Chapter 36: Double-sided Embroidery
Qiao Jieyi was puzzled: "I'm afraid you are talking nonsense..."
"Even if I learn the skills of Ms. Su embroidery for another ten years, I may not be able to reach her level." Qiao Jieyi shook her head with a wry smile. She was still somewhat self-aware. Her business was good before, but she only relied on the people in the village who knew how to embroider.
Not much, the tricks Ye Qingtang gave are just novel enough.
Ye Qingtang looked at her and said, "I have a skill. If you can learn it, you will be able to beat that Su Xiu Niang."
"What technique?"
"Double-sided embroidery."
Qiao Jieyi was stunned and didn't quite understand what Ye Qingtang meant.
"It's just a piece of embroidery, with patterns on both sides, and they are different." Ye Qingtang said, this is a material cultural heritage of China and one of the Shu embroidery techniques, which is difficult to learn.
Ye Qingtang knows something about it, or it is because she liked these ancient cultures and studied them when she was a child. Regarding double-sided embroidery, she herself is only a dabbler in theory, let alone teaching others?
To be honest, Ye Qingtang didn't have much confidence, but at this time he had no choice but to bite the bullet.
[Double-sided embroidery is very difficult...]
[Our ancestor was an embroiderer in the palace. My grandma was so blind with embroidery that she knew all other embroidery techniques, but double-sided embroidery was difficult to do. 】
[If you want to completely master double-sided embroidery in a short period of time... can Qiao Jieyi really do it? 】
[You have to do it even if it doesn’t work. If you don’t steam the steamed buns to fight for your reputation, you can’t really let Cao Ruofei get what he wants!]
【That's right!】
Seeing the high morale in the barrage, Ye Qingtang plucked up the courage and said, "I will tell you the principles and methods of acupuncture, and you can only figure out the rest by yourself."
Ye Qingtang said, threading the needle and getting to Qiao Jieyi's side.
"After you embroider the first stitch, leave a thread, and then..." Double-sided embroidery is so complicated that Ye Qingtang just talked about it for a long time.
Seeing that it was already getting late, Ye Qingtang looked back at Qiao Jieyi and found that Qiao Jieyi seemed to have realized something and started the first round of attempts.
Ye Qingtang did not disturb Qiao Jieyi and took Yu Ying'er back to Sima's house.
For several days after that, Qiao Jieyi almost forgot to eat and sleep, and Yu Ying'er became a permanent member of the Sima family. In order to prevent Qiao Jieyi from starving himself to blindness while busy with embroidery, Ye Qingtang had no choice but to help deliver meals every day.
In the evening, Supervisor Qiao Jieyi went to bed early.
Time continues to pass, and fourteen days are just a blink of an eye.
Ye Qingtang waited nervously at the door. Qiao Jieyi vomited and looked at Ye Qingtang who was looking forward to him: "It's done."
"Awesome!" Ye Qingtang couldn't help but admire.
On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, the final battle begins.
"Who do you think can win?"
"That must be Su Xiu Niang from the capital. Su Xiu Niang has been studying embroidery for twenty years. She can embroider while eating. How can others compare to her?"
"I heard that Qiao Jieyi from Taoyuan Village is having sex with Su Xiu Niang. She must win. She has been staying up late and practicing hard these past few days!"
"What's the use of hard work? How can the gap of ten or twenty years be made up by just a few days of hard work?" The man waved his hands with a look of disbelief. Most people still felt that they would definitely win.
It's Su Xiu Niang.
Cao Ruofei heard the news about Qiao Jieyi's hard training and laughed so much that he could hardly stand up straight: "Hard training? Ye Qingtang and Qiao Jieyi actually plan to win? How is this possible!"
"It's indeed whimsical." Liao Tingting clicked her tongue at the side, guessing maliciously: "I guess it's just a case of a dog jumping over the wall?"
"Who says it isn't?"
"But I'm really curious about what level that Qiao Jieyi can achieve through hard training." Cao Ruofei took a sip of tea and complained leisurely.
On the side, Liao Tingting was convinced: "Anyway, we will definitely win."
"you're right."
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Ye Qingtang looked at Qiao Jieyi and said, "I believe you."
"Yes." Qiao Jieyi nodded and came forward with the embroidery thread. After staying up late and studying for several days, Qiao Jieyi's face turned sallow and very unsightly.
Cao Ruofei saw this scene and couldn't help but ridicule: "Oh my god, Qiao Jieyi, how can you torture yourself to such an extent that you don't even know where to put the needle?"
"
Qiao Jieyi's face turned green, but he did not choose to argue with Cao Ruofei.
Cao Ruofei found it boring to see Qiao's explanation and didn't have the final say. He turned around and came to Ye Qingtang's side: "Ye Qingtang, who do you think can win?"
"Of course it's sister Jie Yi."
"cut."
"Do you dare to bet?" Ye Qingtang raised his eyebrows, catching the disdain in Cao Ruofei's tone, and said, "I remember you asked Su Xiu Niang to stay and open a shop specializing in embroidery in the town.
No, if Qiao Jieyi wins, your store will belong to Qiao's family."
Cao Ruofei glared at Ye Qingtang, she was really a lion!
But then I thought about it, there was no way Ye Qingtang could win, what was she afraid of?
"Okay, if you lose, just get out of Taoyuan Village." Cao Ruofei said calmly.
"make a deal."
Not knowing what was happening here, Qiao Jieyi concentrated on embroidering.
Not long after, Su Xiu Niang took the lead in completing the work: "My work is done!"
Everyone came forward. This time, Su Xiu Niang was embroidering a white peacock. The white peacock was vivid and the intertwined white and silver feathers looked sparkling and very real.
"Awesome!"
"I am afraid that no one has surpassed Su Xiu Niang's level. The cause of this nasal congestion is probably Su Xiu Niang!"
"yes."
Everyone nodded, and as the other three contestants completed their works one after another, there was less and less time left for Qiao to explain his ideas.
"If it doesn't work, it's better to give up now, so as not to delay each other's efforts!"
"That's right, it's been so long, isn't it?"
Qiao Jieyi remained unfazed and concentrated on completing her embroidery.
One second before the end of the game, Qiao Jieyi breathed out a breath: "Finished."
Qiao Jieyi took a long time, her forehead was covered with sweat, and her breathing became rapid. Ye Qingtang hurriedly stepped forward, wiped the sweat from Qiao Jieyi and handed her water.
What Qiao Jieyi embroidered is a picture of mountains and rivers thousands of miles away.
The Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains map is magnificent, with winding mountain roads, towering trees, and rolling water. Although it is also a rare masterpiece, everyone still shook their heads.
"This won't work."
"No matter how you look at it, it can't compare to Su Xiu Niang's white peacock, which is so lifelike."
"That's right. Oh, what a pity."
After hearing everyone's words, Cao Ruofei, who thought he was safe, was very excited. He glared at Ye Qingtang and said arrogantly: "Ye Qingtang, get out of here?"
"Don't be anxious." Ye Qingtang walked up with a smile and said mysteriously: "There is another mystery to this embroidery!"
"Everyone, please look!"
Ye Qingtang said, turning the screen over.
Chapter completed!