Lady Caisang: My husband is a little sweet

Chapter 20 Cocoon Busy
When cooking silkworms, I have to get up several times every night to feed and watch the silkworms, and to prevent insects and ants. After a month, I can lose a lot of weight and my whole spirit will be sluggish.

Gu Qingya boiled a large pot of medicinal porridge according to the recipe Fang taught before, and brought it to her parents. Although the Wu family's food wasn't too bad, there were certain things that would not be considered.

Coincidentally, it was the morning when she went, and a batch of silkworms had just entered their dormant period and were shedding their skins. Gu Qingya watched it for a while with great interest, but she didn't think it was scary.

At this time, the brazier is still lit in the house, and the silkworms in the second sleep cannot stop the fire. Usually it will be the third sleep, but I don’t know if the same is true for the new silkworm.

Yan's father and Gu's stared at the gap, and took turns to drink the medicinal porridge, "Go back, let Qingcha be more obedient, and don't be too frugal about eating on weekdays. Before it gets dark, the doors and windows must be closed tightly, and someone is calling outside at night. , don’t open the door casually.”

As always, Gu Qingya took Gu Qingya's hand and told her that Fang Shi was at home before, so why would she worry about the safety of the children? In short, there are always pros and cons to some things.

Gu Qingya nodded, she didn't think it would be annoying, she also told her parents the time to deliver the porridge next time, so that they had an approximate time in mind.

Before leaving, Yan's father took out two oil-paper bags and gave them to Gu Qingya, "Take them home, how much are you brothers and sisters?"

Gu Qingya glanced at the oil stains on the oiled paper bag, and guessed in her heart that it was the meat her parents had withheld from the meal, she immediately shook her head and said, "Father, mother, you can keep it for yourself, you are too tired, it's okay if we don't eat of."

"Take it, your mother and I are doing well here, we have something to eat." With a straight face, Yan's father forcefully stuffed the oiled paper bag into Gu Qingya's hands.

Gu Qingya looked at Gu Shi, saw her nodding towards her, so she had no choice but to accept it, carefully hid it in the jar, said goodbye to her parents, and then set foot on the way home.

"Qingya, wait for me." Liu Bingbing chased up from behind, walked side by side with Gu Qingya, sniffed and said, "I'm bringing medicine porridge for my aunt."

"Your nose is really sharp." Gu Qingya couldn't help laughing, "You also come to Wu's house?"

"I was lucky enough to enter Wu's house to pick mulberry leaves. Today is my turn to rest." Speaking of this, Liu Bingbing smiled rarely, with a very cheerful tone, which is rare.

"That's good, you have to be more careful, the Wu family has always been generous." Gu Qingya nodded, also happy for Liu Bingbing.

"Next year, I will also boil silkworms and learn how to reel and weave silk." Liu Bingbing clenched her fists and set a big goal for herself.

Gu Qingya didn't say anything about persuasion. I heard that the grandfather of the Liu family has been ill recently, and the medicine costs a lot.

"My younger brother is still young, so I can join you." Every family has its own difficulties, and Liu Bingbing is indeed more difficult than himself. "For silk reeling and weaving, I will ask my mother to see if I can tell you. Say."

Many people firmly grasp their skills and never say anything, but Gu Qingya feels that there is no need to worry too much about helping others, and those who are really capable are not afraid that others will learn their skills.

Liu Bingbing looked at Gu Qingya in surprise, "Qingya, are you sure?" Who doesn't know about some things that are customary, Liu's mother's craft is not good, and she can only do silk reeling, so naturally she can't teach Liu Bingbing anything.

After thinking about it, Liu Bingbing was troubled again, "I don't want it, so as not to make things difficult for my aunt." Gu Qingya's heart is already rare, and she doesn't ask for too much.

Gu Qingya smiled and didn't say any more, what happened, there will be a result when the time comes.

Back home, Gu Qingya checked, her younger brother was taken care of very well, Yan Qingcha also wrote her name in the broken wooden frame seriously, and nodded in satisfaction.

After washing the jar, Gu Qingya opened the oiled paper bag, there were two chicken legs and two slices of three-layer meat, and the other bag was a little white sugar cake, which was a rare delicacy for them.

Taking a wooden basin filled with half a basin of water, Gu Qingya put these delicious bowls into it, and took another bowl to hold it tightly, this is the easiest way to prevent insects and ants, and prevent the smell from changing.

Two more rounds of medicinal porridge were delivered, and the silkworms finally came out of their deep sleep. At this time, the silkworms were much larger than before. Generally speaking, they were blue and white, but the batch raised by Yan Fu Gu's family had a kind of jade green color. Glossy, looks very special.

This batch is a new breed of silkworms, which are not easy to raise. It is said that the survival rate of Yanfu Gu’s is the highest. When the silkworms go up the mountain to make cocoons, the boiling of silkworms will come to an end. This reward will not be small.

"Father and mother, do you need me to come over and help you make the tufts of grass?" Going to the back, things got more and more tiring, Gu Qingya looked at her parents' blue and white lower eyelids, bloodshot eyes, and felt very distressed.

"No need, the housekeeper has already prepared it." After a pause, Gu Shi explained: "You don't want to come these days, the housekeeper said that he is afraid of affecting the silkworms going up the mountain."

When Gu Qingya heard this, she also understood in her heart that the more critical the situation was, the more taboos there would be on some things, "Mother, don't worry, but you and father should also pay attention to your own bodies."

On the way home, I saw a lot of people picking and drying straw at the door, as well as loose mats made of reeds, which were prepared for the silkworms to go to the ground.

When the silkworms are small, they are kept in baskets and bamboo plaques. When the silkworms grow up and it is inconvenient to move them around, they will be moved to the ground, so at this time they are called going to the ground, and this must be done carefully.

Because the silkworms had to go up the mountain, the silk reeling time would be even busier after that, so the school had a ten-day holiday so that the students could help the family or do short-term labor.

And about five days after the silkworms went up the mountain, the silkworms pupated, and at this time they had to pick cocoons, but everyone told them to go back to the mountain, and it would not feel awkward after listening for a long time.

It was a busy time at this time, because I was in a hurry and I was afraid that the chrysalis would turn into moths, so the quality and price of the cocoons were very different.

In the past, there were not many silkworm farmers, and people in the village could ask each other for help, but now there are more and more people raising silkworms, and everyone is too busy, sometimes they have to go outside to find help.

With a capable mother like Gu Shi, Gu Qingya still had a lot of people come to invite her. Of course, the main job was to pick cocoons, and the wages were calculated by the catty.

Fortunately, Yan Qinghe didn't have to go to school, so Gu Qingya left her family behind and went to the village head Yan Song's house to help.Strictly speaking, Father Yan and Yan Song belong to the same clan, but they have been separated too far and have no blood relationship.

Although Gu Qingya said that she hadn't done cocoon picking a few times, but she had dexterous fingers, and Gu Shi personally taught her, her speed was fast and good, and the women of Yan Song's family were very satisfied.

It is said that "silkworms are not as busy as cocoons". After picking cocoons, you need to pull the cocoons, that is, to peel off the loose threads on the outside of the silkworms, which is called cocoon peeling. This is it.

(End of this chapter)