Daily Life in the Countryside After Being Reborn

Chapter 778: Chapter 106: Shining Debut

Sorry for being even later, the company’s network was down, just got it fixed.

Thank you to "Playful Cat" and ’Dawa Lhamu’ for the double pink tickets, and to "Magic Knife Young Killer" for the full score review ticket, those with subscription review tickets remember to cast your votes.

Here’s the long overdue 6K word Fan Ticket bonus Chapter.

**

When Yila heard Anna say this, her face twitched, and she hesitated whether to agree.

People love a spectacle wherever they go, and it’s no exception here. The foreign guests outside, along with some Chinese guests, seeing that there was excitement to be had, gathered at the entrance and refused to disperse.

"It’s so lively, I heard someone is coming over to order silver jewelry," Anna and others could speak Chinese, so after hearing their questions, the few Chinese present started whispering to each other.

"The exhibition is actually accepting live orders? Makes sense, you see the bellows and even the furnace are there, it looks like they’re about to get to work." Those foreigners didn’t understand Chinese, but by looking at the attire of Yabao Company’s people and the chainless pocket watch that Anna took out, they also caught on.

Foreigners who come to China, aside from business reasons, nine out of ten are interested in ancient Eastern culture or skills, and when they heard they could see the ancient process of silver making, they swarmed around again.

Some people even simply took out their phones, started calling and said, "Hey, where are you, why are you still watching some singer perform, stop that, isn’t it all on TV. Hurry over, there’s a live silver making demonstration at booth D4, it’s a real show."

The situation getting more and more intense, neighboring exhibitors were furious, as all the exhibition visitors were drawn to the spectacle, completely ignoring their displayed goods.

Seeing the surging crowd wave after wave, Yila was restless, internally regretting having claimed to be Li Quqi’s apprentice, and dared not agree aloud, hoping in her heart, Li Quqi would you please come back soon.

But right now, standing at the Miao Silver booth, she was representing the entire art of Chinese silver making.

"Just matching a chain for a pocket watch, that shouldn’t be too difficult for Master Li Quqi’s prized apprentice, right?" The other people from Yabao Company also joined in the egging on, as Anna’s watch chain looked quite ancient.

Right, it’s just a chain, it’s not like I haven’t learned chain making before, that’s actually the simplest task.

After figuring it out, Yila relaxed a bit. Although he wasn’t Li Quqi’s direct apprentice, he had still studied silver making for several years. A basic task like a silver chain, he could handle, "Of course it’s not too difficult, I can custom make a chain for Miss Anna right on the spot, please let me see the pocket watch,"

A pocket watch that someone would specifically travel to an international jewelry exhibition to have a matching necklace custom-made, naturally also drew the attention of the surrounding people.

When Anna took out the pocket watch, she also did so with a degree of solemnity, as she truly cherished this piece of silver craftsmanship and thus always carried it with her.

This was an antique silver watch several hundred years old, the face of the pocket watch was carved from a single round silver block, the cover was a rose in full bloom.

Its uniqueness lay in the fact that the watch hands and the body were integrated, crafted without any assembly techniques, and the surface cuts of the pocket watch utilized the entire piece of silver material without waste.

Opening the cover, one could see the watch’s movement still ticking flexibly inside, the inside of the cover was hand-carved with petal patterns, which under the direct light, looked just like a pure rose.

The most unique aspect was that when the cover was closed, the silver body was a complete rose, no seam could be seen on the watch body, and even the power source of the watch was hidden.

"This watch is from the era of Shakespeare and made its way into the UK, it’s said to have taken ten months of dedication from a master who was skilled both in watchmaking and carving. As soon as the pocket watch was created, it had no chain, and that master also passed away due to exhaustion. I have tried to match several chains to it, but unfortunately, none were suitable," as everyone marveled at the exquisite beauty of the pocket watch, Anna lamented regretfully.

Hearing such a significant history behind the pocket watch, Yila also took over with extra caution.

After carefully examining the watch, Yila was shocked, "Miss Anna, it’s not easy to match a chain for this pocket watch."

There are various styles of pocket watches, some are designed to be carried directly in the pocket without a chain, and some already come with a chain.