The Legend of the Farm Girl

"The manager of your embroidery workshop should have informed you that the main purpose of this mission is to celebrate the old lady's birthday. Let me tell you first, if anyone among you is born in the year of the rabbit, you can leave, as your zodiac sign conflicts with the old lady's." This was the first rule announced by Manager Zhao.

Fortunately, Yunfang was born in the year of the Rooster and was able to stay.

Several embroiderers whose zodiac sign was rabbit were immediately taken away by the waiter serving Manager Zhao. I guess they were going to Yunlai Inn to pack their luggage.

Shopkeeper Zhao went on to say, "The pattern for this embroidery has been drawn by the most famous master in the city. You have to embroider it exactly according to the pattern. This time the pattern is kept secret from everyone, which means that before the old lady's birthday banquet, you are not allowed to contact anyone. All embroiderers, whether they are from the city or outside the city, need to stay at the Yunlai Inn opposite and come and go together every day. The old lady's birthday is on the 80th of next month, which means we have at most one month. Of course, the rewards are also very generous. If you can satisfy the old lady, you will get at least taels of silver in wages, as well as the old lady's reward. The embroidery workshop will not keep a penny and will divide it all equally among you."

Before coming here, everyone must have heard, like Yunfang, that the owner of their embroidery workshop had introduced the wages for this task to them. But after hearing what Owner Zhao said again, they couldn't help but sigh that the wages for this task were really a lot.

None of the embroiderers at the scene had any objections. They had already arranged their families before coming here, so it didn't matter if they couldn't go home. The important thing was to earn their wages.

There are still sixteen embroiderers left here, and each of them is ready to show their skills in order to get a high reward from the old lady in the end.

Shopkeeper Zhao brought the sixteen people into a large room in the middle of the courtyard. He gave each of them a handkerchief and told them, "Each of you embroider a little boy on this handkerchief. This task requires the best embroiderers to take it. I don't know how many guests will see the gift that Linglong Embroidery Workshop presents to the old lady. If there is any mistake, no one can bear the consequences. Although you are the top embroiderers recommended by various embroidery workshops, I still have to inspect you again before I can rest assured."

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became solemn. No one expected that there would be a test before they could participate in this mission.

But everyone had real skills. They took the handkerchief without saying a word, threaded the needle and started embroidering.

Of course Yunfang also started embroidering. She had known for a long time that the task this time was a picture of a hundred children celebrating a birthday, so during the two nights when she resumed her studies, Yunfang had been practicing embroidering a little child within the system. By this day, her hands were not at all unfamiliar, and she embroidered a little child quickly and well, as smoothly as flowing water.

As soon as each embroiderer finished her embroidery, Manager Zhao would walk up to her. If he felt that the work was not good enough, he would be ruthless and would directly tell the embroiderer to go back and pack her bags and practice her skills well, otherwise she would not be allowed to participate in the missions organized by the city government in the future.

As soon as Yunfang finished embroidering, Shopkeeper Zhao noticed it immediately. He walked up to Yunfang and said admiringly, "They say that although you are young, you are very talented. Today I see that it is true. You can stay."

Yunfang was very happy. She didn't expect that her embroidery skills would be recognized in the capital city. Her hard work in the system and in reality over the years was worth it. Over the years, Yunfang has put the most effort into embroidery, and embroidery has also given Yunfang the most rewards.

Soon, only ten of the sixteen people in the room were left, and the remaining six ran away with red faces.

When only these ten people were left, Manager Zhao finally ordered someone to bring the pattern over. When it was brought over, the pattern was locked in a box, which shows how much Linglong Embroidery Workshop cherishes this pattern.

Shopkeeper Zhao dismissed the people around him. There were only ten embroiderers and Shopkeeper Zhao in the whole room. Shopkeeper Zhao said seriously, "Besides the boss and Painter Fang, only the eleven of us know about this pattern. Painter Fang has already settled down in the boss's farm. The boss has arranged people to take good care of him. So if the portrait gets out, it will definitely be related to the eleven of us. In addition to me sending people to pick you up, you also have to supervise each other and must not spread our embroidery pattern before the old lady's birthday banquet."

Yunfang was somewhat puzzled. It was already known to everyone that Linglong Embroidery Studio would embroider a picture of a hundred children celebrating the old lady's birthday for her birthday banquet. This picture of a hundred children celebrating the old lady's birthday was a commonly used embroidery pattern. Why shouldn't she let others know about it?

Yunfang's thoughts were soon interrupted by Shopkeeper Zhao's next action. Shopkeeper Zhao gently placed the box on the table, took out the key, opened the box with great care, and took out the pattern inside.

When he presented the pattern to everyone, everyone's attention was attracted by the pattern.

This picture has 100 children, but each one is lively and vivid. Unlike the previous pictures of 100 children that use almost the same face, these 100 children are all different, but equally cute. Some of these children are playing in the sand together, some are reading and writing, and some are playing the piano and talking. The scene is grand but not messy.

If you look closely, you will find that the children playing in the sand piles have made the word "longevity" with sand on the ground, and the children who read and write must have written the word "longevity" on their books or papers. The music scores used for playing the piano must be for celebrating birthdays. The whole picture is very harmonious.

If this pattern is embroidered exactly as it is, the reputation of Linglong Embroidery Workshop will definitely rise to a higher level. Yunfang also instantly thought of who Manager Zhao was guarding against. It must be the people from other embroidery workshops. If they knew about this pattern and tried every means to prevent them from embroidering it, it would definitely be detrimental to the reputation of Linglong Embroidery Workshop. They could take this opportunity to seize the business of Linglong Embroidery Workshop.

No wonder Manager Zhao has such strict requirements.

But in addition to being wary of other embroidery workshops, the most important question facing these ten embroiderers now is whether they can really embroider such a good pattern exactly the same.

The higher the degree of restoration, the more rewards they will get from the old lady.

After showing the pattern to all the embroiderers, Manager Zhao opened the door and asked his attendants to bring in a screen.

When the attendants moved in, Yunfang looked at the screen carefully and found that she had never seen this kind of material before.

Shopkeeper Zhao introduced: "The fabric of this screen is woven from silkworm silk, and it is protected from corrosion by a special deep-sea fish oil. It is then repeatedly immersed in essential oil extracted from snow lotus to brighten and enhance the fragrance. In short, the craftsmanship is very complicated. A screen as big as this one can be said to be the only one in the world, so you must be careful when you make a mistake. If you make a mistake, you may lose more than just your reputation."

Shopkeeper Zhao's half-reminder, half-threatening words suddenly made the ten embroiderers in the room nervous. Fortunately, they were all top-level embroiderers who had come into contact with a lot of expensive materials in their daily lives. Shopkeeper Zhao's words would only make them nervous but not make them panic.

Manager Zhao also knew this, so he spoke more seriously.

Without the ladies' reply, Shopkeeper Zhao continued, "Today is the first day. You don't have to rush to start. Study the pattern carefully first and assign everyone to do their job. Sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood. This way you can be busy but orderly."

All ten embroiderers nodded and began to examine the pattern carefully. Finally, they divided the pattern into ten areas and cut it with the consent of Shopkeeper Zhao. Each of them picked out the piece they liked best and studied it carefully. But they could only study it in Linglong Embroidery Workshop, and no one could bring the painting back to Yunlai Inn.

Decomposing the problem in this way really made it much simpler. The area that Yunfang got was in the lower right corner of the painting, where there were ten children.

The ten embroiderers stayed in their rooms all day and could not go out. Meals were delivered to them by a special person, and a small toilet was set aside for them and someone would empty the toilet bucket for them.

By the evening, Manager Zhao sent someone to send them back. Apart from the ten embroiderers, there was no one else left in the Yunlai Inn.

Finally having some free time, Yunfang thought of Lu Liding again. Has Lu Liding tried to contact her?

She will definitely not be able to meet Lu Liding during this month. She wonders what the scene will be like when they meet again in a month.

Inevitably, Yunfang recalled every moment she spent with Lu Liding, the kindness Lu Liding had shown her, and inevitably recalled the secrets that Lu Liding had hidden from her.

While Yunfang was still lost in thought, she suddenly heard a knock on the window. She opened the window and saw that it was Lu Liding standing below, hitting her window with a stone.

But the sound of stones hitting the window not only alarmed Yunfang, but almost all the embroiderers opened the windows and looked at Lu Liding with suspicion.

Yunfang was immediately speechless due to embarrassment, and she didn’t want anyone to know that Lu Liding was looking for her.

Lu Liding was also stunned by the scene in front of him. He thought about it all day and felt that he should try his best to win back Yunfang and get the collection of Master Yunfang's works. So he came to Yunlai Inn as soon as he got off work at Linglong Embroidery Workshop.

He wanted Yunfang to be surprised first and then delighted, so he used stones, but he didn't expect to alarm so many embroiderers, and these embroiderers looked at him viciously. You know, Lu Liding has always been looked at differently by all women wherever he goes because of his handsome appearance, overflowing talent, and outstanding temperament. He has never been looked at like this before.

For a moment, he began to wonder if what he had done had been known to others.

Seeing that Lu Liding was about to be fixed by everyone's gazes, Yunfang burst out laughing, went downstairs to find the waiter and asked him to tell Lu Liding that Linglong Embroidery Workshop stipulated that the embroiderer who took the task this time could not meet with anyone.

The waiter was of course aware of the rules of Linglong Embroidery Workshop. In fact, he also had the mission of preventing these ten embroiderers from contacting the outside world.

The waiter hurried to the street and said something to Lu Liding, and then saw Lu Liding handing the waiter a box and then turned and left.

Many embroiderers walked out when they saw the waiter handing the box to Yunfang. They also understood that the young man downstairs might be the girl's lover.

Yunfang saw everyone's teasing looks and her face turned red. She took the box and hurried back to her room.

When she opened the box, she found that it was full of her favorite snacks. Suddenly, Yunfang's heart warmed up. She felt that Lu Liding must be sincere to her.

After eating a few bites of the snacks brought by Lu Liding, Yunfang began to write the poems and articles she had memorized. She thought that when Lu Liding wanted to read them, she could give them to him at any time.

The next day, when they went to work at Linglong Embroidery Workshop, ten embroiderers came to the door of Yunlai Inn to pick them up. Yunfang couldn't help but sigh inwardly that the defense was really strict.

After arriving at the big house yesterday, Manager Zhao handed the patterns back to the embroiderers, asking them to decide for themselves, and if they felt it was okay, they could start embroidering.

Yunfang thought that Shopkeeper Zhao would leave as he did yesterday, and would appear again to collect the patterns when the work was almost over. Unexpectedly, Shopkeeper Zhao called her name and said, "Ms. Yun from Yiqing County, come with me."

Shopkeeper Zhao's seriousness made Yunfang sweat immediately, and she followed Shopkeeper Zhao out.

Seeing her following him, Manager Zhao said straight to the point, "I wonder if the person who knocked on your window with a stone yesterday and brought you food was your husband? If he comes again, it will be a big no-no. The waiter at the Yunlai Inn will not deliver food to him again."

Yun Fang blushed with embarrassment. At this moment, Shopkeeper Zhao's seriousness made her unable to help but explain: "Shopkeeper Zhao, he is not my husband yet, but he must be someone I can trust. He is the cousin of the Second Young Master Yu, and he will not betray Linglong Embroidery Workshop."

Shopkeeper Zhao was a little surprised and asked, "Oh? What's his name?"

"Lu Liding," Yunfang replied.

Shopkeeper Zhao muttered quietly: "Cousin surnamed Lu, cousin surnamed Lu, it must be that one, it must be that one."

After saying that, he looked at Yunfang with pity in his eyes.

Yunfang felt uncomfortable being looked at by Shopkeeper Zhao. She didn't hear what Shopkeeper Zhao was muttering, but seeing the look in his eyes, Yunfang couldn't help asking, "Shopkeeper Zhao, do you know him?"

Shopkeeper Zhao looked at Yunfang, and after a long while, he slowly shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of him, but you said he is the second young master's cousin, so I think you won't lie to me. So let him send you something, and I will tell the waiter."

Shopkeeper Zhao actually believed her so easily? This made Yunfang a little unbelievable.

Shopkeeper Zhao said quickly: "You should go back soon. They may not be in the mood to embroider while you are outside." After saying that, he left quickly as if escaping.

Yunfang was somewhat confused by Manager Zhao's actions and could only return to the large embroidery room where the embroiderers were.

Just as Manager Zhao said, no one had started yet and were all waiting for Yunfang. They also roughly guessed that Manager Zhao must have come because Yunfang was hit on the window by a stone yesterday. They thought Yunfang might come back crying, but they didn't expect her to come back so calmly.

Everyone wanted to ask but because they were not familiar with each other, they were too embarrassed to ask and could only keep it to themselves.

No one asked, but just looked at Yunfang. The atmosphere was a little weird, so Yunfang had to speak first: "You sisters have seen what happened yesterday. Manager Zhao came to me because of that matter. But I have already explained it to Manager Zhao, and the matter is over."

Seeing that Yunfang said it so openly, the other nine people stopped staring at her. They all understood the principle of not talking too much when they were just friends, and started discussing how to embroider this task well.

Yunfang breathed a sigh of relief when she saw everyone was working, and she quickly joined the discussion. Everyone was a top embroiderer, and they had a very deep understanding of embroidery, and they quickly found a feasible solution and began to work in an orderly manner.