The woman's eyes moved down slowly along Du Ruyan's round shoulders, and her eyes darkened again when she saw the tail of the blouse. The ginkgo leaves at the tail are the most densely embroidered, one on top of the other, one on top of the other, and the shape of each leaf can be clearly seen without being confused at all. When I saw the embroiderer at the tail swing, it was as if I saw fallen leaves all over the ground, so real, yet so beautiful and dreamy.
A woman has never seen such a miraculous embroidery technique, which vividly displays the light and shade of colors and the changes of light and shadow, as if the real fallen leaves were trapped on this tulle by some magic trick performed by the embroiderer. Fortunately, she came over and took a closer look, and only then did she discover the mystery. If she glanced from a distance like Meng Si, how could she understand the superb skills of this embroiderer
Just because of Meng Si's pride and conceit today, she will definitely lose miserably in the future!
Thinking like this, the woman reported to her family: "Miss Du, my father is Xu Shao, the Admiral of Zhejiang Navy, and I am Xu Qian, the concubine of the Xu family, ranking sixth. If we have time in the future, shall we come out for tea together? "
"Miss Xu Liu, it's a pleasure to meet you." Du Ruyan smiled and nodded. The Admiral of the Zhejiang Navy was in charge of the military affairs of Zhejiang. He stayed here for six or seven years. He was known as the Emperor of Zhejiang Province. He was not comparable to Li Ran, who had just arrived. It is also good for Du Ruyan to communicate with his young lady.
The two chatted happily and the atmosphere was harmonious. Before leaving, Xu Qian said, "If I want to make new clothes in the future, please ask Miss Du to introduce Lin Xiuniang for me. Her embroidery skills are very good, and I like it very much."
"That's natural. Our two families are neighbors, and we live in the Maiyi Alley in the western suburbs. If you need it, you can send a maid to find it." Du Ruyan refused to admit defeat in front of Li Jiarong, but she was able to bend and stretch in front of others. Cope with ease. After all, Concubine Min Gui was able to enter the palace with the help of Empress Du's contacts, and the purpose was to favor Empress Du, but unexpectedly, the wealth and wealth in the palace raised the dog's ambition, and instead bit the owner. Even if Du Ruyan's spine is broken, she will never bow her head in front of Li Jiarong.
Xu Qian wrote down the address silently, then left, and returned to Li Jiarong's table. She was ridiculed by her sister, the young lady of the Admiral's Mansion, saying that she really loved to live with her. Son, they are all cheap at the root, and they can't be changed.
Xu Qian never quarreled with her sister-in-law, but silently stepped aside to hide in the crowd.
But no matter how unfit Du Ruyan was, no matter how taciturn she was, she couldn't hide it. Wherever she sits, the brilliance shines, blending with the ginkgo leaves flying in the sky, like the goddess of trees. The rest of the ladies were dressed more luxuriously than her, and the silk and satin on her body also had the best embroidery embroidered with the most beautiful patterns, but for some reason, compared with Du Ruyan's simple ginkgo leaves, it was so beautiful. gaudy.
Even the hibiscus flowers that Meng Si embroidered by hand are too cumbersome, making people feel very tired after a few glances.
Gradually, no one paid attention to Li Jiarong anymore, and all the talented people focused their attention on Du Ruyan, who was standing alone. The wide blouse made her thinner and weaker, the more silent she was, the more everyone felt sorry for her, and then thinking of her rough life, the past contempt and contempt were gone, and there was only pity and love.
Many talented people were touched, and they spread out their brush, ink, paper and inkstone, praised this beauty with poems, and painted this beauty with paintings. However, after a Buddhist meeting, Du Ruyan's reputation spread all over Lin'an Mansion, even though she was no longer the daughter of the Hou Mansion, she became the goddess that many young talents dreamed of.
Li Jiarong was so angry that her face was crooked, and it was not easy to have an attack in front of everyone's eyes. She originally planned to go to trouble Du Ruyan after the Buddhist meeting ended, but found that she had left long ago. Qingfeng went away, and took away the infatuation of many talented people. When she came to Lin'an Mansion, she became a broken house. She was still able to sway the crowd and crush her former adversary.
Let's not mention how angry Li Jiarong is. On the other side, Du Ruyan has returned to Du's house happily. She was about to jump off the carriage. Seeing the beautiful clothes on her body, she quickly restrained her movements, picked up the skirt, and walked cautiously with the help of her maid. down.
"Lin Dan, are you at home?" She knocked on the back corner door.
"Come on, my lady is doing embroidery in the backyard." Cuilan opened the door with a smile and said in amazement, "Ah, Miss Du, you are so beautiful today!"
"Thank you, many people have said that." Du Ruyan ran into the back garden with her skirt in hand, and said happily, "Lin Dan, let me tell you, I'm in the limelight today, and those talented people have written poems and praised me. She is a goddess who has been transformed into a thousand-year-old tree. Seeing their obsessive appearance makes me feel ridiculous and bored, and they come back after only two quarters of an hour. If everyone only looks at their appearance and family background like them, I really don’t want to. married."
Lin Dan was embroidering an orchid, and said without looking up, "Then I won't get married. How good would it be to stay at home and be free?"
"Yeah, I'm my auntie when I stay at home, and my little daughter-in-law when I go out. Auntie can do her best, but my little daughter-in-law has to swallow her anger, so I won't be my little daughter-in-law." Du Ruyan giggled with a bright expression.
"Miss, this is the money you asked me to take." As she spoke, her maid hurried in, holding a heavy wooden box in her arms.
When Lin Dan heard the word "silver", he immediately raised his head and looked over with burning eyes. Now the Lin family is really poor, they eat gruel three times a day, and Zhang Hui has to pawn two heads of dowry every three days to make ends meet. If Lin Dan can't make any more money, the family will not be able to open the pot. The little servant who chops wood has long been dismissed. The only servant in the family is Cuilan. income.
The family looks fine on the surface, but everyone is living a hard life, only Lin Dan can't feel it, because Zhang Hui has left the best things for his daughter, and she must make her life the same as before the family failed. Daughter wants the best embroidery thread, the best dye, the best embroidery fabric? Then buy it! As long as her daughter can grow up, Zhang Hui will never be stingy with money.
"How much are you going to pay me?" Lin Dan put down the needle and thread and rubbed his hands unconsciously.
"The blouse is made of cicada-wing yarn, and the price is relatively expensive. You can only buy one for 15 taels. I cut three feet for you, and the cost is about 22 taels. The skirt is made of mulberry silk and pressed into It is pleated and has five layers inside and outside. It uses a piece of my cloth, which costs about ten taels of silver, as well as silk threads and pearls, which were originally my mother's dowry." Lin Dan said while saying Play with the abacus, for fear of losing money.
Du Ruyan was amused by her appearance of being a fan of money, but she also felt that she was straightforward and cute.
"Forget it, although I am also a broken household, I just lost my status as the daughter of the Hou's mansion, and the dowry left by my mother is still there. Well, this is one hundred taels of silver, you can take it." Du Ruyan Put the heavy wooden box on the table.
Lin Dan looked at her with an indescribable expression, and said slowly, "Last time I bought a clay pot for one hundred taels of silver. How many times did my mother smoke me?"
"How many times?" Du Ruyan asked with a smile.
"More than one hundred and eighty strokes. You spend one hundred taels of silver on a dress, and your brother may beat you for two hundred and fifty strokes." Lin Dan's tone was very serious.
Du Ruyan was stunned for a while before she tentatively said, "Lin Dan, are you mocking me at 250?"
Lin Dan answered her question in silence, opened the wooden box again, took out two silver ingots, and said, "I will charge you twenty taels of silver, plus the five taels of money your brother gave me, a total of twenty-five taels. Two, it's enough. Take the rest of the money back, save it, don't sit and eat, it's really not easy for your brother to fight Japanese pirates by the sea."
For some reason, Lin Dan has great respect for the soldiers and will not let the military family suffer.
Du Ruyan stared at her for a while, then suddenly rushed over and hugged her, moved, "Lin Dan, Tan, you are so nice! Are you going to be my friend?"
"If you don't call me Dan, we are still friends." Lin Dan frowned.
Du Ruyan was about to act coquettish when he heard a hoarse laughter coming from the wall. The two looked up and found that Du Rusong, who had not seen him for a long time, was sitting on it, with a smile in his eyes and a gentle expression.
"Miss Lin's craftsmanship is really amazing. She has dressed my little sister like a wild monkey as a goddess. In the future, the door of my house will be broken by the matchmaker of Lin'an Prefecture. You can accept the one hundred taels of silver. Miss Lin must have contributed to my sister's marriage." Du Rusong waved his hands lazily, although he tried his best to cover it up, he still showed a tired expression.
"Okay, in the future, Miss Du will come back to me to make clothes, and the wages will be deducted from this one hundred taels. Du Gongzi, go back to sleep, I can see that you can't keep your eyes open." Lin Dan said nothing. Take the wooden box. She knew that if she refused to accept it, Du Rusong would persuade him again, which would delay his rest time.
Du Rusong smiled lightly, and his expression became more and more gentle. He was about to jump off the wall and go back to his room to rest, but suddenly stopped and asked tentatively, "Miss Lin, can you sew leather armor?"
"The leather armor you wear on the battlefield?" Lin Dan looked up at him.
"Yes."
"This is the quartermaster. The quartermaster should distribute it to every soldier, right?"
"Maybe I provoke a big man. It's been more than half a month since I joined the army, but I don't have a leather armor. I can only find someone to do it myself." Du Rusong shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Du Ruyan's happy expression was instantly replaced by worry.
Lin Dan nodded and said, "I can do it, but since you have to pay for it yourself and find someone to punish you, why do you need to make leather armor, you can just use a set of armor."
"In the army, only generals with more than 100 households can wear armor. As a soldier who has just joined the army, how can I dare to be a rafter?" Du Rusong shook his head and explained.
Lin Dan patted his forehead and said, "Also, be consistent with the newly recruited soldiers, have a good relationship, and take care of each other only when you are on the battlefield. I thought it was wrong. Don't worry, I will make leather armor. The leather is ready.” She needs to learn to sew clothes from scratch, but when it comes to tailoring leather armor and even armor, she has an inexplicable confidence—in the Great Zhou Kingdom, I am afraid that no one can do it better than her.