Once Master Liu started talking, he couldn't stop and kept talking to Qi Menghui.
Qi Menghui was afraid that he would find something wrong, and secondly, he was still worried about Ye Laosan who was left alone in his room.
If Ye Lao San couldn't wait for him and wandered around, it would be easy for something to happen.
Master Liu talked incessantly for a long time, but when he saw Qi Menghui sitting on a stool that looked like there were nails stuck in it and he couldn't sit still, he couldn't help but frown.
You know, because he is the best skilled among his fellow apprentices, he is usually the busiest.
Basically, anything that comes before the emperor is made by him personally.
He encountered some problems this afternoon and really didn't know how to deal with them, so he decided to give himself half a day off and go to the warehouse to look for inspiration.
Seeing that Qi Menghui was so willing to use his brain, Gangang suddenly became greedy and thought of giving him some advice. Maybe he could get some inspiration from what he was saying.
Who knew that this child would look so absent-minded.
You know, even for his own disciples, it is difficult to find such an opportunity!
"If you don't want to listen, there's no need to force yourself." Master Liu's face darkened.
Qi Menghui quickly waved his hands to explain: "Of course not, Master Liu, I am very lucky to receive your kind advice.
"It's just that... Today, the Qin Mansion arranged for someone to come over to broaden their horizons, and Master Chen asked me to be in charge of the reception..."
Having said this, Master Liu naturally understood.
This kind of thing has long been an open secret in the General Administration.
After all, the preferences and supplies in the palace will influence the dignitaries in Beijing, and then spread to the people.
This has been the case throughout the dynasties, so naturally there are always people who want to be the first to get the information.
Therefore, some dignitaries in the capital would often spend some money to have their own craftsmen come to the Imperial Household Department to observe and learn.
One reason was to see what was popular in the palace recently, and the other was to see if I could learn something from it.
Given Master Liu's current status, it is naturally not his turn to receive these people.
He couldn't say he hated this kind of thing, but he certainly couldn't say he liked it much either.
But he also understood that this was a form of gray income for the supervisor, and these apprentices could not refuse it.
So when he heard Qi Menghui say this with an embarrassed look on his face, he immediately waved his hand in understanding and said, "I see. Go ahead and give me the incense burner. I'll put it back for you."
"Ah? We'll be at the warehouse soon, so I won't bother you anymore..." Qi Menghui's cold sweat broke out again.
"It's not a problem. I was going to the storeroom to look for something." Master Liu stood up, picked up the incense burner and headed towards the storeroom without saying anything.
Qi Menghui could only look at his back with mixed feelings, and then returned to his room in trepidation.
He told Ye Laosan about his chance encounter with Master Liu.
"But, Third Brother Ye, your craftsmanship is truly amazing. Even Master Liu couldn't tell what you replaced it with!"
"I just copied him. Master Liu is really amazing. He was able to make such an ingenious incense burner without any reference." Ye Laosan's admiration was beyond words.
Qi Menghui inexplicably felt a sense of pride and said with a smile, "Of course not. Master Liu is someone even my master admires. His incense burner, in fact..."
He learned and put into practice what he had just learned, and repeated to Ye Lao San exactly what Master Liu had just said.
Master Liu was just giving guidance to Qi Menghui, and his explanation was very profound and easy to understand.
Although Qi Menghui was a little absent-minded, he understood most of what was said.
Now that he said this, he immediately received the admiring gaze of Ye Lao San.
“Xiao Qi, I didn’t expect that you are so powerful even though you are just an apprentice.
“There were many places where I felt vaguely that I had some of that idea when I was watching it.
“But I can’t quite grasp it, and I don’t know how to summarize it.
"But after hearing you say that, I suddenly felt like something had clicked."
Ye Lao San was very excited. After thinking about it for a while, he praised: "What you said is really great. Many of your points hit the nail on the head.
"The Chief Designer is indeed worthy of his title. He's a hidden dragon and crouching tiger!"
Qi Menghui had originally wanted to pretend to show off, but ended up being flattered to the point of being embarrassed. He waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Third Brother Ye, you misunderstood. I'm not that amazing. These are all things Master Liu said before, and I'm just telling you."
"I see, Master Liu is truly remarkable." Third Brother Ye sighed repeatedly, "If I were lucky enough to hear him explain it in person, that would be..."
Ye Laosan didn't finish his words because he knew that this was impossible.
Qi Menghui's stomach suddenly rumbled, and Ye Laosan also suddenly felt empty in his stomach.
It was already late, and in order to repair the incense burner, the two of them hadn't even had lunch yet!
Qi Menghui smiled and patted his stomach and said, "I suddenly feel hungry now. Third Brother Ye must have been starving for a long time, right?
"Come on, I'll treat you to dinner!
“Thanks to you today, otherwise I don’t know what to do.
"While we're eating, Third Brother Ye, please teach me how you developed such excellent cooking skills."
After saying that, Qi Menghui dragged Ye Laosan out to eat without saying anything.
The two men found a mutton soup restaurant in the alley. Each of them drank a large bowl of hot mutton soup first, and then Qi Menghui ordered fried mutton offal, braised mutton blood and a pot of mutton ribs.
Add a pot of wine and it will be so delicious in this cold weather.
After the two of them had eaten and drunk their fill.
"Brother Ye, come find me next time and I'll take you to the warehouse..."
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