Xie Mulin felt a little silly.

She spent all day thinking about making Jenny's "loom machine" to improve the performance of the existing loom, but after carefully re-reading the junior high school history textbook and the relevant entries in "Cihai", she realized how much mistake she had made.

Jenny Machine, the full name is "Jenny Spinning Machine", it is used for spinning, not for weaving!

Before the Industrial Revolution in Britain, it was because of the watchmaker Kaye who invented the shuttle, which greatly increased the weaving speed and the supply of cotton yarn was unavailable, and then a textile worker, Hargreaves, invented the Jenny spinning machine, which officially opened the prelude to the Industrial Revolution.

Jenny spinning machine can produce more than a dozen cotton yarns at one time, which greatly improves the production efficiency of cotton yarn, but the cotton yarn it spins also has the disadvantages of being thin and easy to break.

None of that matters, though. The important thing is that Xie Mulin now wants to improve the efficiency of the loom, and for the time being, she can't see the shortage of cotton thread in Huyin County, so she should focus her time and energy on the shuttle loom instead of tinkering with any Jenny machine.

She had only been in college for four years, and she had made such a big mistake by leaving the content of her history class behind. Xie Mulin felt that he had no face to go to the history teacher in high school.

There are very few pictures of the shuttle loom, and Xie Mulin can only find two very small pictures in junior high school history textbooks and reference materials, vaguely showing the appearance of several shuttles of different lengths.

According to the description in the textbook, she checked "Cihai" again, and only then did she guess what it looked like from the literal definition of this thing, and then she quickly remembered her experience in high school.

At that time, she had just left the northern township where her grandparents were located, and went to study in a second-tier city in Guangdong Province, where her grandparents lived, and repeated her first year of high school. The way the classes are conducted, the style of the classes, and even the accents of the teachers are very different from the old schools. The history teacher used animation to demonstrate the operation principle of Jenny's spinning machine and the shuttle loom, which opened the eyes of the country girl Xie Mulin and left a deep impression. Now that she thinks about it carefully, she also remembers the animation she watched back then.

The shuttle in the shuttle loom is to be installed in a chute, and springs are installed at both ends of the chute to make the shuttle quickly travel back and forth between the warp threads and increase the weaving speed. The structure of this chute is not clearly shown in the animation, and Xie Mulin can't remember it clearly, but she still remembers how it works. Now, even if you make such a shuttle, without a chute or a spring, you can only rely on your hands to make it "fly" on the loom, which can improve the efficiency of weaving a lot, but it is not as fast as the real shuttle loom.

This kind of mechanical thing, Shermulin could not explain its provenance by forging an old book or notes, because the drawings of the loom were too obvious to be obfuscated by a few lines of indistinct words. Xie Mulin himself did not have the skills to forge ancient books. Instead of making an "ancient book" full of flaws, it is better to prevaricate it with a flash of inspiration.

At present, the loom used for teaching in the boudoir school also uses a shuttle, but the shuttle style is very traditional. Turning this traditional shuttle into a shuttle only takes a little ingenuity, and the principle is very simple. As for how to put a chute on this shuttle, that will be a matter for later.

Xie Mulin was thinking about whether to recruit one or two people with particularly outstanding textile skills and who were familiar with loom manufacturing to come to his house? In this way, she can find a way to "inspire" this person in the future, so that the real shuttle loom can be found in the world. When necessary, Jenny spinning machine or something can also be "invented" in this way......

Xie Mulin personally drew dozens of drawings of the shuttle, all kinds of sizes and sizes, and he couldn't decide which one was better, so he simply handed them all over to Ma Luyao and asked him to find a few good carpenters, not only the one in Qianwan Village, but also the carpenters with good craftsmanship in Huyin County, all according to the drawings, using different woods, to make dozens of samples for her to come out and see, and by the way, to make a batch of matching spools.

When the sample was made, she personally wrapped the cotton thread around the spool, then inserted it into the shuttle, and took it to the loom for slow experimentation.

She is not in a hurry, anyway, she can always find the most suitable one after trying out the shuttles of different sizes and materials. If you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and if you want to come up with a reliable "invention", patience is essential.

While experimenting with the shuttle, Xie Mulin continued his studies and painting practice. On Mrs. Xie's side, she treated it as usual and didn't pay extra attention to it. She was so busy that she didn't have time to pay attention to what the old lady Xie was making again. The homework and shuttle of the boudoir have already occupied almost all of her energy, not to mention that she has to take time out every ten years to help her mother Wen calculate the family's accounts, so as not to give Wanqin a chance to take advantage of the loophole. The younger sister Xie Yingfen and the cousin Yang Yuan in the second room are still worrying, and they are grinding her recently, asking her to fulfill her promise and accompany them to make new snacks.

Xie Mulin did promise them, but it was hard to break his promise. She thought that August was coming soon, and she had already had the intention to tinker with Cantonese moon cakes and enrich her own dim sum recipes, so she took advantage of the slight progress on the shuttle side, and when she stopped classes for the holiday season, she resigned to Mrs. Xie and planned to go back to the new house to live for two days.

Xie Huizhi had already promised to come over to accompany Mrs. Xie for two days, but he didn't worry that the old lady would be unaccompanied. However, her condition is almost better, and she just needs to recuperate for a while to replenish her vitality. The old man Du Fengchun no longer comes to the door for follow-up visits in person, at most he sends his apprentice to come over to diagnose a safe pulse, so even if she stays in the old house for a few days, there is no problem, anyway, there are Ma Luyao and his wife, Pearl and He Pozi.

Old Mrs. Xie stretched her face, and was very reluctant to let Xie Mulin go back: "If you have something, go back and do it, just come back before dark, what are you doing when you go to Xie Jiajiao to live for so many days for no reason?!" I don't want Xie Huizhi's stinky boy to accompany me, he doesn't know how to respect people at all, he only jokes with a hippie smile, he thinks he's funny, but in fact, he hates it so much, I don't want to see him! ”

As soon as Xie Mulin heard this, he knew that the old lady was making trouble again, and coaxed her to say: "The third brother is also filial, but he has less time to accompany you, and he doesn't know how to make you happy." With such a temperament, it is not easy for him to be willing to tell you jokes and make you happy. Look at the people in our family, which one is good at laughing and funny? Although your old man has always preferred grandchildren like me who are scolding people when they open their mouths, it is not bad to have a grandson who is willing to please you? ”

Mrs. Xie couldn't cry or laugh a little: "What kind of mess is this?" I'm just telling you not to spend the night out and come home every day. Where did you get me? ”

Xie Mulin snorted: "Look at what you said, the other end of the new house is home, I just want to go home to live, how can it be regarded as outside?" Besides, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and this is the first time that our family has had a big festival after returning to their hometown, how to give gifts to Beijing, and how to exchange gifts between relatives and friends of the clan, there are many things to do. Aunt Qin only understands the rules of the Hou Mansion, and there is no way to count on this kind of thing. The older brothers are busy with their studies again. Where can my mother handle it alone? I'm going to have to go back and help her. ”

She saw that Mrs. Xie was about to refuse, so she took the first step to speak: "Speaking of which, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, do you still plan to stay in the old mansion?" Isn't that okay? The Mid-Autumn Festival is a time for a family reunion, how can you be alone for the festival outside? Why don't you move home with me, old lady? It's more crowded and more lively. ”