Chapter Seventy-Eight
Lin Zhiyun has always had a good reputation in front of several maids of the Su family, everyone believes that she will do what she says, and Lin Zhiyun has indeed taught them a lot of skills, and they are very grateful one by one.
The way they repay Lin Zhiyun is also very simple, that is, to tell Lin Zhiyun what Lin Zhiyun wants to know and everything they can say. While Lin Zhiyun taught them embroidery and silk flowers, he had a similar understanding of the preferences of several ladies and girls of the Su family, so he took Su Qing to pick silk.
Su Qing is indeed a good hand in this area, whether it is picking silk or bargaining, he is very comfortable. Lin Zhiyun admired it very much when he saw it, and thought that it would be good if he had such a helper by his side. It's a pity that she is the maid of the Su family, and following the Su family is much more promising than following her.
After picking out the silk, Lin Zhiyun went to buy dyes again, and the dyes she bought were all darker in color, and Su Qing was very puzzled.
They had obviously told Lin Zhiyun what kind of color the ladies and girls liked before, why would Lin Zhiyun choose a color that most of the women of the Su family would not use?
"Won't these colors be too old, many ladies in the Su family don't like this color."
Lin Zhiyun said with a smile: "I didn't buy much, it doesn't matter, I just suddenly had an idea and planned to give it a try." If it can be done, it will naturally be good or not, and I have other tricks to do. ”
Su Qing thought to herself that Lin Zhiyun really didn't have many dark paints, but she also picked too many dark colors, and she didn't know who she wanted to make such fabrics for. If you need to give it to those ladies of the Su family, the girls may not be able to give it away, even the old ladies of their Su family like bright colors the most, and they have always only worn red or gold, and they will never wear such colors.
Lin Zhiyun didn't explain much, she took a few colors that the Su family's maids told her about the other ladies of the Su family, and Su Qing breathed a sigh of relief.
After Lin Zhiyun went back, he handed over most of the things outside to Shen Junyao, and then began to design silk patterns for the ladies of the Su family with peace of mind. She originally wanted to follow the words of a few maids and make a special silk horse for each lady and girl, but it was too time-consuming, and she probably couldn't think of so many patterns for a while. And the time can't be delayed, it's better to think of two or three tricks to make a few more horses to give away. As long as the silk she weaves is unique and beautiful enough, several ladies of the Su family will like it.
The Mid-Autumn Festival will be more than half a month away, and she hopes that everything will be in time before the Mid-Autumn Festival.
It was the first time for Lin Zhiyun to rush to make things like this, and she was a little in a hurry, and even forgot to sleep and eat. Fortunately, there are more people available at home now, so that she will not be busy and make mistakes.
Lin Zhiyun spent two days designing three patterns, and she first picked the simplest one to start trying to weave the first silk. This silk machine was specially improved by Carpenter Zhang after she bought it.
In the past, Carpenter Zhang would definitely not know this, but during this time, he learned a lot from Shen Junchuan and helped Shen Junchuan improve a lot of machines, so he was also handy in this regard. Especially since he had improved so many looms for Lin Zhiyun before, and now this one is still very easy to change from the previous ones.
Only then did several maids of the Su family know that the loom used by Lin Zhiyun was different from others.
"I heard that the Shen family's Yunchuan is not very different from other cloths, it is much wider than normal cloth, is it all because of the different machines?" Su Lu said curiously.
"That's true, when I was weaving cloth before, I thought that it would be nice if the cloth could be woven wider, so that it would be much more convenient to show the clothes, and it happened that my husband was also there at the time, so he tried to help me improve the loom, but I didn't expect it to be really successful."
Several maids of the Su family are not very old, this is the time when the love is first opened, and they are all very envious when they hear the words, and they can't wait to find such an understanding and ingenious good protector in the future.
"Shen Gongzi is so good, no wonder our young master has a good time with him." Su Lu said with emotion.
Su Zi whispered: "But I heard that Shen Gongzi was quite mixed up before, which one is true?" ”
Su Hong couldn't help glaring at Su Zi: "Ah Zi, what are you talking nonsense?" Since Shen Gongzi is a good friend of our young master, how can he be a bastard? ”
Lin Zhiyun said with a smile: "My husband used to act simply and directly, but now it won't be like that, he couldn't be forced by life before, and now that his life is better, he naturally doesn't have to be as bitter as before." ”
Su Hong couldn't cry or laugh when she heard this, about Shen Junchuan's affairs, other girls may not know, but as the most powerful big girl by the young master's side, he knows it clearly, that Shen Junchuan was indeed a fool in the past, but he only changed it after marrying a wife. As far as Shen Junchuan did in the past, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a big rebellion, Lin Zhiyun is good, and he actually uses simple and direct words to describe it. The people who were tossed by Shen Junchuan in the past were also very bitter, but Lin Zhiyun only remembered Shen Junchuan's bitterness.
Maybe this is what the world calls the deep love between husband and wife, anyway, she doesn't understand it very well.
"So that's the case, what kind of direct method was Shen Gongzi before?" Su Zi said curiously.
Su Hong couldn't bear it: "Ah Zi, what's going on with you today?" Why are there so many problems? Have you ever thought about what you should have asked and what you shouldn't? ”
Lin Zhiyun hurriedly said, "It's just a casual chat, but you don't have to take it too seriously." What has my father done in the past, as long as Su Zi has the heart to walk around, he can know it clearly by asking casually, so I don't need to say more, and there is nothing I can't ask. ”
Su Hong said helplessly: "Madam, you don't know if this girl can't get used to her, in the past, she offended her family because she was open-mouthed, and many people would be sold." After arriving at the Su family, although she was diligent and capable, she had also offended several masters, if she continued to speak like this, I was afraid that the young master would not be able to protect her. ”
Lin Zhiyun didn't say much at this time, after all, Su Zi and Su Hong are both maids of the Su family, and anything that is not done well should be disciplined by the Su family, and she should not go beyond her ancestors' robes.
Su Hong was afraid that Su Zi would cause trouble in the future, so she took Su Zi out alone for questioning, and Lin Zhiyun continued to weave as if she hadn't heard anything.
Her jacquard cloth has always been well known, and it is estimated that there is no better weaver girl than her in several nearby counties. This is not the best meaning of her weaving skills, but she is not only skilled in weaving, but also talented in patterns and colors, better than many others.
Several maids of the Su family were very envious when they saw Lin Zhiyun's hand, they had long wanted to learn to weave with Lin Zhiyun, but they had been measuring it and had not yet made up their minds. First, they have not been here for a long time, and it is certainly not easy to learn to weave such jacquard cloth, and secondly, they do most of the work of embroidery and knotting on weekdays, and it is impossible to weave cloth, after all, their room cannot fit such a large loom.
If they can really learn this craft, they can't please their masters, and they can make money by marrying in the future.
Su Hong taught Su Zi to deliberately choose a place far away from the embroidery room, but several maids of the Su family have learned martial arts, and their ears are much more sensitive than ordinary people, they can faintly hear the conversation between Su Hong and Su Zi, and the more they listen, the more they feel bad. Afraid of being heard by Lin Zhiyun, Su Lu took the initiative to chat with Lin Zhiyun, wanting to divert Lin Zhiyun's attention and prevent Lin Zhiyun from hearing the movement outside.
"Mrs. Shen, if I am married by the young master in the future, can I come to you?" Su Lu said with a smile, "I think Huaihua Village is very good here, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and there is a good person like Mrs., who is willing to teach women to read, read, embroider and weave, how difficult it is." I'm also a clever person, if I marry in Huaihua Village in the future, I may be able to live a good life. ”
Lin Zhiyun said with a smile: "Even if you are old and want to get married, Su Gongzi will not marry you to such a place, Huaihua Village is too poor, you girls have been pampered since childhood, but I am afraid that I will not be able to endure these hardships." Even if you have to endure these hardships, Young Master Su is reluctant for you to suffer such hardships. ”
Lin Zhiyun said to Su Lu that she became more and more kind, because she knew Su Lu's kindness.
Most of the girls in the Su family are very good, and the other girls also have fun when they see Su Lu and start chatting with Lin Zhiyun. Lin Zhiyun chatted and laughed with them while pricking up his ears to listen to the movement outside.
No one knows how sensitive her ears are, in the past, when she was alone in the Lin family, she could hear the conversation between Lin Qinghe and the Wang family in the house. Now even though Su Hong deliberately walked away and tried to lower her voice as much as possible when she spoke, she could still hear it clearly.
Lin Zhiyun never thought that Su Zi's little girl actually liked Shen Junchuan.
According to Su Zi, when Shen Junchuan went to Su's house as a guest in the past, Su Zi often served tea on the side, and it was at that time that she began to appreciate Shen Junchuan.
Su Zi was born with a round face and looked very delicate, and everyone would think that her heart was as innocent as it looked. But that's not the case, she is more precocious than other girls, she has long thought about what kind of husband she should marry in the future, she can't look down on the little guy in the house, and she can't look down on the housekeeper, she thinks that with her intelligence and means, she should marry a better person in appearance.
After all, if she marries those servants of the Su family, she can only continue to be a subordinate in this life, and her children and grandchildren will continue to be a subordinate.
But she doesn't want to go on like this, she wants to marry a scholar, tutor that scholar well, and when the scholar is admitted to the juren in the future, she can also be an official lady.
Not to mention that Lin Zhiyun didn't expect such an idea, even the girls who came with her didn't think of it.