Song Shuyun wants to make color ink, although she invested a lot in the early stage, but because this is something that Xia Guo has never had, it will bring her huge profits in the later stage. So she begged her father to give her a few tools to get her handy.

"Big brother, let's go up the mountain." Song Shuyun took out the tools made by his father, put them into the bamboo basket carried by his eldest brother, and happily went up the mountain.

Zhang's heart has been up and down since she learned that her daughter was going to enter the mountain, but her daughter insisted that she couldn't stop her, but fortunately, this girl was obedient and willing to take Song Qi, who often went up the mountain, she could feel a little at ease, but she still couldn't help but tell a few more words of caution when they set off.

Song Shuyun was happy about her mother's concern, but it didn't take long for her to change from joy to excitement. She didn't expect that she was so lucky, and as soon as she arrived near the rock mass that her eldest brother said, she found the pigment stone. Song Qi watched his sister happily squatting on the ground and carefully chiseling a stone, a little puzzled: "Qiqi, do you like stones?" ”

"Big brother, this stone is different, this is orpiment." Song Shuyun is digging down is the orpiment used to make yellow pigment, it is the easiest to find among the pigment stones, that is, those mountains that have been mined in the previous life, this kind of orpiment can be found a lot.

Song Qi saw that his sister was concentrating, so he didn't continue to ask what the orpiment was, but just stood aside and guarded, afraid that the poisonous snake would come and attack people.

It took about a quarter of an hour for Song Shuyun to chisel off a piece of intact orpiment. She got up with the stone and stretched her body, her whole body aching.

"Big brother, are there any pine trees on this mountain?" Song Shuyun put the orpiment into the bamboo basket and didn't plan to dig it any more. This piece is enough for her to use, and at the moment she is not sure if she can make a complete piece of colored ink with the tools of this era, so she will try one first, and if it is successful, she will come to find another pigment stone.

"Yes, there are on this mountain." Song Qi knows the trees the most, he is responsible for chopping firewood for the family, and after a long time, the trees can be recognized completely, and he can better distinguish the quality of this piece of wood.

"Then let's go cut down a pine tree and go back." It was not an easy task to make ink blocks, and she didn't plan to make color ink blocks first, but wanted to try black ink. If the homemade tools can be made into black ink blocks, then it is natural to make color ink.

Song Qi followed her down the mountain, took the axe to cut the tree and entered the mountain again, and carried down a rough log in a short time. When Song Shuyun saw such a big pine tree lying in the yard, he couldn't help but sigh again at the divine power of his eldest brother.

Song Shuyun asked the eldest brother to cut the pine tree into pieces and put it on the pile of stones that he had set up temporarily, and at the same time sat in front of the mortar with the orpiment brought down, and knocked down the slag little by little, about one-third of the pestle and mortar, and then began to pound it hard. Song Qi was sweating when he saw her pounding, and sat down in her position to help her pound it.

Song Shuyun went to light a fire under the pile of stones and began to refine the smoke.

"Yo, what are you doing as a family?" A man who was not very well-dressed but had good materials came in at the door, and Song Dacheng immediately went out to greet him when he saw him coming: "Brother Liu, why are you here?" ”

"Another batch of weapons is in a hurry to be repaired, and if they want to dart in a few days, they will come to look for you themselves." This Brother Liu is the head of the famous Yufeng Dart Bureau in Beijing, and he has known Song Dacheng for a long time, and Song Dacheng's goods were provided by him in the past.

There are always some goods in the dart game that are not in a hurry, and he will take them to Song Dacheng to take home and make them slowly, and the head of the dart knows the difficulties of this friend, and will help him from time to time.

This time the goods were a little anxious, and the blacksmith in the capital couldn't pull his hand, so Liu Dart thought of Song Dacheng and happened to come to see him.

"Show me it."

This time, there are a lot of weapons, and there is enough to have a cart. Song Dacheng took the goods and began to repair them, Song Shuyun was still squatting on the side and burning cigarettes, and said hello when he saw the head of the dart coming, and then stared at the fire intently. For fear that a slight mistake will lead to a bad quality of the smoke.

"Xiao Qiqi, what are you playing?" Mr. Liu knew Song Shuyun, his son and Song Shuyun were playmates, and when he saw the little girl staring at the strange thing in front of him, he asked curiously.

Song Shuyun chuckled and explained: "This is tobacco refining, extracting soot from pine trees to make ink blocks. ”

Mr. Liu is a martial arts idiot, he doesn't understand the things of these literati and inkmen, he just treats him as a child, praises him as if encouraging, and then gives Song Dacheng the money bag in his sleeve.

"This, why are there so many? Three taels of silver are enough for these goods. "Although the quantity of goods this time is large, it is extremely easy to repair, and there is no need to give so much silver.

"Okay, what are you and me talking about? I'm counting the days of Qiqi, that girl should ask Lang Zhong for consultation again, how can I do it without money in my hand? You just take it, always think about the child. "When Liu Darttou was still young, he accidentally broke into the West Mountain, where there were groups of wild beasts, and couldn't find the way down the mountain, and it was Song Dacheng who brought him down, and the two got acquainted.

Song Dacheng sighed helplessly when he heard this, accepted the money bag and thanked him. Liu Dart waved his hand, turned around and left with the person, and someone would be sent to pick up the goods in three days.

Song Shuyun's eyes have been staring at the money bag, if there are a few materials in the production of ink blocks, if they can be replaced with better ones, then the storage time of the ink blocks can be increased, and the color will be better.

"Second brother, you can help me fan the meeting, just tap the fan to control the heat and keep it as it is now." Song Shuyun hurriedly called Song Zhiyuan to help her work, and she trotted to the iron stove.

Song Dacheng was afraid that Martian would hurt her, so he quickly put down the hammer in his hand and pulled her aside, repaired the piece in his hand, and took her away from the stove: "Qiqi has something to find her father?" ”

"Well, I want to know how much silver Uncle Liu gave to Daddy just now, can I borrow a little?" Song Shuyun's big moist eyes looked at him, Song Dacheng, a strong man, couldn't stop his daughter from being so coquettish, he opened the money bag and counted the broken silver, which was nearly ten taels.

Song Shuyun knew that Liu Darttou deliberately replaced the silver ingots with broken silver, firstly, it was convenient to use, and secondly, his father could not detect it when he received the money bag. Song Dacheng stared at the silver and was silent, and Song Shuyun hurriedly spoke: "Dad, my daughter just needs this silver right now." We will keep some of them for consultation, and can we borrow the rest of our daughter first? When her daughter earns money, she must return it to Uncle Liu. ”

Song Dacheng saw the seriousness and firmness in Song Shuyun's eyes, and agreed without hesitation. It's a big deal that in the future, he will help Brother Liu repair the tools for free, and the money will always be returned. The daughter is happy more than anything.

"Thank you Dad, you're so nice, you're the best dad in the world." Song Shuyun pounced on Song Dacheng and gave Song Dacheng a big hug, she knew that her father would spoil her and would definitely agree. Song Dacheng was a little embarrassed by what she said, and at the same time his heart was warm.

Song Shuyun planned to wait until it was time to consult a few days later, so she would not invite Lang Zhong to come to her house, and she would follow her to Fengxian County. Buy materials that can be used, so that she has a greater confidence in making color ink blocks.

At present, the top priority is to see if you can make ink blocks, and when Song Shuyun finished discussing the silver, he saw that the eldest brother had completely smashed the orpiment into minced pieces, and the next step was to mix them with water and start grinding them.

There are two ways to make color pigments, one of which is her current water grinding ink, the powder is thick and viscous after a long grinding, and it can be used when digging out a little bit and mixing it with water. The rest will be a little hard due to time, and the next time you use it, mix it with a little water and wait for it to soften. It's just that this kind of water mill ink has very big drawbacks, the storage time is not long, and it cannot be damp, otherwise it will affect the color of the painting. The paintings should be carefully preserved, and they are only suitable for practice.

If you want to preserve the painting well, you have to use another method to make colored ink in the same way as making ink blocks.

Color ink is different from black ink, it saves a step of the process of refining cigarettes, directly put the pounded pigment powder or juice into the boiled kraft glue or egg white, if you only use egg white alone, you have to think that the heat can not cook the egg white. The material is mixed evenly and hammered many times, and then the ink blank is formed, and it is put into the mold to press the shape.

The mold can be made of wood and iron, and it is not difficult to hand it over to the father or the second brother to do, and the beating can only be hard for the father or the eldest brother, only the strength of the two of them is enough, and the endurance is enough.

Song Shuyun personally redeemed the ingredients, she needed to buy a large amount of pig cowhide and boil it into sticky glue, and if the conditions at home allowed, she also wanted to add some egg whites to it. In this way, adding color stone powder will make the final formed color ink block better in color and more delicate in texture.

At present, Song Shuyun plans to use the first method to make some colored soft ink, and she holds the iron plate and keeps grinding, very focused. At the end of the day, she didn't even eat a mouthful of food, and it wasn't until the evening that she grinded and formed, and couldn't wait to take a plate of thick yellow soft ink, sit in front of the drawing board and start trying on colors.

Zhang was afraid that she would hurt her eyes, so he stood next to her with an oil lamp, and Song Shuyun took the pen and lightly dipped it in a little ink, and drew a stroke on the yellowed rice paper.

"It's finished." Song Shuyun hooked her lips and looked at the few strokes she sketched on the rice paper, although the yellow color was a little less pure, but it was enough for painting.

"This color is so beautiful, Qiqi, you don't look like ......" Zhang wanted to speak and stopped, she was a little curious about how her daughter knew this, looking at her like this, it didn't look like she was messing around by mistake.

Song Shuyun's heart trembled, and in the face of Zhang's question, she subconsciously swallowed her saliva, and then whispered in the wording she had thought of before: "Mother, I saw in my grandfather's house about the simple method of making ink blocks, I thought that the ink blocks are made of black soot, and they can also be made with other colors of ink." ”

"I just wanted to give it a try, but I didn't expect it to be successful." Song Shuyun's heart was sudden, and he didn't know if he could make his mother believe this statement.

Zhang looked at his daughter's lowered head, thinking that she was afraid of being blamed, and hurriedly smiled: "Our family Qiqi is the smartest, and he can come up with such a good idea, which is really amazing." ”

Zhang's heart is not without doubts, what books does her mother's family have, she doesn't know? If there was a book for making ink, her father would have made it himself, and there were pine trees in the yard, and colored stones brought back by his daughter, how could these things be recorded in the book?

But she didn't plan to get to the bottom of it, it didn't hurt for her daughter to know this, and looking at her tangled appearance, she also knew that it would be very difficult for her to tell the truth. So what reason did she have to ask? I can't tell when my daughter has met someone who has given advice, or maybe she is really talented, in short, as long as her daughter is not willing to say, she will not force her to ask.

Song Shuyun breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, put the iron plate aside, hugged Zhang gently, and coquettishly played in her arms with a smile. As long as she has the ability to make ink, she will definitely earn money for her family, and she will be able to make her family live a good life when the time comes.