"The jade is very fine, with few cotton spots, and is clean. It can be made into bracelets."
Bracelets are almost the most cost-effective jade items. Bracelets are expensive, and the craftsmanship of making bracelets is simpler and less time-consuming than other items.
Generally speaking, if the jade flesh after cutting is of high quality, jade merchants will basically choose to make bracelets.
Shui Yiyao slowly cut off the skin of the stone, and a complete piece of jade raw stone appeared, as big as a vegetable basket.
She rinsed the jade with water and observed it.
"There's a crack here." She pointed to a darker crack extending from the edge. "This kind of crack must be avoided when making something. Whether it's a bracelet or a brand, it can't have this kind of crack. First, it's ugly and can't be sold with cracks. Second, it will break easily during production."
As she spoke, she took out a ruler to measure the size of the jade and marked out all the cotton spots and cracks. These things needed to be avoided when taking the bracelet.
"Of course, there are also unscrupulous merchants who pass off inferior jade as good quality, turning cracked jade into finished products. They then boil the jade in liquid wax, which fills the cracks inside the jade, disguising it as a perfect product. It's usually difficult to see this way. But over time, the true nature will be revealed."
"Also, it has a smell. You can tell if it's there if you smell it carefully. So everyone should pay more attention when buying."
She picked up a pen and a ruler and began to draw circles on the jade to make the bracelet. The position had to avoid cracks and cotton spots, and it had to include a section of green jade, while also taking into account the maximum utilization of other parts, so she had to calculate first to determine the position.
After some calculations, she drew a pattern of the place where she needed to take the bracelet.
-This bracelet core is pretty good.
-Are you ready to start making bracelets?
Shui Yiyao looked at the circle that had been made. After taking out the bracelet, the remaining piece of material inside the bracelet is called the bracelet core, which is usually used to make a badge.
There is a piece of emerald green on the core of this bracelet, which shows high quality.
She thought for a moment, then sent a message to the person who had ordered "Aoli" and took a photo of the jade. She sent it to him, "What do you think of this material? It's from Qinghai, and it has a rare emerald green hue. It's very beautiful."
The man replied quickly.
-You are beautiful, but I feel like you seem to have something against me, the great god Ao Li.
-?I don't.
-No, you do.
-Otherwise, why would you suggest putting some green on people's heads?
-I, Ao Shen, am living a good life and don’t need a green hat!
Shui Yiyao: “…”
-It's my fault. I'll choose another one.
She picked up another piece of white jade flesh from the side, took a picture of it and sent it to the man: How about this one?
-Yes, it's white enough. I like it.
-Okay, then I'll cut this piece of material and make it.
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In the Ao family study, Ao Li and Jiang Luo were sitting at the desk, reading books opposite each other. Jiang Luo was drawing in a sketchbook, while Ao Li was reading a biology textbook.
Ao Li read for a while, put down the book, and looked at Jiang Luo opposite him.
Normally, this child can't sit still after reading for twenty minutes, but today he was very well behaved. He has been practicing drawing for almost an hour and has hardly moved.
"Jiang Luo, you should take a break." Ao Li reminded him, "Go eat some fruit."
Jiang Luo didn't even raise his head, but shook his head, the pencil in his hand still moving: "I want to draw."
"Rest your eyes, or you'll become nearsighted."
“…” Jiang Luo was still drawing.
"It's very inconvenient to wear glasses when you're nearsighted. It will lower the average vision of the class."
"..." Jiang Luo looked up, "Uncle Ao, you're so long-winded."
Ao Li: “…”
Jiang Luo said seriously: "A domineering CEO shouldn't be so long-winded. No girl likes him."
Ao Li smiled and said, "Who told you I'm the CEO?"
He is the helmsman of Ao Corporation, and the president is a professional hired from the company. The president should still be working overtime in the company.
Ao Li looked down at Jiang Luo's sketchbook. After seeing what was drawn on it, he was a little surprised: "Are you drawing me?"
The picture book shows a half-length portrait of Ao Li, wearing a suit, a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and a cold look.
Jiang Luo scratched his head with the end of his pencil, very dissatisfied: "My drawing is not as good as the teacher's."
Ao Li raised an eyebrow: "Teacher Chengyu drew me?"
Jiang Luo nodded: "Yes, she painted secretly without my knowledge, but I still saw it!"
"Oh, there are words." Jiang Luo added four more words next to the painting - What the heart desires.
Ao Li asked again, "Is this really drawn by Teacher Chengyu?"
"Yeah." Jiang Luo took a look and was not very satisfied with his painting, so he started to make some changes on it.
Ao Li narrowed his eyes.
Chengyu drew him, and drew him secretly. Not only did he draw him, he also wrote words of confession next to him.
Does she like him?
Ao Li smiled and said, "That should be it."
This little girl is very cute.
She was the first to complain that he paid her too much. Her craftsmanship clearly deserved the price. Before her, he had sought out other jade carving masters and aristocratic families to teach Jiang Luo, but none could offer more than a 50% guarantee. Some couldn't even produce a single relevant piece.
The girl had entered her work into a competition and had won a prize, so he gave her a price straight away, and he was willing to accept her asking price increase, but she actually thought it was too much.
She is worthy of being a beauty, quite frank.
He could see her true form at a glance, but he had never paid much attention to the mermaids in the past. He didn't expect that the mermaids had trained her so well.
Jiang Luo looked up at Ao Li, who was a little distracted, and said, "Uncle Ao, have you finished memorizing the book?"
Ao Li came back to his senses, looked at the biology in his hand, shook his head, raised his hand and rubbed his temples: "Almost there."
Jiang Luo tilted his head and asked curiously, "Uncle Ao, was your experiment successful?"
Although he didn't know what specific experiment Uncle Ao was doing, he knew it was a very difficult and important experiment, and it had been going on for a long time without success.
"Thank you for your concern." Ao Li reached out and touched his head. "Uncle is still working hard."
Jiang Luo smiled: "Then you do your best!"
Ao Li nodded: "Okay."
He was conducting experiments on the genetic research of the sea people. Now the reproduction of the sea people is a very serious problem. Each tribe basically has only one or two so-called "royal bloodlines". Only these "royal bloodlines" can come ashore, while ordinary bloodlines cannot.
The ocean is seriously polluted, and pollution control is not something that can be done overnight.
However, seawater purifiers are too expensive and not suitable for mass production. Currently, they have developed and manufactured less than 80 purifiers, most of which are used by marine creatures, and some are sold online so that companies that need to operate at sea can buy them.
As pollution intensifies and expands, it is an inevitable trend for most sea dwellers to migrate ashore.
Only a few sea creatures can go ashore.
As the leader of the Jiao Clan, he was worshipped by the Sea Clan and was deeply trusted by them. He should find a way to resolve the bloodline issue and allow the Sea Clan to come ashore.
Someone in the tribe had hinted at the mermaids' bloodline purification abilities and wanted to marry one into the tribe, but he had refused. Although they were animals, they had long since evolved intelligence. If they truly did something like that, they would be no different from animals.
It’s better not to evolve.
When he was a child, he was betrothed to Shui Yiyao, a princess of the mermaid tribe. The elders of both tribes had arranged the marriage together. Two years ago, the diplomat had reminded him that Shui Yiyao was now an adult.
But he put the matter aside.
As long as the breeding problem is not solved, isn't it bullying to marry a young girl?
He can't do such a thing.
What he needs to solve now is the reproduction problem of the entire sea race. How can he expect the solution to this problem to come from the innocent mermaids?
But did Shui Yiyao know they were engaged? He hadn't deliberately asked anyone to explain the reason for delaying the wedding. Would she think he looked down on her?
I don’t know what she will think. Should I find a chance to explain it to her?
Although he would definitely not get married, let alone marry a mermaid, before solving the reproduction and bloodline problems of the sea people.
But we can't let the little girl misunderstand.
Now I just hope the little girl doesn’t get too deeply involved.
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