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Chapter 89 Tussah Silk Reeling

Jinghan has a new view of this little sister. It turns out that this little guy is quite far away. "Jingxian, we cannot decide these things. Whether we are on the mountain or moving to the foot of the mountain, whether we live poor or rich, we will encounter different troubles. As long as our family is together, we are all a family, whether we live together or not. Right?"

Jingxian nodded and said nothing.

"Okay, let's go back. We can probably pick cocoons tomorrow. We will be busy at that time." Jinghan said, then led his two sisters back to the venue.

Wencheng returned from the town at noon and sold all the elm and yellow mushrooms. This morning, he picked four baskets of mushrooms, about 100 kilograms, but he didn't expect it to be sold out in the morning. Wencheng handed the money to Chen, "Grandma, I sent a total of 650 cents of fish today, and a total of 950 cents of elm and yellow mushrooms." Wencheng gave Chen a lot of copper coins.

"Oh, I didn't expect that this elm and yellow mushroom has been sold a lot. I can earn more than one and a half dollars this day. If it's like this every day, it would be amazing." Chen took the money and said with a smile.

"Grandma, how can it be like this every day? Then the elm and yellow mushrooms will have to be picked every few days." Jinghan happened to come back from outside and said, "By the way, grandma, I will go to pick cocoons tomorrow. Maybe everyone in my family will have to help, otherwise I will be busy." A female moth can lay 200 to 400 eggs. Jinghan selected a total of 300 female moths this year, so that more than 100,000 silkworm eggs will be hatched. Even if a part is lost during the stocking process, there will still be 50,000 cocoons to be recycled. If there are fewer people, it will definitely not be enough. I don't know if I don't count, but I'm shocked when I calculate it. Jinghan was so roughly scared.

Chen nodded after hearing this, "I know, we will all go tomorrow? Anyway, there is nothing at home, just leave your grandfather to watch in the venue. Let's get the cocoons back quickly? It's safe to let other things harm you." This tusser silkworm is a very delicious thing, and the tusser silkworm pupa is also the best thing to nourish the body. Generally, wild tusser silkworms have many natural enemies, and all kinds of animals and birds love to eat it, so the survival rate is relatively small. Even if it is artificially bred, you must take care of it carefully? Otherwise, the losses will be very serious.

The next morning, Wencheng naturally had to go to the town, but today there were fewer elm and yellow mushrooms. There were only two baskets. After Wencheng left, everyone started to go to the forest in the north to pick silkworm cocoons.

On the oak trees in the forest, as long as the leaves are curled, there will be cocoons inside. Everyone takes scissors and other tools, and when they see such leaves, they cut them down. The cocoons of the tussus silkworms are actually larger than those of mulberry silkworms. On average, one hundred of them will be nearly three pounds heavy. So women cut them down. Zhixin and Zhiming will carry them back, and everyone is busy. Just like that? It took two days in total? They were all cut and transported back to the garage.

Because Jinghan and the others were very careful in their care, the output of cocoons this year was really good. There were 80,000 cocoons left. We used them for several days, peeling off the oak leaves outside the cocoons, and then selecting 10,000 cocoons of good quality. After ventilation and drying, Jinghan properly preserved these cocoons.

Because the remaining ones were left with silk, they were directly basked under the scorching sun for a few days? This way, the silkworm pupa inside could be killed. After making such cocoons, Jinghan was worried. Because no one in the family could reel. There was no mulberry silkworm in the Northeast, so none of Chen's mothers had fiddled with this thing, so how could they reel silk?

Jinghan had been talking about silk reeling in her previous life, but she had never seen it before, so how could she dare to do it by herself? What if these cocoons were destroyed? So, everyone sat together and worried about how to do it.

"Second sister, isn't that classmate and friend of Brother Wenhan's family run a silk shop at home? There is always someone in their family who understands this, right?" It was Jingxian's words that woke up the dreamer.

Jinghan clapped her hands and almost jumped up. Isn't that true? There will always be someone in Yue Pengcheng's family to understand. "Second brother, I have to ask you to go to the town to find the eldest brother and ask him to talk to the Yue family to see if he can find someone who understands it."

After hearing this, Wencheng immediately drove the ox cart to the town, and his family was waiting anxiously. Until the next morning, Wencheng led a few people to the venue, and one of them turned out to be Yue Siyuan.

Zhixin hurried over when he saw Yue Siyuan, "Brother Yue, I didn't expect that he had invited you. Come on, hurry up and sit in the house."

Yue Siyuan waved his hand, "Brother Xu, you're welcome. Pengcheng came home last night and said that you had a cocoon in your house and could not reel. He wanted to find someone who understands me. You really asked a coincidence. My sister-in-law is from the south. She married and brought two servants to accompany her house. Both families were good at planting mulberry trees in the south. So, I'll bring you two people to see if you can help you." Yue Siyuan was also curious. He had never seen any other silkworms in the northeast, so he had to come and take a look.

Zhixin had no choice but to bring these people to the two houses where silkworm cocoons were placed. The two people behind Yue Siyuan were a man and a woman, and they looked like couples, and they were in their forties. The two went up to look at the silkworm cocoon, then carefully checked it, nodded to Yue Siyuan, "Master, this is really a silkworm cocoon, but it is different from the mulberry silkworms in the south. It seems that they can reel silk."

Yue Siyuan quickly told Zhixin that he would prepare things according to the requirements of the two people and see how the silk was reeled. Zhixin started to work hard, and soon he found what he wanted.

It is actually very simple to use the method of releasing silk. Just boil a pot of boiling water in the pot. Don’t need too much water. Throw the cocoons into the pot, and then stir with chopsticks. The head of the silk will come out and wrap it around the chopsticks. Generally, a single strand of silk is too thin, and several strands are mixed together. The silk itself contains sesame glue, so it is easy to stick together. Generally, four or five cocoons are just thrown into the pot. Find the head of the silk, then pick the silk outward, and put some mung beans or other places on the other side, lay a layer of silk, and cover it with a layer of mung beans, so that the silk will not stick together. When the silk is cool, you can wrap it up. If you see that the silk is thin, throw one or two cocoons into the pot, so that the silk can be pulled out.

The two people brought by Yue Siyuan used this simple tool to pull out the raw silk bit by bit. Jinghan looked at it and found that it was exactly the same as what grandma said in her previous life. This thing is a skilled question. If she was familiar with it, she should be quite fast.

The two of them had sex for a while, then stopped and said to Yue Siyuan, "Master, I just tried it. This kind of silk is thicker than mulberry silk, but it is elastic, and it should be used like mulberry silk. As for other things, I haven't found anything yet, after all, this is a new thing."

Yue Siyuan nodded. This is good. You can see these in a short time. "Brother Xu, why did you think of this?" He was very curious. Since the Xu family was able to discover this thing, it proved that this thing should have existed for a long time and definitely did not appear. So how did the Xu family discover it?

Zhixin smiled, "It's not to hide it from my brother, it was my little girl Jinghan who discovered it by chance. I finally got some cocoons last year, and then I only raised so many this year."

Yue Siyuan looked at the big baskets on the ground in the house, which were filled with these cocoons. The cocoons of the tusseria silkworms were not as white as mulberry silkworms, but had a yellowish-brown color. It is estimated that this color will not be easily removed. It should be a feature of this silk. "Brother, how do you plan to deal with this thing? If you reel all the silk, your family may not be able to complete it. In this way, I will take back your cocoons and find a way to see what kind of silk can be made, and then see if it is weaving silk or something else. Don't worry, I will give you a fair price on the price."

Zhixin thought for a while and said, "Brother Yue, can I discuss this with Jinghan? After all, she did it. I have to ask her if she has any plans."

"It just so happens that I want to see your little girl. I have always wanted to see how a girl who is so smart that she can grow mushrooms in winter. Unexpectedly, there are more cocoons now. Hurry, let me see your little Jinghan." When Yue Siyuan heard this, he couldn't wait to see this long-famous little girl.

When adults talked about things, Jinghan was naturally not easy to come forward, so he didn't come out just now. Wencheng hurried to go and call Jinghan.

Jinghan came out of his house and came to the house here. As soon as he entered the house, he saw a man under forty years old, with a man and a woman standing beside him. The person in the middle looked a bit similar to Yue Pengcheng, and he should be Yue Pengcheng's father. Jinghan stepped forward to salute, "Jinghan has met Uncle Yue."

Yue Siyuan also looked at the little girl in front of him carefully. She looked pretty good, not very beautiful, but she was also pretty and charming. She exuded a kind of agility, not as rigid as ordinary girls. Yue Siyuan couldn't help but nodded. Only such a person could have so many tricks. "What a smart little baby, who can actually know what my surname is. Why don't you guess I'm the manager of the Yue family?"

Jinghan smiled slightly, "Brother Yue, that's because your appearance is somewhat similar to Brother Pengcheng, so Jinghan boldly guessed. If you take the liberty, please ask uncle Haihan." Jinghan bowed again.

"Forget it, you are so smart, it's too late to like it. Come here, come and tell me, how did you find this thing?" Yue Siyuan waved his hand to Jinghan and asked Jinghan to come to him.
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