The Female Supporting Role Shows Out - Chapter 92
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On the day before the Double Ninth Festival, Lin Dan had made the dress and asked Third and Fourth Aunt to send it to Zhou Manor for Miss Zhou to try it on. If there was anything wrong, the two of them could modify it on the spot, so as not to cause trouble. Since Lin Dan didn’t like to deal with people, she wouldn’t serve the guests in person.
Miss Zhou didn’t need to make any changes. After trying it on, she gave the money directly. Perhaps she was too satisfied, the concubines were given one or two taels of silver before they went out.
Du Ruyan came back a few days ago and brought a lot of gifts to Lin Dan. She kept talking as soon as they met, looking carefree and happy. She had no idea that when she and her aunt lived leisurely in the mountains, Du Rusong was bathed in blood to kill the enemy on the battlefield.
Lin Dan didn’t intend to tell her this. After she finished speaking, she took out a huge package and said, “This is the leather armor I made for your brother. You can take it back.”
“Okay. Did Brother give you the money?” Asked Du Ruyan out of habit. If she didn’t give her money, she wouldn’t allow her brother to do anything for her.
“Yes.” Lin Dan nodded. “He gave me a golden doll.”
“That’s good.” Du Ruyan didn’t feel that her brother had given her too much. She was about to lift the package but found that it was incredibly heavy. Her hands were almost broken, but it was still clinging to the table.
“Dandan. How strong are you? I saw you carry it with one hand and put it on the table lightly. I thought it was not heavy at all!” Du Ruyan struggled for a while but failed to lift the package. Her face turned red and she was out of breath.
Then Cuilan happily walked over and helped her carry the parcel home. Du Rusong stopped practicing martial arts and listened attentively with a gentle smile on his face.
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The next day, before dawn, many people had already walked up the mountain in groups. No matter how delicate the ladies were, they couldn’t take carriages today. They had to walk to the top of the mountain with their own feet. One was to build their bodies and pray for long life, and the other was to make a good omen.
Since the three-dimensional flower cutting cloth invented by Lin Dan began to be popular in Lin’an Prefecture, many women fell in love with this style. Therefore, today’s woods path was full of noblewomen with flowers and brocade. They gathered, talking, laughing, or playing, looking very beautiful and touching. But no matter how beautiful it was, it was still not as light and elegant as the wisteria flower dress. It was not strange to see too much.
Li Jiarong got off the carriage carefully with the help of a maid, followed by Meng Si. As soon as the two appeared, they attracted everyone’s attention.
“Oh, it’s a butterfly!” Someone shouted in surprise, which attracted more attention.
Li Jiarong stood gracefully in the forest, wearing a strapless dress. Butterflies of different shapes and colors flew on the satin, and flowers bloomed in the satin one after another, looking lifelike. A translucent robe outside isolated these gorgeous colors, forming a hazy feeling, and neutralized the brilliance of the flower pattern.
This strong and elegant style was something that Meng Si had never tried, but from the reaction of the crowd, it seemed to be very effective. However, this strapless dress was not the most eye-catching part of the entire dress. What was even more amazing was that the robe, with several butterflies on its shoulders, collar, waist, hem, and other places. A breeze blew, and the butterflies flapped their wings as if the next moment they would take advantage of the wind, but they would never stop.
Everyone was amazed. When they approached, they found that the butterflies were made of silk cloth and thin iron threads, lifelike and alive.
“Miss Li, you are so beautiful today!”
“This butterfly robe is really amazing!”
“Our floral dresses are the foil to Miss Li.”
Everyone hurried to flatter Li Jiarong and fell out of the room. But if they looked into it carefully, they wouldn’t lie. Today, Li Jiarong indeed dressed much better than others.
Li Jiarong listened with a smile. Then she took Meng Si’s hand and pinched it gently. Meng Si relaxed immediately and stopped thinking about imitating the style of Lin Dan. At this moment, someone laughed and said, “I heard that Zhou Xin also ordered a dress with butterflies for embroidering Miss Lin. She liked it very much when it was sent to Zhou Manor yesterday.”
“Oh? She will also wear a dress with hundreds of butterflies today?” Li Jiarong frowned and asked, “Do you know the style?”
“I haven’t seen it with my own eyes, but I heard from her sister that it was just an ordinary embroidery dress, far less outstanding than Miss Li’s.”
Li Jiarong breathed a sigh of relief. The three-dimensional flower cutting cloth was invented by Lin Dan. If she had a whim and made many fake butterflies embellishments on the cloth, Li Jiarong would really look like a clown. Meng Si was one of her best friends, she couldn’t tell her the truth. But in her private heart, Li Jiarong admitted that Lin Dan’s ability to appreciate beauty, design, and use colors was far better than hers.
When Meng Si was still trapped in the frame of the traditional pattern and couldn’t make any progress, Lin Dan had broken through the shackles and found a new way out. Her cutting technique and aesthetic design were so strong that others could be sure that it was her work at a glance.
Thinking of this, Li Jiarong’s heart was hanging high again. She immediately looked for Zhou Xin in the crowd.
As the saying goes, “If you talk about Cao Cao and he will arrive.” Just as everyone finished speaking, they saw a carriage slowly coming over and stopping at the foot of the mountain. A tall girl jumped off the carriage without the help of a maid. She stretched herself and kicked her legs. She looked very lively. If it wasn’t the little monkey of the Zhou family, who was she?
In terms of appearance, Zhou Xin could only be regarded as a middle rank. But today, for some reason, she looked so cute and charming. Her skin was delicate and white, like first-class porcelain, and she was wearing a pink white padded dress, which was more dazzling. The padded dress was made of some unknown material and looked very thick. It was wrapped with a pure white belt, but it seemed that it was not thick at all. Immediately, it outlined Zhou Xin’s slender waist. The fluffy dress naturally spread around, and the way she walked was very light.
From a distance, it seemed that Zhou Xin was wearing a pink cloud. She looked gentle and lovely, but at the same time, she looked lively and lively. Compared with the ladies who wore a thin veil covering the cold weather, she was simply strange but miraculously had the beauty, lightness, and thermal effect.
When she approached, the clothes on her body became clearer, and the eyes of all the girls were almost unable to move. Her pink and white padded skirt was not pure but made of different white and gray, with a little bit of pink, embroidered into a dish of pink butterflies.
They flapped their wings and flew around, or closed their wings to have a rest. Each of them had a different shape and color. Some had a little powder on the tip of the wings, and some had a little powder on the root of the wings. The little powder sprinkled on the pure white cloth-like scales, and then perfectly mixed together.
The dark white, bright white, or light white silk threads outlined the wings of the pink butterflies. The fur embroidered with the light gray silk threads was all over their small bodies, ankles, and tentacles. The shadow drawn by the deep gray outline distinguished each of them, but it was too perfect.
From a distance, they would melt into white and pink silk. When they got closer, they made the cloth vivid in an instant. Zhou Xin stopped when she was tired. She patted her chest, and the lively little pink butterflies also trembled with her cloth, as if they would fly away in the next moment.
If they hadn’t seen this dress, no matter how hard they tried, they wouldn’t have thought that each color would be divided into more colors, including dark and light. And if these colors were perfectly mixed together, they would be able to form such a colorful picture. Who said that the embroidery work of Lin Dan was not good? She combined the colors in a very contradictory and perfect way, appearing to be neither mixed nor messy.
She casually sprinkled thick or light colors and freely played with the changeable light and shadow. Like a master with brilliant Taoist skills, she turned the illusion into reality with silver needles and embroidered threads. The vivid and powerful picture was enough to prove how skilled she was.
The ladies looked at this fresh and refined dress, and then looked at Li Jiarong’s colorful butterfly dress, and suddenly showed an indescribable expression. No matter how beautiful the dress was, it would immediately become vulgar and gorgeous when it was set up by the fairy dress of Lin Dan.
“This dress must be Miss Lin’s masterpiece, right? I can see it at a glance!” A girl said with a grievance, “Miss Lin is good at making fairy dresses. I asked my mother to book it for me. She asked for 75 taels as a reward, but my mother didn’t want to. Now she looked at it again. What was wrong with 75? 75 taels are really worth it!”
“Oh, it’s clearly a padded dress. It looks thick and fluffy. Why is it so thin when you touch it? Ah! The lining is made of pink satin. It turns out to be more beautiful when walking!”
“Each butterfly is different, but the color is very harmonious and almost integrated into one, but you can see clearly one by one. Miss Lin is really good at embroidery! I’ve never seen this style of embroidery before. It’s so realistic and spiritual!”
The girls walked around Zhou Xin, their eyes full of envy.
Zhou Xin patted the fluffy hemline and said proudly, “This is the dress specially made for me by Miss Lin. This is the only one in the world. If you want to make the same dress as me, she won’t agree. She said that there was only one style of each dress she made, and it would never be repeated. And only the one who made it would be the most beautiful!”
Hearing this, the ladies became more and more eager to go down the mountain at once to ask Miss Lin to make a unique dress for them.
Li Jiarong, who was completely overshadowed and gaudy, could do nothing to Zhou Xin even if she was so angry that her teeth trembled. Zhou Xin’s father was the Chief Envoy of Ling’an Prefecture and had real power. The Li family was counting on the Zhou family to help them gain a firm foothold in Ling’an Prefecture.
No matter how much she liked Meng Zhong, Li Jiarong couldn’t help but glare at Meng Si and said coldly, “Let’s go climbing.”
When they reached the top of the mountain, the cold wind in late autumn blew. The girls in tulle and slip dresses began to sneeze and have snot, shivering with cold. However, Zhou Xin’s ruddy face and perfect manner made everyone jealous. If only they could have such a beautiful and warm dress! Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com
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