Even in a famine, there's no panic; the eldest sister has stockpiled plenty of money and grain.

Chapter 123 Collecting Animal Hair

Jiang Bai originally wanted to go to the capital ahead of time, find Song Shi as soon as possible, and bring her back before the New Year to give Jiang Lu and the other two a surprise.

However, he died young because he could not find the whereabouts of the Song family.

Furthermore, the matter of Jiangjia Village also needed to be resolved, so this plan was naturally shelved.

After returning to Jiangjia Village, Ji Yanwen settled down and stayed there.

While studying at home, he also offered guidance to Jiang Songwen and Jiang Lü on their studies.

Jiang Lü has made some progress in learning hypnosis.

But its most outstanding ability lies in communicating with wild animals.

Perhaps because she practiced with wild animals in the mountains every day, she developed a skill in taming animals.

"The second young lady is exceptionally intelligent and truly a dragon among men."

Jia Yi, with an extremely ordinary face, looked at Jiang Lü walking towards him with a brood of wild rabbits in the distance, and a sighing smile appeared on his face.

Jia Shiyi was another black-clad guard brought by Jiang Bai.

His face was also disguised, and he was squatting on the ground, carefully picking the herb at his feet with a hoe.

Hearing this, he looked up at Jiang Lu, then lowered his head and continued working, saying, "I think Miss is the one with the most outstanding talent, unmatched by anyone."

The thought of that man single-handedly taking down three thousand Xuanyi Guards, including their leader, made Jia Shiyi feel somewhat terrified.

No matter how capable the second young lady is, she's still just a person.

But the young lady's martial arts skills are truly beyond human comprehension.

Jia choked, glared at him, and said, "How can you compare the Second Miss to the Eldest Miss?"

How can these two be compared?

Jia Shiyi shrugged and then said obediently, "No, no, why are you here instead of keeping a close eye on the young master?"

Normally, one of them would follow Jiang Lu, and the other would follow Jiang Songwen.

It was rather strange to him that Jia Yi, who was supposed to be with Jiang Songwen, had run away on his own.

"The young lady and the young master are together, so they don't need me there."

A shook his head.

With Jiang Bai around, who could possibly harm Jiang Songwen?

"By the way, are you confident you can cure the young master's illness?"

The reason Jiang Bai chose someone skilled in medicine was because he considered Jiang Songwen's hidden ailment, which was only a minor injury and could not be cured by medicine.

Jia Shiyi put the herbs he had gathered into his basket and said with a headache, "Extremely difficult."

"Not even you?"

"What do you know? Medicine isn't some kind of magic that can cure everything."

He glared at him, then waved to Jiang Lu ahead.

"Second Miss, you can go back now."

Jiang Lu responded, picked up one rabbit in each hand, threw the nest of rabbits into the basket, and ran over with the basket on her back.

These rabbits were strange; they were all lively and energetic, but after she threw them into the basket, they became obedient and didn't resist at all.

That's why Jia Yi said she was exceptionally intelligent.

The group returned home together, and before they even arrived, Jiang Lu's voice rang out.

"Sister, I'm back. I caught another brood of rabbits today."

She happily entered the room, while Jia Yi and Jia Shiyi obediently went to the hut built next to them, not wanting to disturb the siblings.

"Okay, bring one over."

Jiang Lu quickly locked up a litter of rabbits, picked up the fattest and largest one, and brought it to Jiang Bai.

Jiang Songwen deftly used a comb to groom the rabbit's fur.

Soon, a layer of white fuzz accumulated on the spread-out black cloth.

"Sister, are you collecting these wools to make clothes?"

Jiang Lu caught another one and joined Jiang Songwen in the work.

Jiang Bai was processing the rabbit fur that had been combed off.

Thanks to the abundance of rabbits in Pingshan, and Jiang Lü's mastery of hypnosis (animal taming), she recently caught many rabbits to raise.

As a result, the family now has no fewer than a hundred rabbits.

Some of them were too fat or too big, so they were slaughtered and eaten directly.

They kept the skin and fur and made rabbit fur coats for the two of them.

But these rabbits alone won't be enough to warm up the villagers.

Moreover, killing rabbits for their skin is not only cruel, but also won't make many clothes.

So Jiang Bai came up with the idea of ​​combing wool, twisting yarn, and then knitting it into a sweater.

Simply brushing their fur won't affect the lives of these little guys.

The only problem is that there's too little fur.

It took plucking the fur from over a hundred rabbits to barely twist it into a ball of yarn.

"have a look."

Jiang Bai felt a sense of accomplishment as he handed the ball of yarn to Jiang Lü.

"Can this... be made into clothes?"

The little girl tilted her head, looking puzzled.

"A ball of yarn can only make a scarf at most; it's far from enough to make clothes!"

"Then why are you making this, sister?"

They can't even make clothes.

Jiang Bai took out the wooden sticks he had prepared beforehand and began to move them nimbly with his fingers.

A strand of hair fell beside her ear, and her whole being radiated a soft light.

Jiang Lu stared at her, thinking to herself, "My sister is so beautiful."

Although her mind was wandering, she was still watching Jiang Bai's movements intently.

In no time, a palm-sized piece of 'cloth' appeared in Jiang Bai's hand, and it felt quite thick.

The little girl's eyes lit up immediately.

"Sister, I want to learn."

Jiang Bai's movements were almost blurry; in less than half an hour, the ball of yarn disappeared, and a small scarf appeared in her hand.

After tying the last knot, she casually wrapped the scarf around Jiang Songwen's neck and asked, "How is it? Are you warm?"

Jiang Songwen's eyes lit up, and he nodded vigorously.

"Okay, I'll teach you."

After finishing knitting a scarf, Jiang Bai got up and walked out of the courtyard.

"Jiayi."

"master."

When Jia appeared before Jiang Bai, his ordinary face was filled with respect.

"Give the order to have people buy the fur of animals such as cats, rabbits, and sheep, at one qian of silver per jin."

"Yes."

"First, we can buy from nearby villagers, or we can buy by weight, one hundred coins per weight."

"Yes."

Jia Yi acted swiftly. Almost as soon as Jiang Bai gave the order, within a day, the surrounding villages within a radius of ten miles of Pingshan received news that someone was buying animal fur.

During droughts, you can't even find a dog in the surrounding villages.

Many people's cats also have to go out and find their own food.

Later, it rained and the weather improved, so the villagers brought the cats back, some even tying them up in their homes so they could catch mice.

When Jiang Bai sent people to collect the animals, he said that they should only collect the parts that naturally shed from the animals and not cut them off.

Some people who wanted to profit from shearing the animals to sell found that no one would buy them and immediately regretted it.

But with such people as role models, other families obediently caught their cats and groomed them.

In order to get more fur, many families have started catching mice, which not only prevents mice from stealing their food, but also feeds cats to grow fur and make money.

In short, after two days, Jiang Bai had collected a full five jin of animal fur.

There weren't many hairs, so Jiang Bai and his family worked together to get them.

Even Ji Yanwen got involved.

Winter weather is damp and cold, and it takes time for washed fur to dry, so Jiang Bai specially made a drying oven.