The Female Supporting Role Shows Out

Chapter 84

Translator: NovelMultiverse | Editor: NovelMultiverse

Zhang Hui put down the feather duster skeptically and took the embroidered cloth. Then she was stunned. The two aunts saw her expression and quickly approached her. They were also stunned.

"Is, is this really your embroidery?" Zhang Hui said in a trembling voice.

"Yes, it is. It took me a whole month to finish it." Lin Dan finally sat down and took a deep breath.

Fourth Aunt touched the stamen of the peony and the dewdrop on the leaf. Then she sighed, "This stamen is embroidered using seed embroidery technique. It is done by twining the thread on the needle three times and making it into a knot, which can imitate the real shape of the stamen; The petals were using elaborate embroidery technique, the color is very natural. From light red to deep red, the colors are smudged with strand by strand of threads. It is almost impossible to find the joining ends between the colors; it is smooth; The stem is embroidered using the crewel embroidery technique, giving texture to it. The veins of the leaves were definite and lifelike. The most eye-catching ones were the dewdrops. They were embroidered with the Hardanger embroidery technique to form a protruding surface. It can see the reflection of the sunlight through the dewdrops. The color recedes, and the bending of lines, everything looks real. If I hadn't touched with my hand, I would have thought that few dewdrops were dropped by Dan'er."

Third Aunt nodded and clicked her tongue. "Oh my God! Our Dan'er is so amazing. She has used a total of more than 20 kinds of embroidery techniques in this embroidery. Many of them are extremely difficult. Even Fourth Sister and I can't master them well. Apart from that, her color-matching was the most outstanding. A good embroidery work emphasizes seven key points: neat, lighting, straight, even, thin, smooth, and dense. However, Dan'er's work had completely breached these concepts. She didn't seek neat and even lighting, but instead, she combined the change in light and shadow and the shades of colors together. The side facing the light is bright and vibrant, while the side against the light is dark and dull. The overlapping connection between light and shadow was very natural as if it was real. These dewdrops were the best to reflect the characteristic. The needlework is still the same. But once the color scheme is changed, the light and shadow are added, the flower becomes lifelike."

Third Aunt took out a piece of Meng Si's work and said proudly, "Sister, come and have a look. This is Meng Si's peony flower. What do you think?"

Zhang Hui didn't know much about embroidery, but anyone with eyes could notice the difference between the two embroidery works. She stared at her daughter's embroidered cloth and said in a trembling voice, "I think the peony flower embroidered by my daughter is thousands of times better than those embroidered by Meng Si."

Third Aunt smiled in relief and said, "Yes, it's true. Although Dan'er's embroidering skills may not be as good as Meng Si's, her color-matching and drawing skills were far better than Meng Si. It is impossible to find a second one like Dan'er, even if you travel throughout the Great Zhou Kingdom, let alone Su Province, who can have such embroidery work. But, of course, a top embroiderer must first have her own style so that others could call out her name at the sight of her work. Our Dan'er has yet to complete her apprenticeship, but she did such amazing work. But in time, she would be the world's first-class embroiderer. So, Sister, you can't belittle your daughter with Meng Si anymore. Our Dan'er is no worse than anyone else."

Lin Dan, who was gulping water, quickly put down the teacup and straightened her chest. Although she was very confident in herself, she still needs affirmation from others.

Zhang Hui nodded happily, with tears welled up in her eyes.

Lin Dan felt grieved. She walked over and patted her on the back, and called Mother in a low voice. Now that she was here, replacing the original host, she would take care of the original host's family and shoulder the responsibility. She would also restore the former glory of Lin Family Embroidery Shop.