No one can disturb my retirement life in the Red Mansion

"Letter paper? Why?" Sun Shangxiang told her about that Xu, but the old lady asked what letter paper?
"We can't always let your brother take the money and not let him see the return money, right? With the return money, he can let us continue." Ou Mengmeng grinned. She was used to communicating with the sponsors, so now she didn't think of him as her son. Since you are the one who gives the money, I will treat you as the sponsor.

Sun Shangxiang looked at her mother suspiciously. What did this mean? She really just wanted to let her second brother know that they were useful.

The letter paper does not require any technical skills. Sun Lang looked at his mother's letter paper and asked someone to carve a grid on it, which is easier than rubbing. It must be said that Sun Lang has an aesthetic eye. After looking at it for a long time, he felt that the black color was not good-looking. He mixed some cinnabar and printed the grid in red.

Sure enough, it looks better than black.

But Jiang still tried the water and it was a bit confusing.

"Is this not okay?" Jiang looked at the letter soaked in water. The paper became transparent, which was not bad. It didn't fall apart, but the grid was scattered.

"Isn't the cost of paper high? The red ink can't be more expensive than the paper, right?" Sun Lang felt that using cinnabar was too expensive. Now that the cinnabar had melted, he felt a little bitter.

"My mother-in-law also has a workshop for making ink. Why don't you think about it? If she can make it herself in the future, you can just make a plate for her." Jiang made a chubby face at her husband.

Sun Lang took a deep breath and said, "My mother also has a workshop that makes ink."

"I was still doubting that she might have other workshops. Now it's just like the Battle of Red Cliffs, everything is ready except for the east wind. She just hasn't made paper!" The more Jiang thought about it, the more she felt that she was about to become a person like her mother-in-law.

Sun Lang looked down at the paper soaked in water. It was now a clean white piece of paper, and the red ink on it was gone. He gently picked it up, and the paper was still able to be lifted. Although it was torn when it was put into water, it was still very impressive. The previous paper turned into pulp again when it was put into water.

"So, how much more does mother have to do?" Sun Lang murmured.

Jiang didn't dare to say much. In fact, when she left the Marquis' Mansion, the maid she brought with her secretly told her the rumors about the Marquis' Mansion. Before she got married, she knew that she was marrying into the Sun family, and her family had given her a lot of training.

Several sisters-in-law in the family, with names and surnames, have all been checked in the house. But this Xu was only introduced to her before she got into the sedan chair.

At that time, Madam Wu was seriously ill, and Sun Quan's original wife, Xie, was also ill. As a result, she married in, and Madam Wu held their wedding. But after a few days, Sun Quan said he wanted to marry Xu. At that time, she was a newly married young wife, and she followed her mother-in-law to take care of Madam Wu.

These things could not be brought to the attention of the Madam. The mother-in-law told her to cover her ears. At that time, they covered their ears, shut their mouths, and tried their best to let Madam Wu live a few more days.

As a result, Mrs. Wu did not die, but Mrs. Xie died first. She did not dare to let Mrs. Wu know, so she was secretly carried out. Because Mrs. Wu could not be left without someone to take care of her, Mrs. Xu was carried in. Mrs. Wu still did not know about this.

However, Xu was embarrassed for only a few days, and the lady died. Xu was the head daughter-in-law and presided over the sacrifice. However, Wu Guotai and Xiao Jiangshi didn't care about that, it had nothing to do with them.

However, she also knew that Xu was the granddaughter of Sun Quan's aunt, the daughter of Sun Quan's cousin Xu Kun. Little Jiang didn't know what happened between Xu and Sun Quan, but there was a rumor that Quan fell in love with his cousin's daughter and wanted to make her his concubine, but Madam Xie refused, so out of worry and anger, Madam Xie died.

She didn't know the real situation, because she didn't see how good the relationship between Sun Quan and this Xu was. But if there was anything in the middle, neither Wu Guotai nor she cared about it. It was better to have a mistress in the mansion than not to have one, mainly because there was no problem with her brother's wife. She was not very familiar with Madam Xie at the beginning.

As for Sun Quan's aunt, Wu Guotai obviously hated that woman. Although Sun Lang had never talked to her, she had been married for two years and the Xu family had no contact with Sun Lang. Because of this, she was also indifferent to Madam Xu, not even for the sake of face.

Now, it was good that they had bullied their family. They even brought up Sun Shangxiang to make trouble. She felt that it was a bad thing. But she really couldn't tell Sun Lang about this.

Don't involve men outside in women's affairs at home. If the brothers really fall out, who will suffer? Of course, it's Sun Lang. This is different from other families fighting over family property. The Sun family is the master of Jiangdong.

That's why she said this to Sun Lang. She had to let Sun Quan see Sun Lang's ability. Don't underestimate it because it only has a few grids. It's something that changes the times.

Sun Lang sighed deeply and shook his head gently, "Alright, printing letter paper is better than printing books."

Sun Lang would not think of using cinnabar again. You have to know that pigments have existed since ancient times. Otherwise, where would the rouge and powder used by women come from? In addition to cinnabar, there are many other places to pick out red. For example, the safflower brought back by Zhang Qian was brought back as a dye, and its medicinal value has now been discovered. And this has been successfully transplanted in China. It doesn’t matter whether it can be used as a medicine, but it can definitely be used as a dye.

They run a national medical clinic, so it's easy to find some safflower. When he told Jiang about it, Jiang was stunned for a moment and thought, "Can't you find a dyeing factory?"

Sun Lang was stunned for a moment and felt like banging his head against the wall. Yes, why didn’t he go to the dyeing workshop instead of looking for safflower?
It was actually quite easy to make red dye. The next day, the subordinate went to look for it. After trying for a long time, one after another, he finally made a red material that would not dissolve in water.

Printing was easy, and Sun Lang even built a room for them to do the printing. Then Xiao Jiang took the printed letter to her mother-in-law to announce the good news.

In the past few days, she has specially printed several kinds of letters. She has good taste. There are other patterns on the edge of the letter paper, and there are also red wedding characters printed on them. Just for announcing good news. There are also all black ones. The use of the letter paper is separated from the source.

"Well done! What did you want?"

"The Fifth Master thought that since we have to print it, of course, we have to print it in a good way." Little Jiang said with a smile.

"Well, well done. Just so happens that a certain lady gave me some Shu brocade. Go and bring it to the Fifth Young Master's wife. If you do a good job, you will get a prize." Ou Mengmeng couldn't remember the names of those ladies, and she wouldn't have any contact with them anyway. But she still accepted the things, just in time to reward people.

At this moment, Xiao Jiang's good character was revealed. She happily took the things and left quickly.

As for what Xu wanted to do, she didn't dare to ask, and ran away quickly with her things. She didn't even dare to ask how her mother-in-law's paper research was going. Anyway, she didn't stay in the Marquis's Mansion for a while.

The letter was delivered to Sun Quan. Sun Quan didn't care what it was. He first paid attention to the paper. He took it in his hand and looked at it repeatedly. Then he asked someone to call Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu in quickly. (End of this chapter)