Enemies in the Red Chamber

Suzhou Embroidery is famous all over the world. Daiyu arranged for Cheng Hui and her younger brother to go on a trip with Yang Shilizhao. Apart from visiting relatives and ancient times, what they loved most was going to the old women in the embroidery village to listen to their stories.Listen to their stories about Suzhou embroidery, how those exquisite embroidery pieces changed from silk thread to art little by little, what kind of stories are contained in it, and the ordinary or painful or happy lives of those embroiderers.

When the pursuit of one thing reaches the extreme, there will always be all kinds of people or things that seem incredible at first glance but are taken for granted.Only then did Daiyu realize that someone can work hard for seven or eight years or even ten years to embroider a top-quality embroidery work, dedicating their youth, health and even their lives.

"Actually, how can we let the embroiderers be the masters? They are all orders from the masters or bosses. For the reputation of their respective embroidered villages, who cares about the life and death of the embroiderers? Their eyes are tired, their necks are tired, their hands are exhausted. It’s not enough, even the waist is not good, but who cares, as long as you can’t die, you still have to embroider with a needle. They are young in seven or eight years. Our largest embroidery village in Suzhou has a town treasure, which is the top few. It took the embroiderer 12 years to embroider it. It is [-] feet wide and [-] feet long. It is the Queen Mother's Peach Blossom Festival embroidered with the most delicate embroidery method. Bixian is lifelike. There are hundreds of immortals from all walks of life, not to mention fairies Gong'e, heavenly soldiers and generals from all walks of life, and those precious jade plates in fairy towers and pavilions. When the embroidery was first embroidered, it won the championship in several consecutive judging sessions. I have never heard of anything comparable to it, but now I don’t want to show it. The old people and the big embroidery shops all know it, and the name of the largest embroidery shop has not changed. I heard that other embroidery shops are all I want to fight hard, just seeing that there are fewer and fewer high-quality goods these years, I know there must be some shadows." The old woman who said this was recruited by Jinglian from the slums to help train and guide the embroidered women. The knuckles of the ten fingers of both hands are protruding, the bones of the crane are nothing more than the skin of the chicken, and the needle and thread can no longer be moved easily, the waist and neck can no longer be straightened, and the eyes can only see clearly with the eyes that Daiyu specially found.At the beginning, Jinglian invited her because she was rich in experience and knowledge in embroidery. The price was only for her to provide for the elderly, and when she was old, she would build a coffin.In fact, part of the reason for Jinglian back then was to pity her. She started embroidering all her life since she was a child, and she was also a famous embroidery lady in her early years.

Daiyu knew that the so-called appraisal meeting was created by the Daxiu Zhuang in Suzhou in order to compete for fame and fortune. The embroidery products exhibited at the meeting were all top-quality products.Needless to say, the needles used for embroidery are all specially made. The thinnest embroidery thread used by the smallest needle is not much thicker than ten pieces of silk twisted together. .It is not at the same level as Daiyu's embroidery shop, which only embroiders ordinary fan screens and other things.Then rely on the ranking of embroidery to determine the ranking, and then determine the tribute share for the next year, and sometimes also make the court clothes of the princes and wives. If you have the right to speak in the dragon robe and phoenix robe, then is the time when you can really gain both fame and fortune.

Yang Shili didn't understand women's work, so he asked rather strangely: "Since you want to embroider quickly, why don't you have more people together, just a few embroiderers?"

The old woman replied to him: "Those embroidery skills handed down from family can't be easily passed on to others. You have to learn things from an early age, and you have to practice them when you don't remember anything. When you buy someone, you have to look at their understanding. Not everyone It is not easy for one out of ten people to learn certain skills. How many people can be cultivated? It’s just a few people. Hey, don’t think that it’s good to be able to learn it. You can learn it for a lifetime It’s true that you don’t have to worry about food and drink, don’t expect anything else. You can only know embroidery for a lifetime, and you can’t know anything else, and you don’t even have to think about getting married. In order to maintain a woman’s aura, all she eats is spring water and vegetables. Those embroiderers I have never known what the smell of meat is. In order not to spread it, the daughter of the master’s family can’t learn it if she wants to marry, and the daughter-in-law can’t learn it if she comes in later. Except for books and paintings, those who know it are only those who know it. They are all masters and apprentices. It has been passed down from generation to generation, those who know how to teach their apprentices when their hands are not flexible, and after they have learned, they will buy a coffin and have a memorial tablet for them when they die.

Daiyu laughed and said, "It's better to be a stupid person when you say it like this."

The old woman smiled wryly, "Oh, grandma is telling a joke. If you are smart and learn well, at least you will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life. After you die, you can have a bowl of rice to eat, a whole corpse and a nest. Stupid people like us Those who can’t learn, often beat and scold when they are able to do activities, and when they can’t do it, they have to be thrown out. The good ones can survive on the little money they save, and the bad ones have all kinds of problems It won't last long at all. I have accumulated virtues in my previous life and met a lady in charge. If I came to grandma's village, I would die in the shack sooner or later and be rotted by maggots. To be honest, the person who bought it was grandma, who has the name of the Lin family in Suzhou. The head is there, and Grandma does not compete with others in this village, otherwise I would never come here again, and it would be taboo to buy people like us."

Daiyu felt pitiful when she heard it, and asked, "Is there no other way? I have worked for them all my life and ended up with such a bleak end. How could there be any people who are willing to sacrifice their lives?"

It was Yang Shili who told the truth, "There are only a few people."

The old woman nodded and said: "If you are not willing, there is no way. As the master said, you can't do anything if you don't have a few people. If you don't do the work, there are people who can do it. The boss has no loss. It's not a job that others can't replace. Only the dead are left. The selected group is only [-] or [-] people, all of whom have never remembered anything and signed a death contract. Not much. Most of them are ordinary people hired or bought like grandma here. These people live a much better life than us. Although their skills are not as good as ours, they still live a human life. Hey , I don’t know the rules that have been handed down from which life, we “useless people” can only be thrown into a back alley to live and die when they are useless, otherwise it will bring bad luck to the original owner’s family.”

"Crap?" Yang Shili repeated, frowning.

"Yeah, people like us who are singled out and can't learn it have a name called 'useless people'. When the 'useless people' are useless, they will fend for themselves. The rule passed down is that the 'useless people' live more miserable , the more people you will learn when you pick next time."

"It's ridiculous!" Daiyu said angrily.

Yang Shili said: "It's not all fallacies. If a group of people have seen other people's misery since childhood, they will naturally pay more attention when they learn it, and naturally more people will learn it." After a pause, he continued: "It's just too much. Shameless, just for the sake of a few more people in the future, many people's lives were sacrificed, and even death would not be peaceful, the person who came up with this idea is wicked enough to describe it."

But no matter how angry the two of them were, they didn't dare to act lightly. If Lin Ruhai bought one or two, no one would dare to say anything. If Lin Daiyu really dared to show kindness to these people, she would just wait to be mobbed and attacked, probably. At that time, even Lin Ruhai will not be spared.

"Perhaps, we can change the way, let alone rescue them, maybe let them live better." Yang Shili thought for a moment and said. "It's true that things like rules can't be changed. If they want to change, it's not impossible. They're asking for official articles, and as long as they ask for something, it's easy to handle. Just right, my aunt in Beijing should have a way , Leave this matter to me, at least let them have enough food and clothing so that they won’t die in peace.”

Daiyu smiled and said, "Thank you, Second Master Yang, for extending your hand to help." Then she tilted her head and smiled at him, "It can be counted as accumulating virtue for the child." After speaking, she looked at Yang Shili, motionless as if struck by lightning, pursed her lips and smiled .

When Daiyu first found out that she was pregnant, she was also in disbelief, and even a little terrified.Ever since she married Yang Shili, the events of her previous life were far away from her. Even Zou Xu couldn't make her heart turbulent anymore, but she never forgot Zou Junyue. That child was an eternal wound in her heart.His father didn't love him, and even connived at others to harm him. Not only did his mother fail to protect him well, she even committed a great crime. I don't know if it made him feel uncomfortable underground.Whether Daiyu is hypocritical or shameless, she is always afraid that the next child will be too happy to make Jun Yue feel resentful. If the child is not happy, she will feel sorry for the child. Whether it is good or not to have another child again, she It was impossible to judge for a while.Even though she knew it was unfair to Yang Shili, she kept hiding it from Yang Shili when she was not calmed down.

Until yesterday when I went to Miaoyu's place again, sleeping with Gu Shaojun in my arms and smelling the milky scent on his body, I suddenly figured it out.Jun Yue is a good boy, no matter how kind, it would be a blasphemy to him to think of him like this.The fate of the first life is over, and thinking about him will only be his burden. In the end, she is still selfish. From the bottom of her heart, she doesn't want him to have experienced reincarnation and has nothing to do with her.Son, mother is doing well in this life, and she will not let anyone hurt you again. Would you like to come and continue the relationship?Daiyu couldn't help clasping her hands together and praying to God.There is also more expectation and less anxiety about the child in her belly. No matter what, the child is always a gift from God, a treasure that cannot be found, and she should not have the slightest hesitation about this child.Fortunately, fortunately, she figured it out early.That's why I told Yang Shili today.

Yang Shili suddenly heard Daiyu say "baby", and felt the happiness in his heart rushing out suddenly, his head became confused, his ears were full of the word "baby", and he didn't know how to put his hands and feet.He stood up suddenly and wanted to get close to Daiyu, but was afraid of startling her, scratched his earlobe with his left hand, and kept laughing out of his mouth.

The people next to him had already congratulated Daiyu at this time, and when they saw Yang Shili's dumbfounded appearance, they all grinned and retreated out.Standing opposite Daiyu, Yang Shili put his hands in front of her stomach, and could only smile and say, "That's great! That's great! That's great!"

Daiyu also smiled happily, yes, that's great!

The author has something to say: It rained all day yesterday, the battery of the mobile phone was dead, the computer could not be used, and it was dark inside and outside the house.It was annoying at first, but then I lay on the bed with my legs crossed and listened to the sound of rain outside. After listening to it for a while, I fell asleep. When I woke up, the sound of the rain was still ticking, and suddenly I felt that the surroundings became quiet.It's been a long, long time since I've been so calm, it feels so good.