Chapter 313: Little Libu Head (2)
"Say hello to Fujin, Fujin is auspicious." After entering the room, Yun'er bowed down and gave Fujin a salute. This is what the side chamber must do in front of the main chamber. Although Fu Jin said "free of courtesy", this ceremony is absolutely unavoidable.
"Sister, what good things did you send to your sister?" Fu Jin took Yun'er's hand affectionately, personally settled her on the embroidery pier and sat down, and talked to Yun'er with a smile on his face.
"Yun'er has sent you a small piece of cloth that you can make into a sachet. This is Yun'er found a little velvet cloth in the hall downstairs and sent you some, you can be creative. ā
"What is Creativity?"
"It's a good way you came up with, and it's different from others. These cloths are used to make sachets, and you give them to the girls and grandmothers in the yard. ā
"If you make a sachet out of a piece of cloth like this, it will be very eye-catching." Fu Jin stroked the velvet cloth and liked it very much. ā
"Yun'er believes in your ability, you are very talented in clothing design, let alone making sachets." Yun'er is telling the truth, not boasting.
Fujin was very praised by Yun'er, and handed Yun'er a cup of tea with a smile, and Yun'er hurriedly took it. The mantle may have been reprimanded too much, and he has also experienced some lessons, so he didn't dare to make a thorn, but he said very obediently: "Master Yun, you are very good at buying things, and if you buy these small pieces of cloth to make sachets, you will save the big pieces of cloth from being cut into small ones, which is a pity." ā
"I think so too, it's not that I will buy things, it's that the prince said that he wants to buy these pieces of cloth to make sachets, and the Dragon Boat Festival will sell well, so I bought it."
Yun'er didn't say that these small pieces of cloth were given for free. If so, no one cherishes it.
Because many of these cloth heads were bought with the help of Aunt Xiaoli, Yun'er called all the cloth heads Xiaoli cloth heads.
Seeing the tools for designing clothes on Fu Jin's table, Yun Er thought of the drawing instrument she had bought, and brought her a set next time she asked Fu Jin for peace. When I got to Fujin's room, I asked the fish and water with the instrument to present it to Fujin.
"Ouch, what is this? So delicate, this object looks like a machete? ā
"This is called a T-shaped ruler, it is used to draw large pictures, this is a drawing board, Yun'er will give you a demonstration. Put the drawing board on your Eight Immortals table, and then put the left side of the T-shaped ruler on the drawing board, so that it is 90 degrees, and then put these two triangles on the top of the drawing board, you can move left and right, this is the Chinese brand drawing pencil, this is the pencil sharpener, so the sawdust of the pencil will come down, if you draw wrong, you can use this eraser to erase the ......"
"Oh my God! That's too exquisite, isn't it? Fu Jin's eyes widened with surprise.
"It's more accurate to draw with a drawing instrument, you practice first, and if you don't understand something, you can ask the prince for advice."
"The prince will do this too?" Fu Jin was a little unconvinced, "Although the prince has read a lot of books, it doesn't seem like he's good at drawing, right?" ā
"The prince has studied garden art over there, and he must learn a little bit of design."
"This set of equipment must be worth a lot of money, right? How can my sister always use your things for nothing? ā
"Isn't it also a giving effort for you to design clothes? How many brain cells do you have to waste? It doesn't matter how much money you have, it's serious to be able to use it. ā
"Then my sister took it?"
"You can rest assured that these drawing instruments are still relatively high-end. The drawings must be very formal and precise. The prince also has a set, one set for his father, one set for Yun'er, and one for Xuan'er and one for Liangzi. And these are the fabrics for you to make sample clothes, and the fabrics in this pocket are all for sachets, and these are the accessories for decoration. ā
"Oh, that's a lot. My sister has already arranged several girls and grandmothers to participate in the costumes. Not only the grandmothers in my sister's room, but also the tailors from the embroidery girl and the Shangyi Bureau from the palace. No matter what kind of fabric it is, it will be embroidered in Suzhou, Shu or Beijing. ā
"That's good! It seems that your costume design and production team has a large lineup, and you have all kinds of talents. ā
"Yes, there are really a lot of talents in our house, and there are also those who are good at playing and singing."
"You said this to remind Yun'er that you were busy when you came back, and you forgot all the things you taught you about the violin."
"Don't be in a hurry, my sister knows you're busy, so let's do it later. Other palaces have their own troupes, and our prince said that it was too extravagant, and he specially raised those people just for the New Year's festival or the master's birthday celebration and the marriage of his children. If we have such a set of people from local materials, what should we do in normal times, and we can play in a few days of rehearsals when we use them, wouldn't it be delayed? ā
"Your idea is so good. When you have time, Yun'er will teach you the violin. ā
After Yun'er left, Qi'er couldn't wait to ask Fujin to see what good things Master Yun had sent. When he saw the bulging woven bag, he wrinkled his nose and looked disdainful: "If you can't afford it, don't send it, what kind of things are you bringing here?" Whose cloth is pocketed? What did you do? ā
"If you don't want to look at it, go out." Fu Jin has a headache when he doesn't move his brain and speaks.
"I'm sorry, slave ......" Knowing that she was talking nonsense again, she quickly shut up.
Unwrapping the seal and taking out the fabric inside, the beard took the lead and screamed: "Wow, this is too beautiful, right?" Such a beautiful fabric is actually packed in such an ugly pocket, and it is a terrible thing! ā
Mama Zheng shouted in a low voice: "If you don't want to stay in the house, get out, what kind of body is it to shout?" When the people outside heard it, they thought it was Fujin who used a knife to dig your heart, liver and lungs. ā
The mustache extinguished the fire automatically, and the others held back laughter.
The fabrics used to make sample clothes this time are all Hangzhou silk bought by Yun'er, which is the kind of silk made of pure chemical fiber materials. Silk with a dark background and bright flowers is of quite good quality. Fu Jin's eyes widened and looked at the silk in front of him, it was so beautiful, no wonder the mustache wanted to scream, and Fu Jin wanted to scream too. Flowers of bright colors such as red, yellow, blue, green, and purple are painted on a black, navy blue, and dark blue background, and from the bottom edge upwards, it is exactly the size of a cheongsam. It can be worn by women regardless of whether they are young or old. The older ones can wear the old-fashioned ones, and the younger ones can do whatever they want.
Fujin sighed for Yun'er's open-mindedness and generosity, and another person would not be willing to give people such beautiful fabrics in their pockets. If you don't make some decent clothes, Fu Jin won't forgive yourself.
"Fujin Fujin, you are doing well, just sell the slave a piece of fabric that can be used as a cheongsam, right? The slave loves it so much! "The mustache began to sell cuteness again. She wants to make clothes for her daughter, don't look at what she says, she is quite loving to her daughter.
"Okay, bring me a hundred taels of silver."
"You're going to rob? What clothing material is worth a hundred taels? ā
"Do we have this kind of material in Daqing?"
"Nope." The beard admits this.
The silk material is difficult to make because it is very slippery, and even the cutting has to be taken extra care. If you want to make clothes, you have to have a high level of tailoring from the palace Shangyi Bureau, whether it is cotton, silk, or yarn, you can do it decently, ironing, and fitting. However, the fabric of chemical fiber material is easy to loosen the edge, and the edge must be stacked immediately after cutting so that the edge will not fall off.
Back at Feiyun Tower, Yu'er said, "Master, the slave has a question, I don't know whether to ask it or not." ā
"You can ask."
"Are those cloth pockets behind the wooden boxes in the hall downstairs used for sachets?"
"There's all kinds of fabrics and materials in there, and you can do whatever is suitable, and the big ones can be made into clothes."
"What the slave doesn't understand is that there are so many cloth pockets, and the contents of the wooden box, and the gifts and the boxes under the gifts, so much, how did the three of you bring them back?"
"We brought it back with state-of-the-art transportation."
"What is advanced? What is Transportation? ā
"The best, the most advanced is the advanced. The means of transportation are cars and boats. ā
"Oh, that's right."
"You can also ask your father-in-law."
"I didn't dare to ask."
"How dare you ask? It seems that your father-in-law is much better than me. ā
"Oh master, slave doesn't mean that."
"Punishing you for handing over the contents of the top box."
"Yes, the slave and maid admit punishment."
Ling Juan finally couldn't hold back her laughter, the girl here was really pure, she believed whatever Yunyun said, and she didn't realize that Yunyun was teasing her.
"Master, the slave maid also wants to ask you, what can the cloth in those pockets be used for besides making sachets and clothes?"
"You might as well say that you might as well buy a piece of cloth with the money to buy these small pieces of fabric, right?"
"You're so good, you can guess the slave's mind at once."
"You'll guess what you're going around."
"Where did the slave go around in circles?"
"I ask you, do you want to learn the best of the best? Or do you want to inquire about things? I'll give you the right to choose one or the other. ā
Yu'er replied without even thinking about it: "Of course, the slave maid wants to learn the skill the most." ā
"That's what a good boy is."
Ling Juan really couldn't hold back, and laughed: "Yunyun, don't tease her." I think the fish girl is strange and pitiful. ā
"Okay then, I'll spare you just by looking at Mr. Ling's face. Most of the governors of Zhou Yu went to the table and handed down the contents of the box in the middle, how could he just admit punishment and not act? ā
"Yes, slave and maid obey." The fish neatly landed on the table, counted the boxes, opened the middle one, and began to take the small box inside. Yue'er and Lian'er hurried over to pick it up. The small box was heavy and tightly sealed, and I didn't know what was inside.
At this time, Yu'er regretted asking the master so many things, and the master might have difficulties if he didn't answer, and he kept asking. But it can be seen that the master is not angry.
Ling Juan said to Yun'er: "It's no wonder that Miss Yu'er has so many questions, you really have a lot of things here." How long will it take to run out of these pockets? ā
"With a sewing machine, that utilization rate will be higher."
"The pieces of cloth in these pockets are very new, can't they be sold in pieces? When I was a child, I saw cloth for sale in the market. How much is a piece, slightly cheaper than the finished cloth. ā
"Your mention can be adopted, but the dark cloth and color inside are not very good, and the prince said that it should be made into refugee clothes and beggar clothes for them to protect them from the wind and cold, otherwise they would not have bought so much. I'm a little worried about whether I'm too greedy. ā
Yu'er hurriedly asked: "Master, do you mean that if there are clothes in these pockets that are not very good in color for refugees and beggars to protect against the wind and cold?" ā
"This is what the prince meant."
Yu'er immediately knelt down on the table, folded her hands, looked at the southern sky from afar, and muttered: "The prince is merciful, even the refugees and beggars are worried about it, and the slave and maid are so moved!" Previously, the prince asked us to make a few beggar clothes, and the fish thought that there would be so many of them, but there were so many. "Yu'er has been a beggar, and knows what the life of a beggar is like, not to mention that very few people dress beggars, even if they give them too much food, and there are even dogs that bite beggars.
"Alright, let's get up." Yun'er knew that Yu'er remembered sad things again.
Yun'er said to Ling Juan and Yu'er Shui'er: "The woven bag is filled with all kinds of cloth, large and small. The big ones can really be sold in pieces, the small ones are made into small things, and the bad ones are used to make refugee clothes and beggars' clothes. The fabric inside is made of any material and color, and it can be used for patchwork. In the future, a lot of everyone's energy will be focused on patchwork, and patchwork is still an art. ā
"Master, the slave and maid have one last question for you: What are you talking about patchwork?"
"A hundred clothes and a hundred quilts are patchwork."
The slave finally understood. But a lot of the cloth was something that the slaves didn't know how to use. ā
"You can use your courage and do whatever you want."
Seeing these brand-new pieces of cloth, Yun'er felt that these things were really bought right, how could there be so many kinds of fabrics in Daqing? You should be able to make a lot of fabrics. When I started to buy cloth heads, it was the eldest sister who mentioned yƬ, but Xiaoli told her that her family had regarded patchwork as an artistic activity and a process of re-creation. Some retired old ladies, full-time wives, nannies, and other people in Beijing go to textile stores or garment factories to buy cloth heads, and when they come back, they make some fabrics that are put together. Later, it became more and more refined, and some communities also set up a fabric art association to specialize in the study of patchwork works. The eldest sister also took Yun'er to the house of a seventy-year-old aunt where the community is located to visit the patchwork made by others, and Yun'er's thinking was suddenly opened. Originally, I thought that patchwork was to cut rags into generally large pieces and put them together into hundreds of clothes and quilts. As a result, the things they made are simply beautiful! Xiaoli also downloaded a lot of patchwork renderings for Yun'er from the Internet, and she can do it when she comes back. Yun'er told her eldest sister about the situation, and the eldest sister told Yun'er that Mr. Fu and the three of them should not only do business to make money to help the future Kangxi Emperor, but also help poor citizens, beggars and disaster victims as much as possible. After three years of Kangxi, there will often be various disasters, just the snow disaster has made several troubles, many people have froze to death, the darker rags are spliced together, made into cotton clothes, quilts, cotton cloaks, distributed to beggars and disaster victims, or poor people who are not clothed and hungry, and one more person may save a life, which is the compassion of people in Buddhism.
There is no shame in buying cloth, it is a legitimate thing, and it can also be patchwork, and the large pieces are sold directly according to the size, of course, the price will be lower......
Yun'er knew the general contents of the cloth, but it was impossible to remember what was in which pocket. Let Yu'er Shui'er unpack the cloth pocket that Tian Liang hooked down one by one to inspect it.
I found two packs of nylon yarn in the ten packs of Xiaoli cloth heads, which are the kind that make siu mai buns, which are very stiff and transparent, and the colors are gorgeous, including bright red, rose red, purple red, golden red, golden yellow, tender green, emerald green, sky blue...... Not only are there many small, twinkling Venus highlights on it, but there are also quaint moire patterns and patterns, which give people a very luxurious feeling. Nylon yarn is very thin and light, and when you count it, there are about seven or eight hundred pieces in a pack of ten kilograms. It's not as big as making a siu mai bag for each piece, it's a big piece, and a big piece of yarn can make twenty or thirty siu mai bags! Only these two packs of yarn can be used in the cartons in Yun'er's room, and the nylon yarn contained in the carton is for learning, and there are only a few boxes. In fact, the woven bag is also used for learning, that is, the price is cheap when you buy it.