Chen Kai said in a low voice, "I think I should correct their aesthetic sense. Their taste is just too terrible."
Xiao Tian nodded after hearing this, agreeing that their outfits were too jarring to look at.
Chen Kai called out, "Sanya, come here for a second."
Sanya walked over and asked, "Uncle, what's wrong?"
Chen Kai said with a smile, "Sanya! Let your uncle dress you up!"
Sanya asked in confusion, "Uncle, when did you learn to dress up?"
Chen Kai said, "I read about it in a book, but I haven't tried it yet!"
Sanya looked at her uncle suspiciously and unconsciously took a step back. Her uncle hadn't even tried it before, but he wanted to experiment on her. She didn't want to!
Da Ya and the others looked at Chen Kai with suspicion, while Chen Kai opened his eyes wide and looked at them expectantly.
Da Ya and the others couldn't resist Chen Kai's expectant gaze, so they huddled together and discussed it in hushed tones for a while. In the end, they pushed out Zhou Da Jiu's youngest granddaughter.
Uncle Zhou's little granddaughter walked over hesitantly. Chen Kai stood up, grabbed her, and said with a smile, "Little niece, don't worry, I'll definitely dress you up beautifully."
Chen Kai had his niece sit on a stool. He first untied and combed her hair, then used a comb to part her hair from behind her ears, tied it into a ponytail at the top, and left the bottom loose. Finally, he tied a bow on the ponytail with a hair tie, and he was done.
Then Chen Kai asked Sanya to let her little niece change into her red dress. Sanya and her little niece were about the same size, so she changed into Sanya's clothes instead.
When Uncle Zhou's granddaughter finished dressing up, Da Ya and the others were stunned. She looked absolutely gorgeous.
Sanya immediately ran over and said, "Uncle, Uncle, I want such a nice hairstyle too."
Daya and Erya looked at him expectantly, their eyes filled with the word "want".
Chen Kai smiled and said, "Da Ya, Er Ya, San Ya, go and change into that pink and white dress. It looks nice."
Da Ya and the others responded and ran off to change their clothes.
He put a lot of thought into dyeing those dresses. The upper part of the dresses is pink, and the lower part is pink and white. It took him a long time to make these few finished products. He should experiment with different tie-dyeing methods when he has time, and create some beautiful patterns for them.
Daya was the first to change her clothes and ran over, calling out, "Uncle, Uncle, I'll go first." Immediately afterward, Erya and Sanya also changed their clothes and ran out.
Chen Kai helped Daya sit on a stool, then said to Erya and Sanya, "Watch how I do it, and you can braid each other's hair in a bit!"
Er Ya and San Ya replied, "Okay!"
In ancient times, girls typically wore their hair in two buns, separated on the left and right, standing symmetrically like a "Y" shape, hence the name "Yatou" (丫头).
Actually, "丫头" (yātou) doesn't only refer to little girls; it can also be used to express affection towards younger women. Because young female servants in ancient times often wore their hair in a bun, "丫头" (yātou) was also commonly used as a term for maids.
Chen Kai asked, "Da Ya, do you have any wider pink headbands?" Pink clothes look better with pink headbands.
Sanya handed Chen Kai a few pink hairbands and said, "Uncle, all our hairbands are this wide, there are no other widths."
Chen Kai said, "Alright, just make do with these for now. Later I'll teach you how to cut some hairbands and dye them some nice colors."
Sanya said happily, "Okay, Uncle, then you can teach us how to do it from now on."
Chen Kai didn't choose a complicated hairstyle either. There were no hair clips or hairpins here. Although he bought them hairpins to hold their hair in place last time, they were still not very convenient.
Chen Kai grabbed a strand of hair from each of Da Ya's ears, tied them with red ribbons, then pulled the two strands of hair behind her and tied them with a red ribbon, making a bow.
Next, he took a pink hairband and threaded it through the hair tied on the left side of Da Ya's head, then wrapped it around the top of her head and threaded the other side of the hairband through the right side. He then used decorative hairpins to secure it on both sides so that the hairband would not come loose.
He tied the extra pink hairbands on both sides into a bow at the back. Finally, he combed through the hair that wasn't tied properly and tied a ribbon below the bow to finish.
After Chen Kai finished tying her up, he said, "Da Ya, you're all done. You look so beautiful now."
Er Ya and the others said enviously, "Yes, sister, you're so beautiful now."
Chen Kai nodded. Fortunately, their taste was still quite normal, and they knew how to appreciate beautiful things.
Hearing their praise, Daya happily went to look in the mirror.
After Chen Kai finished styling Da Ya's hair, the girls helped each other and copied Chen Kai's style. Once they were done, the little rascals went out to show off.
Seeing how beautifully her youngest son had styled the maids, Zhou picked up Chen Kai and excitedly asked, "My good son, how about giving your mother a nice hairstyle too?"
Chen Kai smiled and said, "Okay!"
Chen Kai kicked off Zhou Shi's body, circled around his mother and said, "Mother, go and change into that blue dress, and also take out the hairpin."
Zhou replied, "Alright!"
After Zhou came out after changing, Chen Kai combed her hair and then started to style it with hairpins.
Chen Kai grabbed Zhou's hair with his hand, pulled it into a ponytail, placed the hairpin on top of the ponytail, and held the hair with one hand.
Next, wrap your hair around the hairpin downwards. Once wrapped, insert the hairpin horizontally into your hair and adjust its direction.
Chen Kai stepped back a few paces to look at himself and thought it looked pretty good. He then said, "Mom, that's enough. Go look in the mirror. You look beautiful."
Old Man Zhou followed behind Mrs. Zhou and said with a smile, "Wife, you look so beautiful!"
Before marriage, women typically let their hair down and then braid it into small plaits. Wealthy women might wear various beautiful hairstyles and braids, but they would never put their hair up before marriage. Only married women would put their hair up, signifying that they were now wives.
In ancient times, before marriage, women would typically leave some wispy hairs on their foreheads, what we now call bangs. These would slightly cover their foreheads, preventing their entire faces from being exposed. The bangs couldn't be too long, not exceeding their eyebrows. However, after marriage, these bangs would be combed all back, revealing their full foreheads.
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