Pet King - Chapter 1147

Chapter 1147

Just like many females, He He hated snakes and wanted nothing more than to get as far as physically possible from them . Her best friend was full of nothing but hatred for them too . If she were to ever gift them a pendant that had a carving of a snake on it, their friendship would be as good as over .

But all of the Cleopatra merchandise that they sold had cobras . They might be slightly different in style and pattern, but they were all full of life . There was no way that He He would be buying these, unless she was looking for a good dressing-down .

She could only buy Nefertari and Nefertiti’s pendants then . The two of them didn’t have snakes on their portraits, but they definitely were way too unknown in China…

“Isn’t there a Cleopatra pendant without snakes?” she asked timidly .

“The cobra represents ultimate power in Ancient Egypt . This is the greatest difference between Cleopatra and our other two beauties,” Lazart explained . “I regret to say so, but all of our Cleopatra pendants have snakes . If you insist on having one without snakes, you can custom-order one . ”

“Oh, you accept custom orders?” He He perked up . “It must be…expensive to have one custom made, right?”

Lazart’s quote was less than a thousand RMB, and it was a lot cleaper than her expectations . Besides, if she ordered more than one piece, it could be even cheaper .

He He silently calculated . Even friends were separated by how close they were to her . There were only two or three closest to her heart, and with her added into the mix, she eventually requested four snake-less Cleopatra pendants .

Other than importing their goods from other sources, Lazart’s store also fulfilled their customers’ customization requests in-house . He and his son, Chris, were in charge and responsible for that, and they had made it a family business .

They had a work shop connected to the back of the shop so that the clients could even watch their own customized product getting made .

The charcoal burned a vibrant red as its flames licked at the gold, and the iron hammer clanked periodically, sparks flying everywhere . The golden liquid was poured into the mold, and the final touches and carving would come after the gold cooled down . At completion, it would be an exquisite handmade pendant, made from a process not any different from thousands of years ago .

That certainly piqued an interest in the youngsters’ hearts, beckoning them to try and witness the process with their own eyes and their own cameras . But Lazart had no intention to start work now, and it would be rude to demand the other to change his schedule .

Just as Zhang Zian was contemplating the desert, he felt something hit his leg .

He looked up and brought his line of vision right into Fina’s, a sugar cube missing a corner by its claw .

The sugar cube came from a small plate on the table, provided for the guests should they want to have more sugar in their already-really-sweet coffee .

Fina seemed to have carved the corner out using her claw and flicked it at Zhang Zian, clearly signaling to him, “Make a move while you can . Do you still need me to remind you of such a thing?”

Zhang Zian sighed, picking up the Cleopatra pendant to purchase it . Right then, another sugar piece hit him, stopping his actions .

Turning around, he found Fina’s fiery eyes glaring holes at him . What? Didn’t it want this?

Only after a moment had passed did he belatedly realize that Fina wanted the snake-less version of the pendant too . A poisonous snake had killed Cleopatra, so it hated snakes .

As a servant, of course, he always had to try to understand Her Majesty’s thoughts, unless he would like to see his head rolling away from his body .

He put down the completed pendant, adding one more pendant to He He’s order . Gao Ke and the rest even teased him, pushing him to reveal which girl he was actually buying it for .

Speaking of girls, his employees and friends had been bugging him about bringing back some souvenirs . How dare they think he would be too petty to bring back gifts . What horrible friends!

When it came to presents, it was best to treat everyone equally and not be biased . Otherwise, people might feel that you were being unfair to them, and it might lead to misunderstandings . That was more trouble than it was worth .

Zhang Zian contemplated buying a few Rosetta stone plaques, pyramids, Tutanka masks, or the three beauty’s pendants back as presents, but he can’t help but feel these gifts lack originality .

Right then, Lazart continued . Other than the replicas of their famous artifacts and prominent figures, another gift that tourists did like was an amulet full of Ancient Egypt’s flavor .

“Actually, Cleopatra’s pendant is believed to help ward off some evils and can be used as an amulet too,” he said . “You might think that Egyptians aren’t afraid of poisonous snakes and that’s why we put cobras on Cleopatra’s crown, but that couldn’t be further from the truth . No one knows better than Egyptians how terrifying poisonous snakes are . We’re afraid of them too, but our culture is to fight fire with fire . The more afraid of snakes we are, the more we wear them on us, to ward off bad things . ”

Something seemed to click in all of their minds . They really had thought previously that Egyptians weren’t afraid of snakes . Who knew that Egyptians were just as afraid of them as Chinese were? But no matter how Lazart explained, everyone still didn’t want to buy the ready-made Cleopatra pendant and asked him to show them the real amulets .

Lazart took out a few accessories again, like the pendants and rings showing Scarabs pushing the “Sun,” Fatimah’s Hand . These were pendants all very well-received by tourists . The females usually wore the pendants, while males wore the rings .

The scarabs were a representation of the sun gods in Ancient Egypt, a symbol of justice and immortality . But no matter how good it was at being an amulet, it was still not a suitable present in China . Even if he wore it himself, it would just attract others’ weird stares . On the other hand, Fatimah’s Hand carried too much religious connotation . It was an amulet from a religion, which was not too good for China, where people were mainly atheist .

As a businessman, Lazart was patient, listening to his clients’ every single need . He took out another two accessories, one pendant looking similar to the symbol ♀, while the other one was a thin, golden oval plate, bald as a middle-aged man .

“This is for females only?” Gao Ke pointed to the ♀ shaped pendant .

“No . ” Lazart shook his head as he explained . Even though the ♀ symbol represented women internationally, in Ancient Egypt, this symbol meant the Key of Life—Ankh . It was the oldest rune in Ancient Egypt, and it meant immortality . Wearing it brought in the good while warding off evil, disease, and disaster .

As for the other golden plate, a customer could translate their name into hieroglyphs and carve it into the golden plate before making it into a bracelet . It was said to protect its wearer and bring a magical strength to them .

Both of these accessories were very unique to Egypt, the former suitable for females, the latter suitable for both .

Zhang Zian didn’t believe that one simple accessory could ward off evil, but it was good as a gift and great as a memento too . He could support Lazart’s business as well, so he custom-made one for himself and all his employees and bought a few Ankh pendants as presents . He really had dug a hole in his wallet today .

When Wei Kang heard that they had gotten into an accident, he was hopping with anxiety, calling them dozens of times to ask them to come back . Zhang Zian and the rest could only leave their contact methods behind so they could come back for their accessories after they were done .