Chapter 397: Spinning
"Where could I miss my time to study? Even if you want to take a break from reading...... Bai Shengwen smiled disappreciatively: "If you don't talk about this, why do we need to thank each other?" Wen Lan, I listen to what you mean, this yarn is not meant to be made for fun by yourself, but to be sold out like that northern sugar, right? ”
Seeing Xu Wenlan nodded, Bai Shengwen became serious: "In this case, I think your spinning is useless." ”
Why didn't Xu Wenlan know? If you want to play DIY, it is enough, but it is too outdated to mass produce.
Seeing Xu Wenlan frowning, Bai Shengwen subconsciously raised his hand and gently stroked Xu Wenlan's eyebrows, and when he realized it, it was too late to stop his hand, so he simply didn't withdraw his hand, just looked at Xu Wenlan and said with a smile: "Don't frown, how ugly it is to frown at a young age......"
In the blink of an eye, Xu Wenlan met Bai Shengwen's gentle eyes, and inexplicably felt that the room was hot.
"Yes, I don't frown......" tried to act natural, but somehow, his eyes just drifted to the side unconsciously.
The corners of Bai Shengwen's mouth curled slightly, but he immediately covered it up again: "Although you are spinning wool, not silk and linen cotton thread, but I think these things are always connected, why don't I look for the pattern of a spinning machine in the book and try to make it." ”
"Spinner?" Xu Wenlan's eyes immediately widened, Heishui does not grow mulberry trees, no one raises silkworms, and does not produce cotton and linen crops, no one weaves cloth by herself at all, she has really never seen this thing.
Textile machine, Xu Wenlan is naturally in urgent need, but thinking that Bai Shengwen still has to prepare for the college exam, she feels embarrassed to let Bai Shengwen bother for her.
"Brother, you don't have to help me check the books, I'm idle anyway, give me the books you have at hand, I'll read them myself!"
Bai Shengwen smiled and said warmly: "I've only heard of the textile machine, and I don't know which book can have a pattern on it, and there is probably a silk spinning cotton thread, I'm afraid I can't use it directly, wait for me to study it, and see which book I can find clues in!" ”
After a pause in his voice, he suddenly raised his hand and gently stroked Xu Wenlan's head: "Don't worry about me, if it's too hard, I will definitely rest." ”
Knowing that Bai Shengwen saw through her because she was afraid of his hard work, Xu Wenlan smiled and didn't explain much, just nodded and said, "Well, I know that my brother is measured." ”
Bai Shengwen nodded, lowered his eyes, didn't speak for a long time, and after a while, he chuckled: "Sometimes, I also want to be disproportionate, and I want to mess around......"
Hearing this, Xu Wenlan raised her eyes and glanced at Bai Shengwen, but immediately turned her head when he looked over, pretending not to understand.
His eyes flickered, and Bai Shengwen didn't force Xu Wenlan, just got up with a smile and said goodbye and left.
If he can be as intrusive as his second brother, will Wen Lan care more about him?
From childhood to adulthood, he was said to be the sensible and obedient one, but who knew that he didn't actually want to be the sensible one.
No matter what time it is, the sensible and obedient one is ignored, but the one who is always making trouble can win more attention, even if it is scolding, when the mother is unconscious, the eyes always fall on his wayward brother more.
It's not sour in his heart, but it's his brother, he can only open his mind and make concessions. But even if he opens his mind again, he will never give in to Yu Wenlan in this matter.
Hearing Bai Shengwen's footsteps walking away, Xu Wenlan retracted his gaze, lowered the window, and couldn't help but sigh when he thought about it.
Think about it, maybe the big brother like the model three good students may not be happy, right?
When she came to the Bai family, she only saw Bai Shengwu messing around, either fighting with the children next to her, or playing with mud outside, and she was happy like a madman.
Isn't it true that the eldest brother was also jealous of such a second brother?
Shaking her head, Xu Wenlan threw away the trace of pity that came to her heart, and picked up the pattern on the table again.
It's really simple.
Although no one has seen it here in Heishui, the mallet always understands, over the years, Xu Wenlan has been a little used to using the mallet for laundry.
The miniature version of the mallet, coupled with the round wooden board on it, the simple version of the spinning was quickly ready, this thing is too simple, Xu Wenlan made it by a carpenter who was randomly found in Heishui, anyway, others don't know what she is doing this, but she is not afraid of being stolen.
The first time I spun the thread, the thread spun was still a little thick, and when I spun it for the second time, it was much thinner, carefully sending the thread, and carrying the spinning clay with the other hand, watching it turn dripping and stretching the combed wool into a long length, Xu Wenlan felt that it was a little too simple.
It only took half a day to spin two or two threads.
Although it is still a little thicker than modern fine cashmere, these thread strip scarves are more than enough.
It's just that the spinning thread is the natural color, white, and not the kind of snow white, but a little bit of rice off-white, if it is really mass production, but also learn to dye, or just this kind of natural color, there is no colorful bright color to choose from, and the sales can not go up.
The thread is spun, Xu Wenlan can't help but try his hand, when making the spinning gas, the wool needle is made by the master at the same time, wooden, polished smooth and with tung oil, there is no burr, and it is very convenient to use.
Seeing Xu Wenlan sitting on a chair with a stick needle and hooking wool, Zhu was amused: "If you want to say that you are a girl with a lot of tricks, obviously the girl is not very popular, and the thread is thick when sewing clothes, but making those fabrics is full of tricks, and at this time I will make this wool, I see, what kind of 'weaving' are you, it's quite presentable." ”
was praised by Zhu Shi for having a fever on her face, Xu Wenlan was embarrassed to say that she was weaving ordinary upper and lower needles, at most she was adding an ingots needle or something, and she really couldn't knit well with other complicated twist needles, umbrella needles, pine needles or something.
However, as the first weaving girl in the Qing Dynasty, she couldn't admit it, Xu Wenlan accepted the praise without blushing and shaking her hands, and pretended to be relaxed and said, "This is very simple, there are more tricks!" Mother, I'll teach you, and you can knit a sweater for my dad later. How warm and sweet! ”
As soon as Xu Wenlan said it, Zhu was happy: "This girl, what kind of sweater is there to knit, what is warm and sweet?" Your father is covered in clothes, which clothes didn't I cut? Even the shoes are accepted by me, your mother and I have worked hard for half a lifetime, why don't you feel anything warm and sweet? ”
was refuted by the Zhu family, Xu Wenlan was upset: But no, in these years, ordinary people's homes are mostly housewives who manage the clothes of a large family, and they are all made by themselves, how can they feel warm and sweet because of knitting sweaters? It seems that when the wool is launched in the future, it is really impossible to play such a billboard.