Parents are busy farming

Three days later, Ye Zifen got back the parts of the loom.

He moved it directly to Lu Zili's original house and assembled it.

Ye Yongwang also assembles it together. After the frame is assembled, there are still several parts that are not used.

"What to do with the rest?" Ye Yongwang asked.

"I'm going to spin some threads first. These need to be bound with threads."

After Ye Zifen finished speaking, she pushed Ye Yongwang out, followed by herself, and did not forget to take out a copper lock from her arms and lock the door.

"Daughter, you call it a cover-up." Ye Yongwang said to Ye Zifen.

"No, I call it nip in the bud."

Ye Zifen raised her proud head and returned to the defense line of the house.

Ye Yongwang went to the warehouse and looked at the half room of cotton. It seemed that there were no new quilts this year. Fortunately, their quilts were made last year.

After Ye Zifen returned to the house, she took out the cotton that had been seeded a few days ago and used a sorghum stalk (the longest and thinnest part of the sorghum stalk connecting the sorghum ears, which can be used to make the curtain). The cotton is rolled into long strips.

Press the shuttle on the spinning wheel, wrap a few threads on the cotton sliver around the shuttle, then shake the handle of the spinning wheel with your left hand, and pull the top of the cotton sliver back with slight force with your right hand.

Stop the rotating handle and send the filament in your right hand towards the shuttle. The thread will be wrapped around the shuttle with the force of twisting.

After several attempts, a shuttle was finally completed.

Pull the thread off the shuttle completely along the shuttle and set it aside for later use.

Then he continued to repeat the previous action and produced more than forty shuttle spools.

Take out three shuttles and combine the silk threads on the three shuttles into one thread.

Finally, combine the two three-strand threads into one, so that the cotton thread holding the soles is ready. Of course, this is also the kind of thread used to tie the loom.

Ye Zifen's arms were very tired and sore after doing these things repeatedly.

Seeing that the room was no longer very bright, she quickly tidied up these things and went to the kitchen to cook.

Ever since the third sister knew that she would have a mother-in-law who could cook for her, she had completely given up on the idea of ​​cooking.

Now she is more interested in making shoes than Zifen.

*

The old house was also very lively. In order to make the wood dry faster, Lu Dashan decided to split the tree into firewood.

Thinking of the decadent look of the third child, Lu Dashan finally made up his mind to give him a good training.

So Lu Dashan woke Lu Yongfu up early every day and asked him to chop firewood.

At first I gave him a demonstration, but later I just sat there with a cigarette bag and watched.

Lu Yongfu almost hit him in the leg several times, which made Lu Dashan worried.

If he hadn't been in good health, he would have reported to the Lord of Hell long ago.

"Old man, why don't you forget it! I'm scared when I see the third child working." Ms. Lu Li came over and persuaded.

Lu Yongfu looked at Lu Dashan pitifully.

Lu Dashan wanted to relent, but he saw his eldest grandson picking up the firewood his father had just chopped and stacking it against the wall. That little firewood probably couldn't even boil a pot of water.

His heart immediately hardened, "No, no one is allowed to help. Yongfu has to chop all the firewood himself this year."

They are alive and well, how will they live without their third child!

The grandson came to collect firewood to remind him!

As soon as Lu Yongfu heard the ax thrown, he immediately sat on the ground and could not get up.

"Ouch! Dad! You might as well just kill me. I really can't do this!"

When Lu Dashan saw his son's state of being unable to hold up the wall with mud, he immediately became furious and started to smoke him with a cigarette pole.

Then the Lu family's old house immediately became agitated.

Lu Yongfu ran ahead, and Lu Dashan chased after him with a cigarette pole. He couldn't bear to hit his son when he caught up.

Lu Zili looked at it and didn't know what to say.

Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore and said loudly: "Grandpa, if you keep acting like this, my dad will never grow up."

After saying that, the person entered the room and started reading.

"You little brat, I'm your father."

Before Lu Yongfu could finish his words, Lu Dashan hit his arm with a puff of smoke.

"Ouch!" Lu Yongfu jumped up in pain.

"I am your father. I can't even look down on you as my own son. Are you ashamed? Hurry up and work for me."

As he spoke, he handed the ax to Lu Yongfu. After taking it, Lu Yongfu started chopping weakly.

*

Five days later, Ye Zifen opened the jar of sauerkraut and smelled it. The sour smell was already there.

I quickly went to the county town and bought five kilograms of pork belly and made a meal of pickled cabbage dumplings, which was well received by everyone.

From then on, Ye Zifen gained confidence and decided to make all the cabbage piled in the yard into sauerkraut.

After breakfast the next day, the three sisters began to pack the cabbage, boil water, scald the vegetables, clean the pots, and stack the vegetables. Finally, the stone was put in to seal the jar, and it took a whole morning to work.

Finally, all the cabbage was sour. In order to eat sauerkraut as soon as possible, she also poured the sauerkraut soup from the jar into a vat.

After doing this, Ye Zifen could finally weave in peace.

From then on, Ye Zifei felt that her sister had become mysterious and she would often go to the locked room and stay there all day long.

When asked what she was doing, she didn't say anything.

Tell Ye Zifen to say something, how stupid she is just starting to learn how to use this loom?

Her aunt told her about this machine, saying that this kind of machine could greatly improve work efficiency, produce cloth very quickly, and produce thick cloth.

Ye Zifen was in a hurry when getting started, as if she was a little uncoordinated with her hands and feet.

After knitting for a day, she only produced about one foot, which was loose and tight inside, and there were two joints on it, which she didn't even notice.

But Ye Zifen did not give up and kept practicing.

After seven days, my confidence gradually returned and I could weave two feet a day.

Moreover, the woven cloth also becomes very well-proportioned.

She was not satisfied with white cloth, so she planned to go to the streets to find dyes to dye the cloth with a color.

Just do it, go to the backyard and ask Uncle Li to help her hitch the donkey cart.

Remembering the pickles I promised to bring when I went to the condiment shop last time, I took out three sauerkraut and some flavored radishes and put them on the donkey cart and set off.

I swayed my calves and hummed an unknown tune along the way, which made me feel so comfortable.

When we arrived at the county town, we first went to the condiment shop to deliver pickles. It was still very early when we arrived and the shop was not busy.

The boy was cleaning the floor. When he saw Ye Zifen coming in with something, he quickly put down the broom and ran over to take it.

"Miss Fifth is here?" he asked while picking up the things.

Shopkeeper Hong raised his head when he heard the sound and quickly walked out of the counter when he saw that the person was Ye Zifen.

"Five girls are here. You haven't been to the city for several days." Shopkeeper Hong said politely.

"Hello, Uncle Hong. I came to the county town today to buy some things. I want to ask you something by the way. The pickles are ready. I'll bring some for you to try." Ye Zifen said after saluting.

Then Ye Zifen talked about how to eat sauerkraut.

"Cut the sauerkraut and throw it in clean water. The dumplings will have a unique flavor. We don't have anyone here to make it. I'll bring it over for you to try."

Then he pointed to the radish strips and said, "That's the flavored radish I pickled. It goes well with porridge."

"Fifth girl is interested and still remembers us." Shopkeeper Hong said quickly.

If you want to talk about why he likes this girl, it's not because this girl never takes advantage of others easily. This time he will pay less, and next time he will definitely give him something he made, either snacks or side dishes, to make everyone feel comfortable.

"I have something to ask you!" Ye Zifen said with a smile.

"What do you mean?" Shopkeeper Hong asked with a smile.

"I'm quite naughty. I knitted some white cloth at home and wanted to add some color to it, but I don't know where to buy dye. I just wanted to ask you, who is well-informed." Ye Zifen pretended to be shy and lowered her head.

"Professional dyeing is a big project, but I have heard of some plant dyeing. If you want to have fun, you might as well find some plants to try." Shopkeeper Hong said.