After harvesting, the seedlings are cultivated, irrigated, and transplanted.

There was a lot of rain this summer, so there was no need to irrigate the fields with a canal, and the fields had already been soaked in a layer of water. The big guys are very happy, and now you don't have to fight for the problem of water release.

Once the fields are watered, they can be hired to pull oxen to plough the fields.

The work in the field over there began to be done, and the jacket business here could not be delayed, and the woman who helped stayed in Hu Xiaomei's house to continue to make jackets, and the work in their own fields was done by the men themselves. They are all men, with fast movements and quick hands and feet, but in the past, those who were busy with agriculture worked quickly.

Fox Xiaomei's mother and daughter have no way to work in the field, and the outside is all handed over to Fox Dayou and Thirteen, and Fox Xiaomei is responsible for the daily meal, and she can't sew clothes anyway, as for the work of sewing anti-counterfeiting signs at the end, it is simple and not about technical content, and it can be done when you take some time out at night.

God opened his eyes, the days of planting and sowing seedlings were sunny every day, and when all the seedlings were planted, it rained for several days in a row, and the seedlings in the field would not be dry because of lack of water. Everyone said God helped.

"Anyway, the rain has wet the fields, so the labor of releasing water this year can be saved." While several women were busy making jackets, they talked and talked about the problem of irrigation, because the water was released by the villagers, and although the wages were small, they were also given by the big guys. And this water worker is not the turn of every family, Tang Daming listed several families who are not very good. Let a few people take turns to release it every quarter, and by the way, earn some money to go back.

Hu Yingjiang has ten acres of fertile land, he is a smart and honest person, there is no Hu Yingdi's flowers, and the family's expenses are small, so he has saved a lot of silver over the years, to compare, I am afraid that Hu Yingjiang's family background is thicker than that of Hu Yingdi.

Therefore, this good thing of releasing water naturally did not fall on Hu Yingjiang, and the Tang family naturally did not want to pay for it.

Wei Qifeng saw her thoughts. He said with a smile: "Although there is a lot of rain this year. But the seedlings that have just been planted have to be irrigated to grow well, and the water is at most moisturizing, so that the seedlings will not die, how can it really work. So, ah. The drainer still wants it. It was an explanation to a room of women.

They all grow crops. Who doesn't know this. No one objected to Wei Qifeng's words, and the Tang clan was not good at speaking again.

The second batch of jackets had been made a few days ago, and Hu Xiaomei was accompanied by Thirteen and handed over to the shopkeeper Wu. Now it's the third batch. The third batch is not a jacket, it is a down jacket.

The down jacket process is more troublesome, because the cloth of the ancients is very finely woven and very strong, unlike modern technology, in order to look good, what linen and cotton blends, chiffon, its production process is different, and the clothing made is strong, and the fine density is not the same. Therefore, some poor down jackets in modern times will have the phenomenon of drilling.

The cloth of the ancients was well woven, and Fox Xiaomei tried it and this situation has not yet appeared. Therefore, she cut it directly from the material of the coat, then put the duck down into it, sewed the material of the coat, and then sewed the sleeves and the coat together, and it was finished. Instead of making a down jacket first, and then sewing the jacket and coat together. In addition, she is also worried that adding so many layers of fabric, and the two layers of fabric cannot fit together completely, which will make the down jacket even more swollen.

All the materials used are the finest materials, all of them are country women, except for the Wang family, who has seen this kind of good cloth, all of them are amazed, and they are even more careful when they get it in their hands, so they naturally drag the process very slowly.

Later, Hu Xiaomei said: "Everyone should still be the usual clothing material, just be careful, this down jacket is worn directly outside, so the needlework is very particular, and the big guy should be careful in this regard." If someone accidentally breaks it, they won't let the big guy pay for it. Of course, this premise is not intentional. ”

With Hu Xiaomei's words, half of everyone's hearts fell, especially people like Xiang's family with a difficult family, and they were even more afraid of what would be good if they damaged the clothes and materials.

The first batch of down jackets was ordered for 30 pieces, and in the past, it was not a problem to make 10 jackets a day, but now only 5 down jackets can be made. Efficiency is fast, but quality is more important. Hu Xiaomei didn't urge everyone, so she could only find a way to save time.

I went to Hu Xiaomei's house early in the morning, except for the meal time, I didn't go back until dark, and I am afraid that the time can only be squeezed in the stall of eating. So a group of people stayed at Hu Xiaomei's house to eat, so that they could reduce the time of going back and forth and grinding at home.

However, Hu Xiaomei's family is not rich, and more than a dozen people eat at home every day, so how many meters do they get. There is a way, bring a little rice every day, if there is a vegetable, bring the dish, forget if there is no vegetable, and the fox Xiaomei will find a way.

No matter what kind of porridge and side dishes, everyone is used to living a hard life, and no one dislikes it, occasionally Hu Xiaomei will also get some delicious food, or fry a meat, let everyone beat the tooth sacrifice, some people who originally had some small opinions about not going home to eat have nothing to say.

After getting along together for a long time, the original relationship is more general, and the relationship that is not harmonious is also better, especially in recent days, there has been more and more rain, and everyone talks about the Yangtze River the most.

Last year, the Yangtze River area was flooded, especially in the mountainous area, after the rain there were landslides, and there were serious mudslides, and many wives were scattered, which was very pitiful.

This year, even Wei County has been raining one after another, and I don't know what happened to the Yangtze River.

These words made Hu Xiaomei vigilant, and after everyone left at night, Hu Xiaomei muttered to Wei Sanniang and Hu Dayou: "It has been raining intermittently for more than 20 days, and the sky is not clear." I'm afraid the sweet potatoes in our cellar will leak and rot in the rain. Why don't we dig up all the sweet potatoes, wash them, cut them into slices, and dry them. "It became a dried sweet potato, which can be eaten after a long time, and can also be used as dry food.

These days have been very busy, Wei Sanniang has already forgotten the sweet potatoes in the cellar to the nine nights, so she exclaimed: "It's over, it's raining heavily this time, I don't know if the sweet potatoes are soaked in water." ”

Early in the morning of the second day, taking advantage of the rain, Fox Dayou and Thirteen went to the cellar behind the house, and opened it to see, it had indeed begun to accumulate water, fortunately, the water only soaked a very small part of the sweet potatoes, but if it went on like this, even if all the sweet potatoes were not soaked in water, they would rot because of the heavy moisture.

Take something and get all the sweet potatoes, those that are not very bad, Fox Dayou takes another thing and packs it, cuts off the bad parts, slaughters and cooks it into pig food to feed the pigs.

And some people saw that Fox Dayou was busy moving sweet potatoes and went back to look at their own house, but found that the sweet potatoes of all families were beginning to rot, the cellar was not dug well, the terrain was low, and a lot of water had already accumulated.

Thinking that there are few people who make dried sweet potatoes, many people simply cook sweet potatoes every day and eat them.

Wei Sanniang also cooks sweet potato porridge every day, but she doesn't eat it every day.

Xiang Shi didn't understand, thought about it, and found Hu Xiaomei to ask.

Hu Xiaomei told her: "Dried sweet potatoes can not only be eaten as snacks on weekdays, but also used as dry food when going out in the future, and it is easy to store." ”

Everyone didn't expect that there was this wonder, Xiang's went back and did it, and the others were thoughtful and started to make dried sweet potatoes, but Wei Qifeng didn't care, and on the way back, he said to Tang's: "Anyway, it's all about eating, fresh is better than dry, some people don't have enough food to eat all year round, where do they have the heart to prepare snacks, I see, only a little girl will think about this." ”

Tang Shi also smiled and said: "I also think this is the reason, besides, our family doesn't grow so many sweet potatoes, it's enough to eat on weekdays, how can we make any dried sweet potatoes." Then he looked around at no one, and said sarcastically: "Someone looked at the second girl of the fox family, and these two times Wei Sanniang and Hu Dayou thought of a way to earn money, and they always asked Baba about something. In my opinion, it's all blind cats meeting dead rats, how far-sighted can such a young girl have? ”

Wei Qifeng agreed very much, and also felt that this was the reason, so he pulled Tang Shi and whispered: "However, she can make that down jacket is indeed quite capable, and ordinary people really can't imagine that duck feathers are filled in clothes to keep out the cold, but I really think that duck feathers are not wanted by us on weekdays, and they actually made them into treasures." ”

"yes." Tang Shi looked envious: "I heard that the clothes have to be sold for hundreds of copper plates when they are taken to the sewing workshop!" ”

"What hundreds?" Wei Qifeng glanced at her and threw her an insightful look: "The bare jacket alone will be sold for hundreds of copper plates, and the down jacket is warm and beautiful, and the clothing is good, I heard that it will be sold for several taels of silver a piece!" ”

"What! So expensive? Tang's eyes widened.

"That's it." Wei Qifeng pouted, it's a pity that this good thing didn't fall on his own family, at most, he will help others to start, and a piece of clothing is only two copper plates!

Wei Qifeng was in an unhappy mood, shook his hand and went home, and Tang was still shocked by the down jacket of a few taels of silver in his heart, and immediately told Hu Yingjiang about it when he got home.

Hu Yingjiang was also surprised: "So expensive? ”

"yes. You said that if we can make some of these clothes by ourselves and take them out, not to mention selling them for a few taels, even if we sell them for one tael of silver, how much money can we earn in one winter! ”

"I'm afraid we can't do it alone." Hu Yingjiang shook his head and said.

"Why not?" Tang said, immediately thought that he had no connections, and if he wanted to talk about the relationship, the fox boss and the second fox would have some relationship outside, and the youngest fox Yinghai had some relationship outside, she said: "Then, why don't you find a partner with the eldest brother?" ”

"A few taels of silver are the clothes that only the nobles can afford. Just with this, can one or two of us do it? Besides, we don't know how to make a down jacket. Hu Yingjiang pondered for a moment, and then thought of what the brothers said in the fox master's house last time, Hu Yingjiang had an idea in his heart, and said: "I'll find a chance to talk to the eldest brother about this, you are there to help anyway, and pay attention to how this down jacket is made when you are fine." ”

Seeing that her husband also had the idea of making this down jacket, Tang's heart suddenly relaxed, anyway, she was helping at Wei Sanniang's, as long as she paid close attention to it on weekdays, she naturally knew the practice of down jackets, and based on her observations there these days, she felt that the practice of down jackets was actually quite simple.

She smiled slightly, and said confidently to Hu Yingjiang: "Don't worry, this matter is on me." (To be continued......)