Chapter 105: Breaking the Line

On the day Shi Qing officially became a disciple, Zhang Mingquan held a very formal disciple banquet. He did not invite outsiders, but the ceremony was very ritual and came completely according to the ancient method. This day coincided with Zhang Mingquan's birthday, and he didn't like to make everyone happy.

It is known that they got a bunch of unfamiliar people and made a good birthday party like business and social, so they refused to let them do it in a big way, so they merged directly with this apprentice banquet.

Zhang Mingquan is old and is celebrating his birthday again. Shi Qing bowed directly to him, which scared Zhang Mingquan so much that he quickly reached out to help him: "It's not possible."

But Shi Qing kowtowed to him very persistently.

"Xiaoxiu goes and help your junior brother up!"

As a result, Pu Xiuxiu, who was standing beside him, looked at Shi Qing with a smile and kowtowed three times, and then he also knelt down.

"My teacher is here, Embroidery and Embroidery wishes you a birthday! I wish you a blessing like the East Sea and a long life like the South Mountain!"

"You girl..."

The two kowtowed to the master to celebrate their birthday according to the ancient method. Zhang Mingquan also sent a big red envelope to them. Everyone laughed and joked that they had to kowtow, so that Mr. Zhang would send red envelopes one by one.

But everyone was joking, and in the end there was only one person who actually knelt down with Pu Xiuxiu.

This time, Zhang Mingquan was really shocked: "Xiaoxiu quickly help Chunqiu up!"

Pu Xiuxiu smiled and said, "I kowtowed you all. If he doesn't kowtow one, he will still think you don't treat him as his own."

Jiang Chunyu recommended Shi Qing as a partner of Zhang Mingquan. Of course, Zhang Mingquan himself did not need to use Xiu Chunguang's platform to develop, but his apprentices needed it, so for these children, he accepted the olive branch thrown by Jiang Chunyu without hesitation.

So he always regarded Jiang Chunyu as a partner, and the partner kowtowed to himself. This matter is inappropriate no matter how you look at it.

But he forgot that if Jiang Chunqian was just a partner today, he would not be likely to appear at today's "family banquet". It is obvious that he attended today as Pu Xiuxiu's family.

After reacting, Zhang Mingquan stopped refusing and was kowtowed by him.

After Jiang Chunqiu kowtowed, he happily waited for the red envelope. After Zhang Mingquan handed it to him, he took it with both hands, with a smile on the corners of his eyes and eyebrows: "Thank you, Master!"

Several of Pu Xiuxiu's senior brothers smiled aside: "Chun Yu is here to ask us!"

So everyone lined up to kowtow to the master to celebrate his birthday. Zhang Mingquan was so happy that the red envelopes became more and more vigorous. Jiang Chunqiu joined in the fun and went to kowtow for the second round, and took the red envelopes and stuffed them all into Pu Xiuxiu's arms.

In such a good atmosphere, Shi Qing joked with him: "Senior sister is really good at controlling her husband. Will her brother-in-law hand over the finance department so quickly?"

Jiang Chunqian said aggrievedly: "I give it to her, but she still refuses to ask for it."

When he said this, Pu Xiuxiu stuffed the whole red envelope back to him. When he heard this, he stopped when he heard it.

Jiang Chunqian took the opportunity to stuff the red envelope back: "You just keep it."

"Just give me these red envelopes?" Pu Xiuxiu asked deliberately, "They hand over the finances, but they all have their salary cards."

Unexpectedly, Jiang Chunyi's eyes lit up suddenly, and he immediately took out a bank card from his wallet and handed it over: "Okay, okay, this is my salary card, and the password is Ya's birthday!"

"..." It's not you.

Jiang Chunqiu really took advantage of such a good atmosphere and stuffed his salary card into Pu Xiuxiu's arms: "If you don't want to accept it, you won't treat me as your boyfriend!"

The problem is that even if you get married, not every family has to pay a salary card.

Pu Xiuxiu was speechless by him.

The apprenticeship ceremony was held early in the morning. After everyone celebrated their birthday, they returned Zhang Mingquan to his relatives in the afternoon. The apprentices continued to perform their respective duties and had a lot of work to do.

On the first day of Shi Qing's appointment as a disciple, the most important task was to get a good relationship with his seniors. Zhang Mingquan told him to see how Pu Xiuxiu taught people, so he followed Pu Xiuxiu to Xiangxiu.

Originally, there was no course arrangement today, but Zhang Mingquan explained that Pu Xiuxiu temporarily pulled Yin Yuan over and added another class.

Xiangxi embroidery craftsman splitting thread is a special skill. The characteristics of modern Hunan embroidery embroidery are inseparable from the invention of splitting thread skills and the increasing progress of splitting skills.

"If you split the thread with your finger like this, you can split the thread to 2, 4, 8, or even 16, as thin as a hair," Pu Xiuxiu demonstrated how to split the thread, "After the thread is split, thousands of threads are thousands of threads are ten thousand. The difference is not distinguished, but after embroidering the texture, is it particularly eye-catching when viewed from the reflection?"

Chen Yue brought the finished embroidery product to show them.

When Yin Yuan and Shi Qing lowered their heads to observe the finished embroidery, Pu Xiuxiu continued: "Whether it is landscape, flowers and birds, or the shape of the characters, the artistic conception is subtle and has a special artistic effect."

These are relatively basic knowledge for Shi Qing. Although he has not become a disciple, he has to learn something by himself. He has checked a lot of information and watched a lot of videos. He has already known the thread splitting long ago.

Pu Xiuxiu said: "Shi Qing, come and demonstrate it."

So Shi Qing went straight on.

"The first step is to clean up the velvet thread, straighten it, tie a slip knot in the middle, and use your left hand to tighten the left end of the thread and hold the right hand."

Shi Qing completed the first step according to what Pu Xiuxiu said.

"The second step is to loosen the thread body and use the little finger of the right hand to push it away from the thread seam, which means to divide it directly into two halves."

"The third step is to use the thumb and index finger of your right hand to stretch it out, so that it will split into two."

Shi Qing learned from one example and repeated this action several times, demonstrating the degree of splitting lines to 4 opens, 8 opens, and 16 opens.

The thread he split out was thinner than his hair, and it turned out to be like a slight ray.

An embroiderer as skilled as him, the thread-cutting movements are very fast, and they are in a proper and orderly manner.

Then Pu Xiuxiu made this move again at a slow speed, allowing Yin Yuan to see more clearly: "When splitting the line, you must master the number of openings of the line, keep it consistent, and avoid uneven thickness."

"Using the changes in the embroidery needle method, the refraction emitted by the silk thread has different characteristics and produces corresponding color effects," Pu Xiuxiu took the finished embroidery product from Chen Yue's hand and showed it to them in various angles. The refractive light reflected by the needle and thread is stronger than the inherent light; the refractive light reflected by the horizontal needle and thread is darker than the inherent light; the refractive light reflected by the oblique needle and thread is close to the inherent light; the refractive light reflected by the floating needle and thread is evenly refractive, and the performance is relatively rich."

Shi Qing didn't know much about the particularity of acupuncture. He studied all his embroidery by himself. How can embroidery achieve the effect he wanted in his heart? But this process is often repeated, such as he must embroider it. After that, I realized that it was not possible, and then I took it apart and re-embroidered it.

"Xiang embroidery is a perfect unity of painting art and embroidery art. It is an artwork that relies on the portrayal of needles and threads to express the appearance of objects. Embroidery and needlework are the life of Hunan embroidery. If you are not good at using various colors, threads and needlework, you will not

It is possible to embroider excellent works.”

Pu Xiuxiu asked: "I'm going to continue to talk about acupuncture. Do you still want to listen? Do you want to take a break?"

Yin Yuan and Shi Qing answered in unison: "Don't rest! Keep talking!"

Note: The relevant information about splitting threads in this chapter is from "Xiang Embroidery Techniques" edited by Liu Aiyun and Tang Liqun.
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