Mr. Zhang and the mother of the brothel were right. This man was sinister and cunning, as Bai Haitang had already seen from these incidents.
Lamei saw that Sister Haitang thought of Brother Datong in everything. Even though Brother Datong was in the capital and was about to take the exam, he never forgot to write a letter home to Sister Haitang to reassure her. Haitang envied such a relationship and thought to herself, what kind of son from the county town?
, she doesn’t want it anymore, she will also find a good man like Brother Datong in the future, who will focus on herself wholeheartedly.
After this incident, Haitang was reminded that the dyeing workshop and the yard where guests are received should be separated by barriers or something like that. Guests only need to see the cloth swatches.
I designed a way to separate them, and then asked Ertong and Brother Lamei to go to the mountain to cut some wood and make a barrier to fix it in the yard. There were two wooden tables and several chairs in the courtyard to receive guests. There was a teapot on the table and a
A storage rack with sample fabrics of various colors on it.
In this way, guests cannot come into contact with the dye and everything related to the backyard of the dyehouse.
There is an extra layer of security. At the same time, except for Wintersweet, Dumb Girl, and Tian Niu, everyone else belongs to the "miscellaneous people". Unless there is something special or special instructions, they will all wait in the front yard.
On this day, the mute girl ran over with joy on her face and pulled Begonia, who was dyeing cloth, towards the backyard.
Went directly into the preparation room. It turned out that the mute girl asked Haitang to see the silkworms. The silkworms she brought back from Shuilian Mountain had already grown up.
Haitang remembered that the last time she saw them, these silkworm babies had eight pairs of legs on their chest and abdomen, and their bodies were green and white. During this period of time, the mute girl took care of them and ate day and night. Their appetite increased so much that they almost gnawed the leaves of the largest mulberry tree in the house.
Gone.
Although silkworms' staple food is mulberry leaves, they also eat dandelions, oak trees, lettuce, goose vegetables, etc., so they are not hungry.
The heads of some silkworms have gradually turned black, which means they are about to shed their skin, while the heads of others that have grown faster have turned light yellow.
Only the heads of silkworms that have shed their skin four times will appear light yellow, which also means that their skin will become tighter and they will wrap themselves in silk, that is, a cocoon. After they turn from the cocoon into a pupa, they will
Nine thousand times bigger than when he was born!
Dissolve the silkworm chrysalis in water, and its silk will come out bit by bit. Smooth it out and use it to weave cloth. It will be soft and full of toughness.
Begonia leaves a few pairs of male and female silkworm pupae, and puts them in other bamboo baskets to raise alone, specifically for the reproduction of offspring. They are not used to spin silk, but to break out of the cocoon. When they grow into adults, they will have three pairs of legs.
, two pairs of wings, and white scales on the body. By then, their silk will become shorter and cannot be used for weaving.
The remaining silkworms are used to spin silk and make cocoons, which can be woven into soft silk.
Although it is said that spring silkworms will not run out of silk until they die, Haitang felt that it was a bit unbearable to take silk from the silkworm chrysalis. After all, by peeling off the cocoon and taking the silk, it would have no chance of turning into an adult.
Perhaps, this is also a fate that silkworms cannot choose, just like Bai Haitang herself.
Since taking care of the mulberry silkworms, the mute girl has gradually mastered some tricks. With Haitang's guidance, she has quickly become perfect at peeling cocoons and drawing silk. The strips of white silk are very precious to Haitang, and she can't bear to let anyone else do it.
Weaving was all handed over to the mute girl who was as careful as a needle.
The material is precious and rare, not as good as cloth, and not a single fiber should be wasted. Whether it is stripping or drying, or even weaving, the dumb girl is very careful and evenly placed.