Jiaohua Growth Guide [Rebirth]

Shopkeeper Zhao stared intently at Jiaojiao's embroidery. When he saw her poking her finger, he wanted to stop. From the moment Jiaojiao took the needle, he actually believed it.

He has been in charge of ready-made garments and embroidery since he was a child, and has seen many embroideries and embroiderers. The little girl's needle-holding and stitching techniques can be seen to be taught by a special person, and the little girl can trust her hands without drawing. Needle and thread, it can be seen that this embroidery work is even more proficient.

However, he was really curious about what kind of embroidery the little girl could embroider within the time of a stick of incense.After all, embroidery is a very time-consuming task. For good embroidery, even if the embroiderer has a sketch in mind, it will take a lot of time just to compose the picture on the fabric before the actual stitching.Even those embroiderers in Linglong Pavilion may not be able to embroider any outstanding embroidery within the time of a stick of incense.

With such an inexplicable excitement and anticipation, shopkeeper Zhao didn't make a sound the whole time.

Probably because the expectations were too high. When the incense was about to burn out, when he saw the finished butterfly on Jiaojiao's embroidered frame, he felt a little disappointed. The butterfly is too ordinary, and the colored threads on the wings are too loosely embroidered, as if the embroidery was done with less needles to save time.

However, although the embroidery picture did not meet his expectations, shopkeeper Zhao was very satisfied with Jiaojiao's embroidery work.In the past few years, there have been a few more tailor shops of this kind in Caiyi Lane. In order to compete with him for business, the ones on the opposite side have spent a lot of money in private to hire low-ranking embroidery girls from Linglong Pavilion to help pick up the work. .And the embroidery in his shop is usually embroidered by peasants like Sanmei, so naturally it can't compare with the opponent.

Their businesses are called tailor shops in name, but they are all doing clothes for rich people, and they also sell some matching sachets, purses, handkerchiefs and other small things. Rich people pay attention to embroidery. Picture decoration, so if they want to do a good job in this business, they must not only have a tailor-made master with good craftsmanship, but also a good embroiderer.

Shopkeeper Zhao is not a person whose eyes are higher than the top. After thinking about it, he was relieved. He moved his eyes from the embroidery frame to Jiaojiao's face, and said with a smile: "Girl..."

I noticed that the little girl took the thread from the butterfly, but she didn't raise her head to get up. Instead, she quickly changed the needle and thread again, and put a needle next to the butterfly.Shopkeeper Zhao was stunned for a moment, then immediately fell silent, and stared nervously at Jiaojiao's actions.

Seeing the little girl randomly hooking a few stitches beside the butterfly with a dark green thread, he frowned slightly, a little puzzled, but quickly relaxed his brows again, and then his face became more and more tense, and slowly turned into a smile. The face is unbelievable.

When the last bunch of ashes fell from the incense on the table, the little girl also dropped the last stitch, skillfully crimped the thread, pulled the needle, the little girl let out a sigh of relief, raised her head, and first glanced at Gu Ci, " Sister, I've finished the embroidery." Then she looked at shopkeeper Zhao, "This is a butterfly orchid, please have a look at it, shopkeeper Zhao, but if you are satisfied with my embroidery..."

"Satisfied, satisfied, extremely satisfied." Shopkeeper Zhao still couldn't bear to take his eyes away from the butterfly orchid on the embroidery frame, took another look, and then looked at Jiaojiao with a look of treasure.

He never imagined that the little girl did not embroider the butterfly's wings firmly just now, not to save time, but to do it deliberately, just to create a kind of slightly trembling wings for the butterfly when adding the stitched orchids He was even more surprised that the little girl's cluster of orchids would boldly adopt the virtual needle embroidery method. At first, it seemed that they were just randomly drawn with embroidery threads of different colors. When the orchids in full bloom were drawn out at last, he was shocked to realize that the little girl was I was embroidering a cluster of orchids, but fortunately he had been staring at it until someone picked out the blooming orchids before he could understand.

"Young lady's embroidery is amazing. I'm not complimenting you. At my age, I've never seen such a lifelike Phalaenopsis orchid. Today I finally opened my eyes to Miss."

Probably this is the little girl's special skill, she is not self-effacing, she received Zhao's praise calmly, got up and walked to Gu Ci, and when she got in front of her sister, she felt a little embarrassed, "Does sister think it looks good? "

Hearing this, Gu Ci moved his eyes away from the embroidery frame, lowered his eyes slightly, and looked at the obvious expectation in the little girl's expression. She also wanted to praise people to the sky like shopkeeper Zhao, but she couldn't help it. Trembling slightly, she moved her lips, as if her throat was strangled by someone. After a long while, in the little girl's increasingly gloomy expression, she pulled her stiff cheeks with all her strength, and opened her mouth with difficulty. Said: "It's beautiful, these are also the most beautiful butterflies and orchids that my sister has ever seen, they are even more beautiful than the real ones..."

Listening to shopkeeper Zhao's praise, Jiaojiao had no other emotions except for pride, but when she heard her sister's words, her heart felt like the two little rabbits she fed got in, alive and kicking, making a fuss. Rubbing her chest, which was jumping a little bit fast, she lowered her eyes, and said a little embarrassedly: "Well, that's not so good-looking."

"Why isn't it so beautiful?" Mrs. He couldn't understand whether the embroidery was good or bad, and he couldn't explain why. He just thought that the butterflies or orchids embroidered by the little girl were good. The whole picture seemed to be real, "I think shopkeeper Zhao and your sister are not wrong."

Hua's eyes still stayed on the embroidered picture. After staring at it for a while, she looked at Jiaojiao with a complicated face. After all, she raised a daughter who can embroider, so she knew how good Jiaojiao's embroidery was. , but she also understands that in a family like theirs, no matter how talented the little girl raised is in embroidery, it is impossible to achieve such an achievement at a young age without a special teacher's teaching and fabrics to practice her hands on.

Jiaojiao's embroidering skills are so good, and she can read and write. Thinking about her identity... The more Hua thinks about it, the more flustered she becomes, and she wants to ask the consultant carefully about the little girl's background, but right now is not a good time. I thought about it for a long time, but I didn't come up with any good idea, so I had to put away these thoughts and ask shopkeeper Zhao what he meant first.

"Shopkeeper Zhao, now I have brought him here, and you have seen this skill, so my niece..."

"Don't worry, Mrs. Li, I will never bury Miss Jiaojiao's craftsmanship." Shopkeeper Zhao thought that Mrs. Hua was still worried that he would question the little girl's embroidery skills, so he quickly answered, "I assure you all, Miss Jiaojiao's embroidery I will give you an extra [-]% of the price, and the store will receive a large embroidery, I will discuss it with you first..."

"No." Don't understand Shopkeeper Zhao finished speaking, Gu Ci interrupted him, "Thanks to Shopkeeper Zhao for looking up to my sister, but in the future you can accept some handkerchiefs and sachets made by my sister, we will be grateful .”

"Huh?" This is the first time shopkeeper Zhao has seen such a person who pushes money away, "Miss Gu, is there... any misunderstanding about Zhao?"

Gu Ci shook his head. Seeing that the little girl was also puzzled and uneasy, she rubbed her head, and then explained: "The shopkeeper Zhao misunderstood me by saying this. My sister has never taken on these jobs before. It's just that I have a bit of talent in embroidery, and I'm young, and my temperament is not very calm. My family is even more dilapidated. I can't even afford a good embroidery room for a little girl. If you let her embroider those high-quality materials Or large-scale embroidery, I am afraid that something will go wrong, firstly, we will not be able to afford it, and secondly, it will also affect the business of Shopkeeper Zhao."

Shopkeeper Zhao was taken aback for a moment. He had been immersed in the little girl's embroidery skills just now, but he forgot about the family background of these people. When he thought about it, he couldn't help but wonder again. The basic skills of the little girl's embroidery work are so solid. The technique must have been taught by a master, and the master who taught this is by no means an ordinary embroiderer, and it is definitely not that someone with a bit of talent can be prevaricated.

Thinking of this, he took another look at the few people. Just looking at the clothes of the few people, they are indeed not from rich families, but the temperament of the two sisters of the Gu family is indeed somewhat different from those of the girls from the Zhuang family. Differentiate.

However, after all, he is a businessman who has seen the market. He has seen a lot of people of all kinds. He has a broad-minded temperament when he sees the ups and downs of other people's life experiences. It can be regarded as a transaction, and it is naturally a matter of your will, and since the girl has such worries, I certainly cannot force it."

After all, I felt it was a pity, and shopkeeper Zhao was unwilling to give up, "Miss, let's see if this is feasible. If you are worried, let Jiaojiao girl come to me to get some sachets and handkerchiefs to embroider and practice your hands first. Later, you can embroider large-scale embroidery." Taste it, and then..."

"Shopkeeper Zhao will just give you some sachets and handkerchiefs, and I won't accept the large embroidery." Gu Ci obviously felt the dissatisfaction on the little girl's face, and sighed slightly in his heart, but he still said: "The ones made of high-quality materials We also don’t accept embroidery, if shopkeeper Zhao thinks the price is not worth it, you can pay the normal price.”

Mrs. He was also puzzled, and just about to speak, Mrs. Hua hurriedly said: "Master Zhao, just listen to my eldest niece. Their siblings have lived a miserable life for three days. If you give good information, they may be robbed." Think about it, if something unexpected happens at that time, the gain will outweigh the loss."

Hearing what Hua said, He's brows loosened, but it was indeed the reason, so he stopped talking.

Shopkeeper Zhao is a shrewd person. All these worries must be due to some hidden secrets that are not humane, and he can't force it. He was a little disappointed and said: "Then I won't force it. After all, it is rare to meet such an outstanding little embroiderer. I also want to make a good relationship, and I will not hold back the price, and I will pay [-]% more for the embroidered handkerchief and sachet."

As he said that, shopkeeper Zhao seemed to think of something again, and looked at Hua again, "Miss Li, don't think that I am looking down on Miss Sanmei of your family, I am a real person, and Miss Sanmei's embroidery is better than many girls , but as I said earlier, it can’t be regarded as high-end embroidery..."

Mrs. Hua interrupted him, "Who does shopkeeper Zhao think I am?" Although she felt that the same person was different, she also recognized the reality, especially knowing that Jiaojiao's identity was not simple, "Even if you give my niece a high salary [-]% of the price, I won't think too much about it."

"That's why I judge a gentleman's belly with a villain's heart." Shopkeeper Zhao smiled, and went to discuss with Gu Ci again, "I have the sketches of handkerchiefs and sachets here, and these are mainly embroidered with flowers and plants. Big pictures like koi and mandarin ducks playing in the water are more expensive. The flower handkerchief for Miss Sanmei is five pennies, the sachet is eight pennies, the koi and mandarin ducks are ten pennies and twenty pennies respectively. Miss Jiaojiao adds [-]% to all of these. Of course, if Miss Jiaojiao can come up with different sketches, I can buy these sketches if I am satisfied after looking at them.”

Shopkeeper Zhao took a step back, and Gu Ci couldn't postpone it any longer, so as not to be misunderstood as putting on a show, so he nodded, "Thank you, Shopkeeper Zhao."

Shopkeeper Zhao said a few polite words, knowing that they were far away from the town, so he didn't say much. He called the staff to bring the handkerchief and sachet, and agreed on the time for handing over the work. , I asked the clerk to wrap it in a clean cloth and handed it to Gu Ci, "Miss Li has been dealing with me for two or three years, and we are all acquaintances, so I will not charge your deposit."

Gu Ci thanked him for his kindness, took the cloth bag, greeted him, and they left.

After being delayed in Jinxiufang for a while, few people had time to eat lunch. He and Hua were used to thrift. They brought their own steamed buns when they came out. Not hungry, but Gu Ci is hungry.

"Auntie, it's still early, do you still want to go shopping? If you still want to go shopping, let's find a place to eat first."

"We don't have anything important to do. Do you have anything else to buy?" He Shi asked, then went to look at Jiaojiao and Abao again, "Are Jiaojiao and Abao hungry?"

Jiaojiao has been silent ever since she left Jinxiufang, and when she heard He Shi's words, she just shook her head and didn't respond.

Seeing her looking sleepy, He Shi happened to be passing by a candied haws seller, so he bought a bunch for her and A Bao.

Seeing this, Gu Ci hurriedly asked for money, but was stopped by He Shi, "Auntie doesn't have much spare money, but two bunches of candied haws can still be bought." After speaking, he took out the money neatly, and gave the candied haws to Jiaojiao and Abao, "Everything in this town is expensive. If you don't bring dry food, I still have some steamed buns here. Eldest sister, although you haven't started a family, it's no different from being the head of a family now. You have to save money. Next time you come to town, prepare some steamed buns yourself, and you will save a lot of money."

Gu Ci was made a little guilty by what He Shi said, so he nodded hurriedly, but he didn't have the nerve to say that he was hungry and wanted to eat, thinking that he had nothing to do anyway, so he decided to go back and forget it.

When Mrs. Hua saw that Mrs. He bought candied haws for the two little ones, her second aunt didn't feel ashamed not to say something, so she also bought some roasted sweet potatoes for the two little ones at the stall beside her.

Gu Ci knew that he couldn't refuse, so he followed his two aunts. They walked to the exit together, and happened to meet someone from Gu's Village driving an ox cart back, so Gu Ci took Jiaojiao and Abao and left first.

Jiaojiao didn't speak all the way, and she didn't eat the candied haws, even with Ah Bao, she only dared to look at the candied haws and swallow her saliva.

Gu Ci roughly guessed why the little girl was unhappy, but he didn't know how to explain it to the little girl, so he simply didn't open his mouth.

After walking silently for a while, Gu Ci was really hungry, especially the sweet smell of candied haws and roasted sweet potatoes rushed into his nose, which was really tormenting.

She endured it, but she couldn't hold it back, so she asked Abao to hand her the roasted sweet potato, took one and peeled it, "Do you two eat it? It's not hot now, I want to eat it, and my sister will peel it for you."

Ah Bao is not hungry, but looking at the glowing red roasted sweet potatoes, he is also a little greedy, "Eat."

Gu Ci handed him the roasted sweet potato, "By the way, the front tooth fell out, did it grow a new one?"

"Not yet." Ah Bao took a bite of the roasted sweet potato impatiently, and looked at Gu Ci after taking a bite, "Sweet, sister?"

"Sister peels one by herself." Gu Ci took another one, "I haven't got teeth yet, so I have to eat less of these candied haws, and I'm not allowed to eat two."

A Bao looked at the candied haws in his hand, feeling a little bit reluctant, but worried that his teeth would grow crooked, so he nodded with a bitter face.

Seeing his younger brother's appearance, Gu Ci couldn't help laughing, "I'll buy it for you when your teeth grow back."

As he spoke, he handed the half-peeled baked sweet potato to the little girl beside him, "Here."

Jiaojiao turned her face away, didn't make a sound or reached out to pick it up, but secretly swallowed her saliva.

Gu Ci knew that she was having a temper with him again, and seeing her little movements, he put the baked sweet potato to her lips flatteringly, "It's home, it won't taste good if it's cold, it's good to eat now."

There is no one who is not greedy for the delicious food that is just around the mouth. The little girl was greedy and angry, she took a sneak peek at Gu Ci, and just happened to be caught, so she quickly turned her head away, and by the way, took Gu Ci's hand, and bit on the roasted sweet potato a mouthful.

"My sister didn't lie to you, is it delicious?" Gu Ci pursed his lips, suppressed the smile on his lips, and stretched out his hand a little more.

The little girl puffed her cheeks, like a hamster, chewed and swallowed, snorted lightly from her nose, and lowered her head to take another bite.

Seeing that her food was delicious, Gu Ci was not in a hurry to peel it for himself, so he held up the roasted sweet potato and fed it to her.

The roasted sweet potato was too dry, and after a few mouthfuls, he choked uncomfortably. Ah Bao was a good self-reliant boy. He dug out the water bottle and drank a couple of sips of water, and then handed the water bottle to Jiaojiao.

Jiaojiao took it, and drank a couple of sips. She ate fast just now, and after drinking the water, she felt choked up and hiccupped.

Gu Ci hurriedly patted her on the back, "Take a deep breath and drink some water."

It was uncomfortable, but the little girl didn't lose her temper anymore, she obeyed obediently, she recovered her breath, stopped eating roasted sweet potatoes, and licked them with candied haws.

Gu Ci ate the leftover half of what she had eaten, but his stomach was still empty. He was about to bend down to get another one, when he saw the red candied haws protruding to his lips, and the owner who was holding the candied haws was turning his head away. I didn't look this way.

"My sister won't eat it, you can eat it." Gu Ci looked at her annoyed look, amused and annoyed, "It's rare to come to town, this food is not easy to keep, and it's rare to eat it on weekdays."

The little girl turned her head to look at her, and felt that this elder sister was so incomprehensible, she bit one down bitterly, and muttered angrily, "I don't want to eat such an unpalatable food alone."

Hearing this, Ah Bao looked down at the candied haws in his hand, and said blankly, "Sister Jiaojiao, isn't that delicious? Mine is delicious, I'll give it to you."

Jiaojiao choked, looking at the candied haws that A Bao approached, her whole face drooped, she bit another candied haws in her mouth as if she was angry, and said weakly: "I don't like this."

I said I didn't like it, but I took one bite at a time, and I enjoyed it.Gu Ci raised his eyebrows, but didn't expose her, leaned over, and ate one with her hand, "Well, this one is really sour, it's not tasty."

The little girl's face looked better now, and she began to imitate A Bao's appearance, licking the candied haws slowly, as if she was afraid she would finish eating in one bite.

Seeing that her complexion improved, Gu Ci picked up a roasted sweet potato and peeled it again. The little girl who just said she couldn't eat it, came over from time to time and took a bite of her roasted sweet potato.

The little girl came and went quickly because of her small temper. When she got home, she looked like a normal person again, happily going to see her little rabbit with Abao.

In the next few days, it began to rain lightly again, and the weather was getting colder and colder. Gu Ci was afraid that the two younger ones would be cold, so he tidied up the kang in the main house and set it on fire. A small table was set up on the side with good lighting, and embroidery supplies were placed for Jiaojiao.

With things to do, Jiaojiao didn't go out during the day and concentrated on embroidering handkerchiefs and sachets.

A Bao suddenly lost a playmate, and he couldn't do anything with enthusiasm. Gu Ci saw it and didn't say anything. When he found out that the elementary school in the village was about to reopen, he took A Bao to sign up. .

Learning is valuable than anything else.

The villagers themselves are blind, so they respect scholars very much. Li Zheng and the patriarch also hope that the Gu family can produce a big man who will make their ancestors famous. In the early years, they raised funds to build a simple elementary school, and invited a teacher from a neighboring village.

Although the master is not from the same village, he is also from the Gu family. His surname is Gu. He has studied for many years, but he didn't even pass the exam as a scholar. After giving up, he also became a teacher in these villages.

"Master Gu?" Gu Ci took A Bao to Mrs. Gu's house, and was watching someone chopping firewood, but unfortunately he failed several times, so he guessed that the person in front of him with a long mandarin jacket tied in a knot was Mrs. Gu.

Mrs. Gu's hair was a little gray, but his face looked young. Hearing Gu Ci's voice, a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face. Only then did he look at Gu Ci, "You are..."

"Eldest sister Gu, from the second elder Gu's family." Everyone in this village is like this. The older elders generally don't know the younger generation, but when it comes to the father's generation, they are familiar with each other.

Mrs. Gu nodded, glanced at her, saw A Bao beside her, and knew why she came, "How old is it?"

"When you are seven years old, you will be eight years old in the next spring."

"Enlightened?"

"Not yet." Gu Ci was also in awe of scholars, with a very respectful expression.

Mrs. Gu frowned, usually five or six years old are the best enlightenment, this age is a bit older, "That's not young."

Gu Ci didn't know what to say, "I didn't expect my brother to be famous, I just hoped that he could know a few more words."

Hearing this, Mrs. Gu couldn't help looking at her again, and lowered her eyebrows, "Come into the house with me, and I'll show him first. I'm ugly, it's not easy for farmers to earn a little money. I have studied for many years, It can be regarded as an understanding of the truth, reading this kind of thing also requires talent, and you need to be willing to spend money. Your brother is a bit older, if you really don’t have this talent, you don’t have to send it to school. One word will do."

These words were too harsh and straightforward, but Gu Ci felt that the teacher was very straightforward, nodded, turned around and whispered a few words to the nervous A Bao, and then let A Bao follow them into the house .

She was waiting outside with nothing to do, so she simply picked up the ax and helped Master Gu split the firewood.