Chapter 223 Processing Ramie (4)

Si Ye had no objection to Xia Tian's words and continued to express his support, "Okay, I'll help you."

He did not deliberately emphasize the learning part, but just said he wanted to help. Xia Tian regarded this help as "tuition" and began to teach him how to process ramie.

"The first thing is to peel off the skin of the stem, and then use a stone knife to scrape off the surface, like these, press the stone knife here, and then pull it out forcefully--" Xia Tian picked one up at random for demonstration.

After soaking, the stems of ramie become very soft, and a gap is created between the middle part. Because of the lubrication of plant gum, the process of peeling off the skin is very smooth.

Then, she held the skin she had just peeled off in one hand and the stone knife in the other, pressed them on the stone table next to her, and then slowly pulled it out with force -

The originally rough, green outer skin was "scraped" off by the stone knife, and the ramie fibers that were originally gathered together were simply divided into strips due to the effect of squeezing. The prototype of the yarn that would be used for spinning in the future could be roughly seen.

"Controlling the force is key," Xia Tian continued patiently explaining, "If it's too strong, it might cut the fibers and make it unusable. But if it's too weak, it won't be able to scrape the skin off."

Considering Si Ye's fighting strength, she suggested that he start by controlling his strength and it would not be too late to increase his strength little by little.

"Okay, I'll try." Si Ye also took out a piece of soaked ramie from the basin and processed it like the girl. As expected, because he used too much force, the ramie was cut into two halves in his hand.

Si Ye was somewhat bewildered, staring blankly at the corpse of Ramie Cao on the ground. "I... I have controlled my strength. I really didn't mean it."

He saw that Xia Tian was having some difficulty doing it, so he wanted to try harder, but he ended up trying too hard and had the opposite effect.

Fortunately, she was not angry with herself, and... looked at herself tenderly with a smile on her face, which made her feel even worse.

"It's okay. It's inevitable that you won't be able to control it the first time. Just try a few more times and you'll be fine." Xia Tian was still very confident in him and took out another one for him to try. "Don't be discouraged, try again. Your movements are already very standard. As long as you control the strength well, you will definitely succeed."

Si Ye nodded and took it, "Okay."

The same operation was repeated.

However, there were no accidents this time. Instead, the outer skin was removed perfectly, leaving only the "tendons" inside used for spinning thread.

And probably because Si Ye's hands are steadier than Xia Tian's, the fibers on his hands are separated very neatly, and when displayed in his hands, it looks very perfect.

Looking at this impressive result, Xia Tian happily patted the man on the shoulder. It was even more fulfilling than if she had done it herself. "Si Ye, you're truly a genius!"

She had seen many people who were good at doing things quickly, but he could get the hang of it after just one or two tries. Apart from being diligent and conscientious, he was also gifted.

The audience in the live broadcast room began to realize belatedly how incredible Si Ye's learning ability was.

After all, Xia Tian set the goal of being able to do it from the beginning, but Si Ye can learn it right away, so they are on a completely different level!

I suddenly realized that Lao Si’s learning ability is really strong. He can really learn things quickly.

[I originally thought Lao Si wasn't worthy of my Xia Xia, after all, he doesn't have that many skills... but he can learn anything he doesn't know!]

(End of this chapter)