Searching for Treasures in the Clouds

This was a technical job, and it took her half a day to finish it. She hadn't eaten lunch yet, and it was already afternoon. Zuo Buqiu went there to discuss business, and there was food on the table, but she didn't touch it, nor did she eat lunch. She stayed in the monitoring room with Yu Ru until the afternoon.

The situation was special, so after deleting the surveillance footage, they split into two groups and left separately, but Zuo Buqiu and Yu Ru agreed on a time to meet again.

Yu Ru came out of the restaurant and walked to a place with few surveillance cameras. She went to a discount clothing store and bought a hat to wear. She also bought a long skirt that almost reached the ground to wear over her pants. Her coat was reversible, so she put it on inside out in the store to make herself look very different from before she left the store and walked towards the subway station.

The subway lines in Huacheng are too long and complicated, and she doesn't often take public transportation, so she is still not very familiar with taking the subway even after living here for several years. It takes her a long time to read the signs and another half time to read the navigation.

When she stopped at the subway station to look at the sign, a man suddenly said to her: "Hello, sister. I just saw you over there. I think you are very elegant. Can you give me your contact information? I want to make friends with you."

Yu Ru turned her head warily and saw a tall, handsome man standing next to her. She subconsciously felt that someone was staring at her.

She waved her hand, ignored the man, and immediately walked quickly in a direction completely opposite to the platform she wanted to go to. Before entering the security check, she looked around and observed the expressions of everyone at the scene to make sure that there were no suspicious individuals before going through the security check machine.

After getting on the subway, she secretly observed the expressions of everyone around her, wondering if there was anything unusual about them, but she didn't see anything.

However, she was still not at ease, so she got off the subway after a few stops and changed her destination and continued to travel back. After going back and forth several times, she finally took the subway back to Jianshan Yunting.

After getting off the subway, her worries did not go away. She was secretly observing the people around her all the way, fearing that she was being followed. So she started to take detours again, looking for tricky roads with many forks. Only when she entered Jianshan Yunting did she let down her guard.

She had taken too many detours and was so hungry that she almost lost consciousness. When she returned to her home, she was too lazy to cook too many delicious foods, so she just cooked a pot of noodles that was enough to ensure that she would get the nutritional needs.

After eating and washing the dishes, she sat down on the sofa in the living room and thought about the reasons why she was approached at the subway station. After thinking about it for a long time, she couldn't think of a reasonable possibility. If it wasn't a conspiracy theory, there was only one possibility left, that is - she was pretty.

Good-looking? Is she good-looking? She has only one suitor, Yunjixing, since she was a child. There are many people who approach her, but they only approach her from behind or from the side, and walk away when they see her face. Can she be considered good-looking?

She didn't believe it, so she went back to the bedroom and squatted in front of the mirror to look at her face carefully.

After not looking in the mirror for a while, she didn't realize that her skin had improved a little bit and she looked more healthy. From this point of view, it seems to be really good, a bit like the skin condition of the beauties seen on the Internet.

At this moment, her thoughts strayed and she thought of other things. For the time being, she no longer wanted to think about whether there was any conspiracy behind the approaching today.

She has been called ugly since she was a child, so she has always hoped that she could become beautiful, preferably beautiful enough to be attractive to everyone at first sight, beautiful enough to be never boring to look at and to like more and more.

Now that she is being approached, maybe she is a little bit good-looking? But, so what? Then what? There is nothing special. Up to now, she seems to be able to live a good life regardless of whether she is good-looking or not.

Is it really bad to have an ordinary appearance? Is extreme beauty really a creed that must be pursued in life? It seems that neither is true. In fact, each has its pros and cons, and it is not good to emphasize either one.

In the ordinary, people will not attract much attention from others. Without the gaze of others, they can be more free to be themselves, and other advantages of their body will not be diverted. In the gorgeous, people will cast their eyes on them, and they can enjoy the glory of being surrounded by stars, but most of the praise is only for the external appearance, and other advantages of the body will be eclipsed and not seen.

Humans are bad animals, with prejudices in their hearts, eyes that love to observe, and brains that are always subjective and presumptuous. The person being watched can easily turn from a real person in reality into an abstract concept. Therefore, it seems that no matter how you behave, it is wrong, and being beautiful or ugly is a sin.

Yu Ru thought it through. If she is not good-looking, she must work hard to improve her strength. If she is good-looking, she must work hard to improve her influence. Only in this way can she always stand firm in the eyes of others.

She doesn't need to care so much about her appearance, but should focus more on cultivating her inner self. Anyway, no matter how beautiful or ugly she is, if she is capable, others will be pleased with her no matter how they look at her, and she can better protect herself on this basis.

After thinking this through, Yu Ru thought again of the man who had approached her at the subway station. She had to think of a reason for that man to get close to her today, otherwise she would not be able to sleep tonight.

Sometimes she was annoyed with herself for being so fond of fantasizing, which was simply causing trouble for herself, but at the same time, she motivated herself with another idea - she was a smart person, her brain was too advanced, a complex brain could not think simply, and conversely, a simple brain could not think about complex problems.

Anyway, apart from the narcissistic part, she is just too advanced.

……

Seeing that Shanyunting’s security index was very high and Yu Ru’s family had bought the food, she stayed at home peacefully for a week until Yunjixing came back.

Yun Jixing went out simply, and came back with a lot of bags hanging all over his body. He knew that Yu Ru liked to make clothes, so he brought back several pieces of Suzhou Song Brocade and Nanjing Yun Brocade, two of the four famous brocades in China. Some of them were customized by him early, and some were selected by him on the spot in the store. Yu Ru will definitely like them.

He couldn't wait to see Yu Ru's satisfied smile, so after returning home and putting down his luggage, he immediately went to find Yu Ru with the pieces of brocade.

Soon, Yu Ru opened the door for him and led him into the house.

"Aru, I..."

He was about to introduce the gift he brought back to Yu Ru when Yu Ru's phone rang and interrupted him. Yu Ru gestured for him to wait, took out her phone to check, and then helped him carry the things and led him to the living room.

The caller was Zuo Buqiu, making a video call.

"Yu Ru, the matter of that gang has been almost settled. Those who are officials in their families are now under investigation, and those who are not officials are also under investigation. They should not be able to do anything in the short term. But you should try not to go out during this period. I will arrange for someone to deliver anything you need. That fat man is very insidious. This matter will not be over until he falls completely. I will tell you after he dies."

Yu Ru nodded.

………………I am the dividing line…………

…………………………I am the dividing line……

Traditional Chinese treasures mentioned in the article:

I will introduce Song brocade next time. I have only written about Yun brocade.

Kesi Yunjin: Kesi Yunjin is a treasure of traditional national arts and crafts with profound historical heritage and unique craftsmanship. It represents the highest technical level of ancient silk fabrics and is an outstanding representative of traditional Chinese weaving techniques.

The birth of Yunjin is closely related to the urban history of Nanjing. Its history can be traced back to the Three Kingdoms period. After evolution and development in many dynasties, it became a special product for royal clothing in the Yuan Dynasty and reached its peak in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that it uses old-fashioned jacquard wooden looms for weaving, which requires the cooperation of two craftsmen. This craft has not been replaced by machines to this day, reflecting the wisdom and skills of Chinese craftsmen.

The characteristic of Yunjin is that each flower has a different color. When observed from different angles, the color of the flowers on the embroidery will change. This unique craftsmanship makes Yunjin often use exquisite materials, spare no effort, and strive for excellence in weaving. Yunjin likes to use precious materials such as gold thread, silver thread, copper thread, filament, silk, and even peacock feathers and other bird and animal feathers to weave. Each pattern contains specific meanings and symbols.

(The four famous brocades are: Nanjing Yunjin, Chengdu Shujin, Suzhou Songjin, and Guangxi Zhuangjin. Yunjin is the first of the four famous brocades.)

Kesi is a special craft of Yunjin. Its weaving technique of "through warp and broken weft" makes the space between colors of Kesi works look like carved traces, and the patterns on both sides are the same. The development of Kesi began in the Zhou, Han and Tang dynasties and matured in the Song Dynasty. Kesi products have developed from decorative daily necessities to an independent art form for pure appreciation. Kesi enjoys the reputation of "one inch of Kesi is worth one inch of gold" because of its extremely high weaving technology and labor-intensive and time-consuming production.

The inheritance and development of Yunjin and Kesi are precious treasures of Chinese traditional craftsmanship and aesthetics. They bear witness to the wisdom and creativity of the ancient Chinese working people and embody the unique aesthetic sentiment and cultural connotation of the Chinese nation.

References and article editing references:

1. China Intangible Cultural Heritage Network

2. "Appreciation | Traditional Arts and Crafts, Brilliant Chinese Civilization - Brocade, Embroidery, Kesi"

Source: China Arts and Crafts Society Date: 1970-01-01

China actually has a lot, countless real luxury goods, take Yunjin as an example.

Because the production process of Yunjin is very complicated, the price of a roll of Yunjin is basically six figures. The cheapest and most common one meter of Yunjin costs 8800 yuan, and the price is around yuan to break even. Therefore, the price of Yunjin is generally hundreds of thousands or even millions. What is bought out is not only the time and effort of the craftsmen, but also the cultural history of China that has been passed down for thousands of years. This heritage and the craftsmanship of the craftsmen are the real luxury.

I saw a man selling Yunjin. One roll cost 100,000 yuan, but the size was quite narrow and small.

When I learned about Chinese silk and satin, I remembered something. I had watched a video before, which was about the difference between silk and satin, and mentioned something called "zhengjuan".

Someone jumped out in the comment section, saying that this was something from the Japanese, and scolded the video poster for being ignorant and stupid, like a thief. I can't be sure whether this is the statement of "500,000", or whether this is just a "powerful" who thinks he is knowledgeable and likes to get a sense of superiority and pleasure by criticizing others indiscriminately.

Regardless of who the Zheng Juan belongs to, let's just talk about this speech. The fact that it criticizes our own people and defends the Japanese is enough to make people feel uncomfortable. There is a blood feud between us that will last forever, so why are we still speaking for outsiders?

Of course, as a member of a civilized country with the responsibilities of a major country, we must naturally regulate our words and deeds and love this vast land, but we cannot protect it blindly.

Seek truth from facts. Things should be as they should be. What is ours should be ours. What is not ours should not be our responsibility.

We have produced a lot of excellent culture and materials, but not all of them are localized. Some of them are introduced from foreign countries.

For example, Buddhism was not invented by us; it was brought over from ancient India. When it came here, it spread among us and, in order to better integrate into us, it also incorporated some Confucian and Taoist cultures, and then it slowly evolved into the Buddhism that the Chinese people believe in.

Back to the point, most of the so-called genuine silk sold on the nuclear wastewater island was actually secretly imported from us, and then changed its name and continued to be sold by itself. If I remember correctly, the Japanese imported Hua Luo from us, and then changed its name when it came to him.

They have done a lot of this kind of concept-stealing. They stole our Xuan paper, changed its name to Japanese paper, and even applied for it to be listed as a world heritage site.

God knows how jealous the Koreans and the Japanese are of us.

Whatever the Koreans bought from us, they would immediately apply for World Heritage status. Whatever they learned, they would also apply for World Heritage status. I don’t know if they have a problem with their brains or if they are just trying to disgust us. They once arranged for someone to come to us to learn a musical instrument, I think it was the sheng. After they learned it, the Koreans who came to learn said, “If you have learned it, it means it is also ours, and we want to apply for World Heritage status.”

The Japanese did the same thing, secretly stealing our things back and applying for world heritage status in secret.