Chapter 469: Huqing Road makes a loom
Although the females have never seen this practice, they all believe in the fox Jiaojiao and will not let them do meaningless things.
Soaking ramie is easier to peel.
After soaking the ramie, the fox taught them to pick the leaves, peel off the skin of the ramie, and separate the skin from the stem.
Ramie looks like a lot, but when you peel it, it looks a lot less.
The peeled ramie stalks are piled up on the grass beside them, dried in the sun, and can be burned as firewood without wasting them.
The peeled ramie skin is rinsed in the next process.
The orc world does not have such detailed raw materials, and most of the processes can be simplified.
After rinsing, the ramie skin is dried on a stone to prevent it from being preserved and used in the future.
The females work very efficiently, and at the end of a busy day, none of the females complain that they are tired.
Nearly one fifth or two thousand catties of ramie were processed.
Even the grass was covered with rinsed ramie skins.
At this moment, the ramie skin is already a pale yellow fiber, densely lying on the grass, as long as it is exposed to the sun and night dew, it can be made into twine.
Because ramie is processed collectively, and the males also contribute, it does not belong to the female individually, and the storage is also collective.
At night, he found two males to guard him.
During the day, the females come back to continue processing.
"Jiaojiao, are we going to be the same today as yesterday?"
Without waiting for the fox Jiaojiao to speak, Feng Sheng asked with interest.
She is very interested in everything related to plants.
In the past, I only knew that plants could be eaten and cured, but I didn't know that they could also be used to make clothes and wear.
"No, I'll teach you the next steps today." Fox Jiaojiao shook her head and said, the ramie skin on the ground has been dried and can be processed for the next step.
Fengsheng and the females all looked at the fox Jiaojiao with a curious expression.
They also wanted to know how Fox Jiaojiao would use to make these dry things into soft clothes.
Although the hides are thick, the tanned hides are very soft, and the ramie skins are dry and hard, and they are still very prickly and sparse to the touch.
How to wear this?
Fox Jiaojiao asked the male to help carry a large stone bucket, put a part of the ramie skin into it, and then poured dry sand into it, and pressed the ramie skin heavily.
Then use a thick stick to reach in and pound it repeatedly in one direction.
The fibers that had been dried in the sun were wrapped around the sticks one by one, forming a round ball, which gradually grew larger and larger, until the last fiber in the stone bucket was also wound.
"This is the thread, and after the ramie is made into thread, you can make a cloth thinner than the skin of an animal, and then cut it to make clothes."
Fox Jiaojiao explained her intentions while demonstrating.
Originally, it was possible to rub the fibers into twine without tools, but it was too wasteful.
There are so many ramie, I don't know how to rub it until the year of the monkey.
The thread pounded with a tool is thinner, one by one, and it is more convenient to weave the cloth after that.
"So how do you make these threads into cloth, do you do it now?" Lu Mian'er looked inquiring, and her eyes were full of curiosity.
"We need other tools to make the thread into cloth, and we can now process all the ramie into thread." Fox Jiaojiao explained.
The females nodded.
These processes are very simple, they can see it once, try it with their own hands, and they can master it very skillfully.
Ten catties of ramie can be rolled into a basketball-sized ball of thread, and the females work together, half of the females roll the ball, and half of the females continue to soak and peel hemp.
At the end of the day, more than 30 thread balls were rolled, and the grass was re-filled with rinsed ramie fibers.
The females are all familiar with it, and there is no need for Fox Jiaojiao to keep an eye here, Feng Sheng and Lu Mian'er are responsible for pre-processing, and the other is responsible for pounding the thread, almost not letting Fox Jiaojiao worry about it.
On the third day, the males set out again on their way to pick ramie.
In this way, when the ramie is used up, the new ramie will come back.
The most important thing for orcs now is time.
Everyone is racing against the clock to waste a single moment.
Hu Jiaojiao originally thought that she would have to wait for some thread balls to wait for Hu Qinglu to make the weaving machine, but she didn't expect that the second batch of orcs who picked ramie had not returned, and she received good news from Hu Qinglu.
The loom is made!
Fox Jiaojiao immediately came to the small courtyard on Huqing Road.
Compared to the last time I came, there were significantly more things in the yard this time.
It's just that everything that was piled up before has been replaced, and now the ground is full of bits and pieces, large and small, of wood.
One of the most conspicuous is a wooden loom in the middle of the courtyard.
"Little sister! You're here, come and see, I made the loom you want, how about you take a look? Is it good-looking? ”
Huqing Road has been waiting for a long time.
Seeing the fox Jiaojiao coming, he couldn't wait to pull her to see.
The textile machine was made according to the drawings given by Fox Jiaojiao.
From the side, it is a right-angled triangular bracket, and the front is rectangular, and the structure is not very well understood, but it looks very delicate, and every detail of the loom is polished smoothly.
At least there is no problem with the workmanship, and there will be no outlining.
Fox Jiaojiao looked around the loom and nodded.
"Third brother, you are so amazing, you made the textile machine so quickly, I thought it would take a long time."
She couldn't help but admire.
The third brother is really a craftsman maniac.
When Hu Qinglu heard this, he was so excited that the corners of his mouth were about to rise to the sky.
"What's this, it's not difficult, it's very simple."
He raised his chin a little arrogantly, and his mouth was not modest at all.
After speaking, Hu Qinglu couldn't wait to say:
"Little sister, you can see if it can be used, if you can't use it, I'll change it."
He's still very dedicated.
It would be too embarrassing if the tools he made were useless, and he would never allow such a thing to happen.
"Okay."
Fox Jiaojiao smiled, put down the package she was carrying, and took out a few thread balls.
Before coming, she studied the use of textile machines.
Although she is not very proficient and has not tried it, she has plenty of time, and she has to memorize it several times a day, and she has firmly memorized every step in her head.
To be a man, I am not afraid of being stupid, nor am I afraid of being uninformed, I am afraid of being lazy and unwilling to spend time studying.
Fox Jiaojiao knows this very well, so she has never slackened.
"Little sister, how to get it, you tell me, I'll help you."
Huqing Lu saw that a thread ball was so big, and the weight was not light, so he took it from his hand diligently.
With him here, he is reluctant to do heavy work for his little sister.
Hu Jiaojiao thought about it, the textile machine was made by Hu Qinglu, and he also knew the details of the textile machine better than her, and it would be better to have his help.
He nodded.