Three days later, in order to avoid returning late again, Achu and I got up early in the morning, and the two of us sat on the ox cart and yawned for a long time.

When she came to Shu Wu's house, Shu Wuniang had already gotten up, but her face was not very good. I quipped: "I said I was here for a follow-up visit, but as soon as I entered the door, I just wanted to find a place to catch up on sleep." ”

Shu Wuniang smiled bitterly: "Don't hide it from the two of you, I can't sleep well in the past three days." Qiulan hasn't woken up yet, so I'll talk to you about the box you gave me three days ago. ”

Shu Wuniang led us to her bedroom to sit down, took out the wooden box and opened it, only to see a piece of red silk inside, and a white jade waist card lying on the red silk.

When Achu saw the jade waist card, he blurted out: "This waist card is not worn by ordinary people!" ”

Shu Wuniang said: "Yes, look at the words on this waist card." ”

I picked up the waist card and carefully identified, the white jade of good color was embedded in the ebony wood, and the top and bottom were also inlaid with a piece of blue water urchin agate, and the middle was the pattern of the entwined branch flower, and there were two words "hidden" between the flower branches.

“…… Zhenping, is that a name? I read it out unconsciously.

Achu also leaned over to take a closer look: "Well, this name looks like it came from a military household." ”

Shu Wuniang sighed: "Military households? This is the table word of the head of the Li family in Zhennan! This person's original name is Li Shen, and there is no word from a craftsman, and this table is taken by himself after his career, but others are familiar with his original name, so he is not often called, I have also checked, don't say that there is no one with the same name in our town, even in the entire county. ”

Ah Chu and I looked at each other, remembering his previous comment that he was "soaked in the workshop for eight out of ten days", and my face ached for a while.

Shu Wuniang continued: "He has indeed come to us a few times, but basically to entertain the big guests of his workshop, but he himself looks like an honest person, and he doesn't like this, let alone call him a girl...... But this thing is his basic eight or nine. ”

The situation is so different from what I thought before that I was skeptical - can a person from a craftsman be "happy" with Qiulan, who likes poetry and is quite proud of it? And a man who even evaluates "honest" and "doesn't like these" like Shu Wuniang, the owner of the Qinglou who has read countless people, how can he hide that Shu Wuniang and Qiulan are on good terms?

Achu and Shu Wuniang obviously realized the strangeness of the matter, and the three of them were speechless for a while. In the end, it was Achu who took the lead in breaking the deadlock:

"Now that the clues point to him, I have to ask him."

I tried to recall all the information about the head of the Li family in my head: "I remember, the Li family's shop and workshop will open in half an hour, it is better to choose a day than to hit the day, and Ah Chu and I will go to find out his tone today." ”

Shu Wuniang reached out and pinched her eyebrows, and pushed the box to me and Achu: "That's it." ”

The head of the Li family, although he was only a craftsman, was famous for his craftsmanship, ranging from farm tools and weapons to women's jewelry. It is after hitting the "first pot of gold" in the mountains, coupled with my good business acumen, the development can be said to be soaring, but three workshops and a jewelry shop have been opened in a year, and it is rare for a young man in his twenties to make achievements on an equal footing with his elders in such a short period of time.

We are now going to the Li family's jewelry shop, and we have successfully become the "door opener" of the shop. The guy on duty in the store looked at me and Achu, and showed a look of wanting to say something. I pretended not to see it, and scanned the few pieces of jewelry on the cabinet as if I was careless: "I have heard of Shopkeeper Li's ability to make jewelry, but today I saw the real thing, and it really deserves its name." ”

The guy also reacted quickly, and he had already shown a courteous appearance: "What kind of jewelry do the two girls want, whatever is available in this store, the villain can give you a detailed introduction." ”

Looking away from the jewels on the counter, I looked at the guy Zhengse and said, "I'm looking for a piece of jewelry that needs to be customized this time, and it's for the craftsmanship of Li Shen Li's shopkeeper, but it's not too public-minded for the time being, I wonder if you can help me introduce it?" ”

Achu beside me also had a very serious demeanor, and deliberately tightened the long package she was carrying today. The guy was frightened by our appearance that "something big is going to happen", and hurriedly said: "Our shopkeeper is working in the inner room, I will lead you to meet him, you can tell him what you want to do." ”

The Li family's jewelry shop is the largest in the town and the most complete jewelry shop, all the surrounding people have a wedding and other "big work", are looking for the Li family to undertake, so the guy also has the experience of receiving private customized customers, led us to the door of the workshop, knocked on the door and said "the shopkeeper is coming to the big job" as if he could not know the confidentiality of the guests and left, I and Achu had to enter the door by ourselves. The indoor light is not good, only the middle light outlines the back of a man who is immersed in work, thinking that it is Li Shen, and the raw materials such as gold, silver, gems, jade, and pearls that he is exposed to are faintly shining in the dark.

Hearing someone enter the door, he didn't even raise his head, but just quoted a long list of prices like a cannon:

"A minimum of 500 pieces of custom-made jewelry depends on the process; The minimum gold and silver utensils are 1,000 yuan, and the raw materials must be brought by themselves. If you make a complete set of wedding head and face jewelry and gold and silverware, you can give a pair of earrings for free; In addition, if the agreed deadline is exceeded, I will not take a penny. What do you want to do and when will you pick it up? ”

I...... I didn't dare to answer, after all, the money I and Achu had on us was far from enough for the cheapest custom jewelry. Although Shu Wuniang gave us a few pieces of broken silver for emergency when she was leaving, I don't know if it is enough.

Silently sighing for a moment of poverty, I got down to business: "I'm going to make a long-life lock, but it won't come in handy until seven months later, and I'll have to deliver it to the door by the shopkeeper himself." ”

The man who was immersed in his work did not stop, but his words were a little puzzled: "The cheapest long-life lock starts at 1,200 yuan, and if you want to deliver it to your door, you will add 100 yuan." However, it is indeed too early to order a long-life lock seven months in advance, and it will be possible to place an order in five or six months. ”

Achu squeezed the package tightly: "It's not early, it's not early, we're afraid that it will be too late if it drags on any longer." ”

"This ...... Okay, then what pattern and style do you want for this lock, I'll show you a look? And where are you going to send it when it's done? ”

"You don't need to look for a look, you have to wrap the pattern of the branch flower, and send it to the Shu Wujia on Qingfeng Street." Achu replied.

Li Shen took the paper in his hand and wrote: "The twig pattern, this pattern is rare to use on the longevity lock...... Sent to Shuwujia, Qingfeng Street...... Wait a minute?! ”

He turned his head and stared at us suddenly—it was a young man with a face like a jade and a star, but his face was incredulous: "Shu Wujia...... If I'm not mistaken, you want me to send the long-life lock to the brothel? ”

I replied in a calm tone, "No mistake, please put a piece of jade on the longevity lock." ”

The disbelief on his face deepened: "Jade? OK...... Then this jade material ......"

"We have prepared it," I showed him the waist card I had held in my hand in the morning, "Please take a look at the shopkeeper, may I ask if this piece of jade is suitable?" ”

Li Shen's brows furrowed, "This is the waist card I lost before," his voice was cold and questioning, "How did this waist card get into your hands...... Also, did you come prepared? ”