Xiao Qiang was taken aback at first, then quickly pulled the fur coat she was wearing closer together, and ran down the mountain to my side, still looking puzzled.
"What did you just say? You found something to replace cloth? Where is it? Let me see it."
As Xiao Qiang spoke, she quickly glanced around at my surroundings and then frowned.
"Zhao Sihai, is it really meaningful for you to make fun of me so early in the morning?"
After saying that, she turned to leave. I knew Xiao Qiang was grumpy when she woke up, so I quickly stopped her with a smile.
"Oh my little darling, how could I possibly skip you so early in the morning? I really have found something here, you won't believe me!"
As I spoke, I pointed out the webs that the spider had spun to Xiao Qiang.
Xiao Qiang rolled her eyes: "What? Did you go crazy from being scared by that rabbit that was only the size of a building? Isn't this just a spider web? It's all sticky, what's the use of it? Don't tell me you're saying this is what can replace cloth!"
I nodded: "You'll see if you don't believe me."
After I finished speaking, I reached out to pull on the spider web, but I couldn't pull it off no matter how many times I tried. I felt like I had used a lot of strength, but the spider web just wouldn't budge and remained as tough as ever.
Xiao Qiang finally became interested. She looked at the spider web and then at me: "How can this thing be so sturdy? Is it really silk spun by a spider?"
I nodded: "That should be it. I just watched as several green spiders were spinning silk here. I was planning to chase them away, but when I touched the silk, I was surprised to find that it was so resilient!"
Xiao Qiang also reached out and tugged at the spider silk, her previously puzzled eyes suddenly lighting up.
She nodded: "If this is really that sturdy, then we can indeed use it to replace cotton thread, or we can weave it into cloth!"
I was also quite excited. I hadn't expected to encounter all sorts of strange things these past few days, which had made me feel very frustrated. But this discovery felt like a new life to me.
Because what has always bothered us is not having any clothes to wear, if this spider web can really be made into cloth and then cut into clothes, then we won't have to wear these tattered things anymore.
Xiao Qiang was no longer sleepy and quickly looked at me: "You keep an eye on this thing. I'll go upstairs and call someone. This thing is really hard; we might need to use a knife to break it."
After saying that, they hurriedly went up to the top of the mountain. Not long after, Xu Wei also hurriedly ran down. The two women held small knives in their hands and carefully cut off the entire spider web before taking it to the top of the mountain.
Chen Jian also came down from the mountain at this moment, and looked at Xiao Qiang and Xu Wei with a puzzled expression.
"What's wrong, Brother Sihai? Did you hear something when you said 'hello'?"
I briefly recounted what I had just discovered to Chen Jian, who also seemed quite surprised.
"Can spider webs be used to make clothes? Wouldn't it feel really weird to have that stuff sticking to your body?"
I shook my head: "I don't know about that, but this thing is really tough. Even if it can't be used as clothing, it's still much better as thread than nothing, right? If it can really be made into thread, then we won't need to wear wolf pelts anymore."
Chen Jian couldn't help but get excited when he heard this: "But even if this is a working call, where are you going to find so many spider webs?"
Chen Jian's words dampened my remaining excitement.
Yes, I was just thinking about what it would be like if this spider silk were usable, but I forgot where we should get it.
Those spiders were dark green and looked very strange; I'd never seen anything like them before, and I didn't even know if they were poisonous...
Thinking about this, I became even more excited and hurriedly ran to the top of the mountain. But to my surprise, Xiao Qiang and the others had already separated the silk into threads and were now using those threads to sew something.
When I returned, Xiao Qiang chuckled. I was a little nervous: "I was careless just now. I forgot to think about whether this thing is poisonous. How does it feel when you touch it like this?"
Xu Wei shook her head after hearing what I said: "I don't feel anything. I think it's okay. In fact, this spider silk is much better than we imagined. It's really tough. Look, this dress was just sewn by Sister Xiao Qiang and me."
As they were talking, they handed me something in a flash. When I took it, I saw that it was indeed a small piece of clothing. I knew without even guessing that it must have been made for Miracle.
Xiao Qiang looked at me and couldn't help but grin: "I was thinking about what to use to replace the silk thread, because I didn't have any silk thread and I really didn't know how to do it. But I didn't expect to succeed like this. And look, this method is pretty good!"
The rabbit pelts were prepared by Xiao Qiang and her team a long time ago, but they stopped because they didn't have enough thread.
Seeing that they actually made such clothes from this spider silk, I can't help but feel excited.
Moreover, seeing that Xiao Qiang and the others seemed to be in good condition, I felt much more at ease.
"We just don't know how to get more of this stuff yet. You guys use it sparingly for now, and we'll go down and think of a way later."
Chen Jian followed me around happily, his face beaming with joy. After all, Xiao Qiang and the others now cherished miracles, and Chen Jian, as their father, was naturally delighted to see it happen.
We went down the mountain together, and I carefully observed the hole where I had just discovered the spider silk.
He gritted his teeth and looked at Chen Jian: "If we want to keep having this kind of silk thread, is the only way to raise some spiders?"
Chen Jian, who had been laughing just moments before, frowned immediately upon hearing my words and waved his hand hastily: "Brother Sihai, are you crazy? Just because the spider silk isn't poisonous doesn't mean the spider itself isn't poisonous. Besides, this godforsaken place has all sorts of things. What if you run into a poisonous spider? Wouldn't that kill everyone? And where are you going to catch spiders? And where are you going to keep them after you catch them? We don't have any cages here. You're not going to keep them in a warehouse like you're raising wild goats, are you?"
Are they kept in a warehouse?
That's a good idea!
The temperature inside the warehouse is very high, which these spiders should enjoy. Letting them spin silk freely inside isn't so bad, is it?
Chen Jian rolled his eyes after hearing what I said: "Anyway, I've always put you first. Do whatever you want. I'm going to check out the miracle first."
After saying that, he turned to run away, but I grabbed him: "Don't try to slack off here with an excuse. Go and gather everyone to find the spider that could pull out such resilient silk just now. From today onwards, we're going to raise spiders!"
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