Chapter 46: Apprenticeship (II)
"Xiaoxiao, why are you the only one here?" Master Gu was surprised, he heard Sister-in-law Huang say just now that Lin Xiaoxiao was just coming alone, but now that he saw it with his own eyes, his heart was even more strange.
"Well, I was afraid that you would be angry, so I came first." Lin Xiaoxiao is admiring a galloping horse hanging in the living room, the inscription of this painting is Xu Beihong's? ! However, it can't be fake......
"Angry? What are you angry about? Gu Chengyun laughed, and hurriedly asked Sister-in-law Huang to pour tea and water, thinking about it, Lin Xiaoxiao is a little girl, she should love to drink juice, right? Pour a glass of juice for Xiaoxiao. ”
"No, just tea." Lin Xiaoxiao had already smelled the fragrance of tea in front of her, although she didn't know what kind of tea it was, but she was already hungry.
The Lin family also drinks tea, all year round. The Lin family doesn't taste tea when they drink tea, the tea is the cheapest, and the tea is thickly brewed in a big water cup, and the tea is so red that you can't see the original color, let alone taste the fragrance of tea.
Before she was reborn, after she moved out to live by herself, she had the opportunity to buy a good tea of one or two halves and drink it slowly, although she didn't know how to have a tea ceremony, but it was better than when Lin's father and mother sang tea. Now that there is a rare good tea, can she not want to drink it?
"Okay, then drink tea, but children can't drink too much." Seeing Lin Xiaoxiao say this, Gu Chengyun also laughed, this little girl is really interesting, it seems that she will not be lonely in the future.
A cup of fragrant tea was placed in front of him, Lin Xiaoxiao looked down and saw that it was a good Biluochun, so he hurriedly picked it up and took a sip gently, well, good, so fragrant.
"You say, why are you afraid that I will be angry?" After Lin Xiaoxiao took two sips, Gu Chengyun asked.
"Hmm...... Teacher, do you smoke? Without answering the question, Lin Xiaoxiao first raised her head and asked.
"Uh...... Smoke once in a while, but it's not fun. Gu Chengyun thought about it and replied honestly.
"What about wine? To drink or not to drink? ”
"I also drink some occasionally, and I have a small cup every day to relax my muscles and invigorate my blood." Speaking of this, Gu Chengyun was suddenly stunned, and then laughed, "Is it that your parents are thinking about giving me a gift, and you are afraid that I will be unhappy, so you came here in advance?" ”
Lin Xiaoxiao nodded and said honestly: "Yes, I'm just afraid that you will be angry, what if you hate me because of this and kick me out?" ”
Hearing Lin Xiaoxiao's words, Gu Chengyun laughed: "Haha, then let me ask you, apprentices have apprenticeship ceremonies, what gifts do you have for me?" ”
"Yes." Of course, Lin Xiaoxiao had already prepared, although she thought of it temporarily yesterday, but this thing was made by herself, in her opinion, this is more serious than those cigarette and alcohol gifts.
He took out a handkerchief from his bag, which was silk. This handkerchief was brought by the second uncle from a business trip to the south last year and given to Lin Ma, who gave Lin Xiaoxiao a serious Hangzhou silk. This is a white plain cloth, Lin Xiaoxiao has been trying to embroider something on this square cloth since she learned to embroider, and after thinking about it, she embroidered a plum magpie.
The painting was made by herself, and the pattern was also designed by herself, although it only occupies about one-third of the handkerchief, it is the best one of Lin Xiaoxiao's own embroidery.
In other works, Lin Xiaoxiao is all looking at the front and back, and the front is embroidered very well, but the reverse side is often messy, and there are some places where she embroiders a ball of thread knots.
But only this handkerchief, because it can be used on both sides, so she tries her best to keep the patterns on both sides are filled, although the technique is not quite right, but it can barely be regarded as double-sided embroidery.
"This is what you embroidered?!" Looking at the square handkerchief, Gu Chengyun was stunned for a moment.
"Well, I embroidered it myself." Lin Xiaoxiao nodded, a little apprehensive in his heart, Teacher Gu is a man, isn't it a bit ...... to give him a handkerchief
"Good! Not bad! "This kid is definitely a genius!
Gu Chengyun was excited, if he said that calligraphy and painting learned faster and had a little aura, it could only be said that he was biased, but now Lin Xiaoxiao not only talks and does things like a little adult, but even embroidery is not bad...... I really don't know what other talents she has?
It was really fortunate for him to be able to accept such a disciple!
"You apprentice, I'm done! No matter what your mom and dad do to give me something in the evening, I won't kick you out!" Lin Xiaoxiao guessed right, Gu Chengyun really hated those accidents, if it weren't for this, he wouldn't have refused to allow his two sons to come back to recognize the door after that decade - who wanted to break away from the father-son relationship in the first place?!
If Lin Xiaoxiao hadn't been here like this today, in the evening, seeing the situation of Lin's father and Lin's mother, maybe Master Gu would really be angry and wouldn't even let the two of them enter the gate. Now, this apprentice is so sensible, he is not in a hurry to love her, how can he drive her away?
"Sister-in-law Huang, come on!" Holding the handkerchief in his hand, Gu Chengyun called out to the aunt.
"Mr. Gu, what are your orders?" Sister-in-law Huang stood beside the sofa in an orderly manner, hanging her head and waiting.
"Look at this." Gu Chengyun smiled and gave her the handkerchief in his hand.
"Huh? Double-sided embroidery? Sister-in-law Huang was stunned for a moment, took the handkerchief, and looked at it again and again.
"What do you think of the embroidery?"
"The thread has not been split, it is thicker...... The embroidery is good, and the stitches are very dense. Sister-in-law Huang pursed her lips and laughed, raised her eyes to see Lin Xiaoxiao, who was flushed, and asked in surprise, "This...... It won't be ......"
Gu Chengyun said proudly: "This is my little apprentice's apprenticeship!" ”
"Yikes! Did you embroider it? "If it was placed in ancient times, it would not be easy for such a child to embroider such a handkerchief, let alone now? Lin Xiaoxiao is the age at which such a big child is coquettish and playful around adults, who will settle down to teach such a big child embroidery?
Lin Xiaoxiao nodded, Gu Chengyun pointed at Sister-in-law Huang and said, "This sister-in-law Huang is my aunt and a native of Suzhou. Do you know what she has to offer? ”
Suzhou? Lin Xiaoxiao blurted out: "Su embroidery?!" ”
"Yo, do you know a lot? Do you know of any other embroidery methods that are famous? Gu Chengyun saw that Lin Xiaoxiao even knew about Su Xiu, and he had the heart to test her.
"There are also Hunan embroidery, Shu embroidery, ......" four famous embroidery, Lin Xiaoxiao has not checked carefully, but in his previous life, he occasionally saw a few embroideries when he wandered around the Internet, and now it is not easy to remember three of them.
"And Cantonese embroidery! Sister-in-law Huang's double-sided embroidery is good. Gu Chengyun was happy in his heart, this apprentice was really worth it!
"Don't dare, in our place, my hands are nothing at all." Sister-in-law Huang is a little embarrassed, although her embroidery is still quite good, but she has not practiced for many years, and now I am afraid that it has been forgotten a long time ago.
Gu Chengyun shook his head: "In N City, you are very clever with these two hands, if you don't be an aunt in my house, you can earn no less than ordinary workers when you go out and embroider a few things." ”
Sister-in-law Huang smiled and did not speak. Gu Chengyun's salary is very high, and she has worked in the Gu family for several years, except for Gu Chengyun's temper, there are no other problems, she is comfortable and earns money, where would she want to go elsewhere to make a living?
Lin Xiaoxiao was obedient and Sister-in-law Huang knew how to embroider Su and double-sided, and her eyes flashed and flashed, so she almost pounced.
"Do you want to learn embroidery from Sister-in-law Huang?" Gu Chengyun asked Lin Xiaoxiao, but his eyes were looking at Sister-in-law Huang, she was the nanny of her own family, and this kind of work was not a matter of the nanny.
Lin smiled and asked Sister-in-law Huang: "I want to learn, but I don't know if my aunt is willing to teach ......."
Sister-in-law Huang hurriedly smiled and said, "What's this?" We have a little bit of girls there, but I haven't touched it for many years, I'm afraid that I can't teach it well, if the little lady wants to learn, she can do it anytime. ”
Gu Chengyun was happy in his heart, pointed at Lin Xiao and smiled: "Look at you, how cost-effective is it to learn two things from a master?" ”
After sitting at Gu Chengyun's house for a while, Lin Xiaoxiao killed half of his pot of Biluochun plus a few pieces of snacks, and then patted his ass and left.
When leaving, Gu Chengyun wanted to ask Sister-in-law Huang to send her home, but Lin Xiaoxiao refused.
It is estimated that Dad Lin and Mom Lin should be very uneasy when they want to go out to class at the beginning, maybe they have to pick up or drop off every day. Kelin Xiaoxiao is used to going out alone every day, so let them get used to it from now on.
That night, Lin's father and Lin's mother really went home with a bunch of things, and after dinner, they took Lin Xiaoxiao out and went to Gu Chengyun's house.
Seeing the pile of cigarettes, wine, snacks and so on, the corners of Gu Chengyun's mouth twitched. Fortunately, I was prepared, otherwise I might have really invited this family out in a fit of anger.
Looking down and seeing Lin Xiaoxiao's helpless expression, the old and the young looked at each other and smiled bitterly.
After inviting Lin's father and mother into the house and sitting down, the apprehension could obviously be seen from Lin's father and Lin's mother's face.
"I'm a person, but I'm not very gregarious, and I don't like the etiquette of these human accidents." As soon as he sat down, Gu Chengyun directly explained his opinion, pointing to the pile of gifts, "If it weren't for Xiaoxiao's own visit in the morning and said hello to me, maybe no matter how talented this kid is, he won't accept it tonight."
"The conditions of your family are not good, and I can't use these virtual things, so it's better to spend this money on the children, it's time to grow up......"
Father Lin and Mother Lin's face turned white in an instant, they probably didn't expect that they had good intentions but did something bad, right?
This can't be blamed on the two of them, who makes China a relational society? No matter where you go, no matter what you do, it doesn't matter if you dredge it with gifts, and if you don't have a gift, you have to use favors to dredge, but most of the time, even if you have all of these, whether you can get it done depends on the mood of the person at the time.
"This ...... Master Gu, we were also abrupt, we only thought about the child's apprenticeship, and didn't take into account your preferences......" Dad Lin explained nervously.