Chapter 38: You're Smart
Lin Qian never knew where the raw materials needed for dyes came from, only that her mother had a fixed purchase channel in the past, but all the dyes that could be made by herself would never be faked by others.
On that dye recipe, you can use dye mediums, such as mango cores, snail ash, etc., and even lime water.
Lin Qian only knew the mango core and lime water, but she didn't know the snail ash, while Xia Qin only knew that the snail ash happened to be complementary.
Xia Qin proposed to come to the mountains to have a look, firstly, some of the dye raw materials in her family's dyeing workshop came from the mountains, and secondly, they could not look for them aimlessly, so even if they didn't find them, they could bring some raw materials back.
Lin Qian said, "Iron and stone mine? Maybe to make dyes? ”
Xia Qin smiled, "I don't know what it is with lime water written on your house, but it should literally be related to ore, so let's go up and have a look at it first!" ”
Lin Qian nodded and said, "Okay!" Sister, do you think we can extract the colors of those flowers and plants to make dyes? ”
It was the first time Xia Qin had heard this kind of statement, and said, "It should be possible, but I haven't tried it, but if you want to, we can try it." ”
Lin Qian caught up with her and smiled back, "Okay! ”
Xia Qin wanted to ask her from the beginning that she had never found a chance, and looked back at the man who was protecting the little girl all the time.
"I didn't expect you to look so young and already married."
Lin Qian wondered, "Isn't my sister married yet?" ”
Xia Qin said, "No, the person I want to marry must be the person who knows me and understands me best." Anyway, even if I don't get married, I still have a dyeing workshop, so I don't have to worry about not being able to support myself. ”
Lin Qian remembered that after her mother divorced her father in her previous life, she was busy with work, and she could only spend a handful of time with her.
It's good to stay in the dye shop for the rest of her life if she doesn't marry, doesn't have children, and doesn't have children!
Xia Qin stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Lin Qian's eyes, and said, "What do you want?" ”
Lin Qian shook her head, lowered her head again, and said, "I didn't think about anything, haven't you arrived yet?" ”
Xia Tan pointed to the overgrown place in front of him and said, "It's just ahead!" ”
Lin Qian turned her head and asked Mu Luan, "Did you bring a fire excerpt?" ”
Xia Qin took Lin Qian's hand and said, "You don't need to break the fire, in fact, this mine is not deep, and it has collapsed, so what we can see is only a hundred feet." I heard that the last person who went in with a fire fold is still coming out, and I think maybe he has become a white bone. ”
Lin Qian couldn't help but feel creepy, and subconsciously leaned towards Mu Luan's side.
Xia Qin pushed away the weeds at the entrance of the cave, pulled Lin Qian in, comforted Lin Qian while leading the way in front, and said, "Don't worry, it's okay, I've been here several times without accidents, so let's just don't light the fire." ”
Lin Qian is still a little scared, no matter how she says that she is a person who has died once, she is sorry for her life!
"Really, as long as you don't light the fire?"
Lin Qian was pulled by Xia Tan with one hand, and tightly grasped the corner of her clothes with the other, and a warm palm covered her hand, so that she was very relieved to put down the corner of her clothes and let someone hold it.
Xia Qin turned left and right, and led them to a place where water was dripping and so hot that people didn't dare to approach it.
"Little girl, do you see if this is the lime you said?"
Lin Qian raised her hand and wiped her sweat and said, "Sister, you scare me!" ”
Xia Qin pointed to a certain place and said, "I didn't scare you, this mine has just been dug out for the benefit of the people, but one day it rained heavily and the cave collapsed, which formed the scene here, and someone went to check it and never returned."
Some people thought that this was a disaster from the gods, so the mine was abandoned soon after. ”
Lin Qian nodded in understanding, said that she was going over to check the situation, and pulled her back one by one.
Xia Qin said, "Little girl, don't you want to die?" ”
Lin Qian explained and said, "Okay, now that we know here, let's just come with a shovel next time." ”
Xia Qin asked, "Shovels?" Are you sure you won't melt the shovel too? ”
Lin Qian said, "Actually, the house we live in is coated with lime on the white wall, but it's all powder, unlike here it's a whole piece." ”
Xia Qin said, "If you say so, we can buy it, but the price is more expensive." ”
"So, if we want to make more money with silver, we have to use the lowest cost, preferably something that can be obtained without spending a penny, without guaranteeing the quality, right? ,”
Lin Qian said brightly, Xia Qin took her hand and said, "How can the little girl know so much?" ”
The three of them went out of the mine and found the lime, and all that left was to find some plants that could be used as dyes.
Xia Qin took the two of them to her flower field again, and first saw a neat row of plants such as indigo, and then a piece of melons, fruits and vegetables.
Xia Tan picked three red peaches from the peach tree, washed them with his own hands and handed them to them.
"Taste it!"
Lin Qian took a bite without hesitation and said, "It's crispy and delicious." Sister, this peach is so sweet, it won't put anything bad, right? ”
Xia Qin took a big bite in his mouth and said, "Let it go!" ”
Lin Qian opened her mouth and was so shocked that she didn't dare to chew the next bite, Mu Luan reached out and dragged her chin, and without hesitation, she debunked it, "Eat, she lied to you!" ”
"The little girl is still young, this place is mine, that sea of indigo flowers is my mother's dowry, my father died early, my mother died not long after, my grandfather saw me pitiful and took me to him.
When I grew up, my grandfather inherited the family property to me, and I planted two peach trees, one that I planted with my grandfather when he brought me home, and the other that I planted myself when my grandfather left.
I lied to you, in fact, I have a lot of silver, and I also find it boring to run this small dyeing shop and read the account books all day. So I took a few helpers with me, hid here to live a small life, raise flowers and vegetables, and live a peaceful life that my father and mother yearn for! ”
Mu Luan said, "If I guess correctly, your grandfather's surname is Liang!" ”
Xia Qin raised his eyebrows and looked at him, and said, "Have you heard of it?" ”
Mu Luan saw that the little girl liked to eat, stuffed the peach in her hand into her arms, and said, "Your grandfather's family has been a royal merchant for generations, but a few years ago, I heard that the imperial merchant has changed, and something happened to the original imperial merchant Liang family, and the heir is a woman with a foreign surname, which turned the world upside down, so the emperor ordered a change as an imperial merchant."
Later, I heard that the heir of the Liang family disappeared on the night of the emperor's decree, and no matter how much trouble the Liang family made, it couldn't make any waves, and no one was the most orthodox heir of the Liang family without the ancestral seal of the Liang family.
When we first met you, you used to look around as if to confirm something. ”
Xia Qin smiled lightly, "You are very smart! ”