After speaking, Xiao Man put down the two pieces of paper, raised his head and looked at the two of them with a smile, "Now you can tell which work is your own, right?" ”

Before the two of them picked up their own tricks, Xiao Man also had a rough idea in his heart.

Although both works look good, the first one is clearly better than the second in terms of the strength, fluidity, structure, and some tricks in the use of the brush. Coupled with Xiao Man's understanding of the academic background of the two, it is obvious that he can guess that the first one should be Wang Youhe's, and the second one is Xiaoxue's.

Among the embroiderers in Shangjing, they basically draw some patterns of flowers, birds, fish and insects, and most of the books they gave to Xiaoxue are some of the patterns commonly used by embroiderers in Beijing, so this can not be guessed.

"This one is mine." Wang Youhe held up the first picture of the snow-capped mountains and said with a smile.

And Xiaoxue also shyly held up the second one, "This is what I painted, thank you for your guidance." ”

It was exactly as I had just guessed.

Xiao Man pursed his lips and smiled, and encouraged: "Both of you have very good ideas, these two patterns are good, I haven't been in the house for a few days, those maids shouldn't have started to learn these yet, you should embroider the patterns you drew first, and make a dress for each of you, as for the style of the clothes, you also have to design your own clothes, how about it?" ”

"Really?" Wang Youhe was a little shocked, but more panicked and at a loss, she said: "I haven't made clothes at all, what can I do?" In case it messes up, then ......"

Similarly, although Xiaoxue on the side knew a little about this, she hadn't done it completely by herself, and she couldn't help but be a little worried: "Yes, the fabric of Canglan is so expensive, if it is damaged by me, it won't be worth the loss." ”

Seeing the concerns of the two, Xiao Man thought for a while and compromised: "Then let's do it, if you really don't dare to start, then draw a pattern of clothes first, and when I come back in a few days, I will teach you in person." ”

"That's fine!" Wang Youhe breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "This way I will be much more relieved, otherwise I really don't know how to start." ”

Xiao Man looked at Xiao Xue on the side, "What do you think?" Is this an option? ”

"Hmm!" The corners of Xiaoxue's mouth curled up and nodded heavily.

After agreeing on this matter, Xiaoman asked Wang Youhe to leave first, leaving Xiaoxue behind.

Xiao Man asked Xiao Xue to sit down, face to face with him, and then said: "Xiao Xue, your painting is very good, and this trick is also very good, but I have one thing to remind you, this is in the vicissitudes, you have to change the pattern according to the surrounding environment, you know?" ”

Saying that, Xiaoman said: "Although the clothes shipped from Shangjing to Bei'an City are selling well, they are much worse than the expectations in my heart, and the main reason is the pattern of these clothes, so I hope you can change this at the beginning, so that you can make more clothes that the local people like, okay?" ”

"Thank you Madame for reminding me, Xiaoxue will pay attention in the future." Xiaoxue bit her lip and nodded, her eyes full of determination.

No matter how you say it, the other party is just a child from a poor background, and her vision is far inferior to Wang Youhe, who was born in a high-ranking official and noble, Xiaoman knows that he may be embarrassing the other party with such a request, but there is no way, if she doesn't correct the other party at the beginning, then Xiaoxue will encounter more setbacks in the future.

Looking at the other party's resolute eyes, Xiao Man felt a little relieved, and then said with a smile: "There is still a room in Wang Youhe's yard, you clean up these days, move to her yard first, let her teach you more, you know?" ”

Xiaoxue was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, "What do you mean ......?"

She is an ordinary embroidery girl, but she can also move to the courtyard where Wang Youhe lives, even if she just lives in the next person's room, then she has her own separate room, and the conditions are much better than the room she lives in the backyard!

"Yes, you move to the courtyard where Wang Youhe lives first, so that she can teach you more." Xiaoman said with a smile.

"Thank you, ma'am, I'll go pack my things!"

After speaking, Xiaoxue made a big salute, and then got up and ran away.

As soon as she entered the door, Jade happened to bump into Xiaoxue who was running out of the door happily, and she wanted to say hello to the other party, but the other party was so excited that she ignored Jade and ran away without responding.

Jade couldn't help but pout, and after entering the door, she complained: "I don't know what this Xiaoxue is crazy about, I just greeted her and she ignored me." ”

"She's so happy that she doesn't care about you." Xiao Man explained with a smile.

Emerald: "Huh? With a sigh, he squatted down and added a few pieces of charcoal to the charcoal basin, and asked, "Why is she so happy?" Did Madame answer her to anything? ”

In fact, she doesn't hate Xiaoxue, it's just that Jade has such a temperament, as long as she has known her for a long time and is familiar with each other, she will joke with you and not mind everything about you.

But if you don't know her well, she is cold to everyone, even if her status and status are higher than hers, she will not look up to anyone.

Xiaoman was already familiar with her temperament, so he didn't say much, just explained: "Isn't I going out these days, so I asked Xiaoxue to move to Wang Youhe's yard to live, but I didn't expect her to be happy like this." ”

"What?" Jade, who was fiddling with the charcoal basin, got up, and the sparks in the charcoal basin almost splashed out, and she was surprised: "Madame actually let Xiaoxue move to the yard where Miss Wang lives?" ”

"yes, what's wrong?" Xiao Man didn't know why the other party was so surprised.

Jade pursed her lips and said with some dissatisfaction: "What kind of identity is Xiaoxue, how can she live in the same yard as Miss Wang?" If this matter spreads, and does not mention whether others will think that the master is biased, just say that little snow, and the tail will be able to reach the sky! ”

Hearing this, Xiao Man sighed helplessly, "I arranged them in a courtyard, naturally I have my intentions, it has nothing to do with partiality or not, and it has nothing to do with Xiaoxue's personality, so don't speculate." ”

"Okay." Although Jade was a little awkward, she didn't have a deep grudge against Xiaoxue after all, so she didn't say anything more.

Early the next morning, Xiaoman, Jade and Pearl set off with the packages that had been packed up a long time ago, all the way out of Bei'an City, and walked in the direction of the suburbs.

Xu was stimulated by the bandits a few days ago, and Pearl and Jade were extremely careful along the way, for fear of rushing out halfway to bite the gold, but fortunately, the road was safe, and they arrived safely where Lu Li was.

"Xiaoman!" Lu Li immediately came out to greet him after hearing the movement, and happened to see Xiao Man getting out of the carriage with Jade's support.

He hurriedly caught up, took over Jade's hand, and directly hugged Xiao Man from the carriage with a slight force, he said: "Don't stay in the mansion well, why did you come here, aren't you afraid of the cold?" ”

Saying that, Lu Li glanced back, looked at the large and small luggage unloaded from the carriage, and couldn't help but say again: "You still bring so many things, why, do you want to live outside forever?" ”

"It's not." Xiao Man explained with a smile: "There are not many vegetable seeds left in the mansion, but because you have to investigate the mastermind behind the bandits, Hua Li and the king are also involved, so it is impossible for the king to let me go easily, so I can only think of a compromise and use local materials." ”

"What do you mean?" Lu Li asked in wonder.

Xiao Man smiled, and happened to walk to the door of the place where Lu Li lived, she stopped at the door, turned around and pointed to a few nearby mountains, "Aren't there so many mountains here, I'm going to look for them in the mountains to see if there are any wild vegetables that can be eaten." ”

As he spoke, Xiao Man said again: "By the way, I will enter the mountain early tomorrow morning, do you have any familiar villagers nearby, so that he can be my guide, and by the way, help me see what I can eat and what I can't." ”

Looking at Xiao Man's serious appearance, as well as the luggage that was taken off the carriage, Lu Li sighed secretly, and said in his heart: It seems that Xiao Man is determined to find wild vegetables in this mountain.

But the weather has been getting worse day by day, coupled with the unpredictable climate in the mountains, and there is a lot of snow cover in some places, where is this wild vegetable so easy to find?

Lu Li sighed, a little helpless: "You, you really want to go to the mountains to find wild vegetables, why don't you discuss with me in advance?" I'm better familiar with the situation in this mountain than you, and if I knew this, wouldn't it be better if you just handed this matter over to me?" ”

Listening to the man's complaints one after another, Xiao Man hugged the other party's next door as if he was coquettish, and said softly: "Didn't I suddenly remember, besides, you have more things to do, why am I embarrassed to trouble you." ”

"You... Ay. Lu Li didn't know what to say, so he sighed and stretched out his hand to poke Xiao Man's forehead.

But even so, Lu Li didn't dare to use much strength, for fear of hurting the woman.

Lu Li complained, but he moved faster than anyone else, and in just one morning's effort, he found a suitable guide in a nearby village. He was also familiar with this guide, and he had gone to the mountains to hunt hares, hares, etc., all of which were led by this man.

"The county lord just calls me Lao Zhou! I have been walking in this mountain all year round, and I am very familiar with the surrounding environment! Don't worry, the county lord! ”

Lao Zhou is very cheerful, with a Chinese face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, plus a neat shirt and trousers, straw sandals, the whole person seems to be not afraid of the cold at all, and he doesn't even have a warm animal skin clothes on his body.

Xiao Man looked at the other party's dress, and couldn't help but shudder, she was curious: "Brother Zhou, aren't you cold when you wear so little?" ”

Lao Zhou laughed when he heard this, he patted his arms and thighs, and said, "I am very strong, what are you afraid of in this cold!" When it's really cold, it's not too late for me to put on those warm clothes! ”

"County Lord, don't look at me like this, but you must bring a few thick clothes when you enter the mountain!"