The little boy in front of him was the grandson of the Orion family who had gone to the Qinling Mountains with Daniel but accidentally died there.
At that time, I heard that the old woman said that she wanted to move to the city. I didn't expect to see him here so soon. I wonder if this is a kind of fate.
The little boy opposite also recognized Xiao Han and Xue Pan at this time. He first smiled shyly at them, then hurriedly ran into the shop and shouted: "Grandma, grandma! Who do you think is here?"
"Who is it?" the old woman in the shop responded, and hurriedly went out to take a look. When she saw clearly that it was Xiao Han and Xue Pan, she was surprised and happy: "Benefactor! Why are you here? Please come in!"
Xiao Han, who was called a benefactor, blushed a little, and did not dare to claim to be a benefactor. He quickly cupped his hands and said: "Madam, you're welcome, just call me Xiao Han! We were visiting the city today and we passed by here accidentally. "
"What a coincidence!" The old woman looked at Xiao Han with a smile, and then tugged at the little boy: "Go in and clean up the stools! Please come in and sit for a while!"
The little boy responded and hurriedly ran into the store. Xiao Han didn't want to disturb him at first, because he always felt that he owed the grandparents and grandchildren in his heart. However, he was warmly received and could not refute his kindness. After being able to thank him, he followed the woman into this small shop.
The shop the woman was in was a fabric shop. It looked like it had just opened. It was simply decorated, with a counter and a few stools. Apart from that, there were just fabrics on both sides, most of which were coarse cloths of ordinary colors, none of which were expensive. Brocade, even silk has only a tiny bit.
Sitting on the stool cleaned by the little boy, Xiao Han and Xue Pan took a general look at the furnishings in the store. As for the fool who had complained early on, he sat down on the bench near the door, not forgetting to follow him not far away. A and a few people showed their middle fingers. Is the bodyguard amazing? Doesn’t the bodyguard need to help carry things?
While looking at the scene, the old woman brought out a pot of water from the back hall. The little boy quickly threw down the rag to help, giving each of Xiao Han and the others a glass of water.
"Thank you, little brother!" Looking at the obedient little boy, Xue Pan smiled and took the water glass and thanked him softly. However, the little boy was a little shy, his face turned red all of a sudden, and he hurried to the side without saying anything.
Holding the water glass and smiling, Xue Pan glanced at Xiao Han who was lowering his head to drink water. He felt that it was a bit awkward to sit like this, so he asked the old woman in a casual manner: "Auntie, do you open this shop?"
The old woman stood aside and smiled and nodded and replied: "Yes, after we moved to the city, we thought that although you two nobles gave us a lot of money, we would have nothing to gain, so I bought this small shop without asking for anything. No matter how much money you make, as long as you can raise this child, that’s fine.”
"That's it." Xue Pan nodded when he heard the words, stood up and stretched out his hand to slowly touch the cloth roll leaning against the wall, and continued to ask: "These cloths are very densely woven, did you collect them from me, aunt?" "
"Some are, and some are spun by myself." The old woman looked at Xue Pan and replied with a smile.
"Auntie, do you know how to spin?" Xiao Han, who had been silent all this time, asked in surprise when he heard this! Because just now, he suddenly felt that he remembered something, but when he recalled it carefully, he couldn't catch anything.
"Yes." The old woman smiled and nodded. "But I couldn't afford a loom before, so I could only spin yarn at home and sell it to make money. It was only here that I bought a loom, and I woven a little when I had free time. "
Xiao Han did not continue to ask, his mind was a little confused, and the feeling of forgetting things became stronger and stronger, but the harder he thought about it, the harder he could remember it, and his head started to hurt for a while.
Xue Pan didn't notice Xiao Han's strange behavior, turned around and looked around, and saw the little boy squatting next to the fool, poking the fox fur on his neck with his finger.
The little boy noticed that someone was looking at him and quickly stopped his hand, but his dark eyes still glanced at the idiot from time to time.
Xue Pan smiled knowingly, thinking that the old woman had said she wanted to tell him about sending him to study, so he asked the old woman: "Is aunt's grandson studying now?"
When Xue Pan asked about this, the old woman's face darkened significantly, and she said with a bitter tone: "Not yet..."
"Oh? What's wrong?" Xue Pan asked curiously.
The old woman sighed and said, "There is no way. There are too few teachers now, so it's hard to find them! Now I see my children playing at home like this every day, and I'm also worried."
What the old woman said is true. The Sui Dynasty introduced the imperial examination system, giving poor people all over the world a path to heaven.
But there are still very few people who have the ability to read. Nowadays, those who can read and write must either study hard to gain fame or join a wealthy family!
There are not many people who are willing to teach in the market, but they are really very few! So for a while, even if she took the money, she couldn't find anyone to teach her.
"How about Xiao Han and I find someone to help? Can we help him find a master?" Xue Pan was deeply aware of the hardships of studying. After thinking about it, he asked the old woman tentatively.
The old woman's eyes lit up when she heard this, and just when she was about to speak, someone jumped up in front of her!
"Stretching thread? Spinning thread? Cotton thread?"
The one who suddenly jumped up was naturally Xiao Han!
He ignored the surprised looks in Xue Pan's and the old woman's eyes, and was circling around the stool like a working donkey! Because just now, he finally remembered what he wanted to do!
Spinning thread! So much cotton is not used for spinning, but only for making quilts? Can you cover it? I should have thought of this a long time ago!
Rubbing his hands, Xiao Han stood still and looked at the old woman eagerly: "Auntie! Do you still have the spinning stuff? Can you help me spin something into thread!"
The old woman was startled by Xiao Han's strange behavior, and then nodded quickly: "I'm still here. If you have any orders, just tell me, no need to be so polite!"
"Okay! Without further ado, let's try to see if it can work now!"
Xiao Han was focused on cotton at this time. If there is cotton thread, there will be cotton cloth! With cotton cloth, doesn’t cotton have countless uses?
Didn't you bring any cotton when you went out today? This is not a problem! Get the idiot over here and take off his clothes without saying a word!
Among these people, Idiot is the most afraid of the cold. He wears a jacket with cotton in it. Although it is not much, it should be enough for just an experiment!
The jacket made of fine fabric was torn open, revealing the white cotton inside. Xiao Han didn't even blink, but he was as sad as his dead mother! It wasn't until Xiao Han said he would give him two pieces that he became happy, and together they helped Xiao Han take out all the cotton in the sandwich.
Holding the cotton in hand, she went to the back of the shop, which was much wider than the front. The old woman had already moved out the spinning machine. She first took the cotton in Xiao Han's hand and looked at it, and then tried it a few times. Only then did I find the clue.
Just like when I spun hemp thread before, I rolled the cotton into a small long strip, then pulled a head from it, hung it on the round wheel of the machine and slowly shook it, and a white thread slowly wrapped around the round wheel.
