Du Rusong couldn't recover after being dragged into the barracks by Du Ruyan. He didn't expect that on New Year's Eve, he would be able to achieve what he wanted, and the moment he saw Lin Dan appear in front of him, he thought he was dreaming.
"Why are you here?" He said in a dazed tone, then stared at Lin Dan intently.
"We miss you. I'm afraid that you won't have enough to eat and don't wear warm clothes, so we brought something to see you." Du Ruyan pointed to the boxes and cages all over the floor, and then to the people who were sitting around the bonfire drinking and eating roast duck outside the window. The soldier, said: "These things are prepared for you lightly. Don't look at me as a person, I seem to be very social, but I don't know anything about things in the military camp. I only planned to bring you a hot meal, but I still reminded lightly. I just bought so many things to reward those soldiers. I also asked me to ask His Highness to borrow a few guards so that we can enter smoothly."
Du Rusong said with a low smile: "It's fortunate that you went to His Highness first to clear up the relationship, otherwise you will come here in vain. The military camp is heavily guarded, and outsiders are not allowed to enter or leave casually. His Highness also came to visit me a few days ago, my Shangfeng. You've been very kind to me recently, don't worry."
"That's good. His Highness went to our house to give New Year's gifts today, and he said that he and I would go to the mountains to celebrate the New Year's Eve with my aunt. His Highness is a good person." Du Ruyan opened the food box and said with a smile: "Brother, come and eat, this is made by the faint hand."
Du Rusong's eyes lit up, he immediately picked up his chopsticks and tasted the stew, sighed, "It's better than the imperial meal I've ever eaten!"
Lin Dan was cleaning the things in the box, and when he heard this, he looked up at him, the corners of his mouth curved.
"How is this dish made?" Du Rusong seized the opportunity to talk to her.
"It's just putting the ingredients and seasonings into the crock pot and stewing them one by one in order. It tastes like this when it's cooked. I was born to cook." Lin Dan added seriously. For some reason, as soon as she saw the ingredients, countless ways of doing things popped up in her mind, and her hands would naturally pick up the kitchen knife or spoon, frying and stewing. This sentence "born to cook" is really not an exaggeration.
"Miss Lin is so smart, she can do anything." Du Rusong smiled softly, but he didn't even notice that he had a blind liking and trust in Lin Dan, as if everything she said was right and everything she did was right. .
The corners of Lin Dan's mouth twitched, revealing a rare and lovely smile.
Du Rusong was stunned, and lowered his head until his sister pretended to be coughing. He hurriedly drank a few sips of soup, his ears were red and seemed to be dripping blood.
Lin Dan was still sorting things out and didn't notice anything unusual about him.
Du Ruyan took out a few sets of clothes and a few quilts and said, "Brother, these clothes are made for you lightly. They look very thin, but they are actually very warm. They are lined with silk cotton pockets. Remember to remove the inner lining, don't let it get wet. It will be deformed if it is soaked in water, and it will not keep warm. These quilts are also made lightly. You keep two covers for yourself, and the rest will be sent to your Shangfeng. I didn't expect to send you something to the peak, but I brought it after reminding me lightly. Do you think that light is very capable?"
Du Rusong nodded and said, "Miss Lin is the most capable girl I have ever met."
Rao is Lin Dan's temperament, but at this moment, he has been touted by the two brothers and sisters.
Seeing her cute appearance with slightly narrowed eyes and slightly raised lips, Du Rusong lowered his head and smiled silently, his heart full of indescribable tenderness. After a while, he raised his head again and said, "Let me try on the clothes first. If there is anything that doesn't fit, Miss Lin can help me change it."
"Okay, I brought tools." Lin Dan patted the purse on his waist. As a qualified embroiderer, she always keeps her needle and thread in her hands.
Du Rusong took the clothes to the screen and tried them on. They clearly fit very well, but after walking out, he asked Lin Dan to help him make them bigger.
Lin Dan immediately took out small scissors and cut off the lines on his waist, shoulders, armpits, arms, etc. When she made the clothes, she left room for enlargement in advance, and she only needed to remove a few creases, and she didn't need to make too many changes.
Du Rusong raised his hands high, turned his body sideways, and let Lin Dan circle around him. Her movements are very careful, even the smallest thread ends will be picked out with a needle and torn off, and the slightly too large area will be stitched again. Looking at her serious and focused expression, Du Rusong only feels content and calm in his heart.
Du Ruyan winked at her brother and said silently, "Is my family light and virtuous?"
Du Rusong pursed his lips and smiled, with gentleness.
After the clothes were changed, Du Rusong sent the two of them out of the barracks. When he returned to the camp, the soldiers who had received his favor came over to thank him, and several hundred and thousand households tried to get close to him. The quartermaster, who had been saddened by him, saw him turn around and leave with a look of horror on his face.
This is the effect of the visit of the First Prince, and it is also the deterrent of power. Without identity, status, and power, people live like ants. Du Rusong had never been so deeply aware of this, but when he returned to the barracks and saw the steaming stew on the table, his cold and hard heart instantly collapsed. In this world, there are always people who come close to you and warm you, not for your power, status, and status, but just because they want to do it.
He ate the stew in three or two bites, took a bath, put on new clothes that looked light but were actually warm, lay on the bed, covered the fluffy and soft silk quilt, and heaved a sigh of relief. The stomach is warm, the body is warm, and the heart is warm. Next year, the year after, until the end of the rest of his life, he wants to have such a warm night and such a warm person.
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With a large amount of income, the Lin family had a very lively New Year. After the Lantern Festival, Du Ruyan also came down from the mountain, and the Danyan Embroidery Village began to open for business. However, after half a month, the business of the store plummeted, and few people came to order embroidered clothes and fabrics again.
"It's faint, Meng Zhong got a batch of new-style Shu brocades from somewhere. They can sparkle under the sun, like a neon, with colorful and rhythmic rhythms flowing. It's very beautiful. Although there is only one red type, it sells very well. All the ladies and ladies in Lin'an Mansion are rushing to buy." Du Ruyan said worriedly: "I heard that Meng Zhong is still urging the Zhinv under his banner to research other designs as soon as possible, and when he does it, how can we do business in the embroidery village? That kind of fabric sells for 200 taels per piece. It's a high-end line, which completely coincides with our line. If we don't have better fabrics, I'm afraid it will be difficult to compete with him. Although the embroidered clothes you make are beautiful, But the speed is too slow, and their fabrics do not need to be embroidered with any patterns, they can be made into beautiful clothes directly after buying them. Over time, everyone will go to the Mengshi Embroidery Village, and we will definitely lose a lot of customers here. "
Lin Dan bit off a thread, raised his head and asked, "Is the new-style Shu brocade you're talking about the kind of fabric called Phoenix Fire?"
"Yes, that's right. I heard that Meng Zhong dug a group of weaver girls from Shuzhou a few years ago, and after several months of research, they weaved this kind of Shu brocade. The rest of the cloth merchants wanted to buy them, but he didn't sell them. He could not find similar fabrics, but he exclusively produced them. With this kind of Shu brocade, he could control the supply channels of the fabrics and hold other cloth merchants hostage. Qualification. If it goes on like this, sooner or later, he will monopolize the weaving market in Zhejiang Province and become the local tyrant." Du Ruyan said solemnly: "Our embroidery village can survive for at most two years under such circumstances."
Embroidery is a technical work, and it is difficult to obtain large-scale development due to labor. But weaving is different. As long as the loom moves, it can continuously produce cloth, and then earn a lot of money. Whoever invents a brand-new and expensive fabric can earn gold and silver in an instant. With gold and silver, how many embroidery mothers can't be invited? How many cloth merchant cages keep going
When the Danyan Embroidery Village was still developing slowly, the Mengshi Embroidery Village had already made great strides. When it was large enough, if it turned around, it would be able to trample the Danyan Embroidery Village to death. The more Du Ruyan thought about it, the more anxious she became, and her head actually ached.
Lin Dan, however, was not flustered at all. He walked to the window and looked down. He happened to find that Li Jiarong was walking out of the Meng's Embroidery Village, wearing a red-like flaming skirt, and the flying skirt was lit by the spring sun , actually emitting a little bit of streamer light, very dazzling, but very soft and bright.
"That's the phoenix fire? It's like a phoenix ashes!" Lin Dan praised without hesitation.
"Yes, if you didn't have a grudge against Meng Si, I would have bought one!" Du Ruyan's face was full of frustration. She had to admit that as long as she was a woman, she couldn't resist the temptation of this fabric. It's so beautiful!
Li Jiarong seemed to feel it, raised her head and met the eyes of the two, and immediately a proud and conceited smile appeared on her face. She tugged Lammons' sleeves and pointed to the opposite window. Only then did Meng Si realize that Lin Dan and Du Ruyan had no expressions on their faces, as if their hearts were still water, but a happy light flashed in their eyes. When she thoroughly studied the embroidery manual, Lin Dan would no longer be the demon who trapped her.
"Hmph, what are you proud of! I don't believe that there is no better fabric in Shuzhou. I will let Sun Bo go to Shuzhou to find a source of goods." Du Ruyan snorted coldly.
Lin Dan stared at Li Jiarong's clothes for a long time, his eyes full of thought. After the two finished work, they went home together, enjoying the scenery on the road while walking. The sky was getting darker, the sun was sinking into the mountains, and the afterglow spread across the sky, dyeing the layers of clouds a magnificent golden red.
Du Ruyan sighed, "Look at it, if you can absorb the clouds from the horizon into the cloth and make it into a cloth, then what is the phoenix fire? The most beautiful thing in the world, apart from the sun, is the moon, right?"
Lin Dan's eyes lit up, and then smiled lightly: "Yunxia cloth and Yuehui cloth, the Weaver Girl can't weave them, but I can embroider them with my embroidery needle, which will definitely be better than Phoenix Fire."