Those days of being the fourth master's outer room

Chapter 52

Seeing that the master's mood seems to be getting better, Siyue said timidly, "It looks good, but it's not as good as the picture drawn by the master."

Yaru glanced at Siyue, "A sycophant."

Seeing that the master was still joking, Siyue showed that she was in a good mood, and hurriedly said, "What the servant girl said is true, these embroidery patterns are really not as beautiful as the master's paintings, and they don't have the atmosphere of the master." This is Siyue's sincere words. For a while, I saw my master standing in front of the desk and drawing embroidery samples all night with that ugly wooden stick. I had seen Yaru's meticulous design, so I didn't think the common flowers and plants in the embroidery village were beautiful.

After being praised by Siyue, Yaru felt much more at ease.He called a guy and said, "Xiao Er, call your supervisor, I have a business here and want to talk to him."

The clerk looked up at the charming woman in front of him, who was dressed in a servant's clothes but the fabrics and embroidery were quite high-end, so he nodded and bowed and replied, "Okay, the servant will ask us to take care of things."

Yaru was discussing embroidery with Siyue with a calm face, but only he knew the anxiety in his heart, and the key to success or failure was to do it again. When Yaru was guessing wildly in his mind, a loud voice came from behind the screen "Who wants to discuss business with this old man?" As soon as the words finished, an old man with a stooped figure and a ruddy complexion appeared beside the screen.

Yaru and Siyue hurriedly got up and made a lady's salute, "Slave Luo Shi, I have something to talk to the manager about."

The steward clasped his fists and replied, "The old man's surname is Li, so you can call me Li Guanshi. I don't know if you have anything to see the old man?"

Yaru smiled and said nothing, and after Guanshi Li sat down, he took a piece of paper from Siyue and handed it to him, "Guan Li has a look at this picture first, and we can discuss it later."

Li Guanshi looked at Luo Shi's inscrutable face, took the paper and looked down, and then looked at it carefully with a solemn expression, but was greatly surprised in his heart.

It turned out that a picture of golden lotus and nine fish was drawn on this piece of paper.The whole picture is resplendent and magnificent, with fields of deep golden lotus leaves on a black background, and white and golden lotus flowers scattered in the gaps between the lotus leaves.Nine red and gold koi wander among the lotus flowers.

The picture is delicate and realistic, the koi is lively and the lotus is graceful.The composition is ingenious and the style is atmospheric.

Li Guanshi looked at the drawing, but he was thinking about the interests behind the drawing.After seeing it, he raised his head, and saw Luo Shi drinking tea calmly, speculating about the other party's intentions in his heart.

"Your picture is not bad, but I don't know what kind of charter your so-called cooperation is." Manager Li asked with a smile.

"How much does Guanshi Li think this picture is worth?" Yaru asked calmly.

"Although this picture is beautiful, it is too troublesome to embroider it. Besides, not everyone can use the gold color. I don't know what is the allusion to the picture?" Li Guanshi said with a headache.

"Guan Li was joking. In the big city of Beijing, you can use more golden ones. This kind of large-scale embroidery is usually embroidered into screens or hanging on walls. I believe many people will like it. If you buy it back, you can’t use it yourself. You can give it to someone who can use it!" Yaru also pointed out, isn't it the same way to give gifts to people?Moreover, a pair of screens can be sent to the hearts of the nobles, and it is also full of new ideas.Many people like it.

"The number nine of nine fish in this picture means long and long, and the fish chooses everything to be happy, and there are also carp jumping over the dragon gate to say only. Nine fish playing in the water also have the meaning of good luck. "Nine Fish Picture" comes from There are nine characters of "such as" in the poem "Shi Xiaoya Tianbao", "like a mountain, like a mound, like a hill, like a mausoleum, like the arrival of a river, like the constant moon, like the rising of the sun, like the longevity of Nanshan, like the The luxuriance of pines and cypresses.' They all imply auspicious and wishful things, so Jiuru is the highest state of blessing to others, Jiuru is a homonym for nine fish, and golden lotus and nine fish are the most noble blessings for people. I don’t know what this means?" Ya Ru explained.

(End of this chapter)