Chapter 52: Poor craftsmanship

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Yi Chichi, ...If that's the case then there's no way to continue the conversation.

"Aunt, I really can't treat illnesses!"

She explained helplessly under Aunt Ma's suspicious gaze, "Aunt Wen's situation is similar to that of an elder like me, so she has experience."

The implication is that if you have no other experience, don't count on her.

Aunt Ma blurted out, "It means that you are a blind cat that has met a dead mouse."

This metaphor is absolutely perfect.

Yi Chi Chi was embarrassed and said, "You can put it that way."

"Why don't you study hard?"

"Studying medicine requires talent."

How many traditional Chinese medicine families have no successors? Is it because they are unwilling to learn? This is one reason, but more likely it is because they lack talent.

For example, her uncle and several uncles and aunts from her grandfather's side are all as untalented as her.

Even her father, who had the most outstanding medical talent in the Yi family, was not good at Chinese medicine, but Western medicine.

Chinese medicine consultation varies from person to person. Different symptoms require different treatments, and the same goes for medicine.

Treatment methods and prescriptions should also be adjusted at any time according to the patient's physical condition.

Sighing, she said, "I'd love to learn it if I could, but I can't."

"So what did you learn?"

"embroidery!"

Talking about her specialized skills, she was full of pride, "I have a talent for embroidery."

Aunt Ma's eyes lit up, "Then can you embroider wedding dresses?"

"meeting."

This really happens.

Once, there was a wealthy man who was marrying off his daughter. He used his connections to ask her father to help make a phoenix coronet and bridal bridal gown entirely by hand.

The commission was very generous, and even though she had never lacked money since she was a child, she was dazzled.

later……

The phoenix coronet and bridal bridal gown was collected by a museum because of its high degree of restoration and exquisite embroidery.

Before that, several of her works had been exhibited in the National Museum of China and the Provincial Museum of China.

Now, looking at her hands, she sighed, "It's not suitable."

"suitable!"

Auntie Ma responded smoothly, and Yi Chichi exclaimed, "Where is the right place?"

"You can make clothes and embroider them for the newlyweds."

“No one is getting married here.”

"So, you can make clothes too?"

"meeting."

Aunt Ma slapped her thigh and said, "I'm going to give you a job, can't you do it?"

"What kind of work?"

"My eldest nephew is getting married and wants a beautiful dress to be made for her. I am now looking for a skilled craftsman to make the dress for her."

Yi Chichi felt that she could take this job, but she was afraid that Aunt Ma's eldest niece would not be happy for her to do it.

Finally, Aunt Ma told her not to worry and she went to talk to him.

The prerequisite is that she can embroider a flower for her to see.

This is not a difficult problem, but -

"I have to go to the county to buy colored thread first."

Embroidery requires richer colors, but unfortunately, she doesn't have any of them now.

"Wait, I'll get it for you."

Before she finished her words, Aunt Ma stood up and ran out.

By the time Yi Chichi reacted, she had already run out.

The action and speed left her speechless.

Ten minutes later, Aunt Ma came with a sewing basket. In it were not only white cotton cloth, but also threads of various colors, scissors, thimbles, soles and the like.

Besides, she didn't come alone.

Aunt Niu and her family also came, each holding a sewing basket, and were all making shoe uppers with thousand-layer soles.

A bunch of women doing needlework gathered together, and apart from gossiping, they could only exchange their skills.

Most women of this era are multi-talented. They can work in the fields, cook in the kitchen, give birth to babies on the kang, and make shoes and clothes under the kang.

Embroidering insoles is also one of the necessary skills.

Unlike Yi Chichi who has received professional training, Aunt Ma and her friends' embroidery skills are unconventional.

The embroidered patterns are dull and lack vitality, and are too mechanical.

But it’s hard to say it clearly.

So, when Aunt Niu's daughter-in-law Yu Qingqing showed off the insoles to her, Yi Chichi could only lie and praise, "It's very well embroidered."

"What did you embroider?"

Yu Qingqing was very proud of being praised and wanted to see her embroidery.

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Yi Chi Chi was sorting out the threads, and without even looking up, she said, "I haven't embroidered it yet."

"Then hurry up and embroider. I'll see how you do it and maybe I can teach you."

"……good."

Due to the limitation of fabric and thread, Yi has not yet prepared to produce fine products such as double-sided embroidery, but plans to try Baoying embroidery first.

The characteristics of Baoying embroidery are rich colors and strong three-dimensional sense. The needle method uses random stitches, and the embroidery thread does not need to be split, but can be a straight line.

She also doesn't need to draw patterns, she can compose the picture directly in her mind.

Since the ointment was made, Yi Chichi has been maintaining his hands every day. He still needs more than ten cans of ointment to restore his hands to the level of his original world. But compared with his previous calloused hands, his hands are now much softer and more delicate.

The flexibility of the fingers has also been improved.

So, Yu Qingqing and the others watched her slender fingers, pinching the needle and moving it up and down flexibly on the cotton cloth.

Needle technique...

"Yi Zhiqing, what are you doing?"

Yu Qingqing, who originally wanted to see whether her technique was correct, became more and more confused the more she watched. She had never seen anyone give acupuncture in such a way before. It was so messy that it was unbearable to watch.

"Embroidery."

Yi Chichi's hands kept moving, and criss-cross yet chaotic lines gradually appeared on the cotton cloth, making Yu Qingqing and the others want to spit out blood.

Aunt Niu even complained to Aunt Ma, "With her unsystematic craftsmanship, how dare you let her make a wedding dress for your eldest niece?"

Aunt Ma also felt that she had spoken too early. "I asked her if she could do it, and she said she could, very confidently. I thought she was very skilled, but who would have thought..."

Shaking her head, she sighed, "Yi girl, your cooking skills are not good enough."

"It's not too late for you to say no after I finish embroidering."

Yi Chichi was very calm. She had just started embroidering. If people still said her skills were not good enough after she finished, she could change her career.

Seeing how confident she was, Aunt Ma and the others looked at each other in bewilderment.

"How about we take another look?"

She made a tentative proposal, and Aunt Niu and the others nodded in agreement. After all, it was not embroidering for their eldest niece, so it was up to her to do it.

Time passed minute by minute. Yu Qingqing, who had a strong desire to teach her needlework, stopped embroidering her own insoles and focused on her every move.

Then--

"Huh?"

Her eyes suddenly widened as she looked at the red petals that appeared on the cotton cloth. "No, isn't this just randomly embroidered? Why is there a petal?"

"What?"

After hearing her words, Aunt Ma and the others stopped gossiping and stopped their needlework to come over and watch.

Everyone looked at him in silence.

The same question mark appeared on his face.

It's a bit magical. Before, it was just a mess of long and short lines, but now there are petals...

No, let’s see.

As a result, when I looked, petals appeared one after another.

Next comes the stamens, and then the green leaves.

(End of this chapter)