The Female Supporting Role Shows Out

Chapter 99: Embroiderer (21)

Having been with her for a long time, Du Ruyan knew that she was a very honest person. She would not say anything, not lie, nor promise anything she couldn't do. She said that she could embroider a cloth more beautiful than Phoenix Fire with embroidery needles, which was believed by Du Ruyan.

"How are you going to do it?" asked Du Ruyan excitedly after she got home. If Lin Dan could really make the cloud-cloth or the moon-cloth, no matter how good the brocade in the Meng's Embroidery House was, it would not be able to occupy the weaving market in the province, nor the quota of imperial business. The nobles in the palace always used the most beautiful and expensive cloth. There were light cloud-cloth and moonlight pearl jade in front of them, so they would not make do with the inferior cloth. In this way, even if the scale of the Danyan Embroidery House was not large and the yield was not high, it was not easy for Meng Zhong to touch it.

(Note: This is the case with the original text. The translator believes that there is ambiguity, but still translates according to the original text.)

"I'll embroider it with silk directly," said Lin Dan as he walked into the backyard. As soon as she walked into the backyard, Cui Lan, who was reeling, immediately stood up and happily called Miss. She was used to doing rough work, and her fingers were full of calluses. It was difficult to operate delicate embroidery work, so she came to learn how to make cloth. But up to now, she had only learned the first step of silk reeling, and she had to slowly think about the later steps.

Lin Dan nodded at her and encouraged her. Then she picked up a bunch of silk and carefully picked out one of them. She said to Du Ruyan, "Look,  silk is made of these silk threads one by one. No matter how thin the silk threads are, they are made of dozens or even hundreds of silk threads. When you hang a silk thread in the air, it is almost invisible to the naked eye, but when the sun shines over, it will reflect a crystal light, making you discover its existence. That's what I want In fact, there is a faint sense of light. "

She raised her hand and dropped the silk in the air. The silk was so thin that it was hard to find it if you didn't observe it carefully. However, when you changed the angle to look at the sun, you would find a faint beam of light in the air. It was this silk with light that made up mirror-like smooth silk.

"Dan, I know what you want to do. But how thin a needle is needed to go through this kind of silk? How much time and energy will it take to embroider the silk onto the cloth one by one to form a complicated pattern? Will it be too hard?" Du Ruyan asked. It was not until now that she realized why most embroiders were blind before she reached fifty. Embroidery was too meticulous and vast!

"I have good eyes. Don't worry." Lin Dan waved her hand indifferently. Because of the secret practice of Kungfu, her eyes could see things in the dark night, so she had no trouble in this respect.

After thinking for a while, she said firmly, "No matter how much time and energy it will take, we have to make better cloth, so that we can live in peace. Once a shop has the best selling product, when others attack us, we can give a heavy punch and smash their plot."

An attack was the best defense. She always believed in it.

"Dan, you're right. We have to do something that no one else can't do to become an irreplaceable existence. Dan, why are you so excellent? When you meet difficulties, you never panic, but actively think of ways to solve them. No wonder my brother always let me learn from you." Du Ruyan was moved.

After staying in the palace for five years, Du Ruyan learned nothing but intrigue and deception. Those things made her view of life more and more negative, but after she was together with Lin Dan, she suddenly found that the things that made her feel disgusted and even scared before were nothing at all! The real strength did not lie on the surface, but on the heart.

The cloud over her head immediately dissipated. She followed Lin Dan like a tail. She watched her dye the silk into various colors, watching her grind the thin embroidery needle with sand and stones more carefully. Her eyes were full of admiration.

Lin Dan was the firmest person she had ever seen.

When Lin Dan was still embroidering the fabric, the Meng's Embroidery House began to introduce the same series of cloth as the Phoenix Fire, including green, blue, purple, and so on. Because the yield was not high, only five pieces could be produced in a month. Therefore, the ladies and debutantes of Lin'an were almost crazy about it.

There were fewer and fewer people going to the Danyan Embroidery House to make clothes, and until two months later, they didn't receive an order in a row. The Meng's Embroidery House would place a new Shujin on the shelf every six days, and the ladies and debutantes of Ling'an would go to his house every six days. Even if they couldn't get the Shujin, they would also buy other cloth by the way. The new Shujin drove the sales of other cloth, and also let the Meng's Embroidery House take away the business of the nearby shops.

More and more cloth shops were looking for cooperation with Meng Zhong. If they could pay a price that satisfied him, the business would naturally go well. Therefore, gradually, Lin Dan found that her own shop couldn't get cloth, and even the newly recruited embroiders had left one after another to find a new job. If it went on like this, the Danyan Embroidery House would collapse sooner or later.

However, she was not in a hurry at all. She only cared about embroidery at home. Every day, Du Ruyan went to inspect the shop, either sitting in the empty hall to drink tea, or leaning against the window to watch the scenery, eating, drinking, and drinking. There was no panic as some people expected.

Standing on the second floor, Meng Zhong looked down with a malicious expression on his face.

Li Xiudian poured him a cup of hot tea and said with a smile, "After all, Du Ruyan was brought up by former empress. She has a very good temperament. I'm afraid you can't see her in a state of distraction."

"It's none of my business how she is down and out. My opponent has never been here." he felt a little uneasy, but he restrained himself. This time, he wanted to see how Lin Dan would turn the tables.

Three months later, Lin Dan finally finished the embroidery of the cloud-cloth and the moon-cloth. When she was about to have a good rest for a few days, she heard a noise from the next door. When she was about to climb up the wall to have a look, she saw Uncle Sun rush into the backyard of her house with red eyes.

"Miss Lin, something happened to Mister. Please go to see him for the last time."

"What did you say?" before she could ask more, Zhang Hui, who followed him into the room, was shocked. She didn't expect that Uncle Sun insisted on seeing her daughter for such a thing. How could he die for no reason?

"Where is he? I'm going to see him." Lin Dan took off her sleeves and walked out. No matter why Uncle Sun made such a strange request, she was willing to do it.

As soon as the two of them walked out of the door, they saw that Du Ruyan was already waiting for them in the carriage. Her eyes were red and swollen, and it was obvious that she had cried. Her hands were trembling as if she was about to collapse "Let's go to see your brother first. Maybe the situation is not that bad. Crying is useless. The more dangerous the situation is, the calmer you have to be. Otherwise, how can you think of a way to save people?"

Du Ruyan quickly wiped her tears and nodded vigorously. She was not afraid as long as Lin Dan was there.

Uncle Sun explained while driving, "To save the eldest prince, Mister was shot an arrow by the enemy, and the arrow pierced into his left chest, close to his heart. Now the eldest prince has taken Mister back for treatment. Mister said he wanted to see you and asked me to take you there." At last, he choked with sobs and could not continue.

Du Ruyan clenched her teeth to prevent herself from crying.

However, Lin Dan was the calmest. She said slowly, "It is very close to the heart, which means that it hasn't really hurt his heart. He is still alive. Don't worry. Go and see the situation first."

"All right, all right. We're not in a hurry. Someone who can be saved must be saved." said Du Ruyan, slowly regaining her composure. Looking at the calm side face of Lin Dan, she felt much relieved. Without her, she had no idea what to do now.

At the same time, Du Rusong was pointing at the arrows on his chest and said with all his strength, "Doctor, Miss Lin, and my sister are coming. Please cut off the arrows and put on a robe for me. I'm afraid that they will be scared."

"Cut off the arrow. How can I pull it out later? I think you don't want to live." the doctor shook his head and refused, looking a little angry.

The eldest prince said with red eyes, "If you can pull out the arrowhead successfully, you can live. Don't think about those useless things now."

Du Rusong shook his head and smiled bitterly. He already knew what he was going to face. The arrow had a back hook, and when it was pulled out, it would cut a layer of flesh and blood, and his wound was only half an inch away from his heart. If he pulled it out, his heart would definitely break, and how could he live? Unless the doctor could not pull out the arrow, but directly inserted it into a deeper place, and then pierced the skin behind him, and pulled it out. However, this method of operation was more difficult than pulling it out. No one could guarantee that the strength and the stability of both hands could be maintained during the process of cutting the arrow. If the strength was strong or weak, the hands would shake left and right, and the arrow would also shake in the body, forming a bigger wound. As long as it was slightly wrong, if it touched the heart meridian or other blood vessels, it would also be a dead end.

At the thought of this, Du Rusong looked at the eldest prince and said remorsefully, "Am I too selfish? I shouldn't have let Ruyan and Miss Lin see me like this. Forget it. Send them back. If I die, please take good care of them."

The eldest prince gritted his teeth and said, "If you are dead, I won't care about them, so you'd better live! Since they are already here, why are you still sending them back? With them watching, are you willing to die? Cheer up!"

The doctor shook his head with regret "If this arrow can be a little more powerful and directly pierce through Mr. Du's body, the wound will be much more beneficial. I see that this arrow did not hurt the heart, but if we forcefully pull out the arrow, it will speed up the worsening of the injury. Alas, I have been working for decades, and I have never seen such a difficult situation. It is not difficult to pull out the arrow."

Du Rusong wanted to wave his hand, but he found that he had no strength. He closed his eyes and smiled bitterly. "Then keep it. Let's talk about it when I meet Ruyan and Miss Lin." he shouldn't have found Lin Dan, but before he died, he was so eager to see her again. He was so thirsty that his heart could continue to beat as long as he thought of her.

He told himself in his heart, well, just be selfish this time. Anyway, this is the last time.'