Wear It with Space

Shen Ling's family is a typical small town in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. On the day of the temple fair, the fairy temple in the town was like a fairground, where there were stalls everywhere to eat, wear, use, and play.

Accompanying Shen Ling to the temple fair were her sister-in-law and several cousins, who stood in front of a juggling booth surrounded by Shen Ling, watching the people playing monkeys. It was the first time that Shen Ling saw such a folk performance and couldn't help but watch it with gusto.

Next, the group of them watched the play for more than half an hour. Shen Ling couldn't understand what the opera was singing. Her attention was on the stalls around, where there were various folk snacks.

After Shen Ling ate two cakes and a bunch of candied haws, the group went to the stall of the temple fair again. Shen Ling's sister-in-law wanted to buy a kiln goods, so she stopped in front of a stall.

His sister-in-law Xu squatted in front of the stall to choose a casserole, while Shen Ling and several cousins ​​were waiting for her. A few people were talking gossip, and they heard someone say from behind, "The embroidered pattern on your dress is really beautiful. Where did you make it?"

Shen Ling was wearing one of the apricot yellow spring silk jackets. The waist of the jacket was slightly closed, and the cuffs of the hem were trimmed with golden satin. The skirt is embroidered with small light green flowers, sparsely and lightly embellished on it, looking fresh and elegant.

She wore this dress purely out of her beauty-loving nature. Now she turned her head when she heard someone admire, and saw a young grandmother with a golden hairpin on her head and a red seaweed dress, followed by a few times behind her. people.

Shen Ling replied politely: "I can't afford your compliments, I made this dress myself."

The young grandmother couldn't help but looked at her curiously, and then tentatively asked: "Can you describe the flower embroidered on your clothes for me? I can pay you silver dollars."

Shen Ling smiled: "Sorry, I will keep this trick to make clothes in the future, and I can't give it to you. But if you really like it, I can help sew a set of clothes like this."

The young grandmother wanted to make a sample of this kind of clothes. Now that she heard that Shen Ling could help sew, she was overjoyed, "Let’s put it this way, I also have apricot satin. Jacket skirts, as far as remuneration is concerned, it is better than a tailor in the city. What do you think?"

Shen Ling naturally had no problem. The two exchanged their addresses and agreed on a time. The young lady took the people away.

After receiving this business, Shen Ling no longer had any interest in visiting the temple fair, and he hurriedly returned to Wei's home after only two days in her family's home.

On the third day, Xiaomao Xu asked someone to send us the fabric and her size, and Shen Ling told her to come back in five days. This exchange was naturally asked by Mrs. Wei, and Shen Ling told the truth and told Mrs. Wei the truth.

The Wei family can only be regarded as a small and low-yield family in the local area, and their income a year depends on dozens of acres of land handed down by their ancestors. It is also necessary for Wei Lin to study in the school, so Mrs. Wei sometimes takes Sister Wu to do some needlework for others.

Now that she heard that Shen Ling was making clothes for the Xu family's female relatives, Mrs. Wei remembered that Xu's family was a well-known local family, so she let go of her heart, exhorted Shen Ling a few words, and went back to the room.

It took Shen Ling three days to make the apricot-yellow clip-on skirt, and for the remaining two days, he made a long gown with a piece of light green material, but it was embroidered with white dandelions. .

When Shao Xiaoma Xu sent someone to pick up the clothes with silver dollars, Shen Ling told the man that she had gifted the pair of long coats to Shao Xiaoma Xu, and hoped that she could introduce more customers for herself.

After the man took the clothes and left, Shen Ling poured out the silver dollars in the purse and counted it, a total of ten yuan. Although this amount of money seemed to her to be nothing at all, but after all she got it with her hands, and she was very happy. Put the silver dollar in the purse and receive it in the box.

A few days later, the young lady of the Xu family didn't send anyone to the door. Shen Ling simply picked up all the elegant paintings on the paper through the clothes she had seen before, and then modified it.

In addition to the piece of apricot-yellow spring silk, the fabric that Wei Lin’s eldest sister gave was also a piece of lotus-colored satin and a piece of light gray spring crepe.

Shen Ling planned to use that lotus-colored satin to make a double-breasted gown, which could be embroidered with a few clusters of orchid leaves with silver thread. As for the petals and stamens, they could be sewn with fine rice beads to form corresponding patterns instead.

And for the light gray spring crepe, Shen Ling used it to make a pleated skirt. The color matched the tulip gown. As for the style, Shen Ling also borrowed modern styles and made some modifications. It fits slightly better than the old-style pleated skirt.

After the two clothes were made, Shen Ling told Mrs. Wei that something was going on. She wore the two clothes and was accompanied by Mrs. Wu to the city to find a cousin of Lu Ping.

Lu Ping's cousin married a merchant in the city and was the only rich person among Lu Ping's relatives. Shen Ling felt that instead of waiting for Youngma Xu to introduce her business, she might as well take the initiative to find a few potential customers.

Feng Mei, Lu Ping's cousin, is her first potential customer.

After Shen Ling was taken by the porter into the living room of the Qian Mansion, a young woman walked in, wearing a long green silk gown with a pair of diamond-studded bracelets on her wrists. Yu Ya Danzhong brought a little richness. Come.

When she saw that the visitor was Shen Ling, she couldn't help but cried out in surprise: "Sister Ping, I didn't expect it to be you." She looked at Shen Ling's clothes again, and curiously said, "Where did you make these clothes? It's very simple and elegant."

Shen Ling said with a smile: "Sister Mei, I haven't seen you in the past few years. I don't expect you to become more and more beautiful." She flattered Feng Mei and said, "Cousin Mei, don't lie to you." Say, I’m here today to ask you to introduce me to the relatives of a few wealthy families."

She stood up and pointed to the clothes on her body and said: "Don't you think these two clothes look good? To tell you the truth, I made them myself. When I was at my parents' house, I liked to make clothes, but It’s not easy to go out. Now that I’m married, I’m thinking about how to try it. It’s good to be able to make some money, but I can’t make money, and it’s a waste of time.”

Feng Mei listened, frowning suddenly: "Mei Ping, I remember that you are married to Wei's family! Did they treat you badly, that's why they let you come out to make money?"

Shen Ling's heart moved, and he lowered his head slightly and said, "They are not bad to me, but he left after being married and staying at home for a few days. I was also idle around at home, so I wanted to find something to do."

Feng Mei has recently heard that few of the new school students are willing to live with the original couple who is the master of the family. She wanted to say something, but she was afraid that Shen Ling would be sad, so she swallowed what she had said, stood up and patted lightly. Shen Ling's hand made her sit down, "Don't worry, I can't help you next to me, but it's easy to introduce a few customers to you."

She took a close look at Shen Ling's clothes and said, "It happens that I will entertain a few female guests at home next month. You can help me make a style that is the same as the two clothes you wear. I will help you at that time. You sell and sell."

While she was talking, she ordered a servant woman to bring a few pieces of materials, including Indian silks of green and jade, and Chinese silks of silver and sapphire blue.

Feng Mei said: "I know you are embarrassed to take my money. You can use these pieces of material to make a dress for me, and the rest will be my payment."

Shen Ling said hurriedly: "How ashamed of this, I'm here to beg you for help, how can I ask you so much?"

The two gave way, but after all, Shen Ling took a step back and asked Aunt Wu to go out with the fabric.

Back at Wei's house, Shen Ling looked at the four pieces of fabric and began to think about how to match them.

Soon, she thought of the light green clothes Feng Mei was wearing today, and seeing that there was a light green Indian silk in the fabric she gave, she decided to use light green for the skirt gown, and as for the skirt, she used the jade color. The Indian silk is ready.

After thinking about it, she made the gown according to Feng Mei's size, and began to embroider the orchid leaf with silver thread on it. After the orchid leaf was embroidered, she still sew the petals and stamens with the big rice beads with holes. , The gown is ready.

After the skirt underneath was finished, Shen Ling was not in a hurry to send the clothes to the Qian Mansion. Instead, he started to make a cheongsam that has not yet emerged in this era.

The time when Shen Ling wore it was in the 1920s and 1920s. It has not been a few years since the Revolution of 1911, and cheongsam has not yet become popular. Anyway, Shen Ling did not see anyone wearing a cheongsam, whether in the country or in the city.

She heard Feng Mei say that she was going to treat guests at home that day. If there is a cheongsam with exquisite workmanship, it will definitely attract the attention of those female guests.

In order to make a cheongsam, Shen Ling took out from the space a cheongsam he bought when he was Mrs. Zhou. The cheongsam was made of ivory silk and embroidered with light blue lotus leaves and pink lotus. Elegant and generous.

Shen Ling planned to use this style to make a cheongsam for Feng Mei. She chose the silver-gray silk for the fabric, but when embroidering on it, she chose the more graceful and elegant peony flower and bird pattern. When finally sewing the buttons on top, Shen Ling did not choose ordinary pipa buttons, but took out a few perforated pearls from the space. These pearls are all pearls produced by the sea shells in the space pool. Not too good, but it is very suitable for making buttons.

After Shen Ling sewed the pearl buttons, he found that the bright white pearls were matched with a silver-white cheongsam, and the light blue peony flowers and leaves on it were surprisingly good. There is a classic taste in the elegance, giving people a gentle and soft feeling.

After the cheongsam was finished, Shen Ling was worried about others, and personally sent two pieces of clothes and cheongsam to Feng Mei. Feng Mei tried the two clothes in front of her and felt very satisfied. After she tried the cheongsam on Shen Ling's suggestion, she was full of praise immediately. She can imagine that if she puts on this dress on the day of the treat, she will definitely be able to win over the audience.

So she immediately placed another order for Shen Ling, asking her to use scallion green material to make her a cheongsam like this, and at the same time forcibly stuffed a purse into her hand.