As expected, the Bai family and his son kept their word. No matter how hot it was in the iron ore factory, they never took off their masks except for drinking water and eating.
Even if other people in the mine laughed at them for being effeminate, they wouldn't listen.
Could this be a mask? It's the love that the daughter/sister has for the two of them.
"You don't understand. It was my daughter who fixed it, saying it was to prevent dust. If you ask me, my daughter is careful."
"What do you know? My sister made it for me, saying it was for filtering iron filings. Why are you envious of it?"
Whenever everyone is curious about the masks on the faces of the Bai family and his son, the father and son can't help showing off, which naturally arouses everyone's jealousy.
In the past two days, Xiao Fuyuan asked her third brother to bring gauze from the shop. She painted and traced it to improve it, and asked Qiuniang and her mother to make light and breathable gauze masks.
The gauze in the middle acts as a filter element, further isolating iron filings and dust.
Bai Banban and Bai Dazhuang will no longer feel depressed about wearing masks while working in the mine.
It is said that the mine is indeed full of dust all day long, and watering it every day still doesn't work.
It is inevitable for workers to inhale dust, and coughs can be heard in the village every day after work.
Bai Banban and Bai Dazhuang wore masks and no longer had the problem of coughing.
Doctor Zhang and Doctor Wu boiled an expectorant decoction every day and carried it to the mine for the villagers working in the mine to drink. They also distributed pig blood to be stewed every day for the people working in the mine to eat, saying it could remove dust and eliminate dust. Crushing.
When Dr. Zhang went to the mountain to deliver medicine, he saw that the white wooden board and the mask Bai Dazhuang was wearing were very special.
They don't feel stuffy and can breathe as normal, but they can filter out iron filings and dust. These two people are the only ones in the mine who don't cough.
"Brother Bai, how did you come up with this method?" Doctor Zhang was very excited and grabbed Bai Dazhuang and kept asking.
He recalled that during autopsies, in order to prevent the body odor from spreading germs, Wu Zuo would cover his mouth and nose with coarse cloth.
In the same way, in order to prevent iron filings and dust from breathing into the lungs, a post-mortem examination can also be performed. However, autopsy operations do not require continuous work like workers in mines. It is unrealistic for mine workers to cover their mouths and noses with towels like workers do. First, it delays mining, and secondly, towels are heavy and stuffy for a long time, which makes people prone to hypoxia.
In comparison, the masks worn by the Bai family and his son were light, breathable, and blocked iron filings and dust.
"How could I have the ability to come up with this method?" Bai Dazhuang waved his hand and said with a proud face, "My sister came up with the method."
Then he took out the new mask in his arms and showed it off to Dr. Zhang: "My sister said to change it every day."
Doctor Zhang took the mask Bai Dazhuangxin took out and held it in his hand to examine it carefully. When he heard that Xiao Fuyuan had come up with the method, Doctor Zhang was very excited and blurted out: "Really?"
This method is indeed wonderful. It has a piece of cloth on the outside, a gauze pad for filtering on the inside, and then a rope is tied to the ears. It is light and does not delay the work.
Wonderful! Wonderful!
What does it mean?
Bai Dazhuang was unhappy.
How dare you question your own girl.
"I don't like to hear what you are saying, Doctor Zhang. What does it mean to be true? My sister is so smart, why can't she figure it out?" Bai Dazhuang said unceremoniously.
Doctor Zhang quickly explained: "That's not what I meant."
"You question my sister's intelligence." Bai Dazhuang took the mask from Doctor Zhang without politeness. He originally wanted to give one to him, but it seemed that he was not worthy of it.
Doctor Zhang: "..."
Although Dr. Zhang was scolded by Bai Dazhuang, he was still very excited. He felt that masks could be promoted to the whole village so that everyone working in the mines would not have to be disturbed by iron filings and dust.
So I came to Lao Bai's house and asked Xiao Fuyuan in person about the masks.
"How did Xiao Yuanbao come up with it?" Doctor Zhang asked.
"It's just a random thought." Of course it's impossible for Xiao Fukuoka to say that he saw it in the hospital.
Fortunately, Mrs. Zhen relieved Xiao Fuyuan and said with a smile: "I usually play with cloth and embroidery when I have nothing to do. As a child, I sewed it into a mask. Her father and his brother put it on just right. It was a mistake."
Mrs. Zhen pulled Xiao Fuyuan beside her, rubbed her head, and said with a doting look on her face.
Now that Mrs. Zhen has concluded that it was a "mistake", it is not easy for Dr. Zhang to continue pursuing the case. After all, Xiao Fuyuan put on the mask and did not avoid others.
"Xiao Yuanbao's crooked attack solves a problem. You know that people can easily get sick if the iron filings and dust in the mines are inhaled into the lungs. I have seen some coal miners suffocate to death due to the accumulation of iron filings in their lungs in medical records. This mask Even though it is small, it plays a big role. The gauze inside can block the iron filings and dust very well." Doctor Zhang looked at Xiao Fuyuan with excitement on his face, please give him a few more mistakes.
"I wonder if this mask invented by Xiao Yuanbao can be told to others so that all the people in our village who work in the iron mines can wear it." Dr. Zhang asked.
Zhen said: "Mr. Zhang also knows that my wife and eldest brother wear masks when going to work, and everyone in the village sees them. It's not difficult to sew masks, so why don't others wear them?"
"Because the mask looks simple, but it is just a piece of cotton cloth and a piece of gauze. The cloth in every household in the village is very precious. It is used to mend clothes and starch the uppers of shoes. There is no spare time to use it to make masks." Zhen sighed. He said, "It's not like you can just sew one mask and you won't have to worry about it. Our family replaces one every two days. For a farmer, throwing away a piece of cloth every two days is too extravagant."
What Zhen was talking about was something that Doctor Zhang had not considered, but it was the reality of Shenshu Village.
For the people in the village, every scrap of cloth must be saved. If everyone is asked to use a piece of cloth to sew masks every few days, they would not even think about it, let alone spending extra money to buy gauze.
Everyone knows that breathing iron filings and dust into the lungs is uncomfortable, but even then, it is estimated that no one is willing to sew masks.
"Then I will report this matter to General Meng." Doctor Zhang finally said.
Zhen did not say clearly that masks should be distributed uniformly by the government. Besides, mining is not only for the weapons and iron of the imperial court.
Sure enough, just as Zhen thought, after listening to Dr. Zhang's analysis of the pros and cons of workers wearing masks for mining, Meng Zhixu immediately decided that the military would allocate funds to organize manpower to sew masks.
So this task fell on Qiuniang. After all, Xiao Fuyuan came up with the idea of the mask, but it was Qiuniang who sewed and improved the final shape.
Moreover, the task fell on Qiuniang not for free, but for wages.
Not only the iron ore factory in the village needs it, but also factories and mines in other places.
The cotton cloth and gauze used to sew the masks were ordered directly from Bai Sanzhuang's shop. The Bai family once again looked at Xiao Fuyuan with admiration, and they could get a large order for Sanzhuang's shop with just one thought.
Bai Sanzhuang was even more excited. He didn't expect that his shop would become a supplier of "military supplies".
Qiuniang was very happy to receive this task. She felt that she could finally make money for Lao Bai's family.
Due to too many tasks, Mrs. Bai organized the eldest daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law in the village to sew together, and the wages were calculated according to the quantity sewn.
The aunt and daughter-in-law were all excited. After all, it was a great joy to be able to make money to support the family without exporting.
Everyone praised Xiao Fuyuan, the owner of Fulong Township, for her good idea, and they wanted to offer her up.
