Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 601 Payment of Processing Fees

It is very warm to wear in winter and is very suitable for Mobei. Many people who are allergic to sweaters are not allergic to rabbit fur. Therefore, before raising rabbits, Hualei decided to set up a rabbit fur sweater workshop in Mobei.

In order to obtain better quality rabbit hair, you need to comb the rabbit's hair. The purpose of combing the hair is to prevent the rabbit hair from tangling and make it grow longer. Of course, this is also a way to accumulate rabbit hair.

Therefore, in a rabbit farm, combing is a regular task. You can start combing the rabbits' hair after they are weaned, and then comb them every ten days or half a month.

If the rabbit's coat is sparse, loosely arranged, and messy, it is more likely to clump, so it needs to be combed frequently. Increasing the coat density is the best way to prevent the rabbit's hair from tangling and reduce the number of combing times.

A wooden comb is generally used to comb the hair, first the neck, then the shoulders, then the back, sides of the body, buttocks, tail and hind legs, then lift the rabbit's ears and neck skin, comb the chest, abdomen, and both sides of the thighs, and finally trim the forehead, cheeks and ear hair.

When you encounter clumps of hair, you need to slowly tear them apart with your fingers before combing them. If they are really difficult to tear apart, you need to use scissors to cut off the clumps.

Combing hair is a meticulous and time-consuming task, especially for rabbits with sparse hair that easily clumps, which should be combed regularly.

If you comb your rabbits regularly, you can get your hair cut four to five times a year. So if you keep your rabbits well, you can earn a lot of money.

If the rabbit hair is processed into yarn and then into rabbit fur sweaters, the money earned may be even more. Hualei is looking forward to the coming year with a happy heart.

However, the most urgent thing is to order custom scissors for cutting rabbit hair. In Mobei, all resources are scarce, especially iron products.

So, Hua Lei took some effort and went to several blacksmith shops in the town to customize a batch of special scissors for cutting rabbit hair.

After getting the scissors back, I picked a sunny day when the wind was not too strong and started trimming the rabbit's hair.

First, find a clean cloth and spread it on the table to collect the cut rabbit hair. Then one person will help to fix the rabbit's front and back legs to ensure that the rabbit does not move around during the hair cutting process.

Another person holds a pair of scissors and starts cutting from the rabbit's back, cutting down along the spine and gradually cutting to the abdomen.

When cutting the hair, keep the distance between the scissors and the rabbit's skin moderate to avoid accidentally hurting the rabbit's skin. At the same time, be careful not to cut the rabbit's hair too short to avoid damaging the rabbit's hair follicles and affecting the growth of the rabbit's hair later.

After you have trimmed one side of the rabbit, turn the rabbit over and continue trimming the other side. When you have trimmed the entire rabbit, use a cloth to gather the trimmed hair and sort it out.

After the rabbit is sheared, it is also necessary to pay attention to cold protection and heat preservation. The rabbit cage should be covered with hay in advance to prevent the rabbit from catching cold. Of course, the grass feed also needs to be more refined.

Although the manual shearing method is cumbersome, it is the only way here. Moreover, this method of shearing can ensure the integrity and quality of the rabbit fur and make better rabbit fur sweaters.

The collected rabbit hair needs to be washed to remove dirt and impurities, but this process is much simpler than washing wool.

Use mild soap, rub gently, rinse, and then dry. After the rabbit hair is dried, it needs to be combed to remove dead hair and short fibers before spinning.

Hualei specially asked Cao Yasao, who was good at women's work, to help. Cao Yasao was seen turning the spinning wheel with one hand and combing the rabbit hair with the other.

Soon, the rabbit wool yarn came out. Hualei thought it was simple, so she tried it herself. However, the yarn either broke or was thick or thin.

Looking at the mess of rabbit wool thread that she had ruined, Hualei left the spinning wheel on her own accord. It seemed that mastering the speed and tension of the spinning wheel to ensure that the spun rabbit wool thread was even and unbroken was a very difficult task.

The spun rabbit wool yarn can also be dyed to obtain more colors. However, so far, there are not enough manpower and dye materials in Mobei, so Hualei has not done this for the time being.

After the rabbit wool yarn is spun, it can also be processed by finishing, twisting, and doubling to improve the strength and wear resistance of the rabbit wool yarn.

After all is done, the rabbit wool yarn can be used to make sweaters, scarves, hats and other warm items. So Hualei adopted the method of making wool sweaters in Shangjing City.

After finding County Magistrate Zou and learning about the actual conditions of several villages under the county government, he separately visited the people of the relatively poor Nan'an Village.

Ask the village chief to act as a matchmaker and give a fixed amount of rabbit hair to the women in the village to help make sweaters, scarves, etc. Hua Lei pays the processing fee.

After more than a month of recovery, the people affected by the disaster have now temporarily passed the most difficult time. Many men have begun to go to the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works to help open up wasteland and build provincial capitals.

However, many women still stay at home to take care of children and the elderly, so Hualei's rabbit fur processing business can supplement their household expenses.

After finishing the work at the rabbit farm, Hualei also returned to the county government to help out. The land surveying work before the New Year was almost done.

So the next step was to allocate specific land to the noble families who signed up to buy the land. Because when measuring the land, Minister Zhang had wooden stakes marked every 100 acres of land.

Therefore, the current division is very easy. If you buy 500 acres, you only need to count five stakes.

Hua Lei was working in the county government office, and together with several other colleagues in the Ministry of Revenue, she processed land deeds for these wealthy households. They didn't need to visit the sites, so the job was very easy.

Of course, within a few days, the land and hill that Pei Jingyang had taken a fancy to were also deeded by Hua Lei.

After handing the land deed to Pei Jingyang in person, Hua Lei no longer cared about the subsequent matters of opening the horse farm, because she found that the horse farm had too many supporters.

Not only Rong Jin cared about it, Pei Jingyang also cared about it, but Pei Jingyuan, Pei Rongyu, and Jiang Yunqi also got together whenever they had time.

A few people have already worked out the specific steps for the horse farm, including how many horses to buy and where to buy them. Therefore, Hualei did not go forward to join in the fun.

Hualei and Zhenzhu each bought 500 mu of land and received the land deeds in early March. The two families lived next door to each other.

However, the weather was still cold and the fields were not suitable for cultivation, so even though he got the land deed, Hualei took no action.

Ever since the snow melted, there has been an endless stream of people coming to Mobei to help open up wasteland.