The Zhang family lives in Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture, and their ancestors were born in mud legs, and in the early years, they were farmers in the business, and later followed the development of the times, and then did business and made some money.

With money, he naturally wanted Jia and Youze to strengthen the family, so he began to encourage the young descendants of the clan to take the road of the imperial examination, Zhang Lai came out like this, but unfortunately when he left at the age of twenty-four, he was only a child.

Huating County is the strongest county in the country, and the annual tax paid to the imperial court ranks first among 1427 counties, and even a county's tax can reach a state or even a prefecture. It is conceivable how rich Huating County is, so a family of the size of the Zhang family is really not a wealthy family in the local area.

is such an ordinary family, but some people have taken a fancy to it......

Uncle Zhang just sent away a noble grandmother who said that she was from a certain family in Nanjing, and on the way back to the old mansion, she was still thinking about this arrogant grandmother, who was really beautiful. The shirt is from Haosha, right? It's really as thin as a cicada, and it's more beautiful than snow. There is also a red gold silk crested hairpin on his head, which shakes his eyes when he looks at it. The green jade bracelet on the wrist is the best at first glance... Oh yes, those well-maintained hands, and the nails of the red dancôme.

Uncle Zhang raised one of her hands and turned it inside out, this is a pair of hands that do things, and the fine skin and tender meat of others are simply incomparable. They are all women, why is there such a big difference?

Back in the hall, the patriarch and the clan elder had not left, they were still discussing the affairs of the clan, and Uncle Zhang knew that what they were discussing was actually related to Zhang Xiu.

According to the relationship between relatives and relatives, the patriarch is Zhang Xiu's uncle and ancestor, and she is Zhang Xiu's uncle, but she is called Gui, and the actual relationship is quite unfamiliar. Zhang Xiu's father should be called her uncle, she only remembers seeing it once, and she has long lost her impression, and although Zhang Xiu knows it, she also knows that there is such a person. As for being tall, short, fat, thin, beautiful and ugly? I don't know.

"Big brother, do you think that girl will be willing? After all, I haven't been in touch for so long......"

The patriarch glared at him, and said, "Joke, and what did she say she didn't want to?" Why, do you think she is not in the clan, so she is not surnamed Zhang? My old Zhang family can't control her? ”

"That's what I mean, that is... The son of that family is not a wife, but a concubine. My Zhang family is also a local family, how can I let a good girl rush to be a concubine? It's not nice to say. ”

"Huh, wife? Don't you see that grandma's panache? Ordinary people can't find anything like that, I think eighty percent of it is the Xie family, do you know which Xie family? ”

"Is it really the Xie family of today's queen?"

"Don't you say it, eighty percent! Think about it, the son of that family, even if he is a concubine, he can't find a girl from my Zhang family as a wife, and he can't beat him. Even if she is a concubine, how many people can't envy it, but she will be put on the stall by that girl. ”

"But... We haven't been in touch for many years, and now she has become an orphan girl again, so no one else thinks that the Zhang family is bullying her as an orphan girl, right? ”

"What do you call bullying? Let me ask you, what is the 'order of the parents'? ”

"Needless to say? She is now a desperate person, and the marriage must be decided by the patriarch of the family, and it is impossible for her to make her own decisions as a maiden, and the law does not allow it. ”

"That's right, as the patriarch, I'm still her uncle and ancestor, but I can be her master with this relationship!"

"Yes, too...... It's just that she is now in Nanjing, so it's better to send someone to bring her back first. ”

The patriarch turned to Zhang Boniang and said, "Xiuying, I'm going to trouble you and Zhongyu to go to Nanjing." I will repair the book first and send it out, and you and your husband will do two things after they arrive in Nanjing, the first one will naturally take Zhang Xiu back, and the second one is to inquire about the Xie family in Nanjing, if possible...... Best. ”

Zhang Boniang understood in her heart: "Although Nanjing is not far away, it is impossible to do it in a short time, right?" ”

"You can go straight to it, and rent a house to live in there, and the clan will bear the expenses."

"Yes, Second Uncle," Uncle Zhang agreed.

Uncle Zhang returned to her house and talked to her husband about the matter. She said, "I always think this thing is very strange? ”

"What's wrong?"

"It sounds incredible, like the one in the play. But do you want to meet a beautiful woman by chance? How can there be so many coincidences in the world? It's all made up. ”

Her husband disdainful: "After all, that girl often does things that show her face, which makes people fall in love, what else can be strange?" ”

"That's right, isn't she still running an embroidery shop...... But the men won't enter the embroidery village, aren't they all Mrs. and Miss enter? ”

"You don't think about it so much, just get her back anyway. Anyway, she is an orphan girl and helpless, and if the Zhang family can take her back, she should be grateful! Besides, that is the Xie family, the queen's mother's family, the prince's mother's family, and the future prince's ...... Isn't it a good thing for my Zhang family? It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Return your two daughters, and now you haven't talked about your in-laws' family, this matter will be completed, and the threshold of our old Zhang family will be broken by the media! ”

"Hmph, my daughter... It's like it's not your daughter! Uncle Zhang glanced at him and expressed dissatisfaction, but the corners of her mouth still rose.

"I want you... Our daughter is taken by others, and I can't wait to beat the gong and drum. It's a pity that although Zhang Xiu is an orphan girl, this time her luck is good......"

"Hmph~ Don't be happy too early," Uncle Zhang pursed her lips again, "There are more people with the surname Xie in the world, and I don't know if it's the Xie family in Wuyi Lane?" ”

"You women are... Jealous and envious, with a sour face, very hypocritical! ”

"Roll ......"

Two days later, the noble grandmother returned to Wuyi Lane, the Xie family's mansion.

The study of Feiyantang happens to be in the garden, built against the mountain, which looks quiet and ancient. Feiyan Hall is taken from 'Wang Xie Tang in front of Shuangfeiyan, Wuyi Alley once met'.

The afterglow of the sunset is sprinkled in the garden, and there is a special taste mixed with the aroma of plants and trees in the air after roasting, and it is like the vicissitudes of thousands of years, the only thing that has not changed is a mountain, a river, a grass and a tree under the sunset......

Mama stood in front of a painting and embroidery screen, this painting is a "Dongshan map" with an inscription and a tiger head print, which is quite large in size and is not the original work left over. But looking at the degree of exquisiteness and delicacy, I think it is still a work re-embroidered by Gu Xiu's successors in imitation of the ancestors' legacy.

In fact, this "Dongshan Map" is quite suitable for the Xie family's collection, and its allusion is from the story of the comeback of the famous scholar Xie An.

There is a figure behind the screen, so Mama looks respectful and regular, and it is only at this time that she reflects her family cultivation. Mama recounted the story unhurriedly, concisely in words, without any exaggeration or belittling.

The people behind the screen should be quite satisfied when they heard it, and there was a hint of lightness in their tone: "Mama is hard, by the way, you just said that you are a concubine...... I don't think it's appropriate, or do it according to the courtesy of the wife, although it is a concubine, but... I don't want to be too wronged by her. ”

Mama paused for a long time before replying, "Yes, the slave understands." If you want to come according to your wife, you need to go through the six rites......"

Wuyi Lane is not far from Wende Bridge, some distance from Wuding Bridge, and Embroidered Buddha Zhai is just near Wuding Bridge, and its neighbor happens to be Brother Lu Tea Workshop.

The silk thread dyed in the first two days has been dried, and each strand after removal needs to be wrapped in paper, marked with clear categories and colors, labeled with silk samples, and finally stored in the dark, especially to avoid contact with agarwood, musk, etc. Once coexisting with this type of lavender, the color will be destroyed for tens of days.

Next, the two embroiderers of the embroidered Buddha Zhai officially began to learn to paint and embroider, which is not only a painting, but also needs to be embroidered to imitate the truth. In addition to the effect of pen and ink, it is also necessary to pursue the effect of sketching in calligraphy and painting, that is, to express the feeling of light with embroidery skills, and special literary science.

"This is a powder copy of [Chunshan Ruisong Picture], I plan to embroider this one, you can take a look at it first, and then talk about your thoughts."

The two embroiderers took the draft and looked at it for a long time, in fact, there is no concept just by looking at the draft, but this [Chunshan Ruisong Map] is a Mi Fu painting, the real work in the palace, it is impossible to see.

"I remember that the girl's ancestor Wuling embroidery history once had a similar [rice painting landscape map], I was fortunate to see it, but like that?"

"That's right, that painting does have the meaning of the rice pie landscape, in fact, the characteristics of the rice pie is the 'Yunshan ink opera', for embroidery, it is indeed difficult to embroider this hazy characteristics, it is not a small challenge."

"That's... Is it necessary to pay attention to color matching and stitching? ”

"Yes, so I think, first of all, in the color matching, we should choose beige, earth yellow, gray, and black that are close to the ink, and the stitching method only needs to use simple needles and needles to express mountains, pines, and grass houses, while clouds and rivers are not embroidered, but painted with brushes or rubbed."

"These two stitches are understandable, but where to start?"

"That's a good question, to the point. From the painting alone, Mi Fu's pen is a side pen horizontal point dyeing, then embroidery, the distant mountains with horizontal embroidery, near the hill oblique embroidery, so that you can show the characteristics of the Mi school with the pen. ”

"It's best to wrap the needle straight, horizontally and diagonally," the embroiderer added.

"Yes, in fact, sometimes you can use empty embroidery, only embroider the line, but there is a sense of luster and agility."

"Hey, listening to the girl's explanation, it's really beneficial. That day, the girl mentioned the sentence 'vividness', and today I listened to the girl's explanation of Yunshan ink opera, and suddenly I felt that my mouth was suddenly opened......"

"You are both very perceptive and can be created......

The Embroidered Buddha Zhai is often so quiet, quiet as if there is no one, not as noisy as other shops, such as the Lu Brother Tea House next door. The word brother Lu is still taken from Mi Fu, 'tea manna has brother', in the banknote library street, has always been full of people, in addition to drinking tea, there are naturally storytelling, words, loose performances.

The quiet embroidered Buddha Zhai and the noisy tea shop form a stark contrast.

Of course, Embroidered Buddha Zhai also sells embroidery products, but it is not the average high price. The size of the element, the fine is worth a few taels, the whole width is tall, it is nothing less than gold, and the price is not available in other counties.

Zhang Xiu still has several paintings and embroideries in his hands, all of which have paid a deposit, but it is unknown how long it will take to complete them, after all, this painting and embroidery is slow and meticulous work, and it is possible to complete a large-size work in a year.

Therefore, on weekdays, there are basically no guests coming to the embroidered Buddha Zhai, but today there is a female guest coming to the door......