Make a fortune by farming: The sweetheart of the first assistant family

Lin Xiaocao put down the bamboo curtain, turned around and went into the house to take out two pieces of paper to test her guess: "When the time comes, will the paper we make with the bamboo curtain have dents? This is your brother-in-law's paper. The contrast between the expensive rice paper and the cheapest straw paper is very obvious. The expensive paper is as delicate and smooth as a shelled egg, while the cheap straw paper is very rough. If you look closely, you will find that there are many dents on the paper. Huo Di , you come and help me judge, is my guess correct?"

After Lin Xiaocao's reminder, Huo Yunchao recalled the documentary's explanation of the bamboo curtain production process - material selection, bamboo silk cutting, weaving, removal, trimming, painting, and framing.

The problem Lin Xiaocao encountered was the "painting" process in weaving bamboo curtains. Just use the paint Huo Tianxiang used when making woodwork.

Huo Yunchao's eyes were full of admiration: "Sister Xiaocao, your guess is correct! I remembered that the book said that the braided bamboo curtains need to be painted! Painting has two major benefits. One is to extend the service life of the bamboo curtains. The second is to make the bamboo curtain flat and smooth, and the paper surface will be as little affected by the bamboo silk texture as possible, so that it becomes smoother and more delicate. Sister Xiaocao, I will go to my father to ask for some paint. You try to paint it. Let’s see the effect.”

Lin Xiaocao was used to being frugal and used things frugally. He couldn't bear to see any waste. He said with a straight face: "Brother Huo, Uncle Huo's paint is expensive, we can't waste good things. You just said that you wanted to complete the bamboo curtain production process. Tell me each craft that comes to mind."

"Okay! Sister Xiaocao, I'll write it down in notes after I finish speaking."

Huo Yunchao knew how difficult it was to weave bamboo curtains, and vaguely remembered that the documentary "Tiangong Kaiwu" showed the bamboo curtains.

The description of the curtain is just one sentence - all paper curtains are made of scraped and ground extremely fine bamboo silk.

Behind these few words, countless efforts in making bamboo curtains are omitted.

According to the required length, the bamboo is sawn into equal length sections, and then split into slender bamboo strips. Then cut the bamboo strips into thin bamboo slices.

After that, according to the needs of the bamboo curtain, the bamboo slices are cut into thin bamboo filaments. The smallest diameter of the bamboo filaments is only 0.1 mm. This requires more than ten processes.

In order to make the bamboo silk used to weave bamboo curtains thin, smooth and uniform, Xu Ning must concentrate on his work. The thickness of the bamboo silk will change with a slight shake of his hand.

While Huo Yunchao was organizing words in his head, he looked at Xu Ning, who was concentrating on cutting bamboo silk, with tender eyes.

Xu Ning's silence did not mean that she had no contribution in the production process of the bamboo curtain, but she was accustomed to keeping a low profile and did not like to be in the limelight. She chose to focus on cutting bamboo silk and let Lin Xiaocao be the spokesperson.

Lin Xiaocao had long been accustomed to Huo Yunchao's crazy attitude toward Xu Ning. He shook the paper in his hand and said, "Brother Huo, the paper is of different sizes. Are there different sizes of bamboo curtains? Ning Niang and I decided to use your brother-in-law The paper size used is standard, what do you think?”

Huo Yunchao gave a thumbs up and praised: "Very good! Sister Xiaocao, this size of paper is the best-selling in bookstores and is most in line with the usage habits of readers. When we develop the bamboo curtain technique, we can make other specifications It’s not too late for bamboo curtains. Sister Xiaocao, the manufacturing process of bamboo curtains is so complicated, and you can still find this kind of problem and come up with a solution, it’s really amazing.”

Lin Xiaocao waved his hand to deny, and said

Yourong Yan said: "Brother Huo, this is all the credit of Ning Niang! If you want to praise Ning Niang, praise Ning Niang! My hands are not as skillful as Ning Niang's. The bamboo silk I split with the bamboo knife is not thin enough, so Ning Niang has to do it." It’s the secondary processing. Ning Niang is silent, but she is actually the main contributor!”

Huo Yunchao's eyes were frighteningly bright, as if he were looking at a peerless treasure: "Sister Xiaocao, do you think I have accumulated great virtues in my previous life, so that I can marry such a good person as Ning Niang in this life?"

"Marry... marry?"

Lin Xiaocao was shocked when she heard the word "marry". The more she looked at Huo Yunchao's shining eyes, the more she felt something was wrong: "Brother Huo, did you just say that you were marrying Ning Niang?"

Instead of feeling ashamed, Huo Yunchao patted his chest and said loudly: "That's right! Sister Xiaocao, I am the Xu family's son-in-law. Have you forgotten?"

Lin Xiaocao was so amazed that he opened his mouth wide enough to stuff an egg. When he came to his senses, he gave Huo Yunchao a thumbs up!

For admitting his status as a son-in-law so openly, Huo Yunchao, you deserve to be able to marry such a good wife!

Huo Yunchao saw that Xu Ning was still cutting bamboo silk seriously and did not want to disturb her. He said to Lin Xiaocao: "Sister Xiaocao, I thought about the use of bamboo curtains recorded in the book. I will demonstrate it to you and let you know. It's about how to use bamboo curtains, and then we can work backwards based on how to use them. What do you think of this method? Is it feasible?"

The more Lin Xiaocao listened, the brighter his eyes became; "It can be done! It can definitely be done! Huo Di, hurry up, show me!"

It is recorded in "Tiangong Kaiwu": "Every paper curtain is made of scraped and ground extremely fine bamboo silk. When the roll is unfolded, the downstream frame is framed vertically and horizontally. Hold the curtain with both hands and enter the water, swing up the bamboo and hemp, and insert it into the curtain. Thickness

Depending on the person's technique, if you wave it lightly, it will be thin, and if you wave it hard, it will be thick. Within the bamboo floating curtain, water poured down into the trough from all sides. Then the curtains are covered and the paper is placed on the board, stacking tens of millions of sheets. If the number is full, the upper plate will be pressed. "

There was no pulp water, so Huo Yunchao used lime water as a substitute and demonstrated to Lin Xiaocao what it was like to "lift the paper under the curtain": "Sister Xiaocao, shake it lightly with the pulp water, and the paper will be thinner; shake it again and again." After a while, the paper came out thicker..."

Lin Xiaocao asked a few more detailed questions, all of which received detailed answers from Huo Yunchao, "Brother Huo, it's none of your business. You can go about your business."

When Huo Yun met Xu Ning, he still didn't even look at him, and deliberately said: "Sister Xiaocao, you just throw it away after use! I'm so sad, 嘤嘤嘤嘤~"

Lin Xiaocao rolled her eyes at him, put her hands on her hips, and chased him away fiercely: "Brother Huo, don't do this! Leave quickly, don't get in the way! Go quickly, go quickly!"

Huo Yun looked back three times in one step. He worked so hard, but in the end, his wife didn't even look at him!嘤嘤嘤~

After finally driving Huo Yunchao away, Lin Xiaocao rubbed the goosebumps on her arms and complained: "Mother Ning, Huo Di is so tall and tall, how come he looks like an unweaned baby?"

When Xu Ning heard this, he put down his sword and looked at Lin Xiaocao, and asked: "Sister Xiaocao, doesn't my brother-in-law cling to you in private?"

Lin Xiaocao didn't know what she thought of, and suddenly blushed, "Then, how can it be the same? Your brother-in-law wouldn't do this in front of other people."

Xu Ning replied: "Sister Xiaocao, we are half-brothers, so no one can make fun of the other."

Lin Xiaocao quickly asked Xu Ning

Apologize: "Ning Niang, are you angry? I apologize to you, I'm just not used to it..."

Xu Ning's eyes were full of nostalgia and happiness: "Sister Xiaocao, I'm not angry. I wasn't used to it before, very unaccustomed to it. When I thought back later, I realized that if Huo Yunchao didn't take the initiative to come over, I wouldn't have looked at him more. . Huo Yunchao and I are probably what people often say, whichever pot goes with whichever lid."

Lin Xiaocao followed Xu Ning's thoughts and thought of the way she and Zheng Shaoxuan, as well as Huo Yunchao and Xu Ning got along: "Ning Niang, you are right! Your brother-in-law and I are the same way. We keep a distance from each other in front of others and lock ourselves up. It’s time for a kiss or a hug when you come in.”