Chapter 63: Tie-dye

The cousin is Cheng Jun, who is an official in Qingshen, and now he is nearly fifty people, his nephew Cheng Zhengfu is the husband of Banniang, and as for the two virtuous nephews, they are Su Shi and Su Zhe.

Scholarly travel is also a compulsory course, and the two nephews are quite good, but the footprints of the cousin are almost not home all year round.

Speaking of this, Su You thought that he had to go to Mrs. Cheng.

After taking the homework at the school, Mrs. Cheng taught for a while, and the two sat in the courtyard, one looking through the account book, and the other consolidating questions and taking notes.

Studying with Mrs. Cheng, Su You's hurried mind will become unusually quiet and focused throughout the day, and he enjoys every evening very much.

Mother is always the harbor of children, he has been an orphan child in two lives, and now he cherishes such time even more, and he also regards Mrs. Cheng as a mother in his heart.

After finishing his homework, Su You asked, "Sister-in-law, is the new ledger okay?" ”

Mrs. Cheng used mental arithmetic, ticked the total with a quill pen, filled in the total of traditional Chinese characters, closed the account book and said with a smile: "At a glance, I am much more relaxed every day now." ”

After speaking, he took the needle and thread on the side and made a female red.

Su You, the cloth material, felt strange, so he reached out and touched it.

Mrs. Cheng smiled: "Haven't seen this kind of material? This is the white cloth of the southern Dali country. ”

Su You muttered, "Made of cotton? Not quite like it......"

Mrs. Cheng smiled: "This is not the kind of cotton from the northwest, I heard that it is made from a plant called kapok, which is as tall as a sycamore, and it is made of cotton that it bears." ”

Now Su You understood, no wonder he felt different, and said with a smile: "This is the true color?" ”

Mrs. Cheng said: "Well, this is plain, make underwear for your cousin, get dirty, and absorb sweat." ”

Su You said: "Actually, I prefer fine hemp. ”

Mrs. Cheng said: "Fine linen is also comfortable to wear in summer, but the number of threads is less, and the woven pattern is too coarse and does not fit the eyes, so it is generally plain ......."

Su You blurted out: "Of course you can't weave flowers, but you can print it......"

The needlework in Mrs. Cheng's hand stopped suddenly: "Print? How to print? ”

Su You was also stunned: "Batik and tie-dye are okay......"

Mrs. Cheng said: "I know that tie-dye, caviar valerian, deer fetal valerian, and the tie-dyeing skills of Southwest Yi are also considerable, but I have never heard of batik." ”

After speaking, he went to fetch a few pieces of fine linen: "You see, Xiao You, this is the current tie-dye fabric." ”

Su You looked at the pattern on the top: "No......"

Mrs. Cheng wondered, "What's wrong?" ”

The tie-dye process of later generations has become an artistic category, and many little girls like this, and use it as a leisure and entertainment to adjust their body and mind at home.

In the general process, you can get various patterns such as clouds, starry sky, chessboard, etc., and combined with batik skills, you can get ink landscapes, flowers and birds, which is almost comparable to Chinese painting.

Now this tie-dye cloth is just a simple small white dot on a blue background, which is also known as caviar valerian.

However, this is something that girls like, and the technology is not in Meishan in Zigong, and Su You only learned about it when he went to conduct intangible cultural heritage exchanges and investigations, and he only knew a rough idea.

I touched my chin and thought about it: "Sister-in-law, this is actually similar to folding pattern steel to spell out all kinds of desired patterns, let's look at it like this first......"

After speaking, he took out a pen and paper and drew it.

"Sister-in-law, you see, by folding, twisting, and tying like this, you can get moire ......"

"In this way, fold into thin strips, stick them on thick hemp rope, and then tie them tightly with thin rope to obtain peculiar rope and thread ......"

“…… This method is the simplest, just like folding and forging, first draw the line, intersperse it with the thread, and finally tighten it, fill the blank space with waste hemp material, and tie it to the bamboo tube for dipping and dyeing, so that you can dye a beautiful geometric shape: this is the triangular lattice method, this is the square lattice method, this is the mat pattern method...... In short, everything remains the same. ”

"Then there's the advanced mode: you can use a variety of different methods to get a variety of different patterns, and finally form a painting."

“…… For example, use different methods to get leaves and trunks to form a large tree, or to get a plantain ......"

“…… After that, it is necessary to combine the batik process, first carve a hollow pattern on the leather plate, and directly apply the material to obtain a blue pattern. If you apply beeswax and then dye it as a whole, the beeswax part will not enter the color, and you can get the effect of white flowers on a blue background......"

“…… The combination of the two, combined with cutting, so that the desired pattern appears in the desired place on the clothing, the use of the magic is in one mind, and finally get a handicraft-like garment. ”

“…… There is another step in batik, which is the repeated dyeing of multiple colors. For example, if I want to dye a flower, the petals are shallow on the outside and deep on the inside, so I can first use a leather plate with large petals to brush wax, dye a layer of background color and then brush small petals, and then dye again, the color is from dark to light, and you can dye a multi-color and multi-layer pattern to ......"

Mrs. Cheng was pleasantly surprised: "This is similar to multi-color overprinting technology, right?" ”

Su You slapped his head: "Wow! I forgot that my sister-in-law came from the Cheng family, and you are an expert in this yourself! ”

Mrs. Cheng said happily: "That's right, the carvings are ready-made, and I'll go to your in-law for help tomorrow!" ”

Three days later.

The morning fog on the pier has not yet dissipated, and the city gates have not yet opened.

Li Laohan and his two sons walked towards the gate of the city with vegetables and picks, ready to enter the city.

He has five vegetable fields on the outskirts of the city, and with these five vegetable fields and hard work, the family lives quite comfortably.

It's just that the son is older, and he is about to turn sixteen, and he wants to talk about his daughter-in-law, which is a bit anxious.

Before it was dark, the three of them walked on their front and back feet, and the straw sandals crackled on the bluestone slabs.

The youngest son in front of him suddenly said, "Dad, the city gate is lit up." ”

Li Laohan looked up, and sure enough, there was a faint fire in the mist: "This court has changed its rules and regulations again?" Open the door early? Then I'll have to get up earlier tomorrow. ”

After speaking, I took the opportunity to educate my two sons: "You have to catch up with the first wave of selling vegetables, people see that you are diligent, and a day does not fall, and you will slowly get used to buying from you, now there are twenty or thirty families in the city, and several shops regularly accept our family's vegetables, why?" For your father, I will deliver it every day, rain or shine, and this will be the life of your two boys in the future. ”

The youngest son was unhappy: "Dad, it's still early every time I finish delivering food, so you're in a hurry to drive me back, and I also want to visit Meishan City!" ”

Li Laohan scolded: "Shop for a fart!" What's there to do in town? One zhang of silk and two money, see less and be less worried! That's not the good fortune of our mud legs! ”

The eldest son also said: "Second son, you don't let your father worry about snacks!" It's going to be sixteen, there is so much work at home, work hard to earn more money, and at the end of the year, I will ask my aunt to tell you about my mother-in-law! ”

As he spoke, he came to the Shed of Righteousness, and it turned out that the city gate was not opened, but it was in full swing.

A number of people had already eaten here, and a number of people were standing beside them, looking at the two cauldrons.

Li Laohan has lived for so many decades, and he has never seen such a big pot.

In one pot, there is a large pot of tofu-like things, but it looks significantly more delicate.

The other cauldron was strange, with a wooden basin upside down, and stacks of fist-sized steamers stacked on top of the pot, like small pillars.

A half-sized man turned over the steamer on the side, constantly exchanging the small steamer below with the upper one, and Li Laohan found that there were a few holes in the bottom of the wooden basin that were out of gas.

As soon as this small cage is flipped, the gluttonous insects will come down, what is so fragrant!

A shipwright led several boatmen into the shed: "Yo? Meizhou City can have breakfast so early? What is this? ”

Another half-grown child wearing clean coarse cloth clothes walked over, it was the little seventh brother Zhang Qi: "So that this eldest brother can know that this is bean curd rice, and this is a side dish and a cage." ”

The bow of the boat smiled at a few people around him: "I also said that I will have breakfast when I go to the city, and it seems that I don't need it." ”