Before teaching the other five Mama Teachers, Yun'er asked Yu'er Shui'er to prepare the cross-stitch threads and tools that had been sent to them. For example, wire winders, needles, U-shaped scissors, thread removers, threading devices, water-soluble pens, embroidery cloth, drawings, etc.

"Guys, I'm going to talk about a new lesson today, cross-stitch. Like crochet flowers, it is a skill that we don't have in the Qing Dynasty. But don't be afraid of difficulties, it's the same as hooking flowers, all people can learn, and now Sister Yu'er and Sister Shui'er will distribute practice materials to everyone. ”

"Master Yun, why are the materials and tools you give to the slaves and maids like this?" Mama Zheng is the most uncontrollable.

"A unique approach to a skill is naturally different from other skills." Yun'er said with a smile.

The mustache couldn't help but say, "Master Yun, is this an embroidery needle?" How is it round-headed? Is it easy to use? ”

"You'll know it when you use it."

After the tools and materials were distributed, the lecture began. Full needle embroidery is the simplest stitch method, in fact, it is to make a cross with embroidery thread on the embroidered cloth, which is simpler than making siu mai bags. But the mustache no longer dared to say that the dog wore a nest head. She also knows that all skills are from simple to difficult, step by step. And I've never seen such an embroidery method. Several teachers are literate, and Yun'er understood it as soon as she explained it to them, and she was as smart as Yu'er Shui'er. Among the cross-stitch materials that Yun'er bought, she sorted and lined up, starting with full needle embroidery, and then embroidering full needle embroidery works.

Yun'er's cross-stitch began to learn under the guidance of Xiaoli, because Xiaoli was too busy, so she told her some basic methods of how to do cross-stitch, and then showed her the CD, and bought samples and materials when she had an impression. Yun'er was interested in finding a manufacturer on the Internet and bought a car of cross-stitch, large, small, difficult, easy, people, flowers, landscapes, utensils, Buddha statues,

Festivity, animals, people, landscapes, calligraphy and painting, calligraphy, marriage, pillows, pillows, cartoons, still lifes, oil paintings, etc. Many of them are used as samples, and some are sent out to people to make their own hands. Exotic shopping methods, buying more is wholesale, and the price will of course be much lower. So these samples also cost less than half of the market price. In addition, Yun'er also bought a lot of cross-stitch embroidery cloth, embroidery thread, tools and so on. I also downloaded some patterns from Baidu's website and prepared to draw them myself to make cross-stitch drawings. She has the ability!

Each of the eight teaching grandmothers was given a set of cross-stitch with drawings, various tools, embroidery thread, embroidered cloth, and flower bandages, and brought them back happily. In order to train them to operate independently, no samples were given this time. Mama Zheng, who is that? The first one to report to Fujin. Yun'er had expected it a long time ago, so she asked Mama Zheng to bring one to each of the five people, Fujin, Mama Dong, Mama Liu, Mama Jiang, and Mama Hong.

Although Ling Juan is an indigenous inhabitant of a foreign land, she also knows the existence of cross-stitch, but she has never done it, and she went to the Qing Dynasty two hundred years ago to learn it, and she thinks it is very funny.

After reading the drawings, Fu Jin realized that such a beautiful picture was embroidery, and began to learn from Mama Zheng without saying anything. Several other grandmothers studied at the same time as Fu Jin.

"Our Mama Zheng is a second-class dealer." She never missed the opportunity to "hit" Mama Zheng, of course, it was a joke. Before Mama Zheng could fight back, Fu Jin spoke: "Don't care about a few dealers, it's serious to learn skills." ”

The mustache immediately extinguished the fire.

Mama Zheng is the most loyal to Fujin, I really don't know that she is in her forties, and her memory is so good, she remembered all the experience and things Yun'er said and told Fujin. When she remembered that she had written it down, she had already finished speaking.

"Old Mrs. Zhu, you say it again. People are old and sharp, horses are old and slippery, and rabbits are the most difficult to take when they are old. You have too many eyes in your heart, and you actually memorized it! Okay to say it again? ”

"Don't say good things twice! Your mother is a rabbit. Mama Zheng glanced at her and ignored her. Angry and unruly!

Fu Jin also did not object to Mama Zheng fighting back against Mama Zheng, because Mama Zheng regarded herself as tall and often showed a disrespectful attitude towards Mama Zheng, Mama Zheng's age was really her mother's age.

Laughter erupted in the room.

In fact, except for Mama Zheng herself, no one fully remembered what Yun'er said. This is not Yun'er's invention, it is what she saw on the Internet:

In the process of embroidery, the intersection direction of the embroidery thread should be consistent, that is, the upper half of the needle aunt will always maintain this direction from the bottom left to the top right; Start with a simple pattern and work your way up. In this way, it is easy to have a sense of accomplishment and not give up halfway; at

The embroidery thread should not be knotted anywhere during the embroidery process; Do not pull the embroidery thread too tightly, otherwise it is easy to cause the embroidery piece to be uneven, and the cross grid cloth is exposed too much, which will affect the pattern effect; After the work is completed, a neutral detergent should be used when washing; In order to keep the work flat, you can iron it on the back of the work; You can sprinkle gold dust on the front of the work, sweep away the excess, and the picture will be dotted with gold stars.

Under the guidance of Master Xi Yun, the eight teaching mothers are all good at needlework, and under the guidance of the chief teacher Xi Yun, they learned the embroidery method of cross-stitch, and completed the first cross-stitch that Yun'er sent to them. This is the simplest kind of full-needle embroidery, and although it is simple, it is also done very seriously. They had never seen this kind of embroidery before, and the embroidery was a completely different style. All of them are proud, proud. Yun'er told them very clearly that it will be more and more difficult in the future, but they will definitely be able to learn, as long as they can do needlework, it will not be a problem.

Of course, Fujin also knows how to embroider, and when he sees cross-stitch, he knows that this is a skill that the Qing Dynasty does not have. I admire Yun'er very much, I take out such skills and teach them to everyone without saying anything, and I admire Yun'er's mind and courage very much. It's not a little woman living at home at all.

The fish is the first to make a difference, and the kung fu of teaching Mama Xi is still the best. The embroidery is smooth, clean, and unmessy, and there is no wrong stitch. Yun'er was very satisfied, took out a very small bag, which was gold dust, poured it on the picture embroidered by the fish, and then poured the gold dust on a plastic plate, and the picture stained with gold dust was immediately dotted with gold stars, giving people a sense of wealth and mystery.

"Sister Shui'er registered, author: "Zhou Yu, work title: rose, size ......"

"We still have Zhou Yu here, and I guess Zhuge Liang also has it." The prince entered the house with a smile. Greetings, everyone.

The prince saw the cross-stitch of the fish and said, "It's really beautiful, and it will be even more beautiful when the frame is installed." ”

"Thank you for the compliment, this embroidery of the slave can be put into the frame?"

"Of course you can, as long as you have outstanding results, you can get the public."

The fish, who was praised by the prince, pursed his lips and snickered.

In the following lessons, Yun'er will give a new set of cross-stitch materials every time she teaches a new stitch method. But this time it was not ready-made, just embroidered cloth and embroidery threads and drawings. Because the other tools have been sent, they cannot be sent repeatedly. Although it is more troublesome, fortunately, there are more than a dozen girls and mothers-in-law under him, and even rough maids and mothers-in-law can also pick lines. However, the embroidery thread of cross-stitch should be selected according to the size of the embroidery format, and the number of strands of embroidery thread should be determined according to the type of embroidery cloth, which is a bit troublesome.

There are also some skills in the embroidery process, such as determining the center point before embroidery, and constantly calculating the position of the starting point of the cross-stitch thread of each color according to the pattern, and it is best for beginners to start embroidering from the center point of the pattern and the checker; There are also reserved thread ends, embroidery direction, embroidery thread length, improving efficiency, avoiding thread breakage, how to use embroidery braces, how to save threads, how to increase beauty, how to avoid forgetting the position of embroidery, how to prevent embroidery thread twisting and knotting, how to prevent embroidery needles from rusting and how to correct embroidery mistakes. Yun'er explained the French knot in detail, and its function is to make the very flat cross-stitch works more three-dimensional. Yun'er gave a demonstration to all the grandmothers, and it was really like this! These are all very important things, and the seven teaching grandmothers are eager to stretch their ears and lengthen them again, and engrave the skills taught by Master Yun into their hearts.

This skill seems to be more difficult than crocheting, and it is necessary to constantly sum up experience and lessons in practice.

After teaching the grandmothers to be proficient, Yun'er gave each of them a piece of cut embroidery cloth and picked embroidery thread, as well as a drawing several times larger than that used for practice. Although the drawings of each grandmother are not the same, there is a common feature that is beautiful, so beautiful! There are flowers, landscapes, fruits, garden landscapes, ladies' pictures, calligraphy, cartoon animals and so on. Seven teaching grandmothers are fighting with cross-stitch! Every day, in addition to eating, it is embroidery, the head is not raised, the eyes are wide, and the struggle is not stopped.

The second-class girls in Yiran Lou can also be regarded as Fujin's personal maids, and they are responsible for serving tea and pouring water for Fujin, and running errands to learn words. A few of the accompanying grandmothers and first-class maids were doing cross-stitching, and it was impossible to keep them completely secret. In fact, there is no need to keep it secret, but I studied it for a few days first. But just like that, the news soon spread throughout the house. Not only the second-class maids-in-law, but also the third-class and rough ones are restless. The gossip doesn't have to be true, but it doesn't have to be all fake either. The girls and grandmothers knew that the grandmothers were learning new skills from Master Yun, and they jumped to their feet in a hurry. I heard that it is a great skill, and it is better than crochet flowers. Of course, the more beautiful they are, the more money they sell, and they are in a hurry to learn skills and make money.

In the expectation of all the maids, seven teachers and grandmothers calmly took up their posts to teach their skills. However, the scope of the teaching is the maids and mothers-in-law of the front and rear courtyards, of course, including several in Mrs. Chen's courtyard. They belong to Feiyun Tower and are people who cannot be ignored.

Most of the maids can keep up, there are a few because of the hurry, there are usually rough branches and leaves are used to it, regardless of the upside, pick up the embroidery, anyway, a cross is, the other requirements are ignored, the embroidery is miserable: a fluffy piece, can not see the number. This had to be put into a separate book, so that she slowly figured it out and embroidered again. The one who makes up for these people is Sister Peach. She is the most patient of all the teaching grandmothers, I don't understand after teaching once, I will teach the second time, when I understand, understand why I will officially send the materials. For this, Yun'er gave Momo a "patience prize", and the prize was a beautiful bed sheet and a pair of pillowcases. It's so face-saving!

Soon, the cross-stitch embroidery was framed and placed on the counters of Yulong Cloth Village, "Dong Ji Cloth Village" and Nalan Department Store. The price is exotic, calculated according to the size, difficulty and time of the embroidery. The highest price of exotic large-scale cross-stitch is tens of thousands of yuan, but the highest price of cross-stitch in the house is 100 taels.

The price of embroidery in the Qing Dynasty is also very high, the highest can reach a few hundred taels, so the price of one hundred taels is not very scary. And it is certainly not the common people who can afford this kind of embroidery. Since he can come up with a hundred taels, he must have an income that cannot cause difficulties in his life. Wang Ye and Yun'er didn't want to raise the price, so they sold it at an exotic price, if it was a difficult stitch, it took a long time, and it looked very beautiful, and the price was raised a little bit, and it didn't exceed one hundred and fifty taels.

Because it is a trial sale, there are about 60 girls and grandmothers in the front and back courtyards, and each person sent two cross-stitch materials, brought them back to embroider themselves, and after passing the inspection, they were put on the market for trial sale.

Before selling, Yun'er made a detailed registration of the author, size and name of the cross-stitch, and she knew that any new kind of needlework would definitely arouse the generosity of her female compatriots. I discussed with Tian Liang if I could find out the Western-style frames with embossed patterns used to hold embroidery and put the appropriate size of cross-stitch into them. Particularly large cross-stitch is stretched on plywood, brackets and decorated with wooden thread. The cost of this cross-stitch is relatively high, and the decorative effect is quite good, and as soon as it was put out in Ruiqian's shop, it was bought by the wife of a second-class official, and the price was two hundred taels.

There is no glass installed in the frame, because the glass is too heavy, such a large cross-stitch needs a large frame, of course, the glass should also be large, the glass will be very heavy, if it accidentally falls on the ground and breaks, it will be a pity. So Tian Liang thought of plastic film, which is used to cover the decorated picture. I searched for it in the treasury with Nalan, and it took me a long time to find it.

When operating, Tian Liang explained to Nalan while doing it: "Do you see, the wooden wire used to make the frame is at a 45-degree angle at the corner." The two forty-five degrees are butted together to form a perfectly fitting corner of the frame. The next step is to cover the picture with plastic film, which is both transparent and waterproof and moisture-resistant. ”

"Brother Liangzi, you are too powerful, it turned out that I called you a gourd without a mouth, but now I can say it. It's amazing, don't be a year, when you stare at each other. ”

So, the sketch cross-stitch was taken by Tian Liang and Nalan when they gave the cloth to Young Master Ruiqian, and hung it at the welcoming position. The list price is twenty taels. In that era, the poor had twenty taels of silver and could have no worries about food and clothing for a year, but the eunuchs still disdained twenty taels of silver.

As soon as the embroidery was hung up, a sharp soprano sounded:

"Wow! New embroidery! Shopkeeper, can you take it down and take a look? ”

"This lady, this embroidery is called cross-stitch, and the effect is better from a distance than from a close look. This embroidery is meant to be hung on the wall. ”