Jiang Xiang was discharged smoothly from the hospital, Qiuhua caught up with the progress, and also took care of his younger brother.
At this rate, the portrait embroidery will surely be completed on time. In addition, Jiang Xiang is very satisfied with Qiuhua's embroidery and plans to let her embroider with her, so it can be completed before the New Year.
The hall master comes to check on it from time to time. This embroidery is indeed very important.
Everyone in the village knew that Jiang Xiang was embroidering a portrait of an important person, and they would come to learn from her every now and then.
Some of them came to learn sincerely, some came to watch the fun, and of course there were also those who were jealous and wished she could not finish.
The so-called various forms of life are fully displayed at this moment.
Jiang Xiang was also having a headache. With so many people coming and going at home, she had to chat with them, which affected her efficiency. Look, she had just threaded one line when someone came to watch, and before she was even halfway through, someone else came to show their concern.
"Master, look, there are several groups coming and going today. If this continues, we won't be able to finish the work by the New Year." Qiuhua spoke while embroidering, not daring to delay for a moment.
"Well, it did delay the progress a bit." The master had a good temper and spoke in a gentle tone.
"How about we just close the door and pretend we're not home?"
The master smiled faintly and said, "You are silly! When is it possible that our embroidery workers are not at home? Aren't you obviously not allowing anyone to come?"
Qiuhua stuck out her tongue, realizing that she had indeed come up with a crooked idea.
Just as the master and the disciple finished their conversation, two more people walked in.
There were two women, one old and one young.
The oldest one is the second deputy hall master, a generation older than Jiang Xiang, with more seniority, thick eyebrows, big eyes and high cheekbones, giving people a domineering look.
The one missing was her youngest daughter, who was a few years older than Qiuhua and married in her own village. She just gave birth to a child last month and now she came out to visit.
"Hey, sister-in-law, why are you here?"
Jiang Xiang had just finished making two lines from noon until now, and the sun was setting.
"What? I can't come?" The second deputy hall master was not polite at all. He walked in as if he knew the place well and moved a stool to sit down.
"Well, I heard you received an important mission, so I came to see you. You were sick a while ago, and I was worried about you. It would be terrible if you couldn't complete the mission."
"Fortunately Qiuhua helped me catch up on the progress, so it's not a problem." Jiang Xiang went into the house to get the cup and thermos.
"Hey, Qiuhua, how can you let my aunt pour water? Go quickly."
The second deputy hall's daughter is called Jiang Guihua. Her husband is Jiang Xiang's cousin and they are from the same branch of the family, so she is called Jiang Xiang's aunt.
She felt that she was older than Qiuhua, and Qiuhua's surname was not Jiang, but she was from outside, so she was not polite in her speech.
Qiuhua never argued with her. She felt it was unnecessary and didn't want to cause trouble for her master.
"My master always likes to do it himself. I'll go right away." Qiuhua walked to the kitchen, grabbed the thermos, and respectfully poured water for the two of them.
Taking advantage of this time, the two of them gathered in front of the embroidery frame to study it.
"Tsk, you can tell at a glance which one is embroidered by my aunt and which one is embroidered by Qiuhua."
"Okay, you have sharp eyes."
"It is, it's very bad. Let me see the bottom, maybe it has stitches on it."
Jiang Guihua squatted down and looked up. Qiuhua was a little embarrassed. Jiang Xiang silently shook her head at her, thinking that it was better to have less trouble than more.
There is an unwritten rule when doing embroidery, which is that you cannot crawl underneath to see the base of the embroidery, otherwise you will have to work for a year!
However, this is just a saying and no one believes it.
But it is a bit rash to squat down and look at the bottom of someone else's house.
"Oh, why are you still acting like a child?" The Second Deputy Dean turned to look at Jiang Xiang and apologized, "Look at her, she's so reckless."
"It doesn't matter. People say it takes a year to finish a job, and the New Year is coming soon. Isn't this perfect?"
Master really has a good temper. Qiuhua has been here for so long and has never complained about Master getting anxious or angry.
"Sister, your embroidery is so good! Well, such an important task finally needs you to do it. We can't match your craftsmanship!"
The second deputy sat down, crossed one leg over the other, the corners of his mouth turned up in a smile, but his eyes were flat.
"No, my skills are still far from being as good as mine, sister-in-law. You became a deputy hall master five years earlier than me, so you are far ahead of me.
The main reason why the hall master gave me the task is that you have work to do. If you were free, it would not be my turn.
Another thing is that it is a test for me. If the embroidery is not good enough, I will have to resign.
Please give me some pointers, sister-in-law."
Jiang Xiang sat aside and talked to her. Qiuhua didn't want to waste time, so she smiled and sat back to continue embroidering.
"I can't say I'm giving you any guidance. Although you're younger than the three of us, your skills are the most famous. They say you're the next hall master!"
Qiuhua tried to thread the needle three times but couldn't get it through.
He comes with bad intentions!
She had heard from Zhou Lanhua that the two families had a bad relationship a long time ago because of something they did in the fields. Later, they had an argument and Zhou Lanhua, like a tiger, picked up a stone and smashed it on Jiang Guihua's head.
The relationship later eased, but the thorn had already been planted, and it was difficult for the relationship to be close again.
"The Hall Master is still young. Besides, the three of you are more experienced than me. It's not my turn yet. I don't want to think about these things. What I need to consider right now is finishing this embroidery."
The second deputy nodded and picked up the cup to drink water.
Jiang Guihua watched Qiuhua thread the needle after five attempts, and curled her lips in disdain: "Qiuhua, threading a needle is a basic skill, you still need to practice. This portrait is of an important person, you have to be careful. If you don't embroider it well and then take it apart, the embroidery surface will be uneven."
Qiuhua was not convinced, but for the sake of her master's face, she had to endure it and said with a smile: "Sister is right, I will practice more. The mission is really too important, I am just nervous!"
Well, if you have something to say, just say it quickly and then leave!
"Qiuhua, although your work has been accepted into the embroidery hall, you must not slack off on your basic skills. If you don't embroider well, you will lose face for my aunt!"
"Don't worry, Qiuhua's skills are better than most young people in our village. He can be said to be one of the best. The hall master also said so."
Jiang Xiang handed her the cup with a smile, gently supporting Qiuhua, and also told Jiang Guihua: Your cooking skills are still far from good!
Now Jiang Guihua's face turned red and white, which looked very beautiful!
"It seems that you are very satisfied with this apprentice. Well, we won't disturb you anymore. You guys should hurry up and embroider so as not to lose time.
What you just said is also true, the first and third deputy halls are both very experienced, so we should still give more face to the seniors."
As she said that, she stood up and walked out with her daughter with a smile.
"Master, what are they here for today?" Qiuhua asked speechlessly.
Jiang Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, finally able to sit down quietly and do her work.
"They came here to warn me not to dream of becoming the hall master."
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