The little black pig had been waiting outside the house for a long time, and as soon as Ruoxi came out, he carried her and galloped away. Ruoxi hugged Xiao Hei's neck, found that the rouge lips were behind Xiao Hei's big ears, and said with a smile: "You still don't leave for a moment, this little gadget is fun, right? Last night, the eldest young master was drunk and asked me to press my feet, I asked him to turn his back, took out the little rabbit and massaged him, he fell asleep at once, and confessed to me this morning that he wanted to marry me as Mrs. Ru." ”

When Xiao Hei heard this, he suddenly stopped, looked back at Ruoxi, his big eyes blinked, his expression was weird, Ruoxi smiled: "Xiao Hei, what kind of expression is this, don't you want your sister to marry Yixian Gongzi?"

Xiao Hei shook his head, the pig's nose made a disdainful expression towards the sky, and Ruoxi smiled: "Xiao Hei is saying that he is not worthy of his sister?"

Xiao Hei couldn't help nodding his head, "humming" a few times, as if to say it again, a flower was inserted in cow dung. It wagged its little tail, walked very slowly, was preoccupied, and looked weak, Ruoxi smiled: "Actually, he is very good to me, and I like him too." It's just that he has a fiancée, and I don't marry a married man, so I reject him, and I still like to be with you. ”

When Xiao Hei heard this, he immediately became happy, he turned around and grinned at Ruoxi, and flew like lightning.

Ruoxi murmured softly, muttered to himself, and said: "Xiao Hei, let's send four baskets of herbs to the Mingde Medical Center first, there are two taels of silver, we can do a lot of things, in case they need more herbs, let us send them, I'm afraid I can't come out every day, in case the eldest young master finds out, it will be miserable." ”

Xiao Hei couldn't help nodding, as if Ruoxi was right, as long as he didn't marry Dongfang Yixian, Xiao Hei was not nervous. Ruoxi sent herbs to the Mingde Medical Center, so he took the silver and went to the small dyeing workshop.

Aunt Yun saw that Ruoxi came to send money as scheduled, and tried her best to excuse herself, but Ruoxi was very stubborn, she couldn't help it, so she had to accept it. Watching the children running around the house, they all put on their clothes. Aunt Yun's eyes turned red, and she said, "You see that my children also have clothes to wear, and this is all thanks to you." Sand girl, this dress must be easy to sell, good and cheap. ”

Aunt Yun took out the dyed cloth clothes and showed them to Ruoxi, and said, "You see how good it is, it's the same as new." This workmanship can also be made by the tailors of Oriental Washington. ”

Ruoxi looked at it for a moment and said thoughtfully: "Yes? It's like a tailor in Oriental Washington, a newly made dress? In fact, this is the most troublesome thing." Aunt Yun, have you tried tie-dye?"

"Is the girl afraid that these clothes will be recognized?" Aunt Yun said: "I've heard of tie-dye, but I don't know, the technique is very complicated and cumbersome." ”

Ruoxi said: "Do you have a rope here? Go get the dye, I will have some patterns, tie-dye techniques, which are not common in the market, not only can make these clothes change, but also sell them at a good price." ”

"Okay, you wait, I'll go get it. Aunt Yun happily felt like a flower bloomed in her heart, and said secretly: "How can this girl do anything?" She took out a pile of hemp rope, clothes, dye, and a large wooden basin from the storeroom.

Ruoxi picked up a piece of hemp rope and picked up a piece of clothing, and said, "Aunt Yun, what about this men's clothing? We can tie-dye it into some simple patterns, such as bat pattern, unicorn pattern, sheep pattern, deer pattern, dragon pattern, phoenix pattern, and fish pattern." Ruoxi said skillfully folding the clothes, tied them tightly with ropes, knotted them one by one, and threw them aside.

Aunt Yun was dazzled and couldn't help but doubt: "Girl, this can dye flowers, so many patterns you said?"

"Yes, yes, this is not complicated, do you have a paintbrush here? I will dye you a complex one, you put it in the store to support the façade, and then you learn, this is a profitable business, we can't hope that there will always be a free lunch, and when we can't find old clothes in the future, we can sell these crafts and make more money." ”

Aunt Yun's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she said, "You wait, I'll go out and borrow a brush, and I'll be back soon." ”

Ruoxi kept in her hands, and took out some women's clothes tie-dyed plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum and other flowers and plants, this craft is she learned in the secret room of the map of the hundred industries, although she has only experimented with some simple patterns, made a few small handkerchiefs, but the technology is mature.

Aunt Yun ran back with the wind on the soles of her feet, and saw that a lot of clothes had been placed on the ground, and said, "The girl's hand is too fast, and she has done so much." She took the large and small brushes to Ruoxi.

Ruoxi said: "Aunt Yun, let's dye the men's clothes light blue, heat and boil them when dyeing, keep turning them, and then cool them, wash them with soapy water, rinse them three times with water, and finally disassemble the thread." ”

Aunt Yun said: "It's so simple, how to match the dyeing water?"

Ruoxi said: "I'll write down the ratio for you, and you have to strictly follow the recipe to do it well." ”

"Yes, I know that. The girl is willing to give me this secret recipe, and she is my teacher. Aunt Yun knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying, "Master is above, and I will be bowed by Aunt Yun three times." ”

"No, Aunt Yun, hurry up. Ruoxi smiled embarrassedly.

"Hey, Master. Aunt Yun looked at Ruoxi, she had been completely impressed by Ruoxi, she knew that the rose essential oil refining furnace made by her sister was the blueprint drawn by this girl, in her heart, Ruoxi was a fairy craftsman.

Ruoxi wrote down the dye ratio and fixing agent ratio, and then told each step and the time required in detail, Aunt Yun was originally from the dry dyeing workshop, and she couldn't stop nodding, her eyebrows fluttered happily, and she called her older children to help her work together.

Ruoxi chose three men's clothes, carried them in his arms, took the pen and ink to hide his body and left the dye shop, found a secluded place, and called Xiao Hei, Xiao Hei was shaking his big ears and being massaged by rouge lips.

Ruoxi took out three pieces of clothes from his arms, lifted the brush, grinded the ink, soaked the ink, and said: "Xiao Hei, I can't draw, writing is like a crab crawling, you help me draw some patterns such as landscapes and cranes, I want to tie-dye a few clothes to sell." ”

Xiao Hei raised his neck, and his proud appearance jumped on the paper, Ruoxi hugged its neck, and said with a smile: "Okay, Xiao Hei, draw a few strokes, right? Saying that the pen is inserted into the little black nose, the little black sniffles, holds the brush, and paints it on the clothes that Ruoxi unfolds, it first smudges the mountain peaks, there are colorful clouds around, flying cranes hovering, such as clouds and mist, the posture is changeable, the artistic conception is far-reaching, revealing a solemn and auspicious atmosphere, the subtlety of the painting, no less than the contemporary calligraphy.

"It's so beautiful, how can it be so beautiful?" Ruoxi said: "I collected it, and I didn't sell it for any money." ”

"Xiao Hei, you can just draw some simple ones. "Ruoxi on the crane drawn by Xiao Hei, in the drawing line of the slight millimeter, after the depicted color mixing water dry, Ruoxi from the belt bag to take out the sewing kit he carried, according to the pattern of the crane on the periphery of the sewing thread, and then the shape of the line tightened, so as not to dye the water in the dyeing process to destroy the crane line.

Xiao Hei quickly drew another piece of clothing, a picture of ink bamboo, smudged layer by layer, and there were several clumps of bamboo swaying in the wind under the blue sky on the cliffs of the distant mountains. The wall rock peak is majestic, the thick ink splits and dyes the ink bamboo, the Yan Yang is colorful, the branches are sparse and the leaves are strong, and the charm is natural. That chic, unrefined, gives people a kind of noble beauty.

Ruoxi looked at his eyes and couldn't leave it, and praised again and again: "Xiao Hei, such an otherworldly ink treasure, how can I be willing to sell it, hey, you draw one that I am willing to sell, please." ”

Xiao Hei listened to Ruoxi's appreciation and praise of it, happily painted it again, wagged his little tail, and quickly drew a lifelike big carp, Ruoxi said happily: "This is good, I will tie-dye." ”

Ruoxi carefully made the three pieces of clothing and carefully tied the ropes. Only then did she quietly return to the dyeing workshop, she watched Aunt Yun sitting in front of the big dyeing pot to cook clothes, boiled the three pieces of clothes in another pot, and said: "Aunt Yun, the clothes of the big carp are sold in the store, and they are not sold if they are less than fifty taels of silver, and the remaining two pieces, you iron them and wrap them for me, I will pick them up tomorrow and give them to my brother Ruo." ”

"Yes, Master. You can rest assured. Aunt Yun whispered, "It's just, isn't fifty taels too expensive?

"It's not expensive, if this one is sold, the next one will be a hundred taels. Ruoxi took off the cloth bag on his body, took out two bottles of essential oil from it, put it in his arms, handed over the entire cloth bag of essential oil to Aunt Yun, and said: "Since the coppersmith brother is your brother-in-law, that is, his own family, you can sell this essential oil to your sister, and tell her to clean up the shop and clean up herself. ”

"Oh my God! What kind of speed is this? It's all done, we were discussing it together last night and waiting for your news, and you brought all the goods. Aunt Yun looked at the essential oil, couldn't close her mouth happily, and when she heard Ruoxi say that she was going to visit the merchants, she asked, "Master, are you looking for Luping and Lianzhou girl?"

Ruoxi nodded and said, "How does Aunt Yun know?"

Aunt Yun said: "Only these two who were newly married in Washington last year stayed in Fengxiang, and this year's marriage went to Hanzhong and Shangluo. So I guess the big girl in the house will definitely think of them first, otherwise she will be willing to go far. It's just that I heard that these two are not doing very well, not as beautiful as they are outside? If the master goes, he will go to Miss Luping's house, and he will go out not far away, and cross two streets, and the Xifu Yan family will be.

Mr. Yan is a shareholder of the Oriental Garment Store in the silk business, and the two families have been friends for generations, this Luping girl is the eldest lady, although the mother-in-law is tricky, but in addition to the old lady's grievances, the entire Yan Mansion Luping still has the right to speak.

Miss Lianzhou married the He family's silver number, originally the He shopkeeper was very kind, and the family was big, but Lianzhou was like a lady, and his wife Yuan Qingmei was a person from the General's Mansion, who was insidious and jealous, and the means were vicious. ”

Ruoxi smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll go to Miss Luping's house." ”

Aunt Yun said: "My old Chen is pulling dung trucks outside every day, and the trivial things in these big families are clear, Master, don't you know, no matter how good a woman is, as long as she marries badly, it is really called every day, and the earth is not spiritual." It's a pity that Lianzhou's exquisite person is estimated to have been repaired by the eldest lady and he doesn't even dare to enter Master He's house, which is really pitiful. ”

"Why is this so? Since Master He's character is not bad, he is kind, and he has been friends with the Dongfang family for generations, how can he tolerate the abuse of the eldest lady such as Madame?" Ruoxi asked, but she had an idea in her heart, she must start with Lianzhou first.

"Hey, if Mrs. is good, she is actually a concubine. In the eyes of the wife, this little concubine is a slave who shares her husband with herself, isn't she a thorn in her eye and a thorn in her flesh? Where is there a virtuous woman like Mrs. Dongfang, and Mrs. Ru of the Dongfang family is also knowledgeable, and there is no Fengxiang person who is not admired and envied. Aunt Yun stirred the clothes in the cauldron and said, "Lianzhou was abused by the eldest lady and her body was festering and stenching, and she didn't dare to tell Master He, lest she be expelled from the house by the eldest lady." She doesn't know how long she will live? She will never use such a good rose essential oil in her life. ”

"It's pathetic. Ruoxi couldn't help but sigh, thinking of Dongfang Yixian's request to marry him as a wife, he secretly said that he would be a slave in this life, and he would never be a concubine. Isn't that Lianzhou girl a role model?

"Aunt Yun, you're busy. I'll go first. Ruoxi said: "Don't be too tired, you can't be busy, you can find a few people to help you work, as long as our clothes sell well, the little money hired can be earned back soon." ”

"Master, I'll send you. Aunt Yun hurriedly put down the stirring stick in her hand and said, "That's what I was thinking in my heart, so the master said, I will let my sister and them come to help in the afternoon, and I don't dare to find outsiders, we have to keep this work and this craft secret." "Aunt Yun wiped her hands with an apron, and she was about to send Ruoxi out.

Ruoxi hurriedly said: "Taking care of the pot is the first important thing, don't send it." He walked out the door quickly.