Chapter 13: Carved Silk (II)
Carved silk is also called silk, kesi, kesi, before there is weaving, embroidery, weaving is to weave all the text patterns and the ground at the same time, carved silk and embroidery is first made into the ground, and then make the text pattern, the difference is that the ground is called embroidery, and after weaving, it is called carving. The workmanship is more complex and the effect is better.
"The mountains and rivers are far and near, the pavilion has a deep body, the characters have a vivid feeling, the flowers and birds are very good, the best is better than the painting, and the ten fingers of the spring breeze are so far?"
I don't know what generation this craft came from, after entering Dacheng after the Song Dynasty, and then the Yuan and Ming dynasties were far behind, only the craftsmanship of the Qing Dynasty caught up, but it was more luxurious, less elegant.
Earlier, it was a tribute, but later the royal demand was large, so as a result, excellent weaver girls were hired to enter the emperor directly, and embroidery or engraving silk was carried out in the engraving and embroidery. The carved silk products circulating in the market are of mixed quality and very expensive.
And also went in the wrong direction.
For example, in my own store, I saw a few carved silk products, which were engraved on clothes, which was very labor-intensive, and a weaver girl only carved one piece of clothing a year. Zheng Lang deliberately took a look at it, but he was very disappointed, even his small collection couldn't look at these works. But it's no wonder that there are very few good carved silk products, and even if they do, they are not what the Zheng family can get their hands on now.
However, it is not the most critical.
Carved silk products are not only expensive, but also have an elegant aspect, they are works of art, not to be worn as clothes. Just like the future generations have money, if you use millions of yuan, the Ming Dynasty Wanli black lacquer depiction of the golden dragon and phoenix pattern pen to practice calligraphy, what will other people think?
Its main role is to use it to raise calligraphy and paintings, which complement each other and highlight its value.
The process is also going in the wrong direction, I don't know what process in the royal family, but the process in the workshop, a woman and a weaving, a waste of speed and man-hours, generally large-scale carved silk, are many women collaborative silk weaving, division of labor and cooperation, can be completed.
But another question came to mind, and I was depressed. It's not a weaver girl, it's easier to invite a weaver girl, as long as you can afford the price, Dingzhou's small machine engraving silk process is very mature, and you can also invite a weaver girl with good craftsmanship. It's really not good, with the knowledge I remember later, and the hard drive in my head, I can still click one or two.
Not to make money, every year the store launches more than a dozen high-end carved silk, which can improve the grade of the store.
However, where to invite calligraphy and painting?
Is it possible that I still have to practice painting?
Countless thoughts flipped through my mind, this line of work, knowing that the store was about to earn. If the business is normal, there is still a yearly income of 3,000 yuan, which is not considered a rich man in Zhengzhou, but it is enough for him to live a petty bourgeois life.
TV cars about don't think about it, but this kind of life also seems to be good. Either buy some hard bristles another day, and then use a piece of bamboo to make an earthen toothbrush, and then make the current tooth powder made of gastrodia, root, fine spice, agarwood, and cold water stone into foam, then you can also brush your teeth.
The rest will be over, and after a few years of hard work, the exam will be solved, with fame, and no one dares to underestimate themselves. Doesn't it seem like the life you want?
Of course, the ten-year agreement was a bit oppressive.
Do you want to learn painting from now on, you still have some painting skills in the past, and then study it seriously, and synthesize some painting methods in later generations, you may not be able to become a small family, but you can also do it. But in this way, will it be distracted?
Thinking all the way, the ox cart arrived in front of his house.
Several mothers all came out, very worried.
The eldest lady asked with concern: "Uncle Song, didn't there be any conflict with Shopkeeper Liu?" ”
"No, God, auntie." Si'er smiled happily and hurriedly replied. Then tell what happened and tell it in one go.
"Oh, why are they so black-hearted." Several of the women cried out together. More than 6,000 yuan is not a small amount in that family, but in fact, if you really investigate it, if you meet an official who enforces the law strictly, all four of them can be sentenced to death. The lawsuit went to the capital, but it was useless, and the amount of greedy ink was too large.
"That's good, Lang'er handled it very right, and he was forgiving and forgiving." The eldest lady stroked her chest and said.
"Auntie, at this point, the father is also at fault, and the child is even more at fault. There is no distinction between good and evil in people's hearts, and they handle a lot of money every day, and their father is loose in control, and his courage is growing day by day. In addition, my father died early, and when I saw the orphans and widows in my family, I thought that the child was not angry and bolder. They were spared, but the store must send two new shopkeepers over, not afraid of waste, otherwise there will be another incident next year. When the time comes, my family has a good heart, but it will make people think that they are weak and can be bullied. ”
"Auntie, Xiaolang's words are reasonable," Uncle Song was convinced this time, and he was almost to the point of worshipping his little master. Who said that my little master is a loser, see which family can be as smart as my little master?
The eldest lady is still hesitating.
"Auntie, you can't have the heart to hurt people, and you can't have the heart to prevent people." Zheng Lang said.
"Eldest sister, just listen to Lang'er's words, look at these evil things, if Lang'er wasn't smart, in two or three years, we would be able to sell our store."
"How can we wait until two or three years, if we swallow our anger this year, next year the store will be sold out. It's not going to give us two or three years. Zheng Lang smiled bitterly. It's not like this hasn't happened before.
The object of the incident, the master's family seems to be in decline, and as a result, the evil slave has taken away the remaining property. Even the government can't figure it out, in other words, the law is the law, no matter what era, how many clean officials can there be who enforce the law fairly?
Siniang looked at her biological son suspiciously, and asked in a low voice: "Lang'er, when will you learn to settle accounts?" ”
For the people of the Song Dynasty, accounting is also a technical work, and all kinds of arithmetic scriptures and meanings are not included in the scientific research project, but in addition to Taixue, there are also arithmetic and law, medicine, martial arts, calligraphy, painting and Taoism, which are regarded as important specialties and cultivate special talents for the country.
"Niangniang, didn't Emperor Zhenzong write a poem, rich families don't need to buy good land, there are thousands of millets in the book. There is no need to erect tall buildings to live in peace, and there is a golden house in the book. Don't hate unscrupulous matchmakers when marrying a wife, there is Yan Ruyu in the book. Don't hate to go out with no one, there are many cars and horses in the book. The boy wants to fulfill his life's aspirations, and reads the Pentateuch to the window. ”
But in my heart, I was saying that this poem caused many people to read it as nerds.
Siniang doesn't understand, and she can't recognize a few big words. prevaricated, after all, she was the real biological mother, and a smile finally bloomed on her face.
But the matter is important, Zheng Lang said: "Auntie, you go to your uncle's house, let your uncle and them hire two reliable people, if the store is not supervised, the child is not very relieved." ”
The eldest lady is an unassertive person, so she said so, so she had to nod in agreement. After packing her luggage and preparing to go back to her parents' house, Zheng Lang pulled her back and said, "Auntie, wait a minute." ”
The New Year's Day is coming, and every family is preparing New Year's goods, and there is also one thing, peach charm. Originally, it was engraved on the peach seal with the gods and the two gods of Yulei, and later the Shu Kingdom wrote couplets on the peach board, which gradually spread, and replaced the door gods with spring words. But he didn't use red paper, but still used a thin wooden board, which could be as long as two or three feet, four or five inches large, and wrote the spring words, took down the old peach charm, and replaced it with a new peach charm.
Zheng Lang took out a peach talisman board and wrote a line of words with a brush:
The embankment is smoky, and a pair of cut swallows are about to return.
Uncle is also a mover, he has not taken the provincial examination many times, and later became discouraged, but he usually likes to be flirtatious. Therefore, it is very meaningful to write this uplink.
The aunt doesn't understand, she knows a few words, and the meaning is about to be understood, it's going to rain, and the willow forest on the river embankment is covered with a rain smoke, but the rain is not very good, and a pair of scissors and swallows are stepping on the breath of spring and flying back. It's a very fresh picture. Seeing that his son finished writing the last sentence, he began to wash the pen with a pen, and couldn't help but ask strangely: "What about the next sentence?" ”
"Auntie, the above sentence is enough, my uncle will definitely like it."
PS: Everyone, if there is a next sentence, please come out, there is a reward.
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