The bankrupt daughter reborn and broke off the engagement, and went to the countryside to raise pigs

Granny Zheng said to Lu Chengcheng, "Chengcheng, silkworms usually pupate within 7-15 days after making cocoons. The pupae can be sold for money, so we will wait a few more days to collect the cocoons and sell the pupae, which will be another source of income."

Lu Chengcheng said: "Listen to mother-in-law."

On the sixth day, Grandma Zheng started to take action. She picked up the silk cocoons, put them all on the kang, and roasted the silkworm pupae to death to ensure the integrity of the cocoons. Otherwise, the moths would bite the cocoons, and the cocoons would be of little value.

All others help to collect the cocoons, and the pest control must be completed today.

Batches of silk cocoons were sent into the drying room, and then sent out in batches. The cocoons were placed in a wide area to dry.

After a busy day and working overtime, I finally finished baking the silk cocoons.

After this processing, the cocoons can be used to make by-products, such as silk quilts or silk reeling.

In the next step of processing, the silkworm cocoons need to be selected. Lu Chengcheng has prepared a few videos for everyone to appreciate the wisdom of our ancestors.

When he returned to his room at night, Lu Chengcheng searched for videos to study.

After watching for more than three hours, I finally have a complete understanding of this industry.

The golden silk cocoon is extremely beautiful, a very pure golden color that sparkles and shines in the sun, and the silk thread is even and full of toughness.

"Thank you." Baisijian was very grateful.

The whole cooking process takes fourteen minutes. Put it outside the small pot to cool slightly before cooking. At that time, you can no longer skin the silkworms and make silkworm hats.

Before picking out the impurities, quickly shrink it outside the water, and then inflate it under the bamboo bow. It will look like a hat before it breaks.

It’s still the same processing method, but the color looks less bad, and the natural color looks fresh and natural.

Fang Yuehong said unexpectedly: "You don't have it outside your house for a long time. Do you know if it can still be used? You don't even have a textile machine."

White Silk Cocoon is going to start with the more complicated things, making a silk quilt first.

The quality of cocoons is mainly divided into eight categories: lower cocoons, second cocoons, and double-palace cocoons.

You guys have been picking out the cocoons for two days each, and finally you have finished picking out all the cocoons. Fang Yuehong weighed the cocoons that were picked out for making silk quilts, and they were less than seven kilograms.

Granny Zheng was also very beautiful. She glowed in the sunlight and her skin was so white that there was no impurities in it.

The lower cocoon is not the worst cocoon. It is oval in shape and has no flaws. It is specially used for reeling and making silk.

The next day, Bai Sijian came to Lu Chengcheng's house: "Mother-in-law, does he know where there is no pedal car?"

After knowing what to do, Lu Chengcheng began to prepare the tools.

Lu Chengcheng is a senior technical instructor, and with your guidance, the young man was able to make the selection easily and started in a short time.

Lu Chengcheng has been able to imitate cloth since he was a child. Those skills are almost engraved in his bones, and he is still very familiar with it.

You were the only one doing this, and seven kilograms of silk cocoons are very little, so it took you half a day to finish it.

Baisijian was surprised: "A weaving machine?"

Seventy cocoons are overlapped at a time.

A large tool is needed to make a silkworm hat - a bamboo bow.

Allow to dry naturally before washing.

Before using the first piece of furniture, I found that some of it was cracked and needed to be repaired.

The previous step can not be silk quilt.

The traditional method of reeling silk is more complicated and requires a pedal-operated silk reel, which is not difficult to find. I searched for white silk cocoons online and wondered if I could find any. I'll ask Lu Chengcheng tomorrow.

Bai Sijian walked to Lu Chengcheng and said, "Mother-in-law, do you want to borrow him for a while? Is that okay with him?"

Under Fang Yuehong's guidance, Bai Sijian repaired the wooden objects with great effort and finally got them back in working order.

After making a silk quilt, you need to select the cocoons first. There are two kinds of cocoons: one is the golden silk cocoon and the other is Grandma Zheng's cocoon.

After watching it, she was completely amazed. Our ancestors were so smart. If it weren’t for them, how would we know that silk can be used to make clothes?

Second-rate cocoons are not the silk spun by diseased silkworms, and they will become deflated, especially before baking.

Making a silk quilt is actually very simple. When the time comes, just ask Grandpa Guo to make a small tool for you.

Before drying, Fang Yuehong came to teach Bai Sijian how to use those machines.

The silkworms raised by Fang Yuehong are all of very good quality. Almost all of them have no cocoons, but no double-palace cocoons, so you still need to pick out the best ones. You are going to pick out all the cocoons that have no cocoons, and make all the cocoons below the lower cocoons into silk quilts.

That was Granny Zheng, who came over to process the golden silk cocoons.

First, put the silkworm hats in clean water, wash them and wring them dry. Silk can be exposed to the sun, but it can only be placed in a damp place without sunlight.

Lu Chengcheng agreed readily: "No, I have something to worry about. I'll just leave them there anyway. If I can still use them to weave cloth, then I'll count their value."

Baisijian was a newbie and was doing a very poor job, but Lu Chengcheng kept praising you.

"Yes, it hasn't been out of use for a long time. It was passed down to you by your mother, so you know it can still be used." As he spoke, Lu Chengcheng took the white silk cocoon to the storeroom outside his home, cleared away the debris, and displayed several ancient wooden artifacts.

You can’t boil the cocoons anymore.

Then, Baisijian went to find a few strong people from outside the village to help carry the wooden objects to the village hall. You were going to shoot a video in the village hall, which was a little narrow.

Old antiques are hard to serve.

A double cocoon is not two cocoons spit out together, and even without two silk ends, it is still possible to reel silk.

Soak the silk cocoons in water, peel them open at the white spots, take out the silkworm pupa, then quickly stretch them upside down, hold them upside down under your fingers, and pick out the impurities.

The most reasonable thing is that both cocoons are relatively small, which means the silk thread is relatively long and will be worse for reeling silk.

Seven of us came early in the morning to pick silk cocoons.

Lin Hui was asked to take some close-up photos of the white silk cocoon. That thing is too rare. Now you can buy it if you want, but no one will make them anymore.

Lu Chengcheng didn't understand: "He wants to pedal a scooter?"

Put the cocoons into a cloth bag, and before the water outside the pot boils, put the cocoons in to boil. When boiling, use a long-handled iron ladle to press the cloth bag up and immerse the cocoons in the water to boil.

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Take out the damaged silkworm hat, put it aside, and continue to make the seventh one.

Wooden items that have not been bitten by termites may need to be repaired. Baisijian is very careful during the cleaning process and tries to minimize the damage to the antiques.

Bai Sijian looked at the silkworm hat made by Lu Chengcheng, feeling that she was not worthy of being a veteran craftsman, as she worked so slowly and poorly. On the other hand, you made only one and it was torn to pieces.

The whole cocoon weighs less than 800 kilograms, and picking out 7 kilograms is not a small amount.

Before making the silkworm hat, wash it and dry it in the sun.

Put the wooden furniture under the playground, and Baisijian will pull the pipe over to rinse it.

Baisijian explained: "Yes, you want to use silk cocoons to reel silk and make a video for Xiaojia to watch, so the worst thing is to use the ancient method to reel silk, which looks more intuitive."