Sister Li couldn't agree with this. Suzhou embroidery, velvet embroidery, are all embroidery, we call the embroidery workshop, and do not say that only Suzhou embroidery. If you can make money, why can't you run something else? Do you know this Mama Hi? She is the housekeeper of Ruiwang's Mansion, who has these things to sell for me? Look at the needlework and thread of these gadgets, the materials. ”

"Huh? Rui Wangfu's? I said that the shopkeeper is really good, and the palace is also cut? ”

"What do you mean by Rache? Mama Xi and I are old sisters. Is someone else in charge of me? ”

"Oh, shopkeeper, I'm sorry for you. Look at the stitches on this purse, the size of a piece of water! Our needlework is good, who can do this? ”

"And this bead, what is this? Why is it so good-looking? ”

……

Another agency was born.

When Mama Lin came to the Ruyi embroidery workshop for the second time, it was already twenty days later. Suo Qing was really not at ease, so he took a half-day leave to accompany Mama Lin. Suo Qing after Zhaoxue no longer had the previous depressed color, his locked thick eyebrows unfolded, and there was a smile on his face. He is a military official of the third grade, and he can be regarded as a member of the imperial court, although he is doing soup and water work in the house, he is much more glamorous when he goes out. The dark blue wool polyester robe made for him by Mama Lin had a two-inch-wide slightly shallow belt tied around his waist, a rather delicate sachet hung on the right side, and a delicate purse with a lid on the left. On his feet were mille-feuille shoes, and on his head was a round hat with blue beads. The flat ground adds a bit of elegance.

When I came to the embroidery workshop, there was a small servant brought by the house to open the door. The young man in the shop hurriedly greeted him, nodded and said, "Guest officer, please." ”

Another guy went upstairs to report: "The shopkeeper, the lady surnamed Lin from before is here, and her father-in-law." ”

Gu Ruyi hurriedly went downstairs to entertain, glanced at Suo Qing generously, and knew in his heart that he was not only a practitioner, but also a big official. Entertaining guests is Gu Ruyi's forte, which does not seem to be overly enthusiastic and flattering, but also has the cordiality and kindness of Mu Chunfeng: "The two of you have worked hard, you have come from afar, I'm sorry, the small shop is very simple, the two will sit down, and the tea will be served!" ”

The Tian'er called by Gu Ruyi is a teenage girl who hasn't left her head yet, and she is very clever. The shopkeeper's voice fell, and two cups of fragrant tea were served.

"Guest officer, lady, please use it slowly."

Suo Qing bowed slightly, but Mama Lin covered her mouth and smiled. Gu Ruyi also laughed: "This lady, did you say something wrong?" ”

"No, no, the shopkeeper said that we came all the way here, how do you know?"

Gu Ruyi smiled with relief: "You guys came by car, right?" Why take a car on the shortcut? ”

"You're good, observant. Not to mention anything else, my family estimated that I drew two sketches, and the shopkeeper Gu felt that he would leave them at the previous price, and we would bring them all back if they didn't see them. As she spoke, she motioned to Yue'er who came with her to take out the sketch and hand it to Gu Ruyi with both hands, and Gu Ruyi also took it with both hands and opened it very carefully. Suddenly, I felt the spring breeze blowing on my face, and a fresh breath came from the picture. A few gorgeous peonies leap onto the paper, blooming, half-open, and a few budding buds, as if swaying in the spring breeze.

"Good, good, great! How did you get it, the paper is so thick? ”

"This is a simple mounting, otherwise the single rice paper is very thin, and it will break after a few strokes. This will allow you to trace a few more times and save you a lot of money. ”

"Thank you very much. Third brother, hurry up and bring the silver. Sixty taels! I've never seen such a brilliant sketch in my life, it's so beautiful. By the way, the embroidery sent by the lady earlier has been embroidered, and Tian'er took the embroidery of this lady. Ruyi has a reluctant request......"

Mama Lin knew that Gu Ruyi wanted to buy the previous sketch. But he couldn't help his mouth to say it, just looked at Gu Ruyi.

Gu Ruyi said straight to the point: "Ruyi really wants to get your previous sketch. ”

Mama Lin said: "That's okay, a total of three drawings are ninety taels, and my embroidery handicraft fee is ten taels, so do you give me eighty taels?" Please give cash. ”

"Good, good." Gu Ruyi agreed in a loud voice, and gave eighty taels of silver to Mama Lin. Mama Lin motioned to Yue'er, and Yue'er hurriedly put it in the bag she was carrying. Then he took out a paper pocket, and gently took out a few pieces of dark blue paper and a hairless pen from it, as well as a few sheets of smooth white paper. Mama Lin put a piece of white paper under the blue paper, covered the blue paper with a piece of white paper, and then put another piece of blue paper on top of the white paper, and the blue paper was still white paper. After putting it away, he put it on the table and said to Gu Ruyi: "Shopkeeper Gu, please come and see." You know white paper, blue paper is called carbon paper, also called printing blue paper, this pen is called carbon pen, also called ballpoint pen. You see there's nothing on this blank sheet of paper, right? I draw a flower on it, a little harder. Don't move these papers, simply draw a rose, and then take these stacks of paper away, do you see what's on the white paper below? ”

"Wow! What's going on? It's exactly the same as the first one you drawn! It's not out of shape at all, what kind of paper is this so strange? ”

"This blue paper has grease on it, and the strokes on it print the grease onto the next sheet, and then the next sheet of paper to the next. In this way, you can print three or four sheets at a time, and any more will not be printed thoroughly, and the first one will be damaged if you use too much force. This is what my family estimated to give to the shopkeeper Gu, can you guess what it is for? ”

"Ruyi understands, your young lady is printing a draft for Ruyi. I don't know how many times you said this blue paper can be used? ”

"Its original function is to write, if the print, the painting is the line, you can use it a few more times, it is estimated that it will be used more than a dozen times, so that you can print dozens of copies of a draft, you don't lose it, right? The pen fee you give for the sketch is still not low. But you can see the level of painting that my family estimates, she is a kind-hearted person and doesn't want you to suffer. In this way, a sketch becomes thirty or forty copies, and the average one is not so expensive, right? ”

"Yes, yes, Ruyi understands, Ruyi sincerely thanks your girl! But、But、But、If you run out of blue paper......"

"You don't have to worry about these things, you used the sketches on our house, and the embroidered Suzhou embroidery can be started in the capital, and you are worried that the girl will not print blue paper for you? It's best to put this kind of paper together, three or five sheets are easy to run out of oil, and other people in your store don't need this kind of thing, let alone know it, and it is unknown if it is thrown away as waste paper. So you can give you three or four at a time, and you don't have to worry about keeping it. That's it? I'll come back in a month. ”

"Thank you, madam, please walk slowly and watch your step."

"Thank you for your attention, you're busy."

As soon as Mama Lin left, Gu Ruyi looked crazy: looking at the three sketches in her hand, she liked it so much that she wanted to jump. The embroidery lady Li Mama reminded her: "Shopkeeper, you have not been doing your job for many days, you don't hurry up to embroider such a good embroidery draft, I can use it first." ”

"Don't pay the price, let me enjoy it first. Heavens, come and help me pick the line. ”

Just when Gu Ruyi was immersed in infinite joy, a middle-aged man with an elegant bearing quietly walked into the door of the Ruyi embroidery workshop. There was only one guy on the lower floor to receive guests, and when he heard the footsteps, he habitually said, "Guest officer, please, do you want to ...... Yo hey, isn't this Master Lu? How often will you come back? Shopkeeper, Master Lu is back! The guy used a very high voice to report to Gu Ruyi.

Master Lu is still very happy, everyone has not forgotten themselves. When I left, I didn't tell my colleagues in a hurry, nor did I say hello to the shopkeeper, and I didn't say goodbye, and I felt a little inauthentic. But he really wanted to take the road of official career, and he didn't want to waste his life in a small embroidery workshop. There was a respected senior in the family who came from Qiantang to tutor the children of the clan, and he quietly left after getting a message from his fellow villagers. However, the mother and wife of the family are taking concubines for him, he is 10,000 unwilling, he already has a son and daughter, what concubine do he have? His mind was on Gu Ruyi. But Gu Ruyi is arrogant and will definitely not be a concubine, but he refuses to marry, so he is delayed, and it also gives Master Lu a kind of luck that he still has a chance. Under the nagging of his mother and wife, he returned to the capital.

Gu Ruyi was a little flustered when he heard that Lu Painter was back. Lu Painter is a professional painter in the shop, specializing in providing embroidery drafts for Gu Ruyi and the embroidery girls in the embroidery workshop. If he knew that Gu Ruyi had used someone else's embroidery draft, how sad would he be? But it's not a matter of covering and covering, so you can only face it bravely.

Painter Lu came upstairs, this is the place where the embroidery girls embroider, the light here is very good, and the room looks very bright. Everyone is getting together and dividing the line. Ready to trace the new embroidery draft onto the embroidery cloth can start embroidery, because this is a professional embroidery workshop, embroidery equipment is relatively complete. Each embroiderer has an embroidery stand, and she can start embroidering at any time. Painter Lu appeared in front of all the embroiderers with a spring face, and raised his hand very chicly: "How are you all?" ”

"Hello painter!" The embroidery girls stood up and respectfully saluted the painter, and Gu Ruyi was among them. But I was a little dissatisfied with Lu Painter in my heart, but it was not easy to say it immediately. How did she know the artist's mind?

"Shopkeeper Gu, don't come unharmed?" Lu Painter approached Gu Ruyi and clasped his fists to salute.

"Thanks to you, it's okay." Gu Ruyi returned the gift.

"How's the business? Did I embroider the sketch I left for you? ”

"The drawings you left? Did you leave a sketch? How did we not know? Where did you put it? You don't know what you're going to do when you leave. Gu Ruyi wanted to lose her temper, but held back.

"I put it in my drawer, and you didn't use it? So what do you use? Past? Or have you not embroidered anything in the past few months? Skipping a meal? ”

"Painter Lu! Ruyi would like to ask you, who did you talk to when you left? Even if it's to leave a piece of paper and tell us where you went, what you were going to do, and when you were coming back. You didn't tell anyone that you left your sketches, so why don't we go through your drawers? ”

"What are these words? Didn't I tell you a few days before I left that I was leaving? ”

"Ruyi is stupid and doesn't understand your deep meaning. On the days of your absence, we will drink the northwest wind! Gu Ruyi really couldn't stand the arrogant attitude of Lu Painter, he had done something wrong, and he had to use strong words to send it to others.

"What kind of attitude is this? Will the contemptible person leave for a few months to make Shopkeeper Gu so hateful? ”

The embroidery lady Li Mama didn't have a saber rattling, smiled, and said kindly: "It's understandable that the painter wants to take the road of official career. You're a big man, and you can't compare to us women. But you really should let us know. We've embroidered all your drawings before, and we can't use them anymore. If it weren't for the shopkeeper Gu's job and looking for sketches everywhere for everyone's jobs, we might really be hungry. ”

"Sister Li means that the shopkeeper Gu found someone else's sketch to embroider in addition to the artist's sketch? So what is Lu someone? Didn't it become a piece of salted bacon? Since you have the ability to use other people's drawings, what are you arguing with me? There is no place to stay here, there is a place to stay here, farewell! ”

This one is really good.

"Painter Lu, don't you want to see Ruyi's newly found sketch?"

"You don't need to look at it, it must be much higher than Lu's painting."

"This is right, you take a look first, don't leave in a hurry, none of us have the intention of driving you away, that is, you should inform everyone before you leave, there is an explanation, we are at a loss in the province."

"Really? Where did you find new artists? Lu is really interested. Lu is not very expert in painting, but the embroidery manuscript has been painted for more than ten years. Let's show the master's sketch, right? If it is indeed much higher than Lu's skills, Lu immediately let Xian. ”

"It's not necessary to let Xian, Ruyi thinks that this person's sketch also has a lot of merit, Lu painter, please take a look." Gu Ruyi took out the sketch drawn by Yun'er from under his embroidery frame and slowly unfolded it.

Painter Lu immediately "groaned" in his heart, and the peony on the sketch seemed to be alive and open in front of Painter Lu's eyes. Not only fresh but also similar, no one does not say that it is a peony, and no one says "between the similar and the unlike", it is a living red peony, pink peony, purple peony, yellow peony, it is really a national color and fragrance.

Painter Lu also forgot to argue with Gu Ruyi, but looked intently at every peony, every petal, every leaf, and every bud on the sketch......

"How can there be such a master, the painting is not at all a similar and god-like realm, that is, a living peony blooms in front of you, as if there is a fragrance of flowers between the mouth and nose! Tell me, who drew it? ”

"It's a young lady. We didn't see her in person, and the lady who came to sell the drawings seemed to be her stepmother. Gu Ruyi was completely making it up, and she couldn't be blamed, it was Mama Lin who didn't want to tell her.

"Woman? You say it was painted by a woman? How do you know it's a woman if you don't see it? Such a skill should be a master in the painting world, but she is still a young woman? Do you know how old you are? If I could, I'd go to apprenticeship! With this skill, our embroidery workshop will gallop through the Qing Dynasty! ”

"Would you like to calm down? We've just bought three of them, and we haven't started embroidering yet, so we can see the effect when they're done. The lady had embroidered one and had taken it, but I had left it behind. It's also a peony, as if this young lady specializes in peonies. ”

Lu's attitude has completely changed, and he is no longer stubborn. Apparently impressed by the new sketch, and to apprentice. With this attitude, it's not good for everyone to blame him anymore.