Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 280

"Really?"

As Chunqiu said, he casually picked up a scattered rice bead and observed carefully. The pure white bead in front of him looked round and smooth, and it felt smooth and delicate to the touch. Difficulty, not to mention the hard texture of this kind of rice beads, I think it is very difficult to perforate.

"Big sister, how did you make the ones you've already put on?" Chunqiu looked at the inlaid rice beads on the wedding dress with a puzzled tone.

Yang Chunni glanced at it, and said in a deep voice, "How else can I make it? I used the small awl to turn it slowly. Don't look at how much it has been sewn on. In fact, there are half a box if the turn is broken. up"

What Yang Chunni hasn't said yet is that she bought such a box of rice beads and spent a lot of money. Now there are only so many left, and I don't know if it will be enough for the future. Thinking about spending money again, Yang Chunni hesitates in her heart. In fact, the dowry money given by Jin Cheng's family is not in Chunni's hands at all, and Gu's family has no plan to give her the dowry money. The money Chunni is spending now is all secretly saved by herself in the past two years. For this wedding dress , the saved money was spent, and there was not much left. The emotions in Yang Chunni's eyes kept changing, thinking that if it was really impossible...she scattered the rice beads that had been turned, after all, she put her heart into it. .

Chunqiu naturally didn't know about these changes in Yang Chunni. After listening to her elder sister's words, Chunqiu thought about the round rice bead in his hand.

Touching his chin with one hand, Chunqiu observed and pondered at the same time, this kind of rice beads cannot be chiseled hard, they are easy to chip, but they can be tested by burning at high temperature.

From the half-spoken conversation between the two sisters before, Chunqiu can infer that her elder sister Chunni really likes this marriage, um, she can’t make her elder sister regret when they got married because of such a trivial matter, Chunqiu thought, Turning around, he asked, "Sister, do you have that kind of special thin silver needle here?" After Chunqiu finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and gestured, focusing on the thin character.

In ancient times, there was no steel, and the needles used to sew clothes were generally made of copper and iron. Of course, there were also silver needles. Besides, the silver needles were very thin, and the silver used to make silver needles was not much. People with a little wealth would buy some. Silver needles come back to sew that kind of fine fabrics, and the place where silver needles were used most in ancient times was used for acupuncture treatment in medical clinics. When Chunqiu was studying medical skills at Doctor Zhou, he saw Doctor Zhou use his A rheumatism patient was treated with a bag of silver needles. Besides, silver has a high melting point and will not melt when burned with an oil lamp, so it is suitable for piercing.

After hearing this, Chunqiu nodded, "Oh, yes, yes, by the way, third sister, what's the use of silver needles?" That's what she said, but Chunni still went to search in the needle and thread basket beside her.

Chunqiu watched from the side, and then added, "Elder sister, and the oil lamp, both are needed."

After saying this, Chunqiu directly bent down and put the unperforated rice beads on the bed in a box, then went to the table and sat down.

After waiting for a while, Chunqiu saw her elder sister come back with an oil lamp in her left hand and a silver needle in her right hand, and put the things in her hand in front of Chunqiu. Chunni sat down next to Chunqiu, "Sister, what do you want Punch these rice beads?" Chunni glanced at the things on the table, and she could see what her third sister was going to do next, because she knew that, so Yang Chunni was surprised, she didn't understand how to give rice beads Why are silver needles and oil lamps used for punching holes?
Chunqiu heard the question in Chunni's words clearly, and while lighting up the oil lamp with a torch, he explained in a low voice, "Sister, I know this from Dr. Zhou. Every time Dr. Zhou gives acupuncture to patients, he will Put the silver needles on the lamp and roast for a while..."

After Chunqiu explained, Chunni also understood, her eyes sparkled, and her tone was excited, "Qiu'er, according to what you said, it is very likely to succeed in punching these rice beads with hot silver needles, right?"

If this is the case, her wedding dress will be more perfect if these rice beads are inlaid on the skirt. Thinking of this possibility, Yang Chunni's cheeks on both sides flushed with excitement, and her gaze on the rice beads in Chunni's hand is even hotter It's like melting it.

Chunqiu also knew what the eldest sister was expecting, and he became serious about what was in front of him. When he saw the silver needle burning red on the oil lamp, Chunqiu took off the silver needle and carefully pierced the rice beads in his hand. The process went smoothly. , Chunqiu easily penetrated the whole rice bead, and when the silver needle cooled down, Chunqiu pulled out the silver needle again, and a small hole appeared on the rice bead.

Chunqiu handed the pierced rice beads to Chunni who was at the side, and said with a smile, "Sister, what do you think?"

After Yang Chunni took it, she held the rice beads up to her eyes and looked at them carefully. The more she looked at them, the wider her mouth opened, which was different from the rice beads she turned out before, which had tiny cracks around the small holes. Now the rice beads turned out by the third sister are intact except for the small hole in the middle. The rice beads look much better..." Chunni was satisfied, and then she praised Chunqiu, and she couldn't save her face.

With the first successful one, Chunqiu's next process went smoothly. Except for two accidentally broken in the middle, the rest of the rice beads were put into the wooden box intact.

After turning the rice beads, Chunqiu blew out the oil lamp on the side. The silver needle was also carefully wrapped in cloth and put away. After talking with Yang Chunni on the side for a while, Chunqiu left Yang Chunni's room.

Yang Chunni didn't keep her either. After all, the rice beads had already been made, and she wanted to make her wedding dress as soon as possible.

After going out of the room, Chunqiu saw at a glance Gu's uncle who was driving chickens into the chicken rack.

"Uncle Niang" shouted with a smile on the side.

After hearing the voice, Mrs. Gu turned around quickly, looked at Chunqiu who was standing aside and was greeting her, her eyes flickered, and then she said with a smile, "It's Qiu'er, at noon I thought that dead girl Hua'er deliberately lied to me Woolen cloth"

Gu said again, "Qiu'er just came out of Nier's room?"

Hearing the tentative meaning in the uncle's mouth, Chunqiu nodded, "Yeah, I gave you something that my mother asked me to bring back."

Without waiting for her uncle to speak again, Chunqiu glanced at the sky, and then added, "Oh, grandma and grandpa are coming back, uncle, I'm going back to make dinner, you should be busy first." After Chunqiu finished speaking, turn to The head ran away without a trace, leaving Gu Shi in the chicken rack, "hey hey" endlessly, "Really, I haven't asked what good things this girl gave Nier yet." Gu Shi glanced and disappeared. Chunqiu muttered in a low voice.

(End of this chapter)