But when she passed by the yard, she saw Fang Xiaoyue sitting in front of the stone table, looking at a painting on the stone table.
Yang Hongxing curiously leaned over to take a look, and then couldn't help but open her mouth.
It was a Chinese painting of a frog. The frog was lying on a lotus leaf. It looked lively and lively. The lotus leaf trembled slightly, as if it had come alive in the painting.
"Who painted this?"
Yang Hongxing was a little curious. She had never seen Fang Xiaoyue paint before, and she didn't know who could paint, so she asked directly.
But what she never expected was that Fang Xiaoyue replied with a smile: "This is not painted, it is woven from corn husks."
Braided?
Yang Hongxing understood immediately.
But she was even more shocked. Being able to weave corn husks into paintings looked like paintings, and the plants and animals in the paintings were so lifelike, as if they were about to come to life. This skill was simply beyond her imagination.
She even suspected that this was a painting, just a joke by Fang Xiaoyue.
But when she touched the edge of the painting, she was immediately sure that it was a woven painting!
Other educated youths who heard the conversation came over and gathered together to look at the paintings.
They were equally shocked.
Fortunately, they were somewhat used to Fang Xiaoyue's magic, so they just marveled a few times, but didn't ask any further questions.
What they didn't know was that in order to weave this painting, even Fang Xiaoyue, who was at level 10 straw weaving, spent a lot of effort.
First, he subdivided the corn husks all the way down, and the corn husk fiber finally separated was only about 0.01 mm!
This diameter is one-sixth that of a human hair!
Such thin corn husk fibers would only have a width of 1 mm if a hundred of them were arranged together.
Only such thin fibers can make the woven picture look as if it were painted with a paintbrush.
Of course, this is exactly the case. First, subdividing corn husk fiber silk is a very time-consuming process. Then these fibers need to be dyed in various colors, and when drying, the fibers must be separated, otherwise they will stick to each other.
Together they are useless.
As for weaving with such fine fibers, it takes even more effort.
Basically, it takes Fang Xiaoyue five days to weave such a painting.
It has to be said that after this knitting painting was sent to the capital by the supply and marketing cooperative, it immediately caused a sensation among the upper levels of the supply and marketing cooperative in the capital.
It just so happens that this time is a critical moment when the president of a certain country is about to visit, and the foreign affairs department is worrying about choosing a national gift.
Needless to say about other friendly countries, just send some traditional gifts from Xia Kingdom.
For example, cloisonné, high-end porcelain, etc.
However, the upcoming president is more interested in Western art, and this presidential visit will strengthen the economic and trade ties between the two countries and open up economic and trade exchanges between Xia and the West.
This is undoubtedly a good thing for Xia State, which is in urgent need of foreign exchange.
Giving gifts requires skill. If the gifts are not delivered properly and cannot be liked by the guests, then the meaning of the gifts will be greatly weakened.
What's even more troublesome is that if you send an oil painting to the president, it will certainly arouse the president's favor, but it will also become a joke around the world.
The Xia Kingdom did not send a unique gift of its own country, but a Western oil painting. It would be really embarrassing to tell such a thing.
To put it bluntly, this is the conflict between gifts and guest preferences.
But it happened that at this time, when a diplomat accompanied a foreign friend to a foreign store to purchase special products, he saw Fang Xiaoyue's knitting paintings.
At first, both diplomats and foreign friends thought it was a painted Chinese painting.
But when the waiter introduced it, it was a straw work, and it was only displayed in the store and was not for sale for the time being.
This is not surprising. If there is not enough inventory for a specialty product like this, it would be a trivial matter for one to be sold. What if foreign friends want to buy more?
Wouldn’t that disappoint foreign friends?
Therefore, if there is only one pair, it is better not to sell it.
Naturally, the foreign friend was extremely impressed by the weaving painting and expressed his willingness to pay a high price for it.
But it was the diplomats who finally stopped him.
The diplomat is not stupid. He knows the headaches that the leaders have recently, and such a beautiful knitting painting is undoubtedly the best gift.
Although this is a woven painting in the style of traditional Chinese painting, I believe oil paintings can also be woven.
Naturally, this weaving painting was borrowed by the diplomats as a sample.
After all, if there is no physical evidence as evidence, superior leaders may not believe what he says.
Not to mention that the foreign friend left with some dissatisfaction, let’s just say that the diplomat took the knitting painting and went to report.
There is no doubt that his suggestions opened a window of wisdom to leaders who were suffering from headaches.
Straw drawing?
This sounds good, right?
Straw weaving is an ancient skill inherited from the Xia Kingdom, and if you can weave an oil painting, it will also suit the president's preferences. It can be said to be the best of both worlds!
After seeing that stunning straw painting, the leaders of the diplomatic department immediately made a decision to choose this straw painting for the national ceremony.
So a phone call was made from the capital to Dahe Province.
Dahe Province then attacked Huangliang County, and Huangliang County notified Juxing Township.
After these layers of notifications, the relevant personnel all know a little bit. It seems that the Kuixing Straw Weaving Factory is going to become popular?
Think about it, the highest level of banquet is the state banquet. Anyone who can serve wine, drinks, etc. at the state banquet belongs to the top class in the country.
Didn’t you see that after Maojiu became the exclusive wine for state banquets, it was sold out of stock and there was no inventory left.
The highest level of gift giving is a national gift!
Being able to enter the scope of national gifts means top-notch in itself!
Basically, it can be said that even among works of art, it can be considered high-end.
For this reason, Niu Deshui once again rushed to Kuixing Village in person and found Fang Xiaoyue to determine some key points.
For example, is it possible to weave an oil painting? If it is possible to weave an oil painting, how long does it take to weave an oil painting?
In response, Fang Xiaoyue affirmed and asked some questions at the same time.
For example, if you don’t mention the area of the oil painting, how can I estimate the completion time?
Another example is the content of oil paintings. Fang Xiaoyue actually doesn’t know how to draw, she just weaves it out based on the content of some paintings.
Under such circumstances, he really couldn't weave it out of thin air without bringing a painting.
Regarding Fang Xiaoyue's problem, Niu Deshui also felt that it was a problem, so he hurried back to his hometown, and then called to give feedback.
The phone calls came back with feedback one after another.