"Red and blue flowers? Is there such a flower? ”

Hearing Li Yi's description, Liu Yifei was a little curious.

"Actually, it's safflower."

Li Yi cleared his throat and explained: "It's the kind of safflower tea that you girls often drink, the kind that can pass through menstruation and invigorate blood." ”

Hearing him say this, Liu Yifei immediately knew what kind of flower he was talking about.

But this topic was a bit private, and in order to hide her embarrassment, she hurriedly asked: "That red flower is orange, right?" Why is it called red and blue flowers? ”

"Because its leaves are very similar to plants such as horse indigo, indigo and woad that can provide blue dye."

Li Yi explained: "Ma Lan is Banlan, and its root is Banlan root. Indigo and woad are also called blue indigo, also called indigo, blue grass.

Their leaves contain natural dyeing ingredients, and before the invention of synthetic dyes, the leaves of these plants were used to make dyes in China. ”

"Oh! I remember! ”

Zhao Jinmai suddenly realized: "Is the blue indigo factory in the HD area the same place where dyes were produced in the past?" ”

"That's right."

When the elevator reached downstairs, Li Yi walked out of the elevator and said with a smile: "Have you heard of "Exploring the Qingshui River"? The story of that little song happened in the Blue Indigo Factory. ”

"Yes, yes! I can still sing! ”

Zhao Jinmai hummed: "The peach leaves are sharp, and the willow leaves cover the sky.

Hey, this matter is out of the Jingxi Blue Indigo Factory! The firearms camp of the Blue Indigo Factory, there is a pine old three~! ”

Liu Yifei looked at her in surprise and asked with a smile: "Do you still sing this?" ”

"Haha! Awesome, right? ”

Zhao Jinmai explained with a smile: "When I was in school, my roommates liked to listen to cross talk, and I followed it every day, and I learned it by listening to it. ”

"Amazing, amazing."

Liu Yifei praised with a smile.

Zhao Jinmai raised his chin proudly, then looked at Li Yi, and said with a smile: "Eh! It's far away, Brother Yi, where did you go? ”

"When it comes to red and blue flowers, the leaves are very similar to the roots of the blue."

Liu Yifei made a joke.

"The leaves are very similar."

Li Yi said with a smile: "In ancient times, blue often refers to these blue grasses used to make dyes, Bai Juyi's poem, the river water is as green as blue in spring, that is, the color of the green river water is as dark green as the leaves of the blue grass." ”

Hearing him mention Bai Juyi, Liu Yifei remembered something, and suddenly realized: "There is a sentence in Bai Juyi's "Red Line Carpet", picking silk and practicing red and blue dyeing, is it talking about using red and blue flowers to dye? ”

Seeing that she actually mentioned this poem, Li Yi was a little surprised, and then nodded and smiled: "That's right." ”

"No wonder."

Liu Yifei thought thoughtfully: "When I read that poem, I still wondered why it was obviously red and blue, but the name of the poem was a red carpet. ”

Then, she asked curiously: "Red and blue flowers can also be used as lipstick?" ”

"Yes, red and blue flowers are the main raw materials of the earliest rouge."

Li Yi took out his mobile phone, opened the map, searched for the flower wholesale market, and explained: "Red and blue flowers were actually introduced to China from the Han Dynasty through the Western Regions.

There is an ancient Xiongnu song handed down from the Han Dynasty, the lyrics are: Lose my Qilian Mountain, so that my six animals do not rest; I have lost my mountains, and my women have no color.

This song was written by the Huns after being defeated by Wei Qing and Huo Quai, and they were very sad. ”

"Huh? I think I've heard this song before. ”

Zhao Jinmai frowned and recalled: "It seems to be a ballad, but I don't remember who sang it, what is the name?" ”

"It's called September."

Liu Yifei thought about it.

"That's right, it's September."

Zhao Jinmai patted his head: "That song is quite good, but I feel very sad." ”

"The song of the defeated army, of course, is sad."

Li Yi said with a smile: "At that time, the Xiongnu were driven out of Qilian Mountain and Yanzhi Mountain, and the Han army brought back a lot of rouge and red and blue flower seeds from there, as well as many prisoners.

Yanzhi Mountain was the main production area of red and blue flowers in the Western Regions at that time, and the Xiongnu aristocratic women at that time would use rouge made of red and blue flowers mixed with mutton fat to make makeup.

War was also one of the main ways of ancient cultural integration, and the women of the Central Plains gradually began to try to apply rouge after seeing the Xiongnu nobles captive.

Because this kind of cosmetics was obtained from Yanzhi Mountain in the Western Regions, the people of the Central Plains called this kind of cosmetics Yanzhi, and later it slowly evolved into the later rouge. ”

"I see."

Zhao Jinmai nodded and sighed: "I always thought that rouge was invented by us!" ”

Li Yi determined the location of the flower wholesale market, put away his mobile phone, and said with a smile: "Civilization is constantly integrated, our Chinese civilization is an eclectic civilization, even if it is a foreign culture, we can also use it for our own use."

Just like suona and erhu, they are all musical instruments from the Middle East, haven't we also integrated them into our own culture and become one of our traditional musical instruments? ”

Liu Yifei also smiled: "History is also quite interesting, if it was in ancient times, we came from different places, maybe we would have to fight!" ”

"yes!"

Zhao Jinmai sighed: "It's like the Huns mentioned in the history books, aren't they our compatriots in Mongolia Province now?" ”

Li Yi looked at her and quipped: "In the past, when I went to Ling's hometown, I was exiled. ”

“……”

Zhao Jinmai was speechless for a moment: "Can you still be friends happily?" ”

While laughing, several people have come to the underground parking garage of the mall.

Putting the things they bought in the car, Liu Yifei and Zhao Jinmai looked at Li Yi and asked, "Where are we going next?" ”

"Go to the wholesale flower market."

Li Yi said with a smile: "To make rouge, you have to use a lot of flowers, so I have to buy a little more this time." ”

"Great! I love flowers! ”

Zhao Jinmai suddenly came to his senses and couldn't wait to get into the car.

A few people then set off and went straight to the wholesale flower market.

If you want to buy enough variety of flowers, the wholesale flower market is undoubtedly the best choice.

Soon, several people arrived at the flower market in Yuquanying.

This is the main area where people in Beijing buy flowers before the Spring Festival, and all kinds of flowers are relatively complete, and the prices are relatively affordable.

It's summer, it's not a holiday, and there aren't too many people in the flower market, but the flowers are still in full bloom.

Walking in the flower exhibition hall, Liu Yifei and Zhao Jinmai only felt dizzying, and they wanted to go up to see, smell and touch any flowers they saw.

Compared with their leisure, Li Yi's purpose is very clear, and when he enters the store, he asks: "Boss, are there any red roses?" ”

The boss was a middle-aged woman with a Hebei accent, and when she heard this, she greeted her and asked with a smile: "Yes!" Buy roses for your girlfriend, right? How much? I'm in the best condition. ”

As she spoke, she also saw Liu Yifei and Zhao Jinmai who followed Li Yi in, and suddenly exclaimed: "Is this your object and sister-in-law?" Oops! Is it so handsome? ”

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