The beauty of the lady

Chapter 41 Homecoming
"Yes." Old lady Qu nodded, "31 years ago, the twelve vassal kings united to attack the capital. It’s really terrible, maybe I will stay in that deep palace until I die of old age.”

"I've also heard about that incident. It is said that the Twelve Feudal Kings were finally besieged in the imperial city by General Xuan Da. When the rebellion subsided, all the Twelve Feudal Kings ransacked their families, and even their married daughters were not spared. It is said that the queens at that time were all given three-foot white silk, and died in the cold palace."

"Yeah, it was really tragic at that time." Mrs. Qu sighed, with lingering fear in her tone.

But then she looked at Zhou Mei with a smile, and said: "Since sister Mei wants to learn, I will teach you, grandma, and you are not allowed to back down. When the time comes, I won't do it, mother-in-law."

"Don't worry, Grandma Qu, I won't give up halfway."

"Okay, every day at two o'clock in the morning and two o'clock in the afternoon, go to the embroidery room at my house, and I will wait for you there."

"Okay, I'll be there on time."

Afterwards, Zhou Mei kneaded the needles and embroidered by herself, while Mrs. Zhao was talking to Mrs. Qu.

And Zhou Mei also knew that Mrs. Qu returned to her hometown of Yuzhou after leaving the palace, married a blacksmith, and gave birth to a son and a daughter. The daughter died before she was five years old. The eldest daughter of the Youfang family gave birth to the little grandson Chen Shuo, and when Chen Shuo was one year old, Mrs. Qu's husband and son drank a few more glasses happily. She persuaded her to go to the workshop to strike iron, but a fire burned both of them to death. The daughter-in-law didn't want to be a widow, so she had an affair with a respectable man in the city less than half a year after her husband and father-in-law died. When the wife found out, she found her in-laws and said she wanted to sink the pond. Later, the in-laws got a letter of divorce and brought their daughter home. The grandson and the others had no hope. The concubine's room was tortured to death by the rich man's first wife in less than two months. It is said that the death was still miserable. When she was discovered, her lower body was covered with maggots.

Sure enough, the wicked have their own grind.

It stands to reason that this kind of thing should not be said to outsiders. It may be that Mrs. Qu has been alone for too long, and she wants to find someone to vent her inner affairs. In addition, Zhou's family is good, so she relieved her heart. Defend.

I have to say that the life of the old lady Qu was really miserable.

On the second day, Zhou Mei went to Mrs. Qu's place to order Mao after breakfast.

Mrs. Qu and her grandson live in a courtyard with two entrances. They live in the front yard, and the back yard is where the old lady usually does embroidery.

As soon as she walked in, Zhou Mei saw the screen in front of the room, which was a picture of peonies blooming and rich. Not to mention the gorgeous colors, the embroidery was even more lifelike, as if she was in a peony flower.

"Sister Mei is here?" Behind the screen, Old Madam Qu's voice came out with a smile.

Zhou Mei pulled her gaze back, walked around the screen, and saw Mrs. Qu sitting in front of a large embroidery frame. On the embroidery frame in front of her was a semi-finished large picture of koi playing with lotus.

Next to Mrs. Qu, there was an old woman over fifty years old. When she saw Zhou Mei coming in, she smiled and greeted her, and then went to the side and poured her a cup of tea.

"This is Madam Du. She has been with me for 30 years and is the only person I serve here." After talking to Zhou Mei, she said to Madam Du: "Shufang, go and see Shuo'er and get up." Now, take care of him and have breakfast."

"Yes, old lady." Madam Du walked out with a blessing.

"Grandma Qu, isn't Chen Shuo studying?" Zhou Mei asked.

"A gentleman has been invited, but he hasn't come yet, so we don't need to worry about it. You can sit down here, and I will teach you." Mrs. Qu pointed to the half-meter-long embroidery stand next to her and asked her to sit on the embroidery pier. Down.

After Zhou Mei sat down, she took out a blue silk thread from the side basket and handed it to Zhou Mei to put it on. When she saw that Zhou Mei had put the thread on happily, Old Madam Qu secretly nodded. Nodding, quick hands and feet, and not dragging the water at all, such a person must be a quick learner.

After that, she slowly told Zhou Mei the stitching techniques of Shu embroidery.

Shu embroidery stitches include twelve categories and hundreds of types, including halo stitches, laying stitches, and rolling stitches. It is amazing that the screen next to it is double-sided embroidery, which can be called a wonderful workmanship.

During the two hours in the morning, Zhou Mei hardly sewed any needles. She just kept learning various stitches in the corner of the embroidery stretcher according to Mrs. Qu's words. When she was about to leave, the old lady said, It will take almost a year to learn acupuncture, Zhou Mei didn't say anything, let alone impatient, she nodded and left with a smile.

After Zhou Mei left, Madam Du came out from the side room and said softly to Mrs. Qu: "Madam, it seems that Miss Zhou is patient."

"It's too early to tell. Today is just the first day. Who knows what will happen in the future. Let's see." Mrs. Qu said so, but the smile on her face couldn't be hidden from anyone. Very satisfied.

Madam Du has been by her side for nearly 30 years, so she naturally knew what she was thinking, and then she pursed her lips and smiled without saying a word.

"Grandmother, Shuo'er is hungry." The next moment, Chen Shuo walked in wearing a small blue brocade gown, and held Mrs. Qu's hand.

"Okay, let's eat right now, don't we still have dumplings? Shufang, go cook two more dishes." Mrs. Qu pampered her grandson's head and said to Madam Du.

Madam Du smiled and left.

When she got home, Mrs. Zhao saw her coming back, so she sent someone to serve the food.

"How are you doing?" She pulled Zhou Mei and asked.

"I only learned a few stitches this morning, but Mrs. Qu is very good. There is a screen with rich flowers in her embroidery room. It is double-sided embroidery, which is very beautiful."

"As long as you are willing to learn, this daughter's family still has to learn how to be a female celebrity."

"I understand, when the time comes, I will make clothes for my mother." Zhou Mei smiled and said, "Where is my father?"

"At this time, the front is very busy, and your father can't take care of eating. Let's not wait for him. He will eat in the shop."

After the food was served, the mother and daughter were sitting and eating together.

Mrs. Zhao brought some food for her, and said softly, "The sixth day of next month is Mr. Zhou's birthday. Your father said he would go back to celebrate his birthday. Let's go back together."

Zhou Mei raised her eyebrows slightly, swallowed the food in her mouth, and said, "It's fine for me and Dad to go back. Mother and my brother will stay at home. You've just started to recover. Don't get caught in the wind. The road is bumpy."

(End of this chapter)