The female supporting role turns over: the prince regent's favorite

Chapter 9 Using Jewelry for Silver
"This is what I call the method of repairing curly nails." Lin Qingqian pushed the paper in front of the master craftsman, "I roughly drew this circle according to the shape of the jade pendant, and the crooked lines inside are the jade pendant's stitching together. The gap on the back together, and the black dots next to the gap are the holes that you need to punch out in the jade pendant with tools. This is a very important point. The punching hole cannot penetrate the jade pendant. You can do this, master Are you there?"

The master stroked his white beard and pondered for a moment, "Although the little girl's request is not easy, I believe that with more time, I should be able to do it."

Lin Qingqian breathed a sigh of relief. One must know that the most important part of sawing porcelain is to drill holes with diamond drills. There must be no diamond drills here, and she was worried that the master craftsman would not be able to do it.

"That's good, the next step is to make curium nails."

Lin Qingqian picked up a pen and drew the shape of a curly nail on the paper, which was exactly the same as the nails of a modern stapler, but the production and other aspects needed to be more sophisticated.

"Master, look, this is the shape of a curium nail. It is made of gold or silver wire. The foot of the nail must be similar to the hole you punched in the jade pendant. It can't be too long. If it is too long, the jade pendant will be pierced. If the nail is short After the nails are made, they are finished by hammering the nails into the holes with a wooden hammer, all of which require great care.”

Lin Qingqian narrated the repairing skills of curly nails in one breath, swallowed, and asked, "Master, what do you think? Can it be done?"

"This……"

Gu Changgeng's heart tightened following the pause of the master's words.

The next second, the old master nodded, "I can't guarantee that what the little girl said will be perfect, but you can try it, and the old man will do his best, but where did the little girl's nail repair skills come from?" Did you know? This old man has never heard of it in his life.”

Lin Qingqian smiled sweetly, "That's it, I thank the master first, this... I have seen it in a book, but I have never really seen this skill. Today, I will just explain everything in the book. Just come out."

The old master showed a suddenly realized expression, "Oh, so that's the case. It seems that the person who reads this book must be a master with outstanding skills."

"Master, can this jade pendant really be repaired according to the method she said?" Gu Changgeng asked impatiently.

"Although it is impossible to restore the jade pendant to its original state, as the little girl said, the flaws will be minimal after restoration."

Gu Changgeng was overjoyed, "Thank you, master, then..."

Before the words were finished, a sharp and mean voice sounded in the back hall, "Thank you, who promised to help you repair the jade pendants."

The curtain of the back hall was lifted, and a plump woman in her early forties walked out from the curtain of the back hall.

She took a look at Lin Qingqian and Gu Changgeng, and said in a philistine manner: "I have been listening to you for a long time, such a complicated repair process, it takes a lot of time, if you want us to help repair it, the salary should not be less than 50 taels of silver .”

"50 taels of silver, can this... be less?" Gu Changgeng looked puzzled.

He only had five taels and some broken silver on him, and Gu Bo gave him all the remaining silver taels.

"Hui Lan, you didn't mean to embarrass this young master on purpose. The process of repairing the jade pendant is really complicated, and it doesn't take as much as 50 taels!"

You know, 50 taels is enough for the food and clothing of ordinary people for several years.

The fat woman snorted coldly, "Father, you don't know, we need money to rent this shop, our family needs money to eat and drink, and your son doesn't go out to work, so our family relies on this shop to earn a little money to live , if you help this young master repair the jade pendant and delay the creation of other jewelry, will our family go drink the northwest wind?"

"I..." The old master was speechless, not knowing what to do.

Lin Qingqian couldn't see that the other party opened his mouth, but the jade pendant meant a lot to Gu Changgeng, and now they could only be willing to be slaughtered.

She turned her head to Chun Xia and asked in a low voice, "Did you bring silver taels with you?"

Chun Xia took out a lavender purse and handed it to Lin Qingqian, "Miss, I only have these three taels of silver with me. This is the monthly money just issued by the housekeeper yesterday."

Lin Qingqian took the purse and weighed it, "Lend it to me first, and when I return home, I will return it to you."

Lin Qingqian turned to look at Gu Changgeng, "Brother Changgeng, give me the silver taels you are carrying."

After the repairing skills of curly nails just now, Gu Changgeng did not question Lin Qingqian for the first time, and took off the purse and handed it to her.

Lin Qingqian put the two purses in front of the fat woman, and said with a pleasant smile: "Ma'am, look, we came out in a hurry today, and we didn't bring much money. Can you give us a discount? It's cheaper for us." some?"

The fat woman glanced at the two purses, sure that they cared about the jade pendant and looked confident.

"It's only less than ten taels, and the difference is too much. No, no, no... If you can't afford the money, please find another Gao Ming. Anyway, I don't believe that there is any shop like ours in the capital city." The workmanship is good!"

Lin Qingqian was so forced that she had no choice but to take off the hairpin and earrings from her head.

"Ma'am, we can't afford so much silver taels for now, how about these jewelry?"

The fat woman was tempted, and glanced at Lin Qingqian's jewelry on the counter, and she could tell that it was not cheap.

But he still pretended to be dissatisfied and muttered: "But this is not worth 50 taels..."

"Then adding this is enough?" Lin Qingqian took off the bracelet on her wrist and put it in front of the fat woman, "This is a high-quality emerald bracelet. Even if you take it to a pawn shop, it must be worth more than 50 taels."

Seeing that Lin Qingqian was about to push the bracelet out, Chunxia's expression changed, and she hurriedly stopped her. "Miss! No! This is specially left for you by the Fifth Madam before she leaves."

Lin Qingqian hesitated for a moment, although she felt sorry for the original body, but she would be the one who would die miserably in the future if she didn't bring her closer to Gu Changgeng.He decided in his heart to push out the jadeite bracelet.

"Chun Xia, brother Chang Geng's jade pendant was broken by me, and I couldn't restore the jade pendant. I am very sorry. If I can't do my part to restore the jade pendant, I will definitely have trouble sleeping and eating. Do you have the heart to see me like this?"

Seeing Lin Qingqian's sad face, Chun Xia said urgently: "I don't want to see Miss feel sad, but this bracelet is left to you by the Fifth Madam after all..."

Gu Changgeng looked at Lin Qingqian with complicated eyes. Today was not the first time he wondered, is this really Lin Qingqian?

Just when several people were at a stalemate, the fat woman feared that Lin Qingqian would go back on his word, so she took the silver taels, jade bracelets, hairpins, etc. in front of her.

"Forget it, open the door to do business, treat me as a disadvantage today, and help you repair that jade pendant at a cheaper price."

Lin Qingqian frowned and said with a smile, "Thank you, Ma'am."

(End of this chapter)