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Chapter 52: Poor craftsmanship
Just tell me clearly that you will read it.

Yi Chichi,...If you say it like this, you can't continue the conversation.

"Auntie, I really don't know how to treat a doctor!"

She had no choice but to explain under Aunt Ma's suspicious eyes, "Aunt Wen's situation is similar to that of an elder like me. She has experience."

The implication is that if you have no other experience, don't count on her.

Aunt Ma blurted out, "In other words, you blind cat met a dead mouse."

This metaphor is simply perfect.

Yi Chichi was embarrassed, "You can say that if you want."

"Why don't you study hard?"

"Study medicine and gain talent."

How many Chinese medicine families have no successors, so are they unwilling to learn?
There are reasons for this, but more of it is a lack of talent.

For example, her uncle and several uncles and aunts in her grandfather's family were all as talentless as her.

Even her father, the person with the most outstanding medical talent in the Yi family, his medical skills are not traditional Chinese medicine, but Western medicine.

TCM diagnosis varies from person to person. Different symptoms require different treatment methods, and the same goes for medicines.

Treatment methods and prescriptions must also be adjusted at any time according to the patient's physical condition.

Sighing, she said, "If I could, I would also like to learn, but I can't."

"Then what did you learn?"

"embroidery!"

When she mentioned her specialized skills, she looked proud, "I am talented in embroidery."

Aunt Ma's eyes lit up, "Can you embroider a wedding dress?"

"meeting."

This is true.

There was once a boss who wanted to marry his daughter, and he asked her father to help her hand-make a set of phoenix crowns.

The commission was very generous, even though she had never been short of money since she was a child, she was still fascinated by it.

later……

That set of phoenix crowns and harems was collected by a museum because the restoration was too high and the embroidery was too delicate.

Before that, several of her works had entered the National Museum and the Provincial Museum.

Now, looking at her hands, she sighed, "It's not suitable."

"suitable!"

Aunt Ma's words were answered smoothly, and Yi Chichi said, "What's the right place?"

"I can embroider clothes for the newlyweds."

"No one is getting married here."

"So, you can also make clothes?"

"meeting."

Aunt Ma slapped her thigh and said, "I'll give you a job, but you can't do it?"

"What kind of work?"

"My eldest nephew is getting married and wants a beautiful dress. Now I am looking for a skilled craftsman to make her clothes."

Yi Chichi thought she could take on the job, but she was afraid that Aunt Ma's eldest niece wouldn't be happy for her to do it.

In the end, Aunt Ma told her not to worry and she would go talk.

The premise is that she can embroider a flower for her to see.

This is not a problem, but——

"I have to go to the county to buy colored thread first."

Embroidery requires richer colors, but unfortunately, she doesn't have them now.

"Just wait, I'll get it for you."

Before she finished speaking, Aunt Ma stood up and ran out.

By the time Yi Chi finally reacted, she had already run out.

This mobility and speed left her speechless.

After about ten minutes, Aunt Ma came with a sewing basket, which contained not only white cotton, but also threads of various colors, scissors, thimbles, shoe soles, etc. Besides, she didn't come alone.

Aunt Niu and the others are also here, each with a sewing basket, and they are all making shoe uppers with phyllo soles.

A group of women doing needlework gathered together, and besides gossiping, they could only exchange skills.

Most women in this era are multi-functional athletes. They can work in the fields, cook in the kitchen, give birth to babies on the kang, and make shoes and clothes off the kang.

Embroidering insoles is also one of the essential skills.

Unlike people like Yi Chichi who have received professional training, Aunt Ma's embroidery skills are wild.

The embroidered patterns are dull and dull, with too much craftsmanship.

But it’s hard to say clearly.

Therefore, when Aunt Niu's daughter-in-law Yu Qingqing showed off her insoles to her, Yi Chichi could only brag without conscience, "The embroidery is very good."

"What did you embroider?"

After being praised, Yu Qingqing showed embarrassment and wanted to see her embroidery.

Yi Chichi was arranging threads and said without raising his head when he heard the sound, "I haven't embroidered it yet."

"Then hurry up and embroider. I'll see how you do it, and maybe I can teach you."

"……it is good."

Due to the limitations of fabrics and threads, Yi has not yet prepared to engage in high-quality products such as double-sided embroidery. Instead, he plans to try Baoying Embroidery first.

Baoying embroidery is characterized by rich colors and strong three-dimensionality. The stitching method uses random stitches. The embroidery thread does not need to be split, and can be a straight line.

She doesn't need to draw patterns either, she can just compose them in her mind.

Since the ointment was made, Yi Chichi has had his hands take care of him every day. He is still more than ten cans of ointment away from returning to the level of his native world, but compared with his previous hands that were full of calluses, his hands are much softer and more delicate now. .

The flexibility of my fingers has also been improved.

So, Yu Qingqing and the others watched her slender fingers holding the needle and flying up and down on the cotton cloth flexibly.

Stitch……

"Yi Zhiqing, what are you doing?"

Yu Qingqing, who originally wanted to see if her technique was correct, became more and more confused as she looked at it. She had never seen anyone perform acupuncture like this. It was so messy that it was hard to see.

"Embroidery."

Yi Chichi kept moving his hands, and intersecting but chaotic lines gradually appeared on the cotton cloth, making Yu Qingqing and the others want to spit out blood.

Aunt Niu even complained to Aunt Ma, "With her unorganized craftsmanship, how dare you let her make a wedding dress for your niece?"

Aunt Ma also felt that she had spoken too early, "I asked her if she knew it, and she said she could. She was very confident. I thought she was very good at her craftsmanship, but I never thought..."

Shaking her head, she sighed, "Girl Yi, your skills are not good."

"It's too late for you to say no after I finish the embroidery."

Yi Chichi is very calm. She has just started embroidering. If she is still said to be unskilled after embroidering, she can change her career.

Seeing her confidence, Aunt Ma and the others looked at each other.

"How about we take a look again?"

She tentatively suggested, and Aunt Niu and the others nodded and said yes. Anyway, they were not embroidering it for their eldest niece, who they loved.

Time passed by, and Yu Qingqing, who had a strong desire to teach her needlework, stopped even embroidering her own insoles and focused on watching her every move.

Then--

"what?"

Her eyes suddenly widened as she looked at the red petals appearing on the cotton cloth, "No, isn't this randomly embroidered? Why does a petal appear?"

"What?"

After hearing her words, Aunt Ma and the others stopped caring about gossip and stopped their sewing work to come over and watch.

No one said a word.

The same question mark appeared on his face.

It’s a bit magical. Before, it looked like chaotic long and short lines, but now there are petals...

No, look again.

As a result, the petals appeared one after another.

Next comes the stamens, then the green leaves.

(End of this chapter)