In the next few days, put an inch thick plant ash on the wheat material, continue to steam, continue to pour the grass ash juice on the wheat material, and when the wheat material is almost cooked, Chu Ying asked Ye Qiu to take out the wheat material and continue to beat it, and when the rice reaches the same surface mud, it will be poured into a large wooden barrel.

In the past few days, Chu Ying's body has been much more refreshing, and she has become more relaxed, "Mama Ye, can I do my work?" ”

"Whatever you want, it's suffocating you these days, you can do whatever you want." Ye Qiu continued to pour the pulp into the bucket and stir.

Chu Ying cut off a softer part of the reed head in the lake, combed it with a small handful of thin thread and tied it up, and when the amount was as wide as the bluestone slab, Chu Ying picked out a piece of wood and used a knife to cut the wood neatly, chiseled a groove in the middle part, and stuffed the reed brush into it little by little from one end of the opening, so that it would not fall out, and the broken reed brush could be replaced at that time.

At the outermost part of the groove, Chu Ying picked a small wooden block of about the same size but slightly larger, sharpened it slightly smaller at one end, and used an axe to knock the small wooden block into the groove, so that the small reed brush would not fall out from the side.

When the brush was ready, Chu Ying soaked the big brush in water to absorb water.

Chu Ying tied a rope from the beam of the room where the paper was baked, and put a piece of wood on the bottom, one section of the wood was used for manual control, and the other end should be hung with a brush at that time.

The bluestone slab made of a large wooden barrel filled with pulp and baked paper was slightly shorter, Chu Ying dipped the pulp with a brush and brushed it on the bluestone slab next to it, brushing a layer that was not thick enough, Chu Ying brushed back and forth twice and shoveled up the paper with the shovel that was customized last time.

Because the paper was dried and torn off on the bluestone slab, it was still quite easy, Chu Ying tore off a small piece of the paper, the color looked a little beige, and the fibers on it could be seen with the naked eye, because the pulp was beaten more delicately this time, and it was brushed back and forth twice, the paper felt softer to the touch, and it also had a certain thickness, it was okay to wipe your mouth or go to the toilet, but it might be better to brush it back and forth three times.

Chu Ying tried to brush different times again, the more brushes were too thick and not very soft, three times was just right, Chu Ying hung the brush on a section of the wooden stick, pressed it with her hand at the other end, first soaked the brush in the pulp, and then pressed the wooden stick down and the brush was lifted.

Chu Ying pushed the brush back and forth a few times, and brushed it a few times, so that the effort was relatively small, but if the wooden stick was made longer, the force would be less, and the rope to make the fulcrum was poured to see if it was necessary to make a wooden bracket and put an iron piece on it, so that the wood and the wood would not wear out if they rubbed back and forth.

However, now this lever is quite convenient to use, and when it is time to ask Uncle Qi to see how to improve it, "This method looks good, how did you come up with it?" ”

"Isn't that what Tsubaki is like outside? But this one can be moved back and forth. "After a short while, you can just shovel up the paper, so that such a person can operate just enough time, but if two people do it, it will be more convenient, and there is no need to walk back.

Because the stove under the bluestone slab was burning, Chu Ying brushed all the pulp in the barrel first, if he brushed these few sheets, the fire in the furnace would be wasted.

Another bluestone slab is still leaning against the wall, and now this one baking stove is enough, but it takes a lot of time to steam the pulp, and the pool is out of wheat and put it in, and when the wheat is almost soaked here, the time for steaming there is enough.

When steaming and soaking the wheat material, Ye Qiu used both feet to beat the wheat material, and Chu Ying brushed the paper in the baking paper house, so that the whole process was sorted out.

Waiting for the evening, Chu Ying had already made a knee-high first base of paper, but the cutting problem of this base paper made Chu Ying very embarrassed, if you use scissors and have to spend more time in this link, Chu Ying saw the guillotine used by horse dealers to break up the hay in the horse dealer before, if the thing can be slightly improved, it will be a modern paper cutter.

However, it will take some time for this thing to be made, Chu Ying can only use the folding method to cut with a clean sickle, which will save more effort than scissors, but it can't be cut much at a time, and the sickle can't cut it if there is more paper, and the cut out is not smooth.

Chu Ying has to cut out some of it tonight and send it to Lu Ming tomorrow, but she hasn't sent it to Lu Ming for many days, if she doesn't go again, Lu Ming still thinks that he will take the money and don't do anything.

"Eat first, be careful." Chu Ying ate a piece of fish first, and continued to do the work in her hands.

"I'll hide the sickle if you do this, it's not good to be hungry, eat quickly, we'll make it faster if you eat well." Chu Ying took the bowl and chopsticks handed by Ye Qiu and ate them in a big gulp.

"Slow down, be careful with the fish bones, eat the belly." Chu Ying looked at Ye Qiu's bast shoes, and there was a hole on the big toe of his big toe, and the foot inside was exposed.

"Boil some water at night and bubble up, you must be very tired today, do I want to bring some cloth back tomorrow when I go into the city?" Do you want soles? ”

"Bring some, a coarser cloth is fine, not too much, buy some to make shoes, you take the shoe board, and say that it will be two circles bigger so that the shoe seller will understand." You'll have to make a few pairs, too, and you've been wearing a little tight shoes lately. ”

"Eun." After the meal, Chu Ying didn't cut it again, washed and slept, this paper is relatively light, even if a back basket is full, it is not too heavy.

"Chu Ying, you can take this to the embroidery workshop tomorrow, you can exchange it for some money, so you don't need to bring the embroidery pieces back, now that you have these jobs and farm work at home, there should be no time to make embroidery pieces." Chu Ying stuffed the embroidery pieces into the back basket and covered the back basket with linen cloth so that things would not fall down. "When the paper business comes up slowly, you don't have to do embroidery, this must make more money than embroidery, making embroidery takes time and energy, and it is also eye-catching, I don't see when you always make embroidery with the light of the stove, which is not good for the eyes." Chu Ying didn't notice it at first, but seeing that the candle was not short, she knew Ye Qiu's careful thoughts. "Okay, go to sleep, get up early tomorrow, I'll make some cakes for you to take with you tomorrow, don't be hungry, buy some food in the city when you come back, don't come back hungry." Ye Qiu pinched Chu Ying's quilt and closed the door lightly. When Chu Ying hadn't arrived at the Lu Mansion in the morning, the black charcoal at the door looked at him and ran over and took the basket on his back. "Miss Chu, why did you come, my young master is waiting for you in a hurry, and asked me to wait for you at the door every day." "I was sick a few days ago, go find your young master." By the time they arrived at Lu Ming's room, Chu Ying had already seen the paper that had been torn into palm-sized pieces. "Why did you come, I don't have any paper, hurry up, I don't need to save it now." As soon as Chu Ying wanted to explain the reason, Lu Ming trotted away all the way, looking quite anxious.