The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

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The size of the original painting is not small, even though it has been copied twice, Xueyan still intends to trace the outline.Tang Bohu's paintings are very precious even in the Duke's mansion, so Xueyan dared not be negligent, and carefully covered the picture with rice paper as thin as a cicada's wing, and traced it little by little with thin carbon strips. It took a whole day to do this, and it took more effort than copying.

Finally, Xueyan sewed this piece of rice paper under the plain yarn she was going to embroider, and then stretched it on top of it.The reason why I don't draw directly with sketch yarn is that the fabric is easy to slip and it is difficult to paint with carbon strips.Alas, if in the past, such a trivial matter could be done in minutes with just a scan, why is it so troublesome now?Speaking of this, she really admires the ancient papermaking technique. Not only is it as thin as a cicada's wing, but it is also extremely tough, and it will not be torn without tearing it hard. It is better than the quality of the rice paper I saw before traveling.

Before time travelling, Gu Embroidery was the most famous in the embroidery world.Gu Embroidery's combination of half-embroidery, half-glow, painting and embroidery can be said to be the first of its kind.It's just that she has never heard of Gu Xiu's name since she came here, but the "Hui Wen" mentioned by Jia's mother is somewhat similar to Gu Xiu.In her previous life, in order to observe and learn Gu Embroidery's stitches, Xueyan spent tens of thousands of dollars to buy a few small ornaments produced by Gu Embroidery.As for the books, photos, etc., I bought countless. If it weren't for the research spirit in her bones, she wouldn't be able to have relatively high embroidery skills at a young age.

If after the time travel, the previous embroidery was still a bit clumsy, but this famous painting by Tang Bohu made her not dare to have the slightest bit of clumsiness, because she was afraid that her level was not enough to express the charm of the original painting.

Daiyu knew that her job was not easy, so she told the maids in the yard not to disturb her, and asked Zhu Mei and Cui Liu to take care of her board and lodging, in short, let her embroider this painting wholeheartedly.

If Daiyu still had some concerns at the beginning, Xueyan had already finished embroidering the big outline in about 20 days, and Daiyu felt at ease after looking at it for a while.

Busy days always pass very quickly, and before I know it, more than a month has passed.

In the twelfth lunar month, even Jia's mother became a little anxious. Yuanyang came to see her progress almost every day, so that she could explain to Jia's mother when she returned.

At noon on the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, Snow Goose dropped the last needle, then stood up the frame, took a few steps back to look at it for a long time, and nodded in satisfaction.If she is in a hurry, she can finish the embroidery at least five or six days earlier. It’s just that she doesn’t want to make herself so tired, and secondly, the slow work can produce fine work. The more carefully crafted at the end, the more perfect the embroidery is. Some.

Zhu Mei, who had just gone out to help her bring her lunch, came in and saw the finished product, and asked happily, "Is the embroidery finished?"

Then, without waiting for Xueyan to answer, she looked over by herself.Although she watched Xueyan embroider little by little, the embroidery scrolls laid flat are still more three-dimensional and vivid than those standing upright.

Zhu Mei sighed a few times in admiration, and then said to Xueyan: "Sister, this time it can be regarded as a consummation of merit."

Xueyan smiled and said: "I don't know if it's perfect or not, but I've finally finished this job." Then, he asked: "Is the girl in the house or in the old lady's yard?"

Zhu Mei replied: "It's at the old lady's place, I guess I just finished eating."

Hearing this, Xue Yan stepped forward to roll up the embroidery, then took a satin bag, put it in a box together with Tang Bohu's painting, and said, "Come on, let's send the embroidery to the old lady."

"You haven't eaten this meal yet, why don't you go after dinner?" Zhu Mei asked.

Xueyan shook her head: "It's okay to have dinner later, it's better to take it earlier, I always feel uneasy about putting things here."

Zhu Mei frowned and agreed: "My sister is right, it's just a painting, I didn't expect to attract a lot of people's jealousy, and I did something bad with our Zhuquanyuan!"

Xueyan sneered: "It's mediocre not to be envied by others. In our yard, there is no idiot from top to bottom. If people don't envy us, who will we envy? This also shows from the side that we are smart and capable."

These words made Zhu Mei laugh "puchi": "Elder sister even boasted of you yourself."

"Yo, you heard it, well, I'm mainly praising myself, you are all taken by the way." Xueyan said jokingly, successfully amused Zhu Mei again.She used to think that Xueyan was strict in manners and outstanding in everything, and she was afraid that she would be difficult to get along with.Especially after coming to Jia's house, smiles are not often seen on their faces, so they are all a little afraid.After getting along day and night for more than a month, I realized that the other party is actually very gentle and interesting, and very generous. Some embroidery stitches skills are never hidden, which moved Zhu Mei very much.

While chatting and laughing, the two had arrived at Jia Mu's yard.Seeing Xue Yan, several little maids standing in the corridor hurriedly said: "Sister Xue Yan has a day

son is not here?Come here today, could it be that the embroidery pattern has already been embroidered. "

Seeing her nodding, a little maid hurriedly ran into the house to report: "Go back to the old lady, Xueyan has brought the finished embroidery work to show you."

Jia Mu was overjoyed, and quickly ordered: "Let her in quickly."

After Xueyan came in, besides Daiyu and Sanchun, Baoyu and Baochai, and even Mrs. Wang, Li Wan and Aunt Xue, who hadn't seen each other for a long time, were all here. It was really crowded and lively!

She held her breath, saluted everyone first, and then smiled and said: "I have worked hard for several days, and finally finished embroidering the painting. I specially brought it here today to show you, old man, if there are any deficiencies." , I will try my best to repair it."

At this time, Zhu Mei had already taken out the embroidery scroll from the box, and as soon as Xue Yan finished speaking, she and Cui Liu hurriedly unfolded it for everyone to see.

When it was not unfolded, everyone was full of disdain, but when the embroidery picture appeared in front of everyone's eyes, they only heard a sound of exclamation from the room.

Baoyu was the first to say: "Is this really embroidered by Xueyan? Isn't it Tang Yin's original one?"

Xueyan smiled and said, "Second Master Bao is really absurd." As he spoke, he took out the original painting of Tang Bohu from the box and unfolded it. Seeing that she was inconvenient, Qingwen hurried over and pulled the scroll with her.

Mother Jia asked Yuanyang to find the diorama and bring it back. Seeing this scene, she instructed, "Put the original painting and the embroidered one together and let's have a look."

I didn't feel it when I was separated, but when the two paintings are placed together, they look almost identical from a distance, and the subtle differences can only be seen when you get close to them.In order to achieve as realistic a effect as possible, Xueyan used faded yellow gauze which was found after searching for a long time, which was almost the same color as the drawing paper.

After seeing it, Baoyu sighed again: "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never believe that such a vivid and vivid scroll was embroidered with needles!"

Mother Jia also nodded again and again: "Okay, okay, it seems that you have found the right person to entrust this job to you. This embroidery is much better than I thought."

Seeing the admiration of others, Daiyu sighed: "The old lady didn't know that Xueyan also suffered a lot in order to embroider this picture. She often stayed up until midnight and got up before dawn to adjust the thread. She used The threads are all two-thread or four-thread, and others can't split the thread even if they want to help, so she can only do it by herself. You see, she has lost a lot of weight these days."

This is true. Before crossing, Xueyan was the kind of person who often forgot to sleep and eat in order to catch up with work. When he arrived here, if it wasn’t for the poor lighting at night, and three meals a day were delivered to his hand, otherwise Xueyan would not Live to be even crazier.It's not all about pleasing anyone, it's purely a state of work.

Mother Jia looked up at Xueyan and nodded: "No, I really lost a lot of weight, and my eyes are a little rickety, good boy, you are tired. Go back and rest first, Yuanyang, send me outside The donkey-hide gelatin sedan chair each packs half a catty for the child to nourish his body."

Yuanyang hurriedly agreed to go, Xueyan hurriedly thanked her, but she was thinking in her heart: I have been busy working from morning to night for so long, can't I just use this little thing to get rid of me?Thinking of Jiamu's usual demeanor, I think it's not possible. Maybe it's because my task is so good that the old man doesn't know what to reward me...

Well, even if you have nothing, you can think about it yourself.Even if there is no pay, Xueyan feels that she is doing well in this job, and the experience of copying that painting is her great opportunity.

Xueyan took the supplements and left, leaving only a "stunning" back for everyone in the room.After going back to eat some food, she climbed on the bed thinking about taking a nap.

This time, she fell into a dark and dark sleep. She didn't even know that the quilt had fallen to the floor, but that Zhu Mei had covered it for her when she saw the sun was setting and came to help her close the window.

Xueyan had a dream in a daze, dreaming that Mother Jia gave Tang Bohu's painting to herself, and then she suddenly traveled back, sold the painting for a sky-high price after returning, and then lived from then on The beautiful life of "walking to the pinnacle of life and marrying rich and handsome"...

Seeing that the tall and handsome male star was about to succumb to her money offensive, Xueyan's dream was interrupted by a cry.

She opened her eyes in a daze, and she saw a pretty little face.Xueyan pondered for a while before realizing that this is not a mandarin duck?He quickly sat up: "Sister Yuanyang, you're here, look at me, I'm sleepy."

Yuanyang laughed and said, "You've been tired these days, so you should take a break. Normally, I shouldn't call you, but the old lady has rewarded you with many things, and I managed to bring them here for you while no one was paying attention. If you take it back, it will make people look sideways. So I called you up."

It was only then that Xueyan noticed that the setting sun outside was already precariously falling, and it was estimated that it would be dark soon.She patted herself on the head: "I didn't expect that I slept for so long."

"It's because you are too tired." Yuanyang smiled, and then handed a red lacquer box about one foot long on the table to her arms: "The things inside are all rewarded by the old lady. Take a look. The old lady went to the big lady's yard for dinner, and your girl also went, and I have to rush to serve, so I won't be here soon." After finishing speaking, she left like a puff of smoke.

Xueyan was about to get up to see her off, but when she got to the door, she was already gone.She had no choice but to walk back, saw the box in her arms, couldn't help but opened it, and then said in her heart: Without Tang Bohu, girl, I can wear it back and send it now!