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Chapter 15 Meeting
Chang Luoyun pulled out the hand held by Kong Linger, "I didn't think about it."

She has not yet made up her mind whether to go to the capital to find someone.

"I don't know?" Kong Linger wondered, "Didn't you participate in the embroidery competition to win?" She didn't have the nerve to say the second part, wasn't it for a good marriage?

"I never thought about going to the capital through the competition." Chang Luoyun smiled playfully, "It's just that my father asked me to participate in the competition, and I have to participate."

Who made his mother so good that even his father, who was about to forget that there was a daughter in the country, could not ignore him.But if they were really in the capital, it would be a shortcut to win the embroidery and follow the princess directly into the palace.

But if you enter Beijing in other ways, can you get the queen mother to marry you?Kong Linger was puzzled, but also breathed a sigh of relief.

The two tacitly looked at each other and smiled.

Kong Linger said, "My aunt showed me the embroidery thread you sent. It is really good. How did you dye such good embroidery thread?"

"Embroidery thread must be good, and the silk must be selected first. Only silk dyed with uniform color and length can make embroidery thread soft and shiny."

"The second is dyeing." Chang Luoyun said, "Ling'er, have you ever been to a dyeing workshop?"

"I have been there, I have been there with my mother when I was a child."

"The dyeing in the dyeing workshop is done in batches. If the number of silk threads is large, the fineness will be reduced, and there will not be so many shades of color."

"But dyeing by yourself is different. You can naturally notice subtle changes in color with fewer threads."

"For example, to dye blue, you need to take the indigo retting and take out the juice, which is the same as all dyeing workshops, but to get more different indigo, you need to master the length of retting time, how much If two hours are less than two hours, the embroidery thread dyed by the dye taken out will be different."

"If you want to dye different colors, you have to count the time, and make marks and dyes. Naturally, the dyed color will have a few more shades."

"So it's so cumbersome? No wonder the embroidery thread in the embroidery thread shop now has at most ten colors in one color system, and if it is richer, it will be gone." Kong Linger said.

"That is," Chang Luoyun said, "If the dyeing workshop divides the colors too finely, the profit will not increase, but the cost will increase."

"In this way, if we take sixteen shades for each color, and just one color system, we will have to stay up all day and night without sleep." Kong Linger exclaimed.

"That's good. Under normal circumstances, it's common to stay up for several nights. She stretched out her hands, look at my hands, "The silk dyed at the end of last year, the color has not been completely washed yet. "

Kong Ling'er took a closer look, but it wasn't true, her long and slender fingers still had a hint of carmine.

"What did the two sisters say so happily?" Before Chang Luoyao arrived, the voice had already arrived.

She was wearing a moon-white narrow-sleeved blouse, a light green long skirt, and a peach-red beige on the outside. When she walked, she swayed gracefully, making her look even more radiant.

Kong Ling'er stood up and hurriedly greeted, "Fifth Miss, come quickly, Yun'er and I are talking about embroidery, you are Lady Qin's favorite student, just give us some advice."

Chang Luoyao walked up to Kong Ling'er with a smile on her face, "Miss Ling'er praised me absurdly, I have little talent, I need to learn more from you."

She handed over the silk handkerchief in her hand, "This is a silk handkerchief I embroidered just a few days ago. I gave it to the girl to relieve boredom, and please don't dislike it."

In the state of Qi, girls give embroidered handkerchiefs to each other, which means they have friendship and learn embroidery skills from each other.If you are not fully sure of your own embroidery skills, you will usually not give each other an embroidered handkerchief when you meet for the first time.

Kong Ling'er took the silk handkerchief solemnly, and looked at it carefully.The four sides of the pure white silk handkerchief are embroidered with cherry blossoms in a very light pink color. The stitches are neat and the flowers are in clusters, which is very delicate.

"Fifth Miss is indeed a delicate heart. Such a small silk handkerchief is so delicately embroidered. I really have a lot of experience." Kong Linger praised.

"It's just a little thing." Chang Luoyao said, "It's better than Miss Ling'er, even Mrs. Qin always praises her in front of me, let me learn more."

Kong Ling'er put away the silk handkerchief, smiled lightly, "Ms. Qin is absurd."

Chang Luoyao sat down, glanced around and said, "Fourth sister is still used to living here, I personally chose those window screens, I don't know if fourth sister likes it or not?"

"The one you chose is of course the best one, and I naturally like it." Chang Luoyun took a sip of tea and said generously, "This room is spacious and bright, and I am very used to living in it."

Chang Luoyao clenched her fists, her smile was dry, "Just get used to it."

"It's just that for this embroidery competition, I wonder what Miss Ling'er is preparing for?" Chang Luoyao said, "I have sketched a few patterns, and I don't know if I will need them when the time comes."

"Since it is a competition, the questions are usually made temporarily." Kong Linger said.

Chang Luoyao was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "I just want to be afraid of being timid at the time and prepare in advance, but I don't want the test to be on-the-spot resilience. Miss Ling'er said that, I'm really redundant."

"That's not the case. There are hills and valleys in your chest, and you can write with spirit." Kong Ling'er said patiently, "It's good for the fifth girl to paint more, practice makes perfect."

Chang Luoyun bowed her head and drank tea without saying a word, Chang Luoyao glanced at her, and said with a chuckle, "I see Fourth Sister is silent and seems to be thinking, maybe Fourth Sister has already made up her mind."

"Where," Chang Luoyun said with a smile, "I was thinking, the weather has become hot these days, and the cicadas on the tree are very noisy, maybe I asked two women to come over and stick them with bamboo poles to make them clean for a while. .”

Chang Luoyao's face became ugly, she covered her mouth and forced a smile and said to Kong Ling'er, "Fourth Sister's character is to jump off the hook, we are talking about the embroidery contest, but you see she is talking about Maemi."

Chang Luoyun stood up, spread his arms and stretched his body, and said brightly, "The embroidery competition hasn't started yet, let's talk slowly later. After drinking tea for a long time, do you want Linger to go for a walk?"

Kong Linger stood up, "I heard that Chang's courtyard has a nice view, and I want to see it too."

Chang Luoyun smiled and told Bi Yan, "You just greet Fifth Sister well, don't wait too long."

Chang Luoyao watched Chang Luoyun bring Kong Ling'er out of the yard, feeling angry and embarrassing, she returned to the house with a sullen face, covered her face with a handkerchief and began to cry.

Mrs. Pei was taken aback, and when Ziyan told the whole story, she rubbed her chest and said bitterly, "I don't believe in a wild girl from the countryside, I can't cure you."

"Qiu Hen, go to the kitchen and tell the kitchen that from tomorrow on, the meals in Miss Four's room will be light. The three meals a day should be clear porridge. These days, the girl is weak, and her stomach can't bear the greasy food."

Pei took a pair of scissors from the table, opened Chang Luoyao's box, picked up a piece of clothing and cut it to pieces with a few clicks.

Chang Luoyao was taken aback, and she didn't care to cry, "Mother, why are you cutting my clothes?"

Mrs. Pei threw the cut clothes on the table fiercely, "Yao'er, take this dress and tell your father tomorrow that the broom star went crazy and ruined your clothes, let's see how he still protects it." That broom star."

"Then daddy asked me why she wanted to cut my clothes?" Chang Luoyao asked timidly.

"You just say—" Mrs. Pei said with red eyes, "She is jealous of your friendship with Kong Shaoling's daughter."

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