Save Myself From Desperation by Cara Agnes novel Chapter 268

Ashley nodded. "Yep."

Joseph couldn't help but be wary and feared Paul would issue a job invitation to Ashley.

Paul invited Ashley to work at the National Museum last time, so he might come for the same purpose this time.

Ashley replied in the affirmative, which made Paul visibly excited.

"I came to watch the auction today. I stayed here for a while after the auction. As I intended to leave, I heard about your porcelain repair techniques, which greatly benefited me.

"We have a lot of broken ancient porcelain in the National Museum. Cultural relic restorers are trying their best to repair it, but it is still difficult to restore it. Could you please show me the repair techniques you just mentioned?"

Ashley was willing to do it, smiled lightly, and said, "Okay."

Joseph looked at Noah on the side and suggested. "Well, I'll repair the porcelain you just mentioned. Where is it?"

"It's in the backyard. This way, please." Noah hurriedly led the way.

They followed Noah and walked into a clean and quaintly decorated warehouse in the backyard.

There were several cultural relic appraisers and several cultural relic maintenance and restoration personnel in the warehouse, who were all staff specially hired by StarGavel Auctions.

"Make way, please," Noah shouted loudly.

They all felt surprised when they noticed Ashley, Joseph, and Paul behind Noah.

They were all experts in this field.

Noah put on gloves made of special materials and then picked up the porcelain on the table. "Here it is, Ms. Ramos. A crack stuck after being broken, which is very conspicuous."

Joseph stretched out his head and looked over. He found the crack indeed conspicuous, and it was easy to tell it had fallen before.

Paul was very familiar with this situation.

More than three hundred thousand porcelain sets were preserved in the National Museum. After thousands of years, some were still intact, but some had been damaged by war. The staff needed to repair the broken porcelain to display and protect the value of cultural relics.

Ashley put on her gloves and took the porcelain from Noah's hand.

She looked at it carefully for a while and said, "Take the pieces apart and glue them again with a mixture of egg white."

Hearing this, Noah immediately had someone to make preparations.

Ashley glued the pieces together with the concocted mixture, then carefully sanded the cracks with a brush and applied a coat of lead.

Paul watched Ashley's repair process intently.

After applying the lead, Ashley checked it several times under different lights and then applied some rust on it.

Finally, she applied a layer of wax to the crack.

"Well, the cracks are perfectly covered that way." Ashley put the porcelain under the light.

Paul immediately looked over eagerly, showing great surprise in his eyes. "What an amazing skill it is, Ms. Ramos! It can restore the original appearance of porcelain as much as possible."

Joseph widened his mouth in shock. He didn't expect the porcelain to be restored so perfectly.

In an instant, the value of the cultural relic was reflected.

He felt honored to be part of Ashley's family.

Faced with Paul's admiration, Ashley smiled modestly and then looked at Noah aside. "If you will auction the porcelain, tell the buyer in advance that it has been broken before."

Noah nodded repeatedly. "We'll make it. Honesty is the best policy. The StarGavel Auctions adheres to professional ethics."

Paul stared at the porcelain several times. He felt so excited that he even walked back and forth in the room. Suddenly, he stopped before Ashley and asked, "Do you really not consider working at the National Museum with the top appreciation and restoration, Ms. Ramos?"

Ashley blinked and replied, "Sorry, I hadn't planned it right now."

Paul felt sorry but still insisted, "In addition to porcelain restoration, will you restore ancient paintings, Ms. Ramos?"

Ashley nodded. "Yes."