Han Yuqi's matter came to an end, and as for the Lu family, Han Chuxue was not in a hurry to clean them up, because she didn't have time to go to Fengchang to chat with Huang Xian Ling for the time being.

However, the father and son of the Lu family came to the door several times to see Han Yongbai, but Liang Lei sent them away on the grounds that the old man and the young master were not at home, and it was inconvenient for the lady and young lady to see foreign guests.

This reason is very legitimate and sufficient, and Master Lu didn't dare to fight to the death, so he had to turn to the real bitter master Han Yuhua.

Han Yuhua was in the Luo family, and they couldn't see each other, so in the end they could only see Han Yuhua's father and mother - Han Yongzhu and Han San's aunt.

In order to fully express his family's apology, Master Lu had to move large bags of gifts to Han Yongzhu's house, and even gave fifty taels of silver for white flowers, which made Han Yongzhu and his wife almost dazzled, but the two of them still remembered that their son was injured by the little bastard surnamed Lu, and took a gesture, and in the pleading of Master Lu who was sorry and very sorry, he "reluctantly" accepted the compensation.

The money was collected, but for Master Lu's request to see Han Yongbai and hope that the two of them would be connected, the two were very ambitious and deaf at the same time and didn't hear it.

Once or twice, it's like this, Han Yongzhu and his wife are smiling when they receive gifts, and the old man of the Lu family is giving gifts to his heart.

The time passed in the two families, and the days came to July, and the hemp field of the Han family finally ushered in the harvest period, and the head hemp can be harvested.

This is a big deal for the Han family, before that, the Han family has actually been supported by medicinal materials, wild things and mountain goods obtained from Yuanbao Mountain, if you want to develop and grow, just this is definitely not enough, this first batch of hemp is particularly important.

If it is rectified well, Yang Debiao's caravan will have the first batch of goods officially launched, and when he goes north and turns back, the second batch of linen will come down early, and the second batch of linen will be connected, so the linen business of the Han family can enter a virtuous circle, and Sangyuan will also have stable funds to show its strength.

If it is not done well, everything will stagnate, not to mention, the family is afraid that it will also be hit hard, and Yang Debiao's caravan is afraid that it will also lose confidence in their family, so the consequences will undoubtedly be a fatal blow to the Han family who has just started.

Therefore, this time the head is numb, and there is no room for negligence.

Needless to say, Xiuniang's worries were not to mention, and she even had the idea of calling Han Daddy and his son back, but Han Chuxue had other considerations, and called them back on the grounds that the Han family father and son had never planted hemp, and persuaded Xiuniang on the grounds that it would not have any other effect except that it would affect the brothers' study tour plans.

Of course, in private, Han Chuxue herself was a little nervous, after all, she really didn't know much about hemp.

So on the eve of the harvest, she called the Huang family's uncles and nephews and the Liu family to the hall for a meeting.

After everyone sat down, Xiuniang plucked up her courage and looked at Master Huang and Liu Guan, the head of the Liu family, with a smile, under the signal of Han Chuxue, "Master Huang, Master Liu, this is the first time for our family to make hemp, I don't know if you two have any suggestions?" ”

Master Huang is not from the Han family, but a guest of the Han family, so he took the lead in opening his mouth, "Mrs. Han, to be honest, the old man's uncle and nephew are good at planting hemp, but they are not very good at remediating hemp. ”

This is also the reason why he reminded Han Chuxue that he must hire some good hands who can fix hemp.

Xiuniang nodded clearly, and looked at Liu Guan again, "I heard that Master Liu's family is good at this, this hemp needs to be rectified, but what preparations should be made?" ”

Why his family was bought with a fancie, Liu Guan already knew it as soon as he arrived at the Han family, although the Han family's small hemp field was not comparable to Qiu Congfeng's hemp field before, but the Han family's care for his family was not comparable to Qiu Congfeng's, and he was more willing to help the Han family.

He immediately smiled and said, "Madame, the bast of the branches and stems of this hemp must be separated from the outer skin, and it can be processed into hemp by extracting it alone, and in order to make it more flexible and convenient for future weaving, it is necessary to shed a layer of gum on it, the better the glue is removed, the softer the quality of the hemp will be, and the better the cloth will be woven." ”

Xiuniang had rectified kudzu vines in the past, and she could roughly understand what Liu Guan was saying, but she didn't fully understand, so she frowned for a while.

Han Chuxue heard a flash of inspiration in his mind, and remembered something.

"Master Liu, you mean to peel off the epidermis first, uncover the bast fibers, and then degum, so that you can finally extract the hemp that can be used for spinning, right?"

Han Chuxue's words come from some relevant knowledge learned in modern times, but several related terms are extremely appropriate, although the statement is a little fresh, Liu Guan still understood, nodded and said, "It's roughly like what the girl said, but the old man's method can complete these two processes together." ”

Han Chuxue suddenly became interested, "I don't know what Master Liu can do?" ”

Liu Guan smiled and said, "Actually, there is nothing mysterious, just like Mrs. usually remediates kudzu vines, using the staining method." ”

This time, Xiuniang completely understood, "In other words, the remediation method of this hemp and kudzu is the same?" ”

At this time, Liu Guan's son Liu Yong couldn't help but explain, "Madam, on the surface, it looks the same, but the control of the water quality and time of the stain is very particular, if the water is not clear, the hemp will be black, the water is less and the hemp is brittle and easy to break, the time of the stain is too short to remove the gum is not enough, the hemp is not easy to extract, if the time is too long, the gum removed is too much, and the hemp is easy to be damaged." ”

Xiuniang and the eldest girl listened to it and wanted to turn their eyes, so complicated.

Finger lightly tapped the armrest of the chair, Han Chuxue frowned lightly, Liu Yong said that the problem of time control, in fact, is a degumming problem, if not degummed, the extracted hemp fiber is too hard, not suitable for spinning, even if it can, the cloth will be sideways to coarse and hard, can only be regarded as inferior cloth, too much degumming, the strength and length of hemp fiber are damaged, and naturally it can not weave a good cloth.

"How long does this staining process take?"

She remembers that it took her mother and sister a lot of time to clean up the kudzu vines that were cut back, and now not only their own hemp is ripe, but also the rice in the field is also ripe, and when the time comes, all the long-term workers hired by her family will have to go back to cut the rice, and there will be a shortage of manpower immediately.

Liu Guan didn't know what she was worried about, but she still said the truth, "It depends on the weather, if the weather has been sunny during this time, it will be ten days." ”

"What if it rains?"

Liu Guan was stunned, "There shouldn't be rain during this time." ”

Han Chuxue's heart sank, that is to say, it will be affected, and just now Liu Yong also talked about the water quality problem, hemp is not as good as kudzu vine, and his own family is not like the last time his mother and sister remediated kudzu vine, if you want to stain up dozens of acres of hemp, it is impossible to use a tank or basin or the like, you can only dig a pond on the ground, so in case of rain, even if the rain is not as acidic as modern generally, it will definitely have a certain impact on hemp. (To be continued.) )