Zhu Xiu Niang returned to Ruyi Embroidery House in disgrace, which made the owner of Ruyi Embroidery House furious.
He originally thought that with this opportunity, their Ruyi Embroidery Workshop would win the favor of the county magistrate's wife, but he never thought that Zhu Xiu Niang would return without success.
"It's just a sachet. What's so difficult to sew? Isn't it all embroidery? What about Cantonese embroidery?"
Zhu Embroidery Lady said nothing. For embroiderers like them, they are as separated from each other as a mountain. Cantonese embroidery is not as delicate and elegant as Su embroidery, but there are also some secret techniques that are not passed down. And these techniques will only be passed down from generation to generation.
The heir will not be lost at all.
However, these words were incomprehensible to a layman, so Zhu Xiu Niang remained silent until her boss finished losing her temper before saying, "There is something I have to tell my boss."
"What's going on?" the owner of Ruyi Embroidery Shop asked impatiently.
Zhu Xiu Niang said: "When I came out, I saw an embroidered screen at the residence of the county magistrate's wife. The embroidered screen was made of Cantonese embroidery. I heard from the maid that the embroidered screen was sent by the Lu family.
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The owner of Ruyi Embroidery Shop is not stupid, and he quickly thought of the origin of the embroidery screen, "You mean there is an embroiderer in the embroidery shop who knows Cantonese embroidery and can sew the sachet for the county magistrate's wife?"
Zhu Xiu Niang nodded: "The embroidery screen indeed uses Cantonese embroidery techniques. Since that embroidery girl knows Cantonese embroidery techniques, she will definitely be able to sew that sachet."
The owner of Ruyi Embroidery Shop couldn't sit still, "I only heard that the three embroiderers in the embroidery shop have average embroidery skills, and none of the embroiderers know how to embroider in Cantonese!"
The owner of Ruyi Embroidery Shop thought about it again and again, then suddenly slapped himself on the head, "I know, the embroidery shop must have hired another embroiderer recently."
Every few days, Wenxiu Niang would go to the fruit shop in the city to buy some food and go back.
That day, she went to the fruit shop to buy some dried fruits as usual, but when she went back, she was blocked by two clerks.
"Our boss invites you."
Wenxiu Niang couldn't help but get on a carriage and was taken to a private room in a nearby teahouse.
Jia Lin, the owner of Ruyi Embroidery Shop, smiled and asked Wen Xiu Niang to sit down, but Wen Xiu Niang did not sit down. She hugged the dried fruits in her arms and asked warily: "Who are you and what do you want to do?"
Jia Lin smiled and said: "I am the owner of Ruyi Embroidery Workshop. I invite Lady Wenxiu here this time because I want to negotiate a deal with you."
When Wen Xiu Niang heard that the other party was the owner of Ruyi Embroidery Workshop, her expression immediately changed: "I have nothing to talk about with you?"
Jia Lin continued: "I heard that there is a new embroiderer in your embroidery village. Her embroidery skills seem to be better than the three of you!"
Wen Xiu Niang sneered and said, "Don't sow discord. It's not your turn to take care of the affairs of our embroidery village."
The embroidery village is the foundation of the three embroidery ladies. Wen embroidery lady is not stupid and will not turn her elbows outward just for some personal grudges.
Jia Lin was not annoyed, and still smiled and said: "Listen to me and continue. I don't want to do anything to your embroidery shop. I just heard that this embroiderer has outstanding embroidery skills, so I want to invite her to our embroidery shop.
That’s all.”
Wen Xiu Niang snorted coldly and said, "This is even more unnecessary."
She didn't like Shen Xiu, but she also knew that if the embroidery shop didn't have Shen Xiu, it would be unable to compete with Ruyi Embroidery House. And if the embroidery shop closed down, the three embroidery girls would have no livelihood.
That's why she won't be stupid enough to be fooled by Jia Lin.
Jia Lin saw that she was not interested in anything, so he said no more, "That's all I have to say. Since Lady Wenxiu is so affectionate and righteous, just pretend that I didn't say anything today. However, if Lady Wenxiu encounters difficulties,
, but come to this teahouse to find a waiter named Gao."
Wen Xiu Niang watched Jia Lin leave with cold eyes, and then she breathed a sigh of relief. She waited until the other party and his group walked far away before leaving the teahouse.
When we returned to Xiuzhuang, it was already late.
An embroiderer who was close to Wenxiu Niang asked her why she had been gone for so long. Wenxiu Niang found an excuse to pass by. When she turned around and saw that Shen Xiu was not there, she asked, "Where is Mrs. Shen?"
"Oh, she was invited by Mr. Wang's wife, who said they wanted to take her to meet someone."
Sister-in-law Xu pulled Shen Xiu towards the backyard of the county government office and said, "I will never harm you. You will know when you go."
Shen Xiu had never been to the backyard of the county government office, and Sister-in-law Xu took her through the back door, so she had no idea where this place was. However, looking at the surrounding environment, she knew that the owner of this place was either rich or noble.
They come, the security.
Shen Xiu felt at ease, as Sister-in-law Xu said, she would never harm her.
Not long after Sister-in-law Xu took Shen Xiu away, they arrived at an exquisite courtyard.
A maid whom I knew came forward to say hello: "Sister-in-law Xu is here."
Sister-in-law Xu said: "Where is Madam?"
The maid said: "Madam just took the medicine and is now reading in the room."
Sister-in-law Xu winked at Shen Xiu: "It seems we came at the right time."
Wen Min was reading in the room when she heard the maid say: "Sister-in-law Xu is here."
The maid lifted the curtain and invited Sister-in-law Xu and Shen Xiu into the room.
Shen Xiu calmly took a look at the layout of the room. Compared with the luxury of Mrs. Lu's bedroom, the layout of this room was relatively elegant, and there were many calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls.
Reminiscing that the county magistrate's wife was fond of calligraphy and painting, Shen Xiu suddenly had a guess. Could it be that the county magistrate's wife was brought here by Sister-in-law Xu?
Just as she thought of this, the pearl curtain in the inner room was lifted, and a woman in her twenties came out.
This woman is thin and has a sallow complexion. Although she has a beautiful oval face, her cheekbones are a bit high, which makes her look not so soft. Especially against Sister-in-law Xu, she looks like a thin bamboo pole. Appears thin and hard.
Her voice was also a little dry when she spoke, and she said coldly to Sister-in-law Xu: "Why are you free to come here today?"
Sister-in-law Xu took Shen Xiu to greet her, "I heard that Madam recently wanted to sew a sachet, but unfortunately no one could sew it up after searching around."
Wen Min glanced at Shen Xiu and said, "So, this young lady is the embroiderer you invited."
Sister-in-law Xu smiled and said: "Madam is really smart. Although Axiu is young, her embroidery skills are really excellent. The birthday gift I gave to Madam earlier was made by Axiu."
"Oh, you embroidered that copybook?" Wen Min glanced at Shen Xiu.
After hearing this, Shen Xiu finally confirmed that the lady in front of her was indeed the county magistrate's wife. She took a deep breath and said, neither humble nor arrogant, "To tell you what, Madam, that copybook was indeed embroidered by a common girl."
Wen Min looked at her carefully and said, "How old are you?"
"The civilian girl just turned thirteen this year."
Wen Min coughed slightly and then said: "You have such embroidery skills at the age of thirteen. It seems that you have been taught by a famous teacher!"
Shen Xiu hesitated for a moment, but could not say that he would learn embroidery from the widow, so she smiled.
Fortunately, Wen Min didn't pursue it further and ordered the maid: "Go get that sachet!"
Sister-in-law Xu whispered to Shen Xiu: "The next step is up to you. Just don't let me lose face in front of my wife."
Shen Xiu also knew that this was an opportunity. If she could really win the favor of the county magistrate's wife, she would be able to establish a foothold in the county town in the future.
The maid quickly brought the sachet over. Shen Xiu only took one look and recognized that it was Cantonese embroidery, and it was made of cushion embroidery.
"As long as you recognize this Cantonese embroidery, there was an embroiderer last time who only recognized it but couldn't embroider it. You shouldn't be like her, right?" Wen Min asked lightly.
Shen Xiudao: "Of course not. Although I studied Hunan embroidery, I also know something about Cantonese embroidery."
Modern embroidery masters do not hide their embroidery techniques as they did in ancient times. Sometimes, in order to find suitable inheritors, they often hold exchange meetings.
In order to improve her own skills, Shen Xiu often participated in these exchange meetings. Over time, she did learn a lot of acupuncture techniques and techniques from other sects.
Therefore, the sachet in front of her was not a problem for her at all.
She quickly came up with an idea, "This sachet was scratched and it just needs to be re-sewed with gold and silver threads."
Gold and silver threads are rare in ordinary people's homes, but they are nothing here to the county magistrate's wife.
After the maid got the gold and silver threads, Shen Xiu removed the thread from the sachet. After the thread was loosened, a purple-brown granular object the size of a rice grain was revealed inside.
What was this? Shen Xiu brought it to her nose and smelled it. She felt that this thing had a pleasant fragrance.
In fact, she had noticed a pleasant fragrance on this sachet before, and thought it was because the sachet was contaminated with the smell of some spices. Now that she saw this thing, she realized that the reason why the sachet has a fragrance is because of this thing
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She was still thinking about what it was when Wen Min said, "This is the spice my second sister sewed into it. She said it is the best agarwood."
Shen Xiu put the thing to her nose and smelled it again. As a well-known embroidery master in her previous life, she had been in contact with many high-end customers. One of them was particularly fond of spices and taught her a lot about spices.
So after she smelled it, she frowned slightly and said, "This spice doesn't seem to be agarwood."
Wen Min smiled faintly. In her opinion, how could Shen Xiu, a young lady, recognize agarwood, so her tone was a bit contemptuous, "If it's not agarwood, what is it?"
"This thing should be musk!" Shen Xiu said with certainty.