Zhang Hui put down the feather duster suspiciously, took the embroidered cloth, and was stunned. Seeing that her expression was not right, the two aunties rushed over and were stunned.
"This, is this really your embroidery?" Zhang Hui's voice was trembling.
"It took me a whole month to embroider." Lin Dan was finally able to sit down and take a breath.
Si Yiniang stroked the peony stamens and the dewdrops on the leaves, and sighed: "This stamen is embroidered with a punching stitch. By winding the embroidery thread three times around the needle and tying it into a knot, the stamen can be simulated. The true shape of the flower petals; the petals are mixed with needles, and the color is very natural, from light red to crimson, smudged and smudged, and there is almost no connection between each color, and the transition is extremely natural; The quilting needle is used for the diameter, which has a concave and convex feeling. The veins of the flowers and leaves are clear and lifelike. The most outstanding are these dewdrops. The pad embroidery is used to make it form a convex surface, and when viewed from the dewdrops, there is a flash of sunlight. The fading of the colors, and the bending of the lines, everything is like the real thing. If I hadn't touched it myself, I would have thought that these few dewdrops were dripping lightly."
San Yiniang nodded and smacked her tongue: "It's amazing, our family Dan'er is really amazing, in this embroidery, Dan'er used more than 20 stitches, many of which are extremely difficult, even My fourth sister and I don't know how to use it either. That's enough, her color scheme is the most outstanding. A good embroidery should pay attention to seven key points, that is, uniformity, lightness, straightness, uniformity, thinness, smoothness and density. However, his works completely break these concepts. Instead of blindly pursuing evenness and uniform light, they combine the changes of light and shadow with the shades of colors. The excess is also very natural, like a real thing. These dewdrops are the best place to reflect this quality. The stitches are still those stitches, but once the color matching is changed and the light and shadow are added, the flower becomes lifelike.”
San Yiniang found a piece of Meng Si's work and proudly said: "Sister, come and see, this is a peony flower embroidered by Meng Si, how do you feel?"
Zhang Hui doesn't understand embroidery, but anyone with eyes can spot the difference between the two embroidery works. She stared at her daughter's embroidered cloth and said in a trembling voice, "I think our Dan'er embroidered peony is thousands of times better than Meng Si's embroidery."
San Yiniang smiled comfortably: "Exactly, Dan'er's embroidery skills may not be as good as Meng Si's, but her color matching and painting skills have left Meng Si far behind. Not to mention there is no such thing in Suzhou and Hangzhou, even if you travel all over the country, you will not be able to find a second similar one. A top embroiderer must first have her own style, so that others can call her works when they see her. Her name. Our family Dan'er has not yet graduated, but she has been able to do this. In time, she will be a first-class embroidery mother in the world. Sister, you can't use Meng Si to belittle our family Dan'er in the future. Jia Dan'er is no worse than anyone else."
Lin Dan, who was drinking water, quickly put down the teacup and puffed out his chest. Although she is very confident in herself, she also needs the affirmation of others.
Zhang Hui nodded happily, her eyes turning red at some point.
Lin Dan felt sour in his heart, walked over and patted her on the back, and called out "mother" in a low voice. Since she came here and incarnates the original owner, she will take the original owner's family and responsibilities on her shoulders, and will also restore the Lin Family Embroidery Village to its former glory.
Si Yiniang shook her head and said, "Third sister, you are wrong, why is Dan'er's embroidery skills inferior to Meng Si's? I think this embroidery used at least twenty kinds of stitches, including Ye Jinxiu's original creation. Ye Jinxiu was the embroidered maid of the previous dynasty, known as the god of needles. If our family Dan'er can learn her stunt, how can it be worse than Meng Si!"
San Yiniang stared at the embroidered cloth for a long time, and hesitated: "How can you be sure that Dan'er used needles and needles? I think it's just a little bit like that. You know, Ye Jinxiu's Ye's Needle Method has long been lost, and it is not at all. No one will use it."
Si Yiniang said firmly: "Master once gave me an embroidery of the God of Leaf Needle. I watch it every day and study it every night. How can I not recognize it? This is mixing needles and applying needles. Dan'er, how did you learn it? , tell my aunt!"
Lin Dan ran to the yard, brought his sewing box, and said frankly: "I cut up the embroidery of the God of Leaf Needle, searched for the eyes of the needles one by one and marked the positions, and only then did I learn to mix and apply needles. Not only that. , I also cut out Su Xiuniang's lion and tiger picture and Fang Xiuniang's former king of Chu Ping's baby elephant, and learned their stunts, respectively, the method of curling hair and the method of opening the face. The black dots on the top are the eye of the needle that I marked, and you can figure it out by pondering along the eye of the needle."
Su Xiuniang and Fang Xiuniang are the other two top embroiderers of the same era as Ye Jinxiu. One of them is good at embroidering beasts and the other is good at embroidering figures. They have also invented the stitching method and the face-opening stitch method to show the fluffy and soft hair of animals. It is named after the texture of the character's skin. The style of their works is the same as that of Lin Dan, they only pay attention to one word - truth. How to make the embroidery look authentic is the lifelong pursuit of the two.
In the tireless pursuit and grinding, they eventually become a generation of everyone, and like Ye Jinxiu, shine in the long river of history. As a result, their works rarely appear on the market, either in the palace or in the hands of aristocratic clans, and they can sell for sky-high prices if they just take out one.
Lin Dafu sacrificed his life to collect these three works, but now, they have turned into three pieces of rags, which are randomly placed in Lin Dan's sewing box.
Third Yiniang and Fourth Yiniang sat down staggeringly, clutching their chests, Zhang Hui picked up the feather duster tremblingly, and tried to tell herself that the child was his own, so he had to bear it, he must bear it!
Seeing that the situation was wrong, Lin Dan immediately explained: "Mother, two concubines, don't feel sorry. These three works are precious, but shouldn't the stitches to embroider them be more precious? I embroidered the three works. Mother's needlework has been learned, and in the future, I will be able to embroider more pictures of flowers and birds, pictures of ligers and tigers, and small elephants. Maybe in a few hundred years, people will treasure my embroidery works and call me the god of needles. You guys Do you think it's right?"
"Yes, that's the truth." The two concubines broke free from their heart-wrenching feelings and said with tears: "Pan'er, since you have cut the embroidery, you must study it carefully!"
"Don't worry, Auntie, I've almost finished my studies." Lin Dan reassured.
Zhang Hui gritted his teeth, and finally threw away the feather duster. He couldn't help laughing and crying: "Things are dead and people are alive. As long as my family has a bright future, my mother is happier than anything else. Third sister, fourth sister, you also cut them open. Take the embroidery work of my father to study and study. In the future, we will work together to open up the embroidery village. Today, Dan'er can be a teacher. Let's kill a chicken to celebrate. By the way, Dan'er, you said that you took over an embroidery job. The employer is Who is it?"
"It's Miss Du next door. She's going to the Buddhist meeting in half a month." Lin Dan finally breathed a sigh of relief. She also knows that the embroidery left by her father is very precious and must not be destroyed unless it is absolutely necessary. However, embroidery mothers with outstanding skills all come from embroidery families, and they will never grant family skills to outsiders. The reason why Meng Si was famous in Suzhou and Hangzhou was also because of her family background.
Under such circumstances, Lin Dan could not find a top embroidery girl to be a teacher at all. If she was left to think about it, she might one day surpass Meng Si, but it would take a long time, three years, five years, or even ten years. Years, 20 years, it's possible.
Lin Dan wanted to make it fast, but he had no choice but to swerve.
What she can think of, Zhang Hui can naturally think of, looking at her daughter again, the anger just now has completely dissipated, and it has turned into relief and happiness, "Our family Dan'er has grown up, and his work has become more and more decisive. It's the same. Do your embroidery work well this time, and don't disappoint Miss Du."
"I know. I've already thought about what to embroider. If I can make Miss Du make a stunning appearance this time, I can sell my reputation and my business will slowly improve. When I save enough money, I will rent it. A small shop will take over the work, and in the future, when you become famous, you will hire a few embroiderers to open an embroidery shop. Mom, what do you think?"
"Okay, let's take your time, don't be in a hurry." Zhang Hui didn't wipe her tears away. The daughter's actions are getting more and more calm and organized. If her father is still here, I don't know how happy she will be.
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Du Ruyan was busy collecting good fabrics to make dresses, and she simply forgot the five taels of deposit. Du Rusong had already joined the army and went to the military camp for training every day, but he didn't have time to ask Lin Dan. On the morning of the Buddhist meeting, Lin Dan came out of the door that had been closed for half a month, carrying a deerskin package in his hand.
At the same time, Du Ruyan also got up early in the morning, and was turning out the dresses in the cage one by one and laying them flat on the bed.
"This one is too plain, this one is too gorgeous, this one is a bit outdated... No, no, none of these!" She stomped her feet, pulled her hair, and looked like she was about to collapse.
The maid collapsed even more than her, and murmured, "But Miss, these are your newly made clothes. If you can't pick them out from here, you will only have old clothes left to wear."
Du Ruyan has never looked down on other fabrics ever since he saw that silk and satin with hibiscus in clear water. Her head is now full of those hibiscus flowers embroidered by Meng Si. They are clear and colorful, and the shades are suitable. Who else has better embroidery skills than her? Which cloth could be more beautiful than hers
"Rather than wearing these clothes to make a fool of myself, I'd rather stay at home." After choosing several times, Du Ruyan had turned from anxiety to despair. She used to be the daughter of the aristocratic mansion, and even if she became a commoner, she would not want to be inferior. She either didn't go, or she amazed the audience and overwhelmed the crowd.
She reluctantly turned over the cage, and finally sat down slumped. Without the status of the daughter of the Houfu, even if she has money in her hand, she will not be able to buy precious fabrics, because the precious fabrics are often reserved by the local giants before they arrive, and others can only buy them and choose the leftovers. of. And she used to be the one who enjoyed this privilege.
She tried very hard to keep her pride, but reality told her time and time again that she would never go back. A fluffed phoenix is not as good as a chicken, this sentence pierced into her heart like a knife.
She sniffed and resisted the urge to cry, but saw the maid walk in with a package, and took out a wrap skirt, a blouse, a set of jewelry, and a pair of embroidered shoes, all neatly placed. on the bed.
"Miss, this is just sent by Miss Lin. I think you should go to the Buddhist meeting as scheduled. If you don't go, the most beautiful scenery in Lin'an Mansion will be missing." The maid said with a smile.
Du Ruyan opened her eyes wide, covered her mouth, and looked extremely shocked. After a while, she shouted ecstatically, "Go, I must go today!"