Ye Zhuo knew that if she didn't nod, Ye Yuqi and Zheng Shi would not agree to the marriage proposal of the Zheng family. She felt relieved and every day, apart from persisting in playing chess and practicing carving, she often went out onto the streets to look at the faces of passersby; she also went to gardens and tree-lined paths. Remember that creative inspiration comes from life, if you want your carvings to "come alive", you need to work harder on this aspect.

  However, she has a foundation in painting from her past life and can grasp the word "shape" in an extremely short period of time. In this regard, not much effort is needed, but what she lacks most is still jade carving techniques. Her basic skills were taught by Ye Yuqi, while other things relied on self-exploration and intuition. Although this allowed her to freely explore techniques without being constrained by the rigid craftsmanship of her teachers, resulting in unpolished works that lacked a sense of maturity, it also caused her carving techniques to be immature, with some places handled very unskillfully. These flaws could be forgiven when she was first starting out, but now that she is becoming more skilled in carving and still has these issues, this is unbearable for Ye Zhuo.

  This is also why she was eager to become a disciple of Nie's family and longed for Nie Zhongkun's guidance.

  Now that Nie's house was inaccessible, running to the workshop to watch those jade carvers carve became one of Ye Zhuo's common activities during that period.

  The jade carving world is not a place where seniority is respected, but rather where strength speaks. Although Ye Zhuo is only a 15-year-old girl, rumors have it that she can dissolve a great disaster for the Jade Carving Workshop with just one move. Moreover, her designs have made the workshop famous and prosperous, so the four jade carvers of the workshop respect her greatly. Also, since everyone's carving techniques are passed down from the Nie family, they are all connected in style, and the difference in skill level lies in subtle details. These subtleties cannot be learned by just taking a glance, so when people carve, they do not avoid others. If Ye Zhuo wants to watch, they naturally will not stop her.

  And Ye Zhuo had practiced splitting incense for so long. How could others compare to her eyesight? Moreover, she relied on intuition to learn jade carving, and with just a glance, she could see the subtle differences. She would carefully ponder them in her mind, then go back and practice, and soon she could turn these things into her own skills. So during this time, she felt that she had made great gains in jade carving.

  However, the four of Yu Zhuo Fang, no matter how high their level was, after watching for a while and learning some of their skills, Ye Zhuo had nothing more to learn. So she shifted her gaze to other workshops.

  Fortunately, it was winter now, and the clothes were thick and easy to dress up. She changed her clothes and patted her face a few times, and suddenly became a young man. Ask Ye Yuqi for a piece of jade material, pretending to be a customer who wants to process jade material, and go to various workshops to take a look. When meeting an interesting jade carver, she would take out the jade material and ask him to process it in front of her face. There were many foreign customers coming and going in Nanshan Town, and customers were afraid that the workshop would replace or damage their own jade material, or even keep the edge material as a pendant, so they often put forward the requirement of carving on the spot. Therefore, Ye Zhuo went to three or four workshops and found several jade carvers to carve. It was also safe and sound.

  After mastering the techniques of several top jade carvers on Yi Ren Street, Ye Zhuo set his sights on Nie's Workshop.

  Du Haoran casually revealed the practice method of splitting incense, which greatly benefited her. She didn't know how powerful Nie's family carving technique was. In this Nie's workshop, there is a personal apprentice of Nie Zhongkun sitting in town, and this apprentice brought three apprentices. If she can see them carve with her own eyes, she should be able to get a glimpse of the Nie family's carving technique.

  Ye Zhuo's plan to sneak into another workshop to learn the craft was known to Ye Yuqi, who knew it would be of great help to his granddaughter. Although he didn't fully approve, he didn't stop her either. However, when he found out that Ye Zhuo had set her sights on Nie's House, he was startled and quickly stopped her: "Zhuo'er, Nie's House relies on this craft to stand tall, it's their lifeline, so they are extremely strict about taking apprentices, and only Nie Daxi's direct disciples can learn the unique techniques of Nie's House. Others can only learn superficially. If you sneak in to learn, you'll be offending them greatly, and if discovered, it will bring great disaster to the Ye family. Let's just live a simple life. The big tournament is coming up soon, with your skills, becoming a disciple of Nie's House is not a problem, why take this risk?"

  Ye Chou thought back to when she first followed Yang Jianxiu to Nan Yun City, her disguise was so good that even Ye Yuqi couldn't recognize her, but Du Haoran saw through it at a glance. She felt a bit uneasy in her heart and thought: "When guests enter, I'll follow them in and take a look. I won't ask them to process the jade material myself, this way, even if I'm discovered, it's just that I'm curious and want to see what's going on, it shouldn't be a big deal, right?"

  Ye Yuqi thought for a moment and nodded: "This is the best way to do it."

  Then Ye Zhuo carefully dressed up, and when he saw an inconspicuous carriage stopped in front of the Nie family building, a woman in simple and elegant clothes was surrounded by two old women getting off the carriage, slowly walking into the Nie family compound. She quickly got down from Wei Daxiang's carriage and followed them in.

  As soon as they entered, a middle-aged man came up to greet them, smiling at the woman and saying, "Madam, do you need any jade materials processed?"

  The woman nodded: "I would like to ask Master Nie here to carve a jade carving."

  "Alright, this way please, madam." The middle-aged man led the woman to a house with a sign that read "Female Guest Room". It seemed that since jade carving required sitting down and discussing while waiting, Nie's workshop had specially set up a female guest room to entertain female guests. And there, men were not allowed to enter.

  Ye Zhuang was very distressed. She had dressed up as a man today, and naturally couldn't follow the women into the inner chamber, so she could only say to the men who came forward: "I want to take a look at your jade carvings."

  "Please, this way." The man smiled and led Ye Zhuo into a room. The room was surrounded by wooden shelves, on which were placed many jade carvings. Ye Zhuo walked up to the shelves and examined them carefully. Not being able to see Master Nie's craftsmanship in person, looking at the finished products was also good.

  Ye Chou carefully looked at the jade carvings on the Bogu frame, and suddenly her whole body and mind were attracted by these things. Not only are the jade materials excellent, but the designs are also good, and what's most valuable is that their carving skills are much better than those Ye Chou saw outside, especially in the treatment of some details, which made Ye Chou secretly admire them even more. At this moment, she wanted to see the carvings by that Nie family disciple even more.

  At this time, she heard a footsteps outside, and the middle-aged man who was entertaining the female guest spoke up: "Madam, Mr. Nie has arrived. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask him."

  (I came back and fell ill with a high fever, only managing to code 2,000 characters.)

  (Thank you for your support, it's my greatest motivation.)

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