The whole family travels through time: escape from famine! No cheat codes yet!

Chapter 338 Plastic Sponge Creates a Miracle

Upon hearing this, Old Lady Hua looked at the shoe soles in Shen Youyou's hand. She didn't know how she felt when she first saw the pair of shoe soles. She just asked herself over and over again:

"This is really a shoe sole. Why is the shoe sole so beautiful? The entire sole is like a piece of ice, clear and transparent, with purple flowers that are equally transparent wrapped inside."

She really couldn't understand how her granddaughter had done this.

But this is not the end. Shen Youyou saw her grandmother staring at the soles of her shoes, and she said:

"Grandma, look at this flower. You can see it from both the front and back. If you make a pair of shoes, when you walk, you can see the purple flowers from the soles. I will name this kind of soles "Flowers in Every Step"."

As she spoke, she turned the sole over and showed her grandmother the side with anti-slip patterns. The flowers could be seen clearly there, but the patterns slightly affected the clarity of the flowers, which added a sense of mystery.

Grandma Guo, who was standing by, saw this and quickly stepped forward: "Oh my, how did you do this? How come your hands are so skillful? The soles of the shoes are really beautiful this time."

Shen Zhidong's wife had just sat down to light the fire for her mother-in-law. After hearing this, she hurried forward and said, "Let me see, let me see!"

In fact, she is not the only one. Every woman loves beauty, especially ordinary people who don’t have the opportunity to see so many exquisite handicrafts.

This crystal-like plastic sole is rare in itself, not to mention the small purple flowers arranged inside, which is very beautiful.

"Oh! Yo yo, is there any auntie here?"

Old Lady Hua didn't even raise her eyelids: "Haven't you heard? Just two pairs, one for me and one for her mother. You are her mother!"

"Mom, what you said is true. I am not her biological mother, but I am her aunt!"

"Go away, go away, don't block my light, I still need to take a look at the flowery soles of shoes made by my good grandson."

Little Yang was not angry, she just stared at Shen Youyou.

Shen Youyou almost laughed out loud: "I just made these two pairs for my grandma and my mother, but grandmas, aunts and aunts, don't worry, this will be one of the products we will sell in the future. When the time comes, you can wear any of the various patterns of soles."

Second grandmother Cui Fen'er also joined in the fun: "Oh, that's great! If I were wearing shoes with soles like this, I probably wouldn't want to get off the kang. It would be such a pity if they got dirty."

Li Jingshu also said, "Yeah, you did so many tricks, and when you turned around and walked, the soles of your shoes were rubbed black, and you still couldn't see the flowers inside."

"Mother, you are really, think about it, there are always some young ladies who can change new shoes all year round, if the soles of these shoes can always be clearly seen, and are very strong and not easy to break, who would buy your soles all day long?

We sell shoe soles. A pair is not expensive, only a few coins or a dozen coins. Even the most ordinary people can buy them. They just want to wear them sparingly and only require them to be sturdy and can be worn for a long time.

But the young ladies from wealthy families all have maids who make clothes and shoes for them all year round.

I'll see if all the patterns look good by then, so I'll get some of them. I really like this pattern, and once you wear a pair you won't notice the pattern anymore, and it won't be difficult to buy new soles later."

In fact, Shen Youyou has a series of plans behind making starch plastic!

You should know that in ancient times, cloth and cotton were quite expensive. The main reason was that both silk and cotton were scarce in that era.

Just like when we first fled the famine, my grandmother said that farmers didn’t have so many cotton quilts.

There are also ancient farmers who had no heating or air conditioning in the cold winter, but the rich could burn ground heating and have thick clothes to wear.

But what about the poor people? Not only are they left with no clothes to wear, but the houses they live in are also at risk of being collapsed by the heavy snow.

It can be said that encountering rain, snow and freezing weather is very likely to be life-threatening for them. It can be said that they are escaping death and walking on the gates of hell.

As we all know, the gap between the rich and the poor in ancient times was very serious. Today's society presents a pyramid-like gap. At the top of the pyramid are of course the princes and nobles.

The middle and upper classes are officials from all levels of the government, followed by wealthy businessmen and local landlords.

At the bottom are the most miserable and poorest farmers. These people work hard all year round but still cannot get enough food or warm clothes.

Are they lazy and not hardworking enough? Obviously not.

But the final result is that the rich always live a life without worries about food and clothing, while the poor still have to worry about their livelihood even if they work hard.

Therefore, it is very difficult for them to live a wealthy life, and being able to live a good life is a kind of happiness.

Their lives are already tight, and it is unrealistic to ask them to spend more money to buy cotton and make quilts and cotton-padded jackets. Therefore, many people can only survive in an environment where they are hungry and cold all their lives.

There are so many things that can be made from plastic. In the past, even a lot of recycled plastics can be made into polyester fibers for making clothes, whether it's thin material for summer wear or sweaters for winter.

Of course, plastic cotton can also be made. Although plastic cotton is not as warm as cotton, it is much better than cattail fluff.

It is not only light and soft, but also suitable for making quilts and cotton clothes.

Moreover, if sweet potatoes are grown with a large amount of compost, the yield can be increased. Sweet potato starch can be used to make warm plastic cotton, which costs much less than cotton.

Of course it certainly cannot be compared with cotton, but isn’t it because cotton planting has not been promoted on a large scale and the yield is still very low?

Although Shen Youyou doesn't dare to make plastic cotton now, this is definitely one of her subsequent plans.

Moreover, plastic sponge is very easy to make. There are ways to have nothing even if you have nothing. For example, have you ever eaten it?

Just put a large spoonful of sucrose in the machine first. If you want to make colored cotton, add some food coloring of the desired color.

The sugar will melt here due to the heat and turn into a sticky liquid, a bit like sticky dishwashing liquid.

As the central centrifuge begins to spin, the melted syrup is thrown out through metal grids on the sides.

The finished product looks very similar to fluffy cotton. What if, instead of sugar, plastic particles are put in it?

Sugar will melt when it comes into contact with water and will feel sticky when you touch it. However, when plastic is melted by heat, the separated plastic filaments will not do this.

Moreover, plastic cotton made from starch will not cause any harm to the human body.

In fact, many big-name clothing brands in the past used this kind of recycled plastic as raw materials.

At that time, because too much non-electrolyzable plastic caused too much pollution to the environment, a plastic recycling project was developed after countless people's research.

But from another perspective, it is still useful in this era. As long as the output of sweet potatoes and corn is increased, can it also provide some warm materials for the people of this society?

Of course, these are things that happened later, and things have to be done step by step!