Not long, not short, arms so thick, the trunk looks a little dry and dead, and then there is a green heart in the heart of the tree. Prove not dead.

Fox Xiaomei was surprised how she could let Thirteen find such a good piece of wood.

Thirteen said calmly: "It's in the forest in front." I don't know who dug up most of the soil under the roots of this Maoshan beech tree, and the roots of the tree are almost exposed, so I guess I won't live long. ”

"What? Is this a beech tree? Hu Xiaomei said in surprise.

Someone was even more surprised than her: "Second sister, it turns out that you don't know what Maoshan beech is?" The fox fence couldn't believe it: "No wonder you haven't found it for a long time, and you don't know the co-author?" ”

The fox fence is not to mention how depressed it is, I knew that it was better to let Thirteen cut it directly. He climbed a few mountains.

Hu Xiaomei was even more depressed, she searched for a whole morning and didn't see a suitable wood, and she found Maoshan beech wood when she came to Thirteen, can she not be aggrieved? Ahem, though, she didn't know what tree was a beech tree, maybe there was one in the forest ahead, but she didn't see it.

This piece of wood is just right, take it back and chop it into several pieces, and dry it for a day to use.

Finally found what they wanted, Thirteen carried the wood, the fox Xiaomei carried the back, and the three of them slowly walked back.

It was better to go back than to come, and just after noon, the three of them returned home.

Seeing that Thirteen came back carrying the wood, and the fox Xiaomei and the fox fence were safe and sound, Wei Sanniang finally breathed a sigh of relief and said to the fox Xiaomei: "As soon as you go out, it will be an hour or two, and there are few people on the mountain, which is really worrying." Fortunately, I didn't run in vain, and the wood was found. ”

Speaking of this fox fence, he complained, and said angrily: "Mother, what do you still say, the second sister doesn't know Maoshan beech wood at all, and has been wandering around the mountains, and this piece of wood was found by the thirteenth brother." ”

Except that the day before yesterday, Thirteen came back to rest at home for a night, and the fox fence was not happy, and on the second day, Thirteen taught him to make a slingshot and how to sharpen arrows. Make a crossbow. Fox Fence thinks he's pretty powerful. In addition, Thirteen didn't spend the night at his house later, so the fox fence and Thirteen got closer and closer, and when he came back from school, he followed Thirteen, and naturally his name was changed.

Fox Dayou and several people were surprised. The family only knows that Hu Xiaomei has many ideas. Knowing that this business was also her idea. I didn't think about the materials in it and what she didn't know.

Fox Xiaomei has always been a thick-skinned person. was not afraid of everyone laughing, and said bluntly: "I didn't know each other, I said it was ...... in a book" The voice suddenly paused. She immediately changed the subject: "Oh, don't you just don't recognize things, don't you know your father and mother, what's the big deal." ”

Oh my god, I almost said what I saw in the book, she is illiterate now.

A layer of fine sweat broke out on Fox Xiaomei's forehead. Fortunately, the four of them were on the wood and didn't notice her slip of the tongue. Looking at Thirteen on the side looking at her with a pensive face, Hu Xiaomei's eyelids jumped twice, and immediately straightened her face and pointed at Thirteen: "Thirteen, hurry up, do something serious, split all the wood into pieces, dry it today, and it will be used tomorrow." ”

Thirteen's dark eyes looked at her deeply, and without saying a word, he turned around and picked up the axe, put the wood on the pier, and with one swing of the axe, two or three times, the wood was split in half.

It's really a lot of strength, and it's really the material for work!

Fox Xiaomei smiled in her heart, and as soon as the corners of her mouth were curled, she saw Wei Sanniang staring at her with a pair of phoenix eyes, and Fox Lixiang looked helpless, pulled her sleeve and dragged her into the house.

"Hey, what's the matter?"

"Yelling what? Shut up. Fox Lixiang's eyes widened, and her eyes were just like Wei Sanniang's.

"What's wrong with me?" Fox Xiaomei rubbed her sore legs, patted her body casually with her hand, and sat on the edge of the bed, but was immediately dragged up by Fox Fence Xiang.

"Look how dirty you are, don't change it, don't get the bed dirty, I won't sleep at night."

"Hehe, that's right, I'm sleeping more comfortably by myself!"

"You think beautifully! Hurry up and change your clothes. ”

Saying that, Fox Lixiang helped Hu Xiaomei take a change of clothes out, both of them were girls, and they had been sleeping together, and Hu Xiaomei didn't avoid her, and turned around and took off the dirty clothes on her body.

Behind him, there was a voice of fox fence Xiang gritting her teeth: "Can you not scratch your hands and feet with thirteen fingers all day long?" ”

Hu Xiaomei's clothed hand paused, turned around, and said puzzledly: "When did I point fingers at him?" ”

"Didn't that just now?"

"I just asked him to help chop wood." What's wrong with letting someone who eats for nothing all day at her house do some work?

"Then you can't be so arrogant, right?"

Fox Xiaomei doesn't know when she is arrogant, and it is a matter of course.

Fox Lixiang poked her head with her finger: "I see that Thirteen is very diligent in our house, and he doesn't need to be told by his father and mother on weekdays, he knows how to go by himself." But you, if you want him to help you do something, you don't need to breathe that breath. Also, you don't know that I met Fox Liyun in the village today, and you don't know what their gang of people said about our family? ”

Hu Xiaomei's eyebrows furrowed: "What did you say?" ”

Speaking of this fox fence incense, she was angry, obviously her father thanked Thirteen for his help and wanted to keep him at home for dinner, Thirteen didn't want to eat for nothing, so he helped to work, but the villagers said that their family saved Thirteen and asked him to be a free laborer for his family.

Isn't their family a landlord or an old rich man, but also a slave?

In two days, they have to let Thirteen help their family run errands to the farm, so they can't be white-eyed wolves and drive Thirteen away now?

Fox Lixiang pondered for a while in her heart, and felt that after the duck down business was decided, she had to think of a way not to let Thirteen misunderstand, so that he would willingly not come to the house again.

These words immediately attracted a roll of the eyes of Hu Xiaomei: "Sister, you are heartless!" ”

Fox Lixiang blushed and said unconvinced: "I'm not driving him, as long as he is not in our house, the people in the village will not misunderstand." ”

Hu Xiaomei thought more clearly than her: "He was kind enough to help us, and we got rid of people afterwards, you said to let those three aunts and six women know that they can't chew the root of their tongues?" Sooner or later, the fact that our family sells jackets will be known by the people in the village, and those people will know about it in the future. Besides, this is a matter between our family and Thirteen, and Thirteen doesn't mind working for our family, what are we afraid of? Isn't it nice to have more laborers? ”

"Could it be ......" She lowered her voice and deliberately leaned close to Fox Xiangxiang's ear, "Are you willing to let Thirteen eat at our house and do nothing?" ”

"How is that possible?" Fox Lixiang glared, and their family's food was not for nothing.

"That's right." Then he motioned to the fox fence to listen outside, and there was no sound of chopping wood: "Such a large piece of wood, he finished splitting it in two or three clicks, how can you say that such good labor can not be used." Besides, what will happen in the future, it still depends on my father's ......"

After saying this, Hu Lixiang nodded frequently, in the end, she was more surprised by people's opinions, and she could only hope that it could be like what Hu Xiaomei said, after a long time, the mouths of these three aunts and six women will stop.

He dried the thirteen pieces of wood in the yard all afternoon, and received it under the eaves in the evening, so that it would not rain at night and get wet. After dinner, Thirteen still returned to Weijia Town.

In the early morning of the next day, Hu Xiaomei got up early in the morning with a cheerful expression, and while Wei Sanniang was cooking, she picked up two pieces of Maoshan beech wood and threw them into the stove, and put them in the yard after they were lit. These two large pieces of wood are enough to cook a meal.

After breakfast, the two pieces of wood in the yard were completely burned, and then Fox Xiaomei took a bowl and took some wood ashes, dripped some of the lard prepared the day before, and wrapped the lard and dry wood ash together to turn into oily wet wood ash.

Then she put the rest of the ashes into another bowl, picked out all the large pieces of ballast inside, and finally poured water in a certain proportion. Because there is no other container to burn, only pour the wood ash water into the pot, boil for more than ten minutes, and finally pour it out, filter it with gauze, dry it in a basin, put it overnight, and wait for the next day, the wood ash water is a layer of water bottom, and the light yellow and clear liquid on it is alkaline water.

She found something to put the lye in its own place.

Because there is no sheep fat, it is replaced by lard, and she changed some methods in the production process of soapy water, mixed the good oil wood ash with a little alkaline water, mixed it, and finally precipitated, and filtered out the sediment.

In any case, the things washed out with alkaline water must be cleaner, so in this way, Hu Xiaomei made a basin of alkaline water, and washed the dried duck down the day before with alkaline water again. Finally, pack the duck down in a muslin bag and put it in a pot to steam. This is a disguised disinfection. Steam for 30 minutes. On the second day, it is steamed again, and finally the eiderdown is dried, packed, or used.

The whole process is complicated and time-consuming, and it can be seen that the fox friends are one head and two big, for example, what if the alkaline water is not prepared, or what if there is no oil and wood ash? Or is it that the eiderdown doesn't dry out without the sun?

None of this is a problem, as long as the eiderdown is washed and disinfected. She didn't know if she was going to clean it up like this, but the eiderdown would definitely be much cleaner after cleaning and disinfection, and it wouldn't be easy to get sick. This is also to clear the unforeseen problems in the future sales.

It took four or five days to clean out the duck down, but the jacket had not yet been made, so Hu Xiaomei decided to postpone another day and go to the farm. The clothes have already been cut, now all you need to do is fill the duck down and sew the clothes.

According to Hu Xiaomei's requirements, the two sleeves and the body of the dress were sewn separately, and then put together after filling the duck down.

The sleeves are the same as the body, first cut into a whole piece, spread the eiderdown on it, and then close it and sew it together, and the needle and thread must be sewn finely, and go back and forth twice, so that the eiderdown inside will not easily run out. Then the whole sleeve is sewn horizontally and vertically, like wearing a flower, and the last sleeve becomes a small piece. The purpose of this is to prevent the eiderdown from crumpling after washing.

The same method is used for the body of the garment, after sewing one piece, the two pieces are butt together, and finally the sleeves and the body are joined together, so that a jacket is made. (To be continued......)