Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Elders of the Liu Family Visit
In the end, it was agreed, and a cotton pad was missing.
Liu Yunyi had already thought about it before going out, and people in this era still couldn't make too soft paper towels, and the cost of paper was quite expensive, so after thinking about it, she decided to use cotton to make it.
I remember living in the countryside with my grandmother when I was a child, and in autumn and winter, there were often craftsmen who carried cotton bows on their backs and shouted and played cotton in the countryside. All they need to do is deseed the cotton and they can pop out a soft and comfortable quilt.
Liu Yunyi thought to herself, cotton wool is actually a cotton quilt in an ultra-mini form, and it should be simpler than a cotton quilt, the key is compression.
So after having lunch in a hurry, Liu Yunyi went directly to visit a small shop that made quilts and explained his intention.
It just so happens that there is a lot of ready-made cotton in the store, and after opening and loosening cotton, and then the cotton is arranged into a net by cotton craftsmen, and pressurized with heavy iron plates, it really forms a 'cotton cloth' that is not thick and thin.
It's just that because of the lack of the machine and the lack of pressure, this cloth is not very united, and it is very easy to desquam.
Liu Yunyi was worried, but he listened to the craftsman's suggestion that he could use cotton thread to wrap around and compact the cotton together, so he tried again, and sure enough, the problem improved a lot, at least the cotton cloth could be 'healthy and formed'.
Liu Yunyi picked it up and tried it with water, the touch was indeed soft, although it couldn't withstand too brutal ravage, it was more practical than a simple cotton ball.
It's just that in this way, a small palm-sized cotton pad can take almost five or six minutes to make a piece on average, and the cost is not small.
Liu Yunyi calculated the time, and then calculated the salary according to the time, asked the craftsman to help him make sixty pieces, and gave the salary according to the whole day. It's not expensive, and it's only a tael of silver with the materials. So Liu Yunyi simply gave the other party another one or two, and asked the other party to do another day of work for himself.
"In addition to the thin sixty pieces, you can make me another thick one, about the thickness of a finger, the length is as long as my two palms, or according to the method just now, thank you very much."
Although the cotton craftsman was curious about the use, he didn't ask much, after all, it could easily be credited in two taels in two days, and this kind of work was simply hard to find with a lantern.
Half an hour later, Liu Yunyi carried the five thick cotton pads that the craftsmen had temporarily rushed to work, and his heart was indescribably beautiful.
This cotton pad looks rough, but it is definitely her aunt's artifact!
God knows that in ancient times when birds didn't poop, women came to their aunts to prevaricate with plant ash, and a better family was just a cloth mat.
Her aunt came to visit suddenly last night, and in desperation, she could only try to recall the original owner's handling method, and finally found the "original aunt cloth" that the original owner had treasured for a long time from the bottom of a certain box, and her whole person was devastated. After looking at it for a long time, she still couldn't muster up the courage to use it.
So from yesterday to today, she only picked a few clean white cloths to pad.
Fortunately, today is the first day, and she has tried to avoid running and jumping, so that nothing too embarrassing will happen.
"Miss, you've figured it out!" Seeing that Liu Yunyi finally came out of the backyard of the shop, Chunlian and Xia Ju hurriedly greeted him.
"I bought a bracelet in the silver shop, and I bought a piece of ink in the pen shop, and this place to play cotton...... Miss, are you going to buy a quilt? ”
This time, Liu Yunyi didn't hide it from them, but opened the cloth bag in his hand, and there were five cotton mats with white flowers neatly stacked inside.
Chunlian and Xia Ju looked at each other, and after looking at each other for a long time, they didn't see what it was.
"What the hell is this, Miss?"
Liu Yunyi had no choice but to move out of the almighty Jiangnan mother-in-law again, and said: "This is what the mother-in-law taught me, she said that this is a menstrual mat, and with this thing, we women don't have to stay in the room all day in those days, and it is not a problem to go anywhere." ”
"The ...... of the moon" The two maidens were frightened again.
Why did the third lady put such an amazing thing on her lips again! Was she so bold before?
Liu Yunyi was very enthusiastic, one person stuffed one in his hand, and urged: "You pinch and see if it's light and comfortable, let's make another cloth cover after we go back, one side is thick and the other is soft, just put this thing in it and use it!" ”
"Miss, let's give this back to you......" Xia Ju was ashamed, she was already too ashamed, and quickly stuffed the cotton pad back into the cloth bag.
Chunlian nodded hesitantly, and even recommended herself: "I think Miss has a good idea, I'll sew a cloth cover for you when I go back!" ”
Liu Yunyi was waiting for this sentence: "Then thank you Sister Chunlian!" ”
He pretended not to see Chunlian's thoughts......
But anyway, the harvest of a trip out today is still quite big, Liu Yun is tired, after cleaning up, he hurriedly returned to the street at the gate of the city, and after finding the coachman from the teahouse, the group returned to Liufu slowly.
Mingyue didn't come back.
However, what surprised Liu Yunyi even more was that she thought that after she went back, Zhao Yuanyuan would definitely try to make it difficult, but contrary to Liu Yunyi's expectations, from the time she walked into the mansion to the time she finished changing, and even enjoyed the small snacks brought back from the street, Zhao Yuanyuan's side was still calm.
No, not only Zhao Yuanyuan, but the entire mansion is very quiet.
It stands to reason that she borrowed Liu Changting's hand yesterday and slapped Zhao Yuanyuan in the face, and today Liu Changting left, which is Zhao Yuanyuan's best opportunity to retaliate against her.
But Zhao Yuanyuan didn't move, but Liu Lianyi and Liu Linglong didn't move.
The general plot shouldn't be like this! What about the good routine? Thanks to her, she was mentally prepared on the way back!
In short, when things go wrong, there must be demons.
Liu Yunyi sent Chunlian and Xia Ju out to inquire, but after the two went out for a while, they came back and said that everything was as usual.
Liu Yunyi nodded, didn't think about it anymore, and continued to eat and drink hers.
In the evening, while Chunlian went to the kitchen to watch the dishes, Liu Yunyi asked Xia Ju to go to the street to buy sugar gourds, and as a reward, the nail polish she used in the morning was given to her.
Xia Ju's temperament is simpler than Chunlian's, and when she heard the words, she ran errands, and Liu Yunyi hurriedly slipped away to the front hall.
The front hall was indeed a little different from when she came yesterday, there were obviously more than twice as many slaves, and many of them were not wearing the clothes of Liufu, and most of them were small servants.
Liu Yunyi poked her head out in the corridor and saw the scene in the hall from a distance—unlike the deserted neighborhood of her courtyard, she saw that there were twenty or thirty people sitting in this hall, and the ladies were gathered together as a family unit, each dressed richly and magnificently.
Liu Lianyi and Liu Linglong are indeed among them, and they have always belonged to Zhao Yuanyuan's main seat, and there are several old men sitting right now......
Liu Yunyi felt that those old men were a little familiar, squinted his eyes, and suddenly realized that those few were all the elders of the Liu family clan!
No wonder Zhao Yuanyuan didn't have time to settle accounts with her, it turned out that he was busy receiving the clan elders.
flipped through the memories of the original owner, and only then did he learn that the death day of the Liu family was coming.
The grandfather was from a foreign country and had made a career in the capital, but was later relegated to his hometown because of his crimes, and died of depression. Among the descendants, Liu Zhengyan is the most promising, so after he became the secretary of the ministry, the clan elders set up the ancestral hall in the capital Liu's father, which can be regarded as comforting the spirit of the prince in the sky, and the glory of the ancestors.
At this time of year, the clan elders will come to the capital from all over the country to worship, but this year Liu Zhengyan has something important to do and can't come back, so Zhao Yuanyuan is busy.
Obviously, Zhao Yuanyuan didn't want this juncture, she Liu Yunyi did something, so she simply blocked the news from her and didn't plan to let her appear.
Liu Yunyi could almost think of how Zhao Yuanyuan would explain to the clan elders, for example, she Liu Yunyi was seriously ill because she missed her deceased mother, or simply said that she was not at home and was on her way back.
As for whether it can be rushed back, it's hard to say.
Although the sacrifice pays attention to the gathering of descendants and grandchildren, since Liu Changting broke the vow and did not participate, the clan elders have not been too strict about whether all the people are together. After all, if the men don't come, it doesn't matter if the women don't come, not to mention that her Liu Yunyi's grandfather's family is in business, and the Liu family has always looked down on her.
Liu Yunyi looked at the large group of happy people in the hall, and couldn't help but laugh in his heart.
If you don't play with her, you won't take her to play, why do you have to guard against her, now she wants to participate a little!
Immediately, an idea gradually formed in the bottom of my mind.
The more Liu Yun thought about it, the happier he became, and his obsidian-like eyes were full of essence.
But for the time being, you can't startle the snake......
Thinking of this, Liu Yunyi turned around and left the front hall and returned to his small courtyard.
When she went back, she was delayed for a while, Chunlian had already stood at the gate of the courtyard and looked at it for a while, Xia Ju stood beside her and shrugged her ears, as if she had just been reprimanded. She was still holding the sugar gourd she had just bought.
Liu Yunyi pretended not to know anything, and walked towards the courtyard in a leisurely manner.
Chunlian saw it, her eyes were instantly sharp, and she quickly ran to Liu Yunyi's side. Out of impatience, her tone even questioned a little: "Miss, where did you run away again?" ”
Liu Yun pretended to be stupid: "I didn't go anywhere." ”
As she spoke, she suddenly raised her hand and slammed into Chunlian's front door, Chunlian was shocked, but when she saw what Liu Yunyi was holding in her hand, she couldn't hold back in an instant, and jumped up screaming directly.
"Ahh
Liu Yunyi plucked out his ears, his face full of innocence: "Praying mantis, is it the first time you have seen it?" I just caught it! ”
It's just a small bug, and Chunlian's reaction is too big.
Liu Yunyi was addicted to playing, and once again deliberately grabbed the praying mantis and slammed Chunlian, so frightened that Chunlian's little face turned white.
Xia Ju was eating and laughing on the side, and with a smile and a smile, she couldn't help but bite Liu Yunyi's sugar gourd, one bite, two bites, hmm...... It's so delicious.
"Natsuju ......"
"What, miss?"
"Your nail polish is gone!"
"No, Miss! I'll go buy you another bunch! No, two strings! ”
Xia Ju's wail instantly resounded in the small courtyard.
However, after going back and forth, Liu Yunyi successfully deceived Chunlian and Xia Ju, making the two think that she really just went out to catch mantis to play.
Then Liu Yunyi went back to the yard as if nothing happened, and ate, drank, washed, and slept in the gradually darkening sky.
Chunlian's handiwork is good, and the silk cloth cover made is soft and comfortable, although it can't be compared with modern sanitary napkins, but it is much more comfortable than cloth strips, and Liu Yunyi is satisfied.
In that case, get a good night's sleep.
She is easily tired during her menstrual period, so she needs to recharge her energy and plan for her next plans.
After all, if nothing else, her dream shop might be on the horizon!