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Chapter 262: Dyeing Cloth

Shopkeeper Su sent Jia Yue'er away, came back to greet Su Zhi and his wife, asked the clerk to count the silk, handed the silver to Su Zhi, and gave Su Zhi eighty taels of silver to pay Jia Yue'er's bill.

Su Zhi handed all the money to Shen Zian, and then decided to talk business with Manager Su.

"Sister Su, I have one more thing I want to ask you for help with this time. I know your family not only runs this embroidery shop, but also a dyeing factory, right?"

Su Zhi had already found out about this. Shopkeeper Su's family not only had an embroidery shop, but also a beam shop. However, they did not open a cloth shop in this town because the cloth shop of others was opened first and they did not want to steal the business. They had a cloth shop in the county. Since Su Zhi wanted to do the cloth dyeing business, she naturally had to understand how cloth was dyed first. She had to have dyes to dye cloth first, so that she could test whether her spiritual spring could dye bright cloth.

When Shopkeeper Su heard Su Zhi asking this, he didn't understand why she asked this, but he nodded and said, "Yes, my family runs a dyeing workshop. I wonder if you need my help with anything? Do you want to dye cloth? That's no problem, just bring the cloth."

Su Zhi smiled and said, "Sister, you are really smart. I just want to dye the cloth."

Su Zhi said that she would ask Shen Zian to bring the cloth. She knew that he was not a close friend, and suddenly asking to go to his dyeing workshop might make him suspicious. So she came up with this idea: bring a piece of cloth and let him dye it, and then she could ask him to go and have a look, which would be more natural.

"Sister is not only good at knitting, but also good at weaving. The fabric is woven very evenly."

When Shopkeeper Su saw the cloth, her eyes lit up. She thought it was really well woven, much better than the cloth sold in the cloth shop. If it could be dyed, it would definitely sell well. She started to change her mind again, but she quickly gave up the idea, thinking that weaving cloth was too tiring. The wife of the Shen family didn't even weave enough. How could she be bothered by weaving cloth?

"Sister, don't worry, I will dye it for you. What color do you want? I will dye it for you."

Su Zhi thought for a moment and said, "I want green, a light green, like the color of leaves in spring."

Shopkeeper Su laughed when he heard this and said, "Sister, you are really good at describing it, but now that you mention it, I think of the tender green color of the flowers just sprouting. That color is really beautiful, but I'm afraid it's not easy to dye. I'll let them do their best."

Su Zhi nodded, and then said: "Sister Su, speaking of dyed cloth, I wonder if I can take a look at what this dyed cloth is about. I am really curious. Don't worry. I am sure I have no other thoughts, I am just curious."

Shopkeeper Su smiled and said, "It depends on what you said. If you want to watch it, then go ahead and watch it."

Although Shopkeeper Su thought it was a bit strange that Su Zhi wanted to see the dyeing workshop, as she was a woman with such a special hobby, he really didn't think much about it. The dyeing workshop was not a secret. As long as there was money and craftsmen, it could be opened. The important thing was the formula of the dye. They had the formula at home. Although it couldn't be said to be the best, it was not bad. At least the business was okay. If they were really afraid that others could take away the business after just one look, wouldn't all the craftsmen in the dyeing workshop have to be on guard?

"How about this? You come to me tomorrow. By then the cloth will be ready for dyeing. I'll take you to see it. Today is the market day. I really can't leave. And you have stuff in your car. The dyeing factory is in the city. It must be tiring for the ox to pull so much stuff, right?"

Su Zhi nodded.

Shen Zian and Su Zhi left Baise Embroidery Manor and went to the market. They met many villagers while shopping. They went to the pork stall and bought five catties of pork, five catties of spareribs, two pig trotters and some pig offal. Compared with meat, the kids seemed to like the offal more. Even Father Lan liked to eat the stir-fried pig intestines with wine.

After buying these things, the couple went home.

After returning home and putting everything away, Su Zhi went to pick vegetables.

Now the vegetables in the vegetable garden have grown a lot, and they are green. Because Su Zhi added a small amount of spiritual spring water to the water, the vegetables grow very well, and they don't look like they grow on this wasteland at all. You have to know that nothing grows on this wasteland before, otherwise why is the land here called inferior land? Now Su Zhi grows vegetables so well, and others think that she is good at farming. Many people say that she is blessed to grow such good crops. Some people say that it is because the water in the pond is good, but some people say that it is not because the vegetables in this garden grew well before the pond appeared, so most people still say that Su Zhi is good at farming.

Su Zhi picked some beans and water spinach, and also picked a handful of leeks, and then went back.

Yueyue and a few others were picking leeks with Aunt Lan, picking handfuls here and there. But the adults didn't care about them and just took out a handful for them to pick.

Su Zhi has always believed that only by making children do work from a young age can they avoid being spoiled.

Su Zhi started to cook, and Aunt Lan also helped. Although she was old, she still admired Su Zhi's cooking skills, so she just fetched water and used the shovel, which was Su Zhi's job.

The dishes were ready in a short while: fried leeks with eggs, stewed pork with beans, stir-fried water spinach, a large pot of stewed spareribs, and fried pork intestines with peppers. They were specially for the two men who drank.

Because she was happy, Su Zhi made a very rich lunch for the White Wolf family, which they all ate happily. In the end, Xiao Hei took away all the bones.

After dinner, adults and children took a walk or drank tea, and half an hour later they took a nap. When they woke up, they started to do their own things.

These leisurely yet fulfilling days are what Su Zhi likes the most.

Su Zhi looked at the three kids writing seriously and Shen Zian weaving a basket nearby, and thought that they should just continue living like this. It would be even better if they could have a child of their own in the future.

The next day, Shen Zian and Su Zhi went into the town again and were led to the county by Shopkeeper Su.

The dyeing workshop of Shopkeeper Su is very large, and you can feel the hustle and bustle as soon as you enter.

Shopkeeper Su first showed Su Zhi the cloth she wanted to dye. As soon as she got the cloth, she asked someone to send it over, and it has now come out.

Su Zhi looked at the cloth and felt that it was darker than she had imagined. She thought that if this color had been in her previous life, it would not have been like this. It seemed that the level of dyeing really needed to be improved.

Shopkeeper Su took the couple to see the dyed cloth, and of course they also looked at a lot of cloth. During this process, she kept watching Su Zhi's expression. She found that Su Zhi was looking very seriously, but there was no smile on her face. She wondered in her heart, was this lady from the Shen family really just looking for the sake of looking? What was she doing?

Su Zhi knew how the cloth was dyed and how many steps it had to go through. She nodded and thought it was not too difficult. However, she did not plan to try it herself. Since she wanted to cooperate with Shopkeeper Su, she was not afraid to tell him earlier.

"Sister Su, the fabrics here are very good."

Su Zhi said to the shopkeeper Su. She praised it first, and she was not lying. These days, when she went to the cloth shop, whether it was in the town or in the county, the best cloth was almost the same as the cloth here. And she had also seen Liang Fu's clothes. The cloth was naturally better than the cloth here, but the color was not as good as the cloth she had seen in her previous life. Liang Fu also gave them a piece of cloth. She said that it was bought from the capital, and it was the best cloth bought from the largest cloth shop. Many young ladies in the capital wore that cloth and praised it for its brightness, but in Su Zhi's eyes, that cloth was not that bright.

It was that time that made Su Zhi realize the level of cloth dyeing in the world, and made her more confident in making money from dyeing cloth.

However, Su Zhi had never tried it before, so she wanted to get some dye and cloth to try it herself. But that seemed a little unrealistic, and she thought that she only had the spiritual spring in her hand, and all she wanted to do was add the spiritual spring to the dye to see if the dyed cloth would be better. It would be better to just tinker with the dye that Shopkeeper Su had, but she didn't want to hide it from Shopkeeper Su.

Regardless of success or failure, there is no loss for Su Zhi.

"But haven't you ever thought about making the fabric brighter?"

Su Zhi told Shopkeeper Su that she had already thought of a speech, and she would have no problem with whether the spiritual spring could make the cloth brighter or not.

Shopkeeper Su just heard Su Zhi praise the cloth here. With a smile on his face, he said that the cloth here is indeed good. Because they have a secret recipe, their cloth sells very well. Even if it is not the best, it can be ranked in the top few. At least there is no other family in a hundred miles to compete with them for this wealth.

But after hearing what Su Zhi said, the smile on Shopkeeper Su's face froze. Su Zhi was so smart, how could she think of saying that? Since she knew that she opened a dyeing factory, she should also know that their dyeing factory was the best and most famous here, right? Could it be that Su Zhi had seen better cloth, so she looked down on her cloth?

"Sister, have you seen better cloth? That's why you ask? The cloth you saw must be extremely good, and it must have been dyed by a big dyeing factory. You may not know that dyeing cloth also requires craftsmanship, and some dyes have secret recipes. The ingredients of the cloth you saw must be very good. It is extremely difficult for us to get it."

Shopkeeper Su said that her family had run this business and had made efforts in this area over the years. The cloth was getting better and better, and it could have a place in the capital, but it was difficult to get better. She was also extremely envious of those who had the formula.

When Su Zhi heard Manager Su say that this was a misunderstanding, she understood more about dyeing cloth and became more interested in the business.

"Sister Su, I'm not saying that the fabrics here are inferior to others. I'm just saying, have you ever thought about making these fabrics more vivid? But after hearing what you said, I realized that it's not that easy. This really makes me feel uneasy. Sister Bumian said that I met a person who told me a recipe that was useful for dyeing fabrics. I've never tried it, so I don't know if it's true or not."

"What? There is such a thing?!"

Shopkeeper Su was very surprised when she heard this. Su Zhi was not an ordinary peasant woman. She had known this for a long time. Now that she was asked to come up with a recipe, she did not think it was impossible. Instead, she was full of expectations.

Su Zhi took out a small bottle from the basket, shook it, and said, "I made some according to the recipe myself. Whether that person cheated me or not, I will know after trying it. I know that you run a dyeing workshop, so I wanted to come to your place to try it out. I wonder if you can do me a favor. Just mix a vat of cloth. No matter whether it is dyed well or badly, the cloth is mine. Just dye it according to the pattern I took out and see if there is any difference. I wonder if you agree?"

"Okay, that's settled!"

Shopkeeper Su looked at the small bottle in Su Zhi's hand and agreed without hesitation. She wanted to see if she could dye a better cloth. If she could, it would be a big deal!

Shopkeeper Su made some arrangements and watched Su Zhi pour the contents of the small bottle into the dye vat.

The small bottle only contained the spiritual spring water that Su Zhi had added to it. She didn't dare to use the spiritual spring water directly. Who knew what the consequences would be? She would rather have a milder result than scare others too much.

After pouring out all these things, Shopkeeper Su asked people to start dyeing the cloth. It was already noon, so she invited Su Zhi and Shen Zian to have dinner.

After dinner, the dyeing manager came, looking very excited, and told Shopkeeper Su that the cloth was very bright. Shopkeeper Su's eyes were brighter than Su Zhi and Shen Zian's, and he immediately stood up and walked out. After a few steps, he remembered Shen Zian and his wife, and quickly turned around to invite them to join him.

The group went to look at the cloth again. This time the cloth had already been dyed. Although it had not dried yet, it could be seen that the cloth was indeed bright. Even without the previous cloth for comparison, it could be seen that it was different from the previous one.

The people in the dyeing workshop are now looking at the cloth hanging high and talking about it. They all say that the cloth is good.

Shopkeeper Su looked at the cloth with surprise in his eyes. The cloth was just as Su Zhi described, like leaves that had just sprouted in spring. As soon as one saw it, one would want to reach out and touch it. It made one feel as if one's breathing became much more comfortable and the vision in front of one's eyes became brighter.

Su Zhi looked at the cloth and was excited. She thought that the spiritual spring was really useful. Moreover, the amount of water she added this time was also very good, and the cloth was not too bright. Finally, it was as bright as the cloth in the previous life. In this era, it was unique!

Su Zhi could already see handfuls of silver floating over like snowflakes, and soon it became a silver mountain.

Shen Zian was also very surprised when he looked at the cloth, but it was only for a moment. He thought to himself that his wife could build a kang, cook new dishes, weave silk to make hair flowers, prescribe medicine, and even grow vegetables better than others. It seemed normal for her to have such a recipe. rq!!! Please remember: (), Wangshuge strives to provide the most refreshing reading experience! [Three hits and six points for more G good H see K point Kangmu: Farmer's Lingquan has a little field latest at three hits and six points for more G good H see K point Kangmu]