The county magistrate's daughter only wants to farm

"Do you think this can replace the menstrual belt?" Gu Yin hadn't thought of this. She simply made a few modifications based on modern habits, originally just to provide an extra layer of protection.

After Jiang Nuan's reminder, it seems that it is really feasible?

Jiang Nuan nodded, "Okay! But we need to change this in the middle..."

The three of them started to make suggestions one after another, and it turned out that the ones they came up with were more in line with this dynasty than Gu Yin had imagined.

They finally decided to separate the daily use and the period use.

After discussing the pants, Gu Yin pulled out another piece of paper.

"What is this?" Zhang Yuwan looked at the two circles on the picture and was unable to react for a moment.

Gu Yin deliberately glanced at their chests - they were full and plump, then looked down at her own - they were flat and flat, like a closed-minded person.

Jiang Nuan and Zhang Yuwan's cheeks flushed due to Gu Yin's boldness.

"Sister Yin..." Zhang Yuwan said shyly.

"Hey!" Gu Yin raised the blueprint again and said, "Do you know what this is?"

"Bellyband..." Jiang Nuan guessed.

Gu Yin nodded, "That's right."

"Why is it made like this?" Zhang Yuwan was puzzled. "It can't be to save fabric, right?"

"Of course not!" Gu Yin pointed at the drawing and said, "Look here, will it support your breasts when you put it on?"

"Today's bellybands are just a piece of cloth without any support. Over time, the breasts will sag, but wearing this can alleviate a lot of the problem."

After hearing this, the two of them suddenly realized.

"But now I've only drawn the blueprints. It's up to Chibi Maruko to decide how many sizes to make!"

Jiang Nuan was puzzled, "Isn't it made according to each person's own size?"

"That's fine, but the store still needs to sell some finished products, and these finished products can be made in different sizes."

Zhang Yuwan nodded. "If your requirements are not that high, we can use similar sizes."

The three of them discussed some other details, laughing and joking, and time passed quickly.

The next day, Gu Yin brought Zhenzhu to the paper mill.

After the steward learned about it, he came out to greet her, "Miss Gu, you are here!"

"Well, where's Mr. Meng?"

"Over there by the pulping pool."

"Take me there."

The steward led the way in front and said worriedly, "Mr. Meng often forgets to eat when he is working. Miss Gu, please help persuade him."

"Don't you want to remind him?"

"Of course there are, but Mr. Meng often complains about us nagging and doesn't allow us to get close to him often."

"Okay, I see."

Because bamboo and some wood are needed, the paper mill is very large, surrounded by mountains and water, with beautiful scenery.

Downstream of the water flow, rows of bamboos are placed in the river to soak. After the bamboos are soaked to a certain degree, they will be transferred to the lime pool for further soaking, which will speed up the removal of impurities in the bamboo and soften the fibers in the bamboo.

After the bamboo is soaked, it will be transferred to the steaming area for steaming.

Although the most important part of papermaking is handled by Meng Xiang himself and the secret recipe will not be leaked easily, the paper mill still completely isolates each area just in case.

Moreover, the workers in different areas do not know each other, and their daily lives are also isolated. This was designed by Gu Yin with reference to the factory assembly lines of later generations.

After walking for a while, they finally arrived at the pulping pool of the paper mill.

I saw some papermaking masters making paper. Two masters each held one side of the papermaking bamboo screen and put the papermaking bamboo screen into the pulp pool. After the pulp covered the papermaking bamboo screen, they shook it gently to make the pulp evenly distributed, and then they carefully lifted up the papermaking bamboo screen.

In addition to the quality of the pulp, the most critical link in the final paper product is papermaking.

Meng Xiang was standing at the side of another pulping pool, stirring the pulp carefully with a stick. He looked so focused that the only thing in his eyes was the pulp in the pool, and he was not disturbed by the external environment at all.

"Meng..." The steward was about to step forward to remind him, but was stopped by Gu Yin.

So the manager stepped aside, and Gu Yin stepped forward to watch Meng Xiang operate.

After a long while, Meng Xiang finally stopped and turned around and said, "The girl is here."

Gu Yin smiled and nodded, "Yes, Mr. Meng, are you done with your work?"

"Mr. Meng...that sounds really awkward. Just call me Grandpa Meng from now on!" he said happily.

"Okay! Grandpa Meng!"

"Hahaha..." Meng Xiang laughed heartily, and pointed at the pulp pool and said, "I just prepared it. The quality is pretty good this time. Do you want to try it, girl?"

"Me? Copying paper?"

"Yes, it's you. Do you want to try it?" Meng Xiang nodded.

Gu Yin was deeply moved and said with a smile, "If it's not done well, wouldn't it be a waste?"

"Girl, you want to try but you're beating around the bush." ​​How could Meng Xiang not see through her little trick? He directly took a bamboo papermaking screen and said, "Now that we have bamboo as raw material, we can have as much pulp as you want!"

"Hehe..." Gu Yin took the other end without any hesitation.

The two people soaked the papermaking bamboo mat in paper pulp and gently shook it to spread the pulp evenly on the papermaking bamboo mat.

"Okay, get up!" Meng Xiang gave an order, and Gu Yin controlled the other side and slowly lifted it up.

The two put the bamboo curtain on a shelf nearby. Gu Yin looked at the fine and dense fibers on the bamboo curtain and felt it was magical that each bamboo strand had gone through layers of processing to become paper...

"It's thicker here in the upper right corner than other places. What a pity." Gu Yin said regretfully.

Meng Xiang, however, was very open-minded. "It's okay. This is your first time. It's already pretty good to be able to do this. You'll get used to it after a few more times."

So Gu Yin continued to work and stopped only after copying twenty sheets of paper.

The next step was to dry the paper, but Meng Xiang didn't let her participate in this. In his words, "Your help is not needed here in the future. Drying paper is very difficult. If you are not careful, it will be folded or damaged. You just watch this."

"Listen to Grandpa Meng."

So Gu Yin watched Meng Xiang skillfully spread out large sheets of paper on the wooden board to dry.

"Why is Miss Gu here?" A voice suddenly came from behind.

When Gu Yin turned around, she saw Shi Yuheng holding a large stack of papers in his hands. When they first met, the gentle young man seemed to be from the fairyland, but now he seemed to have fallen into the mortal world and had a more down-to-earth air.

"Mr. Shi." Gu Yin nodded and greeted him, "I came to discuss something with Grandpa Meng."

"I was wondering why you came here, girl. You really don't come here for no reason." After drying the paper, Meng Xiang wiped his face with the towel hanging around his neck and joked, "Tell me, what do you want to discuss?"

"No hurry, Grandpa Meng has been busy for so long, let's have some tea first."

Not far to the right, there is a tea room specially built for them to rest.

There was brewed tea on the table, and Gu Yin poured three cups.

Meng Xiang had been busy all morning and was indeed thirsty. He drank five cups in a row before putting down the cup and saying, "Can I tell you now? What's the matter?"

Gu Yin no longer hesitated and said directly, "It's not a big deal. I just want Grandpa Meng to make some thicker paper. I don't know if it will work."

"How thick do you want it to be?" Meng Xiang asked Gu Yin what she wanted to use it for.

Gu Yin gestured with her finger, "It's about the thickness of a finger..."

"Any other requests?" Meng Xiang asked after a few seconds of silence.

Gu Yin shook her head. "I don't have any other requirements, but if it can be made denser and softer, that would be great."

Meng Xiang lowered his head and thought for a while, then asked, "Does it need to be as smooth and flat as paper?"

"No, just use it to absorb water. It should be absorbent."

"If flatness is not a requirement, then that's not difficult." Meng Xiang said slowly. If both thickness and flatness are required, then the technical requirements for papermaking will be particularly high.

Gu Yin was overjoyed when she heard this, "Really? That's great!"

Gu Yin thought about it and decided to ask the paper mill to make some thick paper separately, and then find some peasant women to help cut it into suitable sizes and stuff it into the sanitary belt to be used as a disposable refill.

They have already mastered the technology for making paper, and the cost of making paper is not high, so the price of these papers will not be high. I believe that many people will still be willing to buy them.

This is better than using wood ash.

So the matter was settled.

After finishing the work, Gu Yinle felt relaxed. Looking at the papers Shi Yuheng had put aside, he asked, "What are you going to do with these papers, Mr. Shi?"

Shi Yuheng smiled and said, "Cutting. After cutting, we can find someone to copy the book."

Gu Yin hadn't swallowed the tea she had just put into her mouth yet, but she choked when she heard this, "Puff! Cough! Cough cough cough..."

Shi Yuheng suddenly felt a little confused. What did he say wrong?