Chapter 107: Making Quills
Lu Jiu passed by a roast goose shop and saw that a lot of feathers had been lost at the door, she remembered the quill, and planned to go home to do an experiment, in case it succeeded!
Thinking of this, Lu Jiu asked, "Boss, how do you sell roast goose?" ”
"One hundred and fifty big money, do you want one?"
"Here's one." Lu Jiu paid the money and asked casually, "Boss, do you still want these feathers?" ”
"No, does the girl like it?"
"I think it's pretty and I want a few."
"Girl, take whatever you want, and the guys will come and collect the filth."
"Thank you, boss."
In fact, it is quite simple to make a quill, Lu Jiu used to be idle at home, so he liked to brush all kinds of small videos, and he had seen the steps of making a quill pen, so Lu Jiu planned to go home and try it.
Many large bird feathers are suitable for use as pens, as long as they are long and hard enough, the longest ones on the wings are generally taken.
The most common is goose feathers, which is perhaps why quills are usually called quills.
Swan feathers are precious because they are scarce, crow feathers are better for fine writing, and duck feathers, eagle feathers, turkey feathers, pheasant feathers, etc.
Lu Jiu picked up a lot of goose feathers, about dozens, and after thanking the boss, he went home to make quills in a hurry.
But Lu Jiu remembered that he hadn't been to the construction site for a day today, and went to the construction site to take a look, and found that the progress was good, and Lu Sidong was also very serious and responsible, so Lu Jiu also relaxed and concentrated on going back to make quills.
"Auntie, do you want to make shuttlecocks for us again?"
As soon as the children saw the goose feathers in Lu Jiu's hands, they subconsciously thought that Lu Jiu was making shuttlecocks for them to play.
"It's not." Lu Jiu shook his head: "This is to make quills." ”
"What is a quill?"
"Is it the same as a brush?"
"Auntie ......"
"I'll show you later."
Lu Jiu looked at this group of little radish heads and gave orders directly.
"Erlang, help me rub a dustpan of sand."
"San Lang, help me light the fire, use that small stove."
"Flowers, put the roast goose in my house, and I'll give you dinner for dinner!" Her house is relatively safe and cannot be eaten by someone.
If it were normal, Lu Jiu would have been fenced off long ago when he brought food home, but because the food has been so good recently, they are not very interested in eating now, but are more interested in the "quill" in Lu Jiu's mouth.
There are two stoves at home, one large and one small, the big one is used to make a big pot of rice, and the small one is used to open a small stove for Lu Jiu.
Saburo soon started a fire, and children in the countryside can burn a fire at the age of two, but they need to be watched by adults, otherwise it is easy to cause a fire.
Lu Jiu put the goose feathers into the steamer for degreasing, and after steaming for about five minutes, Lu Jiu lifted the lid of the pot and took out the goose feathers.
Lu Jiu took out a knife to clean up the scales and skin tissue that are often carried at the root of the feathers, scraped off the feathers that hindered the writing, and then used an embroidery needle to clean the inside of the feather tube to ensure that it was unblocked.
As soon as he finished making a few goose feathers, Jiro came back with a dustpan of sand.
Lu Jiu replaced it with an iron pot, this iron pot is a little worn out and a little leaky, it is a pot used to fry peanuts for the original owner during the Chinese New Year, which is not very commonly used.
Stir-fry the sand to around 180°C, too high a temperature will scorch the feather tubes.
Lu Jiu didn't know what 180°C was, so he could only estimate it.
When it felt about the same, Lu Jiu directly extinguished the fire and went to the yard with this pot of sand.