When she woke up the next day, Bai Haitang stretched herself and felt comfortable at home.
It turns out that I have unknowingly gotten used to this place, to Qiaotou Village, to this home, the people at home, and the friends around me.
After washing, Bai Haitang went to the back garden to see the roselles planted. They were growing well. Some fresh mulberry leaves were added to the silkworm box on the shelf, and some small bugs were caught for the black spiders, which were waiting for food.
Haitang ground the dried roselle into powder, added water, alkali, and heated it. Slowly, the color turned brown. As the temperature continued to rise, the brown color gradually faded, and finally turned into a light pink.
Pour it into the dye vat, continue the medium-low heat, put three feet of fabric into the dye vat, stir it a few times, and when you take it out, it will turn into a deep pink, which is a very earthy pink.
Bai Haitang was a little disappointed. Could it be that the proportion of the ingredients for the gouache or leather powder she wanted to dye was wrong?
When the dyed fabric was put into the water, the deep pink faded layer by layer, and finally faded to water pink, which was preserved. Bai Haitang was overjoyed. It turned out that each plant dye has its own unique characteristics, and these characteristics are
I slowly explored it.
Looking at the water-pink color as bright as peach blossoms, the trip to Shuilian Mountain is really worth it.
In one day, Bai Begonia and Wintersweet dyed three pieces of cloth, all of which were water pink.
"Sister Haitang, now I understand why you insisted on going to Shuilian Mountain in the first place." Lamei saw the water-pink color of the finished product, and she couldn't take her eyes away, her eyes gleaming.
This color is so beautiful that you can't take your eyes away...
Some more dye vats and stoves were added to the yard. Wintersweet sent water-pink cloth samples to the homes of the four wives of the county magistrate. Unexpectedly, the four ladies immediately took the tailor to Haitang Dyeing House in a sedan.
They are all attracted to this watery pink color, and women have no resistance to this color.
"I want to use it to make a cheongsam and a pleated skirt..."
"When I saw this color, I knew it was the perfect color for me..."
Several ladies were equally amazed by the water-pink color dyed by Bai Haitang, which was so eye-catching among the piles of fabrics.
Seeing that the ladies had a special liking for this color, Bai Haitang became more confident in the water pink color. At the same time, it also convinced her that she should dye more bright and warm colors in the future.
There were originally three pieces of gouache, but half of them were digested by the four ladies. They came to pick up the goods in person, and watched the coins clang into the account. The sound was so beautiful, and the feeling of harvest was so solid.
Tian Niu continued to collect and weave cloth at home, and spent several days dyeing Begonia and Wintersweet with a lot of gouache. At the same time, Begonia also used indigo dye to add bayberry bark to over-dye black, which is also warm.
Lovely colors.
At present, Haitang Dyeing House can dye nine colors: indigo, daughter's red, turmeric, purple, spring grass green, oil green, sky blue, gouache, and black.
Early that morning, Bai Haitang pushed a cart with nine colors, one for each kind. The cart was fully loaded and pushed it to the small market. Bai Haitang wanted to see which color was the best and most popular.
welcome.
After paying the stall fee, Lamei started shouting with a ruler. Before shouting, Haitang wore gouache clothes and Lamei wore spring grass green.
The seller makes a model prototype himself and shows the effect to customers.
There are not many people in the small market, people are coming and going, but this cloth stall really attracts the attention of most passers-by, especially women.