Handmade silk reeling is actually a boring and hard work, with sore hands and tired waist.

But fortunately, there are companions together, and everyone talks from time to time, but it is not difficult.

Mu Shiwan stayed aside, watching everyone draw silk with great interest, until they finished smoking the entire cocoon.

"This cocoon is a whole continuous strand?"

"Yes, so this reeling, once it starts, cannot be interrupted."

Mu Shiwan was a little eager to try.

Seeing this, Qi Lele smiled and handed the ten silks he had just picked out to her: "Come and try?"

Mu Shiwan's eyes were glued to the silk, but she said, "It's still not good, I'm afraid I won't smoke well."

Qi Lele smiled: "Today's pot is meant to be used to test your hands, it doesn't matter if it's good or not."

Mu Shiwan remembered that everyone had more or less broken the silk a few times just now, so she took it.

Qi Lele took a spindle, wound the freshly drawn raw silk, and sent it to Su Yaxian and Granny Du to see.

As early as when Mu Shiwan and the others came, Su Yaxian left, and was drinking tea and gossiping with Granny Du in the room at this time.

Qi Lele handed over the raw silk: "This is the raw silk that has been smoked."

Su Yaxian touched it and said with a smile, "I have to ask my mother-in-law about this."

Granny Du took the raw silk and carefully rubbed it for a moment: "The young lady's raw silk is white and transparent in color, silky to the touch, and uniform in thickness, which is really good. If this silk were better, it would be even better."

Qi Lele said with a smile: "This silkworm seed was sent down by the county master for free for everyone to raise, perhaps so that everyone can practice their hands. A few days ago, I got a few more good seeds, and I think the silk will be better in the future."

Granny Du said: "Don't hide it from the young lady, the old man has seen other people's silk reeling, most of them use spinning wheels, and those who twist silk threads by hand like the young lady have only heard of it, but have never seen it. I wonder what's the difference?"

Qi Lele said with a smile: "With the spinning wheel to reel silk, as long as you pay attention and speed, you can collect several silk threads at the same time, which is much faster than our pure handmade silk reeling."

"However, spinning wheel reeling also has its shortcomings, it cannot be twisted, the finished silk will be uneven in thickness, there are many broken ends, and it needs to be re-worsted. As long as we are skilled in hand-reeling silk, the quality of the finished product will be more stable, and it will be higher than the raw silk from the spinning wheel."

Granny Du smiled, "I see!"

Qi Lele said: "I have actually prepared the spinning wheel, and when it is too late to draw the silk by hand, I still have to use the spinning wheel. After all, the time for silkworm cocoons to be drawn is limited, and if it drags on for a long time, the moths will fly out, and the cocoons will be wasted, and the gains outweigh the losses."

"The young lady is thoughtful."

Su Yaxian asked, "Is Le'er planning to weave her own cloth?"

Qi Lele shook his head and said truthfully: "I don't know, and I don't know how to weave, I plan to sell raw silk, thinking that it is more cost-effective than selling silkworm cocoons. What do you think?"

Su Yaxian smiled: "It is more cost-effective to sell silk thread than cocoons, and it is more cost-effective to sell silk than to sell silk thread."

Qi Lele couldn't laugh or cry: "Mother, we can sell this raw silk in this way, if it is woven into silk, not only must it be weaved, but also dyed, which is a secret that no one else has passed on."

"It makes sense." Su Yaxian patted her hand: "Just follow your wishes."

"Mother, I have an idea, I want to hear your opinion."

"Tell me about it?"

"I want to recruit some women in the village to reel silk."

"Oh?"

"This silk reeling is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and several aunts also have other things to do, and Autumn Leaves Hanshuang has to help Granny Du do things, so you can't ask them to be busy with this every day."

Su Yaxian said, "If you teach them, you may not be able to cover this method."

"It's not a complicated handiwork, just spread it."

Qi Lele said: "What's more, the quality of raw silk depends on many aspects, and it is not determined by the method of silk reeling alone."

Su Yaxian smiled, "That's it, that

Just let it go, and if you need me, just come to me."

"Thank you, mother!"

Su Yaxian smiled and patted her hand again.

Qi Lele sat with them for a while before getting up and saying, "I'll go to the kitchen and have a look."

"Go ahead."

Waiting for the people to walk away, Su Yaxian picked up the teacup and took a sip, with a light smile on her face.

Granny Du praised: "The young lady is really kind-hearted, open-minded and transparent."

"Zi'an did find a good daughter-in-law."

Su Yaxian put down the teacup and said, "I remember, you have an old sister who has a good ancestral handicraft."

As if she knew who she was referring to, Granny Du replied slowly, "Yes."

"Where is she?"

"Yes."

Su Yaxian said, "Think, bring her out."

"Madam, I'm afraid this is inappropriate, right?"

"There's nothing wrong with it, how many years have passed, who would still stare at an old woman?"

Granny Du lowered her eyelids and did not respond.

Su Yaxian looked at her: "At present, the situation between the DPRK and China is chaotic, and everyone is too busy to take care of themselves, I am afraid that they can't take care of those idle people. If she misses this opportunity, she will really die there."

After a long time, Granny Du said softly, "Thank you, madam!"

Su Yaxian said lightly: "If you want to thank you, thank Le'er."

"The old body understands."

……

At dinner, Mu Shiwan ate one bowl of rice less than usual, and was seen by Xie Sixian on the side, and couldn't help but ask with concern.

"It's nothing, it's just that I didn't do anything today, and I'm not hungry."

Xie Sixian said, "Isn't my sister reeling silk today? Are you tired? He said he should let me help."

It's okay not to mention this, but when she mentioned it, Mu Shiwan felt even more ashamed.

The silk she smoked today may be unlawful, and it will always break.

She has a beginning and an end to her work, so she has been interrupted all the way, and she has been interrupted and broken, and I don't know how many times it has been broken, I am afraid that it is more than everyone else combined!

The silk drawn out by people is slender and long, and it is very well-proportioned! Her silk, thick and thin, pimples, can't be taken out at all!

How can she eat?

No, she also ate two bowls of rice!

This thought is even more ashamed!

Qi Lele watched from the sidelines, and couldn't help laughing, seeing that Mu Shiwan was eager to get into the cracks in the ground, so he persuaded: "It's like this for the first time, when I reeled the silk for the first time, I couldn't pull out a complete thread."

"Really?" Mu Shiwan said, "But I listened to those aunts, and it was the first time they had a thread."

Qi Lele smiled: "Those aunts are all ingenious people, I don't dare to compare with them, my sister's reeling is not as good as them, it is normal."

Aunt Wang happened to enter the door, and when she heard this, she couldn't help but purse her lips and smile.

Mu Shiwan will be suspicious: "Really?"

"Of course!"

Mu Shiwan said again, "Then tomorrow, can I try again?"

"Of course you can!" Qi Lele said, "However, I have a better idea tomorrow, do you want my sister to try it with me?"

Mu Shiwan laughed at this time: "Okay."

Xie Sixian hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law, I'm going to try it together!"

Qi Lele nodded her forehead: "You can't do it, you still have to help me pick silkworm cocoons."

"Alright then! Sister-in-law and Sister Shiwan can go and get busy with peace of mind, I'll pick silkworm cocoons for you!"