At night, Li found that the man in her family, who had always liked to sleep, was actually not sleeping, staring at her stomach vigorously, and muttering something inaudible in his mouth.

Li Shi held his stomach and choked with fright: "You, you, you...... What are you staring at my stomach all the time? What do you want to do to my stomach?"

"Silly Laba, what will I do to your stomach? I'm teaching our son to read, do you understand how to read?" Zhu Si hurriedly told the Li family what he heard from the third brother.

Anyway, his mother is now ready to be enlightened by the juniors in the family, and plans to pick one to send to the school, but which one to choose?

Dabao and Erbao are learning now, they haven't been born yet, don't take this opportunity to learn quickly, and when they come out, how can they fight Dabao and Erbao in the future?

He pondered, starting from the stomach, it will definitely not be worse than the big treasure and the second treasure in the future.

Li's eyes widened: "But, but I want to give birth to a girl." ”

She hurriedly told Zhu Si about her plans.

According to her idea, she wants to give birth to a girl first, first to fix the favor with her mother-in-law, and then start to give birth to a son in the second child, so that they can not only be "favored" in this house, but also have children, wouldn't it be better?

"Your idea is also very good, but ......" Zhu Sizhi didn't think there was a problem with Li's idea, but if his mother didn't plan to pick one of the juniors and send it to the school, it would be no problem according to Li's routine, but the current situation is that only by giving birth to a son can he have a chance to be selected and sent to the school.

So they are now facing a problem, is it for the first pet, Mr. a daughter, or for the place in the school, Mr. a son?

The couple had a heated discussion, and the gender in the belly was determined: "......"

What are the consequences of a night of discussion?

When they woke up in the morning, the husband and wife had dark circles under their eyes together.

But even if it's like this, you still have to do the work you need to do today. Zhu Si followed Zhu San and Zhu Wu out to collect fishing nets, while Li was busy rolling up the day's business.

At this time, Zhu Bamei had already learned how to make "safflower cakes".

Ye Yuran taught her the "flower killing method" before, and the residual flower cake was not used for a long time, and later taught her a new method, which is to cover the safflower with Artemisia annua, cover it overnight, pinch it into a pancake shape, and then dry it in the shade to make it into a safflower cake.

This method is simple, and the finished flower cake can be left for a long time.

The most important thing is that it is not too troublesome to use, you only need to clarify it with alkaline water or straw ash a few times, and the red pigment will be dissolved, and it can be used for dyeing.

What Zhu Bamei needs to learn is to pick some other flowers and plants in addition to safflowers, and try to mix a few more colors.

In addition to red, she has now tuned out yellow, blue, and the previous red (considering that safflower has a tire-beating effect, they have replaced it with other plants), and it also forms a trio of primary colors that can be blended into various colors.

Yellow and blue can be blended into green, yellow and red can be blended into purple, blue and red can be blended into orange, and the different formulas can make the colors that can be varied, which is completely sufficient.

Zhu Bamei also collected some materials as much as possible, such as linen, cotton, palm leaves, etc., to see what changes the same color would have on different materials, so that she knew what to do.

Although she is not very perfect now, the initial foundation has already shown some effect, such as the bracelets she is making now, the colors are getting richer and more beautiful.

After being treated with black plum acidic water, it has a good effect on color fixing, making the color of the bracelet and head flower more beautiful, not to mention the longer use time.

"Mother, look, I am my new color, do you think about it?" When Zhu Bamei made a beautiful powder blue, she hurriedly and happily brought it to Ye Yuran and shared it with her.

The dyeing effect of hemp and palm leaves is not as good as cotton, after all, cotton is pure white, and it is the most bright and beautiful to dye, while the others are somewhat confident and somewhat unsatisfactory.

This kind of thing, if you get it to a large family, it is not enough to see, but it must be a good thing that is rare to see in the countryside.

Ye Yuran took it over and checked it, and praised Zhu Bamei without hesitation: "Yes, very well done!"

Zhu Bamei smiled happily.

Ye Yuran reached out and touched her head: "Did you find that doing handicrafts is more interesting than running around every day when you have nothing to do?"

"Mmmm," Zhu Bamei nodded, "It's much more interesting, mother, you don't know, now that I go out again, those girls in the village are all around me, saying good things about me, just want me to say good things to the fourth sister-in-law, sell them cheaper, or let me teach them a trick or two." ”

She raised her little head a little proudly, saying that this was her "exclusive secret recipe", how could she teach it to others?

If she taught others, how would she do business in the future?

"Stupid!" Ye Yuran nodded her forehead, "You don't really think that you can make a fortune by making bracelets, right?" Look at your fourth sister-in-law, she doesn't know anything, but as long as all the business goes out of her hands, even if she has such a big belly, she will receive money when she sits at home. Your other sisters-in-law, don't you envy her?"

"Envy. Zhu Bamei whispered to her that although the eldest sister-in-law didn't say anything, the second sister-in-law and the fifth sister-in-law got together to talk about the fourth sister-in-law.

They feel that their mother is too partial now, and all the money is earned by the fourth sister-in-law, and it is too much without their share.

"They are really, the fourth sister-in-law is about to give birth to a little niece for me, which can be compared to the two chickens who can't lay eggs? Long hair and short knowledge are not good things. ”

"They should learn from their sister-in-law, sister-in-law at least gave birth to two sons to our old Zhu family, and the sister-in-law didn't say anything, they didn't give birth to anything, so they were embarrassed to break their mouths there?"

"If you want me to say, it's also my mother who has been too good to them during this time, so they are presumptuous, and my mother should really teach them a lesson. ”

......

When Zhu Bamei kept talking, Ye Yuran stared at her with an expressionless face.

As she spoke, Zhu Bamei realized that something was wrong, her voice became smaller and smaller, and she even asked weakly: "Mother, what's wrong with you, why do you look at me like this?"

"You haven't gotten around your broken mouth yet. Ye Yuran said, "You are a little girl who is not married yet, look at what you just said? You let you learn some lip service from your fourth sister-in-law, not for you to learn this, but for you to learn the Yijing from her." ”

Zhu Bamei shrunk her neck, not daring to squeak at all: Huh...... She's just trying to make a little report, mother.

Can you grasp the point, the point is that a few sisters-in-law are talking bad about their mothers in the back.

Of course, Ye Yuran understood what Zhu Bamei meant, and she had expected this a long time ago. does not suffer from inequality, and now this family can still hold on, mainly because the interest gap has not widened.