Chapter 135 Wool Felt
The aroma of bacon wafted through the kitchen.
Mu Xi served out the bacon and shredded radish and placed it in front of Zhao Yeqing.
She picked up a large piece of glutinous rice cake with chopsticks and placed it on the torn glutinous rice cake, then put the glutinous rice cake together like dumplings.
After wrapping two, put them on the wire rack and continue baking.
The glutinous rice cake is stuffed with a lot of vegetables, the skin is stretched out and thinned, and then roasted on charcoal fire. The golden fat of the bacon wrapped inside is roasted out and fills the glutinous rice cake.
Zhao Yeqing saw that the time was almost up, so he picked up two bulging glutinous rice cakes from the net with chopsticks and put one in Mu Xi's bowl.
The ciba is like a big dumpling with a small hole bitten from the tip.
The heat inside suddenly surged out.
She blew into the small hole to lower the temperature inside.
Wait until the heat dissipates a little, then grab the glutinous rice cake with your hands and put it into your mouth.
The glutinous rice cake and the salty and fresh bacon are a perfect match. The lips and teeth are full of the aroma of oil, mixed with the refreshing shredded white radish. The whole rice cake can be eaten in just a few bites.
She hasn't eaten hand-made glutinous rice cake for several years.
It is delicious, but also very filling. I can’t finish just one.
Normally, it takes a while for you to feel full after eating. But it is different with glutinous things like glutinous rice cakes. You will feel full immediately after eating them.
After eating the glutinous rice cake, Mu Xi took a small bowl and poured some sugar into it.
A total of four glutinous rice cakes were baked, and two were left uneaten.
After eating something salty, you must have something sweet, after all, salty and sweet do not fit in the same stomach.
The other two baked glutinous rice cakes were placed on the edge of the net in advance, and they were still warm and no longer hot to the touch.
Zhao Yeqing grabbed it with his hands, tore it into small pieces and ate it with sugar.
He only ate half of it and couldn't eat any more, so he threw the rest into Mu Xi's bowl.
Mu Xi had gotten used to it, so he grabbed the remaining glutinous rice cake and continued to eat it, mumbling to himself,
"Big eyes and small belly..."
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The wool felt tools that had been drying outside for a day were now dry.
The wool was put away last night after eating glutinous rice cakes. Now in the morning, frost begins to form on the ground, and the wool will be stained by moisture if left outdoors.
To make wool felt, you must first use a tool like a cotton fluffer to make the wool fluffy before you can start making it.
When she was a child, she found it novel to see craftsmen fluffing cotton, and she was quite excited to be able to do it herself this time.
The wool is spread flat on the table, and the string on the tool is plucked to vibrate and make the wool fluffy.
I don’t know if it was not difficult to get started or if she was quite talented, but after trying a few times, she successfully made the clump of flat wool swell up to twice its height.
Mu Xi spread the rolling curtain that looked like a bamboo mat on the ground and put the fluffy wool on it.
After laying it out, I realized that two pieces of 1.2-meter-long wool felt were not enough.
Zhao Yeqing originally thought that it would be enough to make two, but he didn't expect that the amount of wool needed was much more than he imagined.
Mu Xi was also stunned when he spread out the wool, thinking that his body temperature was high and he could use it for the time being.
"Why don't you make one of yours first, and I'll just use cotton padding."
Now that the weather is getting colder, the sheep can definitely no longer be sheared.
That's no big deal, she uses it by herself.
Zhao Yeqing coughed lightly, glanced away without looking at him, and whispered,
"Then make a 1.8-meter-tall one..."
Mu Xi was stunned for a moment, then a smile appeared in his eyes, "Well, this is indeed enough."
Remeasure and lay out the wool.
In order to make the wool felt together, you have to sprinkle water on the wool. The wool can only form felt when it is wet.
Roll up the wool sprinkled with water with a roller blind, just like rolling seaweed rice rolls. Press it firmly with each roll. When it reaches the end, tie the roller blind into a cylinder with a rope.
According to the notes, the next step is to start stepping on it with your feet.
The two men stood together, stepping on the wool-wrapped roller blind, rolling it back and forth until the wool felt inside became tight and felted together.
The two were afraid that they might not do it well the first time, so to be on the safe side they worked on it for a whole day, coming back after lunch to continue, and not opening the roller shutter until it got dark.
The wool inside has become a complete blanket. The last step is to smooth out the irregular edges, pour hot water on it, and then continue to press it tightly to shape it before it is considered finished.
Fortunately, the next day was a sunny day.
The wool felt can be used after being hung in the yard to dry.
Mu Xi walked into the room and moved the wardrobe.
Zhao Yeqing was a little puzzled, "Did something of yours roll under the closet?"
"Move aside so there is room for the beds."
This sounded so natural that Zhao Yeqing then remembered what he had said yesterday.
"Then you do it, I'll go out and herd the sheep with you."
She spoke calmly, but her steps seemed to be fleeing in panic.
The sheep hadn't been out for a few days, so as soon as the door was opened, they all ran out happily.
When shepherding sheep, Dahuang usually does not call out, but just uses his body and eyes to scare the sheep that have left the group back to their place.
Looking at the sheep that were becoming somewhat unruly after the sheepfold was opened, it woofed loudly.
Hearing the sound, the sheep all turned into quails, and walked forward in an obedient and orderly manner.
Zhao Yeqing was amazed again, staring at Da Huang with wide eyes, "Baby, you are so handsome!"
Da Huang smiled and stuck out his tongue, wagging his tail happily, "Woof!"
In order to prevent accidents, the grazing did not go too far. The sheep were led by Dahuang to graze about 300 meters away. She led three cows to graze and plow the fields at the same time.
She started plowing again.
I saw that the grass in the grass circle was growing well before, but there is no difference without comparison.
In the same period of time, plowed pastures can produce more than three times as much grass as hay circles.
The consequences of whether you treat it with care or not immediately appear.
Anyway, the grass circle has to be moved, so just plow the land and plant more.
Anyway, there was nothing to do, so the three cows were used in rotation. Whoever was full would plow the fields.
After finishing herding, she slowly plowed a large piece of land.
When Mu Xi came to pick her up and take her home, he felt helpless when he saw the turned-over soil on the ground.
"If you have a plan, you can tell me. Isn't it tiring to do so much by yourself?"
When he returned home and saw the prepared meals, Zhao Yeqing had a sense of déjà vu as if he was supporting his family outside.
She patted Mu Xi's shoulder and said, "I will support you in the future."
It was too early to say this, because the next day she couldn't get out of bed.
It wasn’t because they slept in the same bed for the first time last night.
She hadn't done any physical work since the Chinese New Year, so she had gathered all her strength and didn't feel tired after plowing the fields.
Unexpectedly, after taking a shower, before she had time to feel shy about sleeping in the same bed for the first night, she fell asleep as soon as she touched the bed.
The aftereffects on the second day were pain all over my body, and my legs were shaking when I got out of bed.
“Ah! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts…”
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