CHAPTER XXV

Because the pattern is complex and the work is small, Lin Zhiyun weaved very slowly at first, and it took a whole day to weave two balls of that material. After weaving two balls, she changed the color, and she matched a total of five colors, and it took three days to finish. After weaving, she made it into a sachet and sent it to the shopkeeper Wan with the five poisonous stools that she had taught Shen Junyao to fight before.

Shopkeeper Wan was very surprised when he saw it: "Where did Madame's material come from?" ”

"This is my own weaving, each color is only woven to make two sachets of a small piece, if the shopkeeper thinks this business can be done, then I can weave more."

Shopkeeper Wan was even more surprised: "It turns out that Mrs. can also weave cloth, such cloth is not easy to weave." ”

Lin Zhiyun nodded: "It's slower to weave, so it may not be done in large quantities." ”

Shopkeeper Wan smiled: "That's it, I will collect these sachets at the price of twenty-five wen each, how about painting fifty taels and buying this pattern with my wife?" ”

Shopkeeper Wan thinks that the pattern embroidered by Lin Zhiyun is very good, and the style of this sachet is also very beautiful, and one of the twenty-five wen will definitely be sold. In addition, there is a Dragon Boat Festival every year, and there are many branches in the city in Markham, and the fifty taels can be earned back in less than two years.

Lin Zhiyun was a little surprised, and then felt that the arrangement of Shopkeeper Wan was also very good, so he smiled and said: "I originally thought that I would have to be busy before the Dragon Boat Festival, but Shopkeeper Wan saved me a lot of trouble in this way." But can I still use this pattern? Since I don't have to weave my own cloth to make sachets, I want to embroider a few children's belly pockets according to this pattern. ”

The eyes of the shopkeeper lit up, and if he could embroider it according to this pattern, it would naturally be more valuable.

"Then the lady can try to embroider one first, and show it to me when it is finished, and if it is good, then continue to embroider."

Shopkeeper Wan had seen Lin Zhiyun's embroidered wedding dress, and he believed that Lin Zhiyun's embroidery would not disappoint him, this was just a formality.

"Naturally." Lin Zhiyun nodded and asked, "Has the wedding dress embroidered last time been sold?" ”

When the shopkeeper heard this, he immediately smiled: "Naturally, it was sold." I embed pearls in my wedding gown as my wife wanted, and sold it for five hundred taels of silver. The Tuesday girl liked it very much. ”

And those pearl flowers used less than fifty taels, and the shopkeeper made a net profit of more than one hundred and fifty taels, so he was naturally happy. It is said that the girl on Tuesday thought his pearls were not good, and later bought a new batch and re-embedded them.

"Speaking of the wedding dress, I remembered that there is also a Liu girl in the county, who is the granddaughter of Liu Yuanwai, and she loves to compare with the Tuesday girl. The day after the girl's wedding on Tuesday, she came to our Markham Building and asked if there was a wedding dress like the one last time. She said that she liked that style, but she didn't like the embroidery on the top, so she made it with us at Markham, and asked for mountains and rivers. But the painters in our building painted a few times, and Miss Liu was not satisfied. ”

"Mountains and rivers geography? Is this to embroider mountains and rivers on the wedding dress? Lin Zhiyun thought this girl was very interesting, "How can anyone embroider landscapes on the wedding dress?" ”

"Isn't it? How to embroider this landscape festively? I also have a headache. Miss Liu is better at talking than Miss Tuesday, and she doesn't blame us for not being competent, but she just sighs faintly, saying that no one in the world can make a wedding dress that satisfies her. "Wan shopkeeper thinks about it, he feels big, "If no one can embroider it, it's okay, if other embroidery workshops make it, then we are afraid that the signboard of Markham Building will be smashed." ”

Lin Zhiyun was also very sympathetic to Shopkeeper Wan, but she didn't have any ideas, so she didn't answer.

She is just a peasant girl who stays at home, where can she draw the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains of their Great Xia Dynasty? She hadn't even seen a geographical map.

Shopkeeper Wan looked at Lin Zhiyun expectantly: "Mrs. Shen may be able to try?" ”

Is this really using her as a lifesaver?

Lin Zhiyun couldn't cry or laugh: "Shopkeeper Wan also thinks too highly of me." ”

"I can't help it, since Mrs. Shen can draw drawings, it's better to try to draw one. Even if Miss Liu doesn't like it, you're not at a loss, are you? ”

Lin Zhiyun thinks that too, she won't lose anything, so it's okay to try.

"Since the shopkeeper has said so, then I'll try."

The shopkeeper was very happy, and immediately gave her sixty taels of silver.

Lin Zhiyun was stunned: "Is the shopkeeper Wan miscalculated?" ”

Lin Zhiyun's five poisonous veins were tied together in a circle, and the shape was also large, suitable for hanging on the wall, so the shopkeeper of Wan received it at the price of two hundred wen each. She only made two in total, and the sachet was twenty-five wen one, she made a total of ten, and then plus the luozi was only more than six hundred wen, why did she directly give her ten taels of silver?

"Even if this pattern is bought for sixty taels, it is also our Markham Building earned. Mrs. Shen is relieved to accept it, and the extra silver will be used as a good relationship with Mrs. in Markham. In the future, Madame will make any good things, but you must think of us Markham! ”

Shopkeeper Wan originally admired Lin Zhiyun's ideas and skills, and thought that if Lin Zhiyun could solve his urgent need this time, then he must treat Lin Zhiyun as a lucky star.

Lin Zhiyun went back and told Shen Junchuan about it, she felt that Shen Junchuan was a scholar, maybe he had seen the geographical map of mountains and rivers?

"If you talk about the geographical map of mountains and rivers, I have really seen it, in a book of mountains and rivers left by my father-in-law." Shen Junchuan flipped out the book as he spoke, "All the important mountains and rivers on this are marked, and if there are these mountains and rivers in the back, we can integrate and draw them." ”

Lin Zhiyun was very surprised: "I didn't expect my father to have such a treasure in his hand." ”

Shen Junchuan sighed: "My father-in-law's collection of books is indeed staggering, and many books are afraid that ordinary people can't buy them, I'm afraid that my father-in-law has another adventure." ”

Lin Zhiyun thought for a while and said: "Dad told me that one year he went to Fucheng for the exam, and he saw someone secretly scuttling a boat by the river, so he managed to notify the owner of the boat. The owner of the ship thanked him, and after knowing that he was a scholar, he picked out two boxes of books and gave them to his father, and also gave him a pair of jade pendants, which he used to marry me. ”

"I think it's a rich businessman, the jade is good in texture and very transparent, so it turned out to be like this." Shen Junchuan thought that even if Lin Qingshan didn't raise Xu Bowen's mother and son back then, he should not be able to afford this jade.

Lin Zhiyun nodded and said: "That person claimed to be from the capital, and said that he would definitely be able to go to high school after reading those books with his father's talent, and he would go to the capital to find him when the time came." It's just that then my father injured himself, so he didn't have a chance. I think with my father's temperament, even if I go to the capital, I'm afraid I won't look for him. ”

Shen Junchuan smiled: "I also believe that my father-in-law will not go." ”

For those who read books, those books can be regarded as priceless treasures, and the jade is also valuable when it looks like, so for Lin Qingshan, even if he is kind to that person, that person has already paid it off, and even more than he helped. Therefore, why is Lin Qingshan embarrassed to trouble that person again? I'm afraid that for Lin Qingshan, that person is his benefactor.

Lin Zhiyun flipped through the book and liked it more and more: "This book is really good, it seems that I will have to flip through the books left by my father more in the future." Back then, I only read a few books that my father often read, as well as about textile embroidery, but now it seems that I am too narrow-minded. To embroider better embroidery, you have to have more knowledge. ”

Shen Junchuan was a little worried: "If you integrate these into one painting, you will be too tired, and I don't know how much effort it will take to embroider it." Why don't you just leave the drawings after you finish them? Anyway, there are a lot of embroiderers with excellent craftsmanship in Markham, and they can't embroider according to the picture. Didn't you say that? We are not short of money now, and we can do less appropriately. ”

Lin Zhiyun shook his head and said, "If I still embroider a wedding dress like that, I will definitely not do it myself." But this time I want to embroider a pattern that I have never embroidered, and I am actually looking forward to it more than the shopkeeper Wan. Embroidery is not only for me, but also my favorite thing, and I don't allow my hand to live one day. ”

Shen Junchuan looked at Lin Zhiyun's determined eyes, and only felt that she was more beautiful than ever at this moment.

He has never taken female popularity to heart, he just thinks that this is what most women do, and it is not a big deal. Although Lin Zhiyun did a better job than anyone else, which also made him admire, he always felt that this thing was troublesome and eye-catching, if he could make a difference in the future, he would definitely not let Lin Zhiyun do this again.

It wasn't until today that he realized that embroidery had a completely different meaning to Lin Zhiyun. He couldn't tell what kind of meaning it was, but he knew that he liked Lin Zhiyun very much now, and hoped that Lin Zhiyun's eyes would always shine with the current light.

"I'll help you sort it out." Shen Junchuan proposed.

"But isn't Xianggong still going to study now? Didn't you leave your homework at the academy? Lin Zhiyun was very moved, but she didn't want Shen Junchuan to delay her homework because of this.

Shen Junchuan smiled: "Don't worry, I can keep up with the progress of the academy." I'll help you sort it out without delaying your homework. ”

Although he has been working everywhere over the years, he is not willing to really put aside the books completely when he is at home at night, and he has been revisiting them, and he has memorized all the four books and five classics that he did not finish at the beginning. Now that I am in class C, it is just another kind of revision.

Lin Zhiyun relieved at this time: "It would be better if there was a father-in-law to help, I don't know what year and month I have to be busy." And although I'm good at drawing patterns, I rarely paint landscapes, and I don't know what I'll do when the time comes. ”

"When I was young, I loved to paint landscapes, but I haven't started painting for so many years, and I don't know what kind of painting will look like." Shen Junchuan said with a smile, "Fortunately, I have a good lady who has a ready-made opportunity to help me pick up all the things I lost before." ”

Books can still be memorized, but there is no way to draw piano, chess, and painting. Now that he is re-enrolled, he has to find opportunities to learn, but the academy in the town will not teach so many things, and it is indeed beneficial for him to draw some when he is busy with Lin Zhiyun.