The Age of Awakening: From the Young Runtu

Chapter 41 Raw Silk
Looking at the size of the church, it looks pretty good.

There are very few people living there. Apart from John, who is a foreigner, there are three assistants who are all Chinese.

After waiting for a while, Zhang Ergou woke up.

Woke up from the pain.

The effect of the anesthetic was only one hour, and after an hour, the dizzy Ergou woke up.

Runtu came to the hospital bed: "Brother Ergou, how do you feel now?"

"pain."

"Doctor John said that you have to live here for a week before you can get well."

Zhang Ergou is a little anxious, it is not suitable for him to live here, and he still has a lot of things to do by himself, "Living here, eating, all of these cost money, and the silkworms raised at home are at a critical moment, so I have to go back." OK."

Zhang Ergou is very anxious.He also has no money to spend here.

Runtu said: "Brother Ergou, it's okay. Doctor John doesn't want money, so you can stay here for a few days. I'll go back and talk to Aunt Zhang. I'll get back the mulberry leaves you dropped. Stay here with peace of mind, Dr. John will take good care of you. I will go back to the village first and come to see you in two days."

After Runtu finished his explanation, he went back to the village, and it was already afternoon.

He first went to the back mountain.

Found those scattered mulberry leaves.

It's just some dirt, nothing major.

Use the basket to pick them up.

Thinking that Zhang Ergou would not come back for a while, he simply picked more and went back.

The distance in my own space looks like five meters, which is almost meaningless.

Runtu is also on the tree, so be careful.

Thinking that Zhang Ergou has fallen down, I have to be more careful.

After arriving on the tree, I directly used the space ability, and many mulberry leaves and mulberries all went into the space.

Also try to be careful when going down the tree, there are lessons learned from the past.

After packing up, I went to Zhang Ergou's house.

I found that Aunt Zhang was standing at the door and looking around.

She is not particularly anxious, after all, Zhang Ergou is already sixteen or seventeen years old, he is a strong laborer, and can take care of himself.

"Auntie."

Runtu came over to say hello and gave Aunt Zhang a basket full of mulberry leaves.

"It's Runtu, did you see Ergou? Why hasn't this dead boy come back? I haven't seen him so late before."

"Auntie, Brother Ergou fell while picking mulberry leaves in the back mountain and left some blood. I took him to the doctor in the city for treatment, so he hasn't come back yet. The doctor said he would stay for three to five days Yes, I'll be back then."

Hearing this, Aunt Zhang was a little anxious, "It's a fall, it's not serious, it's going to stay for three to five days, is it so serious?"

Aunt Zhang was a little anxious, he thought he had to go to the county seat.

Runtu comforted him and said, "It's okay, the doctor has already healed him, but it will take a few days for him to recover."

"I'm going to see him in the city tomorrow, and I'll have to bring some money with me."

Thinking of money, the woman's complexion is not very good, the silkworm cocoons have not been sold yet.

The raw silk is not ready yet.

After thinking about it, I can only borrow money at that time.

Runtu: "Auntie, you don't need money. The medicine hall in the county town doesn't need money."

"Is there any clinic that doesn't cost money?"

It is generally quite cheap to see a doctor in the current medical clinic, but it still costs money, and doctors will not lose money and make money.

"Runtu, let's have a meal first, thank you so much."

"I don't want to eat, I have to go home. Auntie, these are the mulberry leaves picked by Brother Ergou, and I brought them back."

"Er Gou won't come back for a few days, what can I do with these cocoons."

Ergou is a strong laborer in the family. If he is gone, the family may be overwhelmed with many things.

Runtu: "Can I have a look at the silkworms?"

"Okay, the income from raising silkworms is still good, but it's not stable, and the silkworms are not food. And after a year, it's just twice."

Runtu and Aunt Zhang went to the silkworm house to have a look.

There were some rustling sounds, the silkworms were biting the mulberry leaves.

At this time, the mulberry leaves were already very old, but the silkworms are now very big, so they fit just right.

Most of the silkworms have already spun silk.

Many of them have turned into pupae, and relatively few are still eating mulberry leaves.

Now is the time to rush.

All cocoons should be disposed of before the chrysalis turns into moths.

Otherwise, when it turns into a moth and breaks out of the cocoon, the cocoon layer is damaged and cannot be reeled.

The value of this cocoon will be greatly reduced.

Aunt Zhang sells silk in two ways, one is to sell silkworm cocoons directly, in which case the price will be lower, and the other is to sell raw silk made from silkworm cocoons, in which case the price will be much higher.

She is selling raw silk.

But my son can't come back now, I'm missing a labor force, and I'm afraid things won't work out.

Pulling silkworm cocoons into raw silk is a troublesome process and takes a long time.

Runtu saw some processed raw silk next to it.

Aunt Zhang's craftsmanship is very good.

Raised a lot of silkworms.

The conditions of Zhang Ergou's family in the village are similar to those of Runtu's family, and they belong to the kind of people who can afford to eat. Although the food may not be very good, they will not die of hunger.

Runtu became interested in these raw silks, "Auntie, this is so beautiful and feels good to the touch. Are they all made of silkworm cocoons? What is the production process?"

The woman also said that many people know the technique of making raw silk, and there is nothing to hide. "It's quite troublesome. To cook cocoons, you need to kill the pupae inside first, remove the water, and let the cocoons dry so that they don't rot. First, bake them. Cocoons should be protected from insects and rodents. Dried cocoons should be used for silk reeling. Fresh cocoons are not suitable for silk reeling, and should be stored with silkworm cocoons after drying.”

The woman spoke very clearly.

Said everything to pay attention to.

Runtu listened with great interest.

"Auntie, can I have some cocoons?"

"Take it."

Just take a few, it's worthless, so Juntu took it casually.

Runtu took a few semi-finished products and put them directly into the space.

Just like the basket weaving before, the operation started immediately.

The cocoon begins to reel.

The process is very fast, even faster than a machine.

After a while, a little raw silk came out.

Runtu looked at the raw silk in the space and compared it with Aunt Zhang's raw silk outside. After looking at it, he didn't think there was any problem.

There are many cocoons here.

A lot of cocoons were filled into the space, and raw silk was made after a while.

It was placed together with Aunt Zhang's original raw silk.

There shouldn't be much change.

Runtu only operated part of it.

After walking around for a while, I left the silkworm house.

The amount of silkworm rearing is quite large, and a lot of mulberry leaves are needed every day.

But now most of the flowers have turned into cocoons, and there are fewer mulberry leaves needed.

Ergou's house is not too far from Runtu's house.

It didn't take much time for Runtu to return home.

(End of this chapter)