The educated youth was reborn and wanted to disappear, but he was locked into a military marriage.

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and said nothing more, and kneaded the wool again. She felt that the wool was much softer than the last time she saw it, and asked, "What color is this wool?"

"There are five kinds, red, black, gray, blue and white." Yan Yimin counted.

Zhu Xiaomin asked: "Do you want coupons?"

Yan Yimin smiled: "Yes, if you want it, I have some here that I can give to you." He said and gave her a few coupons.

Very good!

Zhu Xiaomin looked at it and saw that it actually weighed five kilograms. She smiled and said, "I'll take the three kilograms of gray first, and we'll talk about the rest later."

Yan Yimin was amused: "You haven't asked the price yet."

Zhu Xiaomin also laughed: "The secretary won't ask for more from me."

Yan Yimin couldn't help but laugh. After she finished laughing, she called the staff over to help her issue the ticket.

When Chen Xiaodong came back, he saw that Zhu Xiaomin had spent more than 20 yuan to go out and had a headache.

Not long after she got the money, she had already spent less than half of it.

Zhu Xiaomin turned a blind eye to his reaction, hugged the wool wrapped in paper, jumped on the tractor and sat down.

After so many days, the first two pieces of muslin cloth have been soaked in vinegar and washed again, and are now dry. The original mildew spots can no longer be seen unless you look carefully. Everyone wiped the table clean, spread the cloth on it, and placed it in the tea jar. I put freshly boiled water in it and used it as an iron, which made it smooth and smooth.

Seeing the collected fabrics, everyone was beaming with joy and were indescribably happy.

Compared with the new fabric, the color is darker, but there is no difference in the rest, but they bought it cheaply!

Then Zhu Xiaomin received another wave of admiring looks.

The first two pieces of cloth were processed successfully, and everyone became more enthusiastic about working. After cooking every day, Luo Ye collected the plant ash and worked hard to stir the plant ash water.

This batch of cloth is not a single color, especially the fine cloth, which comes in commonly used colors, black, blue, gray, red, and even two-flowered ones.

Zhu Xiaomin asked everyone to choose the color of the cotton-padded clothes they wanted. Miao Shiwen registered it, measured the size, and then started processing according to the colors everyone selected from most to least.

When asked about Luo Tingyuan and Luo Ye, Luo Tingyuan shook his head: "In any case, they are new cotton clothes. They are not suitable for us. We can just give them to you later."

Modesty does not mean being humble, it just states a fact.

Zhu Xiaomin was silent and could only nod.

Watching the father and son leave, Miao Shiwen felt uneasy and shouted in a low voice: "Xiaomin."

Zhu Xiaomin had no choice but to say, "Teacher Luo has been careful all these years to survive until now. Let him go." After a pause, he added, "Just use new cotton."

That's okay.

Miao Shiwen had no choice but to agree.

Everyone made statistics. The two pieces of cloth that were processed first were taken back. The kang in that room became a workbench, and Miao Shiwen began to draw lines on the cloth.

After drawing several pieces of clothing, Miao Shiwen found that the fabric was much shorter.

"It's not that it's shorter, it's that it's shrunk." Zhu Xiaomin said amusedly, "So, we washed the clothes so many times in advance, which greatly reduced the shrinkage of the clothes."

When people talk about it a few decades later, they say that people in this era are wearing all-cotton clothes, and in a few decades all-cotton clothes will be much more expensive than other clothes, but they don’t know that cotton in this era will shrink, seriously. Can be shrunk from an adult garment to a child's size.

"Cotton clothes are not washed often." Xie Chengzhi smiled and shook his head. Seeing that several female educated youths were busy and he couldn't help, he asked apologetically, "How can we help?"

Miao Shiwen smiled: "There are so many cloths, and I leave them to you to clean them. It's all laborious work."

Not to mention carrying a lot of water up and down the slopes, even if a whole piece of cloth needs to be washed, rubbed and twisted, it is not something that female educated youths can do.

Zhu Xiaomin smiled: "Why don't you ask where to find someone who can stretch cotton? We use new cotton for our cotton-padded clothes, but the bedding is made of old cotton. We need to stretch it."

Xing Qingsheng asked: "Why do we need to hire someone to play cotton?"

"No!" Zhu Xiaomin shook his head, "I want you to pick a few people to learn from. There are so many skills that you won't be overwhelmed, and it will be easy to use."

Male educated youth: "..."

That seems to be the case.

Educated Youth Point Thirty-five educated youths, including the Luo family and his son, will have thirty-seven cotton-padded clothes, which is really a big project.

Fortunately, Zhang Qiaomei and Wang Xiaoya can also sew and thread, and cotton-padded clothes are not as delicate as coats. It is not impossible to work with Miao Shiwen to catch up.

So, everyone made adjustments to their time.

When they come back from work every day, while it is still dark, the three female educated youths do needlework first, while the male educated youths go to fetch water, wash out the cloth that has been soaked all day, and give dinner to Zhu Xiaomin and Zhu Xiaomin, who cannot afford a needle. A few male educated youths who are good at cooking.

After dinner, it was completely dark. The lights were turned on in the yard and a few more torches were inserted. Then everyone began to listen to Luo Tingyuan's lecture.

When Lu Mingzheng arrived, he saw poles for drying clothes set up on the empty vegetable plots in the three inner and outer courtyards. The poles were covered with washed cloths, and the courtyard was full of people who were still busy.

Wu Xulin was the first to spot him and shouted in surprise: "Mingzheng, why are you back at this time?" He shook his wet hands and went over to help him carry his luggage.

Lu Mingzheng asked with a smile: "What are you doing? I thought I went to the wrong place." His eyes swept across the yard and fell on Zhu Xiaomin who was busy in front of the stove at the other end of the yard.

Hearing everyone's flurry of greetings, Zhu Xiaomin turned around and saw the man walking in at dusk. She felt enlightened, smiled at him, said hello, and silently added some noodles to the basin.

Just this smile made Lu Mingzheng's heart instantly calm. He smiled and responded to everyone's greetings one by one. After that, he couldn't help but look at the cloth hanging all over the yard: "What are you doing?"

"It's not Xiaomin." Xie Chengzhi laughed at the beginning of the first sentence, "She bought all these cloths cheaply from the supply and marketing cooperative, and we said they couldn't be used at all. Look, after using her method, they are all good. thing."

Is it her again?

Lu Mingzheng glanced in the direction of Dazhao again, and there were dots of smiles in his eyes.

Zhu Xiaomin poured a bowl of water over and asked casually: "How many days can we come this time?"

Lu Mingzheng replied: "I have finished handing over the work, and there is only one last procedure left. There is no rush. I can just go back before New Year's Day."

This time, he had to swallow this girl.

Wouldn't it be possible to stay for more than a month?

Luo Ye became excited when he heard this: "Brother Lu, brother Lu, would you like to stay here?"

Lu Mingzheng smiled: "Okay."

Song Zhian pushed his head in a funny way: "Brother Lu, you have brought your luggage, of course you will stay with us."

Luo Ye jumped up and down: "Brother Lu, let me help you take it in." Seeing him nodding, he ran to carry his luggage to the inner courtyard.

Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they saw that he was a small person, not much taller than Lu Mingzheng's big bag, and that he had to stick his butt out to carry it.