Chapter 181 Tao Shao (Please vote and subscribe)
The fabric made of alpaca wool is soft, smooth and flat to the touch, not as stiff and hard as linen, and this fabric is woven very densely. When placed in the sun, it has a layer of light sheen unique to wool fibers. The most important thing is
"Amu, hold on to that end and don't let go. I'll open it for you to show you how long this piece of cloth is."
Xiaodie said as she ran away with the roll of cloth in her arms, and put the cloth out while running. In just a dozen breaths, the 20-meter-long cloth was fully unfolded and presented to everyone.
"Wow!"
The women all exclaimed in unison, even Shang was no exception. Shang grabbed one end of the cloth, Xiaodie grabbed the other end, and the other women quickly surrounded it, and everyone stood in front of the cloth to study it carefully.
"This cloth is so long, it can't be joined together."
"There is no joint, this is a whole piece of cloth, my God, how is it woven, how can the cloth be woven so densely and so long."
"And this cloth is woven with wool twisted into threads, can wool be used to weave cloth, then can hair also be used to weave cloth?"
"What are you thinking, who would use hair to weave cloth, hair is so thin, and there are so few, and it is easy to break."
Just as the women in the weaving tribe were chattering about it, Xiaodie proudly revealed another explosive news.
"Am, look at this piece of cloth, it only took me six days to weave it so long, I am awesome." Xiaodie shouted with some boasting.
"Wow——"
The women were shocked again, what are you kidding, it only took six days to weave such a long piece of cloth, do you think you are a fairy weaving clouds in the sky, and it only took six days, why don't you go to heaven yourself.
Xiaodie looked at the tribe members who didn't believe her, and she felt very proud, a little complacent, and a little aggrieved at the same time.
Letting the tribesmen hold the woolen cloth, Xiaodie ran to Shang's side.
"Mom, it really only took me six days to weave this cloth. In fact, this cloth was originally longer. This is just a small half that was cut off. I can weave more than three meters long every day. You have to believe me." Xiaodie explained to Shang aggrievedly.
When the tribesmen below heard that this was only a small half of it, the questioning voices sounded again, but Shang herself believed it a little, because this cloth came from the Han tribe, which was a magical tribe.
"Then can you tell me how it is woven? If I teach you the weaving method, you will definitely not be able to weave such a good cloth." Shang asked curiously.
Xiaodie did not answer immediately, but turned to look at Luo Chong.
After confirming their eyes, the two of them had a tacit understanding. Luo Chong knew what she was going to do, and this was exactly what he wanted to do, so he nodded to Xiaodie.
With Luo Chong's permission, Xiaodie told everyone the method of weaving.
"This woolen cloth is not woven on the ground like we do. Instead, I learned how to weave it using a loom in the Han tribe. The Han tribe has combing machines. When you step on the machine with your foot, it will rotate by itself, and then the wool ball can be turned into wool strips.
The Han tribe also has spinning machines. When you step on a small wooden board with your foot, the wheel on it will also rotate, and then the machine can twist the wool strips into wool yarn by itself. People don’t need to rub it with their hands, and the spinning machine twists the yarn very quickly.
There is also a loom for weaving. The machine is taller than a person and is made of wood. It can roll up very long threads. There are also two small wooden boards under the loom. When you step on them with your foot, the vertical threads used for weaving can be separated into two layers by themselves. You don’t have to pick them one by one like we do.
They don't use bone needles to thread the horizontal thread, but a wooden shuttle. You can put the thread directly in the shuttle, and you just need to throw the shuttle back and forth to pull the horizontal thread. There is also a wooden weft knife hanging on it, which can tighten the woven cloth, so the weaving will be so dense.
The Han tribes weave cloth with machines, and they can work while sitting. It's not as tiring as us, and the weaving speed is very fast, and the cloth they weave is better than ours. "
Xiaodie talked a lot, and while she was talking, she demonstrated various movements to everyone with voice and form, for fear that everyone would not believe her.
After listening to Xiaodie's description, the tribesmen couldn't help but fall into fantasy. What does a spinning machine look like? What does a loom look like? It's so easy to use and so advanced. It must be something that only fairies in the sky can use. The Han tribe actually has such good tools
. "That's right, they have everything, white salt, pottery, ox carts, giant beasts, horned deer, and bows and arrows. The Han tribe is a fairy tribe, so it's normal for them to have such advanced weaving tools. However, it seems that we should have one or two of them." The tribesmen thought secretly.
"Good boy, Am believes in you. My daughter must be very good, and the machines of the Han tribe are also good. Am accepts this piece of cloth. Thank you, Han tribe. Are you going back today? If not, stay in the tribe for one night. I will find a house for you. "
Shang was the first to accept Xiaodie's statement. There was no reason not to believe it. After all, such a long piece of cloth was right there. It was definitely impossible to make it with the weaving technology of the weaving tribe. Let alone other things, just talk about the time. Even if they were given two months, they still couldn't weave such cloth.
Xiaodie heard her mother's retention and cast a seeking look to Luo Chong.
"Luo Chong, can we stay here for one night?"
"Of course, if you like, you can stay here for one more day, or we can go back the day after tomorrow." Luo Chong nodded and said.
"Really, that's great, Mom. Luo Chong said we can stay here for two days. You won't chase me away, will you?" Xiaodie laughed excitedly.
"Silly child, how could I chase you away? Just stay here and leave when you want to. I'll arrange a place for you to stay." Shang smiled and rubbed Xiaodie's head.
"I don't want to. I want to help Mom with work here. "
Okay, okay, all is up to you. Let's go and work together. But what about your man, Chief Han? No one will pay attention to him when we continue to work."
"It's okay, don't worry about him. He doesn't have much to do every day anyway. He's always running around here and there."
So, just like that, the women of the weaving tribe carefully put away the woolen cloth, and then a group of people returned to the hemp field to continue harvesting hemp. Xiaodie also took the initiative to go and help, chatting with Shang while working.
The lonely Luo Chong, with his "partner", slowly climbed to the top of the slope above the hemp field, where the little girl who was on guard just now was.
The little girl was still there at this time. She looked at Luo Chong sitting where she had just stood and occupied her territory. She was a little unhappy, but on the grass behind Luo Chong, there were two living monsters lying. The little girl didn't dare to get close, so she could only take out her whistle and blew it again, trying to use the whistle to drive Luo Chong and The two monsters were driven away.
This time, after a close observation, Luo Chong finally saw the whistle in the girl's hand clearly. It was a ceramic whistle that was hollow in the middle and had only one blowing hole on it, but no air outlet.
It was made of fired clay, but it had no regular shape at all. It was made by blindly kneading it with eyes closed.
The actual situation was just as Luo Chong guessed. This little girl just made a ball of mud when she was playing with mud with a boy, and then threw it into the fire while eating. Unexpectedly, the mud was burned hard and could even make a sound. It was really magical. So the little girl took this ceramic whistle as a toy every day and liked to blow it a few times whenever she had nothing to do.
(End of this chapter)
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