Feast of Flowers

Seeing that Huajin didn't receive the red envelope, the person on the opposite side was unhappy.

It's not too cold in winter: Teacher, please accept it, it's just my heart.

What else can Huajin do? Of course, she can only satisfy the other party's wishes. She likes the customer's style of never stingy with money. After learning embroidery with Aunt Gao for these years, she has encountered all kinds of customers, and some people even screamed because of the high price, saying that it is something made of a few rags and threads, and the price is so high. I really want money. Crazy or something.

Being willing to give money does not mean that you have much respect for her job, but if you don't want to spend a dime, and scold her for cheating money, there must be no respect for her.

With the changes of the times, the stitching of embroidery may not change much, but the aesthetic style will change. Aunt Gao said that the history of Shu embroidery for so many years has been changing with the preferences of the people. The patterns that were once popular may not be likable now. The patterns with the largest audience may not be as elegant as decades ago.

Most of the stitches studied by Huajin have been improved over generations. She really didn't know enough about the formation and embroidery styles 70 or 80 years ago.

The next morning, she got up to go to Aunt Gao's house, and when she came downstairs, she ran into Old Lady Chen who had returned from buying vegetables.

"Xiao Hua." Old lady Chen saw Hua Jin and waved to her.

Hua Jin looked at the old lady with the expression "I have gossip here, you must come to listen", and he secretly sighed and walked to the front of Mrs. Chen.

"Yesterday... did you match up with you next door?" Old lady Chen mysteriously said, "Don't listen to her nonsense, what can she do with her family's relatives? If she is really good enough, she can still let her Live here? How about I tell you about my side. Not only do I have several houses at home, but the people are also honest. Isn't it more reliable than the boys she introduced?"

Flower brocade: "..."

She only knew that Old Lady Chen had a disagreement with Sister Qin, and she didn't expect to compete secretly in this regard.

"Grandma Chen, I have something to do, let's go now." After staying, the old lady can talk to her for an hour.

"Hey..." Old lady Chen didn't expect Hua Jin to be so anxious. Seeing that she was walking too fast, she stepped on her feet to see her back, "I don't have a bad knee, and she runs so fast..."

When Hua Jin came to Aunt Gao's home who taught her embroidery, Gao Shulan was watering the flowers on the balcony, and Uncle Tan was reading with glasses. Seeing her coming, the two elders were very happy and asked her to sit down.

The second elder only has a daughter, Tan Yuan, and Hua Jin spends time with them all year round, which is equivalent to half a daughter.

"Next time you come over to buy something, I won't let you in." Gao Shulan scolded the flower brocade to spend money, and put the melon and fruit snacks in front of the flower brocade. "I heard Yuanyuan said, you spent some time ago A lot of hard work drove out a dragon and phoenix quilt?"

"Yeah." Huajin nodded slightly, embarrassed to look at her. Aunt Gao has always emphasized that the real embroidery art is excellence. It took her less than a month to rush to make a dragon and phoenix quilt, which is really not perfect.

"I know what happened. You did a good job in this matter." Gao Shulan did not blame her, but was very pleased. "Art and life are not in conflict. You can grasp an accuracy in this matter. ,I am very happy."

Huajin looked up and saw Gao Shulan smiling at her. She smiled helplessly, "At that time, there was really no other way than to rush the system overnight."

Gao Shulan has always regretted that she didn't meet Huajin, a good apprentice earlier, because she believed that Huajin's talent in embroidery would far surpass her. Although the two of them were mentors and apprentices over the years, she did not like to call her a teacher respectfully. She and Hua Jin are both mentors and apprentices, as well as relatives and friends. Her philosophy and persistence in embroidery are not well understood by her husband, and her daughter is not talented enough. Only Hua Jin has completely inherited her philosophy. , And can adapt to the current environment better than her.

"Be kind and not pedantic, this is a virtue." At this point, Gao Shulan glanced at her wife. Knowing that he was disgusted again, Tan Qing pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and got up to cook in the kitchen.

Xiaohua is here. Can you tell me what the old lady made?

Hua Jin and Gao Shulan talked about trivial things, and then mentioned the panda embroidery style seventy years ago.

"Panda embroidery is one of the representatives of our Shu embroidery. Although there have been changes over the years, there is not much difference in stitching." Gao Shulan got up and went to the study to find out a photo album. "There are photos of fine Shu embroidery over the years. The earliest work was born in the 1920s, but unfortunately the photos of that year were black and white, which could not highlight the characteristics of our Shu embroidery."

Hua Jin took the old but very clean photo album, flipped through it, and found two panda embroidery in it. The style is indeed different from the style that young people like now.

The panda in the photo is mellow and mighty, but some panda embroidery is now in order to cater to the preferences of the moment. The panda in the embroidery picture is more naive, which is a typical example of "You can rely on strength, but you can only live by selling cute".

But the nurse who sacrificed for the country back then embroidered the handkerchief not for her own use, but for her daughter who was only a few years old. When she embroidered the panda, would she embroider the panda more in line with the children's aesthetics?

Hua Jin couldn't make up his mind, and contacted "It's not too cold in winter" again. After asking about his grandma's ancestry, he started to check local customs.

Different counties and cities have different customs and habits, let alone a place as big as the city of Shu, in terms of hobbies and taboos.

After checking the information for a few days, Hua Jin couldn’t get the needle accurately. Later, Gao Shulan couldn’t stand it. She called her home and persuaded her: “It’s useless to read the information blindly. It’s better to go for a local walk. , To ask the local elderly people, maybe the gain will be even greater."

Seeing that Hua Jin did not speak, Gao Shulan gave an address to Hua Jin: "This embroidery master is best at panda embroidery. I had some friendship with her back then. Her ancestral home happens to be this city. If you want to go to the local area to find out the situation, You can visit her."

After receiving the address, Hua Jin bit her lip: "Aunt Gao, I..."

After escaping from the village at the age of seventeen, she had not been to Shu City for nearly eight years. Although she knew in her heart that her hometown was only a remote mountain village in Shu City, as long as she heard the familiar local accent, she could recall that year. The gloomy memory of.

"Xiao Jin." Gao Shulan gently touched the top of her head, "People have to look forward. You will become one of the best Shu embroidery masters in the future. Only by breaking through the bottleneck can you make progress. I think you know it, too. Over the past year, your embroidery skills have stagnated."

The paper with the address written on it was pinched by Hua Jin. She took a few deep breaths and raised her head to meet Gao Shulan's gentle and encouraging eyes: "Aunt Gao, I understand."

"But don't force yourself." Gao Shulan laughed, "Life is only a few decades, and the most important thing is to live happily."

Hua Jin smiled reluctantly: "You are right."

The most important thing is to have a happy life. Only by breaking through the bottleneck can there be progress.

A few days later, I have been paying attention to Huajin’s Weibo, which is not too cold in winter, and discovered that this blogger named Fanhua has finally updated Weibo. This time, the photos she posted were not embroidery, but majestic Qingshan, and the beautiful Shucheng International Airport.

Fanhua: Eight years later, I am still a beautiful girl when I return.

Shucheng International Airport is located in Furong City, the provincial capital. Huajin stood at the gate of the crowded airport and was instantly surrounded by lively popularity.

After queuing for the taxi, the taxi driver was a very upright person, telling her not to go to eat in flashy shops. Not only was it expensive but also mediocre, they didn't even go there.

Listening to the familiar sounds of Sichuan and looking at the high-rise buildings outside the car window, Hua Jin recalled that she had imagined what Furong City was like when she was a child, but the real Furong City was much more prosperous than she thought.

"My sister is here to travel?" Seeing that Hua Jin was interested in the scenery of Furong City, the driver's uncle introduced her to a few places. "But you are a girl alone outside. The hotel should be better. It's safe." "

Hua Jin smiled and thanked.

The driver took her to the door of the hotel, helped her lift the suitcase up the door steps, and left happily. It should be said that this uncle never smiled from beginning to end.

Walked into the hotel door, Huajin handed the ID card to the front desk.

"Are you... Huajin?" A young man who was also going through housing procedures stared at her for a long time, "Is it Huajin?"

Hua Jin turned her head to look at him calmly: "I'm sorry, you admitted wrong."

"I'm sorry." The young man looked a little embarrassed, "You look a bit like my high school classmates, so..."

"It's okay." Hua Jin took the room card from the front desk staff and smiled, "I am a common face, and it is normal to be mistaken."

The young man laughed. Such a beautiful girl said that she was a popular face, which was really not convincing. But thinking of the girl who had exceptionally good grades in the class, but somehow did not take the college entrance examination, he felt a little bored.

In a small place like theirs, the college entrance examination is the only way out for many girls. His classmate's grades were so good that even the teacher said that she would be admitted to a prestigious university, but on the day of the college entrance examination, she did not come to participate. Then there were rumors that Hua Jin’s family did not want her to go to university, so she was not allowed to take the exam. Later, there were rumors that Hua Jin was going to marry, and the married family was still rich.

He didn't know whether the rumors were true or not, because no one had seen her since then.

Looking at the young woman who had been dragging the suitcase to the elevator, the young man shook his head secretly.

The brocade is darker and thinner, not as pretty as this lady.

The author has something to say: Hua Jin: I am the public face, the public face, laughed.