"Your sheep...has become a monk?"
This morning, after Meiyou had finished watering and reinforcing the adobe walls of her new house, she passed by Meiberry's yard and saw the three sheep that had lost a lot of weight.
An extremely "bald" existence.
The courtyard door of Meiberry's house was not locked, so Meiyou saw this and pushed the courtyard door gently and went in.
Walking past the three trembling "inch-headed" sheep in the sheep shed, Mei You had already vaguely guessed what Mei Berry was going to do.
She glanced around the courtyard and saw Meiberry. Sure enough, she looked at the shade under the root of the house and saw Meiberry sitting on the edge of a large wooden basin.
There was half a piece of soap left on the ground lying miserably on the edge, and the bubbles in the basin directly showed Mayberry what she was doing.
Mei Qi took the soap sent by Jiubaoxuan to wash the wool quite luxuriously!
"I'm washing wool~"
Mei Bei didn't think there was any problem herself. She looked up at Mei You and saw that Mei You frowned but hesitated to speak, so she shook off the foam on her hand and explained quickly:
"Sister, you don't know that these cashmere sheep don't seem to adapt to the summer climate here in Yunzhou. If I hadn't discovered them in time yesterday, all three of them would have died of heatstroke."
"So you shaved off the wool?"
"Uh-huh."
Mei Bei nodded in agreement. When Mei You saw Mei Bei cleaning the wool she picked off, she asked again, "Do you want to use this wool to make wool products?"
"right!"
Sure enough, it was the heroine, and I could guess her thoughts just by looking at what I was doing.
"Sister, do you want to come with me?"
Since Meiyou guessed what she was going to do, Meiberry naturally asked Meiyou to join her.
After all, with the blessing of the heroine's halo, there is no guarantee that Mei Berry's wool business will go very smoothly.
"Well, although I don't know how, I can learn."
Meiyou knew very well that she could at most process sheepskin, and it was possible to make a sheepskin coat, but she would definitely not be able to make a wool coat, or a sweater.
Mei Bei didn't care much after hearing this, and said: "I don't know how to do it either. My mother knows how to spin and knit sweaters, so I have to learn from her~"
Mayberry originally thought that wool thread was difficult to make, but when she told her mother about it earlier, she was even disliked by her mother.
The original answer is that her mother actually knows how to do this!
For a moment, Meiberry lamented again that since she couldn't be an all-rounder, she could just be a mommy or daddy!
“My mother said that what she knows is just a self-sufficient family workshop, and the tools are all that ordinary people can make and use.
If it is used for large-scale commercial mass production, she will not do it. But it doesn’t matter, let’s learn first, and then we can cooperate with Jiubaoxuan. Just worry them about mass production, hehe~”
Mei Bei smiled treacherously after saying this, and Mei You also laughed out loud and said: "You are relying on Jiu Baoxuan?"
"Oh, those who are capable work harder, and those who are capable work harder." Mei Berry thought about washing the wool on her hands more vigorously. Seeing this, Mei You squatted aside and asked Mei Berry about the relevant precautions.
What else to do after washing and drying.
Mayberry then told her everything she knew. If they did it quickly, they would be able to start spinning the yarn the day after tomorrow.
After receiving the teaching methods from Mei Berry, Mei You also went home. At noon that day, Mei You's sheep also became very "bald".
Mei You's actions were naturally not hidden from Miao.
Miao heard that she learned the new fabric from Mei Pei's family, so she got excited and helped Mei You to make it together.
The fine Gebu Miao family got back from Widow Chen two days ago has been cut into several pieces of underwear. It is softer and more breathable than linen when worn on the body, making it extremely comfortable to wear in summer.
Hearing that Wei Meili had new fabrics to make, Miao also cheered up and studied hard.
For this reason, the two families, Meiberry and Meiyou, are living a very fulfilling life these days.
In the morning and evening, I was busy building a house for Mei You's family. During the day when it was hot, I would rest at home and collect wool.
Mei Youqian was drinking ice-cold mung bean soup while making hand-spun sheep thread tools for his wife.
This thing is very simple to make, just a stick, a hook and a notched cylinder.
As for why it is so simple, it is mainly because my mother learned the craft from Grandma Meiberry.
Grandma Mei Mei also experienced poverty. At that time, supplies were scarce and even some tools were very rudimentary.
Of course, there are more complex ones, but Wei Meili has never seen these.
When she got older, the conditions gradually improved. She would either buy sweaters directly or buy yarn to make them herself. It was rare to see such primitive handicrafts again.
Considering the comfort of his wife, Mei Youqian slightly modified it and added an extra shelf.
As a result, the overall shape is closer to the mini version of the spinning machine that Meiberry had in Widow Chen’s house.
Her dad is really talented at making things.
So when Mei You and Miao came over with wool, they were surprised to see the mini spinning wheel.
But what surprised Miao even more was that after the wool was spun into wool, her sister-in-law balled up the manifestations into wool balls without any intention of weaving.
Is it possible that we should go with Widow Chen?
Seeing Miao's confusion, Wei Meili smiled complacently, took out two "chopsticks" and said, "Now, let me teach you how to knit~"
The two wooden sticks seemed to be endowed with immortal magic in Wei Mei's hands.
Everyone was dazzled as Wei Meili intertwined her hands and knitted a small scarf.
When Mr. Miao saw it, he said it was unbelievable.
Wei Meili also bluntly said that with just two more pieces, she could make clothes for people to wear directly.
This made Miao even more interested, and she worked hard to learn to knit sweaters from Wei Meili.
In the end, Meiberry and Meiyou, who felt that they had failed at school, simply sat aside and spun yarn and rolled balls for the mothers.
In the next ten days or so, the activities of Meiberry's and Meiyou's families overlapped to a great extent.
The four adults helped build the house in the morning and evening. During the hot day, the adults rested in the house, knitting sweaters and learning to knit sweaters, and continued to struggle with wool.
Meibei and Meiyou also herd sheep in the morning and evening, and rested and spun yarn during the day.
Sometimes, Meiberry secretly took two rolls of yarn provided by the system and mixed them in to increase the amount of yarn for everyone.
Such days passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, the new house of Mei You's family was built and the beams were erected on an auspicious day.
Meibei's mother has also taught Miao how to knit sweaters, trousers, and gloves.
Then, Meiyou's family officially moved to the earthen house on the edge of the bamboo forest diagonally behind Meibei's house.
The place was hidden enough, and few people paid attention to the time when the house was built. So when Mei You's family moved, the people in the village finally discovered that Mei Laosan's family had built a new house!
Darling, you cover it so tightly!
On the day Meiyou and his family officially moved into their new house, many villagers came to join in the fun.
But there are people here to congratulate, some to envy, and naturally some to say mean things.
"Oh, the Sanma family is really good! I just paid five taels of silver to pay off the corvee a few days ago. Now I have money to build a house again?"
Among all the congratulations, this sour sentence attracted everyone's attention...
For the spinning tools of Grandma Meiberry, you can refer to the video of an up owner on station b knitting a scarf with dog hair. If you are interested, you can search it~
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