Ten years as a substitute!Now that she leaves, she regrets it too much

The owner looked at Jiang An's confident expression and couldn't help but smile faintly.

This young man exudes the aura of a successful person.

He explained gently: "You have to understand that these precious leathers are expensive in themselves. If you want special leathers, the price will be even higher."

Jiang An smiled slightly and said with a firm look in his eyes: "Don't worry, if I can say it, I can do it. The important thing is that I want to make my classmate Xiaolin happy."

As he spoke, he ruffled Lin Xixi's hair lovingly.

When the shop owner witnessed this scene, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, as if he had returned to his youthful days, when he and his wife had also had such a warm moment.

However, time flies, and his wife passed away a few years ago, but he still can't forget her in his heart.

Jiang An didn't expect that his words would bring back the owner's sad memories. He was about to change the subject, but the owner had regained his composure and said with a smile, "It's okay. I've already let go of what happened between her and me. Because I love her, I won't restrict her. Even if she leaves me, I believe that somewhere, she is waiting to meet me again."

After the owner finished speaking, he turned and left the studio to get the leather, leaving Jiang An and Lin Xixi smiling at each other.

Lin Xixi suddenly grabbed Jiang An's hand and asked worriedly, "Teacher Jiang, did what we said just now make him unhappy?" Jiang An gently put his arm around her waist and comforted her softly, "Don't worry, I can see that the owner is an affectionate person, and I admire him very much. What do you think?"

Lin Xixi leaned her head on Jiang An's shoulder and said softly, "I will like anyone brought by Teacher Jiang."

She coquettishly rubbed Jiang An, making him chuckle. He gently pushed her away and reminded her, "Okay, stop making trouble. It will be bad if someone sees us."

At this time, the shop owner came in with several rolls of fine leather.

“Young man, look at these leathers, the quality is even higher than what you mentioned before.” The owner unfolded the leathers, each one looked noble and elegant, as if telling their own unique stories.

"Look at this," the shopkeeper said, unrolling a roll of leather. "Is this what you like?"

Jiang An and Lin Xixi came closer curiously, and after careful observation, they found that the texture, glossiness and softness of this leather were indeed far superior to the previous samples.

"Boss, we want this one."

Jiang An made the decision decisively without asking Lin Xixi's opinion, because he knew very well that Lin Xixi's aesthetic was highly consistent with his.

When Lin Xixi saw the leather Jiang An had chosen, her eyes sparkled with excitement. "Teacher Jiang, this is so beautiful! How come I have never heard of this kind of leather before?"

Jiang An smiled and didn't answer. The shop owner took over the conversation, "Little girl, it's not surprising that you don't know. This kind of leather is produced in Italy and is specially made from calf leather. The skin needs to be taken from very young calves, and then it goes through more than a dozen complex processing steps. When drying, the leather must be fully stretched out, and then the moisture from rainy days can be used to shrink it naturally."

“So, this kind of calfskin is very rare. Moreover, you cannot use metal knives when cutting this piece of calfskin. You can only use a wooden knife to slowly cut it in layers.” The owner explained in detail.

“When you make it yourself later, you’ll be able to feel its uniqueness.”

The shop owner said as he began to assist Jiang An and Lin Xixi in the production. The production process was similar to the previous one, but extra care was required when cutting the leather.

As the owner said, when you use a metal knife to cut this leather, you will feel obvious resistance and the blade will only leave a slight mark on the leather.

This makes the entire production process more demanding of skills and patience.

However, if you use knives made of bamboo, the situation is completely different.

Due to the flexibility and strength of bamboo, the bamboo knife can more smoothly split the single layer of leather when cutting.

Under the careful guidance of the store owner, Jiang An and Lin Xixi gradually made this precious photo album.

Lin Xixi also decided to try pure hand-printing technology, which was a challenging task for her.

"Little girl, I have to tell you," the shop owner said seriously, "Pure handmade printing is not only time-consuming, but also requires the maker to have enough strength. If you don't have enough strength, you can't complete this process."

There are two types of hand-printing techniques: one is complex miscellaneous printing, and the other is relatively simple printing. Although the printing method is simpler, the owner is still worried about whether Lin Xixi's strength is enough.

"Don't worry," Lin Xixi waved her arms and said confidently, "I'm very strong."

Faced with Lin Xixi's insistence, the owner could only give in and let her do as she wished.

However, although she chose the printing method, Lin Xixi was not satisfied with the ready-made patterns. She planned to make some unique patterns by herself.

"If you want to do this," the shop owner explained, "we can only use the smallest tools and hammers to hammer out the pattern you want little by little. At the same time, you also need to pay attention to the control of your energy and the depth of the hammering. Have you really thought it through?"

Lin Xixi gave an extremely affirmative answer: "Don't worry, I can definitely do it if I say I can do it."

The shop owner didn't say anything more, but went to get the necessary tools. At this time, Jiang An reminded Lin Xixi: "Little girl, you have to think about it carefully. If you don't have the strength to finish it later, I may not be able to help you."

"Why, Teacher Jiang?" Lin Xixi threw herself into Jiang An's arms, "How could you not help me?"

Jiang An smiled slightly, "I want to help you, but I don't necessarily understand what kind of pattern you want to make."

"No way," Xiaolin snorted, hugging his shoulders and said, "You and I must have the same idea, for sure."

"Well, then we'll give it a try."

Jiang An still felt somewhat uneasy in his heart, because he was not sure what the consequences would be if his ideas differed from Lin Xixi's.

Although Kobayashi would not be too harsh on him, Jiang An felt uncomfortable when he thought about the possible disagreements.

However, in Jiang An's opinion, his worries may be unnecessary.

After all, no matter what he does, Lin Xixi will like it very much, just as no matter what Lin Xixi does, he also likes it very much. The feelings between them are mutual, so how can there be any conflicts?

Your love for me and my love for you are equal.

This love keeps circulating between each other, like a circle, going round and round, always in this circle, so how can there be any disagreement?

While Jiang An was daydreaming, the shop owner had already brought the printing tools over. These were very small tools, similar to nails, but the bottoms were round, square or different small triangles instead of sharp.

"Come on, little girl, use these tools to print. Put some rice paper underneath. Only rice paper can reduce the resistance and help the leather take shape better."

The shop owner said as he handed the rice paper mat to Lin Xixi.

When everything was ready, the shop owner picked up a piece of ordinary leather and began to introduce the production method to Lin Xixi: "The so-called stamping is actually to rely on the pulling force generated by the downward impact to shape the leather."

As the shop owner spoke, he picked up a hammer and pressed a triangular mold onto the leather.

As he hammered hard, sparks flew from the contact end of the mold and the hammer.

"Little girl, you have to use this much force every time. This is the minimum force requirement," explained the owner.

Lin Xixi blinked her eyes. She no longer had the confidence she had at the beginning.

However, the shop owner smiled mysteriously: "Little girl, this is your own choice. Do you still want to change it now? That's not possible."

"We have to stick to this, okay?"

The owner persuaded and asked Lin Xixi to go up and try a few times first.

He stressed that only after accumulating a certain amount of experience can one print on the precious leather, otherwise, a mistake could result in the entire piece of leather being scrapped.

The leather was so valuable that even if the owner hadn't paid for it himself, he couldn't bear to see it go to waste.

After listening to what the shop owner said, Lin Xixi had nothing to say and immediately picked up the printing tools and started trying.

As Lin Xixi beat rhythmically, a very standard square appeared on the experimental leather.

However, the problem is that although the square has been knocked out, the stamped area soon begins to rebound, causing the entire shape to lose its regularity.

"Oh my God, why is it like this?" Lin Xixi pouted her lips instantly, a look of slight frustration on her face.