"While I'm still young, I might be able to train an apprentice."
The old lady is over sixty years old. For many years, she has been trying to find a successor, but among her existing disciples, she has not been able to find a suitable successor.
Among the disciples, some lacked management skills, others lacked flexible thinking, and still others lacked innovative design capabilities.
With industrial manufacturing becoming increasingly advanced, the old lady knew that in just a few years, mass-produced clothing would completely replace their old-fashioned manual labor.
If a successor capable of leading Shu embroidery to withstand the test of the future clothing customization industry cannot be selected, then the ancient embroidery craft will eventually decline and even gradually disappear from people's sight.
This is precisely the source of the old lady's worry.
Today, when she met Ji Wanmei for the first time, the old lady felt that she had a kind face, was very intelligent and talented, and had the idea of taking her as her last disciple.
The tailor next to her was even more astonished when he heard the old lady's words, and turned to look at Ji Wanmei.
This little girl may not yet realize what the old lady's words truly meant.
In this large family of Shu embroidery masters, the old lady has been searching for a successor.
Ji Wanmei was delighted to hear the old lady say she was willing to take her as an apprentice, and replied, "My family is from Pingquan County. I am studying at East China University and currently live on campus. I have time on weekends. Since the old lady has invited me, I will come to your Shu Embroidery Hall next weekend to become your apprentice!"
Ji Wanmei herself has always wanted to learn the ancient embroidery technique to lay the foundation for her future entrepreneurship.
The old lady chuckled upon hearing this: "That's quite a coincidence. My grandson is also studying at East China University. He's a junior now. Perhaps you'll have a lot in common."
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