Chapter 072 Repay the Favor

"Third uncle, what's wrong?"

Li Jingkuo and everyone looked at the Bodhi Zishu for a long time, suddenly remembered something, raised his head and wanted to ask Uncle Li Chang, but when he raised his eyes, he saw him frowning and contemplative, and asked with concern.

"It's nothing, let's go, let's go see the cotton"

Uncle Li Chang rubbed his swollen temples, raised a gentle smile, and said to everyone.

"Okay, let's go," Li Jingkuo saw that Uncle Li Chang didn't want to talk deeply, so he hid the thoughts that had just risen in his mind and shouted to his brothers along with his words. When he passed by Mama Zhao, who was standing on the side, he asked casually, "By the way, where did Cousin Qifang go and when will she come back?" ”

To be honest, although everyone is both relatives and partners, the host is not there, and they are a little uncomfortable staying with the guests.

"Back to the young master, our second young grandmother went to invite the weaving master, saying that she could come back on the same day, presumably she was already on the way at the moment."

Mama Zhao squatted slightly, and said in a steady tone.

"Oh?" Li Jingkuo froze his body, turned his head and asked Uncle Li Chang, "Third uncle, is my cousin the heir of the Wu family?" ”

When Wang Qifang talked about cooperation with them, she once mentioned it. It is said that this Wu is the only daughter of Master Wu Tiangong, who weaved Zhou's worsted cotton cloth back then, and is also his only successor, who can skillfully operate the mysterious three-spindle spinning wheel. I don't know how many times more authentic than the so-called Wu family disciples who were bought by wealthy businessmen.

However, before seeing the real person, Li Jingkuo had reservations about Wang Qifang's words - it was not that he didn't believe Wang Qifang, but this "three-spindle spinning wheel" had only heard of its name since it was short-lived 20 years ago, but it had never been seen.

There are countless wealthy merchant families who want to get the design drawings of the three-spindle spinning wheel, and they don't know how much they spend on financial and material resources, but they don't even get a wheel. was easily found by Wang Qifang, an abandoned woman who went to court in disguise, this, how can this not make people confused and suspicious?

"That's right, I also asked people to investigate that Wu family, and it is indeed Wu Tiangong's biological daughter." Uncle Li Chang nodded, and told Li Jingkuo in detail the information investigated by the knights in the house.

It's just that I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, he didn't say the second half of the report - although Wu is Wu Tiangong's daughter, there is no information to prove that Wu knows cotton worsted technology.

"The secret of printing and dyeing that my cousin said, have you ever seen it from the third uncle?"

Li Jingkuo still didn't hold back and asked the doubts in his heart.

It's not that he invested in shares without figuring out anything, Li Jingkuo's thoughts were roughly the same as Uncle Li Chang's at that time, and the reason why he happily bought shares was more important because he took a fancy to the cotton that was surprisingly good. Their idea is also very simple, even if Wang Qifang does not have a master of textile printing and dyeing, with these cotton alone, their investment will not be lost.

However, after coming to Qingquan Villa, Li Jingkuo felt very peculiar from the top and bottom of the villa, as if there was really some kind of aura here, and when he stood under the Bodhi tree, he actually had a feeling of being completely empty, as if a certain feeling went straight to his chest. also made him have great trust in Wang Qifang, perhaps, Cousin Wang can really bring them miracles and surprises.

"No, though, I believe Qi Niang"

Uncle Li Chang smiled slightly, and said to Li Jingkuo very firmly.

Because Wang Qifang has no reason to lie to him.

The following facts also confirmed Uncle Li Chang's trust in Wang Qifang.

At noon, Wang Qifang returned to the villa in a carriage with a happy face. This trip, she can be said to have returned with a full load, not only successfully brought back the Wu family, but also got what she dreamed of.

"This is the three-spindle spinning wheel?"

Uncle Li Chang squinted his eyes, and groped up and down with his hands for the exquisitely made pedal spinning wheel.

"That's right, uncle, this is the essential three-spindle spinning wheel for spinning fine cotton"

Wang Qifang nodded, pushed Wu in front of everyone, first introduced her identity, and then asked her to explain to everyone in detail.

"Wait, what is this?"

Li Jingguang did not gather by the spinning wheel, but squatted in the corner and carefully examined a certain wooden vessel. He observed it repeatedly for a long time, but he still didn't understand that this small square box was a magic thing. I had to pick up the box and ask the woodsman who was standing quietly on the side.

"This is a tool for removing cottonseeds."

Wu glanced at it and replied lightly.

"Hmm, so this is a tool for playing cotton?"

Li Jingkuo was not idle, he raised a bow-like tool with one hand, and gently plucked the tight string with the other hand, and asked curiously.

"That's right, second cousin, this is exactly the tool for playing cotton," Wang Qifang had seen it on TV in her previous life, and said with certainty.

Then, Li Maoxiang also looked away from the spinning wheel and turned to explore other tools.

Wang Qifang saw the curious looks on everyone's faces, pondered for a moment, and said to everyone, "In this way, instead of letting Sister Wu explain it emptyly, why don't you ask her to demonstrate it to everyone on the spot?" ”

"Okay, the slave family will operate all kinds of tools for a few owners."

Wu listened to Wang Qifang's somewhat reckless words, but he didn't care, and he didn't have a trace of embarrassment. Instead, he agreed with a generous chin and didn't care that the onlookers might take the opportunity to steal the teacher.

Here, Aster, who has a lot of discernment, has already neatly picked up the dried cotton and placed it next to the wooden box where the cotton seeds are removed, so that Wu can take it at any time.

"Well, these cottons are really good," Wu picked up one casually, pulled it with his hand, and nodded with satisfaction, "Young grandma, are we going to demonstrate in the conservatory, or are we going back to the house?" Although the slave family is not afraid of being stolen to learn the technology, I still hope that there will be no irrelevant people watching the scene."

After listening to Wu's words, Wang Qifang suddenly realized that her words just now were a little inappropriate, she smiled wryly, and then ordered Mama Zhao and Ziyuan to send the other subordinates out, leaving only a few partners who jointly developed the cotton cloth business in the conservatory, as well as the loyal Mama Zhao and Ziyuan, who had just made great contributions and was cultivated by Wang Qifang as a confidant.

"First of all, the cotton should be picked to remove the cotton seeds," Wu saw that there were no more idle people in the conservatory, so he began to operate.

I saw that she first held a large handful of fluffy cotton and put it in the wooden box, gently turned the wooden handle on one side of the wooden box, with the click of the gears in the box, the cotton seeds wrapped in the cotton were neatly peeled off, and the opening at the bottom of the box slowly flowed out of the snow-white cotton.

"Next, it's the cotton"

Wu Shi took the cotton with the cotton seeds removed to the side, spread the cotton flat, and then put the bow-shaped string diagonally on his shoulder, and struck the string rhythmically with the wooden stone with one hand, and his body moved slowly. The cotton that was pressed when the seeds were removed fluttered lightly with the beating strings.

"The third step is to pout"

While explaining, Wu rolled the elastic cotton into small rolls one by one, neatly lined up on the side.

"Then it's spinning"

At this time, Wu sat on the side of the spinning wheel with three cotton rolls, stepped on the pedal of the spinning wheel with both feet, and the three wooden spindles at the upper end of the spinning wheel quickly turned up, only to see her left hand holding the "Ju Pu" on the rotating spindle to pull out the cotton thread, when the cotton thread was drawn, the body kept moving back and forth, trying to make the cotton thread drawn out thin and long.

In the sunny conservatory, Uncle Li Chang and several young masters of the Li family stared at the Wu family's hands flying up and down without blinking, as well as the thicker and thicker cotton threads on the spindles.

After a short time, Wu spun the cotton into white and thin cotton threads, and after she finished spinning the last set of dwellings, she slowly stopped her trampling feet, stood up and pointed to the three corn cob-like cotton threads on the spinning wheel and said, "In this way, the cotton thread is spinned." The next step is to weave the cloth with a loom. In recent years, in our Great Zhou Dynasty, the weaving technology has become more and more sophisticated, and the cotton thread woven with three spindles spinning wheel can weave fine cotton cloth that is more delicate and soft than silk."

Wu finished speaking, but the scene was silent.

Whether it was Uncle Li Chang or Wang Qifang, everyone was stunned by Wu's skilled spinning technology.

Looking at the cotton thread as thin as a hair, and then looking at the clumsy spinning wheel that was not amazing, Uncle Li Chang sighed faintly, "Okay, it's really good."

Li Jingkuo and Li Jingguang brothers glanced at each other and did not speak, but in their hearts they reconsidered their cooperation plan - perhaps, they could pull the eldest brother in, so that the Li family could be regarded as a real shareholder.

As for Wang Qifang, she was full of emotion. Because she knew better than anyone on the scene that the reason why things went so smoothly was all due to Wu's full help.

In the evening, when she returned to the bedroom, Wang Qifang called Ziyuan and carefully asked her about the situation of the Zhao family.

"The third princess?"

Listening to Aster's wonderful retelling, Wang Qifang muttered softly. The name of the third princess, she has also heard of it, according to Mama Zhao, the third princess is the emperor's favorite princess, since she was a child, she loves red makeup and martial arts makeup, riding horses, playing ball, the art of war, and martial arts are all proficient, and she is even better than a royal brother and brother, so that the emperor often sighs "Why not a man's body".

When the first emperor died, the third princess supported her half-brother to compete for the throne. After helping the imperial brother successfully ascend the dragon throne, she guarded the northwest border fortress with a horse who was also a military general, and became the only princess with private arms in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

It's just that Wang Qifang never thought that she would have a relationship with such a legendary princess.

"Young Grandma Hui, it is the third princess," Ziyuan raised her little face and said with great gratitude: "If it weren't for the righteous words of the third princess, the slave maid's errand would not have gone so smoothly, and presumably Mrs. Zhao would not have succumbed so quickly."

"Well, I know, you have worked this errand, from Ming'er, you will follow Mama Zhao, and learn the rules from Mama Zhao"

Wang Qifang was very satisfied with Ziyuan's performance and gave rewards without hesitation.

"Thank you, young grandma, please rest assured, the slave will serve the young grandma well"

When Shion heard this, her eyes flashed with surprise. What kind of person is Mama Zhao, that is the master's most trusted confidant. The young grandmother asked her to follow Mama Zhao, obviously cultivating her as her own.

"Qi Niang, what are you?"

Mama Zhao handed the bird's nest porridge that had been stewed for a long time to Wang Qifang, and asked a little puzzled when she saw that Ziyuan couldn't hide her excitement.

"It's nothing, Mama, tomorrow you ask Chen Dongsheng to send some fresh vegetables and fruits to the third princess and aunt in the capital, well, fruits, just send me the plums I brought back."

Wang Qifang took the warm porcelain cup, picked up the small silver spoon, and drank it with her eyes curled in enjoyment......

P: On the first day of June, I wish the childlike parents a happy Children's Day and a new month has begun again