Send me to the countryside? Turn around and make you homeless!

Compared with earning foreign exchange, improving the living environment and housing for the family is not that important. After all, everyone has a patriotic heart. Back then, the Eight-Nation Alliance and our daily life...

Just thinking about it makes him angry. When the time comes, he must do a good job and use the craftsmanship passed down from his ancestors to make the ordinary people willingly pay for it!

Zheng Yong and Yang Yulan were confident in their craftsmanship, but they couldn't believe that foreigners would actually pay foreign currency to buy it.

No matter how much Tan Yuan encouraged them, they still lacked confidence in their hearts. Zheng Yong wanted to practice his skills before starting work in the factory, and it would be best if he could quickly return to his peak period decades ago.

"Teacher Zheng, didn't we agree when we first arrived yesterday? I'll take you and Teacher Yang for a walk around these next two days, and show you what Hangzhou, a city so highly praised by the ancients, really looks like."

Having lived in Hebei Province all his life, he had never been to the south, let alone the prosperous Jiangnan region since ancient times. Yang Yulan was tempted, but Zheng Yong still wanted to stay in the house and practice his skills.

"Old woman, you and Comrade Tan Yuan should go for a walk and have a look. I won't go. We can take our time to explore later when we have some free time."

He waved his hands, determined not to leave the house.

"Teacher Zheng, I didn't take you around for nothing. I wanted you to see the surrounding scenery, the buildings, and the decorations here. There are many things in Hangzhou that you can't find anywhere else."

Zheng Yong's craftsmanship is good, but he hasn't done it for many years. In addition, for many reasons, no matter how beautiful the things he makes are, it is difficult to sell them to foreigners to earn foreign exchange and make a high price.

To put it bluntly, Tan Yuan felt that Zheng Yong's aesthetic taste was not so good. Some of the old styles and patterns needed to be improved. For an old craftsman like him, improvement is not difficult, but he also needs to see it with his own eyes. After seeing it, everything will be understood and the problem can be solved.

Tan Yuan mentioned it vaguely, and before Zheng Yong could figure it out, Yang Yulan had already understood what she meant.

"Old Zheng, let's go, let's go see what the flowers in the south look like. I saw them yesterday when we were sitting on the bus. There are many flowers on the roadside that we haven't seen in Hebei Province."

If you stay in the same place for most of your life, how can you gain much experience? No matter how great your abilities or skills are, if you don't see enough, it will all be in vain.

Yang Yulan's idea is very simple. The skill of making velvet flowers is very important, but color matching is equally important. If the color matching is not good enough and the flowers cannot be lifelike, why would people spend a lot of money to buy the velvet flowers they make? It would be better to just use a real flower and change it every day, right?

Since they have done it, they must do it well, so as not to let Comrade Tan Yuan trust them in vain.

Perhaps Zheng Yong didn't understand what Tan Yuan was hinting at for a moment, but he could clearly hear the hint from his partner, with whom he had lived for most of his life.

He slapped his head and said, "I'm confused. I've been working in a paper mill for most of my life. I've become stupid. Right, right, right. We should go out and see what the South is like."

There is not only Hangzhou in the south, there are too many places. However, reality does not allow it now. Zheng Yong cannot walk all over the south and the whole China on foot. But he can still walk around Hangzhou.

The most representative buildings in Hangzhou are Hui-style buildings. It’s okay now, but in a few decades, most of these buildings will disappear. Even after restoration, they cannot be completely restored. After all, there are still differences.

Zheng Yong, who originally didn't want to go out for a walk, was dazzled by what he saw. These things were so exquisite. It was okay for the man-made decorations, but even the unknown little flowers placed at people's doorsteps, he would look at them for a long time, observing them carefully, not wanting to miss any details.

This is necessary if you want to make the fake look real.

So, when they returned to the house, since they had many more potted flowers in their hands, and since they wanted to observe them, they couldn't just observe them when they were at their most beautiful, they also had to take a good look at them at other times.

I originally thought I would only stay for a day or two, but I ended up staying for a week with no sign of going back to the factory.

"Teachers, I have something to do and may not be in Hangzhou for the next few days. I've left the money and tickets here. If you need anything, just call this number. I'll be back in a few days."

One day a week later, Tan Yuan left some money, tickets and a phone number and left the yard.

Zheng Yong did not react much to Tan Yuan's departure. His mind was now completely focused on the flowers and plants. Not only the flowers and plants, but also all the beautiful things in Hangzhou. These were all materials that could be integrated into his velvet flowers.

Those colors...

It turns out that it can be matched in that way. The only regret is that I have too little paint, so it is too difficult to achieve a one-to-one restoration.

But difficulties are meant to be overcome. Low on pigment? Then think of other ways, such as plant juices, or minerals that are rarely found on the road or in riverbeds, but can be found if you look carefully...

Everything was so overwhelming and complicated that Zheng Yong couldn't concentrate at all and focus on Tan Yuan.

Yang Yulan was very concerned about this. Tan Yuan just said, "Teacher Yang, you and Teacher Zheng are responsible for making velvet flowers. Jewelry can't just be made with velvet flowers. There are also jewelry craftsmen..."

These are all important people, and if they are to be done, they must be done to the best of their ability. She wants those people with the best and most outstanding craftsmanship in China, but those people are now all hiding in the market, and it is not so easy to find them all.

Fortunately, Zhang Xingguo was indeed capable. After he sent people to inquire and search everywhere, he found the person that Tan Yuan wanted.

She needed to go there in person, firstly to express her sincerity, and secondly to make sure that there was no one else in the jewelry factory.

After hearing this, Yang Yulan stopped asking questions and felt relieved to know that Comrade Tan Yuan had not left them here forever.

"Mom, I think they're liars. You said you and my dad have been here for a week, and we haven't even seen the shadow of that jewelry factory."

Phone calls are expensive, and just talking for a few minutes costs almost a dollar, so her family rarely calls her.

"What's the deal with a liar or not? Don't talk nonsense, you little kid. Comrade Tan Yuan left tickets and money for me and your father, and she even has a big yard to live in. How can she be a liar?"