Chapter 359: Not a Man-Eating Tiger
Yi remained silent, pondering the feasibility in his mind.
After thinking about it, I still feel that it won't work.
Uncle Yaozi was also curious, so he asked, "If the secretary asked you to do this job, would you take it?"
“I can’t answer it.”
"Why?"
"Whether it's embroidery or crafts, they all belong to light industry, and the security guards are not good at this."
Some of the security guards are in heavy industry, such as the Security Machinery Factory, Red Star Mine and other factories, as well as the Construction Corps, farms and the like.
The Corps and the farms are mainly engaged in agriculture, and the farmers will immediately join the war in times of war when there is leisure time.
The only exception is the light industry, which can produce and sell its own products, except for a matchbox, and there are no fabric production or garment factories.
"One piece of raw material can cause a lot of trouble for the security team."
Uncle Yaozi had a question mark on his face, "Isn't it just some cloth and thread?"
"Is that ordinary cloth? That's silk and silk thread. Does the security guard have silkworms?"
“…No, no one here keeps this.”
"Where's Sang?"
He thought about it carefully, "There are mulberry trees, but they are scattered in different places."
"Mulberry and silkworm farming need to be scaled up to produce output, and silk reeling, weaving and dyeing also require skills. Let's not talk about whether Baoan can find talents in this field. Just abandoning fertile farmland and turning it into mulberry fields is impossible for Baoan to do it."
Since ancient times, silkworm breeding and mulberry planting have been carried out in the south of the Yangtze River. The northeast is not suitable for this due to climatic reasons.
Yaozi sighed, it seemed that the secretary's plan would fail.
No.
At around 1:00 p.m. on the third day after Yi Chichi came back, she was sitting in front of the embroidery frame busying herself when the commune secretary came to her house, sweating all over, accompanied by the team leader and others.
Because they had met before, after being invited in by Yi Chichi and having a few simple greetings and a cup of tea, he went straight to the point.
"Xiao Yi, can you tell me what your relationship is with Yangcheng Friendship Store?"
"Please wait a moment."
Yi Chichi turned back to the house, took out the work permit Ning Jiandong and his team had issued for her and handed it to the secretary, "Take a look at this."
The secretary took it and read it carefully, then looked up at her with a confused expression.
"Do you have a salary?"
"have."
"Isn't he a specially-appointed master?"
"Yes, the master also has a salary."
The secretary was silent for a while, then returned the work permit to her with a smile on his face.
"Comrade Xiao Yi, well done."
If the Friendship Store hadn't contacted him personally to request a secondment, he wouldn't have known that there was such a talented person in the area he managed.
It must have such exquisite embroidery skills that the Friendship Store in Guangzhou spent a huge amount of money just to keep her.
"I have a request."
Yi Chichi really wanted to say that since he knew it was an unreasonable request, then he should not say it.
However, reason stopped her. This was the official of Baoan Commune. She could not be willful. She had to give him the face he deserved and give him enough.
So, she smiled and said, "You say."
"I want to see your embroidery."
"…I don't have a complete one, only half of it is embroidered. Do you think it's okay?"
"OK!"
So, Yi Chichi led him to the embroidery frame and said, "This three-different embroidery must be handed in before the two fairs next autumn."
The secretary nodded, stared at the half-embroidered tiger head from front to back and left to right for a long while, and asked Yi Chichi, "Can you teach me this technique?"
“I have.”
"how?"
The secretary's eyes lit up, but Yi Chichi looked helpless.
"It's okay. I'm willing to teach anyone who comes, but only Liu Lan has talent, so she learned random needlework."
The secretary looked at the captain and quickly explained, "Liu Lan is the granddaughter of Mr. Liu and also a military wife."
The secretary suddenly realized, "She, I know."
Grandpa Liu was a well-known official in both the commune and the county, and the armed forces department would organize people to visit him during the holidays.
After knowing who Liu Lan was, the secretary turned to look at Yi Chichi and asked, "You haven't learned anything else?"
"No."
He was silent for a moment. It seemed that it would be difficult to promote this business.
"Is it because they didn't study hard, or..."
When the team leader heard this, he became anxious and opened his mouth to speak for the young girls and wives in the village.
Yi Chichi knew him well enough to stop him with a glance, explaining, "It has nothing to do with this. Embroidery requires talent."
Needlework is simple. Young wives, girls and women who are skillful and deft are all good at sewing.
But there is a difference between embroidery and ordinary needlework.
She pointed at the half-embroidered tiger head and said, "Don't be fooled by the small area. In fact, more than 30 colors of silk threads are used for this half of the tiger head, and seven or eight kinds of needlework are used. Among them, the grab stitch is divided into positive grab stitch and reverse grab stitch, not to mention the virtual and real stitch, scattered stitch, scale stitch, etc."
Several men had the same confused expression. They looked at Tiger Head, then at Yi Chichi. After two seconds of silence, they went to the embroidery frame again and stared at Tiger Head.
"Old Liu, can you tell the difference?"
The secretary looked at it for a long time without any clue, so he asked the team leader next to him.
This is a good question. The captain scratched his head and thought for a long time before hesitating and said, "Maybe compared to my wife's needlework, Chi Chi's tiger head is embroidered flatter and has more colors?"
Yi Chi Chi was embarrassed and thought that this evaluation was quite simple.
Uncle Yaozi couldn't hold it in any longer, "What do you mean by relatively flat? It's obviously flat and even, and so fine that you can't even see the stitches."
Then he gave the final summary, "In short, Chi Chi's embroidery is the best of the best."
That Guanyin statue is the best example, otherwise it wouldn’t have been sold at a high price of 1,200.
The fact that she was able to successfully establish a connection with the Guangzhou Friendship Store through that painting of Ziyin Guanyin shows how solid her embroidery skills are.
"If you don't believe me, let me show you the handkerchief she embroidered."
Before he finished speaking, he pulled out a handkerchief from his pocket and handed it over.
The secretary took it and looked at it. On the small handkerchief was embroidered a lifelike cat with bright eyes and one paw raised as if trying to catch something.
The distinct and silky hairs on the claws look real and seem to flutter in the wind.
Even someone like him who has no feelings for cats wanted to pet one.
"Did you embroider this?"
He asked Yi Chi Chi with a surprised look on his face, and she hummed, "I embroidered it when I was bored."
The secretary really wanted to ask if he could embroider one for him, but fortunately his reason stopped him.
"Come, let's sit down and talk."
After returning the handkerchief to Uncle Yaozi, he asked Yi Chichi to sit down.
"You say."
Yi Chichi sat upright, listening attentively.
Several people couldn't help laughing, he looked so well behaved.
"Relax and don't be nervous. I'm not a man-eating tiger. Let's just chat casually."
Yi Chichi, "..."
You don't look like you want to just chat.
She smiled and said, "I'll tell you if I have something to say. I'm afraid of being too intimate."
He was afraid that she would be sold, but he foolishly helped her count the money, and was also worried that he was being sold at a low price.
The scene is chilling just thinking about it.
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