Upon hearing the praise, several peasant women patted their chests without hesitation: "That's right! Lord Lü, you should ask around in Wuchuan. If Guo Erniang's needlework is second to none, which woman in Wuchuan dares to claim to be first?"
Guo Erniang, embarrassed by the exaggerated comments, blushed and said, "Elder sisters, please don't make fun of me."
Lu Tu then approached Guo Erniang, picked up the mask she had sewn, and stared wide-eyed at it. The otherwise ordinary mask now had a pattern on it!
Not only that, it's double-sided embroidery! Both sides are different!
"this..."
Seeing Lu Tu's astonishment, the crowd reacted just as they had before. The peasant women, being women themselves, proudly exclaimed, "Sir, you've never seen this before, have you? This is Guo Erniang's family heirloom double-sided embroidery!"
Double-sided embroidery? Isn't that a stitching technique only found in Suzhou embroidery? Legend has it that imperial concubines in the palace would fight tooth and nail over a piece of Suzhou embroidery clothing.
Some female workers even went blind from embroidering Suzhou embroidery!
This kind of craft would be considered top-notch even in the modern world of my previous life. I never expected to find a successor in the village!
Even a piece of cloth embroidered with Suzhou embroidery can fetch an astronomical price. Originally, Lu Tu was worried that the Wuhuan people would not attack in the spring and he would lose his source of military merit and silver. He never expected that Guo Erniang would have such exquisite Suzhou embroidery skills!
If Lu Tu pays Guo Erniang for transporting the cloth to Longcheng in the south, it will definitely fetch an astronomical price!
He looked at Guo Erniang with surprise and said, "Guo Erniang, may we speak in private for a moment?"
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