Jinghua Tianjiao

What is so difficult about sewing Chinese clothes? For Du Juan, this is the most basic process for silk figurines.As soon as the needle was threaded, a girl sitting next to her came over and said, "It's wrong, it's not like this, you have to do it this way."

This girl is dexterous, and she is not a few years younger than herself, but her slender fingers are really enviable. The needle and thread are twisted around her fingertips, like silk ribbons passing through the waist of a dancer, "Just now you are from It is sewn inside out, and the needles are not moving properly. This silk cloth has two layers, inside and outside, and in order to prevent the stitches from being seen, you have to go back through the inner layer after passing through the needle.”

The needle and thread in Du Juan's hands are easy to handle, but after sewing a section according to the girl's words, she found that the outer layer of silk cloth looks a lot bigger. If this silk cloth is used on a silk child, how can it show spirituality? .The inner layer of silk cloth is close to the body, but the outer layer is loose.

"Does this seem too loose?"

"This is my aunt's request, and it must be done. The gorgeous clothes sewed with the stitches taught by my aunt are more charming when worn on the silk boy."

Charm?This is a characteristic of women in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty. Silk boys were not widely spread when they first originated in the Tang Dynasty.Until the "Tokyo Menghua Lu" said "Cut the silk to make a person, cut the brocade to make clothes, and tie the human form with colorful colors." This is the twelve-character description of silk people.Among them, the three words "cut silk", "cut brocade", and "caijie" are followed by "people", "clothes" and "human form", which is enough to show that the juan boy had already cultivated a graceful figure in the Song Dynasty, but now this aunt ordered everyone to do so. Juanhai'er's skill is that if he does not advance, he will retreat.

"Didn't you realize that the silk boy made this way is too fat, how can we still use the old method now?"

"Hush—don't dare to speak nonsense, if my aunt hears about it, I'll be upset again."

"It's okay to be so strict at ordinary times, but now she even has to intervene in this matter? That's all, how long have you been doing it?" Du Juan really worried about her life. After a few conversations with her, Du Juan felt that the matter was not that simple , such a rough sewing of a silk boy's costume is far worse than Du Xiaoniang's.

"There are more than three months."

"It's been such a long time!" Du Juan's voice was still louder, she looked around and lowered her voice, "You should all learn women's reds in the mansion, the simplest sewing, why did you learn it for three months here? "

This girl has her own endless bitterness, "After studying for three months, it would be better to say that I spent three months in vain here. Don't you know that the aunt in charge will say the same thing every day, which is the passage I heard just now." At first, I read it with bamboo slips, but now practice makes perfect, she can be regarded as memorized, we sew these things all day, no one knows what to teach us next, what my aunt said, we just follow it, nothing People can guess what my aunt is thinking."

Like everyone else, Du Juan finished sewing quickly. She didn't feel the joy brought by the silk baby. The Song Dynasty should be the most prosperous time for the silk baby, but according to the current depression, what else is there for the little girl to come in? meaning?

The long-awaited Xiu Mu is not many in Jinghuafang.Under the high pressure of the aunt in charge, everyone in Jinghua Fang is looking forward to Xiu Mu.All of a sudden, in front of the Jinghuafang archway, BMW horses from various prefectures drove here in a continuous stream since noon in expensive wooden carriages.The embroiderers who left Jinghuafang are no longer poor people who will be punished at any time.The maids from far away saw it, and they came over accordingly, and walked towards the carriage with their arms; the fathers and mothers who missed their daughters were all rich and blessed, and when they saw their daughters coming out of the archway, they hugged them and burst into tears; Xiu Niang also hired bearers in advance, and waited quietly far away from the archway, and Xiu Niang would never stand with them with the bearers.

"Du Juan, what's on your mind?"

Du Juan and Zhao An'an walked together and didn't speak a word all the way. She was worried about going to Du Xiaoniang's house later.

"No." Du Juan paused for a long time, "An'an, do you think we can really succeed?"

An An understood what Du Juan meant. An An understood the current situation of Jinghua Square better than she did. Turn around, you are new here, why not take you to visit the Daming Mansion together."

Du Juan still politely declined. The matter of Du Xiaoniang has made her unable to sleep for several days now, "Sister An, thank you for your grand invitation, but the fact is that I can't get out now. I hope my sister will forgive me."

"Okay, okay, you go, it's really boring to be alone in Daming Mansion, but you have to promise me that you will accompany me next time."

"Okay, it's a deal!" The two walked out of the archway. Du Juan was no exception when she saw this scene. In the real capital, this has become a custom.Say goodbye to An An, but find that there is no car to pick An An, Du Juan can't take care of her, so hurry up to find Xiaoniang.

Around the corner of Jinghuafang, Zhao Anan entered a remote alley, a very ordinary carriage was parked by the side of the alley, but the horse was eight or nine feet tall, the hair on the tail changed with the seasons, and the eyes were lingering. Lie, the name is Bujing!Every three to five meters in the streets and alleys, there is a man in plain clothes, but judging by his broad back, round waist, and fleshy face, he must be a Lianjiazi.Beside the carriage, two maids in light blue floral dresses stood aside. Seeing An An approaching, they stepped forward and bowed, "The princess is a thousand years old!"

"How's everything going?"

"Back to the princess, everything is going according to plan!"

Sure enough, when walking alone in this bamboo forest, it was a bit creepy.Although it was already noon, there was no one in the bamboo grove, so according to memory, Du Juan came to Xiaoniang's house, only Xiaoniang's father was there.Originally, my mother had a bad impression of Du Juan, and since she left without saying goodbye last time, this time my father didn't want to say a word to Du Juan.The two stood in and outside the courtyard and talked like this. Du Juan knew she was wrong, "Uncle Du... last time..."

"Don't talk about what happened last time, girl, please go back, you are not welcome here."

"Uncle Du, it was not intentional to leave the day before yesterday. We are under the control of Jinghua Fang, and we are really helpless." Indeed, Du Juan has not had such a good time in Jinghua Fang these few days.

Dad glanced at Du Juan, but he didn't care about it. After all, he couldn't forget the kindness of the past few days, "My little mother went out with her mother, and she won't be able to come back for a while. If you want to wait, come in and wait."

"It doesn't matter, I'll just wait outside." Du Juan didn't want to enter the house, she just wanted to see the little mother at first sight, but the sun was so strong at noon, it didn't take long, Du Juan's drowsiness came as soon as she said it , I can't even stand on my feet.Seeing this, Xiaoniang's father couldn't bear it, and came out with a bowl of rough tea.

"Girl, girl!"

Du Juan came back to her senses, her sleepiness was reduced by half, and she bowed to take the tea, "Thank you, Uncle Du."

"I'm not the kind of person who doesn't know kindness, but my little mother, is it really suitable to go to Jinghuafang?" Du Juan didn't know what the little mother's father was worried about, and she also thought of the silk boy who was on the little mother's bed that night, and couldn't help it. He asked, "Uncle Du, when I left that day, I accidentally found a silk boy in my mother's hand. Was this also my mother's doing?"