Rebirth of the little landlady

Chapter 118 Those Lost True Love

But when Yuan Bao finished drawing the first egg, the irritability on Li Nan's face disappeared, and he had to admit, "Although the drawing skills are poor, the composition is very interesting."

Ni Xiaopang clapped his hands and laughed, "Hahaha, it's fun, it's fun, I like it very much."

Yuan Bao cheekily begged Li Nan, "Of course I can't draw well, sir, please help me correct it!"

So Li Nan erased the ugly patterns of Yuan Bao, and repainted Yuan Bao according to Yuan Bao's design.

Li Nan became interested, and after helping Yuan Bao make a few more compositions, inspired by Yuan Bao, he designed it himself.

The tools had already arrived, and seeing that Ni Xiaopang was scratching his head and scratching his cheeks in a hurry and couldn't do anything, Yuan Bao simply asked him to help grind the eggs. By the time it was time to light the lamp, they used about fifty eggs and only made three, which was only Ni. Xiaopang is a good-natured person, and Yuanbao is a little annoyed.

To be honest, Yuan Bao only saw and knew the method of making eggshell embroidery in his previous life, but he had never tried it himself, and only after doing it did he realize that it seems easy but difficult to do.

But, practice makes perfect. On the second day, they produced more than ten eggshells in two and a half days, and on the third day, they produced about thirty eggshells, which was already enough, and the rest was ingots. Finished it alone, so they started the days when Ni Xiaopang was studying and Yuan Bao was doing embroidery, but they moved from the study to the East Wing.

When Yuan Bao showed the first finished product to Ni Xiaopang, Ni Xiaopang was almost overjoyed, "Yuanbao, you are so amazing, I really wonder how you came up with it!" Although he looked at Yuanbao step by step Made it, still amazed.

Yuan Bao smacked his lips and said, "It's not my fault alone, it's the two of us, so let's celebrate, shall we?"

Ni Xiaopang nodded repeatedly.

How to quickly enhance the relationship between the two, this question, Yuan Bao thought for a long time, and found that there is more than one method, among them, sharing and guarding a secret is definitely the more effective one.

No, Ni Xiaopang is not so repulsed by Yuan Bao to go home now, when Yuan Bao proposed to put the banquet in her mansion, Ni Xiaopang hesitated for a while, and then agreed.

The last meeting was messed up by myself, this time we must behave well, Yuan Bao secretly told himself.

It was the beginning of February, and the county school had already started. The day Yuan Bao chose was the second holiday of the Su brothers. The banquet was not only for Ni Xiaopang alone, but also for some students, some of whom lived in Among the tenants of the Su family, there are some who don't live here but have a good relationship with the Su brothers.

The Su Brothers made careful preparations, the food and drinks were top-notch, and they also prepared some games they often played, and the students who accompanied the guests tried their best to coax Ni Xiaopang.

Except for Su Qiusheng, these students are all a little older than Ni Xiaopang, and their family background is good. Although they can't compare with Ni's family, they have enough food and clothing and can often go out to play. So many people coax a Ni Xiaopang. It is too easy.

Not long after, Ni Xiaopang lost his attention to Yuan Bao, but Yuan Bao still waited patiently, and then quietly asked Ni Xiaopang, "Is it okay if I go to the backyard to see my mother and An Anran? If so, I'll be back as soon as you call."

Ni Xiaopang was in high spirits, so he readily agreed.

As soon as he got out of the main hall door of the front yard where the banquet was held, Su Chunsheng pulled up Yuanbao and ran away. After running for two steps, he stopped, holding Yuanbao in his arms and continued running. Chunsheng immediately opened the door and began to take off Yuanbao's clothes.

After Yuan Bao sighed, she let Su Chunsheng do it. She knew that since Su Chunsheng had heard about it, if he didn't let Su Chunsheng fully understand what happened, Su Chunsheng would not be at ease.

On the originally smooth and delicate legs and waist, there were deep and shallow marks, extending to the place where Su Chunsheng was inconvenient to see. Although not a short time had passed, it was still thrilling in Su Chunsheng's eyes. It made him feel so distressed that he didn't know what to do.

Su Chunsheng hugged Yuan Bao tightly in his arms, tears streaming down Yuan Bao's neck, "Why? What's the matter?"

Yuan Bao began to explain everything to Su Chunsheng in detail after entering Ni's residence.

"You were right to help the young master," Su Chunsheng had calmed down, "you were right not to sign the contract, if you are really good this time, the old man may let you out of the house, even if you don't, It’s pretty good as it is now.” He was deep in thought, obviously he didn’t have much hope for Yuan Bao to come out of the house.

Yuan Bao sighed, "I also thought about it, maybe the better I draw the flowers, the harder it will be to get out of the house, but no matter what, I will try!" He slapped himself on the thigh, "This kind of being controlled by others The feeling is really too aggrieved!"

Su Chunsheng tenderly kissed Yuan Bao's cheek with pity.

Su Qiusheng's anxious voice came from outside the door, "Brother, I can't stand it anymore, the young master keeps calling Yuanbao!"

The two were startled, only to realize that it was already dark.

Rushing to the front yard in a hurry, Yuan Bao was startled again, stomped his feet and said, "Oh, how can you drink so much wine for the young master?!" Ni Xiaopang is only 11 years old!

Fortunately, the road was near, Yuan Bao quickly brought Ni Xiaopang back with the help of the servants, induced vomiting and poured sober soup, and asked the kitchen to prepare porridge and side dishes for him, and fed him mouthfuls with his own hands. eat it.

Yuan Bao felt that it was entirely her responsibility that Ni Xiaopang got drunk today. Su Qiusheng made Ni Xiaopang like this in order to create a chance for her and Su Chunsheng to be alone together, and he couldn't help feeling guilty in his heart. She took care of her very carefully. In other words, after being Ni Xiaopang's personal maid for so long, it was the first time that Yuan Bao seriously fulfilled her responsibilities. In the past, she was more of a playmate and a dog-headed military advisor.

It's not entirely the fault of Yuanbao, Ni Xiaopang didn't drink for nothing for so many years of tonic, and Ni Xiaopang didn't do it for nothing for a year of sports. His body is called a healthy body. He kowtowed until his head was bleeding, and in normal days, Ni Xiaopang didn't even cough.

After eating and drinking, it was already getting late, Yuan Bao wanted to put Ni Xiaopang to sleep, but Ni Xiaopang kept tossing with his eyes closed, only complaining of discomfort, Yuan Bao thought for a while and asked, "Don't you have a headache? ?” This is also a symptom of drunkenness.

Ni Xiaopang muttered vaguely.

Yuan Bao took off his outer clothes, climbed onto Ni Xiaopang's bed, hugged Ni Xiaopang's head in his arms and massaged it for him, Ni Xiaopang really calmed down, and after an unknown period of time, Ni Xiaopang seemed to be sleeping. When she fell asleep, Yuan Bao was about to leave, but Ni Xiaopang hugged her by the waist, she couldn't move, and she was afraid that Ni Xiaopang would wake up thirsty at night, so she simply changed her position and pulled the quilt, just like that in Ni Xiaopang's bed. I fell asleep on the bed.

Yuan Bao didn't know that when she fell asleep, Ni Xiaopang opened his eyes and secretly smiled.

In fact, Ni Xiaopang was not as drunk as Yuan Bao and others thought. Although he was dizzy and staggered when he walked, his mind was always clear, and he didn't even know that he was so drunk. Is the son drunk or not?

There are two reasons for this, one is that the alcohol content in ancient times was very low, and the other is that Ni Xiaopang actually had a lot of alcohol, which was discovered later by both Yuanbao and Ni Xiaopang, because this After all, it was the first time in Ni Xiaopang's life to drink alcohol!

Ni Xiaopang was indeed very happy to participate in this banquet. This was also the first time he played the leading role. Everyone surrounded him, flattering him, and fearing that he would be unhappy. His every look and gesture were paid attention to and made In response, this feeling was so comfortable for him that after Yuan Bao left for a long time, Ni Xiaopang realized that Su Chunsheng was gone.

Ni Xiaopang's good mood was suddenly disturbed, and the thorn in his heart began to hurt again, at first it was only slightly, and as the Yuanbao didn't appear for longer, the pain became more and more severe. Eventually it turned into panic.

Ni Xiaopang was embarrassed to lose his temper in front of so many people, so he had to pretend to be drunk. When he returned home, Yuan Bao would always appear. Then he didn't even say goodbye to Su Chunsheng, and hurriedly took him home.

Ni Xiaopang felt that this was the first time he had won in front of the Su brothers. This kind of victory made a small seed sprout in his heart besides the thorn.

After arriving home, after a series of care by Yuan Bao, Ni Xiaopang has actually completely sobered up, but once he enjoyed Yuan Bao's gentleness, he was reluctant to leave again, even the thorn in his heart seemed to be uprooted Come out, so he continued to put on a show, and in the end he easily deceived Yuan Bao.

The ingot is fragrant and soft, so comfortable to hold, no wonder Su Chunsheng likes holding ingots so much, Ni Xiaopang thought, it would be great if he could always hold ingots to sleep in the future.

When Ni Xiaopang woke up, Yuan Bao was no longer there. Ni Xiaopang was very annoyed, why did he sleep so hard that he didn't even know Yuan Bao got up, and then Ni Xiaopang recalled the feeling of holding Yuan Bao yesterday, and gradually Yes, the answer to a question that Ni Xiaopang began to think about a long time ago slowly emerged in his mind: What has he lost?
Some fragments of memories are floating in Ni Xiaopang's heart. There are not many, but they can be connected together: When we first met, Yuan Bao said, I can play with you, no money; Yougen sent him a letter and apologized repeatedly; after Yuanbao heard about his biological mother's early death, although he didn't say anything, he looked at him silently with sad and gentle eyes; Yuanbao wrote a letter to Yougen At that time, I still didn’t forget to say that Ni Xiaopang is very interesting; Yuan Bao took the initiative to teach Ni Xiaopang to read and write, and told him that these are the foundation of his future survival, which can make his father like him...

Even when she was not my maid, Yuan Bao was the best person to me, and what I lost was her kindness to me from the bottom of my heart!This answer made Ni Xiaopang tremble all over. He suddenly realized that this is actually the most precious thing, even more precious than him knocking his mother to the ground and being loved by his father!

But I have already lost... Thinking of this, Ni Xiaopang felt a sharp pain in his heart. He jumped up from the bed, without even wearing his coat and shoes, and ran to the east wing. The door was naturally locked from the inside. This is Yuan Bao's habit when doing eggshell embroidery, so Ni Xiaopang knocked on the door and shouted, "Yuan Bao, Yuan Bao..."

Yuan Bao came out soon, and looked at Ni Xiaopang in surprise, "What's wrong with you? But what's wrong?" He reached out to touch Ni Xiaopang's forehead, "Isn't he still awake from the bar?" Pulling Ni Xiaopang quickly Back in the house, dressed neatly, as concerned as yesterday.

Ni Xiaopang smirked, Yuan Bao's performance made him feel that he hadn't completely lost his sincere care, and he still had a chance.

Yuan Bao ignored him and went back to continue his work. After Ni Xiaopang had breakfast, he took his books to the East Wing to stay with Yuan Bao.

In mid-February, a full month has passed since the big purchase of ingots. Ni Zhong and the second master found various excuses to come to Ni Xiaopang’s yard for countless times. He was forced to question him several times, but Ni Xiaopang kept his oath to Yuanbao and didn't reveal a single word.

On this day, Yuan Bao and Ni Xiaopang finally took those mysterious works, accompanied by the second master and Ni Zhong, to meet the old man.Along the way, everyone was very excited, but their expressions were completely different. The second master and Ni Zhong were striding forward, while Ni Xiaopang and Yuan Bao were holding the box and moving their steps carefully.

This time the meeting place was in the old man's outer study, because the matter was of great importance, there was no one else except the five people mentioned just now.

Ni Xiaopang and Yuan Bao asked them to sit down according to the rehearsal in advance, and then took the things out of the box and arranged them on the table. During this process, they used their bodies to block the sight of the three audience members.

Then, Yuan Bao and Ni Xiaopang turned around and bowed respectfully to the three of them. Yuan Bao said, "If I tell you that I can embroider flowers on egg shells, would you believe me?"

The three of them gasped involuntarily. Although they were all calm and silent, their curiosity had reached its limit.

"If there was such an embroidery shop, and their embroiderers really embroidered flowers on egg shells with a pair of skillful hands, how many people would want to see it with their own eyes, and how many people would spend their money How about buying one of these eggshell embroideries?" After Yuan Bao's brief opening remarks, he and Ni Xiaopang walked sideways in a very tacit understanding, revealing the work behind them.

After hearing Yuan Bao's words, the three audience couldn't sit still any longer, they all got up and rushed towards the table.

After a few breaths of silence, there was only a soft "click", announcing that a piece of work was destroyed, and then the trembling voice of the old man, "This... this is really an eggshell, ordinary The eggshells are smooth, and flowers can really be embroidered on the eggshells!" There was surprise, joy, emotion and disbelief, but not the indifference of the past.

Ni Xiaopang laughed out loud "hehe", while Yuan Bao smiled slightly, hoping that she could get what she wanted in exchange, even if she didn't, she had already tried her best, and "Small Press Conference of Yuan Bao Designer" This is just the beginning.

Seeing that they had seen them all, Yuan Bao took two steps forward, stood in front of his work and began to talk, "The selling point of eggshell embroidery lies in its novelty and creativity. In addition to the immediate profit, it also brings the reputation of the shop. , will be turned into hidden profits that last for a long time.”

An eggshell and a few embroidery thread and other decorations add up to only a few pennies, but Yuan Bao tried a finished eggshell embroidery with supernatural powers, and what he got was a sky-high price of 200 taels of silver. It is not an exaggeration, those who want to come to these three businesses to become old will soon be able to think of this.

And Yuan Bao wants to tell them that she is also clear about this point, she fully understands how much wealth she has created for the Ni family, no matter whether she is let go or not, what should be given to her must be given in place!
"I not only made eggshell embroidery, but also carefully thought about how to produce this thing quickly and in large quantities so as not to affect sales." Yuan Bao's words immediately made three people withdraw from the embroidery at the same time Instead of looking away, he stared at her eagerly.

Yuan Bao pretended to be stupid and said, "First of all, the old lady must provide shopkeeper Ni Zhong with a jade shop, because half of the steps need the cooperation of the jade master, otherwise, it will become very troublesome in the future."

As the shopkeeper, it doesn't matter whether he owns a shop or not. He is working for the owner anyway, so Yuan Bao is actually fighting for the second master. She just said it bluntly, It is to let the second master remember her great favor.

Although the old man didn't speak, he still nodded involuntarily.

"Eggshell embroidery is divided into five steps. The first step is to grind the egg, peel off a small part of the eggshell, and take out the egg white and egg yolk for embroidery. I embroider half-sided embroidery, but it can also be double-sided embroidery because of time. I didn't do it urgently, this step should be done by the master in the jade shop."

One-sided embroidery is to grind away part of the eggshell from the side, and the remaining area is used for embroidery, and the empty space can be used for back stitching, which is simple and convenient. Double-sided embroidery is to make holes at the upper and lower ends of the eggshell to get the contents, and back stitch You can only use a crochet hook to pull out the thread ends from these two holes, which is a little troublesome.

The polishing step is done with electric tools in modern times, and the wheel rotates fast and the success rate is high. Now there are no such things, and the tools for polishing jade are pedals, so Ni Xiaopang and Yuanbao are so laborious. I believe that professional craftsmen in jade shops will not encounter similar problems.

"The second is to paint on the eggshell." Yuan Bao pointed to his works, "I have put a lot of thought into these works. It can be said that they are patterns specially designed for eggshell embroidery. Even if one day the imitations come out , others will definitely find out that only our Yunjin eggshell embroidery pattern is the most ingenious, so you must come here to buy it!"

(End of this chapter)