Looking at Yunxiang’s sad face, although I wanted to persuade her, the empty consolation at this time could not make her feel better, so I just said a few words and asked: "Then when will you go to embroider again?"

Where is the workshop?"

"I'm leaving tomorrow."

"Tomorrow." I thought for a moment and said, "Can you please Mrs. Zhao to help me take care of Li'er tomorrow? I'll go with you."

"Ah? What are you going to do?"

"Let's go to the market. It's time for me to find a job."

"Oh, then I'll go talk to my mother later."

"Trouble her."

She smiled and shook her head, chatted with me for a few more words, then said goodbye and left to go to Aunt Zhao's place. After she got married, she naturally lived in her husband's house, but I heard that Aunt Zhao's two sons should have returned long ago.

Yes, but because the border has been mobilized several times, there has been delay until now and there is no news. Fortunately, the two families are in the same village, and she usually has her mother who lives alone to take care of her.

After getting Aunt Zhao's permission, I got up before dawn the next day.

Just after I finished washing up, I heard Mrs. Zhao knocking on the door gently. I invited her to sit down and drink tea. I gave a few words to Li'er, who was still half asleep on the bed, and then went out.

This time I returned to Jixiang Village, my relationship with Mrs. Zhao was more harmonious than before. Firstly, her daughter was married, and secondly, I was a woman raising a child. Such a disadvantage made people unprepared and even sympathetic. The villagers

Although other people were not warm to me yet, they didn't give me any embarrassment. In addition, Gu Ping's appearance had shocked Gou Er so much that the villagers had heard about it and knew that I had a big backer behind me who was not easy to mess with.

In this way, I feel more at ease leaving my children in the village and going to the embroidery workshop by myself.

Went to the market with Yunxiang. According to her, some big money shops were closed, so the place should be much deserted than before. However, some medium-sized shops were still there, which actually created a lively atmosphere. With the arrival of summer,

After that, the fruits and aquatic products in Jiangnan were abundant, and the roadside stalls were so popular that they were not too inferior before they started.

Little people are little people, they always have the resilience to survive in the cracks when the sky falls.

Yunxiang took me all the way, and sure enough I saw the embroidery workshop in front of me. It was the place where I took over odd jobs to support my family.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw dozens of embroiderers surrounding him, and the owner of the embroidery shop was talking to a businessman with a big belly, wearing silk, and looking very respectable and wealthy.

Yunxiang took me in and heard the man's urgent voice——

"Boss Gao, how can you do this? I'm still pointing you to finish this batch of goods."

"I'm so sorry, Boss Wang."

"Hey, now that you're gone, who can I ask for embroidery from if I need it from now on?"

Boss Gao just smiled and didn't answer, but the embroiderers next to him all looked anxious. One of them boldly said: "Boss, now that you're gone, what will we do in the future?"<

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"Hey, in this world, it's up to you to take care of yourself."

"Boss Gao, what you said is wrong. We have been doing business for many years, and you just leave as soon as you say. I am still waiting for someone to rush out this batch of goods, otherwise I won't be able to pay the delivery..."

Listening to their words, Yunxiang sighed softly and said: "You have also seen it. Now that Boss Gao has left, no one will care about these embroiderers. They are indifferent, even if the big bosses have

It’s impossible to find jobs one by one. I’m afraid that in the future..."

I didn't say anything while listening. I just watched Boss Wang getting more and more anxious, his red face covered with greasy sweat, and he kept wiping his face with a handkerchief, but Boss Gao had already made up his mind.

I want to leave, but after all he is a businessman, and he is kind-hearted. No matter what the people around him say, he just smiles and plays along.

I stood by and listened, not showing off. I just walked over carefully and talked to several experienced embroiderers in the embroidery workshop, and generally understood some of the situation. I waited until Boss Wang couldn't stand it anymore.

When he turned around dejectedly and was about to walk out, I stepped forward and stopped him: "Boss Wang, please stay."

He stopped and looked at me, probably thinking that I was also the embroiderer in this embroidery workshop, and frowned: "What are you doing?"

"Boss Wang has a big job now, but no one can take it, right?"

His brows tightened: "What does this have to do with you?"

I smiled: "This has nothing to do with me originally, but I heard that Boss Wang is in urgent need of this batch of goods, so I wanted to help."

"Help? As a woman, what can you help me with?"

"I want to go next."

"What? You?"

Then he looked me up and down with a little more attention.

I specially wore some more decent clothes today. Boss Wang looked at my clothes, his brows relaxed a little, but he still looked at me worriedly: "Who are you? What ability do you have to take this job?"

Live?"

Before I had time to speak, Boss Gao inside had already recognized me, came out and said with a smile: "Boss Wang, you don't know, she is also an embroiderer in our embroidery workshop, although she only takes on some sporadic work.

, but the technique is very superb."

"Oh?"

I smiled at Boss Gao.

Although I also know that he just said this to get rid of Boss Wang's entanglement and push the matter out of the way, it is really of great benefit to me at this time. I smiled gratefully at him and then heard Boss Wang

Said: "Excellent skills? How superb?"

"..."

I raised my eyebrows and smiled.

I never thought that Boss Wang would give me this job so easily. At least there should be a reason to reassure him. So I took out a silk handkerchief from my hand with a smile and handed it to him.

: "Have you seen this?"

He was a little dismissive at first, but when he saw the silk handkerchief I took out, he was suddenly shocked, and hurriedly took it and looked at it carefully. At this time, the embroiderers around him also heard the sound and came over, and saw that

Everyone was amazed by the piece of silk that was as delicate as running water. Boss Wang knew the goods and immediately said: "This is a silk handkerchief from Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau. How did you get it?"

I smiled and said: "This is a gift from a friend. I want to ask Boss Wang, have you seen anyone who can embroider on this?"

When he heard this, he was shocked, and the embroiderers around him also looked embarrassed.

The silk handkerchiefs produced by Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau are the most delicate, with almost no seams visible. Although such silk handkerchiefs are soft and conformable, it is a big problem to embroider them. Not to mention that it is difficult to embroider, because it is specially made

The embroidery needle is as thin as a hair, and people with unstable hands and eyes cannot control the needle at all. Blind embroidery will only make the stitches messy, and rough embroidery will ruin a good handkerchief in vain. It is said that the manufacturing bureau was still in its heyday

During that period, there were only a few dozen embroiderers, all of whom were among the top craftsmen in the country. Later, the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau closed down, and these embroiderers disappeared from the market. Today, if you look for such people, they are almost extinct.

Boss Wang was surprised: "Can you?"

I smiled and didn't say anything. I just asked the person next to me to help me with the piece of bandage. Yunxiang had been standing next to me. At this time, she hurriedly brought it to me. I put the piece of silk handkerchief on, and someone next to me immediately put it on.

He handed me a set of needles.

But when I saw it, I immediately shook my head.

These needles are too thick and can be used on ordinary silk, but it is obviously not possible to embroider on such silk handkerchiefs.

Yunxiang whispered: "What should we do?"

I thought for a while, reached out and pulled out a piece of hair from the top of my head, and twisted it into a needle. I pulled out a thin thread and passed it through the eye of the needle. The people around me were stunned, and they all forgot to breathe.

, dozens of pairs of eyes all staring at the point on my fingertips.

But I couldn't notice my surroundings at all. I moved my hands up and down, and I only saw a thin thread dancing gracefully on my fingertips and the silk handkerchief. After a while, a lifelike butterfly appeared in the corner of the silk handkerchief.<

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When I finished embroidering the last stitch, I heard people around me exclaim.

I took off the bandage, straightened the silk handkerchief, and handed it to Boss Wang: "Do you think this is okay?"

Boss Wang was already stunned with shock. The silk handkerchief was handed to him. It took him a while to react and take it. He looked at it carefully and then looked up at me. There was a complicated expression in his eyes and said: "It's really

There are mountains outside the mountains, and there are people outside the people. I didn’t expect that a small Qishan village would be like this, and I’ve seen it today.”

I smiled and lowered my head, but I was not polite to him.

Now I am discussing business with him, and there is no need to be modest at this time. Moreover, let alone this embroidery workshop, even the people in Jiangnan who know this skill cannot surpass it with just one pair of hands.

I learned that hard, so I deserve a compliment or two.

After Boss Wang finished reading, the people around him also took the silk handkerchief and passed it around to look at it, and all of them exclaimed in admiration.

Even Yunxiang said: "Qingqing, you have such good skills, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

I just smiled softly.

However, at this moment, Boss Wang said to me: "Madam, your skills are indeed superb. However, just because your skills are superb, it does not mean that you are capable of taking on such a big job. After all,

, this job is not something you can do alone."

My heart suddenly sank.

This boss Wang is a calm businessman. Indeed, just because I have superior skills does not mean that I am an honest businessman. Just like the boss Gao of this embroidery workshop, he is not a person who knows how to embroider.

People and people doing business are originally two different things.

So, I still smiled and said: "Boss Wang's words are reasonable. But as you can see the current situation, Boss Gao has stopped doing it, but these embroiderers still want to do it. If you want me to take this job,

The employment and labor are the same as in the past, but the people handling them have changed."
To be continued...