Seeing that the sky was starting to darken, Fox Xiaomei was anxious to make the jacket, so she took out something to clean up the eiderdown.

The fox fence took the duck down and pinched it in his hand, it was soft and crispy, and the feeling of plush was very comfortable, but seeing that there was only a bag of duck down, which was not as thick as the cotton jacket of a dress, he doubted that such a thing would be warmer than a cotton jacket.

"Sister, are you reliable? Can it be warm just a little bit? ”

"Of course!" Hu Xiaomei didn't compete with people who had never seen a down jacket, and only said: "You can see it when the time comes." ”

Everything was ready, a clean pot, a wooden basin, and a clean white cloth from the bottom of Wei Sanniang's cabinet. provoked Wei Sanniang to shout at her: "You dead girl, this cloth was given by your grandmother back then, it is still brand new, and it is better to make pillowcases." "I won't give it to her.

Hu Xiaomei looked at her helplessly: "Mother, I just use it to cover it, it won't get dirty, and besides, I looked at it for a while, and I only saw that the cloth in your box was the right size." ”

"Nope." Wei Sanniang stiffened her head, and walked into the room while carefully folding the cloth: "It's a pity that such a good piece of cloth is soiled." There are so many worn-out boxes in which you don't want to make them, but you prefer these. ”

After a while, he came out of the house and brought another piece of old blue cloth to her: "No, take this." ”

Fox Xiaomei took it in her hand and took a look, the cloth was very old, washed and white, a bit like the material on her father's clothes, ouch, she was really good at this mother, for a piece of cloth, she would rather hang her father's clothes.

Wei Sanniang saw what she thought. Then he said: "Don't guess, this is your father's clothes when he was a boy at home, and he can't wear them anymore." ”

That's fine.

Fox Xiaomei turned around and went into the kitchen, Fox Fence Xiang had already begun to make cakes, she used a pot outside, and the pot inside still contained pig food.

Fox Xiaomei stroked her forehead and said "ouch", walked out of the kitchen to Wei Sanniang in the yard, and howled: "Mother, this pig food is still in the pot, how can I boil water." ”

"What are you anxious about? We haven't eaten dinner yet. Why are you in a hurry to boil water. ”

Knowing that Wei Sanniang had misunderstood, Hu Xiaomei had no choice but to say: "I don't use this water to wash my feet, I want to use it to clean up duck down." After washing and drying, you have to reprocess, do you think you can use it directly when you take it back? ”

The people in the courtyard looked at the fox Xiaomei. The look in his eyes was clearly questioning: Isn't it? You didn't say it. Who knows!

By the time the fox fence is baked, I'm afraid it's already dark. Fox Xiaomei had no choice but to put things back in place and clean up the eiderdown tomorrow, anyway, she was not in a hurry for the night.

So I waited for the fox fence cake to be baked. The family, including Thirteen, sat in the hall and began to eat, several people talked and laughed, the duck down was bought, everyone was very interested in making the duck down into a jacket, and the fox Xiaomei told everyone how to deal with the duck down, how to process it, and finally how to make the jacket. listened attentively one by one, and Hu Xiaomei even calculated the cost of a jacket, and she also had a rough idea of how much it would cost to sell, this thing was much more cost-effective than Douhua.

Listening to the fox fence applauding again and again, I wish that the fox Xiaomei could sort out the duck down at night.

After being happy, Wei Sanniang and Fox Dayou were more questioned.

"How do you know that?"

If you can come up with this idea, you will naturally think about how to answer it a long time ago.

Hu Xiaomei said unhurriedly: "This can be thought of as long as you use your brain more, it's not that I'm smart, it's just that you don't want to put your mind to this, maybe someone thought of this method earlier than me, but I don't have the courage to practice it." ”

Is it something that can be thought of with a lot of brains to pluck the feathers off the duck and put it in the clothes that people wear?

"You don't bluff people. Tell me, how do you know, or who do you listen to? ”

"Nobody told me." Fox Xiaomei smiled and said: "You think, this duck and goose are not afraid of the cold in winter, and they have no clothes, what is the hair on their bodies to protect them from the cold?" As long as we find a way to sew this wool into our clothes, we will naturally be able to give it to people to wear. Is this something that can be taken for granted with the use of your brain? However, as for the effect, we still have to wait for the jacket to be made. ”

Hearing Hu Xiaomei say this, several people felt that there was still some truth, not only Fox Dayou and Wei Sanniang, but even Fox Fence and Fox Fence now feel that Fox Xiaomei's brain is not a little bit or two.

The family said happily, and Fox Dayou also made an exception to drink some wine today. The meal is eaten on and off. Hu Xiaomei noticed that there was only thirteen, and she didn't say a word during the whole meal, and she wondered if his mouth was itchy? This is the real food that does not speak.

After dinner, Hu Xiaomei and Hu Lixiang helped clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and Thirteen got up and prepared to go back to Weijia Town, I don't know if Fox Dayou drank wine, or if he was really enthusiastic, he pulled Thirteen and didn't let him go: "It's dark at night, why are you going back to Weijia Town alone, and there is no place to rest, so I will spend the night at my uncle's house tonight." I'll have to ask you to help me go to the farm to find out the news in two days. ”

Hu Xiaomei, who was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, was stunned.

"Uncle, this matter is on me, I will go and see it in a few days. However, it is better for me to go back to Weijia Town in the evening. "Thirteen.

"Good what's good. You have no relatives in the town, you live in a dilapidated house, you don't even have a bed quilt when it's cold, what if you get sick from the cold, you are a stable child, Uncle is optimistic about you, and you rest here at night, you know? Okay, this matter is up to the uncle, that's it, you have a room with the junior at night, and I'll let your aunt carry the bed quilt over later, let's go, I'll take you to see, the house is big, it's no problem to live for two people......"

As he spoke, he pulled Thirteen out of the hall and headed towards the house of the fox fence.

The people in the room were dumbfounded, did Fox Dayou really drink too much, and left people behind.

The fox fence made a bitter face, looked at Wei Sanniang, and said, "Mother, what to do, I don't want to sleep in the same bed with others." ”

From the fox fence room, there was the intermittent voice of fox Dayou. Wei Sanniang sighed, and the fox friend opened his mouth who could object, so he had to say to the fox fence: "It's just one night, and you will be settled." ”

So, this night, Thirteen stayed at Fox Xiaomei's house and lived in a room with the fox fence. Early the next morning, Thirteen got up early, helped Fox Dayou grind bean curd, had breakfast, and the two went to the market together.

As soon as Thirteen left, the fox fence breathed a sigh of relief, and he wrinkled his nose with his schoolbag on his back and complained to Wei Sanniang: "Dad is really, everyone brings a little bit to the house." ”

"How can you talk like that?" Although I don't agree with Thirteen living at home, but after all, Thirteen is still a good person, and he just did their family a favor, Wei Sanniang said with a straight face: "You have read so many books in the school, and you are still so impolite in your speech, if you are accidentally heard, you will not be careful, even if you are dissatisfied, you can't show it like this." ”

The fox fence skimmed, but finally did not speak, and left the house with a broken face.

After breakfast, Hu Xiaomei began to tinker with her duck down, first cleaned the pot, and boiled a pot of hot water. Then I took out the things I prepared yesterday, scooped warm water in a wooden basin, and then poured all the duck down into the basin, and gently rubbed it twice until the sludge, dirt, and dust on it were washed away, and then the dried duck down was spread out and dried in a clean canopy. And he brought out of the hall a bench, and put the scumbag on it.

This eiderdown has to be dried before it can be packed or processed in a muslin bag.

Modern technology is developed, and it can be done quickly with drying technology. In this era, we can only rely on God's help.

It's also fox Xiaomei's good luck, it's sunny today, and there is a big sun. Seeing that the water was almost the same, she went to turn it over, and when she felt the hour, she went to turn it again, so that it would work faster.

By noon, there is no water on the duck down, but there is still some moisture to the touch, presumably in the afternoon, the water can be dried.

This morning, she was at home looking at the duck down, the artemisia in the vegetable field has not been taken care of for several days, Wei Sanniang went to the field to take a look, and felt that the artemisia in the dry land was a little short of water, so she picked a bucket to carry the water. She was not in a hurry, and while carrying water, she looked at where the grass grew and pulled it out. Anyway, in the afternoon, Fox Dayou is at home, so he can take a hand. She had already planned it, and in the afternoon she called the two of them to help, and the work on the dry land had been done smoothly these days. You can get the job done in the dry land in one afternoon.

So the fox fence Xiang went to the mountain to cut pigweed, and when the two mothers and daughters returned home, the fox Xiaomei was already cooking on the fire, and the fox Dayou also came back after selling the bean curd, and he came back with thirteen.

Wei Sanniang only glanced at the thirteenth who was helping to wash the vegetables, and said to Fox Dayou: "Come back, how is the business today?" ”

"Okay." Fox Dayou said with a smile, pointed to the potatoes in the basin and said, "I bought a piece of meat and came back, let's eat potatoes and fried meat later." ”

As soon as he heard that there was meat to eat, the fox fence incense, who had been silent, came to his senses, put down his back, walked over, looked at the potatoes in the basin, and said happily: "Dad's business should be very good today, otherwise he wouldn't have bought meat." ”

"It's still the boss who has a vision." Fox Dayou said.

"That's it." Fox Lixiang said with a smile, walked into the kitchen, Fox Xiaomei was cooking, there was a piece of pork belly on the board, she said in surprise: "Dad, you bought this meat today!" He turned the meat over and looked at it, it was an authentic third-line pork belly, fat and thin, and said to the fox outside: "Is it a waste of such a good meat to fry potatoes?" ”

"Your sister said she fried it."

Fox Lixiang glanced at Hu Xiaomei, who was focusing on the fire, and said with a smile: "Second brother, just forget about the potatoes and roast the meat, and then add more soup to eat." Fried to eat oil. ”

"Whatever." Fox Xiaomei didn't raise her head, staring at the fire in the stove.

Fox Lixiang likes to eat, especially when she sees what she likes to eat, she is full of energy, she washes her hands, and no one shouts, so she takes the knife on the board and starts cutting meat.

Wei Sanniang only said: "Leave some for Xiao San." ”

Xiangwu's family comfortably had a tooth sacrifice, and under the strong suggestion of Hu Xiaomei, Hu Dayou agreed that she cooked dry rice, so she ate very heartily for a meal. (To be continued......)

PS: The manuscript is really gone