Feast of Flowers: 64. Sichuan brocade is like haze

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"Sister Xiaoqiu, the information you want." A colleague put a report in front of Liu Qiu and said to her, "Today, leaders from above are coming to inspect. It's almost eleven o'clock. Why don't you come?" Already?"

"You'd better go back to your post. I'm afraid you'll come here as soon as you chat." Liu Qiu opened the LAN and entered the data on the file into the system. "I won't chat with you anymore. This is a lot of work." I can’t finish my work and have to work overtime at night.”

"It's boring." My colleague muttered quietly and turned back to his seat. Among the young staff in the office, Liu Qiu is the one with the highest academic qualifications and the strongest ability to do things. I heard that the director is planning to train her to be his successor, but another leader feels that Liu Qiu is a woman and cannot handle things, so he wants to train another man. Colleagues, and the male colleague had some family connections, so everyone felt sorry for Liu Qiu.

The male colleague raised his head and said jokingly: "Why are you provoking her? Who doesn't know that she is a well-known and motivated person in our department?"

The others stared at the male colleague and said nothing. There are more women than men in the department, and they feel a little bit unfair towards Liu Qiu. But no one wants to offend anyone, so they can barely maintain the harmony in the office.

The male colleague didn't care about other people's attitudes. He picked up the cup and took a glass of water under the water dispenser: "Let me tell you, this time it's not the leaders from above who came to inspect, but a big investor. . It is said that this big investor is a well-known philanthropic businessman. He has invested in many projects in Xugo City in the past two years. He also has relatives living in our Anonymous County, so he came here to have a look. The leaders of the county attach great importance to this matter. , specially arranged the reception work. The leader brought him to our department because he wanted us to introduce the scientific development plan of agricultural products."

"An investor who can be received personally by the leader must be very powerful." Hearing this gossip, other colleagues were a little surprised, "If we can really let him invest in more projects in our Anonymous County, we can help the people create more If you collect some, that’s really a good thing.”

"It's not that easy." The male colleague sneered, "I heard that several neighboring counties have been secretly contacting this investor, trying to lure people to their counties."

"Didn't you say that this investor has relatives in our county?" a colleague whispered, "Compared with several other counties, we still have an advantage."

"How much difference can a relative from three thousand miles away play?" Seeing that his colleagues were listening to his analysis attentively, the male colleague couldn't help but feel a little proud, "Let's take a look first, you guys will have to wait a minute." Don’t make any mistakes, the leaders attach great importance to this cooperation. No matter whether it can work out or not, at least it can’t be ruined in our hands.”

Liu Qiu listened to the conversation between her colleagues and secretly took out her phone to take a look. Hua Jin sent a message this morning, saying that she was already in Anonymous County and came to see her in the morning. It was already past eleven o'clock. , why haven’t you seen anyone yet?

"Here we come." The male colleague answered the phone and said to everyone after hanging up, "Everyone, please pay attention to your image and remember not to talk nonsense."

Liu Qiu was a little worried about Hua Jin. She hadn’t returned to the county town for so many years. Could it be that she was lost? She thought about it and sent a message to the other party, asking her to call her if anything happened and pay attention to her safety.

Fanhua: Don't worry, I'm almost there.

Liu Qiu breathed a sigh of relief, it was just fine.

"Liu Qiu, put your phone away." Seeing Liu Qiu still playing with his phone, the male colleague said, "Don't affect the image of our department."

"We are all colleagues on an equal footing, so when you speak, don't use a commanding tone." Liu Qiu put away her phone and glanced at her male colleague, "The time I spend looking at my phone every day is not even one-tenth of what you do. What are you in a hurry for?"

"You..." The male colleague's face turned red after being squeezed by Liu Qiu. He was about to retaliate when he heard the director's voice and various footsteps coming from outside.

"Mr. Pei, Miss Hua, this is the office of our department. In order to be close to people's lives and serve younger people, we have recruited several highly educated young people in the past two years. Now they are the mainstay of our department. "The department director saw that Pei Yan and Hua Jin were both very young, so he specially praised several young people.

"Your department has always served the people with a serious and attentive attitude. I know this." Hua Jin looked at the plaque hanging outside the department, "I have a good friend who has been with me for many years, and he was admitted to this department after two years of assessment. Working."

The accompanying staff were happy when they heard this. They were worried about how to compete with the neighboring counties for people. Now Miss Hua has a friend working here, which is a good thing.

Everyone praised this as fate, and said how difficult it was to get admitted to this department. Miss Hua’s friend was a young man with outstanding talents and so on. Looking at the smiling faces of these staff members, Hua Jin thought that it was not easy for them to attract investment to the local area and make the lives of the people easier.

Listening to the footsteps and talking getting closer and closer, everyone in the department was a little nervous. When the leaders showed up with the investors, they were a little surprised. The two investors were handsome and beautiful, and they looked younger than them. , what kind of winner in life is this?

Liu Qiu looked at Hua Jin who was walking in front in surprise, thinking that he was dazzled by how could Hua Jin walk with the investor and his group.

Hua Jin met Liu Qiu's eyes and smiled at her.

I heard from Hua Jin that after her friend started working in this department, the accompanying staff secretly observed her expression and saw her smiling at Liu Qiu who was sitting inside. No one present still understood that her friend was who.

The department director said to Liu Qiu, who had not recovered from the shock: "Xiao Liu, you and Miss Hua are friends. Come over and introduce to Miss Hua the agricultural work in our county in the past two years."

Liu Qiu blinked, stood up and walked to Hua Jin, suppressing curiosity and shock, and took them to visit the exhibition hall upstairs.

The remaining colleagues looked at each other in shock and did not come back to their senses for a long time. In order to let the male colleague show his face in front of the leader, the leader had already arranged for him to be the commentator, even though everyone knew that the person most familiar with this work was Liu Qiu.

But no one expected that Liu Qiu would be friends with the investor. This is really surprising. With such a powerful friend, why haven't they heard Liu Qiu mention it before?

The exhibition hall in Anonymous County is not as prosperous as that in big cities, and even the equipment lacks a sense of technology. However, Liu Qiu explains boring data in an interesting way, interspersing some anecdotes about Anonymous County from time to time, attracting visitors from time to time. Smile.

After the visit, the city leaders specifically said to the department director: "This Comrade Xiao Liu has very outstanding work ability. We must train her well so that she can serve more people well."

"The leader is right." The department director turned to look at Liu Qiu and saw that she was talking to investors, so he did not bother him.

"Huahua, you shocked me today." Liu Qiu glanced at Pei Yan, who was a few steps away from the two of them and was talking to the leaders, and whispered, "This is what your circle of friends mentioned That boyfriend?"

Hua Jin nodded and whispered in her ear: "I am trying to show off my power today. He is the real investor. I am here to save your face."

“Sisters, you have really managed to never forget wealth and status.” Sometimes when Liu Qiu was chatting with Hua Jin on WeChat, she would complain to her about the best male colleague in the department, “I represent the organization. Thank you."

"Thank you so much." Hua Jin took Liu Qiu and took a few steps to the side. "The way you explained the work to us just now was so handsome and such a good lady."

"Then what can I do? I haven't met perfect love, so I can only indulge in my career." Speaking of this, Liu Qiu couldn't help but look at Pei Yan a few more times, hesitated for a moment and said, "He... Is it good for you?"

She still remembers how embarrassed Hua Jin looked when she met Hua Jin on the train. He was obviously seventeen years old, but he was as skinny as a fourteen or fifteen year old. Seeing Hua Jin getting better and better over the years, but unwilling to step into Anonymous County, Liu Qiu knew that she still had not come out of the invisibility she had felt back then.

But the flower brocade that appeared in front of her today seemed to have changed. She became more confident and energetic, like a delicate artificial flower, and finally became a blooming rose, charming and charming. beauty.

Hua Jin nodded heavily: "Xiaoqiu, he is the person who saved me back then."

"It's him?" Liu Qiu was surprised, and then laughed again, "No wonder you show affection in the circle of friends with your personality." In her impression, Hua Jin had a rational and almost indifferent attitude towards men. The first time she saw Hua Jin's photo of a handsome stranger, she thought something was weird, but it turned out to be like this.

"Are you with him out of gratitude?" Liu Qiu knew that Hua Jin had a particularly friendly attitude towards people who had helped her, so she was afraid that Hua Jin would not be able to distinguish between gratitude and love. the difference.

"No, I love him." Hua Jin shook his head.

Love, this word does not seem to be so difficult to say. Hua Jin looked at Pei Yan not far away and smiled warmly, "Xiaoqiu, I am very happy now, don't worry."

Perhaps it was because Liu Qiu had seen her at her most helpless, so even though they were about the same age, Liu Qiu always treated her like a sister. Hua Jin knew that Liu Qiu would not be relieved if she did not make it clear.

"As long as you are alive, live happily." Liu Qiu is a somewhat idealistic person, so she supports Hua Jin who escapes from an arranged marriage. In order to build her hometown, she gave up the good opportunity to develop in a big city and returned to In this small county. She doesn't care what others think, as long as she is happy.

"Then will you continue to embroider in the future?" Liu Qiu knew clearly that the investor who could be accompanied by the leader in person must be a wealthy man. In front of him, Hua Jin's current career was too inconspicuous. .

"Of course I have to persist. At the darkest time in my life, it was embroidery that allowed me to regain my confidence in life little by little." Hua Jin's eyes were firm, "Every stitch and thread made into the embroidery is the work of the embroiderer. My hard work. As an heir to intangible cultural heritage, I will not give up easily."

"Then next time we meet, should I call you Master Hua?" Liu Qiu laughed, "Heir of the Shu Embroidery School?"

"I don't mind if you call me in advance." Hua Jin grinned at Liu Qiu.

"You are not old, but you are thicker-skinned than anyone else." Liu Qiu reached out and pinched her waist, and suddenly smiled, "Master Hua, I wish you can carry forward Shu embroidery as soon as possible."

Hua Jin took Liu Qiu's hand and said, "I will only stay here for a few days. I will go back next Monday. Please take care of yourself here and don't forget to take care of your body because of work."

"I know." Liu Qiu raised her lips and smiled. Although this was Hua Jin's birthplace, she called leaving here "going back." Maybe for Hua Jin, this place is just a memory and a past, but it is not her home.

Hometown is where you feel at ease.

Liu Qiu turned to look at Pei Yan. Is the place where Mr. Pei is, Hua Jin's home? I hope Mr. Pei can cherish this friendship and don't let Hua Jin's heart wander everywhere, and there is no home.

In the end, Pei Yan signed some cooperation projects with the local people in Anonymous County. Hua Jin didn't know much about this aspect, so he didn't ask any more questions. On her fourth day in Anonymous County, she went to the Ancient Building Protection Street in Anonymous County to find the weaver who had amazed countless people.

But when they came to the wooden building, Hua Jin found that the former Shu brocade shop had turned into a souvenir shop, with inferior handicrafts sold in almost every scenic spot.

She bought two knots at random and began to ask the shopkeeper about the whereabouts of the weaver.

"Are you asking about Aunt Cao?" The middle-aged shop owner heard Hua Jin mention the three words "can weave" and immediately understood, "In this era, there are still a few people who buy cloth to make clothes. In the past few The tailors on the street can no longer operate, and the cloth shop can no longer operate. Now this shop belongs to her, but it was rented by me. If you want to find her, you can ask her daughter, her daughter is here Selling mahua on the street."

"Thank you." Hua Jin thanked the shopkeeper and put the knot she bought into Pei Yan's hand, "Here, I'll tie you up."

"Childish or not?" He said disgusting words, but held Hua Jin in his hand, and said, "The architectural style here is a bit like the street in Jiangjiu Market we visited."

"They are all local scenic protected streets, and these wooden buildings have a history of many years." Hua Jin looked up at the red lanterns hanging under the eaves, "Let's go find Aunt Cao's daughter. ”

Finding the Mahua shop that the owner of the souvenir shop mentioned, Hua Jin saw several customers outside the Mahua shop, so he stepped forward and asked, "Excuse me, is this a shop opened by Aunt Cao's daughter?"

"Who's looking for me?" A voice came from the inner room, and soon a girl came out in a wheelchair.

"Hello, I am a Shu embroidery master. I heard that Aunt Cao is good at weaving Shu brocade, so I would like to ask her to cooperate." In order not to make the other party feel offended, Hua Jin did not seem to notice the problem with the girl's legs and feet. His expression was as usual, "I wonder if it's convenient for her."

"Sichuan brocade?" The girl laughed sarcastically, "In this day and age, hand-weaving is slow and unprofitable, and there are not as many patterns as machine-weaving. Who still does this?"

Noting the somewhat harsh attitude of the other party, Hua Jin said: "Machines can indeed do many things that we humans cannot do, but machines cannot do what we humans can do. I hope you can let me Meet Aunt Cao, and as for the reward, you will definitely be satisfied."

The sarcastic look on the girl's face lessened a little. She turned her head away from Hua Jin and said, "My mother doesn't touch the loom very much in the past few years. You can go."

"In half a year, there will be a world-famous fashion conference. I want more people to know about Shu brocade and Shu embroidery, and see the beauty of our country's traditional culture." Hua Jin said to the girl in her twenties. , "I saw Aunt Cao weaving when I was a child. The Sichuan brocade she weaved was as beautiful as haze."

"But such a beautiful haze can't even sustain our lives, so what's the use?" The girl sneered, "What's the use, you say?"

Her mother can weave such beautiful Sichuan brocade, but her father dislikes her for not being able to make money. As a woman, if she is not at home to take care of her children and take care of the elderly, why should she weave useless cloth?

Later, his father cheated on him. After the divorce, he went out to publicize how useless his mother was, saying that her mother could not give birth to a son, could not take care of the family, and could only knit a bunch of things and sell them like a embroidery lady. The cloth that does not go out.

In those years, almost everyone in the street was laughing at her mother. She was obviously destined to be a maid, but she still had the heart of a young lady.

Thinking of these past events, she glared at Hua Jin: "You don't have to tell me this. I don't care about fashion conferences or traditional culture and art. These have nothing to do with us."