After a while, Qing Weilai came over, and Tang Shiyue explained the method to him in detail and sent him to write.
Meng Yiqiu smiled and said, "Just now, A Yue refused to ask me for help, and I felt a little uncomfortable. Now that A Yue is talking about the method without telling me, I feel comfortable again."
Just the right amount of complaints, playful coquetry, and firmly walking the line between ambiguity and frankness.
This guy is really good at teasing.
After saying this, he smiled and changed the subject: "Speaking of which, the weather over at Anlan Pass is very humid..."
Meng Yiqiu stayed at Tang's house for the whole afternoon, following her around with a smile on his face. He would tactfully leave her when she was busy, and would come up to her at the right time when she was free. His humble attitude was so submissive that even Tang Shirong, who was in a state of crazy cramming, could not help but stare at him sideways.
He didn't get up and leave until Tang Shiyue fell asleep.
The next day, just after breakfast, the servant Aqi came over with a few embroiderers.
After asking a few questions, Meng Yiqiu wanted to come over to find Tang Shiyue, but Tang Shiyue and Qing Weiliao were busy packing things to send to Huo Qijing, so they had no time to pay attention to him and directly called Xia Yuhui over.
Then Xia Yuhui called Qiao Sangyu, and the two of them borrowed a hall in the martial arts hall to entertain guests and invited several embroiderers to sit down.
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In fact, there was no result achieved on the part of the embroiderer Meng.
After all, the embroiderers were all very skilled and famous, and they were not convinced of each other. No one stepped forward to take charge of the situation, and there was only one short robe for the experiment, so except for Hong Shizhu who only talked but did not do anything, the others argued with each other, embroidered a few stitches, and there was no overall effect.
Qiao Sangyu is also an embroiderer. After Tang Shiyue proposed this idea, she tried embroidering with her several times. Since then, she has been studying this embroidered sweater.
She took out a few samples.
Some have patterns embroidered on the collar, lapels and cuffs, while others have a whole piece of flowers embroidered using traditional embroidery methods and then sewn on. Compared with ordinary sweaters, these are more gorgeous and exquisite, with a distinctive style and not at all rough.
Meng Yiqiu was a little surprised when he saw it.
It was hard to imagine before I saw the finished product, but once I saw it, I was immediately enlightened.
He is a businessman and is more concerned about "how to sell" rather than "how to embroider". He only knows that someone will definitely buy this kind of sweater!
The embroiderer surnamed Lin also nodded, and quickly took it over to take a closer look, while saying to the person next to her: "That's it, I said yesterday that we should embroider it first and then sew it, so that after we peel off the cloth, we won't be able to see the lining! At first glance, it still has some flavor of Chao embroidery."
"Yes," Qiao Sangyu said with a smile, "but there are many patterns that cannot be embroidered this way, and we have to think about how to match them with the clothes. My master and I went through a lot before we picked out a few suitable patterns."
Lin Xiu Niang nodded repeatedly: "The flowers must be embroidered fully, and the branches and vines cannot be too thin..."
The two of them began to discuss the matter, and the other embroiderers also passed the sweaters around and talked about them in low voices.
Hong Shizhu took a few glances and frowned, saying, "This kind of thing really can't be called 'embroidery'. I'm afraid even a vulgar woman who has never learned embroidery skills can embroider it. If we put it up in our embroidery shop to sell, it will really be a laughing stock."
Qiao Sangyu showed her the patched piece and said, "If this embroiderer feels it's inappropriate, you can embroider this one."
Hong Shizhu looked at her with disdain and refused to respond: "This flower embroidery only uses two needle techniques, it's really rough, and the embroidery of flowers and birds requires the appropriate shades, clear silk lines, and neat stitches. This is a mess, and you call it embroidery?"
She glanced at her from under her eyelashes: "Who embroidered this?"
Qiao Sangyu said: "I embroidered it."
Hong Shizhu smiled faintly: "Sure enough." She glanced at her lightly, raised the corners of her mouth, and stopped talking.
Qiao Sangyu frowned, ignored her and continued talking to Lin Xiu Niang.
Lady Lin Xiu Niang looked to be about thirty years old, and her eyesight did not look very good. She squinted and said, "These few stitches, seen from a distance, are actually very beautiful."
She was pointing to a wool-embroidered sweater with only a single flower embroidered on the side lapel. From a distance, the flower seemed to be floating on the sweater, and was very eye-catching.
Another embroiderer said, "I think it would be more unique if we embroider along the edge..."
Another person said, "I think this one with only the sleeves embroidered is very beautiful."
Hong Shizhu listened and sighed, shaking her head. "You have learned embroidery for decades, but you are not as good as me who has only learned it for more than ten years? You are from the countryside and don't know embroidery. It's ok to use this kind of things to fool people, but you old masters, why do you have to flatter them? Our Meng family sells to young ladies, rich ladies, and all of them are excellent embroidery skills. This kind of thing..." She snorted, "Who would buy it? It's so embarrassing!"
Qiao Sangyu was a little annoyed: "Embroiderer, even if you don't like it, don't stop us from discussing it."
Hong Shizhu said: "I'm just telling you, this won't work."
Qiao Sangyu asked, "Then what do you think will happen?"
"None of these will work!" Hong Shizhu said arrogantly, "Don't tell me anything else. Just tell me about this dress." She picked up the dress with one finger and asked with a squint, "How long did it take you to embroider it?"
Qiao Sangyu said angrily, "This is a trial embroidery, which is different from the previous embroidery."
"Don't make it complicated," Hong Shizhu said, "Just tell me how long it took you to embroider. Was it an hour?"
Qiao Sangyu was silent. Hong Shizhu threw the clothes lightly and wiped her fingers with a handkerchief. "Do you know how long it took me to embroider a peony painting? It took me two whole years! And you only took half an hour to embroider a piece of clothing. Who are you fooling? If you don't know how to embroider, don't touch the embroidery needle! Otherwise, you will be laughed at!"
Xia Yuhui and Meng Yiqiu were grown men after all. They were drinking tea and waiting nearby. Seeing the women quarreling more and more, Xia Yuhui frowned and stood up and said, "This embroiderer is really arrogant. I guess her embroidery skills are outstanding, but..."
Hong Shizhu interrupted him: "I don't dare to claim that my embroidery skills are outstanding, I just have some reputation, but I dare to comment on such embroidery..."
Xia Yuhui frowned: "Ms. Embroiderer, we didn't invite you here to comment on the embroidery. Our Yuefang is negotiating business with the Meng family, but you are criticizing Yuefang's products. Why?"
Hong Shizhu's eyes widened. "I just don't want to call something so vulgar and taint the eyes of the public and the name of the Meng family!"
Xia Yuhui's face darkened, and he was about to speak, but suddenly he heard someone clapping twice. Xia Yuhui turned around and saw Tang Shiyue slowly coming in from the door. He sneered and said, "Great, great! Really passionate..."
She walked to the table and turned to look at Meng Yiqiu: "So, you are here to mess things up?"
What he said... Meng Yiqiu thought to himself that something was wrong and quickly stood up.
Qiao Sangyu and Xia Yuhui knew that she was angry. They didn't dare to breathe and quickly stood up and stood behind her.
Tang Shiyue sat down and said coldly, "So your Meng family came to us and wanted to cooperate with Yuefang, but in the end, you still think our products have tarnished your reputation? Haha... You should have said it earlier! I don't need a partner like the Meng family? If the negotiations fail, just leave. Don't you find it troublesome to say so much?"
She was not threatening him, she really didn't want to cooperate with Meng's anymore, it was annoying!
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