Chapter 190: Rushing to be reborn?
After carefully appreciating and examining it, he looked at Yi Chichi, "Did you embroider it?"
"no."
Yi denied it at first, and seeing his satisfied look, he asked with a smile, "Will the Friendship Store accept this level of random needlework?"
“The fabric is terrible.”
“I can’t buy silk.”
"Can you guarantee that you can produce embroidered works of the same quality using silk or something like that?"
"Can."
Liu Lan's free-stitch embroidery has improved greatly and can be perfectly copied according to her embroidery patterns.
The only thing is that her sensitivity to colors is not yet up to par, so she needs to pay attention to the color matching of the embroidery threads when embroidering.
"Free-needle embroidery was not available in Friendship Stores before, so it was hard to determine the price, and we didn't know whether foreign guests would like it."
“Maybe I can appreciate random needlework more.”
Because the composition, layering and three-dimensional effect of free-stitch embroidery are closest to oil painting.
And oil paintings come from Europe.
Compared with embroidery with oriental aesthetics, free-stitch embroidery has richer colors and actually brings a stronger visual impact.
"Leave this one here. I'll try it out when the trade fair starts."
"good."
"What's the price?"
"It's hard to talk now. I need to test the waters first."
The implication is: let's talk about the price after the trade fair is over.
Yi Chichi agreed.
So, this picture of willow herb heralding spring was preserved.
Works need to be packaged, and Liu Lan’s craftsmanship is not bad.
Therefore, Ning Jiandong took the Spring Herald Painting to a master embroidery artist to make an embroidery frame.
The spring herald picture is not large in size and is suitable for use as a decoration.
Yi Chichi and Wen Shi were taken by Ning Jiandong to see the master. After some discussion, Ning Jiandong adopted Yi Chichi's suggestion to make the ornaments into a round shape.
The sketch of the ornament was drawn by Yi Chichi. After the master looked at the sketch for a long time, he said, "It will be done in five days."
The ornaments are not complicated, and the cutting and production are fast, but the slow part is the polishing.
Compared to silk which is easily scratched, cotton cloth is less likely to have problems, but it looks cheap.
The texture and glossiness are not as good as silk, satin, and brocade, so we can only start with ornaments to improve the grade.
This requires painting.
It takes a long time to make ornaments using the same method as making lacquerware.
Ning Jiandong thought for a moment and said, "Can't it be faster?"
The master raised his eyes and glanced at him, then asked coldly, "Are you in a hurry to be reincarnated?"
Yi Chichi almost laughed out loud after hearing these impolite words, and Wen Shi was not much better.
This master really dares to speak.
The key is that Ning Jiandong was not angry.
He smiled and said, "I am just anxious to see the finished product."
"I am impatient and waiting. If you use the lacquerware method to make it, it will not be completed in a day or two."
Disdaining him squatting in front of him and being an eyesore, the master waved his hand like shooing away a fly, "Go, go, go, don't disturb me while I'm working, or I'll give you a few more days."
As soon as these words were spoken, Ning Jiandong decisively took Yi Chichi and Wen Shi away.
After we walked out the door, he said, "Come back to the office with me and wait until the end of the day?"
Don't want to go.
The office is a place for work, what's the point of the two of them staying there?
"Uncle, I want to buy something."
Ning Jiandong understood immediately, "Do you have a ticket?"
"Foreign exchange coupons?"
"Um."
“No.”
There were only internal tickets, and I exchanged a large stack of them.
Wen Shi took out a stack of tickets from his bag and asked, "Can I use this?"
Ning Jiandong rolled his eyes. This was a typical case of asking a question even though the question already knew the answer.
"Go back to the office and I'll give you some."
This is possible.
Ning Jiandong didn't have many foreign exchange coupons, but he was a generous man and gave them all the few remaining ones.
Also tell them which counters don't require tickets, only money.
Then, Yi Chichi and Wen Shi said goodbye to him and went to the Friendship Store.
The business area of Yangcheng Friendship Store is only 600 square meters, which is very large in the eyes of people today.
The goods inside are good, too.
In the eyes of Yi Chichi, a person from later generations, the 600-square-meter Friendship Store is not as good as the large supermarkets of later generations.
Because it is a foreign-related store, the Friendship Store is not as crowded and bustling as department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives.
There are more salespeople than customers, but every customer is either rich or noble.
There are foreign guests, but not many.
Wen Shi and Yi Chichi went from counter to counter and bought whatever they liked.
When Wen Shi walked to the clothing counter, she was completely attracted by a skirt.
The mint green skirt is really eye-catching in this era where the streets are filled with black, gray, white, blue and navy blue.
"Wife, that dress is beautiful."
Yi Chichi followed his gaze. It was an ordinary skirt. She liked the color but didn't like anything else about it.
"dislike."
She was blunt and when she heard it, she opened her mouth to speak, but Yi hesitated to give him a chance to speak, "There is no suitable occasion to wear it."
The implication is: Don’t buy it, it’s a waste if you buy it.
She won't wear it.
In fact, I just simply look down on it.
Wen Shi saw this and didn't force it, "Then buy a pair of small leather shoes?"
“I want to buy cashmere.”
The little leather shoes were not of much use and were completely useless after returning to Kaoshantun.
On the contrary, cashmere has a greater effect.
It is comfortable to wear and warmer than a sweater.
"purchase."
As long as Yi Chichi likes her, there is no reason for Wen Shi to refuse.
The origin of cashmere is the Sable brand yarn from Shanghai Friendship Woolen Mill, and there is also wool yarn next to it.
The price of wool yarn is 17.5 yuan per pound, and cashmere is more expensive, more than twice the price of wool yarn.
But the texture of wool yarn can never compare to cashmere yarn.
However, the colors of cashmere yarn are not as many as those of wool yarn.
But it doesn’t require a ticket.
If you have money you can buy it.
So, Yi Chichi chose black and red, but actually she likes white.
But it is not resistant to dirt.
Nowadays, her clothing requirements are that it should be comfortable, decent, and stain-resistant, and she does not need to consider aesthetics.
After the reform and opening up, you can be as beautiful as you want.
Not now, we can’t go beyond this point, otherwise there will be a lot of trouble.
“I think white looks good.”
“I’ll buy white later.”
When I heard this, I said, "Oh," as long as my wife likes it.
"Let's go buy you a watch."
Most of the things she bought were hers. If you count the chocolates and other things as those bought for Wen Shi, then he had a few things.
Not counting him, he has none of them.
Therefore, Yi Chichi ignored his objections and refusal, and forcibly dragged him to the watch counter and bought him a Plum brand watch for more than three hundred yuan.
Don’t be fooled by the name, the Plum brand is actually a genuine imported watch.
It is also the first batch of imported watches to enter our country.
When I heard it,... wow, his wife is really willing to do it.
"Put it on."
After paying the bill, Yi Chichi waved his hand and gave orders with the face of a nouveau riche.
The salesperson burst out laughing, and said to Wen Shi with envy on his face, "Comrade, you are so lucky."
Wen Shi grinned with a mouthful of white teeth, "Thank you, and I wish you happiness too."
"Come, I'll put it on for you."
The salesperson was a man, a young man with handsome features and a smiling face. When he heard this, he was about to accept the offer, but then he thought of Yi Chichi's words and quickly refused, "Thank you for your kindness, I'll do it myself."
As he spoke, he took out his watch and put it on.
Yi Chichi nodded with satisfaction. He always felt that something was missing before, but now it is finally just right.
A man must have a watch.
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