Chapter 174 White Fold

"Sister, how do you feel?" Su Ying came to visit Yang Chunhua.

Gao had just finished serving her daughter and came out with a bowl in her hand, "Aying is here!"

"Well, come and see if Sister is feeling better." Su Ying smiled, "This is brown sugar, to nourish Sister."

Su Ying handed over a bamboo tube filled with a lot of brown sugar cubes.

"Aying, what are you doing? We should be the ones giving gifts of thanks, why are you being asked to give gifts instead? No, no!" Gao hurriedly refused.

"Grandma, stop pushing it. Give my sister some nourishment so she can recover soon, and you can feel at ease sooner, right? I still have plenty of brown sugar at home." Su Ying said sincerely.

"I know, Aying, your family has helped my family so much, I really don't have the face to accept it anymore!" Gao's eyes were moist.

He lived a life of luxury and wealth in the first half of his life, and had seen countless rare treasures, but the most precious one was given by the Su family.

Who could have imagined that he would spend the rest of his life as a poor man and a low-level fugitive?

"Grandma, you're right. Everyone faces obstacles in life. With mutual support, we can overcome any difficulty!"

Please accept it. No matter how good something is, it is meant to be used. As long as you are still alive, you will have everything!" Su Ying stuffed the brown sugar into Gao's hand.

"I can't argue with you! Thank you, Aying!" Gao held Su Ying's hand.

What a wonderful girl! It would be great if I had a granddaughter like her!

"Grandma, I'm going to see my sister!" Su Ying couldn't stand Gao's fiery gaze.

"Go! Chunhua is much better than yesterday, and the pain is much less. She slept well last night and was feeling bored being alone!" Gao's face was full of smiles.

"Sister!" Su Ying entered the room.

"Aying is here!" Yang Chunhua leaned on two pillows and struggled to sit up.

"Don't move, don't move!" Su Ying hurriedly stopped him, "Does your leg still hurt?"

"It still hurts a little, but it's much easier than yesterday!" Yang Chunhua said softly, "Thank you, Ah Ying!"

"What are you thanking me for? This is my first time saving someone, and I'm afraid I might have missed you!" Su Ying said, "You must recover well!"

"Yes! Definitely!" Yang Chunhua likes Su Ying very much. The upward force in her is very contagious and gives people strength.

"Don't move around for the next two days. This is a critical period for bone healing, and you can't expect it to be dislocated!" Su Ying warned. "If it's urgent, be sure to call for help."

"A Ying!" Yang Chunhua blushed. This girl spoke without hesitation, without any reservation.

"Sister, I'm telling you something serious. Don't take it lightly. If you try to get out of bed for the sake of your reputation, you will suffer and the consequences will be serious!" Su Ying said seriously.

"Just get through these few days, and we'll take it easy later! I've asked Uncle Wang to make you a pair of crutches so you can use them to get around. For the next two days, I'll have to trouble someone close to you to lend a hand."

"Aying, you are so nice!" Yang Chunhua felt Su Ying's kindness and concern.

"Here we go again, sister. Can we stop thanking each other? Be so polite!" Su Ying sighed.

As a woman herself, Su Ying felt very sympathetic towards Yang Chunhua. She had lost her husband and children, and now had to take care of her elderly parents-in-law. How many people could endure such a life without a future?

Now I have broken my leg again. I feel that God is so cruel. He only picks on the weak and the poor will never have to endure all the suffering.

"Sister is not good at talking and can't beat you in an argument! I'll listen to you!" Yang Chunhua said with a smile, holding Su Ying's hand.

In the twenty years since I came here, the only time I had time to rest was during my confinement period. This is the second time. It can be considered a blessing in disguise!

After years of hard work, I feel a little uncomfortable when I suddenly have some free time. I feel empty inside without a sickle or hoe in my hands.

This is because they are used to being treated like cattle and horses and can't enjoy a peaceful life! Yang Chunhua herself found it funny.

Gao brought a sewing basket and a few pieces of brown cloth woven with cotton. She gave one piece to Yang Chunhua and one for herself, and they sewed while chatting.

"Whose is this? It's so big, is it Uncle Yang, Uncle Yang's, or the village chief's?" Su Ying could see that it was a men's cotton coat, not for a petite woman like Yang Chunhua.

Yang Chunhua glanced at Gao, and the mother and daughter smiled without saying anything.

"Sister, what are you laughing at?" Su Ying felt weird.

"I was bored lying in bed, so I did some needlework to pass the time." Yang Chunhua answered the question irrelevantly.

Su Ying is not a good worker and can only watch.

"Mother, looking at this kapok tree reminds me of the white sedges in the greenhouse at home when I was little. The fruits also had these clumps of white fibers inside them."

Yang Chunhua had a smile on her face as she recalled the happy times in the past.

"If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten it. It's alike!" Gao thought for a while before remembering that distant time.

"At that time, my mother was busy taking care of the house all day long. When we sisters had nothing to do, we loved to play in the greenhouse and secretly picked some white floribunda to play with.

Every time the greenhouse manager sees Bai Diezi gone, he gets terrified, fearing you'll punish him." Yang Chunhua looks back, as if it were a lifetime ago.

"I'm very busy and don't have time to take care of the greenhouse." Gao said with a smile.

"I originally planted them for you sisters to play with. It's a shame to waste such a large greenhouse. I wonder who will end up getting the benefit of all those rare and precious plants."

"Bai Diezi?" Su Ying felt that the name was familiar when she first heard it. She was stunned for a long time before she remembered that this was the name of cotton in ancient times.

"Yes, the flowers are so beautiful. The same plant can bloom in different colors, such as milky white, pink, red, and purple. The fruits are also this kind of white fibers. Maybe they can be used to make cotton clothes!" Yang Chunhua exclaimed impromptu.

"Of course, it can be used to make better cotton clothes than kapok! And it can also be used to spin yarn and weave cloth. The cotton cloth woven from it is better than ramie and linen." Su Ying said.

"See, I knew Ying would think better than me!" Yang Chunhua joked.

"It's true! Sister, that white floribunda is a good thing. Treating it as a rare flower is really a waste of it. It has many real uses!" Su Ying said seriously, "Sister, do you know where I can find the seeds?"

Yang Chunhua raised her head and looked at Su Ying intently. Seeing that she was not joking, she asked, "Is it really that powerful?"

"Of course! Its filaments are longer than those of kapok, and the yarn spun from it is resilient, warm, and breathable. It's a rare warming material and can also be woven into fabric.

It combines the characteristics and functions of kudzu, hemp, kapok, silk, and other items. If its cultivation can be promoted, everyone will have something to keep warm in the future."

Gao's mother and daughter exchanged a glance. "Back then, this white fold was a rare commodity. It was a tribute from the Gaochang Kingdom in the Western Regions. They only said it was a rare flower, but they didn't say it could be woven or used to keep out the cold."

"Yes, I remember that the white silk fibers are indeed longer than the kapok fibers. But we also twisted them into yarns for fun, and they broke with a slight pull. Can they really be spun?"

Kudzu thread and hemp thread can be pulled out into very long fibers, but white cotton thread, like kapok, cannot be spun into long fibers. How can it be woven?

"There is a trick to spinning this white yarn. It needs to be in a humid environment so that the yarn will not break easily." Su Ying said with a smile.

Cotton is a very magical thing. It needs a sunny, dry and long-day environment to grow.

But spinning must be done in a humid environment with a certain humidity.

This is also the reason why cotton was grown in many areas during the Song Dynasty but could not be promoted. The spun yarn was easy to break, and a piece of cotton cloth consumed a large amount of cotton fiber.

During an accidental commercial war in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, people discovered that the cotton yarn spun in the relatively humid Jiangnan region was tough and not easy to break.

This led to the situation where cotton was grown in North China and yarn was spun in the south of the Yangtze River. From then on, cotton planting and its products were truly promoted on a full scale.

"Ah, really?" Yang Chunhua exclaimed, annoyed, "I should have brought a few white calamus seeds with me!"

In Lingnan, kapok is a rare cold-resistant material for the poor.

Not to mention that the annual output of kapok is low and is almost monopolized by the rich. It is sold on the market, but in small quantities.

Not to mention the white diezi. Her family was a royal family member back then, so they were given a few seeds, which slowly multiplied into a greenhouse.

If people knew that Baidiezi had such powerful functions, I am afraid that the powerful families who have the seeds would hold them tightly in their hands and not let them spread among the people.