"Mom, this is a gift from me, do you like it?"

At this time, it was at home that Dale took the gift that Jia Yi had made for her—an elaborate pendulum clock.

Jia Yi still spent some effort to design outside this pendulum clock, first of all, a four-legged base, the whole is an arrow tower or bell tower style, the upper part is a round dial, the top is a carving, carved a big rooster foraging under the tree, originally wanted to carve a phoenix, after all, it was for women, but the phoenix is too complicated, he is afraid that the construction period is not enough, mainly he is lazy.

The pendulum is hidden inside the bell tower and cannot be seen from the outside. Because there is a single pendulum to be placed inside, there are requirements for the height of the entire pendulum clock, of course, you can actually make it 0.5 seconds, 0.25 seconds, so that the height can be lowered, but in this way, the gear system inside has to be redesigned, which is too troublesome.

The main part of the carat was designed and handed to Dai, and the carpenter she went to make it out of cherry wood. After taking it back, he carved it casually according to some magic patterns, and then filled it with some gold, after all, it was a gift, and it couldn't be too plain.

As for what to do if the carving is broken, it is a kind of mutilated beauty, an artistic thing, do you know how to appreciate it? But fortunately, Jiayi's hand is very stable, and there are no accidents.

Now in front of Dale's mother is such a clock, with the ticking sound inside, the slender second hand on the gold-plated dial moves step by step.

It's a pity that Dale's mother, Xuefu, doesn't know what this is: "It's funny, this needle can keep walking without moving, what is the scale on it for? Is this time?"

When making the dial, Kaichi used the universal time markers that are used now, and the dial of the sundial is also round, so Xuefu recognized it at a glance, but did not realize that it was also a timekeeping tool.

"This is a pendulum clock, for timing, the teacher and Jiayi made it together, it is much easier to use than a sundial or something, and it doesn't matter if it's cloudy in time. ”

Dale began to explain to her mother how to use the pendulum clock, and also explained the concept of the hour (the original timekeeping was 12 o'clock, now it is 24 hours, as for why 24 hours is forced, of course, it is because the author is lazy). Jiayi also designed the function of telling the time, of course, the simplest kind, usually rings on the hour, and it rings 12 times at 12 o'clock. However, there is a disadvantage, that is, it will ring 12 times at 12 o'clock at night, so you can't put it in the bedroom.

After Xuefu understood the function of this grandfather clock, she really couldn't help but exclaim this time: "I didn't think you could design such a delicate thing, I originally thought that this second hand was just for walking." It's nine o'clock... Forty-seven points... Forty-five... Fifty... Fifty... Two, three, four seconds. Isn't that right?"

The first time she saw something so delicate, it was like a child getting a playful toy. The main thing is that although she is the mistress of the territory, there is no fun in her usual life, except for inviting a few noble ladies in the territory to chat and play cards together, there is no other entertainment, this is just a small town, there is not even an opera house, if you want to see this, you have to go to the provincial city of Wickham.

"This is made by your teacher?" Although Dai'er had already said it earlier, she still couldn't help but want to confirm it.

Dai Er said, "The teacher and Jia Yi did it together. ”

Seeing Dai'er's excited appearance, Xue Fu couldn't help but jokingly say, "Then what did you do?"

Seeing that her daughter was a little embarrassed with her head down, she couldn't bear to say too much, so she changed the topic: "Why didn't Jiayi and your teacher come over?"

"The teacher is studying adding a magic array to the clock, and Jiayi has now reached the criteria for promotion, and has been working hard for promotion. Moreover, they felt that our mother's birthday was our own business, and we didn't invite outsiders, so we didn't come. But they asked me to bring a gift, the teacher gave me a ruby, and Kaichi gave me a headdress. ”

Xuefu's birthday this time was just an ordinary birthday, and there were no big invitations to guests, but the family gathered together to celebrate, so Jiayi and Yimu didn't come.

After Dale finished speaking, she took her backpack and took out a box and a ruby from it. Dale handed the ruby to her mother, and it was clear that everyone didn't care much about the ruby. Although this gem is not small, the size of a small fingernail, and it looks very pure, it is not cut, and most of the brilliance is obscured.

It's not cheap, but it feels very casual. It's like Dale told her teacher that she was going home to celebrate her mother's birthday, and the teacher felt that she should give a gift, and then groped in her pocket for a long time, but couldn't find a suitable one, and then suddenly saw this ruby, so she casually threw it over and asked her to give it to her mother as a gift.

It's very careless, and you can tell at a glance that it's not carefully selected.

Of course, the reality is not that way, but it is not much worse.

If it is a more hypocritical person, it will probably feel that the gift is not intentional, but Xue Fu is the lord's wife after all, so she will not be so unreasonable, and speaking of which, the status of the mage is actually above these little lords.

Xuefu happily put away this ruby, although it is not large, but carefully polished and cut, whether it is a ring or a necklace is very good. It's just that she looked at Dale and felt a little strange why she was holding the box and didn't put it away.

Xue Fu looked at her daughter with straight eyes, until she was a little embarrassed to see it, and she reluctantly handed over the box.

After Xue Fu took it, she opened it with a smile, and she also wondered what made her daughter so stingy that she even wanted to "embezzle" her mother's gifts.

He opened the small box, and inside it was a delicate golden butterfly, with two tentacles sticking out of its head, and two fine rubies set at the tip. She picked up the butterfly, and its wings trembled and seemed to flutter, and it was fearful that it would break its wings if she accidentally broke it. Underneath the butterfly is a clip, which looks like it should be a hairpin. No wonder Dai'er is reluctant, girls are always unable to resist such delicate gadgets.

This is made by Jia Yi with reference to the hairpin pattern on the earth, smelted with a magic furnace, and the touch plasticity of the mage is easy to make. On the earth, this is nothing, except for the material, it's basically rotten, even if it's a cheap product, you can also cover the wings with a thin layer of porcelain, or some other colorful pattern, Jiayi's all-over yellow in addition to the antennae, it looks a little monotonous.

The wings of this butterfly hairpin are made of gold, the body is made of alloy mixed with gold, and the rest of the body is plated with only one layer of gold to maintain strength. Purely in terms of material, this is not cheap for ordinary people, but it is not too expensive for the lord's family, but this design and craftsmanship can be regarded as ingenious in this era.

After all, using magic and using handicraft are two different concepts.

Xuefu also couldn't put it down, and pinned the hairpin on her head without a teacher, and admired it in front of the mirror. I was going to give it to Daile at a glance, but now this idea has long been lost to nowhere.

Daile pouted on the side, probably foreseeing this situation, otherwise she wouldn't be so reluctant.

is worthy of two mothers and daughters, and they can guess each other's meaning.

In fact, with Dai'er's magic level, making this hairpin is also very simple, as long as Jiayi teaches the precautions a little, but her IQ has not been online since she saw this hairpin, and she didn't think of it.