A birthday banquet made the guests remember the name Ye Yu in their minds. Although most people are very disdainful of Ye Yu's slapping and sloppy beard, it also makes some people with bad intentions a little more scruples.

Because Ye Yu joined the Su family's ready-to-wear shop, Li Tong and others became increasingly depressed in business, which made him the object of Li Tong and others' concern.

In order to avoid the secret arrows of Lu Zheng, Li Tong and others, Ye Yu deliberately took advantage of the birthday celebration to get closer to Lu Kun, the magistrate of the county.

Although this move will be considered shameful, after all, everyone in Qingliu County knows that Lu Kun is a completely corrupt official, but he has no choice.

The days that followed were dull and fulfilling, Ye Yu was busy in the shop during the day, and whenever he had free time, he went to the dyeing workshop outside the city and carried out the dyeing experiment by himself.

After repeated experiments, it has finally achieved certain results.

The basic process of dyeing cloth in the dyeing workshop is divided into three stages, the first stage is to desizing the raw fabric in water, refining and bleaching, which is the first stage.

The original cloth, also known as grey cloth, contains a lot of impurities before dyeing, and needs to be treated to a certain extent, so that the color will be uniform in the dyeing process.

The second process is dyeing, the ancients according to different dye characteristics and created zào dyeing process counts: direct dyeing, mordant dyeing, vat dyeing, anti-dyeing, color dyeing and other dyeing methods, but in the final analysis, it is the subdivision of the dye mixture.

The third process is color fixing, which is also the most technical part, whether this link can be successful, directly affects the color of the cloth later.

It was precisely because Su Quanzhong did not grasp this link well that the dyeing workshop was closed in three months.

After these years of painstaking research, Ye Yu has a general understanding of the current situation of ancient dyed cloth from study to in-depth speculation.

At present, whether it is the weaving and dyeing department of the imperial court or the large and small dyeing workshops of the people, the dye fixing method used is mostly salt as a medium to make it difficult to color the legs.

However, due to the emergence and application of alum (alum), after several applications and evolutions, it finally became a high-grade fixing agent for dyeing and fixing.

This kind of color-fixing technology is called high-end, which means that only the government weaving and dyeing department and some wealthy merchants in the cloth business have mastered this technology.

It can be seen that the fabric of the Pan family is so high-quality, in addition to the quality of the original grey cloth, alum must also be added to the dyeing process.

However, the mention of alum (alum) makes Ye Yu think of the popular snack at the moment - fried juniper (fried fritters).

Deep-fried juniper is a great Chinese breakfast delicacy invented by the people in order to 'commemorate' Qin Hui and his wife.

Using alum as an additive, two gluten gluten are twisted together and put into a hot oil pan to fry the golden fritters, which contains the wishes and wisdom of the people.

In these days, Ye Yu has done many practical things on the fixed color of alum, and has made a detailed analysis of the proportion and dosage of it.

Not only that, but he also remembered that in later generations, acetic acid was added to the color fixing process in the dyeing process to increase the color fixing effect. Therefore, he also incorporated this idea into the process of fixing the color.

On the drying shelf, the dyed cloth that has just come out of the tank is dried, and the indigo cloth looks particularly bright in the sun.

Ye Yu, who was sitting under the eaves, looked at Qiulan, who was sweating profusely and was busy, so he opened his mouth and persuaded: "Okay Qiulan, the cloth has been dyed, you come over to rest first, the weather in this summer is very hot!" ”

"Whoa!" Qiulan answered clearly, then straightened her sleeves and came to the eaves sweating profusely.

"Give! Wipe off the sweat! ”

Ye Yu handed the sweat towel that had wrung out the water to Qiulan from the wooden basin on the side. Qiulan gently took the sweat towel and glanced at Ye Yu, then wiped the sweat with the sweat towel, her reddish face was full of joy.

"I hope it works out this time!" Ye Yu looked at the dyed cloth moving with the wind on the cloth shelf, and said to himself.

"It will definitely succeed, Qiu Lan believes in the young master!" Qiulan's petite nose wrinkled slightly, and she replied with a confident expression.

Ye Yu smiled noncommittally and said confidently: "Failure ninety-nine, it's time to succeed!" ”

"It's not early, young master, let's go back first! I'll check the fineness of this fabric tomorrow......"

"Hmmm! It's okay, hehe, I feel a little hungry when you say that! ”

After Qiulan finished cleaning up the sundries of the dyeing workshop, she pushed Ye Yu out of the dyeing workshop.

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Three miles away from the east gate of the county seat, there is a three-way intersection, because this is the only way to the county seat, so the market is formed over time.

On both sides of the road, there are not only food, fruits and vegetables, but also tea and snacks for passers-by to drink.

Although it is approaching the evening in the summer, the weather is still very hot. Therefore, Ye Yu and Qiulan's master and servant went here and found a tea shop to rest in the shade.

The guy at the pantry brought refreshments, and Ye Yu motioned for Qiulan to sit down and rest.

Qiulan sat down and took a sip of tea, and saw that Ye Yu was idle at this time, so she said with some hesitation: "Young master, Qiulan wants to learn poetry and songs...... I wonder if the young master can teach? ”

Ye Yu, who was about to drink tea with the tea bowl, was a little stunned when he heard this, then put down the tea bowl and looked at Qiulan suspiciously: "Why did you suddenly have this idea?" ”

"Although Qiulan is not as talented as Miss Su, she also wants to learn some literacy and hyphenation, and she may be able to help the young master in the future......" Qiulan lowered her head as she spoke, not daring to face Ye Yu directly.

"It's a good thing to be diligent in learning, and of course I'm happy to teach!" Although Ye Yu said this, he was speechless in his heart. After getting along for a long time, how could he not see Qiulan's careful thoughts.

However, it is also a good thing to be able to learn poetry, although Qiulan has been by her side for a long time and knows some words, but she is still a blank for poetry.

So after thinking about it for a while, he said solemnly: "There is no pen and ink at this time, why don't you take this leisure time and let me teach you how to pair them?" ”

When Qiulan heard this, she couldn't help but be overjoyed, clapped her hands and said, "Okay, Qiulan used to wash clothes by the river, and often heard that there were people in the boat who were pairs!" ”

Now Ye Yu is the second shopkeeper in the ready-to-wear shop, although the income is not rich, but it is also a monthly surplus.

Therefore, under Ye Yu's repeated requests, Qiulan quit her job as a raccoon and stayed at home to take care of the housework.

Seeing the excitement on Qiu Lan's face, Ye Yu was also very interested, and then said: "This pair is actually very simple. However, if you study it in depth, it is as difficult as the sky! Simply as the sky to the earth, the rain to the wind, the continent to the sky......"

Ye Yudi explained from simple to complex, although Qiulan's first contact was to swallow dates, but she also had some cognition.

When Ye Yu's mouth was dry and he stopped to drink tea to moisten his throat, Qiulan held his cheeks and asked: "Young master, the old master Li next door often reprimands his wife and says, 'The husband sings the rites of the past and the present'. Young master, if this sentence is regarded as the upper link, then what should the lower link be? ”

"Forehead ......"

Ye Yu didn't expect Qiulan to be studying and selling now, but now he is taking the school instead.

In all fairness, this uplink is not too difficult, but it is not an exit that can be matched. And he also knows that he is not as good as other aspects in this couplet.

"Young Master......"

Qiulan's urging made Ye Yu's face slightly embarrassed, and he thought about it for a long time before he figured out a downlink. But he was hesitating whether to say it.

"This ......"

"Young Master, say it quickly!"

Ye Yu coughed dryly, and whispered with an embarrassed expression: "Men and women are yin and yang!" ”

"Men on women...... The combination of yin and yang...... Master! You...... You bully people......"

Qiu Lan was stunned for a moment, but then she instantly understood the deep meaning, and suddenly turned around with a flushed face, and stomped her feet in shame.

"Bullying? That's what you told me to say...... Besides, this 'husband sings with the woman' is not wrong with 'men and women'! There is also this 'ancient and modern' to ...... 'yin and yang'" Ye Yu shrugged his shoulders helplessly, showing an innocent face.

"Young Master, you...... You're so bad......"

"Is there one?" Ye Yu tilted his head and asked suspiciously.

"Humph! …… Ignore you......" Qiulan was suddenly speechless by Ye Yu's rogue appearance.

Just as the two were chatting, there was a commotion from the bun shop opposite. Ye Yu turned his head to follow the prestige, and saw that there were many people watching from the bun shop opposite.

Because the tea shed where Ye Yu is located lives on a high slope, he can see a qiē clearly. The seller of steamed buns is a very burly middle-aged man, with a beard on his face that shows a bit of fierceness.

At this time, the middle-aged man opened his arms and pointed to the front of the shop, and the man who had not moved for a long time scolded: "You are really a dog skin plaster, if you don't have money to buy buns, get away, don't block the master's business!" ”

The person scolded by the middle-aged man was a young man with a covered head and dirt, looking like a beggar.

The man did not retreat because of the big man's reprimand, but pleaded kindly: "This eldest brother, the younger brother is penniless and can't afford to buy buns to satisfy his hunger. But the younger brother has a lot of strength, if you don't dislike it, the younger brother is willing to do a small job, in exchange for a full meal......"

"There is no shortage of people here, get out!" Seeing that the other party was still reluctant to leave, the middle-aged man stared at him and threw the sweat towel aside, bypassing the shop to teach this young man who didn't know what to do.

But when he came closer, grabbed the man's placket and was about to pick it up, he suddenly found that the other party had not moved, which made the middle-aged man's heart sink.

Usually a two-hundred-pound rice bag can be lifted lightly with one hand. Now that this kid hasn't moved at all, can't this person take root under his feet?

The middle-aged man was not convinced, so he exerted his strength, exerting force with both arms at the same time, and his heart would definitely be able to throw this kid out of the three zhang this time.

But the truth was not what he thought, and even if he tried all his strength, he could not make the young man move a bit.

This scene not only shocked the onlookers, but also made the middle-aged man gasp.

At this moment, a man in Tsing Yi hurriedly fled from here.

Immediately afterwards, an elderly village woman staggered after her, and kept shouting: "Help, robbery, return the money to the old body!" ”

As a result, due to the uneven road, he panicked and fell to the side.

There were many onlookers on the roadside, but no one stepped forward to help the old man, let alone chase the absconding thief.