In the corner of the room, the branches and dead grass were filled with round white silkworm cocoons, just like the white fruits on the short trees.

Mu Xiu and Aunt Chen sat there with a small stool, putting the bamboo basket at their feet, holding a handful of dead grass or tree branches, picking all the cocoons on them one by one and putting them into the bamboo basket. During this period, Mu Xiu picked out the bad cocoons according to Aunt Chen's teachings, and finally harvested two cocoons full of bamboo baskets.

The silkworm cocoons were put into the cloth bag, and several cloth bags were filled with cloth bags. A large pot of hot water was boiled on the stove. The cloth bag filled with cocoons was put in at the same time. The three large bowls of white alkali were pressed with a wooden stick to make the white alkali fully integrate into the silkworm cocoons inside the cloth bag.

However, the smell of silkworm cocoons was so bad that it smelled so bad. Mu Xiu suddenly smelled it and almost retching it.

"It smells bad when boiled, but the silkworm pupa inside is very delicious when it is fried. However, if you eat silkworm pupa, you can't pull out the silk thread. It smells bad in the kitchen. You can wait outside." Aunt Chen said with a smile when she saw Mu Xiu's appearance.

Mu Xiu quickly walked out of the kitchen and took a few deep breaths outside. It was so smelly.

When the cocoons were cooked, Aunt Chen brought out the basin and washed it several times with clean water. She sat down and began to peel the cocoons.

Aunt Chen took out an embroidered round shed, fixed it with her legs, and placed a basin filled with clear water under her body. She picked up a cooked silkworm cocoon with her hands, pulled it left and right, peeled out the black silkworm inside and threw it away. The small cocoons swayed in the clear water and took it out and put it on the round shed. They put it on layer after layer. When they were putting four, they pulled it down together, pulled it into long strips left and right in the water, wringed it dry and put it into the basin next to it.

After Mu Xiu watched it several times and tried it a few times, he did it well next time. Although it was not as fast as Aunt Chen, his movements were getting smoother and smoother.

After peeling all the cocoons, put the wrung silk into a cloth bag again, cook aside again, wash it with clean water, and then follow the steps just now to put four layers on the embroidery shed, wring it out and put it in a basin.

After all these were done, it was already dark. Mu Xiu and Aunt Chen dried all the wrung silk, and after they were dried, they became the size of a small square scarf.

After drying the next day, Mu Xiu brought Mu Xiaoshu and Chen Xuhui over, stood by the table, laying a clean sheet, each of the four of them was in a corner, each holding a corner, and pulling it apart at the same time.

Two small square scarves the size of a palm were pulled apart, and they could actually be pulled into a thin, translucent layer of quilt with a length of more than one meter wide. In this way, they were pulled apart layer by layer and laid out. After a day of busyness, the thin silk became a quilt layer by layer.

"The rest is to put inside and cover it with a quilt outside. You can go back first, and it will take two days to do it." After all, Aunt Chen is old and has been busy for a day and looks tired.

"Okay, I'll come to see you again in two days." Mu Xiu was also very tired, and it felt more tired than working in the field for a day.

When Mu Xiu came again, the silk quilt was made, and Mu Xiu touched the soft quilt and couldn't let it go.

"This silkworm can spin silk into cocoons in more than fifty days. I have raised the second batch of silkworms again. This time I will draw them all into silk. I will spin some silk for you." After more than half a year of recuperation, Aunt Chen has undergone great changes in her whole body, and her spirit looks good.

"Aunt Chen, the weather has become warmer. Are you still going to find your nephew?" Mu Xiu asked suddenly.

Aunt Chen's heart tightened, and then said nervously: "Is the boss driving us away?"

"No, no, Aunt Chen, you misunderstood. I'm afraid that you will delay your affairs. I still want to stay." Mu Xiu knew that Aunt Chen had misunderstood her meaning and hurriedly explained.

"I have also discussed that old man and I. As long as the boss doesn't drive us away, we will stay with shamelessness." Aunt Chen felt relieved when she heard that Mu Xiu was not driving them away.

"You and Mr. Chen live here steadily. No one will let you leave unless you ask to leave."

"We old couple can still have such a good place to live at this age. If the boss is willing to keep us, we will not go anywhere." Aunt Chen is very satisfied with her current life. She has never had the comfort of her half a year in her life.

After this period of contact, Mu Xiu also had a very good understanding of the character of the old couple. They are both simple people in their hearts. Even if they occasionally show worldly style and smoothness, they are a natural reaction to this age. They can't be a person in his fifties and have no brains at all.

"Aunt Chen, don't spin silk for now. I'm useful to make a few more silk quilts." Mu Xiu touched the silk quilt and thought of making two beds for 6 Niandong and his wife, and...6 Yuan.

"This silk quilt is the most waste of silk, and silkworm pupae are also wasted. This is also the master's understanding. This silk quilt is more comfortable than a cotton quilt. The master's delicate little girl is the most suitable for covering this, but when it is done, I have to call you to come and help with it." Aunt Chen said with a smile. She is also a person who can't stay idle.

Mu Xiu returned home with a silk quilt in her arms. After thinking about it, she found a piece of dark blue pure cotton cloth and called Zhou Shuilian last time. She made a quilt cover together. After putting it in the wardrobe, she put it in the wardrobe. When she went to the county town next time, she would mail the silk quilt to 6 originals.

In a blink of an eye, it was the Dragon Boat Festival. Mu Xiu, Chen Xuhui and Mu Xiaoshu went to irrigate the ditches together and picked a lot of reed leaves. They took them home. They washed the reed leaves first, then boiled them in boiling water for a period of time, and then softened them. After washing them with clean water several times, put them in the yard and dried. When used, they were soaked in water and took them out and used.

Then make the rice dumpling filling, wash the glutinous rice and soak it for 5 hours, prepare the peanuts and candied dates, and then you can make the rice dumplings.

Mu Xiu’s favorite thing to eat in his previous life was egg yolk meat dumplings. When he saw the stuffing of rice dumplings prepared by Zhou Shuilian, he suddenly lost his appetite.

"Mom, let's make some salty rice dumplings." Mu Xiu suggested.

"Salty zongzi? Just like the salty glutinous rice balls, wrapped in meat?" Zhou Shuilian really understood at a glance.

"Mom, you are getting more and more powerful, and you guessed it right all at once." Mu Xiu flattered Zhou Shuilian a little and continued, "I'll make up the filling. If you wrap the sweet rice dumplings, I'll be fine."

"You have more ideas, so I'll go soak more glutinous rice and pack more and sell it to the county town." Zhou Shuilian became more and more business-minded.
Chapter completed!