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This afternoon, Luo Yong told Er Niang about this after returning home, and then told her about his "idea" about cashmere gloves.

It only took one afternoon and one night, and Erniang was able to weave a pair of gloves.

They were a pair of half-finger gloves that were very common at the end of the [-]th century. There was also a small hood on the back of the hand. When not working, the hood could be put down to cover the fingers.

The reason for knitting such gloves for the aunt is also because people at this time rarely have time to stop working. Even if a few women are sitting around and chatting, they still have to find some work to do.

However, compared to the cheap gloves that Luo Yong used to see on the street, these gloves are made of pure cashmere, and the weaving is quite thick, so they are soft and warm when worn on the hands.

Er Niang tried it out and said it was very good, and she wanted to weave a pair for Luo Yong, but Luo Yong said that she could do it herself, since she put on this set of cashmere trousers, her hands and feet are warm all day long.

Speaking of it, the reason why Mrs. Luo has so many chilblains on her hands is due to her work, and on the other hand, it is also because she is not warm enough.

Luo Yong intends to buy her a set of cashmere underwear, but after all, the aunt is a married daughter-in-law, and the Weng mother-in-law can't wear such clothes, so she can't wear them like that. If not, one can't make it well , if the reputation of being unfilial is spread, the loss outweighs the gain.

Relatively speaking, a pair of gloves is nothing. Anyway, his wife is old and doesn't do much work. She holds a hand stove all day long, so she doesn't really need gloves.

Aunt Luo was also very happy to get this pair of gloves. When she couldn't wear them for housework, she took them off and put them in her arms.

When I have a little free time, spinning hemp, or doing some other work, I can put on these gloves. These gloves are soft and warm, and the pink color is very pleasing to the eyes. .

"Ma'am, are your gloves warm?" Her two sisters-in-law were very envious.

"Yeah, it's warm." Mrs. Luo shook the hemp spinning wheel and spun the hemp thread. The spinning wheel in her house was so big that she had to spin it standing up. It takes a little effort, and spinning while sitting is not enough. Many daughters-in-law in the village are willing to spin while standing.

Standing there and spinning left and right for a while, my body will feel warm, and if I put on those gloves in my hands, it will be even warmer.

Aunt Luo's two sister-in-laws regretted it a bit now. In order not to let her shake her position in the Lin family, they refused to teach her how to weave properly.

A few days ago, when the Lin family added the hemp spinning wheel, Mother Lin added a loom for them, named Aunt Luo Spinning Thread. Naturally, the time for the two of them to weave is longer than before. After a long time, their necks are sore and their eyes are blurred. The twine that Aunt Luo spun alone cannot be finished by the two of them.

It's also self-inflicted. If the two of them hadn't acted like that earlier, now the three of them are spinning linen and weaving in turn, and it wouldn't be so hard.

In fact, both of them knew that Mrs. Luo could weave, but they refused to ask her to touch the loom before, because she was not proficient in weaving. Now they wanted to ask Mrs. Luo to weave, but Mrs. Luo refused. I only reasoned that I was too stupid to learn, so it was better to spin hemp.

The old couple also saw this matter, but they didn't say anything. Although Wulang's daughter-in-law is usually a quiet person, she is also the daughter of Luo's parents, and the group of younger brothers and sisters in the family are all submissive to her. Why? It can't be a soft persimmon either.

Those two daughters-in-law think they are smart, so they should be made to suffer, lest in the future, they will not know the heights of heaven and earth, and even Weng Po and his own man will be ignored.

There are many men in the Lin family, and once they get started with the work of making tofu, they don't need the help of the female family members at home, and the work of making vinegar has been busy a few days ago.So in this winter, apart from cooking and doing housework, the aunt and her two sisters-in-law mainly do the spinning and weaving.

"Ma'am, show me your gloves too." She was so greedy that she couldn't help it, so the sister-in-law of the Lin family asked her to let her wear those gloves too.

"Okay." Regardless of how they compete in private, on the surface, Aunt Luo still wants to give these two sisters-in-law some face.

Mrs. Lin took the cashmere gloves handed over by the auntie, and when she held them, she felt extremely soft and warm. When she put her hand in, she felt that the warmth was so strong that it seemed to be warming to the bone.

"Put it on for me too." The eldest sister-in-law had finished speaking, and the second sister-in-law stopped wearing it at this time.

The two sisters-in-law had worn these gloves before, and they both felt that they were too warm. When they thought of Aunt Luo's natal brothers, they were also very envious.

Since the two of them married into the Lin family, their natal family has never cared about anything except the idea of ​​exchanging gifts during the Chinese New Year. The natal brothers often want to get some benefits from them.

In the past, they didn't think there was anything wrong. Don't all married daughters live like this?It's just that being compared with the members of Luo's family now makes me feel a little uncomfortable. They are also raised by their natural parents. Then Aunt Luo's natal brothers regard her as a treasure, and those of her own natal family treat her as a treasure. As what?

Two days later, Sister Lin's eldest brother asked her about the tofu recipe again, just in time for this anger, but no benefit was lost, and was severely pouted by Sister Lin, and went home in disgrace.

Later, the two sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law conspired together in private, there was nothing they could do if their brothers didn't love them, they had to love themselves.

So the two of them discussed with the aunt, and took a few mats from the Luo family to poke them back, at least to earn some money, and also get a pair of gloves for themselves.For these things, the old couple of the Lin family also turned a blind eye to it, anyway, as long as they can weave so much cloth every month.

"You just poke one after another, when can you poke out a pair of gloves? I heard Goro said that his pair of gloves cost more than 100 yuan."

Lin Dalang was also making bamboo chains at home during this time, and now his neck was a little sore, so he raised his head to move around, and saw his wife was still poking the mat, from dinner until now, rattling rattling Yes, I have never seen her stop, and I don't know if she is poking the mat or her natal brother.

"I poked several peony cushions in a row in the past few days, and when I closed my eyes at night, I saw the same pattern." Her daughter-in-law kept her hands on and said in a leisurely manner.

"You mean?" Lin Dalang's heart skipped a beat.

"I always feel that I can make this wool felt cushion myself," said Mrs. Lin.

"Then Luo Sanlang can let you learn this?" Lin Dalang was a little unconvinced.

"How do you know if you don't ask?" Mrs. Lin felt remorse at this time, she would have known better if she hadn't bothered those moths back then.

"Are you embarrassed to ask?" Lin Dalang was very clear about the affairs of the women in the family.

"I heard people say that Luo Sanlang's disciples took the materials and went back to make them. They finished everything from the beginning to the end. One mat was paid ten yuan, and two or three mats were made, and it was twenty or thirty yuan. It's much easier than you working hard to make that bamboo chain." Mrs. Lin said.

"You can really do it?" Lin Dalang was skeptical.

"I think I can do it." Mrs. Lin said.

Early the next morning, the two of them went to Luo's yard together. On the surface, they were handing over mats, but in fact, inside and outside the words, they revealed that they also wanted to take cashmere back from Luo Yong to make mats.

But no matter how they expressly hinted, Luo Yong refused to pick up the fight, and finally had to take a few more semi-finished mats, one after another, out of Luo's yard.

"Do you think he really didn't understand, or did he pretend not to understand?" After staying a little further away from the Luo family's courtyard, Aunt Lin asked her about the man.

"It's definitely not possible to go directly to Luo Sanlang for this matter. You'd better ask the aunt first to see what she means." Lin Dalang has always been quite astute about this kind of small talk.

"Tsk, I just don't want to ask her." It's really embarrassing.

"Then don't expect to earn this money." Lin Dalang said.

"Otherwise, let's get some wool and try it at home?" Mrs. Lin was really itchy, and she felt in her heart that she must be able to make that kind of cushion.

"Unless you intend to make our Lin family and the Luo family tear each other apart." Lin Dalang said.

It has been almost a year since Luo Sanlang woke up. Many things have happened in these days. A few days ago, Governor Hao and County Magistrate Tu went to the courtyard of Luo’s house and brought Luo Yong a saint’s reward .

Although Lin Dalang still wanted to look down on Luo Yong earlier, but now his thinking has changed.

"Bah, I don't mean that." Mrs. Lin said bah.She can't bear the charge of disturbing the house.

How else can we say that different people have different fates? Since Luo used that reward, the status of their Luo family in these ten miles and eight towns is different from before. Aunt Luo, as a married daughter, has also risen with the tide.That day, Luo Sanlang sent a basket of pears over, and Lin's father and Lin's mother didn't know how enthusiastic they were.

"I didn't expect that Luo Sanlang looked clean, and he was smiling all day long, but he couldn't talk." Thinking of this incident and having to go to Aunt Luo again, Aunt Lin felt very worried.

"I told you a long time ago, it's okay, don't work hard, you're so poor, but what benefits are you looking for?"

"When did you say that?"

"Why didn't I say anything?"

"Hey, I'm pretty good at talking now."

"..."

On the side of Luo's courtyard, seeing those two people walking away, Erniang Luo also asked Luo Yong: "Sanlang, tell me about this..." The meaning of those two people just now, not to mention Luo Yong, even Erniang can do it. I can hear it.

"Let's see what kind of constitution my sister is." Luo Yong said.

"If elder sister agrees, will you teach me?" Erniang said.

"It's not impossible to teach." Counting the days, those disciples who went to Chang'an with Du Xi and the others should have arrived there now. I don't know how the batch of cushions sold. If they sell well, I guess it won't be long before someone has to come from Chang'an City to buy the cushions.

When they left before, basically all the inventory at home was taken away. If someone else came to buy at this time, he didn't have much on hand to sell to the other party. Use is not exclusive.

As for technical secrecy, to put it bluntly, this wool felt cushion does not have much technical content, it is just a fine piece.I heard from Zhao Chen and the others that the nomads on the grasslands used wool felt to build their yurts. Du Xi also said before that there is a kind of wool felt hat popular in Chang'an City, which is also something from the grassland.

At present, it's just that no one has processed wool felt to such a fine level.

Luo Yong has been exposed to the light of the 21st century. He has some concepts about three-dimensional objects. When he was in middle school, there were art classes in the school. In addition, there were pictures of flowers in the space, such as cats and tigers. good.

In terms of manual skills, he is really incomparable with the craftsmen of the seventh century.At this time, if a skilled craftsman saw the mat that Luo Yong sold and wanted to imitate it, it should not be too difficult.

Competition is inevitable. If Luo Yong has any advantages here, one is that he made it early and became famous early. He is the No. 1 wool felt cushion, which is justifiable.The other is that the price is low and the output is large. He has basically achieved the low price, but the output is large and needs to continue to work hard.

At the beginning of spring this year, Zhao Chen sent two batches of wool over. After the wool and cashmere were sorted, the cashmere was consumed relatively quickly because of the scarcity of the wool, and the amount of wool would be more.

There is a room in the backyard of his house, and there is almost a room full of hoarding. In summer and autumn, I took it out to dry twice, and bought a lot of insect-proof herbal medicine bags from the city, and packed them together with the wool. To the role of insect repellent.Now, Luo Yong would go to that house to have a look from time to time, fearing that if he didn't pay attention, the wool would be ruined.

Under such circumstances, Luo Yong certainly hoped that the wool could be consumed early and made into mats and sold for money.

When Mrs. Lin came to talk about this, Luo Yong was a little moved, but when he thought of Mrs. Lin's position, he held back, pretended not to understand, and ignored the other party's words.Fortunately, the couple also wanted face, and they didn't break the word. In fact, even if they broke the word, Luo Yong would not be able to respond.

People from the Lin family should not be allowed to talk to him directly, bypassing the aunt.