His father died of illness and his family fortune was dispersed. He was followed by a mother who coughed up blood and an ignorant young brother. It's 1,200 miles from Luoyang to Chang'an, and her only capital is half a piece of broken Xia brocade left behind by her father, and a notebook full of debts and survival figures. When my aunt's silk and satin shop was on the verge of closing down, shopkeeper Cui of Yunxia Pavilion in Xishi City sent me a repaired and defective Shu brocade - this was a test of the industry's rules. If you accept it, you have accepted the unspoken rules; if you refuse, you have to use your own needle and thread to fight your way out. From the "Bamboo Reflecting Flowing Clouds" Taoist instrument knocking on the door of Yuzhen Temple, to the "fire burning from the horse's back to the human body" order for fifty taels of riding clothes; from staying up all night with one person and one lamp, to listing the "Jinyun Pavilion", recruiting embroiderers, and calculating profits and losses. This is a record of women's survival without golden fingers. See how a young girl uses "subsidy embroidery" as a spear and "running account" as a shield. In the thirty-six most disciplined lines of the brilliant Tang Dynasty, she weaves a brocade of foothold and a cloud that can be seen when looking up for herself and the people behind her.
Purpose: Women should strengthen themselves