After a long while, Yu Xiaocao felt that her movements were about to stiffen, and Jiang Siniang studied the clothes on her body thoroughly. Jiang Siniang exhaled slowly, returned to the guest seat, picked up the cup and took a shallow sip, and said, "Lord Yu, I don't know if it's inconvenient to tell the slave family, who designed the clothes on your body?" ”

Yu Xiaocao also exhaled deeply, with a stiff smile on his face, and said, "Everyone Jiang is polite, you still call me by my name." The three words 'Lord Yu' always feel like someone else is calling me dad! ”

Jiang Siniang chuckled lightly and said, "Since Miss Yu is a cool person, then I won't be polite." I'm a few years older, if Miss Yu doesn't dislike it, just call me Sister Jiang! ”

"Sister Jiang, you don't want to be a girl or a girl, we are sisters, you can call me Sister Xiaocao." Yu Xiaocao smiled sweetly, with a happy expression, and did not have the slightest contempt because he was an official and the other party was a businessman.

Jiang Siniang's heart completely relaxed. It is said that this Lord Yu started in business, and he is really not like the ordinary lady of the official family, who wants to get benefits from her, but looks down on the businessman from the heart. They also don't want to think that if there are no merchants in this capital, they will not be able to move an inch of so-called dignitaries......

"Sister Jiang, I don't know if you come to the door for the second time, what do you have to teach you?" Yu Xiaocao already had some guesses in her heart, so she still asked.

Jiang Siniang smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "Sister Xiaocao, I won't tell you, I came here this time for the style of your clothes." It seems that such clothes have never appeared in Kyocaka in you. I don't know where you got it. ”

Yu Xiaocao pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "My clothes were originally matched with pants, which is convenient for walking in the countryside. You see, these narrow sleeves are more convenient for working in the fields, aren't they? However, when I came out to meet guests, it was a little rude to wear pants, so I made such a pleated skirt. Narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, it looks more slender, isn't it? ”

Mrs. Fang on the side heard this and smiled: "You, you are really shameless." In front of everyone in the garment industry, they also dare to get an axe. How can you take out this blind thing and show it to people? ”

Jiang Siniang hurriedly said: "Mrs. Fang, you are too humble! Sister Xiaocao's dress, although it does not have a wide robe with big sleeves and a drag skirt crown, it is simple and exquisite. I should have thought that when the magnificence and complexity were to the extreme, I should refute the truth and move in the direction of simplicity. Sister Xiaocao has opened a new design window for me and added a lot of inspiration to me. My sister is really my nobleman! I don't know my sister, so you would think of making such clothes? ”

Looking at the enthusiastic Jiang Siniang, Mrs. Fang smiled secretly in her heart: Sure enough, the rumors are true, this Jiang Siniang is an idiot. It is precisely because of such "stupidity" that we can devote ourselves wholeheartedly and achieve everyone's success, right?

"You two sisters are chatting, I have something to do later, so I won't accompany you." Mrs. Fang saw that the little sisters were chatting speculatively, so she stopped talking here. The girl is good friends with Jiang's family, and she is naturally happy to see it happen, not all for Jiang Siniang's hand-sewn clothes, but more importantly, she wants Xiaocao to be able to contact more people and meet more friends in Beijing.

Those so-called famous ladies in Beijing are blindly proud and look down on Xiaocao from a peasant family in their bones. From time to time, words that ridiculed her own daughter entered her ears. For this reason, Mrs. Fang broke off relations with several families.

I don't know what those young ladies have to be proud of? On weekdays, he recites sour poems and plays the plain piano, and he will be red with his children, and his nose will grow to the top of his head? They are not as good as businessmen like Jiang Siniang! At least people use their own craftsmanship and their own labor to bring beautiful brocade clothes to others! Those daughters who are just waiting for others to provide for them, who have no contribution to others, why should they look down on others?

Looking at the girl who had a good conversation with Jiang Siniang, Mrs. Fang was very happy. People who can appreciate their daughter's abilities are worthy of fellowship. So, those so-called famous ladies, their words, their senses are important?

Jiang Siniang stood up politely with Xiaocao, watched Mrs. Fang enter the inner courtyard, and then took Xiaocao's hand, and couldn't wait to ask: "Say it quickly!" Where did you get such an idea? ”

Yu Xiaocao thought about it seriously and said: "My aunt originally married in the mountainous area of the Northeast, where there is an ethnic group called Manchu, and most of them wear clothes like me, called 'flag suit', not the 'ride' of the horse, but the 'flag suit' of the flag. This kind of clothing is not only simple and convenient, but also saves fabric! ”

Jiang Siniang's face was fascinated, and she said as if she was talking to herself: "It turned out to be the costume of someone of another nationality!" I heard that the Hu people in the northwest have very distinctive clothes, and their veils cover their faces, which is particularly beautiful. If you have the opportunity, you really want to walk around and see the outside world, so that you don't run out of inspiration......"

"Yes! It is better to travel thousands of miles than to read 10,000 books, this is the truth! I have heard that some ethnic groups in the southwest are dressed up with silver ornaments, and the clothes on their bodies are dyed with special methods, which is very tasteful...... If I have the opportunity, I would like to follow our Ming fleet to the Western Ocean to see, it is said that the people over there are white-skinned, blonde, blue-eyed, and curly hair, which is very interesting, right? Yu Xiaocao has never walked abroad in her two lives, although there is little hope, she still wants to go out and see.

Jiang Siniang's eyes widened in surprise, covered her mouth with her hand, and said, "Blue eyes, yellow hair, or curly hair?" How...... It's like a legendary youkai. Is there really such a person? ”

"Of course!! The emperor and the king of Yangjun have both been to the West and have seen foreigners. I've heard that there are not only yellow-haired people, but also red-haired ones! They don't look like us, they don't speak the same things they say like us. I don't know how the emperor and the king of Yangjun communicate with foreigners! The costumes of foreigners are also very different from ours. If you have the opportunity, you can ask the fleet to get us some foreigners' clothes, and refer to other people's styles! "Yu Xiaocao is a little whimsical.

However, now Daming's ocean-going ships are all managed by the king of Yangjun, as long as she speaks, let alone get some clothes, that is, to get all the strange things in the West back, Zhu Junyang is also willing.

"That's great! I really want to walk around and look everywhere......" Jiang Siniang's expression at this time was like a little girl full of longing and yearning, and there was no so-called weaving and embroidery at all.

Yu Xiaocao looked at her and suddenly felt how happy it was to have a dream. What is her dream? Grow high-yield food so that the people can fill their stomachs? is too tall, this should be the ideal of the superior, and it has little to do with her being a sesame petty official. Earn a lot of money and make a good life for your family? It seems that she is really not short of money now, and her family's life is getting better and better! What is her ideal? You really have to take care of it!

Jiang Siniang cleaned up her mood, let's be practical first. She carefully asked Xiaocao about the concept of "flag outfit", but Xiaocao also knew a little about making clothes, and she also knew six of the seven tricks - no idea.

"Can my sister draw the impression of the flag costume in your mind and show it to my sister?" Jiang Siniang felt that this was more intuitive.

Yu Xiaocao said a little embarrassedly: "I don't know how to draw, I'm afraid that when the time comes, people don't look like people, ghosts don't look like ghosts, and my sister laughs." Well, I'll dictate it, and you draw it, and it's simpler. ”

The two moved to Xiaocao's courtyard, the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone taken from the outer courtyard, Jiang Siniang's girl waited to polish the ink, and Yu Xiaocao slowly introduced to her the flag style she knew.

For the costumes of the Qing Dynasty, Yu Xiaocao, who likes to watch Qing Dynasty film and television dramas such as "The Legend of a Certain Huan", "XX Thrilling", and "The XX Moon is Full That Year", is no stranger.

The length of the feet resembles the clothing of the cheongsam of later generations, and the outer cover is shouldered. The design of the neckline varies, ranging from saddle-shaped cheek-covering faces, to round necklines, to small lapels. There are several different forms of blouse, such as a lute placket, a placket, and a placket. The matching skirt or trousers are decorated with floor-wide prints, embroidery and pleats. The placket, collar and sleeve edges are decorated with inlay, rolling, embroidery and other techniques, and the false sleeves are two to three, and the horseshoe sleeves cover the hands......

I have to say that Jiang Siniang really excels in clothing, as long as Xiaocao can say one or two, she can draw inferences and draw more exquisite and beautiful design drawings than Xiaocao's heart. A chic and beautiful drawing of different shapes came out, Jiang Siniang's girl had pride in her eyes, and complained a little arrogantly: "Miss, if you want to use our paint to draw the picture, the effect must be better." ”

Yu Xiaocao pointed to a painting of a blouse that was knee-length, decorated with large inlays, and sometimes with sixteen to twenty streamers on the skirt, and said with a smile: "This set of clothes is worn by my godmother, it must look good!" When it's cold, you can decorate the neckline and cuffs with some fox fur for warmth and beauty......"

Jiang Siniang had been piling up inspiration in her heart for months, as if she had an outlet, and she drew more than a dozen pictures of flag outfits with unique styles in a row. Some of them are drawn according to Xiaocao's words, and there are also her own understandings and ideas, which are innovative. Each one is unique, extremely gorgeous and exquisite, looking at the clothing pictures, as if a set of novel and unique clothing, presented in front of you.

Looking at the design drawings, Jiang Siniang's heart itched, and she couldn't wait to go back immediately and turn these drawings into a set of exquisite clothes.

Hearing Xiaocao say this, Jiang Siniang smiled: "Sister Xiaocao's vision is really unique. This dress was designed by me based on Mrs. Fang's figure. Xiang'er, I'll help Mrs. Fang measure the size in a while. Two days later, according to the drawings, my sister will come to visit again, and when the time comes, let Mrs. Fang try to see if it fits. ”

Yu Xiaocao knew that the godmother had long wanted to have a dress made by Jiang Siniang herself, so she happily agreed, and thanked her: "Then there is Sister Lao!" ”