Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 390 - 340: Four-color Viewer

Those with outstanding talent can lead the industry with one part effort and nine parts talent.

For those whose talent is not as outstanding, nine parts sweat and one part hard work can yield results.

For those with no talent at all, they must seek alternative paths.

Niu Niu definitely has talent; whether she can reach the forefront depends on her later efforts.

The child is also obedient; upon hearing the words, she nods and buries herself in practice once again.

Liu Lan is amazed to watch; this girl truly has the patience to sit still and work.

Thinking back to when she practiced needlework, after a while, she wanted to slack off and often felt restless.

It wasn’t something she truly enjoyed, so she couldn’t stick with it.

Niu Niu, however, is more patient and focused than she was. In this field, it seems this child’s future works will surpass her own.

Indeed, more dominant than her, because after Niu Niu mastered all the needlework techniques, Yi Chichi began teaching her the basic theories of color and matching rules.

At first, no issues were apparent, but upon teaching, she was astonishingly surprised to discover that this child is a Four-color viewer.

Ordinary people can see approximately one million colors; Four-color viewers, being chosen by color, can see one hundred million.

To give a simple example, a blue dress to an ordinary viewer is simply blue; if washed excessively, faded colors become apparent.

If the fading is severe, one can see grey and white.

Niu Niu is different; she can not only see the blue but also perceive the intricate multicolors beyond the grey and white remaining on the fabric after it fades.

Yes, those intricate multicolors.

She can even discern the color of the fabric’s threads.

Yi Chichi couldn’t believe it; she handed her the silk thread and asked her to distinguish each subtle color detail, then split the thread further for Niu Niu to distinguish, which she did.

This talent is simply astounding.

She excitedly ran to get the painting tools, "Niu Niu, try to create a painting with your choice of colors so I can see."

Niu Niu wore a perplexed expression, glancing at the paints, brushes, and paper laid out, scratching her head after a moment of silence, "Aunt, I don’t know how to paint."

"Just paint anything."

Yi Chichi pointed at the paints and palette, "Use these to paint."

Saying this, she carefully taught Niu Niu how to use the paints and encouraged, "Quickly try the colors, and mix them once you’re done."

Niu Niu acknowledged and began testing colors with the paints.

Liu Lan watched with envy, "You never let me touch these."

Yi Chichi replied playfully, "You’re not wrecking my equipment."

She had tried before; the issue was she didn’t know how to paint, and she wasn’t sensitive to colors.

A typical Three-color viewer, where in her eyes, colors are what they are meant to be.

She could tell obvious color differences, but not the subtle ones.

As Liu Lan was about to speak, Yi Chichi hurriedly reached out to cover her mouth and signaled with her eyes not to disturb Niu Niu.

Liu Lan, now silenced, rolled her eyes but nodded in understanding.

She didn’t want to be reprimanded; it was apparent Yi Chichi now favored the newcomer over her, the old companion.

This couldn’t be blamed on Yi Chichi as Liu Lan was the one who failed to meet expectations.

Thus, the underachieving Liu Lan joined Yi Chichi in watching Niu Niu’s doodling.

However, the child’s playful curiosity led her to repeatedly mix paints to produce new and interesting colors, making her unable to stop.

Yi Chichi let her be, allowing her free reign.

Four-color viewers are extremely rare; along with Niu Niu, she had met only two in both past and present lives.

The previous one became a famous painter with a notable reputation both domestically and abroad.

It’s challenging for Niu Niu to become a painter; she lacks the resources and conditions to pursue such a career.

Besides, the path of a painter isn’t easy.

So, it’s better to focus on embroidery.

Being a master-level embroiderer, she wouldn’t fall short in terms of fame, status, or wealth.

Three days later, the day before Laba, Niu Niu’s random doodle was finally completed.

No composition, no theme, just her whims stacking various colors together to form a piece.

Even so, Liu Lan began to question her life when she saw it.

These seemingly chaotic and jumbled colors actually featured awe-inspiring color combinations everywhere. Was this genuinely Niu Niu’s solo creation?

She opened her mouth as if to ask Yi Chichi but found her utterly captivated by Niu Niu’s work, swallowing her words.

She lowered her head and continued embroidering her unfinished piece. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Niu Niu stood idly, feeling both anxious and relaxed.

Standing beside Yi Chichi, her fingers entwined as she glanced at her, then at her own doodle, her questions unbearable, "Aunt, is it ugly?"

"Not ugly."

Yi Chichi, in a trance-like state, thought if this was ugly, then there was no such thing as a visual feast.

Niu Niu’s work was extremely rich in color, superbly matched, naturally evoking thoughts of autumn’s layered richness and spring’s revival.

Utterly amazing.

"Well, is it pretty?"

The little girl wore a nervous expression.

Yi Chichi smiled, "Do you think it’s pretty?"

"Pretty."

She was supremely confident, "I think it’s the prettiest, better than a rainbow."

"I think so too."

Yi Chichi agreed with a nod, the more she looked, the more beautiful it seemed, truly a visual delight in its rich colors.

If she could add composition and a theme, it would be even more perfect.

No rush; next time, it will be even better.

After carefully admiring it for a while, she handed Niu Niu a simple embroidery pattern, "Starting tomorrow, embroider this."

"Huh?"

Her little mouth was slightly open, "I don’t need to practice needlework anymore?"

"Practice makes perfect, little one."

Embroidering she will hone her needlework skills while mastering color matching and basic color theory.

Niu Niu responded, taking the pattern to examine it, discovering it was a cluster of flowers, familiar peach blossoms.

"So many colors."

She marveled; Liu Lan glanced at the pattern and remarked in surprise, "Peach blossoms are just a few colors, where are many?"

"No."

This child, Niu Niu, was also serious; she took the pattern over to her, pointing at the peach blossoms and identifying the colors in various areas.

Liu Lan listened carefully, trying to discern these specified colors.

After a long while of observation, she still couldn’t see anything.

Resigned, she said, "Alright, alright, you’re right, let’s start embroidering together with Aunt Chichi and me."

"Okay."

No sooner had she agreed than Yi Chichi handed her a pre-cut palm-sized white cotton cloth along with vibrant threads.

"Use this to embroider."

Niu Niu nodded, sitting cross-legged on the kang, as Yi Chichi supervised her dividing the threads, threading the needle, then focusing on the cotton cloth for a few seconds, glancing at the pattern before confidently making her first stitch.