The three-day holiday for the Double Ninth Festival is over, and Zhao Yiming, Xiaokang and Xiaoqi have all gone to school.
Tian An guessed that Gu Jinyan and the others might not be able to leave the house yet, so he didn't go looking for them.
Just then, Deng Shuang came over with the cleaned Year of the Sheep to report his work, and Tian An then remembered about making wool.
I don’t know how many times they washed it, but the wool was now clean without any impurities or fishy smell. It was probably fumigated with incense, and it smelled faintly of osmanthus.
Tian An gently put his hand on it. The wool was soft and gentle to the touch, and felt great.
There was no need to tell anyone else. Tian An did it himself. He first combed the clean wool, and then used the comb prepared in advance to comb them into wool strips.
After rearranging the wool, start spinning the wool into thread using a spinning cone.
Tian An held a spindle in one hand and a wool strip in the other. There was a small hook on one end of the spindle, which he used to hook some wool fibers, tighten them, and then rotate the spindle while the hand holding the wool strip pulled it outward.
Pull the wool strip with one hand, pull it out to the thickness you want, and then use the rotation of the spinning cone to twist the fluffy wool thread tightly, and it will become wool yarn.
Seeing that Tian An really made wool yarn with wool, several maids were very curious and started to experiment.
Deng has steady hands, and the yarn he makes is of uniform thickness and appropriate tightness, almost reaching machine standards.
Tian An was inspired on a whim, and immediately asked someone to cut her a few bamboo sticks of appropriate thickness, and then she started knitting.
While Deng Shuang was spinning the wool, she was also knitting gloves with the wool.
Although they had some bumps in the road, they managed to knit a pair of woolen gloves in just one morning.
Deng Shuang picked up the gloves and examined them for a long time. The more he looked at them, the more he found them fascinating. "These gloves are much better than the ones we make with cloth. Even people with slightly larger hands can use them."
Several maids took turns trying them on and found they were indeed the real thing. "If you use wool to knit gloves, you don't have to be so rigid about the size."
"Yarn can be used to make more than just gloves. It can be used to make sweaters, sweater pants, scarves, socks, and shoes, and they're very warm."
While introducing the patterns to the maids, Tian An also knitted other patterns with wool.
What with the twisted dough, pineapple flower, phoenix flower, checkered flower, the people showing off their skills looked at her with admiration on their faces.
"After we dye these yarns, we'll have more options for matching them. You can also use your imagination to create more patterns."
Listening to Tian An's description, several people nodded excitedly.
After lunch, Tian An took Deng Shuang and Deng Xue out to look for Peng's account. The woolen yarn issue had to be settled quickly.
Since I didn't call him in advance and didn't know where he was, I could only go to Peng's house to look for him first.
Tian An and Deng Xue had never been to Peng's house before. They only knew the address and asked people along the way before they finally arrived.
After Deng Xue went to the doorman to ask, the doorman didn't say whether Peng Zhang was at home and ran in to report.
The three of them waited outside the door for a long time in confusion, but Peng Zhang didn't show up, but his parents did.
They are indeed a family, they dress in the same style.
Mr. Peng, like Mr. Peng, was a heavyweight, with a fleshy face and a paunchy belly, making every move a bit strenuous. But he wore a smile, and it was unclear if he was cheerful to everyone.
He wore a crown of red hair, and was dressed in silk and satin, with a belt inlaid with gold and jade. His hands were adorned with a variety of black jade rings and gilded rings, dazzling the beholders. It was unclear whether his hands could even use an abacus.
Mrs. Peng had a pearl hairpin on her head and her whole body was covered with jewels. She also had various bracelets and rings on her hands, which sparkled so brightly in the sunlight.
Tian An suddenly felt that compared to the two of them, Peng Zhang was quite low-key. What is a local tyrant? This is it.
The two of them came up and saluted Tian An, "Common people, I greet you..."
Tian An hurriedly pulled them up and said, "Uncle, aunt, there's no need to be so polite. Peng Zhang and I are good friends. There's no need to be so formal."
They said they were not shy, and the couple really were not shy. They were so enthusiastic towards her that if Tian An hadn't found her himself, he would have thought she was being abducted.
Mrs. Peng smiled and pulled her into the mansion. "My boy has gone out to check the shop. We have sent people to look for him. My lady, please come to the mansion and have a seat. He will be back soon."
"Aunt, please call me An An! Calling me Xiangjun sounds strange." Tian An originally wanted to refuse, but seeing how enthusiastic Mrs. Peng was, he didn't want to reject her kindness, so he had to agree.
Tian An followed Mrs. Peng all the way and found that the Peng Mansion did not look very impressive from the outside, but it was magnificent inside, with carved beams and embroidered pillars, and the mansion was in ruins. Even the bricks and stones under his feet were probably not cheap.
Mrs. Peng is very good at speaking. She makes people feel comfortable when chatting and laughing, and she never lets the conversation get awkward. She is also very good at observing people's expressions. If the topic makes people feel a little unhappy, she will immediately change it without leaving a trace. It is very relaxing to talk to such a person.
In the hall, the maids had already served a variety of cakes and tea cups.
Although Tian An didn't like tea, he had learned from Madam Xiao for so long that he knew what was good and what was bad. He could tell from the smell that it was this year's finest new tea, which was enough to show how much he valued his guests.
Mrs. Peng smiled and said, "I didn't know what kind of tea An An liked, so I took the initiative to have some prepared. You can try it first. If you don't like it, ask the servants to change it."
Tian An took a sip of the teacup and said, "Thank you for your trouble, Auntie. This tea is very good. There is no need to change it."
Mrs. Peng smiled even more.
Just as the two were chatting happily, a man and a woman suddenly walked into the hall.
The two men first walked to the center to greet Mr. Peng and Mrs. Peng, and then came over to salute Tian An.
"Peng Ji and Peng Xiang of the Peng family greet the Lord of Anping."
Tian An glanced at the two of them with some amusement, then looked at Madam Peng and asked, "Aunt, who are these two?"
Mrs. Peng introduced Tian An with a smile: "These are the two young men from the second branch of my Peng family."
And then, nothing happened.
When the two men saw that Mrs. Peng only introduced them so simply, a look of displeasure flashed across their faces.
Then he started talking to Tian An in a familiar manner, but unfortunately Tian An didn't like the two of them at first sight, especially the young man named Peng Ji.
He had a pair of narrow eyes, full of calculations. He gave everyone a vague sense of frivolity when he looked at them. He was thin and frail, and looked weak at first glance.
Moreover, a man from outside the family deliberately came to visit a girl in the boudoir, which clearly showed that he had ulterior motives and that he did not behave well in his daily life.
Mrs. Peng clearly felt that Tian An disliked the two of them, and when she saw that they were talking endlessly, she interrupted them.
"Ji'er, Xiang'er, didn't the teacher leave you with a lot of homework? Auntie knows you have a heavy workload, so she won't keep you here."
The two paused, and Peng Ji said with a smile: "Auntie, there are guests at home, and we should come out to receive them. There is no rush for schoolwork."
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