Who knows! As soon as I returned to the mountains to farm, I encountered a natural disaster.

The bark of papermaking tree is what Zhao Yeqing wants to use to make household paper. The fiber wood pulp does not need to be dispersed in the water tank like the previous bamboo fiber. Instead, the papermaking tank is soaked in water, and then a ball of fiber is dispersed. Place it in the papermaking trough and mix with water to disperse.

This method will not be like before, where the wood fibers need to be constantly fished out of the water. It is difficult to completely fish them out and to lay them flat.

Both methods have their own pros and cons. The previous bamboo paper made from bamboo materials was used for writing. The paper should be thinner. Although it is more difficult to use that method, the fibers taken out are relatively fine and pulp-like. The fibers are easier to be picked up by the papermaking trough, and the paper produced will be thinner.

The method of making bark paper is simple, but the paper will be softer and thicker, which is not easy to write on, but it is just right for daily use.

Just be careful not to let the thick fibers get mixed in and pierce the skin.

The thicker fibers visible to the naked eye were picked out with his hands. He patted the fibers gently on the water surface to make the fibers more even. Mu Xi moved extremely gently and kept making "piapia" sounds with his palms on the water surface, using the vibration of the water flow to make the fibers move.

This papermaking trough is also very time-consuming to make. I only made two in total. The one that made bamboo paper just now is still in the drying room. Now that I use the one I have to scoop out the bark, there is no more empty papermaking. Groove.

The two pieces of paper were placed inside and baked at the same time. Zhao Yeqing gently poked the bamboo paper and found that it was almost dry, so he took down the papermaking trough.

The bamboo woven part on the paper making trough that is used to fish out the paper can be removed. It was not removed just now and was directly placed on the bamboo woven sheet to dry. When Zhao Yeqing took it off to take out the paper, he found that it was a little tight and could not be removed.

Her voice was a little annoyed: "I shouldn't have been lazy just now. This bamboo paper is a bit thin and it won't dry on a flat place. It will probably break if I take it off now."

Mu Xi gave her the knife with the thinnest blade and lifted the paper up little by little along the edge. There were a few places that were so thin that she accidentally pricked them. Zhao Yeqing took a breath and quickly changed the direction of his movements. Continue until you reach the lightest level.

This piece of paper is nearly one meter long and about half a meter wide. There are a few spots in the middle about the size of a little fingernail that are damaged, but the overall impact is not big.

While peeling off a piece of paper, a thin layer of sweat broke out on Zhao Yeqing's forehead. Finally, it was completely peeled off. She breathed a sigh of relief, carefully raised the paper and looked at the bright spot: "It's okay, better than expected. .”

It is said to be bamboo paper, but it is actually much rougher than the smooth bamboo paper you see on the market, and it has no luster. It can only be regarded as a kind of straw paper. The process of paper making is not very smooth because of the paper. The toughness is not very good.

After all, there is no adhesive and no polishing, and the materials are not complete. Zhao Yeqing is very satisfied with how it can be done. Such a large piece of paper can be divided into small pieces and bound into a notebook.

After the paper was finished, the piece of paper was almost dry. Mu Xi took down the paper trough and followed Zhao Yeqing's example, taking off the bamboo braid piece and peeling off the paper piece by piece.

This process was much smoother than when using bamboo paper, because the paper was thicker and softer, and there was no damage when it was peeled off. Zhao Yeqing raised his hand to touch the paper, and his eyes lit up as soon as he touched it, full of surprise:

"This is good, soft and thick enough! If nothing else, it will definitely be enough for going to the toilet."

Textured paper, relatively thick