"Sister Yan has already told me about your situation, you only have three days." Sister Li said lightly, "Miss Shen, in my place, there is no red hall, I will treat everyone equally." ”

"Sister Li, don't worry, I'm here to learn things, not to play big names here." Shen Guanguan said lightly.

"That's good." Sister Li nodded with satisfaction, "I'll introduce you to the method of tie-dyeing first." ”

Sister Li's voice was very gentle, as if with a penetrating magic, at that moment, Shen Guanguan seemed to have forgotten what he was carrying, and just quietly listened to Sister Li's introduction.

Sister Li introduced three methods to Shen Guanguan, namely rubbing and dyeing, boiling and dyeing.

Rubbing is to spread the plant on a cotton and linen cloth, and then hit it with a hammer or pebble, and the sap of the plant overflows and dyes on the cloth to form a pattern. The force should be balanced when striking to avoid uneven staining.

Boiling and dyeing refers to soaking the silk in water with mordant, and then taking it out, spreading the plant on the front of the silk, rolling it up with a wooden stick, winding it, putting it in a pot and cooking it for ten minutes, taking it out, cooling, dismantling, cleaning and drying.

Grass dyeing, as the name suggests, is the use of natural plant fuels to color textiles.

The early stage of plant dyeing is to prepare dyeable plants, then boil, remove the boiled plant residues, let stand for ten minutes, add mordant to fix the color, dip and dye the cloth, and then wring it out, rinsing it, and drying it.

The function of mordant is to enrich the hue of natural fuels, improve the brightness and saturation of colors, and at the same time achieve the effect of color fixing.

There are three ways to use mordant, namely same mordant, pre-mordant, and post-mordant. There are generally alum and alum.

Dyeable plants generally include sumac, madder, gardenia, mint leaves, different plants correspond to different colors, and their color will change after adding mordant.

Shen Guanguan listened with relish, until Sister Li stuffed a piece of cotton cloth in her hand to Shen Guanguan, "Theoretical knowledge sounds simple, but it is far less complicated than operation. ”

Sister Li paused and continued, "The charm of plant dyeing is that you can't predict it, make it impossible to replicate it, and become unique. ”

Before Shen Guanguan came, her imagination of printing and dyeing was very good, until Sister Li gave her the cotton cloth in her hand and asked her to complete a work in person, she realized that she realized that understanding anything was not as simple as she imagined.

"Miss Shen, now ...... Just go and finish what you want until you're satisfied. After Sister Li finished speaking, she turned around and left, leaving Shen Guanguan alone to stay where she was.

Shen Guanguan sat in the dyeing room at a loss, the girls were busy with their own affairs, their eyes were lowered, they were busy selecting cloth and printing and dyeing, there was a kind of indisputable beauty.

"What's wrong? Won't you do it? After a long time, a gentle female voice came from behind her, as soon as Shen Guanguan turned her head, she saw a young girl in the dyeing workshop, with a square scarf on her head, very delicate facial features, she smiled at Shen Guanguan, "Sister Li looks more strict, but she is very careful when teaching us, if you don't know how to do it, why don't I teach you." ”

The girl said very warmly, Shen Guanguan really didn't know what to do, Mu Ne nodded, and followed behind the girl.

"You can call me Rose." Rose said with a smile, "Tie-dyeing is not as difficult as you think, as long as you master the rules, everything will become very simple, the corresponding color of madder is red, adding alum or green alum will have different effects; The corresponding color of gardenia is yellow, add alum, the color will be more vivid, add green alum, the color is more calm; Both sumac and madder will be red in color, but sumac will turn a deep purple when mordant is added; The color of mint is light green, and it becomes more intense when mordant is added. ”

"You try." Rose looked at Shen Guanguan in front of her and encouraged her to try, at first she just tried with a square scarf, knowing what the colors of various madder, gardenia, sumacia and mint were, and gradually, Shen Guanguan began to try to add green alum or alum to it, and every time she dyed her favorite color, Shen Guanguan would be very excited.

Three days passed in a flash, and when he was about to leave, Shen Guanguan made a difficulty.

Sister Yan asked to bring back a piece of cloth that she was most satisfied with, but the tie-dye skills were almost learned, and Shen Guanguan still didn't know what kind of cloth could get into Sister Yan's eyes.

"What do you think?" Shen Guanguan sat in the courtyard in a daze, in the past three days, she and Rose ate and lived together, almost nothing to talk about, she knew that Rose was not a good life, and Rose also knew the purpose of her coming here.

"Nothing." Shen Guanguan took the juice handed over by Rose, "Rose, you have been here for so long, is there any piece of cloth that you like the most?" ”

"Favorite?" Rose tilted her head and thought for a while, then said to Shen Guanguan, "This is really not, I do this business because I like this business, every time a piece of cloth comes out, I am full of joy, I think no matter what the cloth is dyed, as long as I do it with my heart, that is what I am most satisfied with." ”

"Do it with your heart......" Shen Guanguan's mouth muttered the words of Rose, a gust of wind blew, and a few green bamboos at the courtyard wall rattled, Shen Guanguan suddenly had an inspiration, and did it with his heart, even if the result was unsatisfactory, but he worked hard.

This is called doing one's best and listening to the will of God.

"Why are you going?" When he thought of this, Shen Guanguan stood up suddenly, and Rose was startled, and was stunned for a long time before asking.

"Thank you, Rose, I'm going to do my best to obey the destiny of heaven now." Shen Guanguan sprinkled a scarf dyed green with mint leaves and red rose petals picked by the wall, and threw it into the dyeing vessel.

She didn't think about the final effect, but the final effect surprised her.

"Looks like you've succeeded." When Shen Guanguan took out the cloth, he suddenly remembered Guo Yali's voice behind him, Shen Guanguan turned around and saw Rose standing beside Guo Yali and smiling at her.

"Sister Leigh, Rose." Shen Guanguan had a bright smile on his face, and he was very happy to hold the cloth in his hand, "I'm done." ”

Guo Yali took the cloth in Shen Guanguan's hand, observed it carefully, and nodded slightly, "Yes, among the children sent by Sister Yan, you are the first one for me to admire, this cloth is not only plain but not widowed, but also carries the fragrance of bamboo and the fragrance of roses, then this cloth will be handed back, Sister Yan will definitely be satisfied." ”

"Really?" When he heard Sister Li say this, Shen Guanguan felt that a big stone in his heart had fallen to the ground, raised his face, and said to Guo Yali, "This is thanks to the help of Sister Li and Rose, otherwise with my understanding alone, I would definitely not be able to dye such a unique color." ”

"The place where we can help is very leisurely, Guanguan, and the most important thing is your own comprehension ability, so don't be modest." Rose interjected.

"Okay, it's almost time, Rose, you can send Miss Shen for me." Guo Yali left as she spoke, and Rose came forward to comfort her, "Don't be sad, Sister Li is such a person, she asked me to help you when you first came, but she didn't say anything." ”

"I understand." Shen Guanguan packed up her things, and when Rose sent her to the door, Shen Guanguan suddenly stopped, "Rose, just now Sister Li said that Sister Yan sent the person here, besides me, who else did Sister Yan send over?" ”

"Shen Yating." These three words came out of Rose's mouth, Shen Guanguan was not surprised at all, "Come here for three days, it is estimated that you will have two and a half days to complain, and when you leave, you will dye a piece of red cloth and go back to pay the errand, Sister Li is very angry about this, you come this time, Sister Yan doesn't know how many good things she said behind her back before she agreed." ”

Rose smiled, "Fortunately, you are serious and diligent, otherwise Sister Li is afraid that she will break off her friendship with Sister Yan." ”

Shen Guanguan also smiled, "It's almost time, I have to go." ”

Shen Guanguan took Rose's hand, "You help me and Sister Li bring a good one, I will come over to study whenever I have time, and take a look at the two of you by the way." ”

"Don't worry." Rose patted the back of Shen Guanguan's hand, "If there is something we can help in the future, just ask." ”

Coming out of the dyeing workshop, Shen Guanguan didn't stop for a moment, and went straight to the Red Pavilion, Shen Yating and Su Ming were busy greeting customers, Shen Guanguan went to the back to look around, but still didn't find Sister Yan.

"You...... Where did Sister Yan go? Shen Guanguan grabbed one of the advisors in the store and asked her.

"Eldest Miss, Sister Yan was busy helping Madame, Second Miss and Miss Cousin make the cheongsam for the lord's birthday banquet last night, and she was busy until three o'clock in the morning, so I asked for leave this morning and didn't come over until the afternoon." The little girl was angry when she talked about this, Sister Yan was also a veteran of the Red Pavilion, but that Su Ming treated her like a private tailor, and the girls in the store couldn't stand it anymore.

Thinking of this, the little girl continued, "Miss, Sister Yan has been uncomfortable all this time......

"I see, you go down first." Shen Guanguan said lightly, he was busy during this time, if he hadn't heard that Sister Yan was rushing to make clothes, Shen Guanguan would have almost forgotten about Shen Maowen's birthday banquet.

If you really forget to prepare a gift, I'm afraid that ...... Su Ming will never turn a big thing into a small thing, and a small thing into a small thing.

Shen Guanguan waited for Sister Yan in the Red Pavilion until the afternoon, and when Sister Yan saw the cloth dyed by Shen Guanguan, her face showed surprise, "It seems that the eldest lady has really learned something in the three days she has been with Sister Li." ”

"Sister Li and Rose both tried their best to teach me, and if they don't take some practical action, I'm afraid I'm sorry for the two of them." Shen Guanguan said lightly, Sister Yan's face was ugly, and Shen Guanguan frowned slightly, "I heard from the people below that you have been unwell recently, so why don't you go back and rest." ”