu Wan looked at Xu Wenda's closed door of their room with some disappointment, "Then I'll wait for my sister-in-law to wake up and come to her." ”

When Tong Xue woke up, her waist was still a little soft, Tong Xue wondered if there was too much water in the space in her own water tank, and she overdid it for Xu Wenda, otherwise how could she be so clear and thin now.

But although she can sleep lazily, she can't get up too late, Tong Xue still remembered what she promised Xu Wan yesterday, and sure enough, as soon as she opened the door, she saw Xu Wan.

Xu Wan was standing under the eaves, it was still drizzling outside, and Tong Xue was a little crying and laughing, "Wan'er, this is not a big deal, why are you waiting outside, how cold it is, it's still raining, why don't you wake me up." ”

Xu Wan pursed her lips and walked in the direction of the yamen, "The eldest brother left just now, and he said that he was not allowed to call." I went to have breakfast and didn't wait long, just a while. ”

When Tong Xue heard Xu Wan say this, she naturally cleaned herself up, ate a small long bao and drank a bowl of porridge, and hurried back to the room to teach Xu Wan.

Xu Wan only saw the yarn winding flexibly around Tong Xue's fingertips, but she didn't understand it, Xu Wan hurriedly called Tong Xue, "Sister-in-law, you slow down." I haven't read it yet. ”

Tong Xue dismantled the one that had just been knitted in, and did it slowly, telling Tong Xue when and which finger to put the yarn on, and how to bypass the sweater needle, "Okay, then I'll do it again." ”

In fact, the basic formations are simple, Xu Wan was a little flustered at the beginning, and after Tong Xue taught it, she quickly made the most basic flat knitting very good, Tong Xue looked at Xu Wan very pleased, "Actually, this thing is very simple, as long as you can get a needle, you can knit, but if you want to make gloves, knit sweaters or pants, you have to learn to collect and reduce needles, and you have to change according to the size of this person, which is complicated." ”

Yesterday, I saw Tong Xue just go around for a long time and get out of the gloves, and because the gloves were going to be put in, Tong Xue used three needles, and the one she is contacting now can only use two needles, and it looks very powerful.

Unexpectedly, Tong Xue said today that this thing can not only knit gloves, but also clothes and pants, "Sister-in-law, when you say knitting sweaters, do you mean that you can make a dress with this thread?" ”

Xu Wan thought about the thickness of the glove from yesterday, "That should be very warm." ”

"It's warm, but we shouldn't have that much hair." Tong Xueqian thought of the style of modern sweaters, which is completely different from the ancient aesthetics, "And it shouldn't be able to make it look like our current robes." ”

Xu Wan probably really liked these things, and opened her mouth and said, "How can the style be as warm as it is." ”

On the contrary, Tong Xue is less optimistic, Tong Xue said, "The main rabbit hair is not as strong as wool, and the one we hand-spun is not so tight, and it is easier to remove hair." So when it comes to making large clothes, I don't actually use rabbit fur. ”

Sure enough, as soon as Xu Wan finished speaking, Xu Wan's little face collapsed in half, "Where are we going to get wool." ”

Tong Xue told Xu Wan very directly that this was impossible, "I'm afraid I can't get it anywhere now, it's winter, and without wool, the sheep will freeze to death." ”

Seeing that Xu Wan was a little frustrated, Tong Xue still didn't let go of the rabbit fur, Tong Xue said, "And I have thought about the rest of the fur, I want to make a pair of boots for your eldest brother and Wen Zhao Wenyuan." Wait for next year, if you still want to get this, let your two brothers help you find a way, if there is more wool, we can also buy some dyes and come back, and make other colors, unlike this rabbit fur, which looks gray and fluttering, not so good-looking. ”

When Xu Wan heard Tong Xue say this, she resumed her anticipation again, "Then wait for next year, sister-in-law, you will have to help me then, I haven't figured out what you said about adding needles and subtracting needles." ”

"Okay."

Xu Wan thought of Tong Xue saying that she wanted to make boots, and couldn't help but look at her sister-in-law twice, thinking in her heart how to tell Tong Xue, if she remembered correctly, her sister-in-law wouldn't even know how to accept the soles of shoes, where did she get the confidence to make boots.

After glancing at Tong Xue several times, Xu Wan couldn't help but ask, "Sister-in-law, why did you come up with the idea of making shoes?" Do you want me to help. ”

Tong Xue obviously didn't get Xu Wan's point, Xu Wan's focus was on the second half of the help, and Tong Xue was thinking about the first half of the sentence, "Your eldest brother is not at home outside all day, it has been raining these days, and the whole shoe is wet, so take hot water to soak it for a long time at night to ease up." Last night I accidentally put the water a little hot, I was lazy at that time, I didn't want to come out to get cold water into it, I told your eldest brother to let him dry for a while and then soak, anyway, in winter, the water is not too hot, it only takes a while for the water to be cold. As a result, your eldest brother probably didn't hear me, so he went in directly, and he didn't feel it at all. ”

To say that although it is raining outside, it is cold and cold, but it is not cold like this, Xu Wenda is like this, it must be because the shoes have been wet for too long, "I am numb from the cold, and I can't even feel the heat and cold." ”

Hearing this, Xu Wan was also a little surprised, "Isn't the eldest brother in the Yamen?" How could it freeze like this. ”

Tong Xue frowned slightly, thinking about the shoes that Xu Wenda took off yesterday, "I guess I went somewhere to observe the people's feelings." The mud on those shoes was thick, and the whole shoe was soaked, so I definitely wouldn't be honest in the yamen. ”

Tong Xue continued, "So I thought about making a pair of boots out of leather, although it will get into the water after soaking for a long time, but it is definitely better than cotton shoes." ”

Xu Wan nodded vigorously, this idea is very good, but the problem is that Tong Xue can't make shoes, but seeing that Tong Xue is so enthusiastic, Xu Wan is embarrassed to hit Tong Xue, so she can only say, "Then I'll come over tomorrow to help you." ”

Tong Xue nodded, "Okay, I'm actually a little worried that I won't be able to do it, if you come over, I will be more sure." ”

The next day, with the joint efforts of Tong Xue and Xu Wan, one was finally completed.

Xu Wan looked at the ugly and cried the boots, and didn't want to admit that she was involved in the making, how could there be a sewn shoe with the edge sewn on the outside, and it was so wide and so big. It's got to have her a half-foot, it looks too bulky.

But Tong Xue insisted on doing this, and now she still seems to be very satisfied.

Tong Xue was made according to Xu Wenda's size, Xu Wenda's feet were big, so she reached into her feet to try it, and it was really warm, but after a while, she felt that her feet began to sweat.

Tong Xue took out her feet and handed them to Xu Wan, "Okay, don't make a bitter face, you try it, it's very warm, it's very warm when you wear it outside, just a thin layer of socks, even if it rains, it's not so easy to get wet."

Xu Wan was so enthusiastic that she could only reluctantly put it on her feet, and after wearing it for a while, she showed a surprised smile, "These boots are really warm, I used to see people sewing fur on the outside to make a big coat to keep warm, but I didn't expect this hair to rush inside, it is warmer." It's just too ugly, and as long as it's not too cold, I'm still willing to wear cotton shoes. ”

Tong Xue said with a smile, "Let's be at home, naturally we don't need to be so thick, I still feel hot when I cover my feet, and it is indeed a little bulky, this is made for a few people who are running outside." ”

Xu Wan nodded, "Then let's do it quickly, with today's experience, the next ones can be done faster." (To be continued.) )