Chapter 58: Paper I
As Lan Ling said, the pain was unbearable at night, the skin of the whole body seemed to be torn apart, and then sprinkled with salt finely, unfortunately I was still sleeping in the middle, and even the idea of turning my body was resisted, for fear of waking up the sleeping Ying and the second daughter, until the window was faintly white, the drowsiness suppressed the pain, and ended my suffering.
I slept until the afternoon before I opened my eyes, the second daughter was sitting cross-legged beside me carefully peeling the peach, a little foot was thrown in front of me, and there was a slight smell of sweat from the girl's house. She ran a lot in the mountains yesterday in order to find me, and at night in order to pull me to sleep in the middle, she didn't even wash her feet and went to chuang, and ran to play yang peach in the morning. The second daughter peeled the serious input, did not notice that I had woken up, was gently tearing the peel, careful not to hurt the flesh, the plate next to me neatly stacked a dozen peeled, one by one moist like jade, yellow agate like the same color, I swallowed saliva when I saw it.
"Throw one in my mouth," I didn't speak until the second daughter peeled the peach in her hand.
"Well," the second daughter picked a cooked one and put it in my mouth, and watched me finish eating, "Another one?" "Stuff another one for me," the concubine only hit early in the morning, and it was fresh. ”
"Delicious," complimented him heartily, "what about Madame?" "When I woke up, I couldn't see the emptiness in Ying's heart, something was missing.
"The princess is here, and the lady is talking." The second daughter said to the princess, with a look of disdain, "When the woman is gone, the husband is getting up, and the concubine will peel the peaches for you to eat." ”
"Okay, don't get up today." I almost didn't die last night, I have revenge, it's a good idea to lie in bed, "The socks are off, they smell." "Being with my second daughter makes me feel good.
The second girl quickly removed her socks, stretched her feet to my nose, and asked softly with her eyes, "Does it taste good?" Didn't wash it last night. ”
"It stinks, take it back." Reaching out and scratching the center of her foot, the second girl retracted her foot like an electric shock, tilted her head and giggled, "I have something to tell you, you must be happy to hear it." "I remembered what Lanling told me yesterday, and I wanted the second daughter to have a surprise.
"Yes," the second daughter crawled over, listening to my good news with great interest, still with a smile on her face.
"The Fang family's case has been solved, and everyone including you has been pardoned, if you want, you can restore your identity in the future." The second daughter can live without burdens in the future, because of this, I still prefer the Tang Dynasty government.
The second daughter nodded expressionlessly, "Husband, eat another one, it's bigger than the others." "Pick up another one and feed it to me.
In the second daughter's heart, feeding me yang peach is much more important than maybe amnesty, don't mention this matter in the future, it seems that her disgust with the Fang family is not ordinary.
There is a game in the polo team today, I am not present, and I don't know if Cheng Chu can do it alone, now I'm afraid it's almost over. Thinking that he had already asked Qin Yu to help him yesterday, there probably wouldn't be a big problem. Just thinking about it, the second daughter handed over another fruit, I took a bite absentmindedly, the strength was not mastered, the juice splashed, and I was faced. Seeing this, the second daughter hurriedly took a hand towel and wiped it, for fear that the snow-white quilt would be dyed and the color would not be washed off.
Yang peach juice, a thought flashed through my mind, a little blurred, what is yang peach juice? Really? Peach powder? Preserved fruit? Wang Laoji? ..... neither, as I said yesterday, papermaking! I remembered that I bragged to the second daughter and the princess yesterday, and was laughed at by Lanling.
"Second daughter, you go get a pen and paper, my arm hurts, you read and write, quickly!" Take advantage of the miraculous clarity of memory now, you have to write it down quickly, if there is something in your mind, it is always hidden, and it can't escape from it in black and white.
This is a 21st century is still in the folk inheritance of papermaking methods, it is said that it was handed down from the middle of the Qing Dynasty, papermaking raw materials are readily available, the process flow is simple, and the paper is flexible and white, the surface is smooth and permeable, and the advantages of good permeability, skilled workers can make more than 100 sheets a day.
When I was in elementary school, I once lived in a summer vacation with my classmates by the Wei River, and next door to his house was a small paper-making workshop, and the factory director, employees, and accountants were all served by a poor old bachelor. When he has nothing to do, go to see him make paper, and if you want to help him mix the pulp all morning, you can get a dime for wages. After my classmates and I were tired like monkeys and him for two days, I was found out by my classmates' mothers and scolded, saying that the old bachelor was a neurotic, and if he dared to go to his house in the future, he would throw his son on the river beach and not be allowed to go home, and then notify my parents to clean me up, so the enthusiasm for entrepreneurship was stifled in the cradle by the classmate's mother.
Since the Tang Dynasty, the paper of this era has been a little unaccustomed, usually practice the bamboo paper used to copy and engage in yellow and brittle, folded in half to be in half, its properties are closer to biscuits, sometimes write something, a little hand dance action is a little bigger, it is full of paper scraps (exaggerated components), make it unpleasant. If you want to write some formal letters, such as house deeds, title deeds, deed of sale, etc., you have to replace them with tribute paper (early rice paper), which is not generally good, but ridiculously expensive, and is about to catch up with the price of toilet water.
Another point, although it is more humiliating, I have to say that after coming to the Tang Dynasty, I suffered from a slight phobia of going to the toilet. Because of being in the early Tang Dynasty, the living habits of the aristocracy and the legacy of the Sui Dynasty, coupled with the fact that it was an era of production and construction, from top to bottom advocated thrift and thrift, resulting in the fact that the thing "toilet chip" is still widely used. So I tried to use bamboo paper first, but this paper was too brittle, either cutting the flesh, or being pierced by my fingers, and the end was miserable, and I had to continue to use toilet chips, which was extremely desolate.
Since my family started a tertiary production and the conditions improved, the first money I spent was to buy a large amount of tribute paper under the banner of 'not writing for a day', and I carried a spare piece in my arms every day. This paper has a super ability to absorb water, and it can absorb sweat in the body in the arms, and when it comes to use, it is soft and soft, even if it is thick and rough, it is much more comfortable than the first two. At my instigation, Ying and the second daughter also developed this good habit, although Ying occasionally nagged a few words with a heartache, but it was just talking, after all, the family no longer worries about money, who doesn't like it.
Handpaper was only widely used by the aristocracy in the Tang Dynasty, which means that I need to wait another fifty years to enjoy it, and to use the soft and slightly fragrant toilet paper rudimentary treasure, I have to wait for about 90 years, and wait for Yang Guozhong to promote it. The scene of a 110-year-old melon man, squatting in the toilet and tearing up excitedly, wiping his butt with raw toilet paper made me shudder.
Childhood memories are generally mutilated, but today it is as complete and clear as a ghost's upper body, and even the processes that were not clear about the part-time job at that time are arranged in a staggered manner, and I am chattering from side to side, no matter where the second daughter writes, I will be able to review.
"Is it written?" Seeing that the second daughter finally stopped writing with sweat on her head, I was a little impatient, "Take it to me, you can prepare another piece of paper and write a formal one." ”
The second daughter nodded and came over to help me get dressed. I just noticed that I got out of bed unconsciously, and even half of my clothes were worn.
"You go fetch water, and I'll write it myself." While my memory is intact now, I need to improve it again, so I picked up the pen and began to revise the draft of the second daughter, allowing the second daughter to wipe her face and comb her hair, unconscious.
After checking it a few times, I feel that there are no more mistakes, and it is done! "Second daughter, will you go out with me?" Now that he has gotten up, there is no need to hide, let Lanling wait for a long time to be angry, and now the pain in his body is much smaller, plus he has obtained the papermaking process, and his mood is suddenly comfortable.
The second daughter was disgusted with Lanling and would rather continue to peel peaches in the house. That's fine, after all, the misunderstanding started from the second daughter.
Ying and the princess are sitting in the front pavilion chatting, there are still a bunch of fruits and snacks on the table, looking at the posture has already eaten, this is not fair, I just ate a few peaches, that thing is appetizing, really hungry. Seeing the ceremony, I didn't say anything, I first handed over the things I wrote to Ying and Lanling to look at, and took advantage of the gap between their research to grab the snacks on the table is a sea stopper.
With a full burp, a strange thought suddenly occurred in my heart, if I traveled through time and space to a poor family, I guess I wouldn't even be able to exchange this thing for a good meal, right? Thankfully.