Chapter 174 Grand Event
Jing Wei felt that although his life was full of misfortunes, he still declined the offer of being a live-in son-in-law.
At this moment, Jing Wei and his good brother Yuan Ying were heading north with their caravan full of confidence, completely unaware that the annoying hyenas were already following the scent.
Dongping County
After many days, Dongping County ushered in another grand event.
The palace actually wanted to select an embroiderer with superb skills in their small county. When the news came out, the whole county was shocked.
You must know that Dongping County is really inconspicuous in the territory of Dajin. If it weren't for the county magistrate Zhou Yanxiu in recent years, Your Majesty might not have known that there was such an inconspicuous little place in his own territory.
But it has only been a short time since then, and their Dongping County has not only opened a trade market specially authorized by the court, but also has a needlework doctor who was personally praised by the Empress Dowager. Now they are even selecting embroiderers from the county to serve in the palace. Who knows, in the future they may even produce one or two female officials.
The name of Cui's Women's School was once again talked about by the people, and some people could not help but regret, "If I had known that Cui's Women's School was so impressive and even worthy of the royal family's attention, I should have sent my daughter to school even if it meant selling everything I had."
But there is no such thing as medicine for regret in this world.
Since selecting embroiderers is not only a rare event for Cui's Girls' School, but also a great honor for the people of Dongping County to have someone from the county enter the palace, after discussing with the county government, the selection of embroiderers will be held openly in the county government.
The more Cui Qingyi interacted with Zhou Yanxiu, the more she felt that he was very qualified to be the local official.
No matter what era, the development of a region cannot be separated from the joint efforts of the government and the people, and the role of ordinary people cannot be ignored.
Since moving to Dongping County, Cui Qingyi has heard many stories about Dongping County and County Magistrate Zhou.
More than a decade ago, Dongping County still had some traces of a tough folk character. Before Zhou Yanxiu became the local county magistrate, some vicious incidents would occur from time to time. However, since Zhou Yanxiu came, he was good at using severe punishments, and he killed and beat people several times, and the local fighting spirit was completely suppressed.
Later, after several years of development, Zhou Yanxiu actually brought a lot of benefits to the local people. The people's lives became better and better, so naturally no one was interested in becoming a bandit and opposing the court.
When selecting embroiderers this time, Cui Qingyi thought that with this beginning, it would probably become a routine for the court to select embroiderers here in the future.
Putting aside the fear of imperial power, Cui Qingyi thought this was a good thing.
This is just like the country in the previous life selecting top students in remote mountainous areas. Although she is just a small embroiderer, it is different because she is connected with the imperial palace.
As long as the embroiderers from Dongping County have solid skills, more and more people will know about Dongping County and know that there are people who are good at embroidery in Dongping County.
Then the girls in Dongping County will have more choices, whether they can become exclusive embroiderers in the mansions of dignitaries, work in embroidery workshops in various places, or open their own embroidery workshops.
Cui Qingyi wanted to take advantage of this opportunity of openly selecting embroiderers to let more people and women see the benefits of learning embroidery. She hoped that more and more girls would join Cui's Girls' School in the future and carry forward Cui's embroidery skills.
I also hope that one day these girls will meet each other from all over the world and help each other because they come from the same family.
Zhou Yanxiu agreed after Cui Qingyi's brief suggestion, and gladly accepted Cui Qingyi's invitation to serve as a judge for the embroidery selection. Other judges included Aunt Qin, the owner of Jinxiufang, Cui Qingyi and Konjac.
Cui Qingyi is the kind of person who will either not do something or do it to perfection.
Moreover, this time the selection of embroiderers was a task directly assigned by the government. With the endorsement of the county government, Cui Qingyi could act more freely.
She brought out the same energy she had in planning the opening ceremony in her previous life, determined to make this selection event a lively one.
Zhou Yanxiu brought Ji Yunzhi and others to the front yard of the county government office early in the morning. Looking at the colorful flags fluttering and the crowded scene inside and outside the county government office, he seemed to think that he had come to the wrong place. Then he looked at the banner hanging outside, "Dongping County's First Open Selection of Embroiderers", and confirmed that he had come to the right place.
Aunt Qin and Zhou Yanxiu came together and smiled at the scene before them. Although she was still teaching at the Cui Family Girls' School, Aunt Qin rarely talked about Cui Qingyi with Zhou Yanxiu. At this moment, she couldn't help but say, "This Miss Cui is really a wonderful person."
The onlookers had already received the news and spontaneously brought small stools. They were even more excited to see Zhou Yanxiu, dressed in his official uniform and with extraordinary temperament. "Hey, even the county magistrate is here. It seems that the court really values our Dongping County."
"You are talking nonsense! The selected embroiderers will serve in the palace. The court will definitely value them."
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In order to make this event a success, Cui Qingyi brought several waiters who were used to working in her Hongyan Teahouse. Yangmei has now become Cui Qingyi's right-hand man. Today, she was standing aside in the student uniform of Cui's Girls' School. When she saw the judges mentioned by the shopkeeper coming, she hurriedly greeted them and took a seat at the judges' table.
Yang Sheng was shocked when he first saw his sister in the county government office, but he became proud in an instant because his sister was very powerful now.
Although she wanted to make the event grand, Cui Qingyi still deleted some unnecessary parts. After the drums and music, the local official Zhou Yanxiu gave a speech.
Zhou Yanxiu was not only a member of the royal family, but he was also a genuine Jinshi, so it goes without saying that he was a talented writer.
The county magistrate's brief and powerful speech instantly brought the atmosphere to a new level of enthusiasm, and some people even began to shout "Long live the emperor" uncontrollably.
After waiting for Zhou Yanxiu to announce the start of the selection, Cui Qingyi, as the organizer of the event, directly started the Q process.
This was the first selection of embroiderers, and the imperial court had specifically instructed that embroiderers who could do double-sided embroidery should be selected to enter the palace. Therefore, all those who signed up for the selection were embroiderers from the Cui Girls' School.
The first one was Chen Yingchun, followed by Qi Yuan, Zhang Cai...
These people are all students who have made rapid progress in their studies at Cui's Girls' School and have now mastered the double-sided embroidery technique. Li Miao sat among the onlookers in the audience, with a look of loss and envy on his face.
Cui Qingyi saw this and thought that when embroidery in Dongping County became popular in the future, she could take the lead and organize more such activities.
But it is too early to say these things now.
After all, they were to serve in the palace, so not only their embroidery skills were looked at, but also their appearance, figure, body odor, and even family background. Cui Qingyi felt that this was no less strict than a talent show.
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