Ye Yuran: "..." So, she looks relatively simple and elegant, and the style of returning to nature has become "too ugly" in their eyes?

After thinking about it in light of this era, I seem to be able to understand it.

Unlike modern times, there are various fabrics and colors in ancient times. In modern times, the so-called "plainness" and "nature's true colors" are popular colors in this era. On the contrary, things with brighter colors are rarer and have become popular colors.

What's in your heart.

Like the Tang Dynasty that I learned in history class in my previous life, wasn't it an era of bright colors?

Ye Yuran seemed to suddenly understand the reason why Zhu Bamei's aesthetics was so "vulgar". It was not that Zhu Bamei was "vulgar", but that the times were like this. It was because she, an "outsider", was a little too advanced.

She said: "Well, let's do it this way. You help the younger sister match the colors and you do it together. This is your cooperative business. The younger sister is responsible for the craftsmanship and you are responsible for the sales. Except for the 20% profit that the father-in-law has to pay, you two are responsible for the rest.

Half a cent is considered your private money."

"Really?!" Mrs. Li was shocked, "Mom, are you telling the truth? I can have private money without having to pay it all to the public?!"

Zhu Bamei couldn't sit still anymore and said quickly: "Mom, can I also have private money?!"

Ye Yuran nodded: "Yes. As long as it is the money you earn by yourself, except for paying 20% ​​to the public, the rest is yours."

Li's previous incident of secretly "selling" jam gave Ye Yuran an inspiration - instead of struggling to do everything by herself, why didn't she give full play to everyone's initiative and let them do it themselves?

She thought of the big pot meal in the past. No matter how much they worked or how little they worked, in the end everyone ate from the same pot. With so much gained, who was willing to put in the effort to work? The most serious problem of the Zhu family is not the scarcity but the inequality.

this.

Next, without Ye Yuran's need to say anything, Zhu Bamei took the initiative to discuss with Li how to price this "color bracelet" and how to divide the profits.

My sister-in-law and sister-in-law, who usually have eyes that are not eyes and noses that are not noses, have a rare "harmony" this time.

Ye Yuran: "..."

Sure enough, only mutual benefit can make everyone truly stand on the same boat.

She did not interfere in this matter, but she gave them a piece of advice: "Brown leaves and burlap are also options. Although they are more common, what you sell is not them themselves, but the things they are made of.

"Nowadays, everyone has no money. If you really want to find something with hard-to-find materials, you will feel uncomfortable if you buy it at a low price. If you buy it at a high price, no one will buy it, so it is best to look for materials that are relatively easy to obtain.

"As for your worries that the colors are too simple, why don't you think of a way to dye the dried brown leaves and burlap a little color?"

"Ran?" Zhu Bamei was stunned for a moment.

Li also seemed to have an embarrassed look on her face: "Mom, this kind of dyeing can only be done in a dyeing workshop. We...we don't know how. If we had that skill, we would open a dyeing workshop ourselves."

"No?" Ye Yuran searched around in the memory of the original owner and found that this seemed to be a difficult point.

However, this was difficult for the original owner, but not difficult for Ye Yuran. She might not have particularly advanced dyeing skills, but if she just dyed brown leaves and burlap, she could still do it.

There is a word called "vegetation dyeing" or "plant dyeing".

When she read "National Treasure" in her previous life, she felt interested in the pure natural dyes taught by the professor in it, and went to check the information. Maybe it was the benefit of time travel. She had seen these before, but she thought they had long been forgotten in her memory.

Everything in the river came to the surface for her to see clearly.

For example, the raw materials for plant dyeing, several colors immediately came to her mind: red, yellow, green, blue, and black.

Among them, the red ones are madder, safflower, and cypress; the yellow ones are sage, gardenia, ginger, and sophora; the green ones are frozen green; the blue ones are indigo, which is what we often call indigo;

Black soap bucket and tallow tree.

Red, yellow, and blue are the three primary colors. They can be combined into different colors according to different methods.

Yellow and blue can turn into green; red and yellow can turn into orange; red and blue can turn into purple. These three colors are also called the "three secondary colors".

Although just knowing these things may not necessarily result in a particularly beautiful color, for Zhu Bamei and Li, just making a small bracelet should be enough.

"I do know some dyeing techniques..."

Before Ye Yuran finished speaking, Zhu Bamei and Li came over excitedly and quickly asked her if she could teach them.

"What color do you want to learn first?" Ye Yuran asked directly without any nonsense.

"Red." Unexpectedly, they both said the same color.

Ye Yuran raised his eyebrows: "Why do you want to learn this color?"

Zhu Bamei and Mrs. Li looked at each other and smiled: "Beautiful!"

"Mom, I have wanted a bright red dress for a long time. Unfortunately, bright red items are expensive and difficult to buy. Otherwise, I would make a bright red jacket and wear it."

"Yes, Mom, I also like bright red." Zhu Bamei was still a little shy, "Last time I wanted Mom to help me pull a foot of red cloth, but actually I just wanted to make a little bellyband."

Ye Yuran underestimated the ancient people's preference for colors, but she also knew that she had the least say in this matter, so she did not deny it.

"Okay, let's go with red. To learn red, we have to find several plants first, one is called madder, one is called safflower, and one is called Su Fang."

"Ah, Honghua too?" Ms. Li looked shocked.

Zhu Bamei didn't seem to understand: "What's wrong with Honghua? Fourth sister-in-law, do you know her?"

"Young kid, why do you know this?" Li was too embarrassed to say it out of reflex.

No matter how big she is, she still knows that things like red flowers are not something that little girls can know about.

"She's not young anymore, tell her." Ye Yuran didn't think it was a big deal, not to mention that Zhu Bamei is already ten years old. According to ancient calculations, the age at which you can get married in three or four years is not too young.

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Li was hesitating, her face was red, and she couldn't say anything.

Zhu Bamei was a little confused. From the look of her fourth sister-in-law, it seemed that the red flower was not a good thing, but why did her mother look so indifferent?

Seeing that Mr. Li couldn't speak, Ye Yuran understood the taboos of the ancients, so he introduced it to Zhu Bamei himself: "Safflower is a kind of medicinal material, also called red and blue flowers, and thorn red flowers. It has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, so

All injuries, bruises, sores, swelling and pain can be cured. For women, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea can also be cured."

Zhu Bamei sounded normal before, but when she heard "little days", her face immediately turned red and she quickly shouted: "Mother..."

No wonder the fourth sister-in-law had this reaction just now. It turns out that safflower has this effect.

However, Ye Yuran did not shut up, but continued: "So, pregnant women should avoid using this kind of thing, otherwise it is easy to miscarry. If your fourth sister-in-law gets involved in this business, she will definitely not be able to do it. You have to do it yourself.
Chapter completed!