bayedsolid Chapter 358 Have you seen my earrings?
Chapter 358 Have you seen my earrings?
Chapter 358 Have you seen my earrings?
In fact, Ye Wenyan had no such plan today. She didn't even think of coming to the jewelry store. It was only when she saw Jiang Wanting and Chi Feifei here that she came in on a whim.
At this moment, Li Yanran had already left in dismay, and the people downstairs had also dispersed. She asked the two people beside her: "Are you familiar with this jewelry store? Are there any good craftsmen here?"
Jiang Wanting said: "There are good craftsmen, but they are definitely not comparable to the craftsmen in the palace, and the main thing is that the materials they use are ordinary. Wen Yan, to be honest, what Li Yanran said just now is not wrong. Things from outside are okay to give to sisters, but it's a bit shabby to give to the Queen Mother."
Chi Feifei also said: "If you really want to give something as a gift, you might as well find the material yourself. The pattern is yours anyway. If you choose more exquisite materials, the finished product should be fine." Ye Wenyan was really thinking about the pattern carefully. Today's matter was a sudden impulse, so there was no preparation at all, but it was not difficult to come up with one or two patterns. After all, she had seen so many jewelry in her previous life, and it was not difficult to pick out one or two good-looking ones. Moreover, the patterns of the later generations in this era could not be found anywhere except through her hands, so it was definitely suitable for anyone.
Ye Wenyan went up to the third floor. The owner of the jewelry shop accompanied him personally and packed up the earrings that Jiang Wanting and the others had seen earlier. He said that since the Fourth Young Miss had chosen their shop to make jewelry for the Empress Dowager, these would be given to her for free.
Ye Wenyan did not agree and insisted that Jiang Wanting pay the money. Seeing that he could not refuse, the shopkeeper had to accept it.
Chi Feifei saw it and laughed at the shopkeeper, "You think that if your shop can produce a few precious items for the Empress Dowager, your reputation will be even greater in the future, so you gave her three pairs of earrings as a thank you gift. This is a good plan, but you didn't think about the Empress Dowager's status, and you gave her three pairs of earrings. Isn't this insulting? We won't be fooled by you. One thing is one thing, the earrings are worth the price, and don't tell anyone about this matter in the future."
Jiang Wanting sighed, "Actually, whether he said it or not, the reputation has already spread. After all, so many people were watching just now, and no one can stop talking. I can only say that the owner of this jewelry store really got a big bargain to have such a good thing happen to him."
The shopkeeper smiled apologetically and said, "I've sent someone to invite the boss over. He should be here soon."
As he was talking, he heard footsteps coming from downstairs. Ye Wenyan listened carefully and heard that there were two people going upstairs at the same time, one of them was a little fat, and the other should be very thin, but both were men.
She guessed correctly. One of the visitors was the owner of the jewelry store. He was plump, in his thirties, and looked quite friendly.
As soon as he reached the third floor, he set his eyes on Ye Wenyan. He quickly came over to pay his respects, a huge salute, and knelt down directly to Ye Wenyan.
The man's movements were so fast that Ye Wenyan didn't have time to help him up before he had already kowtowed three times. When he raised his head again, his forehead was red, but he was smiling happily - "Today I finally have the opportunity to kowtow to the Fourth Miss in front of her. I feel so relieved. I kowtowed to the First-Rank General's Mansion before, but that was a layer of separation after all, so it's better to kowtow in front of her."
The merchants in the inner city are not ordinary merchants, but relatives of officials. This jewelry shop is the only one in the inner city, it can be said to be a monopoly. The person who can make this happen must be from a prominent family.
Ye Wenyan looked at him for a while, then asked, "But was there anyone at home injured when the earth dragon turned over? Was he cured with my pills?" As she spoke, she reached out her hand to give him a hand, "Sir, get up quickly."
The fat boss stood up neatly without any pretense, and then replied to Ye Wenyan: "It was my mother. It was a coincidence. When the earth dragon turned over, it was actually okay. Only a few servants were slightly injured. It was not a big deal. But more than an hour later, another wall suddenly collapsed, and my mother happened to walk under the wall, and she was hit by it. I was so scared at the time that I almost died when I rushed over. I immediately went to the Li Family Clinic to find a doctor. As a result, the young man said that the fourth lady of the first-rank general's mansion had just left and left a pill. He gave me one, and it was with that pill that my mother's life was saved."
This man must be a filial son. He wiped his face with his hands when he said this. "So, Fourth Miss, you are our family's great benefactor. I must kowtow to you in person."
Ye Wenyan nodded, but didn't say anything special. Because in the matter of the earth dragon turning over, there were too many similar things. But she had a good impression of this fat boss. People who know how to be grateful are not bad.
Chi Feifei sat on the side and watched for a while, and couldn't help but whispered to Ye Wenyan: "This host's surname is Lin, he is the younger brother of the wife of the Right Prime Minister, and his mother is the mother-in-law of the Right Prime Minister."
Ye Wenyan immediately thought of the Right Prime Minister. He was not familiar with her and had never had much dealings with the General's Mansion, but he took the initiative to stand up when Dilong turned over and rebuilt the inner city, and gave her and the new imperial power Qingcheng the most practical help. She has always been grateful to the Right Prime Minister, but she didn't know there was such a connection. This is probably the best example of not thanking for a great favor, but expressing it with practical actions!
She smiled and said, "Lord Right Prime Minister has already helped me, so we have repaid the favor."
"That's different." Lin Dongjia waved his hand, "Brother-in-law is brother-in-law, I am me. No matter what happens to brother-in-law, as his son, I must kowtow to him." He said it firmly, but he didn't hesitate. He thanked the thanks and kowtowed. He let the matter go in his heart and quickly changed the subject. "It is an honor for my shop that Fourth Miss can come to my door today. I heard that Fourth Miss wanted to make jewelry for the Queen Mother, so I brought the best craftsman in my family here. Fourth Miss, you can ask for anything. Don't worry, his craftsmanship is no worse than the craftsmen in the palace."
Jiang Wanting laughed as soon as these words came out, "Boss Lin, you have such a good craftsman, why didn't you send him to the pavilion before?"
Lin Dongjia smiled and said, "Because he was injured many years ago, he has stopped making jewelry. Now he lives in our house and is considered a guest gentleman. He usually talks to me and plays chess with me. Today is not... a coincidence."
Indeed, I caught up! Ye Wenyan looked at the craftsman. He was an old man who looked to be in his fifties. He was very thin, with many wrinkles on his skin, all white hair, and even his back was hunched.
Since the life span of humans on this continent is restricted, the closer a person gets to 60, the faster their body changes. Maybe 55 is not a big deal, but once you are over 55, you will age faster, and generally by 58 or 59, you will be no different from someone in their 70s or 80s.
Judging from the appearance of this craftsman, his life span is less than two years at most. Ye Wenyan felt sad.
She wanted so much to find clues about why Shou Yuan was imprisoned, but she had no clue. It was not that she did not want to look for it, but she did not know where to start. Should she look for it in Beijing, or in other provinces, or even in other countries? All the questions were not answered. Shi Liyuan had been thinking about this for more than four hundred years and still could not figure it out. How could she make a breakthrough after only a few months? Perhaps because he saw the sadness in Ye Wenyan's eyes, the old man took the initiative to speak, and said to her in a hoarse voice: "Miss Fourth, you don't have to feel sad about my life span. Everyone will have this day, just look at it and it will be fine."
As he spoke, he stretched out his left hand, and people discovered that three fingers of his left hand were broken, with only the thumb and index finger remaining.
Jiang Wanting immediately remembered who he was: "Ying Qiaojiang, right?" She asked the man, "You are the palace's skilled craftsman Ying Peng. You broke three fingers while hammering gold last year, and that's why you left the palace." She thought and said, "I heard about the story, but I can't quite make it out. It seems that you were hammering gold to make a pearl flower for the then queen, but your hand was broken and the pearl flower was not made. It is said that the pearl flower has not been made until now, and the queen has become the empress dowager, but no one can make the pearl flower."
The old man laughed dryly after hearing this, "Shame on me, it's me." He then looked at Ye Wenyan, "Although I have three broken fingers now, my skills are not completely useless. If Miss Four can trust me, I am willing to give it a try for Miss Four." After he finished speaking, he stared at Ye Wenyan's ears for a while, and then said, "Miss Four's earrings... I have seen them before."
Ye Wenyan didn't answer the earrings, but just said, "Of course I trust your craftsmanship, but what I want to make is a bit special, so we need to talk about it in detail." She patted Jiang Wanting and Chi Feifei, "I didn't eat lunch, and I'm very hungry now. I must have a good meal tonight. If you two are not in a hurry, wait for me here for a while. After I finish talking to Mr. Ying, we will go to Baipinxiang to eat delicious food in the evening. If you have something to do at home, go back first and we will make an appointment another day."
The two said that they had nothing to do at home and they must get her meal today.
Ye Wenyan stood up and said to Lin Dongjia, "Dongjia, can I borrow your small room on the third floor for a while?"
There are several small rooms on the third floor of the jewelry pavilion, specially prepared for the nobles who come to the third floor to choose jewelry. If there are many people, each family can occupy a small room and will not be disturbed. Today, because Ye Wenyan went to the third floor and said that she was picking things for the Queen Mother, naturally no one dared to come up to cause trouble, and even the people who were already on the third floor retreated tactfully. So no one was using the small room at the moment, so she just chose the innermost room.
The only person who followed him in was Ying Qiaojiang, and even Zhuier was left outside the door.
Ye Wenyan sat down first, then motioned the craftsman to sit opposite him, and then he looked at the old gentleman carefully.
After a while, she took the initiative to speak again and asked, "Where did you see my earrings, sir?"