Chapter 17: The Leisurely Technique
For several days in a row, the group was busy transplanting seedlings to the greenhouse until all the greenhouses were full. After the transplantation of the greenhouse, he asked the workers to help plant winter wheat on other fields on the Zhuangzi to survive the winter. When all the crops are planted and the fields and greenhouses are full, the leisurely group can be regarded as completely relaxed.
"Miss, this embroidered screen is almost finished, right?" Wanyun's eyes were shining and staring at the embroidery frame in front of him.
"Miss, after this embroidered screen is finished, you must teach Wanyun and the slave." Wanxue's eyes also revealed excitement, and she begged while watching Youran threading the needle there.
"Good! What's this, but it's not easy for you to get started right away, so I'll teach you some tricks later, and then you'll try to embroider with simple patterns. β
After saying that, the strand of silk thread in his hand was used up, and when he threaded the needle, he looked at the two little girls in front of him who were staring at her embroidery, and smiled at them.
The two girls who got a leisurely reply couldn't hold back their excitement, nodded again and again, and then continued to look at the last bit of leisurely embroidery.
"It's beautiful, it's the same as the real thing! If you put it on a mahogany carved patterned frame, it will definitely look better! Late snow, don't you say? When the embroidery was finished leisurely, the embroidery was removed from the embroidery frame, and the evening cloud took it impatiently, lifted the embroidery with both hands, and watched it before and after.
"Uh-huh, yes! Wait a minute, let Uncle Dagang make one, it won't take a while to install it. Wanxue also nodded happily and said.
Leisurely saw the two of them holding embroidery and discussing there as if no one was around, and shook his head helplessly and chuckled. She was just bored after coming into this world and had too much free time, so she found something to do. Fortunately, in modern times, she has a special love for embroidery, whether it is embroidery of traditional Chinese crafts, or cross-stitch, ribbon embroidery, bead show and three-dimensional embroidery, lace embroidery, etc., she has learned all over again!
At that time, one was for interest, and the other was to think that if her private restaurant went out of business, she could still watch embroidery to support herself. I didn't expect that I was interested in embroidery for many years, but now I use it to relieve boredom, if I let the teacher who taught her embroidery know, I will definitely nag again, right?
Thinking about it, a trace of sadness appeared in the bottom of his heart, and he shook his head leisurely and violently, forcibly suppressing the sadness. It is already God's favor for her to be able to regain her life, so what else is there for her to be sad?
"As soon as I entered the courtyard gate, I could hear the laughter of you two little girls, what are you talking about?"
Mrs. Qin's voice suddenly came from the door, interrupting her leisurely thoughts, she stood up and walked to her mother, stretched out her hand to wrap her mother's arm and said, "Mother, why do you have time to come to my courtyard today?"
"I'm not idle, I want to see what you're up to?" was leisurely taken to the side of the window to sit down, "In the past few days, your father has taken your brother to meet some of the friends that your grandfather has worked with at the beginning, thinking that they will always be useful in the future. β
"Well, that's as it should be. By the way, what about En'er and Si'er? Why didn't you see them? β
"You!" Qin Mu nodded her leisurely forehead with a smile, "I don't know what you've been busy with these days?" I don't even know that your younger siblings have gone to school! What to do? Such ears don't listen to what's going on outside the window. β
"Uh...... ( ΜβΟβ') "Recently, she has been busy embroidering embroidery, she hasn't asked about everything at home, and she doesn't even know that her younger siblings are in school, 555~ She is really a failed sister! Or, in order to make up for them, she will make a schoolbag for the two of them herself, right? Well, so decided, do it at night!
Seeing the stupid look of leisurely shock, Qin's mother felt very funny.
"Hehe, madam, Miss has been embroidering this all these days!" Wanxue covered her mouth and smiled, and together with Wanyun, she showed the embroidery they had just discussed hotly to Qin's mother.
"Ah, what a delicate embroidery! This kitten is embroidered like a living one! "There were also two of Qin's mother's wedding girls who came with Qin's mother, and one of them said this, named Ju Niang.
"Well, it's quite delicate, You'er, this is what you embroidered?" Mother Qin also looked at the embroidery with appreciation.
"That's not all, ma'am!" As he spoke, Wan Yun and Wan Xue swapped the embroidery in their hands and showed the back to Qin's mother.
"Ah...... The color is different! "It was Lan Niang who spoke this time, and she has opened her mouth in surprise now!
Mother Qin was also surprised, and turned her head to look at her daughter beside her, with a little doubt in her eyes, but more of her joy was true. "You'er's embroidery has improved too much, and this embroidery is vivid. But Yu'er, how did you manage to make both sides have patterns and different colors? β
Leisurely pursed his lips and smiled slightly: "Mother, that's the case!" Once the master saw that his daughter was bored on Lingyun Peak, so he took her daughter to play in a town not far from the mountain, you know, there are many interesting people and things in Fanbang. Even those seeds were given to me by friends I knew at that time; And this embroidery was also taught to me by a grandmother who lived in that town. And she passed on all her skills to me! β
Fortunately, I planned what to say in advance, and I was glad that this Qin Youran hadn't been at home for four years, so what changes she had learned in the past four years, except for her ethereal master, no one knew.
"She said that she had no children and no daughters in her life, and she couldn't let the craftsmanship passed down from her ancestors be lost in her generation, so when she saw that I was destined for her, she took her daughter as an apprentice and passed on all the skills that her family said she had to have."
"Oh, I see! It seems that she is also a master, she can take you as a disciple and teach you, and it is also your creation. You have to protect yourself well, and you can't let your master down. After listening to this, Qin's mother nodded in understanding, and reached out to hold her daughter's hand and patted it lightly, instructing.
"My daughter understands." Then he turned his head leisurely to look at the embroidery, and then said: "Mother, in fact, the difficulty of this embroidery is not the highest, this is double-sided heterochromatic embroidery, and there is a double-sided all-different embroidery, which is the highest skill in the embroidery industry!" In modern times, it is considered a 'national treasure'.
"Oh? What does it look like? Mother Qin was also leisurely aroused, and asked with concern.
Seeing that her mother and the other four people in the room were staring at her closely, she coughed softly and with some embarrassment, and then said: "This double-sided completely different embroidery should embroider two scenes with completely different images, compositions, and stitches on the front and back of transparent silk. For example, one side is the same as my picture of a kitten playing with a ball, but the back may be a picture of a puppy gnawing bones! β
"This ...... Can this really be done? Impossible, right? How is it possible to embroider a different scene? Qin Mu's tone was already shocked!
The others nodded in shock! They also don't believe in being able to embroider two different scenes at the same time, and if they can embroider it, it will be ...... It's amazing!
"Wait a few days for my daughter to embroider for her mother, but the stitch is complicated, and it may take a little longer." Said with a leisurely smile
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"It's okay, in order to see this embroidery, my mother can afford to wait!"
"Miss, didn't you say that you would teach the slaves and maids to embroider this after embroidery...... Well, by the way, embroider this double-sided embroidery? Wanyun smiled all over her face, and looked at her young lady with longing in her eyes.
"yes, yes!" Said with a leisurely smile.
"Hehe, my mother is also here to learn, right?" When Qin's mother saw that her daughter was going to teach Wanyun and them, she couldn't help but want to learn from them.
"Madam, the slave and maid also want to learn from the young lady, is it okay?" Lan Niang and Ju Niang already loved it when they saw the kitten playing with the ball, and now they want to learn together when they see the young lady teaching early!
"Yes, anyway, one person is teaching a group of people, too!" nodded with a leisurely smile, and then instructed Wanyun and them to go and get five more embroidery frames, and some transparent silk!
Don't ask her how there are so many embroidery frames and fabrics in her house? That's because her family was originally engaged in the silk and satin cloth business, not only a cloth shop, but also an embroidery workshop, a garment shop, a dyeing workshop and the like. After the Qin family went bankrupt, Qin's father sold all the shops to pay off his debts, and he wanted to sell the bits and pieces of thank you cheaply, but Qin's mother said that in the future, the daughters can earn silver by embroidery, rather than buying it now, it is better to stay now!
Father Qin didn't really want to make money from her mother's embroidery, he thought that making money to support his family should be a man's business, but he couldn't resist her mother, so he had no choice but to agree!
However, fortunately I agreed, otherwise I wouldn't have thought of passing the time by embroidery! And embroidery can still be sold to make money, why not? β°(*Β΄οΈΆ`*)β―
After a while, Wanyun and the others came back with a bunch of embroidery frames and fabrics. You Ran looked at her bedroom and felt that it was too small to fit six embroidery frames, and then they moved to one of the wings on the right side of the courtyard and started to install the embroidery frames.
Leisurely selected a few simple patterns for a few people, and spent the rest of the time leisurely in the situation of leisurely teaching others to learn.
"Oh, it's getting late! I guess your dad and they're back. That's all for today, right? Mother Qin happened to look up at the window, but found that the hour had reached evening, and said to her leisurely voice.
"Huh? Good! Hearing her mother's words, she also stopped her embroidery hand and looked up at the window, it was indeed a little late!
"Heyβit's still not embroidered, it's still the simplest pattern that Miss picked!" Lan Niang looked back and forth at her achievements in the afternoon, and said dissatisfiedly.
"Well, it's really difficult, it's too difficult to reach the level of Miss!" Ju Niang looked at what she had embroidered, nodded and agreed with Lan Niang's statement.
And Wanyun and Wanxue looked at each other, and they both saw in each other's eyes the dissatisfaction with their embroidery, and they were a little bit lost!
"It's okay, just practice more, remember the method, and it will be successful! I wasn't as good as you when I first started learning! Youran's words are not coaxing them, but true. Ay! It's really an ancient woman, and her ability to learn embroidery is quite strong. Embroidery - it is really a necessary skill for ancient women!
"Don't be discouraged, let's practice more tomorrow, and one day we will reach the level of You'er." Although Qin's mother was not very satisfied with her embroidery, she still cheered for herself and everyone. She believes that there is nothing that can't be exchanged for 'hard work', as long as you work hard, you will definitely succeed!
"Okay, that's all for today, and continue to work hard tomorrow!" Qin Mu walked out of the wing room after finishing speaking.
looked at her mother with some amusement, and thought to herself: It turns out that her mother, who is usually dignified and virtuous, still has such a cute side? !
I couldn't help but shake my head and walked a few steps, following her mother's footsteps......