Happy peasant girl

Chapter 369
Afterwards, Lin Qingxi took Jin Wen and his wife Xiangxiu to an empty house in Daoyuan, where there were some kapoks that hadn't been played yet, and asked the couple to play them for her on the spot, and the result naturally satisfied her of.

"Not bad, not bad! But, I didn't accept you to play the kapok for me!" Lin Qingxi said while touching the soft kapok.

"Girl, what are you playing then?" The husband and wife asked in unison.

"Stretch cotton!"

An ancient poem goes: "Cotton shows in May, and cotton is dry in August. The flowers bloom and the sky is warm, and the flowers fall and the sky is cold." When the buds of cotton bolls burst into bloom, they are like white clouds in the sky and fall into the world, just looking at the snowy sea, It makes people feel warm like spring.

But in Linqingxi's view, the cotton popped by Jinwen and Xiangxiu seems to be more dazzling than the flowers blooming on cotton bolls, more white as snow, and more warming.

A master is a master, and the saying "360 lines, every line will be the champion" is true. Not only did the Jin Wen couple not waste a little cotton, but the cotton was soft, dense and firm.

"Very good. You and your wife will stay in the rice field to pluck cotton in the future. If you can't use the tools, just tell Ruoxin and she will help you." If you work hard, you can wait in Linqingxi.

Jin Wen and his wife were also extremely excited, especially Jin Wen, who had learned the ancestral skill of picking cotton since he was a child, and never expected to encounter such snow-white cotton wool in his lifetime.

Although he didn't know how Linqingxi got these cottons, but it must be very warm to make clothes with these cottons, so you don't have to be afraid even in the winter, and it's still from his hand.

"Girl, this cotton is actually a hundred times warmer than kapok, and it's so soft." Jasmine didn't dare to touch it, for fear that it would stain the pure white with a trace of dust.

"This year's cotton is not bad, but I'm afraid it will cause crazy buying when it comes out. Fortunately, the yield of this seed cotton is also high. Next year, I will let Dongqing plant [-] acres of cotton, and find a few more cotton-plucking experts." Relying on Jinwen and his wife alone will definitely not be able to meet the needs of Anxin clothing spinning in the future. Now that they have decided to do a big job, Linqingxi must absorb more talents.

"Yes! But girl, now that the cotton is ready, what are you going to do with it?" Jasmine asked curiously.

"Autumn is here, can winter be far behind, ha ha! First make a quilt for grandpa and grandma, and then make two cotton clothes. I will go find some sisters-in-law." Now the embroidery garden behind Nayuan has been built. Well, Qin and Wu took their embroiderers and women from the village to work in the embroidery garden every day.

"Girl, people in Xiuyuan have a lot of chatter, please go down and invite some young mistresses over here." Jasmine felt that it would be safer to invite a few people from the Qin family to come to Daoyuan.

"Alright, you go and invite them over, and then invite my mother over, remember not to let my grandma know, I want to surprise the two old people." Lin Qingxi urged.

"This subordinate understands!" Jasmine hurriedly withdrew.

After Jasmine left, Linqingxi thought about it again. Since Linyuan Mountain and Ye's quilts and clothes were available, then Old Mutou and Yang's must also have them, so she asked Ruoxin to take the three aunts and a few A cousin is also invited to come.

Now, Lin Qingxi's three uncles and several cousins ​​are actually doing business with Lin Qingyun and Lin Qingfei, and the female relatives are currently living in Linjia Village.

After a while, the side hall of Daoyuan was full of people, and everyone wondered why Lin Qingxi called them over at this time.

"Xi girl, what's the matter?" Mrs. Mu was the last to arrive, and she looked at Linqingxi puzzled.

"Mother, several aunts, sister-in-law and cousin-in-law, I want to give a gift to grandpa, grandma, grandpa and grandma with you, but this gift needs all of you to work together to complete it." Lin Qingxi said with a smile .

"What gift?" Fu Yinger asked hastily.

"It's a quilt, but the quilt of this quilt is not made of kapok, and the inside of the clothes is not made of kapok, but a new warm thing I got—cotton! Jasmine, Ruoxin, bring the cotton here, Put it on this bed." Lin Qingxi specially asked someone to put a big bamboo bed in the side hall.

The plucked cotton was carefully wrapped by Ruoxin with linen, because the cotton is very light, she easily carried it by herself, and then unfolded the plucked cotton in front of everyone.

"My God, what kind of cotton is this, it's so white!" Wu Shi was the first to exclaim.

"This is picking the clouds from the sky! It's beautiful, so beautiful!" said Su Shi, the eldest aunt of Linqingxi, in amazement.

"Xi girl, tell my second aunt quickly, what kind of cotton is this? Why have I never seen it in Chu State, let alone heard of it?" The second aunt Zhang of Linqingxi used to do business with her husband, so It can be considered some knowledge.

"Xi girl, if this cotton is made into a quilt, it will be very warm." Lin Qingxi's little aunt Zheng said presciently.

The sisters-in-law and cousins ​​in Linqingxi were also surprised and sighed, happy and happy, even Fu Yinger, the daughter of the city lord, had never seen this cotton.

"Don't just look at it, touch it, it's very soft!" She knew that everyone would be surprised, so she asked them to touch it by themselves.

"No, no! What if it gets dirty! Girl Xi, this quilt is big enough, it won't fit in your grandpa's or grandma's bed." The cotton quilt just sprung is soft and high, Moreover, only half of the bamboo bed was unfolded, and Ruoxin was still supporting the other half. Mu felt that there was more than enough quilt for one bed.

"Mother, how heavy is our usual quilt?" Lin Qingxi asked.

"The bed you are building now is four catties, and the kang is burned in winter, and the four catties bed will also be hot and sweaty. Girl Xi, I think your quilt weighs more than ten catties!" Mu Mu Shi looked at it carefully and said.

"Mother, this is a cotton quilt that has just been played. There are not so many, only eight catties. I originally planned to make a six catty quilt for grandpa and grandpa, but there is a hot kang in winter, so let's make a four catty bed." It happens to be covered in spring and autumn." Lin Qingxi only thought about covering the soft and warm quilt, and forgot about the warm kang in the moment of happiness.

"Xi girl, how can this quilt be divided into two halves? Wouldn't it be a pity to tear it apart like this." Su Shi said very reluctantly.

"Auntie, the quilt is used to cover, and then sew it into the cloth, and then put it into the quilt cover, so you can't see it at all. You don't need to tear it, just cut it from the middle with big scissors. Mother and a few aunts first The two quilts are sewed with the inner quilt cover, and then several sisters-in-law make two quilt covers, which is also our filial piety." Lin Qingxi has already thought about it, and she has a short sword, when the time comes, she will draw it down with a sword , this quilt can be divided into two, she still believes in her swordsmanship.

(End of this chapter)