Chapter 1142 Silk of the Western Regions
That is to say, Zhou Zhi's trip brought a huge turnover to the jade industry in the autonomous region. Through Ai Yijie's face, he was able to get the ticket for the nearest flight.
Zhou Zhi's luggage this time also included the Ji Xiaolan Hejian Ji's Duan Inkstone and the "Ming Tuo Zhang Raptor Monument" he brought from the capital. Even if he did not fly, these two items would have to be checked by air, and now they are shipped together. .
"Can you not act so happy?" After learning that Zhou Zhi wanted to leave alone, Xu Gang couldn't hide his happy expression, and Zhou Zhi rolled his eyes.
Concerning the fact that Xu Gang and Ayiguli could blatantly get together and receive support and blessings from their families, Zhou Zhi would be lying to himself if he said he was not envious, so his tone was full of naked jealousy.
It seems that both families have already planned their future. If Ayiguli does not continue her studies after graduation, she will definitely join the autonomous region TV station, while Dandan will definitely be arranged by her family to join the public service system. After graduating from the Chinese Department, she will work as a leadership secretary. It's a matter of course.
The reason why Xu Gang is so happy is that he avoids Zhou Zhi from making a big light bulb, so that he and Ayiguli can go all the way to Shaanxi capital without anyone being an eyesore.
"My uncle saw that you like Yingisha knives, so he specially bought a batch for you, but you can't take them with you now, so you have to ship them with the jade materials by train."
"That's it." Ayiguli's uncle, not your uncle, is so smooth." Zhou Zhi was jealous of Xu Gang, so he couldn't help but deliberately said: "It doesn't matter if you take a plane or bring beef and mutton on a plane. , seize the time to take me to buy gifts in the city. Those pure wool scarves are definitely a must. What else? Ayiguli wants to give you some advice.”
“If you like scarves, you must wear silk. I will also like it." Ayiguli said: "You can buy silk scarves and silk skirts. Although the season is not suitable, they are very beautiful in summer."
"Silk?" Zhou Zhi was delighted: "Leizu is from Shu, and we have been engaged in silk weaving for thousands of years. Will it be a joke if I bring silk back to my hometown?"
"How could it be?" Ayiguli expressed dissatisfaction. : "Our Adelais silk is beautiful and comfortable. Haven't you heard of elbows?"
"I really haven't heard of it." Zhou Zhi really has never heard of silk produced in Northern Xinjiang. : "I know all about Sichuan, Suhu, and even ancient Shandong. , but I have never heard of it in northern Xinjiang..."
"But you must have seen it!" Ayiguli said: "In all the pictorials, there are photos of Uyghur girls picking grapes in the summer. Wearing a floral skirt must be Adelaide It’s made of silk.”
“Those skirts are made of silk?” Now it was Zhou Zhi’s turn to be shocked. The Uyghur girl’s summer skirt was so colorful and delicate that Zhou Zhi couldn’t believe it. ”
"That's not true." Ayiguli smiled and said, "Dyeed."
Zhou Zhi couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief: "I was shocked."
Then he reacted: "No, the dyeing is also very good. Let's go and have a look..."
Of course, don't expect dresses to be sold in the mall when the weather is ten or twenty degrees below zero, but as it is particularly important in northern Xinjiang, Fabrics, Adelaide silk as the material, have always been sold in department stores.
Facing the salesperson’s impatient roll of the eyes, Zhou Zhi unfolded the fabric and looked at it again and again. He couldn’t believe it: “Is this tie-dyed?”
Tie-dye craftsmanship is also a specialty of ethnic minorities in southwest China, along with batik craftsmanship. When Zhou Zhi was conducting fieldwork on local handicrafts in Jiachuan, he described in detail these two Miao crafts in Wutongchang behind his hometown.
However, Miao tie-dye is messy and natural, like a lotus pond full of light and shadow, with almost no regular geometric shapes visible.
However, Adelais silk has gone to the opposite extreme. Not only are the colors gorgeous, they also appear in very complicated geometric regular colors. This natural shape of Miao tie-dye is completely different. .
And the colors are very delicate. Zhou Zhi touched the silk and kept shaking his head: "It's definitely not tie-dyed. It's absolutely impossible..." "The teacher who received the goods said it was tie-dyed." The salesperson The last bit of patience is running out.
"I'm afraid even a computer can't tie-dye such a regular shape." The logic in Zhou Zhi's mind was not smooth, and he became more and more curious about this craft: "How on earth is this done..."
< br>"Are you going to buy it or not? If you don't want to buy it, please go to another counter and have a look." The salesperson was also very polite. The department store business was very good during the Spring Festival. Zhou Zhi and the three people directly occupied half of the counter. It all affects business.
“What’s your attitude?!” Ayiguli immediately felt dissatisfied. Zhou Zhi was considered a distinguished guest at home and her boyfriend’s roommate. She felt embarrassed when she was treated like this in her hometown. Can't stand it: "Don't you know that customers are God? Your manager Haven't you been trained?"
Zhou Zhi quickly grabbed Ayiguli, put down the silk and said to the salesperson: "Of course we want to buy it, but we need to see your leader first."
"What do you mean? ?" The salesman was a little nervous, he thought Zhou Zhi and the others were going to sue.
"Every piece of silk here is different, which means this thing is purely handmade." Zhou Zhi said: "We don't buy ordinary goods like this, we want the best ones. We want the ones your manager didn't show off."< br>
"How do you know..." The salesperson felt strange. Every customer who came to the counter liked Adelaide silk, and few people knew that this thing itself was graded.
"Of course I know." Zhou Zhi found it funny: "I also know that you should have a small business hall to receive distinguished guests, right? Well, there are probably various high-end local handicrafts displayed in it to entertain distinguished guests. guests, or the kind that entertains foreigners.”
"Are you telling the truth?" The salesperson was doubtful. The manager recently went to the mainland to learn "advanced experience" and came back to hold a meeting to emphasize service awareness. He also specifically talked about the VIP hall in Gongmei Shopping Mall dedicated to earning foreign exchange. This was just Just a few days after it was done, this mainland kid is so powerful, he even knows this.
Actually, this is the information gap. For example, if a rural child is taken to a video game arcade by a friend for the first time, he will definitely think that the friend is awesome, and will not think about the fact that this video game arcade is already available in small counties. It's shitty street stuff.
"Of course it's true, or you can point us to the place and we can go there ourselves." Zhou Zhi said with a smile.
"Then wait a minute and I'll call someone for you, the receptionist." said the salesperson.
Zhou Zhi frowned slightly: "Isn't it better to call me 'account manager'?"
After a while, the salesperson brought a middle-aged woman, who seemed to be one of the few National, the charm is very unique, and the Chinese language is also He spoke fluently: "Hello, do you want to buy high-end Adelais silk?"
"Let me ask you a question first." Zhou Zhi asked: "Adelais silk, Is it tie-dyed or knitted? ”
"Adelais means elegant and abstract in our Uighur language. It is symmetrical and gorgeous. It is called the pattern of cuckoo wings. It also represents a craft, which means the 'dyeing' craft."
“Oh——” Zhou Zhi suddenly realized: “It turns out that this tie-dye is not Ru Miao Instead of tying knots on the fabric, we tie and dye the warp threads and then knit the warp threads into silk!”
“How can I dye such a standard symmetrical pattern by tying the fabric directly? ! ”
(End of this chapter)