Chapter Twenty-Three: Clouds Want Clothes
"Well, college classmates, I've known each other for many years, just like my own relatives."
When I mentioned college, my head "buzzed", and I immediately remembered why I felt that Lin was familiar when we met for the first time. The old man's name almost blurted out, but in an instant, the words came to his lips and he swallowed silently, secretly laughing at his stupidity, how could Lin Suo know him? But looking at the somewhat similar facial features, the memories of the college days are flooding out.
"What do you think? Find that you often wander your mind! ”
"It's nothing, I just want you to agree to my request."
Raising his head, he met Lin Suo's dark eyes, his heart moved inexplicably, and he hurriedly turned his face away.
"Are you sure you want to leave the fog capital in the future?"
"Well, my lover's side has already submitted an application, as long as I can prove my sister-in-law's innocence, the base will solve my job."
After experiencing the most desperate helplessness and loneliness, I found that it is also a great happiness in life to have a lover who truly loves me and believes that he is always by his side to support and cheer me on, compared to men and women who are alone and helpless. Even if the strength of the other party is insignificant, and it takes each other to work hard to survive, the process of struggle, the days of snuggling up to each other for warmth still make people feel warm. Thinking of this, a sweet smile gently appeared on my face.
"Okay, I agree that you will continue to participate in the criminal investigation, and your next dealings with Han Fei must ensure that you completely obey the command. If you encounter danger, remember to protect yourself first, the 13 institutes will never allow accidents for those involved in the investigation of the case! Remember? ”
"Remember, Lin Suo!"
He finally relented and agreed, and after a long time racking his brains to plead without being busy, I smiled happily at him, but Lin Suo turned his face to look out the window. There is no gentle smile on his face, his always straight back is slightly hunched, and the whole person looks listless, as if he is sick.
I vaguely felt that Lin Suo was very depressed, but I couldn't guess what caused him to be depressed. I wanted to ask, but I didn't know what to say, and I was afraid that if I said something I shouldn't say, it would add fuel to his emotions, and then I would be angry with me for letting me quit, so I could only wait in silence.
As the time passed, Lin Suo's head was still looking out the window, looking a little empty and lonely. I tried to recall everything I had said, and I didn't find a single one that went wrong. Isn't it the necklace that Lin Suo feels sorry for? Or is there a sad story behind that necklace? What kind of woman can make the god-like forest lose her soul?
In a state of unrest, he finally waited for Lin Suo, who was in a daze, to come back to his senses, he raised his hand to look at his watch, got up and opened the door and called Mu Ruoyan to the room.
Ruoyan, who was wearing a black maid's uniform, looked enthusiastic, and her previous grievances were gone. She still pulled me into the bathroom very affectionately, handed me a set of silk home clothes of the same color as Lin Suo into her hand, told me to wash up quickly, prepare to entertain Han Fei, and then closed the door and went out.
Taking the silk loungewear in Ruoyan's hand, I was stunned. If you guess correctly, this set of clothes with a sense of weight in the hand and dark flowers, the fabric is the most expensive all-silk brocade on the market, and the lifelike cat head in the pocket of the jacket is a masterpiece of double-sided Suzhou embroidery.
In order to confirm his guess, he gently flipped the inside of his clothes over, and the lively cat really turned into a cute puppy. In addition to the outer contours of the embroidery on both sides are embroidered exactly the same, the remaining exquisite patterns, stitches and tones are completely different, that is to say, the embroidery is different, different needles, different colors, it is the famous "double-sided three-different embroidery" in Suzhou embroidery.
For one of the four famous embroidery of Su embroidery, the Song Dynasty's "Qing Secret Collection" described it like this: "The embroidery of the Song people, the needle and thread are fine, with one or two threads, and the needle is like a fine hair. The colors are subtle and brilliant. The mountains and rivers are divided into far and near interest, the pavilions have a deep body, the characters have vivid feelings, the flowers and birds are very good at the bottom, and the best ones are better than the paintings. These words vividly summarize the characteristics of Suzhou embroidery, such as "flat, qi, harmonious, light, smooth, even", and double-sided embroidery is a very vivid symbol of Suzhou embroidery.
It refers to the same piece of material, in the same embroidery process, the embroiderer embroidered the front and back at the same time, pay attention to the two sides of the embroidery outline is exactly the same, the pattern is equally exquisite. Let's talk about "double-sided three-different embroidery", which is an upgrade of double-sided embroidery, and is famous for its embroidery shapes, needles, and colors.
Not only the local embroiderers in Suzhou are required to do not affect each other on the double-sided silk threads, stitches and colors, and the stitches are not revealed, but also require the positive and negative embroidery patterns to be clear and distinct, and the docking is seamless, and finally the "double-sided embroidery" technology is played to the unpredictable realm, and the embroidery requirements of the embroiderers are almost to the point of being superb, and the price of the finished product is naturally outrageous.
Then look at this material, it is all silk brocade, which is the most delicate and gorgeous weft triple grain fabric in silk fabrics. With satin as the base, more than three kinds of colored silk as the weft, each horse is interwoven with a group of warp and three groups of weft, the pattern is delicate and colorful, the texture is tight and thick, the surface is smooth and shiny, it is the most representative fabric in silk.
The production process of brocade is complicated, and there are dozens of processes in the preparation of warp silk, such as meridian silk, silk threading, silk bonding, re-clamping and shaping, dyeing, winding, warping, etc., in order to process the silk thread into qualified strands. The process of silk brocade is more complicated, and it is a brocade woven from silk, which is extremely labor-intensive.
The difference between silk brocade and silk lies in the price, because this fabric is relatively old and expensive, and it was used by the elders of large families to make cheongsam, and it was sold to nearly 100 yuan a meter 30 years ago, and it was the absolute king of silk.
I know that this is purely accidental, a few years ago my sister was getting married and wanted to give a special gift. Thinking about it, I recalled that my sister once went to Suzhou for training, especially loved those exquisite embroidered silk, but at that time to provide for her own study, she was not even willing to buy a small hand towel, and then regretted it for a long time, saying that when you have money, you must buy a set of silk pajamas to have a good time.
So I secretly saved a year's salary, and went to Suzhou to sign up for an embroidery class in the summer, soaked in the silk market all day long, learned about Suzhou embroidery craftsmanship, and made a set of carefully selected silk pajamas for my sister through an experienced old tailor with a good reputation, and it was because of this that I had more knowledge of Suzhou embroidery and silk.
Because I know this, the clothes in my hand are like hot potatoes. With such an expensive price, not to mention that you can't afford to pay for it, even if it gets dirty, you can't wash it, so you really don't dare to put it on rashly. I secretly wondered, now it is said that the military and police are paid low and the benefits are poor, and the danger is great, but why are the Thirteen Institutes so rich? Even the clothes for a temporary participant are particularly valuable, who is the homeowner?
In a panic, he carefully took his clothes out of the bathroom, and said to Mu Ruoyan who was guarding the door, "I don't dare to wear these clothes, they are too expensive to wear!" ”