My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li
Chapter 120: The Jade Carving Becomes a Butterfly
"I was... cute back then?" Chang An was stunned for a moment, as if he recalled what happened at that time. He foolishly asked Gu Li not to embarrass him.
Thinking of this, Chang An felt that he was a little funny at that time, and then asked: "Mother Gu, what about the thing I mentioned at that time..."
"What Chang Lang said was not to make things difficult for his family, right?" Gu Li said with a smile, "As soon as Chang Lang left, I sent someone to give the order. How could I let anyone make things difficult for my husband?"
After hearing this, Chang An happily hugged Gu Li into his arms, lowered his head and rubbed her face back and forth, and said: "My Gu Niang was so good to me before I got married, so now that I am married, I have to be good to her."
Gu Li hummed twice, turned around and kissed Chang An on the face, and said, "Chang Lang has been very good to me now."
"It will get better in the future." Chang An also responded with a big pat.
The next day, Chang An and Gu Li both got up on time, and after washing up, Gu Li sent Chang An to the door. After Chang An got on the carriage, he began to think about what "Valentine's Day" gift to prepare for Gu Li.
But after thinking for a long time, he still had no good ideas, so he could only lift the curtain and look out the window at Suzaku Street. At this moment, he heard a woman's exclamation:
"Oh!"
Chang An looked over at this time and found that the lady was riding on a horse with a butterfly resting on her hat.
"That lady was so beautiful that even butterflies landed on her hat."
"Of course."
Chang An suddenly had an idea at this moment. He lowered the curtain and laughed in the car: "Hahaha~ OK, OK."
Huaiqin, who was sitting opposite him, saw his young master laughing like this, and asked in confusion: "Young master, why are you laughing?"
"I've thought of a gift for Gu Niang for the Shangsi Festival." Chang An said with a smile, "You carved a jade butterfly and it will flutter to your temples. The mountains and rivers will share this night, and the flowing light will be bright and clear."
Huaiqin was still a little confused, so she said, "It's a good poem, but what does it have to do with the Shangsi Festival gift for Sanniang?"
"The key point is not in this poem, but in the first line: You carved a jade butterfly." Chang An explained with a smile, "I plan to find someone to make a jade hairpin with a butterfly carved on it."
Huaiqin suddenly realized and said, "Mr. Young Master, maybe he heard what was said outside and wanted to put a butterfly on Sanniang's head."
"That's right." Chang An nodded with a smile, "But what we want to do is a surprise, we can't let Mother Gu know in advance."
At this point, Huaiqin thought of a way and said, "Sir, I have a way that can keep it secret and prevent Sanniang from getting suspicious."
"Oh? Tell me about it." Chang An's interest was piqued, so he moved closer and asked.
"It's like this..." Huaiqin began to explain the method.
After Chang An heard this, his eyes lit up: "It's really a good idea!"
After arriving at the Imperial College, Chang An found Du, Cui, Zhang, and Zhao. The four came forward and asked, "Brother Yonghe, what is the matter with you?"
"Yes, and it's a big deal!" Chang An nodded, "I need your help."
"Tell us about it, we will definitely help you with all our strength." Du Chengming said.
"Okay!" Chang An waved his hand to signal the four people to come forward and whispered the plan.
After Du, Cui, Zhang, and Zhao listened, they looked at each other, nodded, and said, "Don't worry, Brother Yonghe, this is not a difficult task. We will definitely help you."
"Thank you very much, brothers."
In the following morning, Chang An took a pen and paper and began to sketch. Zhou Xuezheng, who was standing on the stage, couldn't help but pretend not to see it, turning a blind eye and letting Chang An spend another morning.
After noon, Chang An and the others went home from school. After returning home and having dinner with Gu Li, Chang An hugged and kissed her on the surface, but in fact he was still waiting for Du, Cui, Zhang and Zhao.
At this time, Huaiqin came in hurriedly and said, "Young Master...Young Master, something is wrong!"
Chang An was delighted, but still looked nervous, and asked, "What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?"
"My lord, it's Mr. Du. Something happened to Mr. Du."
Chang An raised his eyebrows and asked, "Brother Du? What happened to Brother Du?"
Huaiqin said, "Lord Du is arguing with a swindler in the East Market, and Lord Cui and Lord Zhao are waiting at the door now."
Chang An took Gu Li out of his arms and asked, "Is it serious?"
"It's almost like a fight."
Gu Li was also a little surprised at this time: "Ah! So serious!"
Chang An said, "Prepare the horses. I will go to the East Market now."
As he spoke, Chang An stood up, and Gu Li beside him also stood up and said, "Chang Lang, I'll go too."
"Mother Gu, please don't go. We are going to take care of things, not go shopping." Chang An refused "righteously", "Besides, unpredictable things may happen at any time, and it will be bad if you are involved."
"Okay then." After hearing this, Gu Li seemed to feel that it made sense. If he went, it might cause trouble for Chang Lang, so he nodded.
Then Gu Li came to the sword rack again, picked up a sword, and hung it on Chang An's waist: "Chang Lang, remember to be careful when you go there, don't get hurt."
Chang An pulled Gu Li over, kissed her on the forehead, and said, "Just wait for me at home."
Gu Li nodded, and then followed Huaiqin out. When Chang An arrived at the door, he rode his horse and went directly to the East Market with Cui Hujin and Zhao Guanzhong. Gu Li wanted to see Chang An off, but the horse was too fast, and before she got out of the door, Chang An and the other two had disappeared.
After leaving the gate of Anrenfang, Chang An pulled his horse back and turned around to see if Gu Li had followed him out. After confirming that Gu Li had not followed him out, he rode to the East Market with Cui Hujin and the other two.
As for what Huaiqin said just now about Du Chengming and the liar, it was all false, just to get Chang'an out of Gu Li's sight. Du Chengming and Zhang Rusi were strolling in the East Market at this time, helping Chang'an find jade and jewelry shops, especially jade shops, and must avoid Gu's shop.
When Chang An and the other two arrived at the East Market, Du Chengming and Zhang Rusi also returned to the gate of the East Market. When Du Chengming saw Chang An and the others coming, he said:
"Brother Yonghe, we have found the matter you asked us to do."
"And these two shops are face to face with each other," Zhang Rushi added.
Chang An was delighted and said quickly, "Take me there quickly."
Led by Du Chengming and Zhang Rusi, Chang An came to a street corner. On the left was a jade shop, and on the right was a jewelry shop. Chang An and his five companions got off their horses and first walked into the jade shop.
"Sir, do you want to buy jade?" A doctor came up and asked enthusiastically.
"I want to buy a jade, is it possible?"
"Of course, sir. Please come in." The doctor extended his hand and guided them into the shop. "If you want any jade, you can ask me."
Chang An nodded. As he was in a hurry, he did not plan to look for them one by one, so he asked, "Is there any emerald jade here? My wife likes emerald the most. And the one with the size and shape that is most similar to the shape of the hairpin."
"Yes, I wonder what kind of jade you would like?"
"It's all right." Chang An said.
The doctor responded and quickly fetched a brocade box, opened it, and said, "Sir, this is top-quality Hetian jade, and it happens to be green."
Chang An didn't know much about jade, but he felt that the quality of this jade was pretty good, and some parts were thicker and some were thinner. He asked Du, Cui, Zhang, and Zhao behind him, "How is the quality of this jade?"
"Yes, it is indeed good, it is a good piece of jade." Cui Hujin, who is the most knowledgeable about jade among the four, said, "The color is pure, without any impurities, it is a good piece of jade."
At this time, Chang An said, "Okay, I want this jade, how much silver do you want?"
"This piece of Hetian jade is only two hundred and seventy taels, and that includes the cost of processing it into an item for you," said the doctor.
"That's great!" Chang An took out the blueprint he had drawn today in the Imperial College, handed it to the doctor, and asked, "Doctor, please help me see if this piece of jade can be carved into this style."
After looking at the drawing, the doctor said, "Of course you can, but if you want to order it like this, you have to add another ten taels of processing fee."
"Money is not a problem." After saying that, Chang An took out several silver ingots from his purse and said, "Here is about a hundred taels of silver, which is the deposit. When it is done, I will send someone to make up the rest of the silver and take the jade hairpin away."
The doctor nodded, took the drawings and silver ingots from Chang An, and said, "Of course there is no problem."
"By the way, this jade hairpin needs to be completed as quickly as possible. How long will it take to complete? The sooner the better." Chang An asked at this time.
The doctor thought for a moment and said, "Even if we rush it, it will take about seven or eight days. And our shopkeeper said that we have to pay extra."
Chang An waved his hand and said, "Money is not a problem. If you can finish it before the Shangsi Festival on March 3, I will increase the salary to three hundred taels."
After hearing this, the doctor was overjoyed and said repeatedly: "Okay, thank you very much, sir, we promise to complete it for you before March 3rd."
After that, the doctor brought Chang An to the shopkeeper. After explaining to the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper wrote a note and handed it to Chang An, saying:
"Sir, this is the note. You need to bring it with you when you come to get the jade hairpin. We only recognize the note, not the person."
Chang An nodded and said, "No problem."
After everything was arranged, Chang An and others left the jade shop.
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