After the marriage, the strong beauty became rich and busy raising children

Chapter 230 Chapter 2

Everyone was able to use long and short needles quite well, and some women's needlework was even quite precise, showing that their basic skills were very solid.

However, perhaps because there was no requirement in the first stage, almost everyone did not make a color transition. The peach blossoms, leaves, buds, and branches all used only one color.

Guan Youshuang also knew that in this era, it was very rare to find someone who had not studied painting and embroidery professionally, like the lady next to the market who had superb embroidery skills and could use seven or eight shades of green for a single leaf.

As long as everyone has mastered the basic needlework, she has the confidence to teach everyone more complex embroidery techniques.

Let’s proceed to the second stage first.

Guan Youshuang said: "Everyone's works are very good. Next, we will take a 10-minute break. Everyone can go drink some water and eat something. At 11 o'clock, we will officially start the second session."

After everyone left, Guan Youshuang picked up the works again and looked at them carefully, marking a few outstanding works with a pen.

"Young frost."

She looked up and saw Wang Huiying walking towards her with her clothes in her hands.

Early this morning, Wang Huiying began to busy herself with setting up the tent and preparing materials and tools. It was not until ten o'clock that, at Guan Youshuang's insistence, she went back to rest for a while.

But she is a person who cannot sit still. Look, it’s only been half an hour and she’s here again.

"Mom, why did you come here so soon? There's nothing I can help you with right now."

"The big aunt at the end of your village just got some peaches, and I brought them to you."

As she spoke, Wang Huiying took out a handful of peaches from her lapel and placed them on the table in front of Guan Youshuang.

In her previous life, Guan Youshuang had never seen the so-called hairy peach, and it seemed that her original body did not have any memory of it either.

She took a look and felt that it looked similar to a green apricot, covered with a layer of fine white fuzz, and about the same size as an ordinary plum.

Wang Huiying picked up a peach, rubbed it on her clothes, and said, "Try it. It hasn't rained, so it's small, but it's been exposed to a lot of sun, so it's quite sweet."

"Mom, don't rub it on your clothes, it will be itchy."

"It's okay, just take a picture." Wang Huiying said as she patted her clothes.

Guan Youshuang took it and took a bite. The skin was a bit thick and hard when bitten, but the taste was really good.

At this time, Peng Xiaoling, who had just finished drinking water and eating snacks in the leisure area, came out. Seeing Wang Huiying, she smiled and said, "Auntie, are you bringing food to Youshuang again?"

"Yes, the big tits at the head of your village gave me some peaches, they taste pretty good, you can try them too."

Peng Xiaoling picked up a peach, rubbed it casually on the upper of her shoe and it made a "crunch".

"It's really good, Auntie," Peng Xiaoling joked as she ate, "You are too partial. Why don't you send some to Chunyan? You only remember your little wife."

"What's the matter with partiality? It's all the same. Where's Chunyan? Is she still in there?"

Wang Huiying pointed to the workshop.

"See, I told you that you were biased, but you didn't believe me. Chunyan wasn't feeling well today and didn't come."

Wang Huiying frowned: "Are you feeling unwell? You were fine yesterday."

"I went to call her this morning and she said she wasn't feeling well, so I came here on my own."

Guan Youshuang said, "Mom, why don't you go see my sister-in-law first? If she has a fever, I have some antipyretic medicine in my drawer. You can get it for my sister-in-law. I'll go see her when I'm done."

At this moment, Yuanyuan and a few other kids were playing and passing by the embroidery factory.

"Yuanyuan." Wang Huiying shouted.

"What's the matter, grandma?"

"Does your mother have a cold?"

Yuanyuan acted as if she didn't hear anything and continued to laugh with Gu Shengfan and the others.

"Xiao Fan." Peng Xiaoling scolded.

The children quieted down.

"Yuanyuan, come here." Wang Huiying said again.

Yuanyuan walked over, and Wang Huiying continued to ask: "Does your mother have a cold?"

Yuanyuan shook his head and said, "No."

"So what is she doing?"

"When I went out, she sat on the kang and made shoes for me."

At this time, it was almost eleven o'clock, and the other women came out one after another, wiping their mouths.

Some are even eating.

When they saw Wang Huiying, they surrounded her again and flattered her in various ways.

Half of the women who came this time were about the same age as Wang Huiying. Their sons and daughters-in-law worked away from home, and they were taking care of their grandchildren at home.

The other half are young people like Peng Xiaoling. They either don’t have a mother-in-law or don’t get along with her, so they raise their children at home by themselves.

Guan Youshuang said, "Mom, I have to be busy here."

"Okay, I'll go back first. What do you want to eat for lunch?"

"It's all right, Mom. I ate a lot this morning, so I'm not hungry."

After Wang Huiying left, these women began to flatter her in various ways, saying that Guan Youshuang was lucky to have a good mother-in-law, or that Wang Huiying was lucky to have a capable daughter-in-law.

Guan Youshuang waved her hand and said, "Okay, time is almost up, let's move on to the second stage. This stage is a free innovation competition. Everyone can use their creativity to embroider a piece that they are most satisfied with. The time limit is one hour. After the completion, I will score the work based on its creativity, needlework, color matching, etc."

“Can I embroider anything?”

“Are there any requirements for the size of the embroidery?”

“What if I can’t finish the embroidery in an hour?”

"If I score low, I won't be able to enter the embroidery factory?"

Everyone started asking questions at once.

Guan Youshuang patiently answered the questions one by one. She said: "There is no requirement for the size of the work. It's just that due to time constraints, we have prepared 10-centimeter embroidery frames this time. If you want to embroider a larger work, you can only embroider a part of it. I mainly want to see your creative needlework and understanding of color, and of course composition."

"Yes, do you want to draw the picture yourself?" a woman asked.

“You can draw it or not, it’s up to you.”

Guan Youshuang knows that due to limited conditions, many people in rural areas do not actually draw detailed pictures before embroidery.

They have two ways of dealing with it. The first is to take a piece of loess and draw a rough outline on the old coarse cloth. The second is to draw the pattern on paper, then cut the paper, sew it on the cloth, and then embroider it.

Of course, there are some people who are so good at embroidery that they don’t need to draw pictures at all. They can embroider as long as they have an outline in their minds.

For formal embroidery, composition and subsequent rubbing are essential.

Today, she has also prepared a complete set of rubbing tools for everyone.

She opened a tool box and said, "There are various tools in this tool box. Feel free to try them out. I will show you how to use the drawing tools. Let's first see how to print the picture on paper onto the cloth."

Guan Youshuang picked up a piece of cloth and was about to demonstrate.

"Oh my, Youshuang, I finally found you."

At the gate of the embroidery factory, a fat woman covered in sweat appeared, followed by a young girl of similar build.

Everyone looked towards them.