Chapter 515 Fragrant silkworm chrysalis

Grandma Huang stood at the door of her house, holding the two banknotes in her hands, feeling extremely stressed.

If she had known earlier, she would not have said that she knew how to weave, dye and finish. After all, she only knows how to do it with her eyes. Who knows what it will be like in practice?

If you can't operate it yourself and can't teach the people of Qingshui Village, wouldn't you betray this little girl's trust in you?

"Grandma, let's go in!"

The young man standing aside, Huang Fuhai, grandson of Granny Huang, helped Granny Huang back to the house. He looked at the two banknotes in his grandmother's hand and felt very sad.

I really didn't expect that the group of refugees who had been sent to Devil's Valley because of Jia Tong's troubles would be so rich and generous.

One hundred and fifty taels!

Even if I worked hard for ten years, I would not be able to earn so much money, but my grandmother earned so much money in just a few days.

"Here, here is fifty taels. You can exchange it for silver at the bank tomorrow, and then go to the nearby school to inquire about it. Send all the children at home to school! What can you gain from working hard for others? ? In the past, my family was poor and had no choice but now that we are rich, we cannot let your children work hard for others all their lives."

Granny Huang handed a silver note in her hand to her grandson, and kept the one hundred taels herself.

Granny Huang's daughter-in-law passed away a few years ago, and her granddaughter-in-laws were too young, so she, an old woman in her late seventies, was in charge of the family.

Huang Fuhai held the fifty-tael banknote in his hand and his breathing quickened.

Fifty taels! He has never had so much money in his hands!

"Okay, I'll go register Shan'er and a few nephews tomorrow. Grandma, are you tired? Go inside and take a rest!"

"I'm not tired, I'm energetic! The pastries and tea at Miss Qiao's house are really amazing. After eating and drinking, I feel a lot more relaxed. However, I seem to be sweating a lot. Go and heat me up. Water, I'll take a shower and change into my underwear. Really, I just took a shower last night, why do I feel so uncomfortable? It feels like I haven't washed in months."

Granny Huang muttered, pushing her grandson's hand away, striding to the bamboo chair in the main room and sitting down. Her walking posture was completely different from the staggering way she walked before today.

Huang Fuhai just felt that his grandmother was very nimble with her hands and feet today. He didn't have time to find out why his grandmother was walking so fast. He turned around and stored the fifty taels of silver notes properly, and then hurried to the kitchen to boil water.

In fact, not only grandma wanted to take a bath, but he himself also wanted to take a good bath.

I haven't showered in several days, and for some reason I feel extremely uncomfortable today. I feel like my body is sticky and greasy, as if I haven't showered in half a month and I'm covered in stinky sweat.

No, even if I sweat, I have never smelled so bad!

In Qingshui Village, after a day and a half of taking turns to practice, the women in the village finally used up all the cocoons in the two bamboo baskets.

Wu Qianqian and several women with more skillful hands were able to operate it more skillfully, and several women who were watching the fun also learned it after trying it a few times.

Qiao Ran was very pleased. As long as these people are willing to learn and try their best to learn, they will be able to get started quickly when the workshop is opened.

Everyone was even more excited when they heard that Granny Huang would come to teach them the next steps of weaving, dyeing and finishing in a few days.

If the workshop really opens up, they can also work and earn money!

Moreover, this workshop is in the village, and you can make money at home, who wouldn’t want to?

People have learned to reel silk, and the silkworm chrysalis cannot be thrown away after reeling. It has many uses!

The use of silkworm chrysalis in food has been around since ancient times. Silkworm chrysalis contains protein and a variety of amino acids and is a high-protein nutritional product. In fact, it has become a nutritious delicacy on the dining tables of wealthy people as early as ancient times.

In addition, silkworm chrysalis can also be used as medicine, which can effectively treat ascariasis, prevent high blood pressure, fatty liver and hyperlipidemia, nourish and protect the liver, and improve immunity. They are sold in drug stores.

Because there were not many silkworm chrysalis in this batch, after peeling off the cocoons, there were actually three large plates of silkworm chrysalis left.

Qiao Ran fried all the silkworm chrysalises and left some for the family to eat. The rest was divided into two plates and brought out for everyone to eat.

Only one plate is dry-fried, and the other plate is coated in flour and deep-fried.

Two plates of fragrant fried silkworm chrysalises were placed in front of everyone, making everyone salivate.

"Ran Ran, are these silkworm chrysalises really edible? This... this looks just like those fat insects, which is a bit scary!"

Although it smells good, these are insects. Can they really be eaten?

Qiao Ran picked up a dried fried silkworm chrysalis and put it in her mouth, chewing it. It was crunchy and crunchy: "Well, it's delicious! This silkworm chrysalis is nutritious, uh, it can feed people! Auntie, try it."

Seeing that Qiao Ran had eaten all the food, the women naturally believed that Qiao Ran would not harm them.

Just looking at the plate of dry fried silkworm chrysalis that looked like fat worms, everyone swallowed their saliva and reached out to the plate of fried silkworm chrysalis wrapped in flour.

If you can't see the shape clearly, you won't feel so psychologically stressed when eating it.

Putting the silkworm chrysalis into your mouth, the fragrant and crispy texture made the women's eyes brighten.

Before I knew it, all the large plate of fried silkworm chrysalises had been eaten.

At this time, the women, who had already tasted the delicious fried silkworm chrysalis, no longer cared whether the plate of "fat worms" was disgusting or not, and boldly started eating.

"Well, the dry fried ones are just as delicious!"

"It's fragrant and crunchy, so delicious! Isn't this much more delicious than fried peanuts or something?"

"When the workshops open in the future, won't we have endless supply of silkworm chrysalis?"

"Hey, that's right! This silkworm chrysalis is so delicious. It will be a good idea to fry or fry it later and serve it as a banquet for the men."

“It’s also good as a snack for children, or just as a dish, it’s also very delicious!”

The women were talking while eating.

Qiao Ran said: "Naturally, you won't have to worry about having no silkworm pupae to eat in the future. Not only can these silkworm chrysalis be fried, but they can also be cooked in many ways. It's also good to just fry them as vegetables. I'm afraid you will get tired of eating them. However, this silkworm chrysalis is okay. Dried and used as medicine, it won’t be wasted if you can’t finish it.”

Everyone was very happy after hearing this.

Sure enough, Ran Yatou is more knowledgeable and capable than them. As long as they follow her, they won't have to worry about having a bad life.

A few days later, when Qiao Ran took back the other tools and installed them, and then took Granny Huang over to teach everyone how to weave, other women who had been busy doing farm work in the past few days and did not participate in silk reeling also dropped their work. , ran over and studied hard.

All the seedlings in the field have been planted, and there is nothing important for everyone to do. Just leave those unimportant tasks to the men. They have to learn a craft and make money with Ran Yatou in the future.

Everyone was studying seriously, but Qiao Ran was pleasantly surprised to find that in those silkworm cocoons left for breeding, the silkworm chrysalis inside turned into silkworm moths and emerged from the cocoons!

When Qiao Ran was at Huang Laogen's house, she had already learned some basic knowledge about silkworm rearing from him. She knew that the silkworm moths that had just emerged from the cocoons needed to mate and mate in time, and then the male moths would die and the female moths would slow down after laying silkworm eggs. Slow death.

She put all the silkworms on a bamboo plaque and spread a piece of white paper.

Those silk moths that come out will mate and lay eggs on their own.

Two days later, all the silkworm moths emerged from their cocoons, and Qiao Ran also harvested several densely packed silkworm eggs on a piece of white paper.

After only half a month, these silkworm eggs will slowly hatch out and turn into tiny ant silkworms, and you can start feeding them with tender mulberry leaves.

The batch of silkworms fed with mulberry leaves watered by Lingquan water were the first batch of silkworms that Qiao Ran needed.

When they grow up, they lay eggs, and the hatched silkworms can be cultured on a large scale.