After my husband died, I became more active in front of my fourth brother's wife, who gave me my job.
At the same time, I still keep the habit of wiping my hands with clam shell oil. Even if I do a lot of work, I will wear gloves if I can. In short, I want to protect my hands as much as possible.
The teacher said that if your hands are too rough, it will be difficult to tear the fine threads, and it will be easy to scratch the good fabric.
We are in the embroidery business, which involves delicate work. Protecting our hands is a way of being responsible for our industry.
After showing my hardworking side, I began to try to win my loyalty to my fourth brother's wife and made several sets of small clothes that I had carefully embroidered for her unborn baby.
When I sent it to her, I was still a little nervous. After all, my previous performance really made people feel that I was a little too unreliable. Now that I want to get close to her, she must be a little wary of me, right?
After delivering the clothes, I saw my third brother’s wife helping to wash clothes. I wanted to say that I could do it too, but when I saw her checking the clothes so carefully, I suddenly understood what she was checking.
There is no way, I can only smile bitterly. The good character I have accumulated will always be reflected.
I have to admit that my character at that time was not trustworthy, but it doesn’t matter. There is a saying that goes, “Where there is a will, there is a way.” I believe that as long as I persevere, I will be able to impress them.
In fact, one thing they have to admit is that my true personality is really gentle and considerate. I can think of many things that they have not thought of, and I can do many details that they have not done.
Based on my outstanding performance, my fourth brother’s wife was finally impressed by me, and she actually opened a clothing store just for me!
Although she had planned to open a clothing store early on and even brought her sister in as an ally, it still hadn't been opened yet.
It will be opened only after I surrender. If this is not specifically for me, what else could it be for?
At first, she didn't calculate the commission from me, nor did she talk to me about the dividends. She just told me that she would give me a certain amount of labor fee for each piece of clothing she made for me.
Although I know that she sells it at a higher price, the amount I get is still considerable. I don’t feel that she is exploiting my ability to work. Instead, I feel that she is giving me an opportunity to spread this embroidery.
During the several years that I studied with my teacher, I was simply not able to fully grasp what she taught me. She only taught me the most basic needlework techniques. After figuring out some of them, I was able to string them together, but some of them remained shelved.
Life has been hard enough over the years, so I have no time to study these techniques. I can only try to understand as much as possible from my teacher's teachings while sewing and mending, but I still haven't forgotten many of the stitches.
After my husband died, the burden on me was suddenly lightened. Jianhui is very sensible and takes Xiaodan out to play whenever he has nothing to do and helps me take care of her. I have more time to pick up those acupuncture techniques that I have not yet thoroughly studied.
The first piece of clothing I gave to my fourth brother’s wife was a satisfactory piece. I was satisfied and so was she.
Because of that dress, I studied several of my teacher's needlework techniques. Even if I don't master everything my teacher taught me, at least knowing 70% or 80% of them would be enough for me to live on for the rest of my life.
But for the rest, I still have to work hard to study, after all, it is the inheritance of intangible cultural heritage.
As my fourth brother's wife's clothing store became more and more prosperous, my hard work and meticulousness were finally recognized by them, and I was allowed to participate in the store's transactions in the form of commission.
This was another turning point in my life. I finally gained the trust of the benefactor in my life.
If I say that I have met two noble people in my life, the first one is my teacher, and the second one is my fourth brother’s wife who gave me the opportunity.
After gaining her trust, I worked even harder to make clothes, using new patterns and new embroidery techniques. Each piece of clothing I embroidered came alive.
Later, my fourth brother and his wife were admitted to university and were going to develop in another place. I faced the choice of staying behind or following them.
Is there any need to choose? Even a young man like Jianhui knows which one to choose.
I will never forget the way Jianhui spoke to me that day.
He said, "Mom, let's go with our aunt. She will help you make money and help me learn. She is the best person in the world. What else do we have downstairs except this room? But if we follow her, we will have everything except this room."
I agreed to Jianhui with tears in my eyes and let’s go!
We must go, we must get out of this backward environment, so that Jianhui can get a better education, and let the heritage passed down by my teacher be carried forward in my hands.
That time we left the mountain without hesitation and followed my fourth brother and his wife away from the place where I grew up.
I originally thought that my journey abroad would be to work, make money, buy a house, settle down somewhere else, and finally find an apprentice to carry forward my master's embroidery skills.
But what I didn’t expect was that the first thing I would do when I arrived in Guangzhou was to buy a house.
I was different from the third brother and his wife. I had hardly saved any money before. Although I earned a lot of money from making clothes later, it was not enough to buy a small courtyard in Suicheng.
The third brother and his family decided to buy the house without hesitation, but I was a little hesitant because I obviously didn't have enough money. But at the same time, I deeply believed that my fourth brother's wife would help me earn back the money in a short time.
So I took the initiative to ask my fourth brother's wife to borrow money. I wanted to buy that small courtyard!
It was my first step out of that ignorant and backward place, and also the starting point to witness my life from decline to glory.
My third brother and his wife and I worked together to enroll the children in school. This was all thanks to the help of my fourth brother's wife's father, otherwise it wouldn't have been so smooth.
In the beginning, when the fourth brother's shopping mall was not yet built, we had nothing to do, so my fourth brother's wife bought some materials, including some of the best quality materials, which could be scraped into silk even with slightly rough hands.
Fortunately, I have always paid attention to hand care over the years.
After embroidering several sets of garments, my fourth brother’s wife let the family members wear them out for display. She said this was the first step in developing our business in Suicheng.
I know that in order to get something you have to give something first.
Just as I wanted to gain the trust of my fourth brother's wife, I had to first prove to her that I was a reliable person.
As my fourth brother’s wife and her sister’s works made a splash in the school competition, our brand of clothes also quickly became popular.
After all, two of the top three designers are from our brand.
At this time, the problem naturally arises. There are a lot of talented designers. My fourth sister-in-law studied this major, and she has countless classmates, teachers, and future younger students.
The most important thing is my embroidery skills. No one can do it except me.
Sometimes I have to stay up for several days to finish a set of clothes ordered by others.
My fourth brother’s wife felt so sad when she saw this, and so I once again reached a very big turning point in my life.
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