Chapter 159 Quilts
Xin Jun, the chief of the Jiu Nian tribe, hadn’t seen Jian Mo and his friends for a while, and was very happy to see them.
Seeing that they had brought gifts, Xin Jun smiled and said, “Just come.”
Jian Mo: “This is our gift. There are also white milk fruits underneath, which the Baizhi tribe asked us to bring.”
Xin Jun: “They are too polite. We will visit their tribe some other day and thank them.”
Jian Mo smiled and turned to look at the cotton wool drying in the open space of the Jiu Nian tribe: “Have you picked so many cotton bolls recently?”
Xin Jun: “Isn’t it autumn? If we don’t pick them, the cotton wool will be dragged away by other animals or blown away by the wind, so we picked them and treated them together. By the way, I also want to thank you for helping to introduce our fabrics. We have exchanged a lot of good things for other tribes recently."
Jian Mo did not take credit for this: "It's mainly because your cloth is good. Otherwise, even if we introduce it to others, it would be difficult for anyone to come and exchange cloth with you."
Xin Jun raised his chin proudly: "That's true. Our cloth is the densest and thickest, and it is difficult for other tribes to have this technology." Jian
Mo took the opportunity to mention that he wanted to exchange for a batch of more cloth: "Both tree cloth and cotton cloth, how much do you have now?"
Xin Jun: "There are about 200 rolls of tree cloth and about 300 rolls of cotton cloth. We need to use the cotton cloth, and if you want it, I can only exchange 50 rolls for you."
So little? Jian Mo tried to persuade him: "You are drying so much cotton wool outside, shouldn't it be possible to weave cotton cloth soon?"
Xin Jun: "How can it be that fast? There are not many people in our tribe. In addition to weaving cloth, we have to send people out to hunt and gather, so weaving is very slow. Besides, the weather is getting colder and colder, and we need cotton cloth to make some clothes."
Jian Mo: "Don't we wear animal fur robes in winter? Have you changed into cotton clothes?"
Xin Jun: "We also need animal fur robes, but we also need to make cotton cloth. Underwear. Animal skin robes cannot be washed frequently, but cotton underwear is much easier to wash, and it is breathable and sweat-absorbent, making it more comfortable to wear. "
Jian Mo heard him say this, and looked at the cotton wool outside, and something occurred to him: "If you don't want to change the cotton cloth, can you change some cotton wool for us?"
Xin Jun: "Cotton wool? What do you want it for? Take it back and weave it yourself?"
Jian Mo: "I want to make a thin quilt."
The winter here is quite cold, but Jian Mo and his friends basically don't get frozen in winter.
When winter comes, Wu Jiong will turn back into a giant wolf, and it will be warm for the two of them to sleep next to each other.
On the contrary, it is not so comfortable to sleep in such a cold day as late autumn, which is not too cold but relatively cold.
Animal skin quilts are relatively thick and soft, but they are not very breathable when covered, and it is easy to make people sweat, and they will become hard and smelly after covering for a long time.
If you can make a quilt with cotton wool, it should be more comfortable than animal skin bedding.
It would be better to make a mattress as well and make it a set of bedding directly. After
Xin Jun heard Jian Mo's idea, his first reaction was heartache: "How much cotton wool will it take?"
Jian Mo smiled: "The amount of cotton wool needed is a bit much, but it can be used for many years, which is more cost-effective than making it into clothes."
Xin Jun: "Okay, I'll change some for you if you want to use it. Let me make it clear that we are friends and we will change it for you. If other tribes come, they will definitely be out of stock."
Jian Mo: "No problem!"
Xin Jun thought about it, and said: "How are you going to make that quilt? Otherwise, just Why don't you do it here? Teach us by the way."
Without waiting for Jian Mo to refuse, Xin Jun took the initiative to say: "We can pay for the supplies. You don't have that much supplies, right? If you use your skills to pay for part of it, you don't have to write an IOU."
Jian Mo smiled: "So you are waiting here, okay, I'm not very good at it, we need to figure it out."
Xin Jun was very interested: "That's no problem, or you can tell us an idea and we can think about it together."
It was getting late, Xin Jun invited them to stay, have dinner first, and then talk after dinner.
Jian Mo and Wu Jiong were not polite either.
The people of the Jiu Nian tribe liked Jiu Jiu and Ying Ao very much, and they prepared a meal for Jiu Jiu and Ying Ao - carefully prepared cooked food.
Jian Mo originally wanted Ying Ao to go out to find food, and with the food prepared by the Jiu Nian tribe, it would save him the trouble.
Jiujiu has a good impression of everyone who takes the initiative to feed it. When the people of the Jiunian tribe are feeding it, it keeps chirping and rubbing its head against them, jumping around happily.
The people of the Jiunian tribe are so happy to see this that they feed it even faster.
Jian Mo flapped Jiujiu's wings and finally understood why it is getting fatter and fatter. With this food-begging skill, which Jiujiu wouldn't be fat?
Jiujiu eats the food fed by the Jiunian tribe, and even turns its head to rub Jian Mo: "Jiujiu."
The main emotional value is given.
Jian Mo touches it and can't help but join in the feeding.
After dinner, everyone gathered together to chat and listen to Jian Mo's idea of the quilt.
Jian Mo said: "A quilt is actually a bit like woven cloth. The main thing is to put the cotton wool in a net or on a piece of cloth, and then beat it with a stick to make it more fluffy--"
The people from the Jiunian tribe interrupted: "Why is that?"
Jian Mo: "That way, there will be more air inside it, which prevents the warm air in the quilt from escaping and the cold air from outside from getting in."
The people from the Jiunian tribe still didn't quite understand and were about to ask again.
Jian Mo quickly made a gesture to stop them: "I don't know why, but everyone does it anyway, and then you can get a warmer quilt, don't ask."
People from the Jiu Nian tribe: "Okay, what do you do after it's fluffed up?"
Jian Mo: "Cover it with another piece of cloth, and then wrap all the cotton wool up. In order to prevent the cotton wool from running around, we may have to sew large grids on the cloth to fix it."
This step is easier to understand, and no one has any objections.
Xin Jun said: "I think you are in a hurry, why don't we make the quilt tomorrow? Once it's done, you can take it back."
Jian Mo: "That's great."
Xin Jun was eager to try: "It's just right for us to see what the difference is between a quilt and an animal skin blanket."
Jian Mo: "If the quilt is made, there will definitely be many people who want to come to your tribe to exchange quilts in the future."
Xin Jun: "Haha, our life is good enough now, it doesn't matter if we have more or less."
Jian Mo could feel their plain happiness: "Very good."
Xin Jun: "You guys should go to bed early, we will try to make the quilt as early as possible tomorrow."
Jian Mo responded, and went back to the temporary residence hand in hand with Wu Jiong. They
also rushed for a long time today. The two took their toiletries and went out to find a river to take a bath.
They had lived in the Jiu Nian tribe for a long time before, and they were familiar with the things near the Jiu Nian tribe.
It was not difficult to find a river to take a bath outside.
The two specially found a river section with a wide water surface and small stones at the bottom - if there was silt at the bottom, it would be easy to get dirtier the more you wash.
Jian Mo grunted as he brushed the big white wolf's fur: "It seems like it's autumn now, and you're starting to shed hair again."
The giant wolf turned around and touched his cheek with its mouth: "You can collect the hair to make a quilt."
Jian Mo held up a wolf hair: "I'm afraid not. It's too thick."
The giant wolf stared at the wolf hair: "Is it very thick?"
Jian Mo threw himself forward and lay on the giant wolf. He pulled out a hair from his own head and compared it with the wolf hair: "Look, your wolf hair is thicker than mine. It can prick people."
Giant wolf: "We made cloth with wolf hair last year."
Jian Mo: "That's because we don't have better material. We can make cloth this year. " Forget it."
Seeing that the giant wolf was a little frustrated, Jian Mo grabbed his mouth and kissed the tip of his nose: "It's definitely not suitable for making clothes and quilts, it's too irritating, but if it is used to make brushes or something, it seems not bad. Let's study it after we go back."
Giant Wolf: "Brush?"
Jian Mo stretched out his hand and waved it, making a writing gesture: "It's a kind of brush that is dipped in ink to write. We have a kind of brush called wolf hair, which is a more expensive kind of brush. Of course, the wolf hair we use there is definitely not as good as the one made of your hair."
The wolf hair on Earth doesn't seem to be made of wolf hair, so there is no need to talk about it.
Giant Wolf: "Do you have wolves there too?"
Jian Mo: "Yes, there are a lot of them. Of course, no matter what kind of wolf it is, it can't compare to you."
The giant wolf was satisfied and slightly puffed out his chest.
When he was in beast form, his emotions were always more exposed. Jian Mo kissed him: "Let's take a shower and go back quickly, otherwise the people in the Jiu Nian tribe will think we did something outside."
Giant Wolf: "We are a couple, it's normal to do something."
Jian Mo smiled: "The problem is that we didn't do it, which is a bit disappointing."
The giant wolf's eyes flashed, and his voice became deeper and sexier: "Do you want to do something?"
Jian Mo quickly refused: "No, no, no, it's not convenient outside, and I don't want to catch a cold because of this."
The giant wolf withdrew his gaze with regret.
They took a shower and returned to the Jiu Nian tribe.
Jiu Jiu and Ying Ao, who were sleeping next to their house, were awakened by their actions and raised their eyes to look at them.
Jiu Jiu also made a small sound in his throat: "Gu?"
I don't know what animal he learned it from.
Jian Mo patted Jiujiu's butt: "Go to sleep, it's okay."
The Jiu Nian tribe attached great importance to quilts, and the next day they found all kinds of materials and prepared to make quilts in the open space.
After Jian Mo and his companions came out, the people from the Jiunian tribe waved and called out to them: "Doctor Jian Mo, Chief Wu Jiong - come here and take a look, is it enough to put so much cotton wool?"
Jian Mo pulled Wu Jiong over to take a look, and saw that the cotton wool was four fingers wide: "Enough, in fact, it doesn't matter if there is a little more or a little less, it can still be covered anyway."
The people from the Jiunian tribe: "You still have to cover it comfortably, what should we do next? Just keep hitting it with a stick?"
Jian Mo: "Yes, but use a smaller stick, not a too big one, otherwise the cotton wool will be knocked into cotton wool cakes, which will not keep warm."
The people from the Jiunian tribe have been dealing with cloth for many years, so they understood when they heard him say this: "Let's go get some thin branches." As the people from the Jiunian tribe
said this, they went to the other side of the river and broke off a thin branch like a willow branch and brought it over to beat the cotton wool.
Jian Mo's eyes lit up. Although he had never flicked cotton before, the sound and the posture seemed to match.
The people from the Jiunian tribe asked, "How
much do we need to whip it?" Jian Mo said, "How much do we need to whip it?" "Let's try it and see how much it can fluff up. If the cotton wool not only doesn't fluff up but also seems to collapse during the whipping process, it means that it has been whipped to the maximum extent and cannot be whipped anymore."
The people from the Jiunian tribe thought it made sense, "Then let's do it this way."
Jian Mo quickly advised, "Wait, put on your masks first. The cotton wool is too small and it's not good to breathe it into your lungs."
The last time he came, Jian Mo advised them to wear masks when they were working. The people from the Jiunian tribe only wore masks when they felt uncomfortable.
Now Jian Mo said again that they had to go home and put on the masks they had made before: "Then let's get started."
The beastmen and sub-beastmen present were very capable. They whipped the cotton wool with thin branches, and soon pulled out even finer wool, which flew everywhere.
Everyone's eyebrows and hair turned completely white, and a thin layer of cotton wool was absorbed in front of the mask.
Fortunately, Jian Mo reminded them to wear masks, otherwise this layer of cotton wool would definitely be inhaled into the lungs.
The effect of whipping the cotton wool was not bad. They whipped it for half a morning, and the cotton wool was almost fluffy.
Jian Mo and Wu Jiong covered the cotton wool with them, and then sewed a grid with fine stitches on the cotton cloth to prevent the cotton wool from running around.
After the last stitch was sewn, everyone pulled the quilt apart.
The quilt was indeed soft and fluffy, much lighter than animal skin bedding, and felt very comfortable in the hand, with a faint scent of cotton wool.
Jian Mo liked this smell very much.
Jian Mo touched the quilt in surprise: "This is the quilt I want. I can use it as a quilt cover when I use it. As long as I change the quilt cover regularly, the quilt will always be very comfortable."
Xin Jun also touched the quilt: "It is indeed more comfortable than animal skin bedding and animal hair bedding."
Too much animal hair will also be heavy, and the most important thing is that animal hair will often burrow into the skin and prick people's skin.
Jian Mo: "Right, you can make a few more beds. Especially for the little ones who are not very strong, it will be more comfortable to use such a thin quilt and they won't be pressed."
Xin Jun nodded repeatedly: "You are right, compared to adults, it is better for the little ones to use this quilt."
Jian Mo saw that he was staring at the quilt and asked: "Then can we order two more beds? Use them as replacements, and I will pay for the supplies."
If someone else made this request, Xin Jun would probably not agree, but it was Jian Mo who asked, he thought about it and agreed: "Take it back and hide it for use, and try not to tell others."
Jian Mo agreed readily: "No problem!"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
