After washing all the plants, Lu Yu put the small baskets that he had just used aside and sorted the plants into categories to drain them.
Only the indigo plant was picked up by him and brought to the front yard.
"Zhengxiao, can I trouble you to run an errand for me?”
Lu Yu thought for a moment and looked up at Lee Zhengxiao.
"No problem, Brother Lu. Just tell me what you want me to do.”
Lee Zhengxiao nodded and patted his chest.
"It's not a troublesome matter. Turn left when you go out. There's a tofu shop at the west end of the village. Go and get me five catties of soybean milk.”
Lu Yu thought for a moment and added,"Also, bring some plaster back. Not too much, just two taels.”
"Alright, do you want anything else besides this?”
Lee Zheng Xiao nodded and agreed.
"There's no need for anything else. Just these two will do.”
Lee Zhengxiao was also a man of action. After hearing Lu Yu's words, he went straight to the kitchen to take a small metal bucket and ran to the tofu house at the west end of the village to prepare soy milk.
Lu Yu, who stayed at home, did not idle either.
He dragged out a huge stone mortar from the tool room with great effort.
The stone mortar was covered in dust and looked like it had not been used for many years.
Because it was too heavy, he could not directly drag it to the spring in the backyard to wash it. Lu Yu could only use a bucket to fetch water.
After running four or five times, the dusty stone mortar finally revealed its original appearance.
The people in the live broadcast room naturally saw it too and exclaimed,
The host's house really has everything. Such a big stone mortar, very few people have it at home, right?
What was this usually used for? It doesn't feel like it's often used.
Little Brother Lu should be using this stone mortar to crush the plants that he had just brought back? It can't just be used to dye things, right? It feels like Brother Lu's family doesn't specialize in this.
That's right, that's right. Brother Lu Yu, can you explain?
"Indeed, this thing isn't specially used to make dye.”
Lu Yu dried the water in the stone mortar and picked up a long wooden rod. As he cleaned it, he explained,
"This thing was actually used to make food in the past. Everyone has eaten rice cakes before, right? Or perhaps it was because the regions were different and some places used this thing to make glutinous rice cake?”
I understood what Little Brother Lu said.
But the stone mortar we use to make the glutinous rice cake isn't this big!
"The reason why it's so big is because my courtyard is big.
When my parents were still alive, the villagers in the village liked to come to my house to make rice cakes during the New Year. The strong men took turns to make rice cakes, while the women were responsible for steaming rice and helping. When there were many people, they would sit in a circle in the courtyard and chat idly. It was very lively.”
"However, because I have been away from home for many years, I have not experienced such a lively atmosphere for many years.”
Lu Yu wiped the wooden rod in his hand clean and sighed. He reached out to touch the stone mortar in front of him and felt a little emotional.
Little Brother Lu, don't be unhappy. Aren't you back now? In the future, he would be able to live happily with everyone!
Yes, yes, and besides the villagers, you still have us! We can accompany you in the live broadcast room!
Seeing Lu Yu's disappointed look, the netizens in the live broadcast room tried to comfort him.
"Alright, I'm fine. I just feel a little emotional when I think of the past.
Life is about looking forward. I won't stick to the past.”
Lu Yu smiled and stood up.
Coincidentally, Lee Zhengxiao came back with the small metal bucket.
However, other than the metal bucket, he was carrying many other things.
"What…did you buy? Didn't I say that you only need soy milk plaster?”
Lu Yu looked at the big and small bags in Lee Zhengxiao's hands and was a little confused.
"I didn't buy this…"
The things were a little heavy. Even though Lee Zhengxiao had good stamina, he was still panting a little when he jogged home.
He placed the things in his hands on the stone table and wiped the sweat off his forehead before saying,
"I went to the tofu shop to get soy milk. That old man saw that I was unfamiliar and asked me where I came from. I said that I was your friend and you asked me to get soy milk.”
"In the end, when the old man heard that you asked me to come, he packed a lot of things into his pocket and asked me to bring them back. He said that they were for you and that he would come over to see you when you were done.”
Lee Zhengxiao said honestly.
It's here, the host's popularity is max
I finally realized that if anyone in the village knows that the streamer is back, they will take the initiative to send a lot of things over.
How did he achieve such good relations with others!
After hearing what Lee Zhengxiao said, Lu Yu put down the things in his hands and walked to the stone table to take a look.
The items weren't expensive. They were all the thousands of pieces of dried tofu, oil bean skin, and the like that were usually sold in the tofu shop.
However, Lu Yu was still very touched.
"Let's make mutton and dried beancurd tonight. You can't be tired of eating mutton every day, right?”
Lu Yu looked at Lee Zhengxiao and smiled.
"That can't be. Even if you let me eat it for a month, I won't get tired of it. Really, Brother Lu, your mutton is too delicious!
If you told a carnivorous alien that you were afraid of getting tired of eating meat, it would be an insult to him.”
Lee Zhengxiao pretended to be serious.
"Alright, alright, let's stop talking. Come and help.”
Lu Yu laughed and led Lee Zhengxiao to the stone mortar.
The entire indigo plant had been divided into several parts by Lu Yu.
The leaves were cut off individually and placed neatly at the side.
The trunk that was connected to the root was placed on the other side.
"Zhengxiao, hold this wooden stick. You can smash whatever I put in later.”
Lu Yu said as he put on the rubber gloves that he had prepared earlier.
Beside the stone mortar, there was a bucket of clear water. It was the cold spring water that Lu Yu had just brought from the backyard.
After making sure that the gloves were completely attached to his hands and arms, Lu Yu took a deep breath and placed all the indigo leaves on the side into the stone mortar. He bent down and rubbed them.
The fresh indigo leaves that had just been picked were still very soft, and it did not take much effort to rub them.
Lu Yu stared at the indigo leaves in the stone mortar with all his attention. He did not use all his strength when he rubbed them. Instead, he used a gentle and skillful strength to make the indigo leaves as soft as possible and not break them.
After rubbing for about a minute, Lu Yu took his hand out of the stone mortar and soaked it in the bucket of cold spring water that he had prepared beside him.
On the other end of the screen, Professor Wang was fully focused on the live broadcast.
When Lu Yu brought the bucket of spring water to the courtyard and placed it beside the stone mortar, Professor Wang's expression became solemn.
Seeing this, he already understood that Lu Yu was really not the kind of person who would play to the gallery.
If one wasn't extremely familiar with the production of dye, it was impossible for them to know that this step was needed.
As he expected, someone in the live broadcast room quickly started to ask,
Streamer, why are you soaking your hands?
Professor Wang knew that Lu Yu was currently focused on tanning the indigo leaves and might not have the time to explain, so he volunteered to type on the keyboard and explained,
[Mind Blue Dye: The streamer's step is called rubbing the leaves.] The so-called rubbing of leaves was to rub the leaves of broad-leaved plant dye.
Blue dyeing: The force used cannot be too light. If it is too light, it will not achieve the effect of rubbing. However, it cannot be too heavy. Once it is too heavy, it will cause damage to the leaves and the juice will flow out. This will cause the time of the fermentation to be uneven, and the color of the dye will also be biased.
The reason why he soaked his hands in cold water was to prevent the temperature of his hands from affecting the dyeing components in the leaves and changing their properties.
[Blue Dye Heart: To be honest, before watching the streamer's live broadcast, I didn't believe that the streamer could really master the blue dye technique. After all, this technique has been lost for many years.]
'But after seeing the streamer's leaf-rubbing technique, I admit that I'm not as good as the streamer in this aspect.'
Seeing this bullet comment, the netizens in the live broadcast room were in an uproar.
This was a professor and mentor of Jiangnan University! He had specialized in blue dyeing for decades!
Lu Yu had just started making it, and this professor had already admitted that he was inferior to him?
What was going on?
Looking at the rows of comments flying past?？？，Professor Wang smiled bitterly.
Blue Dye Heart: " This is also very embarrassing. I don't want to admit it either, but it's true that I'm not as good as the streamer when it comes to rubbing leaves."
Blue Stained Heart: " If you don't believe me, look at the bucket of water beside the streamer. There's not even a bit of color in it."
'This means that when the streamer rubbed the leaves, not a single leaf broke!'
After hearing Professor Wang's words, everyone turned their eyes to the spring bucket that Lu Yu had placed beside the stone mortar.
As Professor Wang had said, there were no signs of infection in the bucket. Moreover, the gloves on Lu Yu's hands were still clean.
However, the indigo leaves in the stone mortar had already become very soft and were in a state where they would break at the slightest touch!
F * ck, this technique is awesome!
I suspect that the streamer used her internal energy to rub the leaves, not her hands! How could a normal person control his strength so perfectly?
I also suspect that the streamer is a martial arts expert…
Lu Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he saw the rows of comments.
It was just rubbing a leaf. Why was she making such a fuss?
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