On the day I broke off the engagement, I sold the wedding dress I had embroidered by myself in public and opened an embroidery workshop with two hundred taels of silver. Later, this embroidery workshop supported half of the people in Jiangnan, and the young man who bought my wedding dress became my "embroidery workshop's son-in-law."
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Book review of "The Embroiderer for the Queen: I Planted Mulberry Fields in the South of the Yangtze River"
This is a farming novel that makes people cry and laugh at the same time. The heroine Shen Xiuning sold her wedding dress to open an embroidery workshop on the day she broke off her engagement. From then on, she went through all the obstacles - fighting against the Gu family, embroidering wedding dresses, and setting up a school. With just one embroidery needle, she embroidered thousands of acres of mulberry fields and her own country.
The most touching thing is that this is not a story about "women relying on men to get to the top". Shen Xiuning has always been a stand-up person: Xiao Heng gave her a betrothal gift, but she refused; the eldest princess tried to win over her, but she was not humble; the emperor gave her a plaque, but she was not arrogant. She said: "I am an embroiderer, not a vine clinging to the powerful."
And her greatest achievement is not marrying the prince or receiving a title from the emperor, but enabling countless girls from poor families to rely on their craftsmanship to make a living. Those embroiderers who were once looked down upon have finally become "important weapons of the country" respected by people all over the world.
Embroider your days stitch by stitch, and be yourself in a down-to-earth manner. This book is suitable for every girl who wants to live a beautiful life with her own hands.
Book review of "The Embroiderer for the Queen: I Planted Mulberry Fields in the South of the Yangtze River" This is a farming novel that makes people cry and laugh at the same time. The heroine Shen Xiuning sold her wedding dress to open an embroidery workshop on the day she broke off her engagement. From then on, she went through all the obstacles - fighting against the Gu family, embroidering wedding dresses, and setting up a school. With just one embroidery needle, she embroidered thousands of acres of mulberry fields and her own country. The most touching thing is that this is not a story about "women relying on men to get to the top". Shen Xiuning has always been a stand-up person: Xiao Heng gave her a betrothal gift, but she refused; the eldest princess tried to win over her, but she was not humble; the emperor gave her a plaque, but she was not arrogant. She said: "I am an embroiderer, not a vine clinging to the powerful." And her greatest achievement is not marrying the prince or receiving a title from the emperor, but enabling countless girls from poor families to rely on their craftsmanship to make a living. Those embroiderers who were once looked down upon have finally become "important weapons of the country" respected by people all over the world. Embroider your days stitch by stitch, and be yourself in a down-to-earth manner. This book is suitable for every girl who wants to live a beautiful life with her own hands.