Mama Zhu led the way, and twenty or thirty women followed in, they were not the first time to come here, but every time they came in, they didn't dare to make a loud noise, and they didn't talk to each other, so they followed very quietly to the study.

The study here is not big, and twenty or thirty people can't sit down, so Gu Qing can only take everyone to the living room.

Xia Zhu, who was serving on the side, served tea with a very eye-catching eye, and also brought up the melons and grapes in season, and set up a large table.

Seeing that everyone was very restrained, Gu Qing smiled and said, "What is polite to come to me, there are too many melons in the field, I can't eat them all, everyone help eat more, don't waste it."

Jin Hua Niang was the first to eat: "Can I bring back some of these melon seeds, and I will plant some next year."

Gu Qing nodded: "Of course, when it comes to keeping seeds, I also happened to tell you about cotton seeds, there is a hard cotton seed in the cotton, this is the seed, it is dried and stored, waterproof and moisture-proof, and it can germinate if it is planted next year."

The village women asked, "Then how do you know if it's dried or not?"

"Bite it with your teeth, and it will dry out with a crisp crackle." Gu Qing was reading a book on cotton just now, and he was talking about it.

Modern cottonseeds are bought by buying, the cottonseeds bought back generally can not be kept by themselves, her cotton seedlings this time are carefully selected, can be retained, planted in March and April next year, the germination rate can reach 60 percent.

"Another thing, when you pick cotton, if the sun comes out to pick cotton, and there is dew, you can directly pull down the whole peach that has been spit out, take it home and peel it out, if the sun comes out, then pull the cotton wool directly in the ground, because that leaf is dried in the sun, and when you touch it, it will crumble, and it will stick to the cotton wool, and it will be difficult to get it off......

"After the cotton is recovered, you must remember to expose it to the sun, fully expose it to the sun, dry it thoroughly and store it in a waterproof and moisture-proof place...... When I'm done, I'll teach you how to make clothes and quilts out of cotton......

The peasant women carefully wrote down all the points that needed attention, and then told the other peasant women who did not come.

Because the cotton grown by each family is not much, it is not a matter of spending a quarter of an hour every day to pull the cotton peaches back and let the children peel the cotton.

The busiest is still Gu Qing's house, a total of 200 acres of cotton land, and the ten long-term workers hired by Yang Pei have just collected and pulled all of them in order, and the earliest piece of land is spit out again, and it is snow-white.

The cotton peaches pulled back were all piled up in the first courtyard of the house, accounting for one-third of the area, a large group of old ladies about sixty years old, one brought a low bench over, around peeling cotton, peeling out the cotton according to the two catties to calculate the wages, these old ladies have some people to chatter, and they can still make money, the most important thing is that working in Gu Qing's house, there is no limit to the supply of tea and snacks, it is really comfortable.

After the first batch of cotton was dried and thoroughly dried, Gu Qing called Mama Zhang and Mama Li at home.

Both of them are from the palace, Mama Zhang can make clothes, and Mama Li can embroider.

Gu Qing pointed to the dried cotton in the yard and said, "Mama Zhang, Mama Li, can you weave cotton into cloth?"

Although she knows that cotton can be made into clothes, but how to make cotton into cloth, she really doesn't know, the book is talking about modern technology, how to do it in ancient times, she can't feel the direction at all, and she doesn't know much about looms.

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The two of them carefully pulled the cotton wool, observed for a while, and then said, "The loom brought by the slave maid from the capital is specially used to weave silk, the silk is very long, and the cotton wool is too short, you have to spin the yarn first, and then try it with the loom that weaves linen, it is not a big problem......

In the end, it is a professional, Mama Zhang thought for a while and said, "This cotton wool is soft and absorbent, it should be easy to dye, and it should be very good to use as a child's underwear......

Gu Qing nodded, silk clothes are indeed comfortable to wear, but they also have their unavoidable drawbacks, and cotton clothes greatly make up for this defect, not to mention softness, the key is sweat absorption, which is very suitable for children and the elderly.

In addition, cotton cloth has strong dyeability, and it can dye more than a dozen kinds of red between light red and water red, and it is more difficult to change it into silk, which requires a lot of manpower and material resources......

Gu Qing chatted with the two grandmothers

There are many, and even after the cotton cloth is woven, I have thought of what style to make.

In addition to being made into quilts and sold, many of her 200 acres of cotton will be made into clothes, and now they are really about to start planning.

The more the three of them talked, the more speculative they became, Gu Qing said that theoretical knowledge, Mama Zhang and Mama Li would directly point out the feasibility and complexity of the actual operation......

The peak period of picking cotton is in August, this month, Yang Pei has not had a good rest, he is busy in the field with Changgong every day, Gu Er and the little maids at home are also soaked in the cotton field, one by one they are tanned.

Naturally, the mothers-in-law and maids in the family were not idle, sitting and peeling cotton with the old ladies in the village.

Because they sit together and chatter every day, these mothers-in-law and maids from the capital are now fluent in the Gujia Village dialect, and even know which family in the village has just married a daughter-in-law and which dog has given birth, which is completely integrated into this environment.

By the end of August, the cotton in the cotton field was finally thinner, and everyone was relieved.

Gu Qing purchased a batch of manual looms in the mall, and went to the town to invite several weaver girls to be busy for half a month, and the first batch of cotton was spun into threads.

After weaving the cloth, it was sent to the dyeing workshop made by Mama Li to be dyed, and she had to see the color on the spot.

The newly built dye shop is not very large, and the dye pond has only a few of the most common colors.

"County Lord, hurry up and take a look at the newly dyed cotton cloth." As soon as Mama Li saw Gu Qing, she immediately greeted: "This cotton cloth is very soft and soft, and the color is easy to go up, but it will fade slightly when you wash it for the first time, but the dyer has tried it, and it will be good to wash it two or three times......

Gu Qing looked at several colors hanging in the yard, mainly red, green, and cyan, plus a small amount of light pink and water blue.

When dyed, these colors look bright, and cotton is more skin-friendly than silk with excellent drape, which means it is more comfortable to wear, sweat-absorbing and breathable in summer, and warm in winter.

But among these colors, there was no color she wanted, and she asked, "Has Mama Li ever dyed bright yellow in the palace?"

Mama Li hurriedly said, "Naturally, it has been dyed, but bright yellow is the color of the queen, and the county lord will break the law if he blends it privately!"

"This December, the emperor's fortieth birthday, as the lord of the county, must give a congratulatory gift." Gu Qing opened his mouth and said, "I can't do this by myself, so I can only trouble Mama Li for help."

Mama Li's face immediately became serious: "The county lord just orders."

The congratulatory gift that Gu Qing wanted to give was bedding, plus a set of bright yellow underwear, all made of cotton.

Nine days to catch the rabbit