Party A's "upright" aesthetic
In the Ningshuang Pavilion workshop, Sang Ruoyin was facing the newly modified "Geometric Spiked Lotus" pattern.
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Fragment: Pei Zhaoque was doing a routine "supervising work". His fingertips gracefully brushed several pieces of silver scraps with natural and smooth curvatures on the workbench, and he frowned slightly: "The corners also need to be regular. Angles, you know?" He picked up a relatively round scrap and motioned Sang Ruoyin to look at the sharp-edged paperweight stone lion in the corner, "This is the standard." Sang Ruoyin silently raised his silversmith's hammer and pointed the position of the paperweight lion's head in the air, his eyes vacant.
Pei Zhaoque:...
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Wages? Doesn't exist!
Sang Ruoyin was so hungry that his chest pressed against his back, and he finally mustered up the courage to stop Pei Zhaoque who was passing by.
She spread her empty palms and tried to force out a smile (it looked more like a toothy smile): "Mr. Pei, that... Salary... Buy food?" Pei Zhaoque did not stop, but glanced at her lightly. He glanced at her new "prisoner's style" clothes provided by the Pei Mansion, and then at the silver ingots and charcoal fire piled in the corner, and finally settled on her face, as if to say: food and clothing expenses, materials and tools, which is not money? Do you still want cash? He elegantly took out a golden melon seed from his sleeve, waved it in front of her eyes, and then... Accurately flicked it into the priceless purse around his waist. Sang Ruoyin stared at the auspicious cloud pattern embroidered on his purse, as if he saw his roast chicken flying away.
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Readers need to know:
1. A refreshing novel about the intangible cultural heritage heroine
2. The male protagonist behaves as a true villain in the early stage (cold, exploitative, threatening), so readers with a high sense of morality should proceed with caution.
3. When it comes to genocide, emotional foreshadowing and the male protagonist's atonement process are key.
4. There are circumstances such as imprisonment and mental suppression.
5. The settings of Miao culture and Wu clan serve the plot and are artistically processed, not strictly based on textual research.
Purpose: In the whirlpool of power and conspiracy, the cost and choices of protecting cultural roots reflect the tragedy of individual destiny and the survival of the ethnic group.