It’s a Bit Early To Cross

The yard of Ji's house is very similar to Chu Heng's, with three main rooms plus an inverted seat, no east and west wing rooms, and a few field ridges have been raised in the open space in the middle yard, but it seems that it has been abandoned for a long time, and the top is bare.

When Chu Heng came in, there was a snot-nosed baby squatting on the ground under the eaves. He didn't know what he was doing. Seeing a stranger coming, the little guy looked up. Feeling a little scared, he ran back to the house in a panic, opened his crotch pants A sole print can be vaguely seen on the two buttocks exposed from the inside.

It looked like he had just been beaten, and it hadn't been more than an hour.

"This is my grandson, he is a bit afraid of strangers." Ji Ye smiled and explained to Chu Heng, raised his hand and led him to a small house built with broken bricks and tiles next to the inverted house: "Your side please."

"good."

Chu Heng walked into the room with a bag and a smile.

There are no windows in this house, and the light is not very good. The first thing the old man pulled down was the light cord by the wall when he entered the house. With a sound of 'click', the large wattage light bulb on the roof lit up.

Under the strong orange light, Chu Heng finally saw the room clearly.

The room is not big, only more than ten square meters. There is a row of simple wooden workbenches next to the south wall and the east wall. Various tools are placed on it, and an unfinished hammer head is still clamped on one of the vise. .

"You sit down."

At this time, old man Ji moved a bench graciously and put it beside Chu Heng.

"Thank you." Chu Heng sat down next to the workbench, escaped from the bag with the drawings and the box, put them on the workbench, smiled and said to the old man: "Master Ji, these are the blueprints of the jewelry I want As for the material, take a look first."

"Not busy, I have a few words I want to ask you first." Ji Ye didn't look at those things, politely took out a cigarette and handed it over, and asked doubts in his heart: "My lord, I'm very curious. You don’t like to wear these things anymore, why do you still think of doing this?”

"Hey, what are you talking about." Chu Heng smiled, and patiently fooled his mind: "I work for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and you should also know that in our kind of work, we have to contact some foreigners from time to time. , Sometimes I have to attend some banquets, and I have to get some jewelry to support the scene."

"You don't know, foreigners are very particular. You can't always use the same type of jewelry, and the style shouldn't be too old, otherwise it will be easy to be laughed at. But we don't have money to buy new ones, so I will ask someone to I found you and would like to ask you to call me some."

"Oh, I understand." The old man nodded suddenly, his sense of national honor bursting in his heart, he patted his chest vigorously and assured him: "Don't worry, I will do a good job in making your jewelry, and I must not let those foreigners joke."

"Excuse me." Chu Heng smoked with a smile, stretched out his hand and pushed the things on the workbench towards the old man.

"Let me take a look first." Ji Ye took the blueprint first, and as soon as his gaze caught on, he froze for an instant.

He looked and looked, finally scratched his head, and asked him with an uncomfortable expression: "My lord, forgive my blindness, what are these pictures of yours...?"

"Can not read it?"

Chu Heng gave him a strange look, leaned forward, pointed to the first pattern on the first piece of paper, and said, "This is a bracelet, roughly the same as a watch chain, and it costs a total of one hundred and eighty-six yuan. It is composed of polygonal fragments linked together, each fragment should be inlaid with broken gemstones, and the middle part should have a flower made of gemstones and gold..."

Ji Ye is worthy of being a leader in the industry, and it is clear at one point. After a little sketching, Chu Heng already had a general picture in his heart, and his eyes became bright: "This is a new one. I have been doing it for so many years, and it is the first time I see, but the process is not difficult and can be done.”

Chu Heng was relieved when he heard the words, and then continued to explain the second paragraph to him.

"This is a brooch, inspired by the Bauhinia flower, hey, by the way, do you know the Bauhinia flower?"

"I've heard of it, but I haven't seen it."

"Then can you do it just by listening to my description?"

"You really think highly of me."

"Tsk, then replace it with Peony, have you seen Peony before?"

"That's for sure. No one in Sijiu City has seen this before."

"Okay, then it's peony, but the previous design has to be changed... In this way, let's highlight the word "colorful" on this brooch, but it can't be too colorful. It's too easy to go too far. Come, come, look at these gems I have, Which color do you think is better?"

"Hmm... red, red, and noble."

"Come on, let's study the leaves next. I also want to use gemstones for this leaf. You have to polish it very thin, make it translucent, moist and full, and green, and then aggregate it with enamel. Row upon row of layered beauty, can it work?"

"It's a bit difficult, but it's not a big problem and it can be done."

"Then let's talk about the next one?"

"Wait a minute, I'll draw these first, and you can see if it looks like what you want."

"well."

…

There are twenty different kinds of jewelry that Chu Heng wants to make. The two of them studied in the small studio for more than two hours, after a lot of checking and making up for omissions, they finally finalized the final style.

"It's over."

Talking dry, he let out a long sigh of relief, took a sip of the tea brought by Ji Ye's wife on the workbench, and was about to leave when he suddenly remembered that he still had something to explain, and hurriedly said: "That's right. , Master Ji, I remember that a master like you should mark all the jewelry he makes, right?"

"Yes, there is this habit, so it is easy to distinguish." Ji Ye nodded.

"Then don't forget to make a mark." Chu Heng ordered, then stood up, took out a hundred dollars from his pocket and put it on the table, and said with a smile: "This is the fixed money, you keep it, and the rest I'll give you a piece when I'm done.

"Alright, thank you." Old man Ji took the money with a smile on his face, counted the money in front of him, and then carefully put it into his pocket.

"That's it, I'll go first."

After saying that, Chu Heng picked up his bag and turned to leave.

Old man Ji hurriedly followed him out, his attitude was more flattering than before, he is a master master, but the master also has to eat, doesn't he? Facing my own food and clothing parents, I can't do too much to please them. UU reading www.uukanshu. com

Shaoqing.

Chu Heng returned to the car, raised his hand to check the time, saw that it was almost time to get off work, he pondered for a while, and drove away quickly.

Not long after, the grandson came to a road that must be passed to get off work at a glance.

"Crunch."

He parked the car on the side of the road, then Shi Shiran got out of the car, smoking while waiting for Zhang Yi to pass by after get off work.

More than ten minutes passed like this.

With disheveled hair and tattered clothes, the whole person is dirty, and with a stinking glance, he praises this small bag dangling on the corner of the street.

The old man immediately spotted the flamboyant Volga and the jade-faced man beside the car, grinned, and hurried over.

(end of this chapter)