Chapter 237 Trial

"you. Liu Yufei said angrily, "If others want my old man to introduce Grandpa Li to help carve him, they can't do it." You know, with Grandpa Li's craftsmanship, that's a level that is not easy to shoot! You kid, I don't know what kind of luck you have gone, even my old man is so optimistic about you, it almost makes me feel jealous. …… You're still talking cool things here!"

"Isn't it?" Jia Rudao's face was slightly surprised, and said, "Isn't it possible that some of the jade materials of your 'Liu Ji' can't be carved by Grandpa Li himself?"

"Yes, yes, but not much. Liu Yufei replied very honestly, "Moreover, a large part of it is still carved by Grandpa Li in the past." The craftsmanship at that time was naturally incomparable with now. Speaking of which, even in my hands, there are not many jadeite products carved by Grandpa Li. ”

"Hehe, shouldn't you have exchanged it for money?" Jia Rudao smiled faintly.

The two of them, just playing like this, walked into one of the houses together, the old wooden door, very heavy, but also very simple, making people feel down-to-earth at the same time, there are also a few periods!

What kind of strange temper will a craftsman who even Liu Yufei want to invite him to carve jade jewelry for himself?

Or, anyone who has some ability is a person who is arrogant, right?

Jia Yidao's mind began to keep imagining that when Grandpa Li first heard that he wanted to ask him to carve jade jewelry, his face might be stunned or stunned, but after pondering and pondering, he always felt that it was a little unreasonable!

As for the carving masters who have seen a lot on the Internet, Jia Yidao feels that they are a little fairy-like. And Grandpa Li, who is about to meet, will it also look like this?

Just imagining it, suddenly, a crisp voice came to his face: "Hey, Xiaofei, Xiaojia, why are you here?"

Jia Rudao raised his eyes and saw that it was Master Li who had a relationship, that is, when he was in the casino in Yangmei Village, the woman Liu Yufei was carrying by his side! For a while, Jia Rudao looked at Liu Yufei and Master Li, and couldn't help but show an ambiguous smile on his face!

"That ,......" Liu Yufei first explained the reason for the arrival of the two of them to Master Li, and then said to Jia Rudao, "Master Li is Grandpa Li's granddaughter, and it is normal for her to appear here!"

"Yes, it's normal for people to be here. But, in other places,...... Jia Nidao said while looking at Liu Yufei with a smile! This kind of scene that can hit Liu Yufei will not let it go. It's just that Jia Rudao's deep meaning, has not succeeded, Master Li in front of him naturally helped Liu Yufei to break the siege.

"Xiaofei, is it Grandpa Liu, let you come over to see my grandfather?" Master Li said, looking at Liu Yufei a little stunned, "By the way, my grandfather is still sitting in the backyard." ”

"yes. Liu Yufei just happened to change the topic.

"That, Miss Shishi, how do you know that it was Old Man Liu who asked us to come over?" Jia Nidao was a little curious, could it be that Liu Yufei took him to visit Master Li? You know, in Jia Nidao's eyes, no matter what, there is still a bit of an inexplicable relationship between Master Li and Liu Yufei, right?

"It's very simple. Master Li smiled slightly, glanced at Liu Yufei, and said, "Xiao Fei came to our house, generally, either to ask me for help, or to come to see my grandfather." It's just that recently, more people have come to me for help. And if I came to visit my grandfather, I mostly came alone. At this time, bring Xiao Jia over with you, and at such a time, it is natural that you are here to find my grandfather for something. And ,......"

"And if you want to find Grandpa Li for something, you will definitely need my grandfather's approval. Liu Yufei hurriedly said, otherwise, let Master Li keep talking like this, God knows what words can pop out of her mouth. On the other hand, at this time, Jia Yidao, with a slight smile on his face and a faint gaze at him, made Liu Yufei feel like he was stabbed in his back.

From Master Li's words, it is not difficult to hear that Liu Yufei asked Master Li to accompany him and go to the underground casino, just to support the scene.

And the relationship between Master Li and Liu Yufei, in Jia Yidao's opinion, at least, from the current situation, should belong to the kind of relationship between childhood sweethearts and two little guesses. It's just that the kind of familiarity between the two is not what ordinary lovers will have!

It's also strange, Liu Yufei was going to intercept Master Li's words halfway.

However, Jia Rudao can be regarded as hearing it, Master Li's grandfather, even in 'Liu Ji', can definitely be regarded as an important person. Otherwise, why, even if Liu Yufei came to find Grandpa Li to help carve, he still needed to get the consent of Old Man Liu?

Led by Master Li, the three of them walked through the main hall together and went to the backyard.

The scene inside is exactly as Jia Yidao expected before, there is a small courtyard, around the courtyard, there are similar houses, judging from some traces of use in front of those houses, it should be that there were several families living in the past, but maybe the children have gone to the city, looking at it now, it is a little more cold.

And the whole yard, there is also an independent gate, which should belong to the original several families to share!

In the yard, most of the places are paved with small pebbles, densely packed, forming a trail! In the corner, there are naturally a lot of plants planted, full of green! Especially one of the rockeries, not high, not big, but also very unique, in such an old house renovation of the courtyard, it is extraordinarily rare, it can be seen that the old man Li is also an elegant person!

Otherwise, when passing by the living room before, Jia Yidao noticed that in the living room, there would be no rattan chairs, wooden coffee tables, purple clay pots, small pendulum clocks and other furnishings.

And now, in the middle of the small courtyard, a slightly more remote position, there is also a shelf supporting vines. This made Jia Nidao imagine the feeling of meeting under the grape trellis on a summer night, as for the vine, what kind of plant it is, even if Jia Nidao grew up in the countryside, it is difficult to name it.

The vines spread unscrupulously, the whole shelf, but not big, about two and a half meters high, four wooden pillars in a square position, supporting the ceiling above, not to mention that it is already evening time, that is, at noon, there is the shade of the green branches and leaves on the shelf, this position at the bottom, it should not be too hot, right?

In the middle of the shelf, of course, is a table made of natural stone, with four rattan chairs on top of it.

And on this natural stone table, there is naturally a complete set of tea sets. In addition, there is an old radio with intermittent tones coming from it, which makes people feel a natural sense of leisure. Sitting on the edge of the stone table was an old man in his sixties, slightly chubby, dressed very plainly, just a blue and white "colored" shirt, two or three buttons near the placket, all of them were open, quite a bit of open chest "exposed" and "breast" posture, and the hair was black and white, needless to say, it was Grandpa Li.

Seeing Master Li walking in with Jia Nidao and Liu Yufei, his face was quite surprised at first, and then he regained his calm look.

Jia Rudao pondered, if it was just from the appearance of the old man, it was really hard to imagine that this Grandpa Li in front of him would be an outstanding craftsman. And judging from his dress and demeanor, he is like a character like an old grandfather next door, as for what Liu Yufei said in advance, his temper is strange and the like, he has long been left behind by Jia Yidao.

"Grandpa Li, hello, I came to see you, didn't disturb you, did I? This is Xiao Jia, but my grandfather specially asked me to bring it over to see you. After Liu Yufei saw Grandpa Li's complacent demeanor, he hurriedly stepped forward and said hello, and by the way, he also told the purpose of his coming.

It wasn't until this moment that Old Man Li's eyes carefully looked at Jia Rudao's body, smiled faintly on his face, and said, "Come, sit! Xiaofei, old man, I thought you came here to find the teacher." ”

"Grandpa,......" Master Li muttered immediately on the side.

"Okay, okay, okay, I won't talk about your business, grandpa. This is all right, right?" Grandpa Li seemed to be very helpless about Master Li's coquettishness, but the look on his face was still happy, and he said to Jia Rudao, "Xiao Jia, you also sit! Since you were introduced by Master Liu, presumably, you are also in the jade business, right?"

Seeing Jia Yidao nodded, Grandpa Li was not seen, and then said: "In the past few years, Master Liu, I haven't used my old man's place much." ……”

"Grandpa Li, are you out of sight?" Liu Yufei said with a smile on the side, "My grandfather remembers you every day." Especially your craft, it's a unique skill. It's just that my grandfather doesn't want you to be too '', so in the past few years, he has rarely let you make a move. ”

"Hehe, you can talk. Xiao Liuzi gave birth to a good baby. When Grandpa Li heard this, his heart was happy. As for the little Liu Zi in his mouth, Jia Rudao guessed that it should be Liu Yufei's father's nickname! Generally, in the mouths of the older generation, those who call the younger generation rarely call their names directly.

It's like shouting Liu Yufei, you will be Xiao Xiaofei, and calling Liu Yufei's father is called Xiao Liuzi, which is normal!

Even, in Jia Yidao's hometown, many people will call some nicknames such as 'dog leftovers' and 'iron eggs'. However, in recent years, with the gradual development of information circulation, even in the countryside, most of the people who call these childhood nicknames are relatives of the older generation, or older neighbors.

Jia Yidao remembers that every time he goes home, just from the station in the town, on the way back to his home, he will feel a familiar and warm feeling of knowing the smiles of acquaintances he sees and the tireless greetings!

The so-called nostalgia is nothing more than that.

"Grandpa Li, Xiao Jia is a good jadeite business, but he is different from our 'Liu Ji', mainly in the jadeite raw material business. This time I came back to you, naturally I fell in love with your craft. After Liu Yufei heard Old Man Li's name for his father, he also smiled, and then turned away from the topic and said, "If you are not busy, why don't you help Xiao Jia and carve a few jade ornaments, Grandpa Li, are you free for the next while?"

"Grandpa, anyway, you stay at home every day, and you don't have anything to do, so why don't you help Brother Xiaofei." Before Old Man Li could answer, Master Li on the side spoke.

For a while, Old Man Li first looked at Master Li, and then at Liu Yufei, the smile on the corner of his mouth seemed to become more intense all of a sudden, but his mouth was happy and seemed to be inconsequential: "This girl is a girl, it is a woman's heart outward." No, it's nothing, so I pushed my grandfather out. ”

"Grandpa,——" Master Li couldn't help but shout angrily, "I won't tell you." With that, he walked away and went back to the house alone.

Jia Rudao looked at Master Li's rather annoyed and angry appearance, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at Liu Yufei, and when he saw Liu Yufei's face, he didn't have the slightest surprise, but shrugged his shoulders helplessly, which made his mood calm again.

"Grandpa Li, I also follow Brother Liu to call you like this, don't you mind?" Jia Rudao said, seeing that Old Man Li was noncommittal, he beat the snake and put on the stick, and then said, "Before I came, I heard Brother Liu say that I want to ask you to carve a lot of rules." I see, are you giving me a chance?"

"Oh?" Old man Li, at this point, he can be regarded as paying some attention to the purpose of Jia Rudao's coming, "You can tell me, old man, what rules do I still have?"

"Uh,......" Jia seemed to say for a while, but he was a little speechless!

In fact, before coming, Liu Yufei did discuss with Jia Yidao about various situations that might arise after meeting Old Man Li. For example, as soon as they opened their mouths, they refused directly, or they just shirked and said that they were very busy, or so on, and the two of them made some preparations for what to do. It's like now, so straightforward, but I never thought of it.

Speaking of which, the main purpose of 'Liu Ji' is that 'Liu Ji' does not often "sexually" bother Old Man Li is because Old Man Li is too famous. After all, if it is an ordinary-quality jadeite material, a craftsman of Old Man Li's age will naturally not make any more moves.

And those so-called rules, at least, were not set by Old Man Li himself at the beginning.

For example, only two or three pieces of jadeite ornaments are carved every year, or if it is not the best jadeite material, it will not be sold. It's nothing more than some people who want to invite Old Man Li to make a move. A good jadeite ornament, most of the craftsmen, will carve a three or five months, if you encounter the best jadeite material, even before the carving, just the design time, it will take more than half a year.

With a carving master of the level of Mr. Li, the annual output is naturally not high.

In addition, if you want to invite Mr. Li to carve, then your jadeite material, you always need some special place, right?

Of course, in the market, although good jadeite materials are scarce, but, with the strength of 'Liu Ji', it is relatively easy to find a few good materials, as long as Mr. Li himself is willing, even if he wants to carve some ornaments all year round, it is not a difficult thing. But the problem is that with Mr. Li's craftsmanship and the best jadeite materials, the price of the jadeite ornaments made is undoubtedly high!

If something can be made immediately, then the funds of 'Liu Ji' will naturally be returned quickly. But if the things that are made, because the price is too high, and keep them in their hands, and put them on hold for three or five years, if there are only one or two pieces, 'Liu Ji' can afford to put it aside, and if there are more of them, the turnover of funds will inevitably be tight.

After all, a family-style business stall like 'Liu Ji' is still more particular about pursuing the greatest interests. It's not like Jia Nidao, who is the only one who runs the business, and he has the final say in everything! Even, to put it mildly, Jia Nidao eats enough alone, and the whole family is not hungry!

The family of 'Liu Ji' has a big business, but he can't afford to hoard too much.

And those more popular bracelets on the market, rings and other jade styles, even if Mr. Li's craftsmanship is outstanding, can he still make bracelets into flowers? As long as the craftsmanship is passable, most of them can be competent.

In this way, it can be regarded as limiting Mr. Li's annual output in jadeite ornaments.

Over time, strange rules such as Mr. Li carving up to two jadeite ornaments a year, or what kind of requirements for carved jadeite materials have gradually spread.

Of course, that's what he said, but in the face of Old Man Li's inquiry, Jia Rudao wondered in his heart whether he wanted to say it like this!