Chapter 63 Dyeing Technology
The next morning.

Monk Xu Shu was still sleeping when there was a light but rapid knock on the door.

"Who is it?"

Xu Shuhe sat up in a daze, still a little grumpy from waking up, and his face didn't look very good.

The voice outside was Chen Zhi's. "It's me. I thought of a way to solve the problem we discussed yesterday, but it's not easy to implement yet, so I came to talk to you about it."

After hearing this, Xu Shuhe's sleepiness faded a little.

I rubbed my eyes and thought to myself that this child is really motivated and hardworking. I wonder how much progress he has made recently.

Thinking about this, he called Xinyue to come in and help him change clothes, while he opened the system in his mind and took a look.

You won’t know until you see it, but I have actually made progress!

The intuitive expression of numbers is the most inspiring.

Seeing Chen Zhi's increasing business attributes at this moment, Xu Shuhe seemed to see the progress bar of completing his mission and returning home, and he had taken another big step forward, and he immediately climbed up.

He quickly changed his clothes, wiped his face, and called someone in.

"Well, how's your research going?"

Chen Zhi sat down and said, "I thought of several ways yesterday. The first one is that I want to do a small double-sided embroidery on the clothes or cloth. Few people know how to do this. It is not cost-effective to hire an embroiderer who knows how to do it. For those shops that want to copy, they will definitely not do it. But for us, it will also increase costs and reduce efficiency."

"It is indeed feasible, but it is not convenient." Xu Shuhe nodded, "You continue."

"An ancient book also says that if you write with alum water and let it dry, then pour a decoction of gallnut on it, the words will turn into black. This is also a method that can be tried and improved." Chen Zhi continued, pausing and then said, "But it is not known whether alum can be used on this clothing and whether it will have the same effect. In addition, perhaps the method of anti-counterfeiting of silver bills can be used, but it is also very complicated."

After hearing what he said, Xu Shuhe also fell into deep thought.

Double-sided embroidery can be made into a trademark, a small piece, sewn on the collar of clothes or other places. Alum water is alum. She has heard of the method of using alum to send secret letters, but has never tried it. The anti-counterfeiting of silver bills relies on complex and difficult-to-copy patterns and specific seals.

If only the pattern could be made simpler, yet unique and recognizable.
"Tuo Ran!" Xu Shuhe looked up and suddenly remembered this.

Chen Zhiwei was stunned, "Tuo Ran?"

"Yes, plant dyeing. Use alum water to dye the color and shape of the plants onto the cloth. This is both unique and a feature of our Yunshang Pavilion." Xu Shuhe thought of this method.

At the same time, I couldn't help but feel that fortunately I had participated seriously in the intangible cultural heritage activities organized by the company before.

Chen Zhi understood what she meant. "I've heard of this method, but it will fade over time, and it's not easy to dye clothes beautifully using only this technique, so almost no one does it now, and most people still do embroidery."

"I think this method is worth a try. We can take a small piece of white cloth, color it using the rubbing and dyeing technique, and then embroider the three words 'Yunshang Pavilion' on it. We can use it as a label and sew it on the inside of the clothes where it will not be affected. The shapes of the flowers and plants are all different. We can make a batch of them first and then tell others that the floral patterns can be customized and each piece of clothing is unique." Xu Shuhe suggested.

This was indeed a feasible method, so Chen Zhi nodded.

So they agreed that Xu Shuhe would try to make it at home first, and if it worked, he would use this one.

After talking about this, Xu Shuhe mentioned to Chen Zhi what Li Mingzhu wanted.

Before I had the chance to mention it yesterday, Chen Zhi ran away.

"Second sister-in-law wants to sell things from her embroidery shop in Yunshang Pavilion?" Chen Zhi frowned when he heard this.

But after a pause, he asked again, "What do you think?"

"It's hard to refuse unless we have a falling out. But if I really have to help her for free, I naturally won't be happy about it." Xu Shuhe said truthfully.

Chen Zhi nodded, "Second sister-in-law looks like a good person, but in fact she only talks a lot and never takes action. She is still someone who wants to take advantage of others."

This really hits the nail on the head. When Li Mingzhu came to find Xu Shuhe before, she only wanted Xu Shuhe's help, without saying what she was to do. She just asked Xu Shuhe to make room in the store for her to display and sell the goods. She also wanted Yunshang Pavilion's employees to do it, and then she would just wait to collect the money.

He didn't even mention that he had sold it, and gave some to Xu Shuhe.

It was exactly as Chen Zhi said, he only thought about taking advantage.

"So we can't let her take the benefits for nothing. I asked Xinyue to take a look at the things in her embroidery shop. The quality is indeed good. We can move some space in Yunshang Pavilion for her to use, but she can't use it for free." Xu Shuhe raised his eyebrows.

Chen Zhi immediately understood, "It's not nice to ask her to pay rent, so let's just take a cut. We want to take one tenth of the profit from the things she consigns to our store."

"Not bad." Xu Shuhe pursed her lips and smiled, then pondered, "Maybe it's a little less."

"Then we can get another kickback and ask my second sister-in-law to sell to us cheaper for the clients introduced by Yunshang Pavilion. If successful, we will get an introduction fee from Yunshang Pavilion, which is one twentieth of the transaction amount. How do you think?" Chen Zhi calculated it immediately.

It's really good material for doing business.

Xu Shuhe couldn't help but applaud after listening to what Chen Zhi said.

"Ahem." Chen Zhi raised his hand to his lips, "But I think I'm too calculating."

"No, not at all!" Xu Shuhe shook his head and smiled to show his approval, "That's how business works. I'll talk to my second sister-in-law about this. If she agrees, then we'll do it. If she doesn't agree, then it'll save us the trouble and we won't have to deal with her."

Seeing that her expression didn't seem fake and seemed to agree from the bottom of her heart, Chen Zhi felt relieved.

He was indeed inexplicably worried just now, afraid that Xu Shuhe would think he was a profiteer.

Looking at Xu Shuhe's smiling face, which showed that she approved of his suggestion, Chen Zhi lowered his eyes slightly, and a smile unconsciously appeared on his lips.

Now he felt more and more that in this family, Xu Shuhe was the only one who was truly of the same mind as him and always stood by him.

This is probably the meaning of marriage, to have someone close to you, this is what the so-called unity of husband and wife should be like.

With this in mind, Chen Zhi had breakfast at Xu Shuhe's place before leaving.

"Young Madam, when I saw you today, I felt that the way the young master looked at you was a little different." Xinyue brought tea to help her rinse her mouth and said in a low voice.

Meixiang laughed beside him, "I think so too, she seems to be very clingy."

Listening to the two maids' words, Xu Shuhe thought they were just teasing him, so he rinsed his mouth and said.

"Do you think meeting me is like meeting an enemy? You guys have nothing to do all day, guessing and looking at things. Why don't I find you good families and marry you off now? You are both at a good age now."

Hearing this, Xinyue and Meixiangju blushed, said something like "I won't marry you", and quickly retreated.

Watching the two of them running away, Xu Shuhe chuckled softly.

"You are so thin-skinned, yet you still want to make fun of me."

As she spoke, she silently thought in her heart that Chen Zhi's biological father didn't love him, his biological mother was not around, and his stepmother murdered him. Suddenly, such a good person like her appeared to help and take care of him, so he must be treated as his biological mother.

It's normal for children to miss their mother.

"Ah-"

Outside the mansion, Chen Zhi sneezed just as he was about to get into the car.

Zhang Ping hurriedly handed him a handkerchief, "Master, have you caught a cold?"

"No, my nose just feels a little uncomfortable." Chen Zhi didn't know why, so he just answered casually.