Nongmen counterattack: I take my family to a well-off life

Chapter 56
The sick people were all wrapped up tightly. Zhou Jiacheng was not moving fast, and he took care of the sick ones specially. He had no choice but to walk slowly. No one knew when the Beiling people would come.

At noon, Zhou Qing took everyone up the mountain to hunt. The Zhou brothers came back with a full load, but everyone in the village was empty.

Another day of being hit!
There were more pheasants than rabbits today, and Zhou Yue had the most prey. She originally wanted to catch more rabbits to keep their skins warm, but she didn't expect that there were not many rabbits today, but there were quite a few pheasants.

The weather is getting colder quickly, so you need to take measures to keep warm in advance. Zhou Yue looked at the pheasants on the ground and suddenly had an idea.

"By the way, these feathers can be used to make down jackets and duvets!" Zhou Yue slapped her head. Aren't down jackets made of duck feathers?Lightweight yet warm.

"What down jacket, down quilt? What are you talking about, Yueyue?" Zhou Lin next to him looked at Zhou Yue and patted his head, muttering about the down jacket.

Zhou Yue saw her eldest brother looking at her in confusion and explained: "I thought of a good idea. The feathers of these pheasants are of great use and can be used as clothes and quilts!"

"Ah? These feathers can be used to make clothes and quilts?" Zhou Lin frowned. He really couldn't figure out how these chicken feathers that were usually thrown away could be used to make clothes.

"Yes, the clothes are light and warm!" Zhou Yue nodded.

Zhou Yue thought of the method and immediately went to experiment, leaving Zhou Lin confused.

"Mom! Find me two of your clothes!" Zhou Yue came to Qian Guilan and asked her for a clothes experiment.

Qian Guilan thought Zhou Yue was cold, "Are your clothes too thin? Just wait, mother will get you two thick clothes." After saying this, Qian Guilan turned around and walked to the side of the bullock cart.

Zhou Yue hurriedly followed, "Mom, I don't want thick clothes, just two thin clothes."

"Ah? What do you want with thin clothes? It's too cold to wear those now, you have to wear thick ones!" Qian Guilan warned.

"I'm not wearing it myself, I want to make a down jacket." Zhou Yue answered truthfully.

"What is a down jacket?" Qian Guilan felt a little fresh when she heard this word for the first time.

"It's just a kind of warm clothes. It needs to be stuffed with animal feathers. It's very light and warm to wear. Don't talk too much, mother, give me two clothes quickly, and I'll try them on!" Zhou Yue simply explained. For a moment.

"I'll do it with you. Wherever you need sutures, tell your mother that she's better at sewing than you!" Qian Guilan decided to let Zhou Yue help her do it together. Anyway, his daughter's words were always right. of.

Zhou Yueyi thought it was okay. Qian Guilan was indeed better at needlework and could sew clothes quickly and neatly. "Okay, you find two thin pieces of clothing and sew them together, leaving an opening. I'll pluck out all the chicken feathers."

Qian Guilan nodded and said, "Then you go, I can sew it up soon."

Zhou Yue turned back to the place where the prey was kept, took a cloth bag and scissors, plucked the pheasant's feathers, then used the scissors to cut off the roots of the feathers, then cut some of the larger feathers into pieces, and put them into the cloth bag together.

Gradually, there were more and more feathers in the bag. The pheasant's feathers were brightly colored. After being cut into pieces, they were scattered and shining with red and green luster.

After plucking all the pheasant feathers, the bag was full.

Zhou Yue carried the bag back to the oxcart. Qian Guilan was still sewing on the clothes. "Mom, I have processed all these feathers. They are all clean and soft feathers. The effect must be very good."

After Qian Guilan finished sewing, she handed the clothes to Zhou Yue, "Do you think this will work?"

When Zhou Yue came to see the results, she found that she had sewed as she said, with fine stitches and no fear of feathers falling out.

"Mom, you are so good at sewing. I will try to stuff the feathers in now." After Zhou Yue finished speaking, she took out a handful of feathers from the cloth bag and stuffed them into the mouth of the clothes.

After half of the feathers were stuffed, Zhou Yue felt that it was almost done. She picked up the clothes and shook them, slowly shaking the feathers inside evenly, and even stretched her hands in to stroke them.

"Okay, mother, please thread all the clothes and fix the feathers inside to prevent them from gathering together." Zhou Yue said to Qian Guilan.

Qian Guilan understood what Zhou Yue meant, and after taking the clothes, she began to stitch them in place.

"Mother, Yueyue, come to eat!" Zhou Qing ran over and asked them to have lunch.

Zhou Yue immediately stopped Qian Guilan, "Mom, stop sewing first, let's go to dinner first, we'll talk after dinner."

Qian Guilan stopped and said, "Okay, I'll sew when I get back." After saying that, he folded the clothes, got up and went to eat.

The family sat down around the dining table, and Zhou Jiacheng asked, "Yueyue, what do you plan to do with your prey?"

Yesterday's prey was distributed to the people in the village. Zhou Jiacheng thought that he could not give it any more. If he did not give it well, it would make them rely too much on himself.

"I plan to smoke them all, so that they can be stored for a long time and are easy to eat." Zhou Yue said.

Zhou Jiacheng nodded, "Okay, let's smoke them all and put them on the bullock cart."

"As I said before, people in the village can reward prey according to how much they contribute. This will be valid for a long time, and it can no longer be distributed to them for free." Zhou Yue pointed out her thoughts.

"I think so too. We can't supply them all forever. Since we have taught them hunting skills, we have to let them devote themselves to it." Zhou Jiacheng said slowly.

"Yes, there are a few people who have improved significantly today, and it is estimated that they will be able to hunt their own prey in a few days!" Zhou Qing also echoed, and there are a few young people in the village who have improved relatively quickly.

"Teaching people how to fish is worse than giving them fish. We have done enough." Zhou Yue also felt that they need to put in some energy and practice more to make progress, otherwise they will only be a soft persimmon when encountering enemies , it's up to anyone to decide.

After dinner, Zhou Qing went to practice with the men in the village, and Zhou Jiacheng followed. Now everyone in the family knows martial arts except him and Qian Guilan. Qian Guilan is a woman, so he naturally has to learn some martial arts from him to protect his wife Son.

Zhou Yue followed Qian Guilan to sew a down jacket. Qian Guilan flipped up and down with the needle and thread, and finished sewing the clothes in a short time.

After biting off the thread, Qian Guilan handed the down jacket to Zhou Yue, "Yueyue, look at it, is it like this?"

Zhou Yue took a look inside and out, and found that the down jacket from the previous life was different except for the fabric and the style of the clothes, but everything else was the same. It was soft to the touch and very light in the hand.

Zhou Yue put on the down jacket and felt warm after a while, "Yes, it's very warm. It must be very comfortable to wear in winter, and it's easy to walk. It's not heavy at all. Mother, you should try it too!"

(End of this chapter)