After being jilted, the entire neighboring village was filled with deep regret.

Chapter 71 Cotton Cloth and Quilts
To test the machine's performance, she first poured 25 kilograms of cotton into the raw material inlet. Part of the cotton was automatically used to make an outer gauze, and the rest was put into the cotton quilt. The machine scanned the quilt like a printer, and a green light flashed with each press. After about 20 presses, a quilt was made.

The cotton quilts that have been pressed and sewn by machine are not only fluffy and evenly distributed, but also have fine and tight stitches that are not easy to shift.

Su Tai was overjoyed and couldn't wait to use it that very night.

When she placed the quilt and the cotton cloth in front of Shen Yi, even Shen Yi, who considered himself to be somewhat knowledgeable, was unsettled.

"Xiaotai, this...this is the cotton quilt and cotton cloth you were talking about?"

Su Tai nodded vigorously, "How is it? Doesn't it feel warm, comfortable, and lightweight?"

Shen Yi nodded excitedly, "It's more than just comfortable. I think this cotton fabric is just as good as silk, but the color is too white and it gets dirty easily."

This was the only flaw Shen Yi could find.

Su Tai sighed, "Silk is white when it is first woven and needs to be dyed. Cotton is the same, but I really don't know what to use to dye it."

The media tool vending machine does have an automatic cloth dyeing machine, which costs 500 coins to rent. Money isn't the problem; the problem is that she doesn't have the raw materials.

Shen Yi looked at the vast mountains, stroked his chin and pondered, "Let's go to Dahe Town tomorrow. There are dye houses there. We can ask the dyeing masters."

Su Tai was overjoyed and nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

That night before going to bed, she processed another batch of quilts and thick cotton cloth for winter.

The next day, Shen Yi took her out as soon as it was light.

Because the second aunt's family requisitioned their fishing boat, they were taken directly to the other side of the Daxun River by Shenzhuang.

Shen Zhuang continued working, while the couple carried their wicker baskets and headed straight for the Daxun River.

As soon as Su Tai entered the town, she noticed that the houses here were much better than those in Moshi Town, and the people were dressed more elegantly, clearly living a good life.

On the way, Shen Yi encountered two or three acquaintances who greeted him.

Su Tai teased, "I didn't expect you to be so popular in Dahe Town."

Shen Yi chuckled and led her through several turns into an alley, at the end of which was the dye house.

"Uncle Qi." Shen Yi's goal was clear.

The man called Uncle Qi looked up at the sound and immediately burst into laughter, "What brings you here, kid? Buying cloth?"

Shen Yi introduced, "Uncle Qi, this is my wife, surnamed Su, nicknamed Xiaotai. Uncle Qi is an old hand in the dyeing industry. I used to ask Uncle Qi for help whenever I got fur."

"Haha, you're quite the lucky guy!" Uncle Qi looked Su Tai up and down, nodded with satisfaction, and led them inside for tea.

Shen Yi hurriedly said, "Uncle Qi, the main reason I brought my wife here today is to ask what can be used as dye."

Uncle Qi paused in his pouring of water, a look of surprise on his face. "You want to dye cloth?"

Shen Yi chuckled sheepishly, "I don't have that ability. It was my wife who wanted to ask. Anyway, winter is coming soon and we don't have much to do, so I just brought her here to broaden her horizons."

Uncle Qi then stopped asking questions and sat down to explain carefully: "As for what can be used as dye, there are many. For example, madder can be used to extract red dye; indigo and woad can be used to extract blue dye; there are also sappanwood, cinnabar, and so on. Different raw materials have different extraction methods. If you want to dye cloth, I suggest you buy the dye directly. It's too much trouble to make it yourself."

Su Tai was dizzy from listening. She exchanged a glance with Shen Yi and resolutely spent money to buy dye. Dyes are priced according to the scarcity of raw materials. Red and blue are the most common and cheapest, while rarer colors are more expensive.

Su Tai and Shen Yi only wanted something that wouldn't get dirty easily, so they bought a large amount of blue, cyan, red, and black dye, and a small amount of yellow and purple dye, spending twenty taels of silver.

These dyes are enough for them to use for several years.

Adjusting the dye concentration later will allow you to dye fabrics in varying shades, which is sufficient.

On the way back, because there was too much dye, Uncle Qi even helped them call an oxcart.

Shen Zhuang came to help them cross the river. When he saw so many sacks, he looked bewildered and asked, "What did you buy?"

Before Shen Yi could speak, Su Tai interjected, "Second Uncle, we got some soil to turn over when we get back."

Shen Zhuang shook his head, completely unable to understand, and muttered, "Isn't this just being a busybody?"

Shen Yi chuckled to himself.

Helpless, Shen Zhuang said to Shen Yi, "In a few days, I'll be taking your wife back to your family home. When you have some free time, go into the mountains and set a trap. If you can catch a pheasant or rabbit, you can bring it with you. If you can't catch one, ask your second aunt to catch a chicken. You can't go empty-handed. When the weather gets warmer next year, you can raise some chickens yourselves."

Their custom is that the bride returns to her parents' home on the eighth or twelfth day after the wedding. Shenzhuang was worried that it would snow if they stayed too long, so they hoped that the bride would return on the eighth day.

Shen Yi nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry, Second Uncle, I know what I'm doing."

After the boat docked, Shen Zhuang even helped the two men load the dye onto the donkey cart.

On the way back, Shen Yi smiled and said to Su Tai, "Although Second Uncle is not talkative, he is very kind to us."

Su Tai nodded slightly in agreement.

Shen Ping just asked Shen Yi to go to his house to catch chickens. He would never have said that if he didn't really care about Shen Yi.

"If we really succeed later, we'll send two quilts and a few sets of clothes to my second uncle and aunt," Su Tai thought to herself.

Shen Yi felt a warm current flow through his heart, and his gaze towards Su Tai became even more tender.

When the couple returned home, Su Tai immediately sent Shen Yi to the fields to burn wheat straw and fertilize the land, while she went to the Time Gate Transfer Station with the dye. She rented an automatic cloth dyeing machine, poured in blue dye and a certain proportion of water, put cotton cloth in another opening, and then left the rest to her.

Dyeing fabric requires several steps and repeated immersions. If done entirely by hand, it would take several days. Machines can greatly shorten the time, but it still takes two days.

During these two days, Su Tai was not idle. She continued to use the loom and quilt pressing machine to make another batch of fabric and quilts. At the same time, she also made cotton-padded clothes and trousers linings, as well as cotton-padded shoe uppers and soles according to the body shapes of Shen Yi and the others.

Two days later, the first batch of blue fabric was completed.

To check the dyeing effect, Su Tai even had Shen Yi wash a piece of fabric. After confirming that it wouldn't fade, the two of them immediately started making a duvet cover.

"Xiao Tai, this material is so comfortable, why don't we change all the bedding in the room?" Shen Yi was very fond of the cotton quilt.

Su Tai thought so too, "No outsiders usually go into our bedroom, so it's fine to change all the quilts to cotton ones. It's best to give them one side of cotton and one side of linen, so that people won't ask any questions out of curiosity."

After thinking for a moment, Shen Yi decided to put another layer of cloth over the quilt and sew it tightly so that no one would even notice the inner lining.