Youthful Splendid Edge

Chapter 10 The Rise of Crafts

This ancient town of Mudu, which has a history of thousands of years in China, has returned to calm, so calm that people almost don't even know the existence of this ancient town.

Unfortunately, Ye Er was seriously injured, and Ye Fanghua had to suspend school to take care of Ye Er at home. In Ye Fanghua's own words, reading makes people happy, masters knowledge, and understands the truth of life. Although Ye Fanghua can't study now It's been a long time, but for this hard-won family, for Ye Er, it's all worth it.

Time flies and I don't know how many years have passed. This year, Ye Fanghua's age is just like her name, 14 years old, an age that is just about to bloom.

This year happened to be 1945. Yes, for every Chinese nation, this day is definitely not ordinary. In this year, the Chinese people stood up, the common people stood up and called the shots, and the long-sleeping dragon devoured all Demons and ghosts, let imperialism with great ambitions defeat and surrender.

Those who offend China will be punished even if they are far away. Yes, the Chinese people have washed away the humiliation of a century, proved their perseverance and tenacity, and declared to the world that the country's sovereign status is sacred and inviolable.

During this period, while Ye Fanghua was studying by herself, she learned embroidery from Aunt Niu, who was also a teacher and mother, to subsidize her family.

Through self-study, Ye Fanghua's cultural knowledge has a certain foundation, and her embroidery is even more outstanding, especially Aunt Niu's unique double-sided Su embroidery technique, which makes Ye Fanghua a well-known figure in Mudu Ancient Town.

This morning, Ye Fanghua saw Ye Er picking up the trash again, so she hurried forward to stop Ye Er.

Back then, Ye Er was beaten to protect Ye Fanghua and injured his muscles and bones. Although he had already recovered, his body was not as good as before. When it was rainy, he would feel pain all over his body. On the one hand, Ye Fanghua was worried about Ye Er's body.

"Dad, you are not in good health, so don't go out to collect trash."

Ye Er shook his head repeatedly, and made gestures, to the effect that he wanted to continue working, exercise his muscles and bones, and didn't want to stay at home like a disabled person.

Since the liberation of the whole country, the state has supported the development of the handicraft industry, and Ye Fanghua's embroidery work has made the family environment better. Ye Er no longer needs to pick up garbage to make a living. After all, he is a young man with a good hand. Good craftsmanship, in Ye Fanghua's opinion, picking up garbage is something that is not on the table, and it is somewhat embarrassing.

In today's words, Ye Fanghua is already a little drifting in essence.

"Dad, it's not that I can't afford to support this family now, so don't do it. The doctor said that if your old disease recurs, you won't be able to recover in the future. Now it's not the poor life you used to live. Now that they are all liberated, under the care of the party, ordinary people can live a good life, why bother to collect garbage, hey, Dad, Dad, don’t go.”

Before Ye Fanghua could finish speaking, Ye Er's eyes had already dimmed. He shook his head and pushed the worn-out tricycle out of the door.

I don’t know when the value gap between the two started. Values ​​are not life. Although the relationship between the two is very good in life, this kind of values ​​that cannot be adjusted makes both of them feel a little uncomfortable Feel.

This daughter has finally grown up!

When children grow up, they will more or less have their own ideas. However, in the eyes of any parents, these ideas are somewhat contrary to themselves. Everyone must experience the growth of rebellious period, but in the eyes of parents , This kind of rebelliousness is hard to accept and tolerate.

Ye Er's father's love surpasses everything in the world. Even if he has no blood relationship with Ye Fanghua, that feeling is not comparable to that of ordinary people. Therefore, despite what Ye Fanghua said about himself, Ye Er still bears it silently, without half a cent. Complaining, after all, it is normal for a young man to feel ashamed of doing so, no one would like his career.

Ye Er went out, and Ye Fanghua took the embroidery tools to the yard and started embroidery work.

Since old man Li passed away, Ye Fanghua took in the cats in the family. These cats gathered around Ye Fanghua, lazily basking in the sun.

In order to embroider cats well these years, Ye Fanghua has carefully observed the various postures of cats all year round, trying to figure out the characteristics of different parts of cats, often staying in one posture for several hours.

In order to better embroider vivid cat patterns, she found a painting teacher at school to learn to master the cat skeleton hidden in the wool silk, so that she had a clear understanding of the overall concept of embroidered cats.

Hard work pays off. After Aunt Niu's teaching and years of hard work, Ye Fanghua also created her own unique cat embroidery technique.

She uses thin needles to make a base, layered coloring, and dense needles layer by layer. She uses overlapping silk threads to highlight the layers covered by wool silk, forming an effect of fluffy wool silk and delicate, soft and textured embroidery threads.

Double-sided embroidery and all kinds of feline animals have made Ye Fanghua famous in Mudu Ancient Town. Even Aunt Niu often laments that she is no longer as good as Ye Fanghua.

Ye Fanghua was staring at the kittens with different expressions in front of him, and Aunt Niu's voice came from outside the door: "Fanghua, Fanghua, are you at home?"

"Yes, Aunt Niu, what's the rush?"

Aunt Niu entered the door panting. Seeing this, Ye Fanghua quickly got a glass of water from the house, and after handing it to Aunt Niu, the two sat down in the yard.

"Hoo hoo, hoo hoo."

Seeing that Aunt Niu was out of breath, Ye Fanghua quickly said, "Aunt Niu, don't worry, drink your saliva first, and talk slowly if you have anything to say."

"Well, hoo hoo, I know, wait for me to take a breather first!" Niu Li drank the water glass in her hand, rested for a while while resting her chest, and then said the matter.

"Good news, Fanghua, isn't the country advocating the development of handicrafts now? A private school has opened in the town to teach embroidery."

Before Niu Li could finish speaking, Ye Fanghua had already laughed out loud. After all, in this ancient town of Mudu, Niu Li's embroidery was recognized as the second, and no one dared to recognize the first: "Hee hee, Aunt Niu, I know, right? The school came to ask you to be a teacher?"

Niu Li also laughed, but shook her head and said, "That's true, but I know my own affairs, and I haven't studied any books. It's okay if you ask me to teach embroidery, but let me tell you one or two things." , Three times, I can't do it, so I refused on the spot."

"Hiss, Aunt Niu, why is that?" Ye Fanghua gasped, looking at the smiling Niu Li in surprise, and couldn't figure out why Niu Li refused.

(End of this chapter)