Chapter 52 Double-Sided Embroidery
As a mother herself, she also has to consider her children.
Li Miao knocked on the door of Cui's house with some trepidation. She knew that the Cui family had a very fierce big dog, and she didn't even dare to run over here when playing with her friends.
But her mother often came to Cui's house these days, and now she asked her to deliver Laba cake. She had to listen to her mother's words, but she was indeed a little scared.
Soon the tightly closed door opened, and Konjac leaned out and saw a little girl standing outside holding a bowl.
"Oh, you are Xiao Miao from Sister Li's family, come in quickly."
Konjac had seen the little girl from the Li family several times, and Mrs. Li had often mentioned her these days, so Konjac recognized her at a glance.
Xiao Miao smiled shyly. She didn't expect that the beautiful sister in this house would know her.
"Hello, sister. My name is Li Miao. My mother asked me to bring you Laba porridge."
As she spoke, the little girl handed the bowl in her hand to Konjac. Konjac was stunned for a moment. She knew that today was Laba Festival, and she and the girl also made some Laba Festival cakes, but she never thought that someone would specially send them to them.
But Konjac reacted quickly. She reached out to take the bowl from Xiao Miao's hand and pulled her into the yard.
"Oh, this Laba cake is really good. It smells sweet. Xiao Miao, wait a moment. I'll clear the bowl and return it to you."
Xiao Miao nodded and waited quietly. Just then, she felt something touching her leg. She turned around and saw a big black dog sniffing her.
This dog is really big.
Xiao Miao was a little scared and subconsciously tensed up.
Just as she was hesitating whether to shout for help, the sound of konjac came from the kitchen.
"Wangcai doesn't bite, don't be afraid."
My sister is lying. This big black dog will pounce on people. She saw it with her own eyes.
A man as tall as Second Brother Gu was knocked down in an instant.
Wangcai lost interest after smelling Xiaomiao's scent. He wanted to leave, but stopped when he saw the busy figures in the kitchen.
Wangcai became a glutton and sat obediently next to Xiao Miao, waiting for the people in the kitchen to come out.
Seeing that the big black dog actually squatted down next to her, Xiao Miao shuddered all over at first, and after a while, she reached out her hand uncontrollably and touched the big black dog's broad back.
"It's so smooth, smoother than her hair." This was Xiao Miao's first feeling.
Wangcai felt a small hand touching his back, but he didn't care and looked intently towards the kitchen.
When Konjac went out, she saw two people, one standing and one squatting. She patted Wangcai's head with a bit of amusement and scolded him, "You are so smart. I will tell you later."
Then he handed the bowl back to Xiao Miao: "This is the Laba cake we made, take it back and try it."
Xiao Miao nodded and did not refuse. Exchanging Laba cakes on Laba Festival is a local custom, and she has long been accustomed to it.
Xiao Miao was inexplicably excited as he walked out of the door holding the bowl.
She talked to the beautiful sister who lived here and touched the fierce big black dog. Later she would tell her friends that the dog was not scary at all.
Sister Li was also very happy to see the Laba cake that Xiao Miao brought back. The Laba cake of the Cui family was different from the one she made. There were several kinds of dried fruits and nuts in it, many of which were high-priced goods in the dried fruit shop, the kind that she usually didn't dare to ask the price when she saw them.
But she was not happy about the Laba cake, but about the mutual interaction between them.
She broke off a piece of Laba cake and tasted it, then handed the rest to Xiao Miao: "Take it over and eat with your grandmother."
Xiao Miao smiled again and happily carried the bowl into Mrs. Li's room.
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Cui family
After finishing her work on the stove, Konjac carried a few plates of cakes into the back room. The teapot on the charcoal stove was bubbling with steam.
"Girl, what are you doing with the embroidery frame?"
Seeing Cui Qingyi leaning on the kang, holding the embroidery frame in her hand and looking at it, Konjac exclaimed in surprise.
My daughter has never picked up an embroidery needle since she got married at the age of fifteen. Konjac knew that she really didn't like embroidery, so she was surprised.
Cui Qingyi was holding an embroidery frame and an embroidery needle in her hand, thinking about double-sided embroidery.
"Konjac, do you know what double-sided embroidery is?"
Konjac was confused. Double-sided embroidery? What double-sided embroidery? She didn't know.
In fact, Cui Qingyi also knew that her question was quite stupid. She and Konjac had lived together since childhood and even learned embroidery from the same master. She had never heard of double-sided embroidery in Dajin, so how could Konjac hear about it?
"Miss, what is double-sided embroidery?" asked Konjac.
Cui Qingyi: "I'll tell you when I figure it out."
Konjac: “Oh~” Her daughter is really amazing.
In her previous life, Cui Qingyi's knowledge of embroidery was limited to occasionally seeing news reports about certain intangible cultural heritage inheritors attending certain events, or about the country presenting double-sided embroidery as a state gift to foreign leaders.
The embroidery works that appear in the pictures are often exquisitely crafted, and both the figures and animals are lifelike, which arouses the envy of the Chinese people.
Cui Qingyi had also searched on a well-known shopping website and planned to buy an embroidery painting to frame and collect.
However, there are very few people who really have this skill, and the embroidery products made by them are extremely expensive, which is simply not affordable for ordinary people. Cui Qingyi finally had no choice but to give up this idea.
Now she has also learned exquisite embroidery skills, but the double-sided embroidery that once made her envy has not yet been invented. How can she not say that this missed opportunity is just fate?
Recently, while watching Konjac teaching Xiaoyuan, Cui Qingyi suddenly had the idea of developing double-sided embroidery.
As the name suggests, double-sided embroidery is the process of embroidering images on both sides of the same piece of fabric during the same embroidery process. The outlines are exactly the same and the patterns are equally exquisite. No matter which side is used, it is a fine product for people to appreciate.
Double-sided embroidery is neither difficult nor easy. Difficult is for those who have no embroidery skills, and easy is for those who have mastered embroidery needlework.
But it doesn't mean Cui Qingyi could master the technique of double-sided embroidery by just threading the needle a few times. If it were that simple, this skill would not have become an intangible cultural heritage in later generations.
At least on Laba Day, Cui Qingyi didn't gain much.
Konjac didn't know what double-sided embroidery was, but watching his daughter unravel the embroidery thread, his eyes hurt.
There was another heavy snowfall in Dongping County.
18th day of the twelfth lunar month
It was Cui Qingyi’s twentieth birthday.
Konjac remembered this day clearly and started preparing dishes for Cui Qingyi's birthday a day in advance.
Cui Qingyi saw her busying around in the cold weather and advised, "It's just a birthday. We've celebrated it before, so just have a simple meal."
Konjac covered his ears and didn't want to listen to her nagging.
How could my birthday in previous years be the same as my twentieth birthday? Moreover, this year's birthday was of great significance. To Konjac, it was completely different.
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