green bamboo dream

Chapter 23

Housewives usually have a lot of time to squander, so intrigues can be seen everywhere. As for Cui Shi and Yu Zhu, who have no opponents in house fighting, they feel a little flustered in the small house at the moment. 【26nbsp;】The work that needs to move the needle is obviously not suitable for doing in winter. The flexibility of the fingers will be more or less affected by the cold weather of the hand, but knitting is different. The furry thread gradually takes shape on the hand, fluffy Snuggling softly on your lap and hugging you in your arms is a lot of fun.

Mrs. Cui soon became obsessed with knitting, and she knit in the Yuzhu yard when she was not doing housework.Yu Zhu had to admit that the ancient women really deserved to learn female celebrities since they were young. They were very ingenious and talented in knitting.Originally, only Yuzhu remembered the flat stitch, which is the simplest weaving method among the common people in modern times. However, Cui wove several kinds of stitches in the process of exploring, and Cui also thought about the white too. It's monotonous, and I need someone to go out to dye the colors. Weaving with a variety of colored threads, it's better to weave the patterns used in embroidery to make it look better.

This is simply infinitely close to the modern age, Yu Zhu is so impressed that she is in admiration. Anyway, she is idle, so she obediently learns from Cui's side, and doesn't care that her identity as a master suddenly becomes a student.

Soon even Cuiwei followed suit and played very well. The speed at which the wool was formed could be seen with the naked eye.

When the coldest weather shows a little ferocity, the few masters and servants in the Lin Mansion basically have a woolen scarf. The method of making the sweater is still being improved and researched, and there is no finished product yet, but Lin Yuanzhi has many He wore a rough pullover vest, which was Yuzhu's proud creation, Master Lin quickly put it on beautifully as soon as he got it, and even showed it off to Cui Shi at night, but Cui Shi laughed a lot.

Grandma Wang was not missing either. Most of the old people were weak and afraid of the cold. Yuzhu felt sorry for her loneliness and sickness, so she wove a woolen shawl for her. The thick wool was covered with soft black flannelette. Branches of plum blossoms are not very bright in color, but they are very expressive. It seems that you can feel the clank and pride of plum blossoms in the fierce cold wind, and the fragrance of plum blossoms blowing towards your face. It has nothing to do with color matching and needlework, but the charm.

The shawl is very wide, and it can wrap Grandma Wang's thin upper body tightly after wearing it, which is very warm and caring.When Grandma Wang heard that the shawl was made by Yuzhu herself, she was completely stunned. Her pale and dry lips trembled, and her hands like old branches stretched out to hold the thick material tightly. Some complex lights flashed.

The days flowed peacefully like a gentle river, the year was approaching, and the Cui family was gradually getting busy. Officials at all levels were preparing for the annual ceremony, how to return the gift, and the most important thing was the preparation of their own annual ceremony. Busy entertaining the summer officials who came to visit and give gifts, Cui couldn't help but feel a little restless. At this time, a sudden surprise completely dispelled all her worries and impatience.

On this day, Mrs. Cui specially set aside a day to call Yuzhu to the main courtyard.Yu Zhu was a little confused, so she looked at Cui's slightly flushed excited face, and said with a smile: "Mother, what's the good thing, I'm so happy, telling it makes my daughter happy too."

Cui pinched her daughter's white cheeks, and couldn't help feeling that her daughter was so lucky to have such a big fortune, the corners of her mouth curled up, and she said to Yuzhu: "Bamboo girl, I've heard Bian embroidery?"

Yu Zhu shook her head in confusion: "Bian embroidery? Is it the same as Su embroidery that Aunt Sun is proficient in?"

"Hmph, what is Suzhou embroidery compared to Bian embroidery?" Cui snorted coldly, apparently Aunt Sun made her very unhappy.

Yu Zhu sticks out her tongue, expressing that she doesn't know.

"Bian embroidery has a long history and is known as a "national treasure". It is famous for its exquisite embroidery, fine stitches, rigorous patterns, elegant style, colors and beauty. It has been famous all over the country as early as the Qin Dynasty."

Cui's voice could not conceal the excitement and longing. She introduced to her daughter in detail: "Bian embroidery, also known as "Song embroidery", embroidery has developed to a very high level in the Northern Qin Dynasty more than 100 years ago. When my mother was young, I heard Mr. Nvhong talk about "Tokyo Menghualu", which records: Taifeng is the capital of the Northern Qin Dynasty, and its palace has a "Wenxiuyuan" that gathers more than 100 outstanding embroiderers from all over the country, specially for the emperor and princess. , high-ranking officials and nobles embroidered official uniforms and decorations, so they were also known as "court embroidery" or "official embroidery". Among the people, Bian embroidery was more popular. "Embroidery Lane" is the place where embroidered embroiders live together, and it is also a famous market for embroidery products. Looking inside and outside the temple, in the capital city of ten miles, there are bead curtains embroidered foreheads everywhere, skillful new clothes, famous embroidered masterpieces, competing to shine For more than [-] years, Bian embroidery has always been the embroidery with the most exquisite skills, the highest value, the least output, the most popular and the strongest influence, but it was the national embroidery of the previous dynasty."

Cui took a sip of water, and the excitement in her eyes did not diminish: "Bian embroidery is the embroidery with the highest starting point since ancient times. The Qin court just said that the Wenxiu Academy was specially set up, but at that time, in addition to recruiting embroidery workers, it was also selecting top technicians from all over the country. Come to teach. This is a high-end professional institution set up by the imperial court, and it is also a great convergence of embroidery techniques presided over by the imperial court. Which one of Suzhou embroidery, Hunan embroidery, and Shu embroidery has such glory? Integrate into itself, make the Bian embroidery level higher than other embroidery techniques, and it is definitely above other embroidery techniques."

Speaking of this, Cui sighed: "In the end, it is Muxiu that will be destroyed by the wind in the forest, and Bian embroidery will also decline when it is prosperous. It was suppressed by the joint boycott of Suzhou embroidery, Hunan embroidery, and Shu embroidery. In fact, in the previous dynasty, almost all Bian embroidery Everyone was called into the government and worked for the royal family. Bian embroidery became the imperial embroidery technique, so that the folk almost disappeared. It is worth thousands of gold, but there are indeed very few people who know this skill, and it is extremely difficult to find."

Yuzhu also sighed. In the previous life, many technologies were passed down from generation to generation within the family. After wars, they were all lost. I didn’t expect that it was the same in ancient times. Those are the achievements of generations of human beings. It is a pity that they are lost. .Seeing her daughter's regretful face, Cui couldn't hold back her smile, and nodded happily at the tip of Yuzhu's small nose: "You little girl is so lucky that there is an embroiderer who can teach you how to embroider." .”

After digesting the news in a daze, Yuzhu's mind was full of: the sky is smashing.It seems that we can still be the inheritors of excellent folk arts and the protectors to prevent the loss of rare arts in this life.

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