No matter if you are a human or an immortal, you can still farm for me after traveling through time!

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, there is a sudden chill in the morning and evening air in the northwest, and people begin to wear a short coat on top of their outer robes.

The Li family had more than ten acres of corn left that had not yet been harvested. Because Ji Qingyue mentioned weaving, Li's father decided to leave the four female relatives in the family who were good at weaving to help Ji Qingyue think about weaving.

The men went to work in the fields early, and Li Sanlang "asked for leave" from his family just because he wanted to attend the wedding of his friend Du Yuan.

This time Du Yuan also won the list. The title of the gold medal was the first happiness. The wedding date was set on August 18th after the Mid-Autumn Festival. The wedding ceremony was the second happiness!

When his friend got married, Li Sanlang, as a classmate, naturally couldn't miss it. On the 18th, he went out early wearing new clothes and carrying gifts.

Grandma Li and the others were in the study, watching Ji Qingyue move out bags of elastic cotton one after another.

The white stacks are fluffy and soft, light and weightless, making it effortless for one person to carry two large bags.

Ji Qingyue followed Grandma Li and the others, and for the first time stepped into the private realm of the female family members - the weaving house.

There are two large looms in the room, one looks very old, and the other is newer. The loom was wrapped with densely packed silk threads, like three thousand threads of trouble that could not be untied by hand. Ji Qing became more and more dazzled when he saw it, and he did not dare to get close at all, for fear that he would hit some key parts and ruin the whole piece of cloth.

Seeing Ji Qingyue's embarrassment, Grandma Li smiled and said: "Both of these two spinning wheels were made by Erlang Aweng himself when he was young. Although they are a bit crude, they have been with me for nearly forty years." After speaking, Grandma Li said She gently caressed her "old friend" and introduced each main component of the spinning wheel to Ji Qingyue in detail.

The loom is very large, half a person tall and one person long. The body of the loom is divided into two parts: the base and the frame.

The front end of the machine base is equipped with a seat plate, and the rear end is connected to an inclined frame.

The structure of the machine frame is complex and requires one person to use both hands and feet to control it and weave delicate silk cloth.

However, if you want to weave silk, you must first remove the silk. The silk is extremely small. After removing the silk, you have to twist several silk threads into a raw silk as thick as a hair before you can start weaving.

In addition to weaving silk, you also have to spin thread. After all, in the northwest, wearing silk is not practical. Most civilians wear linen or wool or other clothing made of animal hair.

The machine that spins animal wool into thread is called a spinning wheel, and the one used by Li Grandma to spin the thread was a relatively small spinning wheel.

Cotton is different from the silk they usually use to spin silk and the ramie silk they use to weave linen, but it is almost the same as spinning wool.

Grandma Li touched the soft cotton, and the old man, who had accumulated many years of textile experience, suddenly figured out how to spin the cotton balls into silk threads.

There is a big difference between spinning and reeling.

Silk reeling is to extract the silk from the cocoon and twist five to ten strands into one thread, while spinning is to turn the fluffy hair into a thread of uniform thickness.

Grandma Li sat in front of the spinning wheel and tried to take out a ball of soft cotton. She used the spindle to rotate and use even force to draw a line. However, the cotton thread was disconnected from the cotton ball before it was drawn out for a long time. Then she tried to make her movements gentler and pull the thread more slowly, but the soft cotton ball still failed to wrap around the thread and broke in a thinner place.

It’s not that Grandma Li’s hand is uneven, but the cotton ball is too weak.

If it is reeling, the toughness of the silk thread is better than that of cotton. All you need to do is pull out the thread ends of the cocoon and wrap it around the spinning wheel by shaking the handle of the spinning wheel evenly.

For twine, ramie needs to be rolled first, and strips of fine linen are not easy to break.

Grandma Li, who is usually used to twisting wool, seems to have encountered obstacles in front of cotton.

The three girls watching on the side all sighed, why do they always break?

Ever since they touched the cotton, they knew that this material was softer than animal hair, warmer than kapok, more practical than silk, and more comfortable than linen. As long as it could be woven into cloth, it would be an excellent fabric for clothing.

At this time, Grandma Li squeezed the cotton ball in her hand and said to Jin Niang: "Jin Niang, go to the kitchen and get a clean chopstick."

Li Jinniang responded and quickly ran out of the weaving room and came back with a chopstick.

Grandma Li wrapped the cotton ball on the chopsticks and rubbed the palms of her hands up and down. After a while, the cotton ball was twisted into strips and wrapped on the chopsticks. It became not as fluffy as the one that was just popped out, nor as strong as the one that was just picked. .

Next, Ji Qingyue watched Grandma Li use the spindle to draw a thread out of the cotton sliver again, exerting even force, rotating and pulling. After the cotton sliver in her hand disappeared, the cotton thread was still not broken, and was tightly wrapped around it. On the spindle.

Aniang Li shouted in surprise: "Aniang! It's done!!"

Grandma Li was also very excited, but calmly did not show it. Instead, she nodded and explained: "The bounced cotton is too loose and difficult to spin. After kneading it into strands, it will be fine and suitable, and the spinning thread will not be easy to break." "

In addition to the problem of cotton balls, she could also feel that the spinning wheel was no longer suitable for spinning cotton thread.

Usually, they only need to turn the spinning wheel by hand, take out the silkworm cocoon threads in the hot water, wrap them on the roller, and shake the handle of the wheel, and then they can naturally gather several silk threads into a single thread and continuously circle the roller.

Spinning thread was different. Grandma Li didn't know how to explain it. She demonstrated the process of reeling to Ji Qingyue, and Ji Qingyue quickly understood it.

The different characteristics of the materials lead to different thread-making methods. Reeling can take the thread directly, but cotton cannot. If it is pulled hard, it will definitely break. Therefore, a rotation step is added to prevent the cotton fibers from being easily broken because they are wound into strands.

Today's spinning wheels only have the step of "pulling and taking the thread" without rotating the thread. If you want to add the step of "rotating", you will definitely need to modify it.

So Ji Qingyue thought of using transmission to change the direction of force movement, similar to belt transmission. Modify the current spinning wheel so that it is no longer used for winding threads, but for transmission. A coiled thread can be added to the original to serve as a "belt" for transmission.

The "O"-shaped transmission rope is easy to slip. You need to twist the thread to look like "∞". The loop on the left is used to wrap around the spindle stick, and the loop on the right is wrapped around the roller of the spinning wheel. Just shake the roller. Pulling the "belt" causes the spindle on the left to rotate in one direction.

Soon, Ji Qingyue designed the renovation drawings in his mind and asked Grandma Li and the others to wait for a day or two while he ran to the study to draw the drawings.

Adding his modified design to today's spinning wheel diagram, the new spinning wheel will soon become a reality.

Taking the design drawing, he ran back to the weaving house and asked Li Aniang to take him to the carpentry workshop in the village. Li Erlang said it was the home of a man named Wu Aweng.

Aniang Li also wanted to quickly knit cotton thread, so she took Ji Qingyue out in a hurry.

Grandma Li and the others had already finished weaving the amount of silk cloth they had to pay, and now that they did not have a suitable spinning wheel, she taught Li Jinniang and Xu Qing how to twist the cotton sliver, while she used the spindle to spin the thread.

Li Aniang was born with an impatient nature, so she would go to the village every day when she had free time to urge Wu Aweng to make a new spinning wheel. After urging, it was already two days before she got the newly renovated spinning wheel.

As soon as Grandma Li started using it, she realized the beauty of this new spinning wheel. It not only saves labor, but is also more practical than using a spindle. After a while, the spindle of the skein was filled with cotton thread.

The more Ji Qing thought about it, since the spinning wheels for spinning yarn and thread were different, then the weaving process was probably also different. The current silk weaving machine probably couldn't weave cotton cloth.

I heard Grandma Li say that the principle of weaving cloth and weaving silk are the same. The warp threads are threaded and the weft threads are woven in. However, no matter how fine the cotton thread is spun, it will definitely not be as fine as silk. This results in small differences in the shuttle size, warp and weft length, etc. of the required looms. Therefore, he has been asking Grandma Li for advice. People discussed together, used silk looms to do tests, and determined various data.

After several days, Ji Qingyue was finally able to determine all the details of the loom and draw a detailed picture of the loom.

Half a month had passed by now, and by the end of August, the crops in the fields had been harvested and were left to dry in the open spaces of the wide front and back yards.

These days, the Li family can see the changes in Grandma Li. Although she is still busy weaving every day, her expression cannot be deceiving. Grandma Li, who is busy spinning, often smiles when looking at the rolling spinning wheel. Li Aniang and Xu Qing, who were cutting cloth outside the door, listened to the grandma humming a tune inside and looked at each other and laughed.

Ji Qingyue took out the cloth he bought and gave it to Li Aniang, asking her to help cut out the cotton-padded clothes for him and Li Yu. Whenever he had free time, he would come over to help cut and thread the needles.

Li A'nai did not give the drawings of the loom to Wu A'weng, so Li A'weng volunteered and took the drawings. Grandma Li watched her husband become lively, and she felt full of energy.

After the autumn harvest, the men only had to look after the drying ground at home, while the women were busy and happy. Li Aweng didn't want to sit idle, so as soon as Ji Qingyue drew the drawings, he immediately took over the work of making the loom. The old man even patted his chest and promised: " The silk weaving machine your grandma is using now was the one I made when I was young!!"

A small part of this batch of cotton was used for Li Grandma and the others to practice spinning and weaving, while the other part was used to make stuffing. Ji Qingyue bought dyed silk cloth in the county, and soft cloth was used for it. It was not suitable to use as outer material for winter clothes, so Li Aniang and Xu Qing discussed adding a layer of linen to the outer coat's silk cloth, which is not only wear-resistant but also low-key, and the lining should still be made of silk cloth. The silk cloth is worn on the inner layer, which is Won't panic.

The Li family was busy and happy. Ji Qingyue looked at the vegetables in the vegetable field and thought about the day when he returned to the county.

What he didn't know was that Lu Lu in the village had already solved problems to the point where he forgot to eat and sleep, and was immersed in those Sudokus every day.

She had solved the first two questions, but she still had the third one left. Perhaps Ji Qingyue left the blanks too hard, and had to guess the numbers in many places before he could fill them in. At the end of the filling, he found that the numbers were contradictory, so he tried again. We can only do it all over again.

The female guard next to Lu Lu was worried again. Although their young lady did not go out, she rarely concentrated on one thing. This was the first time that she had to stare at a piece of paper for a whole day like this.

The master said not to stand for long periods of time, so they reminded the young lady to get up and walk every once in a while, but even when walking around the room, she didn't want to relax her head.

Finally, Lu Lu received a letter from Chang'an, asking them to prepare to return to Beijing.

On the surface, everything seems calm, but ordinary people don't know how many crises Lu Lu has encountered secretly. As an important minister of the emperor, all her enemies are eager to stab her because of her weakness.

There is always bloodshed on the road to change, and those whose interests are touched will definitely resist. Torturing her is just a little fun they want to create in the process of resisting.

After Lu Lu heard the content of the letter, he just said "hmm" to express that he understood.

"Miss, please hurry up and decide when to return to the county. I'm afraid General Yang will not be able to stay in Shandan for escorting the Huihe envoys for a long time." Shufushi saw that his lady wanted to skip this matter, so he quickly urged, "According to what the county magistrate has received According to the news, General Yang will enter the city around September, and it is already the 28th. Miss, there are only a few days left."

"Master Zhou, why were you slacking off in the past few days?" Lu Lu finally moved his attention away from Sudoku and looked at the female guard on the side, "Let Dali and the others keep an eye on the county. Is there anything happening recently?"

Shufu was so excited that his face almost burst into tears. Miss, you finally remembered these things. "The lady asked Dali and the others to keep an eye on the county. Miss Dan has been obstructed by the Hu merchants since she transported the garlic. She has sent the smooth garlic out of Shandan and is now busy mediating with the Hu merchants. Recently, the county Many caravans from the south came to the chamber of commerce to be held, and many of them wanted to deal with the young lady. Just because the young lady was not in the county, they never had the chance to take action. Mr. Zhou will soon leave for Jiangnan to take up his post in the new county. While the order was still on the way, the county magistrate was in charge of most of the affairs in the county government office. Dali found out from the surrounding officers that Mr. Zhou had had a quarrel with the county magistrate in the county government office, and he thought it was related to the master's secret letter. "

Lu Lu was initially suspicious because she had stayed in an inn in the county for so long without even waiting for the county magistrate to come. She and her cousin came to Shandan from Jiangnan, and passed through so many state capitals and counties on the way. If Ling doesn't come out to say hello in person, he will always send someone over to say hello.

Her identity is clearly written on the police report. They may not know who she is, but they will not know her father.

The county magistrate of Shandan didn't say anything, which was enough to make her suspicious.

When the county magistrate came here to see her and was afraid of her father's influence behind her, so he showed a respectful attitude, she knew that it was not that the magistrate Zhou did not want to see her, but that he did not know that she had arrived in Shandan.

Then he mentioned Yu Ge, and my father actually used Yu Ge to deliver the letter. You can imagine how worried Dad was when he received the news that she did not arrive in Ganzhou on time. If the message had not been sent by the imperial pigeon, the news about her father would not have been delivered to her. Others could lie about the missing pigeon and the letter was lost, but the imperial pigeon represents the official family. If the deadline is up, the imperial pigeon has not been delivered. When I return to Chang'an, the officials will definitely send someone to inquire.

If the royal dove is lost, the same crime will be committed as the criminal who lost it.

When Yuge arrived at a place, the first people to find him must be the people from the barracks. The people from the barracks found out that the letter was not a military order from the government, and then handed the letter to the county government. The person who contacted the barracks was the county magistrate, who could suppress the news. Just him.

But the news about Yu Ge cannot be suppressed easily.

The county magistrate, right? Let her see who this county magistrate is!

In the Li family, Aunt Li rarely stayed in the weaving room, but was packing Li Silang's luggage. While loading clothes, she told her youngest son to study hard, be obedient, and take good care of himself with Li Yu.

Tomorrow they will return to the county to formally register their two children for elementary school. After registration, they can go to school.

Father Li wanted to come forward as a parent, Li Erlang said he would follow to find the way, and Li Sanlang returned to the academy to personally announce the good news to the mountain chief and his master.

Regarding Li Sanlang's future studies to prepare for the state examination, the family decided to let Li Sanlang make his own decision after discussion.

Li Sanlang knew that the Chaomingshan Academy where he studied now was no longer suitable for him. In order to pass the state examination, he had to go to a better academy to study.

As early as the day he returned to the academy after taking the exam, the mountain chief and the master advised him to change to a better academy next year after confirming that he would win the exam. If he did not want to go to the state capital, the Bluestone Academy in the county was the most suitable.

Compared with the academies in the state capital, Qingshi Academy requires less training, and its teaching and reputation are not much worse than those in the state capital.

After hearing that Li Sanlang was considering Qingshi Academy, Li Aniang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a little distressed. Fortunately, Saburo was not too far away from them and was still in the county. At the same time, he was also regretful that he was unable to study in a better academy.

Ugh……