The Chen family also announced that they were recruiting six skilled embroiderers. They would be paid two bundles of sugarcane roots for one hour, four bundles of sugarcane roots plus a stone spear for two hours, six bundles of sugarcane roots plus a stone hoe for three hours, and eight bundles of sugarcane roots plus a stone spear and a stone hoe for four hours. This offer was only valid for today.
The news caused a sensation among the women in the team, who flocked to Chen's thatched hut, completely surrounding the area.
Two bundles of sugarcane roots in an hour, equivalent to one bundle of sugarcane roots per hour, were paid such a low wage, yet everyone was still scrambling to get the job.
People are lacking everything right now: food, water, clothing, tools, medicine, weapons... there's nothing they don't lack.
Everyone thought that if they worked for four hours, they could get eight bundles of sugarcane roots, which would provide a family with food for the day, not to mention that they would also receive hoes and stone spears as gifts.
In the end, Grandma Liu chose 6 people, and the rest could only leave unwillingly.
One of the curtains that Zhou took out was cut into a cloak, and the other into a vest.
One sheet of curtain fabric is enough to make this amount of clothing. The cape is a short style, and there isn't enough fabric to make a long one, but the curtain fabric is thick enough to make a single layer.
Zhou spread a piece of cloak fabric on a bamboo mat, smoothed out the wrinkles, and then spread the cotton that had just been taken out and dried on the fabric. She wanted to make a thick cloak, so she spread a lot of cotton on it.
Loose cotton is like that; it won't work. The cotton needs to be compacted to make cotton-padded clothes.
Zhou brought over the oval-shaped earthenware jar that she had washed and dried earlier. This jar was one she had exchanged with the team before; it was the only one, and the only one with a large belly. The earthenware jars that Da Ya took from Sha Niu were all exquisite square jars.
She rolled the earthenware pot over the cotton, pressing it down carefully, rolling it back and forth over every part. After a while, the fluffy cotton was finally compacted.
After setting the earthenware jar aside, she took a piece of cloak fabric and spread it on the cotton. After placing it properly, she rolled up the cotton from the top, flipped it over, and spread it out again. The bottom was now the front. Old Mrs. Liu continued to roll the jar on the fabric to compact the cotton inside.
After the cotton is compacted, the sewing begins. Although sewing a cape is much simpler than sewing clothes, it is still a delicate task.
After sewing the edges, the excess cotton at the edges needs to be trimmed off. In order to prevent the cotton inside the fabric from scattering, the thread in the middle needs to be sewn on according to the grid pattern. Fortunately, her family had just received a lot of thread, otherwise there wouldn't be enough thread just for sewing the grid pattern in the middle.
After sewing the bottom of the cape, she still needed to sew two drawstrings on top. There were also some scraps of fabric left over, which she planned to use to make a cotton hood to sew on.
Aunt Wang was incredibly envious when she saw that the Chen family had so much cotton.
"Sister Zhou, can I borrow some of your cotton? It's not much, just two jin will be enough. I'll use it to make a thin jacket, and I'll pay you back with something of equal value later."
Zhou was unpacking the pillow when she thought for a moment and said, "Okay!"
The village chief's wife asked, "What about mine?"
Zhou: "Half a bolt of cloth and three catties of cotton."
The village chief's wife frowned and said, "Lend me the cotton first."
Zhou said, “Alright, from now on, whichever of you borrows, it will be calculated as three catties of cotton and half a bolt of cloth. You won’t borrow a second time until half a bolt of cloth is paid off.”
Manual sewing is really slow; by noon, not a single garment had been made.
Zhou told the hired embroiderers to go back and rest first. The area outside their thatched hut was so small, and their families would be coming back for dinner, so the space needed to be tidied up first.
The woman had no choice but to stop working, even though they wanted to work a little longer since it was paid by the hour.
Before leaving, Aunt Wang kept grumbling about how wealthy the Chen family was, having eaten one meal in the morning and still having food for lunch.
Because they slaughtered another sheep, they also used a large leg of lamb to make mutton soup at noon.
When the eldest brother and the others returned, Zhou Daya was making mutton soup for the third brother and the others. The short bamboo pot was full, with lots of meat.
After finishing his meal, Chen Kai suddenly remembered that Da Ya still had eight brass ingots, which were smelted from the copper ore they had mined before.
He went to Chen Nong to see if Baozi could be upgraded with copper ingots. After all, the copper coins they used here also contained copper. If it was possible, then the silver and gold mines they found in the future could also be upgraded, and Gou Dan wouldn't have to worry about money for upgrades.
The copper coins they use here are made of bronze, which is an alloy of copper, tin, and lead.
Ancient coins were made of brass, red copper, and white copper. Except for red copper, they were all alloys with copper as the main material.
The copper ingot that Da Ya took out was very large. The copper ingot obtained from smelting was cylindrical. They had seen it before, and it didn't seem big when they held it in the Mini World. It was a cylindrical shape that could be held in one hand.
To my surprise, it turned out to be a cylinder that was one meter tall.
Although I heard from Silly Girl that the cubes brought out from there were all one-meter in scale, I didn't expect that even the cylinder was the same scale. It's just that a cube has been shrunk into a cylinder.
Chen Nong placed his hand on the copper ingot, and the ingot quickly disappeared.
Chen Nong said happily, "Baozi said it's usable, but it's still a bit short. Get another one."
Da Ya put out another copper ingot, but it still wasn't enough. In the end, she used five copper ingots before the egg grew bigger, becoming a 3-cubic-meter space.
Chen Nong exclaimed happily, "The buns have gotten bigger! We can put more things in them now!"
Chen Kai, resting his chin on his hand, said, "This cheat code is pretty good. We won't have to worry about money anymore."
"Da Ya, it seems I'll have to do more mining when I have time in the future."
Daya, eager to try, suggested, "Why don't we ask Uncle Wu to get the koi fish card out so we can go back and gather more supplies?"
Suddenly, Silly Girl's voice rang out, "Host, the system is updating. You cannot enter the Mini World during the update. Please forgive us!"
Daya was completely confused: "Update? Why do we need to update?"
System: "Update new species and items."
Daya: "When can we go in?"
System: "You can enter once the update is complete. It is expected to take five days."
Da Ya said with a sullen face, "It'll take this long!"
Seeing that they couldn't go in for the time being, everyone had no choice but to give up.
Chen Kai: "Da Ya, ask Silly Girl if she can sign in now. Doesn't signing in get you items?"
Da Ya said excitedly, "Silly girl said it's okay, I'll try signing in."
System: "Congratulations, host, for successfully checking in by consuming one energy point and receiving 10 balloons. Starting today, the seven-day check-in function will be available. Check-in items are as follows:"
Day 1: Balloons x10 obtained.
Day 2: Stone tablet x1 not obtained
Day 3: Damaged Altar x1 (Not obtained)
Day 4: 1 Soil Block Not Obtained
Day 5: Rock Block x1 not obtained
Day 6: Bottled Milk x1 (Not obtained)
Day 7: Sunny/Rainy Fireworks x1 (Not Obtained)
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