Chapter 48: Glazed Ornament

Er Gouzi's father, Jin Sanzhu, immediately put down the work in his hands and hurried over to where they were.

Hearing that they wanted to go fishing, Jin Sanzhu said, "Pardon me, sir and miss, for a moment. I'm all dirty, so I'll go back to change my clothes and bring the fishing net along by the way."

Yan Ning was not in a hurry.

After waiting for a long time, Jin Sanzhu finally came over.

He looked as if he had bathed and changed into clean clothes; he boarded Yan Ning's small boat with a fishing net in his hand.

The small boat was not that small; it could hold several people standing.

Jin Sanzhu rowed the boat out to sea, then began to cast the fishing net, and only started to haul it in after a while.

The mesh of this net was quite large, larger than the one in Yan Ning's hands, so those small fish and shrimp would leak out, but there was still quite a bit of seafood inside the net.

Yan Ze and Yan Ning learned very quickly; before long, they also hauled up some seafood, though less than Jin Sanzhu's.

Jin Sanzhu began to provide detailed guidance again.

It was only after Yan Ze had cast the net three times that they returned.

As soon as the boat docked, Jin Sanzhu felt it was somewhat unjustifiable to take money without working, so he immediately rushed over to lay a few more bricks while the sky had not yet turned dark.

Yan Ning, meanwhile, docked the boat and, taking advantage of the visual blind spot, began to load these few bags of seafood into her space, stowing them away silently.

【System: Task completion progress 989/5000】

The two of them looked at each other, thinking that fishing didn't seem that difficult after all.

Over the next few days, Yan Ze and Yan Ning went to catch fish together, and in less than a week, this task was completed.

It was just that the sun was very strong outside; Yan Ning was fine as she had applied sunscreen all over, but Yan Ze had tanned quite a bit.

After completing the Cold Storage task, Yan Ning snuck a basket of coconuts inside, as well as some lychees, and tossed them directly into the Cold Storage.

It was a pity that she couldn't find any watermelons now.

Eating iced watermelon in the summer is the best.

After finishing a cup of iced coconut juice, Yan Ning walked outside feeling refreshed.

Wu Dashi had finally managed to catch her and hurriedly said to her, "We have already made many silver ornaments; why don't we take a batch out to see?"

Yan Ning nodded; she had been busy completing space tasks during this time and had almost forgotten about the Glazed Glass.

Yan Ning stuffed all the Glass Jewelry into her pocket in one go.

Wu Dashi and the others wanted to say something but hesitated.

This was Glazed Glass; how could she pack it together so simply and crudely?

Yan Ning did whatever was convenient, and carrying a large bag of Glazed Ornament, she went to Haicheng with her father.

Wu Dashi and the others were still calling out from behind, "Wait a moment, wait a moment."

Yan Ning stopped the boat, and Wu Dashi and the others immediately hurried over.

Wu Dashi asked, "Don't we need to find a carpenter to make a few beautiful wooden boxes?"

Yan Ning was very confident: "No need, just like this. We'll make wooden boxes later when we produce more beautiful ornaments."

Wu Dashi wished he could grab her shoulders and shake her hard; it was his first time seeing a child who didn't take Glazed Glass seriously.

Yan Ning and her father arrived in Haicheng. The journey was long, and it was already afternoon; they couldn't return at night, so Yan Ning opened two superior rooms at the Hongyun Inn.

Only after finishing that did she go to the shop she had bought.

Manager Jin came over early every morning and left in the evening when there weren't many people.

But after waiting for ten days or so, he still hadn't seen Yan Ning.

The plaque on the door read: Liuli Jewelry Shop.

Because of this plaque, many passersby would sneer when they saw it; Glazed Glass was something used by the imperial family, so how could it ever fall into their remote Haicheng?

Many people teased:

"Manager Jin, are you actually selling Glazed Glass or not? You've been open for nearly half a month, and I haven't even seen a tiny piece of Glazed Glass."

"Haha, Glazed Glass is not easy to come by; to think someone would have the audacity to open a Liuli Pu. It's the first time in my life I've seen someone so stupid."

"This shop is in a good location; it would probably do well selling rouge and powder. Why be so stubborn as to set up such a deceptive thing?"

These words were said every day, and Manager Jin's ears were almost calloused from hearing them.

However, he had seen the owner with a few pieces of Glazed Glass, and Manager Jin felt that Yan Ning would be coming over within these few days.

They had even specifically hired three silversmiths; they couldn't just invite them to eat for free, could they?

Besides Manager Jin, there were three assistants in the Liuli Jewelry Shop. The three of them had nothing to do every day, but they still received their wages, which made them feel quite embarrassed.

One of the assistants asked cautiously, "Manager Jin, should we talk to the owner and change to a different job?"

The other two felt the same way.

Manager Jin then said, "Don't be in a hurry; the owner will probably be able to send the Glazed Glass over in a few days."

It was at this moment that Yan Ning arrived.

"Manager Jin, you all guard the door first; I will set out the Glazed Ornament before letting them in."

Some of these silver ornaments were just a simple hairpin inlaid with a raindrop-shaped piece of Glazed Glass; the more complex ones used larger pieces of Glazed Glass, using a wire-wrapping method to fix the irregularly shaped Glazed Glass to the end of the hairpin.

Even more complex were the dangling hairpins, each of which had been meticulously crafted by Qian Shifu and Wu Dashi.

In addition to the Glazed Glass hair accessories, there were also bracelets and pendants.

Among the three silversmiths, Jiang Shifu's craftsmanship was slightly inferior, but he was quite bold in his ideas, and he had made quite a few bracelets and pendants.

Next was the pricing.

A simple hairpin was three hundred taels, a more complex one was five hundred taels, a dangling hairpin was one thousand taels, and the pendants and bracelets were priced between 300 and 1000 taels depending on the craftsmanship.

Seeing Yan Ning writing down the prices with paper and pen, Manager Jin cautiously probed, "Would this pricing for the Glazed Glass be too low? When I was in the Capital, a small piece of Glazed Glass would cost over ten thousand taels, and things like Glazed Glass cups, bowls, and dishes would cost several hundred thousand."

Yan Ning smiled and said, "This price was discussed between my father and me. Glazed Glass is expensive in the Capital because there is basically no one selling it there, and no one dares to sell it openly. But we have plenty of Glazed Glass here; we can sell one batch after another, so it wouldn't be appropriate to set the price too high."

Manager Jin suddenly understood.

Before long, Yan Ning had already arranged all the jewelry and written the prices on them.

Having been laughed at by them for so long, Manager Jin could finally let out a sigh of relief: "Don't crowd, don't crowd, there are many new hairpins arriving today, no need to be so crowded."

"These Glazed Glass silver hairpins are perfect for gifting to a wife, mother, daughter, or sweetheart! Don't miss out as you pass by; this priceless Glazed Glass can now be taken home for as little as three hundred!"

There were quite a few wealthy people in Haicheng, and three hundred taels was not expensive for them; Yan Ning was even pondering that someone would likely buy them to resell elsewhere.

There were plenty of people who valued money over their lives.

After Manager Jin shouted a few times, many people surged in; the three-hundred-tael Glazed Glass jade hairpins came in many colors, and some young ladies had a collecting habit, buying several hairpins of different colors at once.

Some young ladies would buy accessories of similar colors, such as dangling hairpins, hairpins, bracelets, and pendants.

If you were a step late, they would be almost gone.

The purchasing power of the people in Haicheng was even stronger than Yan Ning had imagined; in just one hour, more than half of the items in the shop had been swept away.

Looking at these profits, Manager Jin was grinning from ear to ear.

Manager Jin suggested: "Young Lady, why not find a few more silversmiths?"