Chapter 263 Women Can Also Do Great Things

"How beautiful!" Mrs. Hu looked at the baskets of silk cocoons of different colors, as if she were dreaming.

Although the colors vary in depth, natural colored silk has bright colors that cannot be compared with non-dyed silk.

A group of women had a gleam in their eyes. Women can do great things too! Quietly, they accomplished something that will go down in history!

"It's getting late. We still have to sort the colors tomorrow, separate the light and dark colors, reel the silk and weave the cloth to see how the finished product looks like." Su Ying said.

"Yes, yes! Let's continue tomorrow!" Everyone carried the cocoons back to Su's house.

After a quick breakfast in the morning, they worked in groups of two to start sorting the cocoons.

After half an hour, each color is divided into three parts according to its depth.

"Tsk tsk, how many people will be scared if this cocoon is taken out!" Mrs. Hu clapped her hands and laughed.

I picked them from the straw yesterday and sorted them today. My hands were not stained with any color, which shows that the naturally generated colored silk is well colored.

Boil water in an iron pot and prepare to reel silk.

Silk reeling usually takes six to seven days, when the cocoons become transparent or translucent. At that time, the quality and elasticity of the silk reach their best.

Mrs. Hu was not available, so Su Ying did some first to see how things went.

Gao and Yang Chunhua are fine, they do it every year. However, Du, Wei and Old Lady Su haven't done it for many years, so they are very unfamiliar with it and a little nervous.

Su Ying, Mrs. Hu, Xiao Tao, and Atang could only watch.

The personal nanny brought by Mrs. Hu was guarding outside the house and not allowing anyone to approach.

This thing is still in the experimental stage. How could the news of this astonishing work leak out? The personal nanny stood guard at the door without the lady's instructions.

For several days, the old woman went to the Su family every day, which made old man Yang feel uneasy and wanted to know how his daughter was doing.

The land has been plowed and beans will be planted in two days.

Old man Yang had a rare moment of free time, so he walked slowly towards the Su family with his hands behind his back.

From afar, the county magistrate's wife's personal nanny was seen standing at the gate of the house, looking at the roadside vigilantly. Even a fool could see that something was going on inside.

Old man Yang ignored him and went straight inside.

"Stop!" The personal nanny stopped him. "My wife has something to do with the ladies of the Su family. Please step aside for the moment!"

"What? I come to my in-laws' house to visit my daughter, and I need your permission?" Old man Yang was unhappy and tried to force his way in.

"No!" The personal nanny refused to let him in and blocked the door.

"Hey, that's strange. I want to see my daughter, not your wife. Why are you stopping me?" Old man Yang was sure that something was wrong.

"Wait a moment, I'll let Madam Yang come out!" the personal nanny said firmly, turning around and closing the door.

"Hey!" Old man Yang was so angry that he laughed. He was a dog slave who relied on the power of his master.

Damn it, after being a convict for twenty years, my character has been worn out. In the past, I would have kicked her and called her an old hag.

"Oh my god! Why are you here? Please come in!" Yang Chunhua came out in a hurry.

"I dare not! Your threshold is too high and I can't afford your salary!" Old man Yang said angrily.

"Okay, father, nanny is doing this for our own good, please don't blame me!" Yang Chunhua smiled and pulled his father in.

"I'm sorry for offending you just now. Please forgive me, my dear!" The personal nanny said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Forget it, forget it!" Since his daughter said so, Old Man Yang couldn't continue making a fuss.

I followed my daughter into the main room, which was full of women.

The nanny went to report, and Mrs. Hu looked at Su Ying. It was not appropriate for her to overstep her authority and make a decision on this matter.

"The village chief is here. I was just looking for him, but he's here. Please invite him in!" Su Ying said with a smile.

Now that this matter has a clue, it's natural to let the other village elders know. These people are experienced and with their participation and planning, things will be safe and sound.

"Aying, what are you doing?" asked old man Yang.

A group of women, acting mysteriously, this matter is definitely related to Su Ying.

"Village chief, come in and take a look!" Su Ying waved to Old Man Yang.

Gao smiled without saying anything, and her whole appearance was full of energy.

"What good stuff..." Old man Yang paused. In eight or nine baskets, there were colorful silk cocoons.

"What's going on?" Old man Yang shook his head, thinking he was dizzy.

"How about natural colored silk? Does it look good?" Su Ying asked.

"Natural colored silk?" Old Man Yang looked at the colorful cocoons, then at the group of women. "What have you been busy with these days?"

"Yes!" Su Ying nodded.

"I thought, I thought..." Old man Yang looked at Gao with a sad look in his eyes. The person next to him kept his mouth shut.

"Why are you looking at me? Whether this matter will succeed or not is still uncertain, so why bother shouting about it everywhere?" Gao said angrily.

I also contributed a bit to this, as I was the one who suggested using pigments made from herbs, and I feel proud of it.

"I can't believe you guys could do such a big thing!" Old man Yang picked up the colorful silk cocoon, which was large and bright in color.

"Good, good! This thing is truly a rare treasure!" Old man Yang said excitedly.

If he were still in the court, he would take away all the things and the people present, lock them up in a place where no one knew, and raise silkworms to produce colored silk. Each piece of brocade made from natural colored silk would be sold at a sky-high price!

But now I've become an insider, what should I do? This stinky girl! She has no good intentions!

I couldn't help but regret it secretly. Why was I so curious?

"Village chief, how about this being the unique silk secret book of Wu County and Tong County in the future?" Su Ying asked with a smile.

"Wu County, Tong County?" Old man Yang was speechless.

This girl! She just threw this thing away like that? This is a treasure! Not tea oil or honey!

Oh my god! Why didn't I meet such a smart girl? This thing, this thing...

Old man Yang felt a pang of pain in his heart and was reluctant to take it out.

But this was Su Ying's idea, why should I not agree?

If this technique is to be spread, shouldn't the women in the village learn it first? Aren't the villagers the first to benefit?

Alas, I am not as broad-minded and visionary as a girl.

Old Man Yang's mind raced for a moment. "Great! Since it's granted to two counties, how can you guarantee that the technology won't be leaked?"

"Would you like to invite a few village elders to discuss how to operate this? County Magistrate Hu and County Magistrate Lin just need to cooperate. Our products will only be sold to Madam Hu." Su Ying explained the general idea.

I haven’t figured out how to do it specifically, but the village elders can’t just sit there and do it, they have to get moving!

Old Man Yang glanced at Su Ying and said nothing. It turned out that Magistrate Hu and County Magistrate Lin had already known about it, but they, the old men, were the only ones who were kept in the dark! This girl!

"I'll go back and discuss it with them!" Old man Yang was dizzy and couldn't figure out what to do for a while.

This thing is shocking and many people covet it. The wealth and benefits it brings are greater than those of two seasons of rice.

The two-season rice was confined to Lingnan by the grain special administrative region, and no one could do anything about it.

Unlike natural colored silk, it can be replicated anywhere silkworms are raised, as long as the technology is stolen.

Boil the hot water and prepare to reel silk.

Everyone was afraid of breaking it, so they looked at each other and were unable to do anything.

"Uh, mother, second aunt, and third aunt, if you don't do it, I can only go to my sister and the others! I can't do anything about it anyway." Su Ying stretched out her slightly rough hand.

Silk is very fine. Su Ying and her original self have never spun silk or woven cloth before, so they really can't do anything with it, otherwise they would just start working.

"Let me do it!" Yang Chunhua said bravely, "Just don't blame me if it breaks!"

"How could that be? Second Aunt, this is just a test. If the silk thread really can't be spun or if the color fades, it means there's something wrong with the cocoon."

"Let me do it, you are pregnant!" Mrs. Du hurriedly took it.

Several people started fighting over it again, and finally the three sisters-in-law worked together.