Shermulin slipped back to the ship.

However, because the wind on the river stopped and did not rage anymore for a while, she did not suffer from the cold again.

Not long after, Xie Jinzhi came back with the doctor and the servant. Xie Mulin lightly mentioned that he had gone to the gatehouse to roast the fire to avoid the wind, and he didn't mention his meeting with Xiao Rui at all, and Xie Jinzhi didn't doubt it. He talked to the doctor about the physical condition of the injured and the patients, and repeatedly emphasized that they were patients sent by Qianhu in Pingwang Town, and he did not want the previous commander to let the remaining minions know their whereabouts and take the opportunity to retaliate, so he asked the doctor not to disclose the patient's information to the public. The doctor came out of the Du Family Medical Center, and knew that the new thousand households in Pingwang Town were from the familiar Jin Shanwei, so it was impossible not to sell Jin Shanwei's favor, so he agreed to come down in one bite.

The doctor will go to Xie Jiawan for follow-up on his own every other day, and the vegetables, meat, and eggs that the people in the old house want to use will also be sent every other day, and the medicine that the doctor just prescribed will be prepared and brought on by the way. In this way, the daily life of the new residents in the Xie family's old mansion will be arranged, and there is no need for Xie Mulin and Xie Jinzhi's brother and sister to run one by one.

So when Xie Mulin returned home, he remembered that he had forgotten to bring the loom back.

Thinking of the conversation with Xiao Rui in the gatehouse of the old mansion, Xie Mulin was not too embarrassed to run again, for fear of meeting Xiao Rui again, so he had to entrust the third brother Xie Huizhi.

Although Xie Huizhi readily agreed, he still couldn't help but wonder: "Why does the second sister have to rush to get that loom back?" Don't say it's because Aunt Qin is keeping an eye on her, and the second sister is embarrassed to borrow the fourth sister's loom again. That's okay to prevaricate the wife. My wife is so busy every day that she doesn't care to pay attention to the situation when the second and fourth sisters practice weaving, but I can often see it. The fourth sister doesn't play with that thing much anymore, and has been busy learning to make clothes lately.

"Second sister, you learn faster than her, and you don't have much time to practice weaving, even if you occasionally borrow her loom, it's used to try to weave some new patterns, and it's just two handkerchiefs. Mrs. has already said that after the first month, the new looms and looms in the warehouse will be moved out for the second sister to play, where do you still use the old-fashioned little loom? There are few new students enrolled in the boudoir school next spring, so you don't need to rush to return the loom. So, why do you have to urge me to get that old loom back as soon as possible? ”

Xie Mulin blinked, and decided to reveal a little truth: "You used to go to the old mansion, and you also saw what it was like when I operated that loom, right?" I use a big shuttle ......"

Without her finishing her words, Xie Huizhi also remembered: "There is such a thing." I still wondered at the time, why did the second sister use such a big shuttle? But when I looked closer, I found that there was a mechanism on the shuttle, and the second sister threw the shuttle at both ends, and the spool on the top was fast, and the cloth was woven, several times faster than the ordinary loom. ”

"That's it." Xie Mulin said, "I think that if we add a mechanism to the loom, so that the shuttle can fly back and forth at both ends fixedly, the weaving speed can be greatly improved, so I am doing experiments." Unfortunately, I didn't think about how to connect the shuttle with the loom, so I planned to continue my research while the New Year was more leisurely. ”

Xie Huizhi scratched his hair: "Then what do you want...... Connected as one? Can't you just throw a shuttle like that? I see that you can knit it very quickly and easily. ”

Xie Mulin smiled: "It's too hard to throw around, I want to install a wooden trough on top of it, so that the shuttle can shuttle back and forth in the wooden trough." If you can use a spring, the speed will increase dramatically. She has watched the relevant animations, although because she didn't watch it very carefully, her memory is relatively long, and she can't remember many details clearly, but she still knows the general appearance of the shuttle loom. If you can meet a reliable carpenter, you should be able to make things out, but the springs may not work. In this era, even if there is a metal drawing process that can meet the conditions, it is not something that she can play with this kind of petty fight.

Xie Huizhi listened to his second sister's explanation, and his face was full of confusion. He is very good at finding out news and making friends, eating, drinking and having fun is also something he is familiar with, and he can barely cope with the four books and five classics, but the loom process is ...... It wasn't something he could understand at all.

Xie Mulin didn't force him to understand, and said with a smile: "Forget it, you don't have to think about it, just have the opportunity to find a good carpenter for me." Actually, if it weren't for the fact that the flood came before, I would have wanted to find a carpenter to help with this. ”

"Carpenter?" Xie Huizhi thought for a while, "Isn't there a carpenter among the people brought by Second Brother Xiao?" I have seen the work he did for the villagers of Qianwan Village, and his craftsmanship is many times better than the original carpenter uncle in Qianwan Village! Why don't you ask him for help? It just so happened that the loom was in the old house. Now they live in old houses, they can't go out at will, and it's boring. One or two of them are people who can't be idle, so they simply handed over the loom to them, maybe they can really make what the second sister wants? ”

Xie Mulin hesitated: "That's not bad, but I don't know if it's inconvenient." After all, they live in the old mansion to recuperate and hide from people......"

Xie Huizhi smiled: "What's this?" Just leave it to me. Second sister, you write down your thoughts on paper, and I'll show them them. If you can make it, then of course it's the best, and if you can't do it, it's nothing. Our family is not calling them in vain, give a few more taels of silver to make hard-earned money, they can also earn a lot of extra money, and it will be cheaper to settle down in the north in the future, and they must be happy to be tight! ”

Xie Mulin felt that the third brother's words were reasonable, so he really wrote down his thoughts, drew a few rough sketches, and tried his best to explain the principle of the shuttle loom that he knew, and even the structure of the spring was mentioned. However, she can't explain the principle clearly, after all, she is not a science student, and the knowledge she learned before the college entrance examination has long been returned to the teacher, so she can only mention what conditions need to be met to make the wire of the spring, and by the way, it is also said that it is used in the carriage and can achieve the shock absorption effect.

She hasn't forgotten that the clever carpenter from Hangzhou is a car-maker.

The carpenter may not be able to make these things for a while, but as long as he has this concept in his heart, there is always hope that new technologies will be developed in the future if conditions permit. With Xiao Rui's good relationship with their Xie family, are you still afraid that she won't be able to touch the light of new technology? If you don't have a shuttle loom, you can get a few carriages with better shock absorption. She and her mother, Wen, will go north next year, and while living in Beiping, I am afraid they will have to rely on horse-drawn carriages as a means of daily transportation.

Xie Huizhi accepted all the letters and drawings she gave, and by the way, he also received ten taels of silver advanced to the carpenter as research funds, but he didn't plan to go to the old mansion today. At this time, it is not early, and if you go to the old mansion again, I am afraid it will be dark when you come back. In very cold weather, the wind will only be stronger at night. He planned to leave early tomorrow morning.

Xie Mulin went to the main courtyard, planning to return to the Wen family, and by the way discuss the arrangements for the Chinese New Year's Eve, but saw that the Wen family had a worried face, and was ordering the girls to take out the few precious medicinal herbs they had collected for later use.

Wen told her worriedly: "The second old lady is sick. Let's hurry over and take a look. ”

Xie Mulin was stunned: "When you go in the morning, isn't it okay?" How could the second grandmother suddenly fall ill? ”

"It was said that the wind was blowing in the afternoon today." Wen sighed, "I hope her old man will take two pairs of medicines, but don't really get sick, otherwise how will she live this year?" ”

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