Taro looked at her in surprise, "Xiaoqing, it turns out that you have used this before!" ”

"No, it hasn't been done before." Yao Xiaoqing, who opened his eyes and said nonsense, picked up the bamboo curtain without changing his face and continued to make paper.

Douzi looked at it for a while, and said worriedly: "Xiaoqing, there are more than 100 people in our tribe, where is there enough paper for such a little paper?" ”

Yao Xiaoqing thought for a while, looked at the two of them and said with a smile: "Don't worry about this, there are so many tree barks on the mountain, we can make as much paper as we want." The collection team is not busy now, so I will assign four people from the collection team to the two of you, and you and Taro will be the team leaders of the paper mill, and lead them to make paper. ”

"Also, while the weather is still warm, get more bark and soak it, remember to pick up some tree seeds, and sprinkle them at the foot of the mountain and halfway up the mountain near our tribe, so that you don't have to go that far in the future."

The two said in unison: "Okay, we promise to do a good job." ”

Taro looked at it for a while, then ran back and got a wool brush from the pink wall, "Xiaoqing, I see that this thing is similar to the oyster ash on the pink wall, I'll use the brush to dip the powder on the slate and try it." ”

Yao Xiaoqing nodded, "Okay!" You try it! ”

Taro scooped some of the pulp into a wooden basin, dipped it in the pulp with a brush, and brushed a thin layer on the slate. After drying, it is lifted up, and it is not much different from the wet paper copied by the bamboo curtain.

Yao Xiaoqing felt that this was much more convenient, "Taro, pulp will be pounded later, you first peel off the stack of paper, put it on the slate to dry." Gesture lightly and uncover slowly, otherwise it will break. Beans, the heat is lower, don't bake the paper. ”

"Hey!" The two of them responded crisply.

The three of them were busy all day and made three baskets of paper out. When he was about to finish work, Yao Xiaoqing thought that it was cold, and after covering the window with animal skin, the house was also dark in the daytime, and he copied dozens of thick window paper.

Taro pointed to the window paper, "Xiaoqing, why are those papers so thick?" ”

Yao Xiaoqing smiled: "These are used to paste windows." ”

Beanzi asked, "What's the paste?" ”

"Boil some paste, brush it on the window and door frames, and it will be pasted."

"What's paste?"

Yao Xiaoqing, "......"

Yao Xiaoqing picked out dozens of relatively well-proportioned pieces of paper, put them aside, and used them for other purposes. With two people, they used bamboo knives to cut several baskets of paper, all of which were cut into A5 paper sizes and put them in the back basket, and some were distributed in each yard.

After the three of them were busy, they carried the basket back to Yao Xiaoqing's house, "You two go back and wash, and make the rest tomorrow."

The two smiled and replied, "Got it." ”

Yao Xiaoqing washed up, saw Yao Hu enter the yard, and stepped forward with a smile, "Father, I'll show you something." ”

Yaohu looked at him with a smile and said happily: "What good things have you made?" ”

Yao Xiaoqing proudly took out a piece of paper and put it on the table, "Father, look, this is what I made with taro and beans." ”

Yaohu picked up the paper on the table, touched it a few times, and looked at her in surprise, "It's made of that bark?" Why did the bark turn so white? ”

"Yes, it's made of tree bark, and the whitening is due to the addition of lime." Yao Xiaoqing looked at him with a smile, "Father, you can write the words I taught you on paper in the future." ”

"Hey!" Yaohu looked at Yao Xiaoqing proudly, wanted to reach out and rub her balls, looked at his daughter who had grown to his shoulders, and retracted his hand again, and said with a smile, "My Xiaoqing is really capable, she has grown up so quickly." ”

Yao Xiaoqing looked at him, "When I grow up, I will also be your daughter!" ”

Yaohu nodded with satisfaction, happy and sad in his heart, "Your grandmother knows how happy she should be!" ”

Yao Xiaoqing looked at Yaohu's sad appearance, a little distressed, thought for a while and said: "Father, we can worship Mother and Brother on a specific day, and tell them about our current situation, so that they can rest assured." ”

Yaohu's eyes lit up after hearing this, "Is it okay?" ”

Yao Xiaoqing nodded solemnly, "Yes!" Worship your loved ones, how not. ”

"Good!" Yaohu rubbed his hands excitedly, "When the autumn is over and the first snow falls, you will teach us to worship." ”

Yao Xiaoqing said softly: "Hmm! Father, I boiled hot water, you go wash your face, let's go to the cafeteria for night food. ”

"Hey!" Yaohu walked briskly.

Yao Hu carried the basket, and Yao Xiaoqing went to the cafeteria with the window paper.

Taro greeted him with a smile, "Xiaoqing, everyone doesn't believe it, we made paper as white as a white cloud out of tree bark." ”

Yaohu smiled: "Don't worry, don't worry, everyone will believe it after seeing it." ”

"Hmm!" Taro proudly pointed to the window paper that Yao Xiaoqing was holding, "Eminem, Sister Hua, come and see, what is Xiaoqing holding?" ”

Everyone gathered around, and Shan Eminem picked up one, "Xiaoqing, is it really made of tree bark?" ”

Yao Xiaoqing smiled and nodded, "Yes, take these papers and put some in each yard, everyone can save some of them!" ”

"It's a shame to wipe your ass with such a good thing." Shan Amu said with a distressed face.

Taro pulled her, "Eminem, don't feel distressed, the bark is everywhere, we have the strength, all of them are peeled off to make paper." ”

Shan Emu smiled and nodded, "Okay, I don't have much work to do now, let's peel the bark tomorrow." ”

Yao Xiaoqing said to Yaohu: "Father, I have to let Uncle Worm take people to build a paper-making workshop at the foot of the mountain." ”

Yaohu nodded, "Okay, let them continue to build the workshop tomorrow." ”

After eating the overnight food, Yun Amu boiled the paste, took the women, and pasted the windows in the courtyard with paper.

The women looked at the pasted windows with smiles on their faces, "It's so beautiful!" It's better than the skin of an animal! ”

The next day, the sky was overcast and a north wind was blowing.

When Yao Xiaoqing came back from practice, he happened to see Yao Hu going to the Qingshan Tribe, and hurriedly stopped him, "Father, you and Jiang Li talk to him and ask him to come over to help." ”

Yaohu smiled: "What can he do for you?" ”

"You'll know when we're done."

Yaohu looked at her mysterious appearance, smiled and left.

Yao Xiaoqing went to the kiln at the foot of the mountain and saw taro and beans making paper.

Taro laughed when she saw her, "Xiaoqing, paper is so easy to use." Eminem took them to the mountains to peel the bark of the trees, and we went when we were done. ”

Yao Xiaoqing smiled and nodded, "Okay!" When the paper is ready, I will teach you to write your names when you are in the winter at home. When the time comes, let's record the names of all the people in the Yaoshan tribe, so that future generations will also know us. ”

The two looked at her curiously, "Our children's children, can they also remember us?" ”

Yao Xiaoqing smiled and nodded, "That's right!" She thought she should standardize the tribal titles. The girl, the woman, and the old Eminem have to be separated. Otherwise, a few years old girl is also called that woman, and so is the dozens of years old old Eminem.

The two happily responded: "Xiaoqing, we must learn from you." ”

(End of chapter)