At this time, it is the season to eat peaches, apricots, and plums. The mountains are all over the field, and the wild fruits are hanging on the branches. It's a pity that the good fruit was pecked by wild birds before it was ripe. The bad fruit left on the branch is sour and difficult to eat. It is obviously not good to use it to make jelly.

Liu Bei inquired and said that the best peach orchard in Zhuo County came from Zhang Tu.

Liu Bei then remembered that Zhang Xiaopang's family did have a rather large peach orchard.

Zhang Xiaopang has been closed since he went from a pink and wealthy boy to a swarthy black charcoal head. said that he worshipped a teacher, enlightened.

At this time, it seems that it is not good to come to the door to disturb.

Liu Bei simply took a letter, first asked Zhang Xiaopang about his recent situation, and then mentioned that he wanted to taste his peaches.

Soon, the Zhang family's carriage arrived in the village and brought several huge baskets of peaches with the car.

This time, there was only Zhang Weng who was in a hurry.

There is also a crooked handwritten letter from Zhang Xiaopang.

It is estimated that these words were written by Teacher Kaimeng first, and Zhang Xiaopang copied them one by one.

Knowing that he was safe and sound, Liu Bei was relieved.

As a return gift, his mother asked Zhang Weng to bring back a jar of honey to satisfy Zhang Xiaopang's hunger.

Peel and core the peaches and cut them into cubes. Add a few more sweet and sour plums, peel the core and cut into cubes. Put it in the ice and chill it overnight, then pour it into the kettle, bring to a boil over high heat, turn to low heat and simmer slowly. Then pour in honey and simmer until puree.

Skin jelly is also required.

The second time I did a light car and familiar with the road. After tasting the taste, I asked my mother to add some honey, stir it well with the pork skin soup, pour it into the lacquered wood fruit box, and wait for it to cool and solidify, and the jelly will be made by itself!

"It's amazing." Gongsun's expression is very worthy of Liu Xiaopang's hard work.

"Taste it." Using a piece of green silk from his mother, he cut off the excess jelly, and Liu Bei pinched a small piece and sent it into Gongsun's mouth.

"It's like a glutton." Gongsun's surprise was in the back: "I can't eat a trace of meat." "The taste of the jelly is combined with honey and peach and plum juice, so naturally it does not taste like meat.

Liu Bei pointed to the fruit box and smiled: "It's worth twenty gold." ”

Gongsun nodded with a smile: "You are an expert in housekeeping." ”

Liu Xiaopang's expression says it all.

The fruit box was sent to the horse market, and in a few days he was exchanged for twenty horseshoe gold cakes and more than a dozen broken cowhides. The reason why the cowhide is broken is also Liu Bei's special advice. Although iron armor is mostly used in the army in this era, leather armor is still very common among the people. It's not good to be remembered to rebel. Especially in these years, the thieves have been constantly rebelling, and the Han army is fighting fires everywhere, and the nerves are all tense.

A straw mat, one hundred and fifty dollars.

A pound of hemp, ten cents.

There are no palms in the Northland. It is obviously impossible to make a palm mat. So Liu Bei thought of replacing it with hemp that can be found everywhere. Matian is almost every family. If you have more, it will be worthless. Hemp silk is hemp fiber, and a mess of hemp is talking about it.

There is hemp in the village.

When the craftsmen boiled the beef glue, Liu Bei's work was completed.

In the middle of the backyard, there are several bluestone slabs, stacked on top of each other. Between the upper and lower stone slabs is the hemp silk that has been pressed into a cake.

The upper slate is uncovered in turn, and after the hemp silk swells by itself, hot cow glue is poured in.

After the hemp silk was full of hot glue, Liu Bei ordered someone to press the slate again. The slate sinks rapidly, and hot glue continues to overflow from the gaps. until it does not move. Liu Bei squatted down and looked at it, it was about three inches thick. That's a lot thicker than a straw mat.

"Do you see it all?" Liu Bei Chong asked the craftsmen around him.

"I see it clearly." For the craftsmen, these few processes are nothing at all.

A few days later, Liu Bei summoned the craftsmen to his home again.

The slate was uncovered, and the hemp mat did not bounce back.

Apparently it was the solidified bovine glue that made a difference.

Bovine glue is bovine gum. "Zhou Li, Examination of Gongji, Bow Man": "Deer glue is green and white, horse glue is red and white, cow glue is fire red, mouse glue is black, fish glue bait, rhino glue yellow." ”

Cut off all the remaining glue first. According to the size of the bed, the hemp mat is cut into regular rectangles and drilled to breathe. Wrap a layer of silk yarn as the lining, and then sew the outer cover with the Changle Mingguang brocade sent by Zhang Xiaopang's family, and a high-end and high-grade mattress will be completed!

"Do you see it all?" Liu Bei asked again.

"Back to the young owner, we have seen it clearly!" The old craftsman took the lead, and a group of craftsmen rushed to Liu Bei to give a gift to his disciples.

Obviously, Liu Bei taught them a new skill!

Put the hemp mat on the couch and lie down to try, the softness and hardness are moderate. That's called a cool profit!

Compared to the hardwood bed, it is much more comfortable.

Try to sleep for one night, and your whole body is full. All the materials used to make mattresses are natural. Without restraint. Liu Bei then asked the craftsman to take the clansmen's ox cart and send the mattress wrapped in linen cloth to Geng Yong.

What is a specialty?

It is a special thing that I have everywhere and nowhere else, a must-have and indispensable for home life.

Mattresses are absolutely essential and indispensable for home life. It is said that Liu Bei weaves mats and sells shoes, so let's make a high-end goods that drop my jaw and show you!

The bovine glue is still boiling over the fire.

There is also a lot of hemp silk purchased.

Liu Bei simply made another mattress. Prepare for yourself.

Mother and Gongsun's mattress, Liu Bei does not plan to use cow glue. Instead, prepare to use more precious deer glue.

The deer gum is green and white, and the aroma is strong. Much better than bovine glue.

Deerskins are precious, but they can be bought. The third uncle's family has accumulated a lot. It was bought with a lot of money and boiled into glue. With the previous experience, the grasp of various measurements is more accurate. With almost no waste, the craftsmen made two deer glue mattresses.

Handed it over to his mother and grandson, it was good to use it.

More frightened than at the beginning, walking on thin ice. Today's Liu Bei has become the head of the family. It is also the unicorn son of the Liu family in Zhuoxian County.

Life is relaxed. Reading and practicing calligraphy every day, riding and archery, and fighting with fencing, the days are like flowing water.

The rice in the field is green and grows very well.

The bluestone embankment weir is also largely completed. Liu Bei took the wages, but the craftsmen refused to refuse. I asked Fang Zhi because I was grateful for teaching the skills of making mattresses. That's fine. The purpose of passing on the mat-making skills to them is to let them carry it forward. Let the hemp mat become a specialty of Lousang Village.

Just after the white dew, the summer heat gradually subsided.

Geng Yong, who had lived in a snail's nest for a summer, came by boat again.

After a bowl of honey syrup, Geng Yong crossed his legs and said: "Brother Xian, in addition to sending books, Brother Fool is here to deliver books, but also has an important matter. ”

"What?" Liu Xiaopang's celadon bowl has not yet been served.

"That's ......" A few days ago, the mattress sent by Liu Bei was transferred by him to Cui Wei who wrote "Four Peoples Moon Order"!

"Do you know Cui Shangshu?"

"Where do I know! It's just that he is familiar with the steward of the Cui family's caravan. The mattress was entrusted to him and transferred to Cui Shangshu. Yesterday, the caravan returned, and the steward brought a message saying that Cui Shangshu invited the virtuous brother to talk about it! ”

"The Cui family caravan?" Liu Bei was stunned: "Doctor Shi is also in business?" ”

"It's nature." Geng Yong spoke quickly: "Cui Shangshu's family was poor when he was young, and he made a living selling wine and porridge. There were many ridicules at the time, but he never changed his ......"

I see. No wonder acquaintances. Geng's is also one of the best merchants in Lao Yadu, good at making pottery. The Cui family's wine urns were mostly purchased from the Geng family, and the fleet entered Wenshui and returned to Anpingguo. Easier than by road.

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