Jinxin

Chapter 39 Dye Crops
After she finished speaking, seeing that Yunniang wanted to say more, she cupped her hands and begged for mercy: "My good sister, please forgive me, don't make noise in front of me, how many times have I told you? No diamond Don’t you think I’m just doing it on a whim? Look, I’ll dye a piece of good satin to make you a sachet embroidered shoes in less than a month. Now you help me dry these weeds.”

After hearing what she said, Yunniang had no choice but to agree, and the two of them worked quickly, and in a short while, the dyed grass covered the window sill and the open space in front of the house.

After many inquiries, I finally learned from Mrs. Li that a hundred miles southeast of Xiaowang Village, there is a family who specialize in planting dye crops such as safflower and bluegrass. Not only that, but they are also very close to the merchants who go to sea. Ripe, sometimes even sumac is sold.After Ruan Yunsi heard the news, she hired an ox cart and walked there for two days. Sure enough, in modern terms, it was a large planting base with many dye plants planted in it.

When Ruan Yunsi arrived, she saw that the owner's business was still very prosperous, and there was a constant flow of people in the two-entry house.She hesitated for a while, but thinking that everything was difficult at the beginning, this time she said she would take the dye crops back, so she resolutely walked towards the door.

The guard at the door had seen this woman who was hesitating on the bullock cart a long time ago, and now that he saw her coming, he stretched out his hand to stop her, looked him up and down a few times, and then frowned and said, "Who are you looking for, woman? Here is We only bought the yard for business, if we want to find relatives, we should go to Yan's house in the city."

Ruan Yunsi said in a deep voice: "I'm not looking for anyone, I'm also here to buy red flowers, blue grass and perilla." After she finished speaking, seeing the gatekeeper's eyeballs pop out for a moment, she sighed in her heart, but her face remained calm. Said: "What? Don't you have a rule here that these things are not sold to women?"

"It's...it's not such a rule, it's just..." The servant wanted to say, how could a woman show up to talk about business?But before she finished speaking, Ruan Yunsi laughed and said: "Isn't this the end? It's just for business, and it's not because I'm a woman that I will rely on your money. Do you have any reason to push it out when the business comes?"

As soon as the words were finished, a voice behind him said with a smile: "This big sister is right, Qin San, we are open for business, as long as we give money, we will sell things, and you don't have to worry about other things."

Ruan Yunsi looked back, and saw a handsome young man walking slowly, and a gorgeous carriage parked not far away, making the ox cart she hired even more shabby.She didn't know who this person was, but she saw the gatekeeper rushing forward, slapped Qian'er and said with a smile: "The third young master is here? The master and the eldest young master were still thinking of you just now, saying that they are so busy today. I don’t know when you will be able to help me.”

The third young master smiled and said: "Isn't this here?" After finishing speaking, he looked at Ruan Yunsi, and said with a smile: "It turns out that she is a little younger than me. Why did the girl come here alone? You should send the men of the family to talk, it’s inconvenient for you to show up in public, and it’s not safe on the road.”

Ruan Yunsi smiled and said: "Thank you for your concern, my lord. I am alone and have nothing to worry about. Naturally, I have to do everything by myself." When she said this, the third young master understood, and couldn't help but secretly sighed. The child, who was supposed to be a quiet husband and son at home, is now a widow and has to stand up for himself in order to make a living.Feeling sympathetic, he pointed to the yard and said, "Miss, please come in, I'm afraid my father and elder brother are entertaining other guests at the moment, so just talk to me about how much you need."

Ruan Yunsi went in with the third young master, and after listening to his self-introduction, she knew that his surname was Yan, his real name was Shaoqing, he was the third son of the master of the Yan family, and he was usually in charge of the family's dye business.She couldn't help sticking out her tongue secretly, thinking Yan Zhenyan Shaoqing, your father really knows how to name names, if you combine the name and characters, you will become a great calligrapher Yan Zhenqing.

While thinking aimlessly, it was already in the back room. Yan Zhen ordered the servant girl to serve tea. To avoid suspicion, he asked the servant girl to wait on him. Small, but the quantity is not very large, and it is not a big deal.However, the Yan family has never been snobbish in business, and treats all customers equally. This is the ancestral precept, and the Yan family has always abided by it, so they are not disappointed at this moment. After calculating the price, they bargained with Ruan Yunsi and finally made a deal up.

When the two walked out of the house, Yan Zhen asked curiously: "Miss, you need a lot of dye crops, but the amount of each kind is really not much, but I don't know what you are using it for? Could it be that you have a small shop at home? Want to get some dyes to sell? Don’t blame me for talking too much. There are special shops for dyes, and they are not as easy to sell as other things. If the girl has this idea, I advise you to accept it early. So as not to lose money."

Ruan Yunsi knew that the third young master had good intentions, so she smiled and said, "My lord misunderstood, I just have a few prescriptions in my hand, after weaving the cloth myself, I want to dye it, and I don't want to do big business, just Just sell it to the neighbors and earn some money to live on." This is naturally insincere, according to Ruan Yunsi's thinking, the business must be big, and she can be said to be ambitious at this time.However, these words are indeed true. With her current ability, it is indeed only a small matter.

Yan Zhen suddenly realized, nodded with a smile and said: "That's not bad. It's not easy for country people to go to the city. If you can dye cloth, they will naturally be willing to go to your place to buy it." Fang Zi handed it to a young boy who came up to meet him, and said calmly: "Tell Niulu to load the crops into the cart for this girl." After speaking, he turned to Ruan Yunsi and said, "Young lady, please come with me too. , the cashier is here."

So Ruan Yunsi went to pay the money. These dye plants were not very expensive. She bought a total of thirteen kinds of crops, which might weigh several hundred catties, but they only cost ten pennies.It is only a little more expensive than farmers growing grain.It’s just such a thin-profit business, how can we build a secondary yard here to do business?

Seeing her looking up at the house behind her in confusion, Yan Zhen saw that he was a smart person, and after thinking about it for a while, she knew what Ruan Yunsi was wondering about, so she unfolded her folding fan and smiled, "It's not surprising. Although the family grows these, although it makes a small profit, it sells a lot, not to mention that our family also has other businesses, so it can be regarded as passable."

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I bought a book on textile printing and dyeing and read it. I don’t understand many places, but I know that many things in this article are indeed nonsense. Once again, I remind the research party to be cautious. OTZ can only use "just to promote the plot" Developed an auxiliary skill" to comfort myself, the inner cow is full of faces! ! !
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