At this moment, Ye Yuqi felt that Ye Zhuo's decision to not seek fame was extremely wise. If the meticulous brother in front of him knew that these decorations were designed by Ye Zhuo, it would probably lead to a lawsuit between the two houses. Although the adoption procedures had been completed, Ye Zhuo would never go back. But being blood relatives, he was after all Ye Zhuo's paternal grandfather and Ye Jia Ming was Ye Zhuo's biological father. The heavy burden of filial piety weighed down on him, as long as the second house made a request, Ye Zhuo could not refuse. From now on, he would have to spend day and night helping the second house design jade artifacts.

  For now... Hehe, let's just enjoy it quietly.

  "A Zhang, don't ask about this. I spent a lot of money to hire someone to design it, regardless of the cost, just to make my Yu Zhuo Fang famous." Ye Yuqi said.

  "The price isn't the problem, just tell me who designed it and that's enough." Ye Yuzhang was getting to the bottom of things. He knew Ye Yuqi's financial situation all too well. The high prices he mentioned were probably not much at all. As long as the jade quality was good, combined with this excellent design, the finished jade article would surely be worth hundreds of times more, earning him even more. Although Ye Yuzhang was stingy, he would still do the math on this account.

  He said: "No way, no way!" But Ye Yuqi just chuckled and turned around to greet someone else.

  Because the jade design on the Bogu frame was too exquisite, there were countless people asking questions in the morning, which was beyond Ye Yuqi's expectation. When those old friends blamed him for being a tool, he also thought about whether to let Ye Zhuo practice carving so hard in the future. Changing to a design job, she has such talent in this direction, and as a woman, she can take this career to the top, no one can stop her.

  But he immediately dispelled this idea. Ye Zhuo not only has a talent for design, but also a genius in carving, more importantly, she is extremely diligent and determined, and has an unparalleled passion for jade carving. Such a person will inevitably make a name for themselves in the world of jade carving, with a path that grows wider and wider. It's impossible to limit her because of a little short-term gain.

  "Boss Ye, why don't you take this jade out? Even if the design and craftsmanship are excellent, it can only be sold as semi-rough jade material! If it's fully polished, wouldn't the profit be even greater?" Xu Boss's voice rang out in the crowd.

  "Yes, yes, Mr. Ye, this piece of jade, it's a good show. Obviously, there is still jade inside! You sell it like this, but it's a bit of a loss! And you still have to add design and carving costs, it's not as valuable as selling the raw material." Others nearby also chimed in.

  Yeh smiled and said: "This ornament, I'm only selling for eighty-eight taels of silver. If any boss really likes it, they can also buy it back and have it solved. The profit from that, Yeh doesn't dare to accept, can only bid farewell."

  Several bosses shook their heads. No more words were needed. This piece of semi-gambling jade material, if considered from the perspective of jade carving and decoration, weighed 88 taels and was not expensive at all. Because it not only had a beautiful design, exquisite craftsmanship, and great taste, but also had the potential to appreciate in value, and could bring in a big profit when sold. However, if considered from the perspective of gambling on stones, they didn't need to buy such a piece of jade material with increased design and craftsmanship costs.

  But seeing the customers coming to see the excitement, they were moved. This jade decoration is absolutely worth buying. Take it out as a gift, that's the most suitable.

  "Eighty taels, I'll take it." said Xu's uncle.

  "Yun Zhang, aren't you going to my place to pick out a piece of jade?" Xu Lao Ban was anxious upon hearing this. His younger cousin from Nan Yun City had come because his elder was celebrating their birthday and he wanted to buy a piece of jade as a gift, so he came to Xu Lao Ban's place. But unexpectedly, on the way, he passed by Yu Zhuo Fang and coincidentally it was their opening day, so he went in to congratulate them and take a look around, and ended up buying this piece of jade."

  "Eldest brother, you should know that my uncle who works at the yamen loves things from the Western Regions. This decorative piece, I think, would be most to his liking. If it weren't for eldest brother bringing me here today, I wouldn't have been able to find such a good thing. Later, younger brother will definitely thank eldest brother properly."

  Mr. Xue saw that his younger brother was determined to buy it, so he didn't dare say anything else. Otherwise, he would have suspected of selling his own jade and stopping his younger brother from buying good things. He was very depressed in his heart - if he had known earlier that the Jade Workshop had such good things, he should have taken his younger brother to his own store first, sent him away, and then come over to congratulate Mr. Ye.

  The first business of the opening day, naturally had to be done. However, after listening to the conversation between the two men, he didn't respond or make a sales pitch, waiting for Old Master Xu to fall silent before bowing his hands to Yun Zhang and saying: "Thank you, brother, for your patronage. As you are our first customer, we will present you with a gift shortly." Then, he personally went over, carefully packed the wooden box with the arranged items, and presented another gift - a monkey stealing peaches jade carving, also designed by Ye Zhuo. The material wasn't worth much, but due to the clever use of color and design, the single red and white jade stone was carved into a peach, which was quite interesting and lovely. The only thing that didn't satisfy Ye Zhuo was Luo Jing Sheng's lack of spirituality in his carving - the monkey's expression wasn't vivid enough.

  There was such a beginning, and the business took off. The things on the Bogu frame were both exquisite and practical, and the price was not high, just one morning's work, and three more pieces were sold. And someone even wanted to bring their own jade material over for processing, making Ye Yuqi so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. After careful calculation at home, excluding costs and the share given to Luo Jingsheng, this day actually netted over 50 taels of silver.

  "It's still better to open a workshop and make money! In the past, we two sisters worked hard embroidering flowers, but in a month, we couldn't even earn a few taels of silver." Guan Shi sighed.

  "It's not like that. Today is just because it's newly opened, the people from Yiren Street are still on good terms with me, everyone came to support, making it lively, so the customers from Yiren Street all came to take a look at the excitement. Plus, this jade carving design is good, Master Luo's craftsmanship is not bad, and it immediately attracted everyone. And that piece of half-gambling stone material, earned thirty taels of silver in one go. This kind of jade material is not easy to come by. For a workshop like ours, if we can earn over 100 taels of silver per month in the future, it's already very good. You know, raw materials are hard to find." Ye Yuxi didn't get carried away by today's excitement.

  "Grandfather, the jade carver who damaged the jade will have to bear 40% of the compensation; what about when they carve it well, is there no gain? Their wages aren't high either." Ye Zhuo was thinking about another issue. She didn't know how much profit could be made from opening a workshop before, but now that she knew, she felt a bit sorry for the jade carvers - she herself was also an apprentice jade carver now.

  "Really!" Ye Yuxi exclaimed in surprise, "Don't you know that every time one of these jade pieces is sold, the jade carver who crafted it gets a 10% share? Today we made sixty-six taels, and Master Luo got six taels and six mace."

  "At first, Huang and his men were only paid wages, without any commission. How would I know?" Ye Zhuo's mouth curled slightly upwards.

  "This is a convention, no matter where it is or what level of jade carver, it's always one percent commission. So nobody specifically mentioned it." Ye Yuqi smiled, "I thought you knew."

  "She's just a young girl, used to being confined in a large mansion, how would she understand this?" Guan Shi quickly came to her granddaughter's rescue.

  Three people were talking in the hall when they suddenly heard someone knocking at the courtyard gate. After a while, Qiujie came to report that the old master of the second house had arrived.

  "How did he come?" Guan's family asked in surprise. To be sure, Ye Yuzhang used to dislike the big house being poor and was afraid that the big house would borrow money from him. Except for the New Year, they would bring a few bags of rice and cut two catties of meat to greet their brothers and sisters-in-law. Usually, they never came to the third treasure hall unless it was necessary.

  Ye Yiqi led Ye Zhang into the house, and in a low voice said: "I reckon it's about the jade design. He kept asking me today who helped me with the jade design, I ignored him."

  "It's not allowed to take Zhuo'er out." Guan Shi reminded, and beckoned to Ye Zhuo, "Come on, Zhuo'er, let's go out and let them argue."

  Ye Zhuo stood up, just about to follow Guan Shi out, when he saw Ye Yu Zhang walk in and say: "Elder sister-in-law, it's great that you're here, I have some good news to share with elder brother and sister-in-law."

  Guan's footsteps came to a halt, the smile on his face faint: "What good news could our family have, besides running a small workshop and earning just enough copper coins to make ends meet?"

  Ye Yuzhang glanced at Ye Zhuo and smiled: "Eldest sister, don't you want to find a good marriage for Zhuo?"

  Ye Zhuo had intended to leave, but upon hearing this, she immediately stopped in her tracks, her eyebrows furrowing slightly. Although she was somewhat resistant to marriage, having been adopted into the main house, she also knew that later on it would be necessary to find a husband to share the heavy responsibilities of managing the household with her. However, getting married was absolutely not something for now, and definitely shouldn't be arranged by Ye Yu Zhang.

  Guan's eyes lit up when he heard the words, but immediately thought of Ye Yuzhang standing opposite him, who wouldn't get up early without a profit. He came to discuss marriage, and it was estimated that he wasn't considering Ye Zhuo and the eldest house, but rather wanted to take advantage of the eldest house. So he calmed down, returned to his seat, and smiled wryly at Ye Yuzhang: "Uncle, you're here today, aren't you going to arrange a marriage for our Zhuo?"

  Ye Yu Zhang didn't need to be asked, and familiarly sat down at the lower seat of Ye Yu Qi. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Ye Zhuo standing there not taking the initiative to leave, and frowned: "Zhuo er, I have something to discuss with your grandparents, you go down first."

  Since it's Ye Zhuo's personal matter, it's really not good to let her stand by. Guan Shi also said: "Zhuo'er, go back to your room first. Don't worry, your personal matters will definitely require your consent, and neither Grandfather nor Grandmother will force you."

  "Yes." Ye Zhuo had no choice but to bow and retreat. However, she immediately went to the kitchen to find Qiuyue, who was brewing tea, and told her to listen carefully to what was being said in the hall.

  Thank you Xiaodanni, I am Nannan Tou, Hong Ning Luo gave me a peace symbol as reward!

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