Chapter 373 Chang'an is full of moon, thousands of households are pounding clothes
Han Cheng's hands-on skills were not strong, so he could not make the Jenny machine that ushered in the industrial age and opened the door for sheep to eat humans.
He only knew the names of shuttles, but he had no idea what they looked like.
Not only do these things sound very noble, but he can't make them even with the old-fashioned looms still used by the older generation.
When I was a child, I heard from my family that there was such an old object in the junk pile at Da Nai's house. Han Cheng had only heard about it, but had never seen it.
Thinking about it now, Han Chengcheng regretted it. If he had known, he would have taken it out and taken a closer look.
In this case, the first-generation looms owned by the tribe now would not be so outrageously crude.
Books become less valuable when they are used, and various life skills are only realized after traveling through time.
If I had known...
Han Cheng shook his head and smiled bitterly. How could he have known so much earlier?
If I had known that I would travel here, I would have gone to find that foreign friend who wanted to die, and then I would have touched the rock paintings that looked like ghost drawings...
Weaving is not a good job, especially for most men who don't like to do tasks that require a lot of repetitive and careful work. Spinning and weaving is enough to make your head hurt.
The same is true for Han Cheng.
The sight of these strands of twine gives people a headache.
If he hadn't been so eager to own cloth, Han Cheng would have given up his career long ago and wouldn't have waited until now.
Han Cheng stood up, and the place where he was sitting was replaced by Bai Xuemei, the child bride.
After a long period of indoctrination by Han Cheng, such as 'raising silkworms, spinning silk and weaving cloth to make small necessities' or 'retting flax, spinning and weaving cloth to make small necessities', Bai Xuemei is more obsessed with cloth than Han Chengdu.
Be deep.
Ever since Han Cheng started trying to play with the 'loom', she had been watching with her eyes wide open, taking everything seriously and carefully.
People with dreams and hopes are always very motivated. The child bride did it all by herself without Han Cheng having to ask her.
Before Han Cheng could weave much, Bai Xuemei cautiously made a request to Han Cheng that she wanted to try it.
Han Cheng, who was already impatient with weaving, was naturally happy to see the results.
Bai Xuemei sat where Han Cheng was working, looking a little cautious and unfamiliar, imitating Han Cheng's example, pulling the rope with one hand and holding the shuttle in the other.
It didn't take long for him to become proficient, and he had already far surpassed Han Cheng, the 'original master'.
Bai Xuemei not only weaves quickly, but the weft threads of the fabric she makes are very close together. Compared with those woven by Han Cheng before, it is a clear cut.
Han Cheng looked at the child bride who was working hard on weaving and couldn't help sniffing. Can the gap between people not be so big?
It seems that talent is something that cannot be concealed. For example, Bai Xuemei’s hidden ‘talent skills’ were inspired by the loom at this moment...
"Bang dong", "bang dong" will sound after a while, and the thin linen threads are being woven continuously.
Thin threads that look inconspicuous alone, after a long period of repeated movements, form a linen cloth that is half a meter wide and the length has not yet been determined.
Han Cheng is not going to take care of the 'loom' matter. All he can do is actually make a start. As for the improvement of textile technology and the transformation of looms, these things are often used for weaving.
It’s a matter of people.
Practice makes perfect, and after a long period of contact, someone will always discover the shortcomings and make improvements.
These take time to accumulate. When enough is accumulated, improvement will be a matter of course.
Just like Hei Wa discovered that using a turntable to make pottery can make the pottery better.
No matter how hard we try, the cloths weaved in the first place bear the rough original marks.
For example, the twine is too thick and the distance between the warp threads is too large.
But no matter what, the cloth that Han Cheng had longed for for a long time really appeared.
Looking at the linen, which looked a bit hard and had many small holes that could be seen without facing the light, Han Cheng smiled broadly.
Bai Xuemei, who came down from the weaving front, looked at this piece of cloth and then at Brother Cheng who looked extremely happy. She was also very happy.
Wu took this piece of cloth, which he had heard about from Shenzi more than once, but had finally seen until today, and looked at it carefully before his eyes.
It was not as soft as tanned fur, nor as thick as leather. Looking at this piece of cloth where a human figure could be seen, Wu looked a little confused, and scratched his head with a bit of disappointment.
Is this the cloth that the Son of God desires so much?
Is this something that took a lot of effort to create?
This kind of cloth is not very effective when used to make clothes, right?
Wu couldn't help but shudder as he thought about what it would look like to be wearing clothes made of cloth full of holes and leaking air everywhere.
Of course, it’s not that I think this kind of see-through clothing can’t be worn out, but I think it’s too cold to wear such clothing.
Such clothes, how can any clothes made of fur be warm and comfortable?
Similar doubts were not only shared by Wu, but also most of the other people who saw Bu had similar thoughts.
After Han Cheng understood what Wu and the others were thinking, he held the piece of cloth in his hand with a smile on his face.
Compared with fur, the advantages of linen are that it is breathable and thin.
This advantage does seem to be a disadvantage at this time of year, but when the weather starts to warm up, everyone will truly feel its benefits.
Especially in late spring, early summer and mid-autumn, when you'll be sweaty even if you don't wear leather clothes, and it'll be cold if you don't wear any clothes.
Han Cheng told everyone about the advantages of clothes made of linen and the season for wearing them. Everyone who was still confused just now felt suddenly cheerful.
Yes, why do I just think about wearing it in winter?
Clothes made of linen should be comfortable to wear when the weather is hot?
After being awakened by Han Cheng in this way, when Wu, Senior Brother and others looked at the slightly light linen cloth, their attitudes had already changed.
Azabu, this is indeed a good thing.
Of course, there are some who don't agree with it. They think about it, who still wears clothes in the hot summer?
At most, it is just a piece of animal skin or leaves wrapped around the waist and clothes made of linen, which is somewhat unnecessary.
Han Cheng didn't know what he and the others were thinking. Even if he knew, he would only smile slightly.
There are always different voices for the same thing. Some people like it and some people hate it. Especially new things like linen are the most controversial.
It is very rare to have basically everyone agree with it like it is now.
Han Cheng took the linen cloth and rubbed it on his body. It was a little rough, and the thin fluff was a bit prickly.
Not a good material for making personal items.
All in all, pure cotton is still more comfortable when used as personal clothing. Not only is it soft, but its sweat absorption and breathability are far beyond that of other fabrics.
But so far, I haven’t seen any trace of cotton, so let’s wait and talk about cotton.
Put the newly made linen cloth on the fire and quickly roast it to burn off the fine, prickly lint, and then beat it well with a wooden mallet. It will work, at least it will be more comfortable than leather.
The so-called mallet is the thing used to pound clothes in "A piece of moon in Chang'an, the sound of thousands of households pounding clothes".
Han Cheng no longer has the time or thought to study with Bai Xuemei how to use linen to make underwear that is comfortable to wear.
Because Tietou came over in a hurry and told him that the deer herd hadn’t come back yet!
