On the second day, Mr. Zhao sent a carriage to pick Bai Wei up and went to Duan Mansion together.

Mr. Zhao was sitting in the carriage and waiting.

Bai Wei took the drawings to meet Duan Luochun.

Duan Luochun was very surprised that Bai Wei had drawn the artwork so quickly.

White clouds, flowing water, green pines and bamboos, the ancient road sunset, old men and young children.

She carved a elegant and peaceful landscape with landscape characters, pavilions and pavilions as the themes.

Bai Wei saw Duan Luochun persistently with the painting for a long time and was unwilling to speak. Yushanzi was popular in history in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and Yushan in "Dayu's Flood Control" marked the prosperity of ancient Chinese jadeware. If Yushanzi represents the highest level of jade carving art, then thin-tied craftsmanship is an insurmountable monument.

The thin-tire process was almost lost before the Qing Dynasty. Because it was loved by Qianlong, it was revived again after Qianlong's death.

Jade carving is an art of subtraction. The value of jade material is high, and one step of carving means a major loss. Carving a thin body requires great courage. Every step of carving is challenging the limit. Polishing such works as thin as cicada wings is like facing the abyss.

Regardless of the process or cost, thin tires are all dangerous and beautiful tools, which makes many jade craftsmen look second.

If it weren't for the tight time, Bai Wei might have tried thin-fat jade to participate in the competition.

But only a few thin tires can succeed. The jade material is too exhausted and cannot guarantee whether it can be made before participating in the competition.

"Yushanzi seems simple, but also pays attention to skills." Duan Luochun placed the artwork on the long table. "The layout of mountains and rocks emphasizes balance and stability, with layers of forests stacked, with staggered heights and contrasts depths, and strives to carve the light artistic conception in it, which is simple and solemn. It is smooth with a knife, with round turns, and cut flowers and leaves from different folks."

Bai Wei was proficient in Yushanzi's creation and had a chance of winning, because before the Ming Dynasty, rock carving was mainly drilled, with hole-shaped and dipper-shaped drill marks particularly obvious. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, various carving methods such as high relief, bas-relief, line carving, and multi-layer openwork were used, making the jade more beautiful.

After her observation, the carving of Yushanzi is now stagnant in the technology before the Ming Dynasty, so she chose Yushanzi.

Duan Luochun's words shocked her heart and immediately realized that what she saw was only one-sided. Baoyuan Mansion's jade carving technology was too backward, and she felt like she was déjà vu when she was in a well and was looking at the sky.

Bai Wei didn't dare to be careless and sat on the stool and listened with her ears.

"Yushanzi is suitable for large jade materials, and requires accurate grasp of complex patterns and more attention to detailed processing. We lack time and can only carve small pieces. If we want to win... it is difficult." Duan Luochun made his final conclusion.

Bai Wei shrugged her head and shouted pitifully, "Second Master... please give me some advice."

Duan Luochun laughed a few times, rolled up the drawing, and knocked it on her head, "Think about it yourself, if I give you a painting directly, you will be restricted and lose your spiritual energy."

Bai Wei was depressed and full of self-confidence was hit!

"Master Zhao asked me to send him a message. He wants to visit you, but I wonder if you have time to see him?"

Duan Luochun glared at her and hummed twice: "Did you get his benefits again?"

Bai Wei laughed and said, "You said the stone yard is hard to buy. It's not that I'm just sleepy. He handed a pillow, and I can't resist the huge temptation. But he made a statement. I'm only responsible for passing on a message. You don't have to force yourself to agree to him for me. Anyway, the stone yard has been sold to me."

"I don't want others to say that my apprentice burns the bridge when crossing the river."

"Master Zhao has done a lot of things like this, he should be able to understand."

Duan Luochun drove Bai Wei away and asked her to invite Mr. Zhao in.

Bai Wei informed Mr. Zhao that she was sitting in the pavilion waiting for someone.

The yard is full of green bamboos, and there are no other green plants.

Bai Wei leaned against the beauty, the cold wind blew the green bamboos and the floor tiles were covered with a layer of dead leaves.

The subtle sound of the wooden wheel pressing over the branches and leaves came, and Bai Wei turned her head and looked.

I saw a young man sitting in a wheelchair, wrapped in a luxurious silver sable fur, and a snow-white fur on the neckline reflecting his elegant and beautiful face and warm and harmless.

A black black hair was half tied with half a bunch, a plum blossom jade hairpin was worn, and her thin and slender fingers were clearly visible. She was holding a string of Buddhist beads.

"Cough cough...cough..." The man coughed while covering his lips with his golden chew.

He leaned in the wheelchair with a sharp cough, and his chest was shaken. His light lips became whiter and more, but he had a bit of a weak beauty.

Bai Wei was stunned and recognized the man who bought her jade scorpion.

Yuanbao pushed Duan Yunlan into the pavilion, lowered the curtains, blocking the cold wind, and the itch in his throat relieved and slowly stopped the cough.

"It's cold and cold, why don't the girl wait in the room?" Duan Yunlan's eyebrows and eyes were soft, and the tips of her eyes were stained with a faint smile. "There are a few plum blossoms in the backyard, and the scenery is more graceful than the front yard."

Bai Wei smiled and said, "Each flower is in her eyes, I like this quiet and tranquility."

Duan Yunlan smiled gently, her eyes bent down like crescent moons, revealing the hazy feeling of distant mountains and mists. Her beautiful face added a bit of beauty, and her tone was very gentle, "You are talking very much."

Bai Wei's eyes fell on the Buddhist beads in his hand, and then she realized that there was a cold sandalwood on his body, without any smell of medicine.

They were not familiar with each other, and Bai Wei lowered her eyes and did not talk to her again.

Yuanbao held the teapot and warmed it on the small stove.

The two of them sat quietly in the pavilion, only the warm teapot on the stove was gurgling with smoke and the fragrance was everywhere.

Bai Wei rubbed her fingers and her eyes fell on the teapot.

Duan Yunlan's clear-chord fingers gently plucked the beads. He sat diagonally opposite Bai Wei. Her every move was in sight. She raised her thin eyelids and looked at Yuanbao waiting beside her.

Yuanbao understood it and immediately took out two jasper cups to pour tea, put it in a tray, and handed it to Bai Wei.

Bai Wei was stunned. When she saw Chengcha’s jade cup, her eyes were straightening.

Lotus petal vanilla pattern thin jasper cup!

The lines are smooth and flexible, delicate and beautiful. She can see the jasmine petals floating inside through the wall of the cup.

Duan Yunlan took a sip of tea, saw Bai Wei's surprised and surprised eyes, and turned her cup and said, "This is made by the Duan family's jade craftsman. What do you think?"

"It's great." Bai Wei's heart was surging. She was trapped in this small city, and her vision was also limited. She had no idea how the jade craftsmanship developed outside Baoyuan Mansion City was developing.

Duan Luochun's guidance, the young man's jade cup in front of her, broke her cognition again and again, shocking her.

Duan Yunlan drank tea ceremony leisurely and leisurely: "I have seen a girl's work. Your carvings are good, but they are far from the craftsmen in the capital. You are still too young and stay in this small county town to bury your talent. I am a person who cherishes talents. If you have the opportunity to go to the capital, I will recommend you to this jade craftsman for a while."

Bai Wei didn't expect that he was so approachable. He held the teacup in his palm and the warm heat flowed away the stiffness between his fingers. "Thank you, I will definitely visit the capital if I have the opportunity to go to the capital in the future."

Duan Yunlan nodded slightly and said slowly: "I heard that you worship Duan Luochun as your teacher. He left for the capital after the Jade Competition. If so, we will make an appointment in midsummer." After a pause, his tone became softer and gentler, "The summer is hot, and the autumn is best."

Bai Wei was surprised and said without changing her face: "I won't go to the capital."

“Why?”

Yuanbao couldn't help but say, "Miss Bai, the capital is suitable for your development. If you go to the capital, you will definitely have a place."

"My home is here, so naturally I stay here." Bai Wei vaguely realized that from the beginning, he had deliberately taken out this set of tea cups to attract her attention, with the purpose of motivating her to go to the capital.

After thinking about this, she asked.

Duan Yunlan smiled, "I will recruit you for the Duan family."

"Thank you for your kindness, my son. I am used to being free and unrestrained, and I don't like being restrained." Bai Wei declined.

Duan Yunlan nodded, remained silent, and slowly tasted the tea.

Bai Wei refused many times, Duan Yunlan had a good temper and did not turn her face angry. She had an orchid temperament, and was gentle and elegant.

Duan Yunlan finished drinking a cup of tea, Yuanbao took the cup, he brushed his sleeves, pulled out a letter and took something to his legs.

Bai Wei looked at the yellow-skinned jade artifact, which was carved by her at the treasure selection conference. Later, she gave it to Shen Yu, how could it fall into his hands?

Yuanbao handed the envelope to Bai Wei.

Bai Wei looked at Duan Yunlan in confusion, but did not move.

Duan Yunlan said: "Miss Bai, you may accept this, which may be helpful to you."

Bai Wei looked at the jade artifact in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and she took the envelope.

Yuanbao pushed Duan Yunlan away.

She frowned and looked at Duan Yunlan's back, unable to guess his intentions.

He stuffed the letter into the inner bag of his sleeve and saw Mr. Zhao come out of the house.

Mr. Zhao was full of spring breeze and his attitude towards Bai Wei was a little better. "Girl Wei, your stone yard is too small and you can't produce much good jade. What jade material is needed for participating in the competition? Just tell Uncle Zhao, don't be polite."

Bai Wei simply responded.

Mr. Zhao personally sent Bai Wei back to the village, and his entourage moved two boxes from another carriage, "Girl Wei, you will move in the house tomorrow. This is the gift from Uncle Zhao to you."

"Uncle Zhao, you are so polite."

"A little bit of a word. If you don't accept it, you just look down on Uncle Zhao." Mr. Zhao asked the servant to move the box to the Bai family.

Bai Wei thanked Mr. Zhao.

The two said goodbye.

Bai Wei turned around and was about to go home, but she saw Mrs. Liu holding a cabbage in her hand with a cane.

Old Mrs. Liu hid the cabbage behind her back, and Bai Wei felt embarrassed to see it.

She looked at Mr. Zhao's luxurious carriage again, and then at Bai Wei holding a basket of food in her hand, feeling sad, "Your family will move to the house tomorrow, and your aunt will come to eat noodles."

"I understand." Bai Wei responded and left without looking back.

Old Mrs. Liu was so angry that she threw the cabbage in her hand to the ground. The bitch came back from the county town and didn't know how to respect her mother's mother!

Lin carried two watery cabbages, "Aunt Liu, your cabbage fell to the ground."

Old Mrs. Liu wanted to say no, but she didn't have any food at home. She was so angry that she picked up the cabbage.
To be continued...