Chapter 173: Visit
Su Gongzi said with a smile, if it weren't for your help, I don't know when this factory would be built, and now you want to go and see it, you should. (倩倩Chinese.)"
Ruan Yunsi replied calmly, and Wang Biao shouted early and shouted: "Yes, master, my stomach is flattened, what are you busy with the factory?" It's not over yet, so let's go and see it after dinner. β
When Ruan Yunsi came back, it was already past noon, and Yun Niang's meal had already been prepared, but because she didn't come back, everyone didn't eat. also heard her say that Su Mingxi and Wang Biao came over, so they specially prepared meals for these two.
At the moment, it was brought out in the same way, Yun Niang smiled: "I remember that the little grandfather likes to eat toon scrambled eggs, but now the toon tree has sprouted, there is no fresh to eat, this is pickled toon, steamed with salted meat slices, the taste is also very delicious, the little grandfather also tastes my craft today." β
Su Mingxi liked to eat toon that day, and brought some back to the Gongfu, but the people in the house also thought it tasted very beautiful, so he later dug up a few toon trees under the guidance of Ruan Yunsi and brought them back to plant them in the backyard of the kitchen, and said with a smile: "The toon trees in our house have also sprouted, but they are too tender, and it will take a few days to eat them in your mouth." β
In addition to the salty toon meat slices, I also stewed carp tofu in a straw pot, fried Chinese cabbage and pork slices, although Yun Niang's craftsmanship is not as good as Ruan Yunsi, the farm dishes made are also authentic, and the group talked and laughed, and actually ate the food to the bottom.
Yun Niang felt a little blushing and smiled: "What do you say?" This dish is not enough to eat......" Before he finished speaking, he heard Su Mingxi smile and said: "It's none of your business, you look at the Wang guard." I can't move when I sit there with my stomach shy, so I can see that I have eaten too much, and even I feel sick to my stomach now. β
Ruan Yunsi also smiled: "That's it, what's embarrassing?" The meals were all gone. It shows that everyone likes your craft, which is a matter of great pride, is it necessary to have more than half of the dishes left. Is this what makes the host hospitable? In my opinion, hospitality is hospitality, but it is humiliating enough to not be able to capture the appetite of the guests. β
Su Mingxi glanced at Ruan Yunsi, and thought to herself, it's really strange, Miss Ruan always has some different views from others, one thing. She can often see the side that others can't see, and it's no wonder that she ran away from home and got married, carrying so many hardships and obstacles, and was able to go all the way and refused to look back, perhaps it was this optimistic mentality. has allowed her to live in style until now.
After Ruan Yunsi finished speaking with a smile, she unexpectedly looked at Su Mingxi with a little surprise in appreciation, and her heart couldn't help but jump again, she couldn't help but say it secretly, if he didn't want to say it, I would follow as an ostrich. The reason why the little grandfather still pretends not to know anything is difficult to say if it is because he is not dead to me. It's just that...... It's just that the matter has been exposed, and I'm still so brazen as he is, pretending not to know anything. Let him sink deeper and deeper, isn't that a sin? No, no, no, I must find a time to talk to him completely, and I must also seriously express my intentions, so that he will die for me after all. Even if you can't be friends anymore, it's better than hanging him like me, and the long pain is not as good as the short pain after all.
After making up his mind, he thought about it in his heart, and suddenly heard Su Mingxi say: "It's not three minutes away, why don't we go to the factory to have a look, I have to rush back to the capital after reading it, is Miss Ruan free?" β
"Oh, yes, let's go." Ruan Yunsi came back to her senses, quickly stood up, and saw that she was dressed in cloth, which was also clean, so after drinking two sips of water, she led Su Mingxi and Wang Biao out of the door, and led them to the Yunxi Weaving and Dyeing Factory on the bank of the Liuhua River.
In fact, there are many businesses in the Guogong Mansion, and even the emperor's small treasury business, which Su Mingxi helped him take care of. However, after all, he is in a high position, and the family's business is handed over to a few loyal and business-minded servants and their children, and every year he just asks the account office to check the accounts, as long as he earns the money in his mind, he doesn't ask much else.
Therefore, it was the first time he entered a factory to check, or the weaving and dyeing factory established by Ruan Yunsi, a woman, and he couldn't help but be full of interest at the moment, and saw that there were several large flower beds in the courtyard of the factory, in which dozens of flowers and plants were planted, he said with interest: "The girl also likes to plant flowers?" I see you have some planted in your yard as well. β
Ruan Yunsi said with a smile: "They are all very common flowers and plants, there are many people in the village who plant them, I asked for some seeds, and they are always an embellishment." If the workers are tired, it is good to come out and stretch and breathe a few breaths of the air with the scent of flowers, right? β
Su Mingxi nodded, and Ruan Yunsi went to the dyeing pool first, only to see that a few people sent by Liujin Buzhuang had already started to work with the apprentices recruited by Ruan Yunsi, but at this time they did not dye the cloth, but soaked the raw silk in water.
Ruan Yunsi said with a smile: "I'll take my friends around to see, you guys are busy with yours, don't worry about the two of us." After speaking, she also stepped forward to take a look, but saw that several people were dyeing peach-colored raw silk, she looked at it carefully, and said with a smile: "This color is bright, young women love to wear it, and they should dye more." β
One of the apprentices laughed and said, "Yes, that's what the masters said." "The women of this era and the dressing of modern women are completely different, the younger the girls in modern times, the more they like plain colors, but young women in this era pay attention to wearing red and green, even middle-aged women also like bright colors, plain colors are generally worn by men and old women.
Su Mingxi took a closer look at the dyeing room and said with a smile: "Although this house is spacious, it seems to be smaller than a specialized dyeing factory. β
Ruan Yunsi smiled: "Childe won't take me here to compare with Guiyun's dyeing factory, right?" How can that compare? Their dyeing and weaving factories are separated, but I am in one place, not to mention that I am just starting out, but they are all century-old shops, how can they be compared? β
Su Mingxi said with a smile: "Girl, don't be presumptuous, you have this skill, and it is not impossible for him to catch up in the future." Yes, I remembered that when I entered the palace this year to pay New Year's greetings to the Queen Mother, it happened that several ladies were also there, and the clothes worn by Concubine Lan were very chic makeup brocade, even the queen was a little surprised, and the Queen Mother also asked herself if this was a new fabric woven by Jiangnan to pay tribute? I've never seen it before. As a result, Concubine Lan said that it was presented by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as if a new court enshrined a cloth village came up as a tribute, I thought at the time, the new court enshrined the cloth village, and only one of the brocade families, I wonder if the brocade is from the girl's hand? β
The brocade she gave to Liujin Buzhuang was actually worn on the concubine, this Ruan Yunsi really didn't know, and hurriedly asked: "What the son said, is it the brocade with a red background and a hibiscus?" Seeing Su Mingxi nodding, she smiled and said: "Yes, that should be the rich makeup brocade I woven for Liujin Cloth Zhuang, I didn't expect to be selected by the girls." β
Su Mingxi said: "Concubine Lan is one of the few favorite concubines in the harem, and she has a lot of experience in dressing up. In the future, this weaving and dyeing factory has a lot to do. β
While the two were talking, they went into the weaving workshop and the machine workshop to take a look, Li Huaifeng had already dyed the horse of arrowroot cloth almost completely, and now he is becoming more and more proficient, and there are few mistakes, seeing Ruan Yunsi coming over again, this guy stepped forward with joy, only then did he see that Ruan Yunsi was next to Su Mingxi, and he was busy with a courtesy, so he smiled and said: "How about the girl look at the print of my arrowroot cloth?" I found that as long as you grasp the amount and law of coloring, you can solve the problem of different shades and color leakage. β
Ruan Yunsi looked at the printed arrowroot, nodded and said, "Yes, very good, you are really a genius, you realized it so quickly." Wait a minute, you take a piece of linen to try, there are also people in the village weaving grey cloth, I will buy a few hundred prints first, see the effect and then say, yes, if this time is successful, you will specialize in making printing machines. β
Li Huaifeng agreed, Su Mingxi next to him looked at this printing machine, and was also stunned, and hurriedly pulled Ruan Yunsi and Li Huaifeng to ask carefully, after knowing the role of this machine, he couldn't help but be amazed, and looked at the horse of arrowroot cloth carefully, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Although there is some color leakage in front of this arrowroot cloth, and there are some different shades, but you can't see it if you don't look carefully, in fact, it can be sold in the store, and the people buy it back to make quilts and mattresses." β
Ruan Yunsi said with a smile: "What Gongzi said is right, I also think that this kind of calico is the most practical for the people." Even some plain satin can also be printed, so that the price is much cheaper than brocade, but in the pattern, it is nothing more than a little ordinary, without that exquisite and luxurious feeling, and the people can also buy it. β
While the two were discussing, they walked out of the machine room, the Li family sent the little grandfather out, and when they came back, they got together and discussed, the topic naturally revolved around the relationship between Ruan Yunsi and the little grandfather, so sometimes men are also quite gossipy.
Out of the factory, surrounded by the vast wilderness, some stone houses and thatched huts temporarily built by the Dai people are not far from the factory. Su Mingxi looked at Ruan Yunsi, her eyes were a little strange, if Ruan Siqi hadn't told her those words, she would definitely be puzzled, but now she knew what the other party was curious about.
Wang Biao actually disagrees with a strong woman like Ruan Yunsi marrying into the Guogong Mansion, a woman like Lima may not be able to marry, but she should never marry into a noble family like the Guogong Mansion. Helplessly, he also saw that his little grandfather obviously has a deep affection for others, and he is a small guard, how can he have the power to influence the master? RQ