Xu Chunqiu took out the hibiscus stone from the bag he was carrying and gently placed it on the low table in front of him.

When Xu Lao saw it, he recognized it on the spot.

"Are you thinking of carving something out of this stone?"

Xu Chunqiu nodded: "I want to engrave a chapter, a name chapter." ”

Xu Lao raised his eyebrows: "Give it away?"

Xu Chunqiu's face gradually turned red, and even the tips of his ears were not spared.

She nodded again.

"Okay," Elder Xu smiled meaningfully, "you come with me to the courtyard." ”

The stone-cutting machine was placed at the bottom of the courtyard, and Xu Lao pointed to the small Mazha next to him and motioned for Xu Chunqiu to sit down, and said: "Your stone is not small, as long as he is not a long list of names of ethnic minorities, this piece of material is definitely enough to carve two." ”

Xu Lao reminded her: "You can use the remaining half to hit the individual ones, earrings or something." ”

Xu Chunqiu shook his head stubbornly: "Then cut it into two pieces." ”

"In case my hand is broken, there's a second one. ”

Xu Lao was stunned for a moment: "Are you going to carve it yourself?"

"Can't you?"

"It's not impossible. ”

The tools for carving jade were properly stored in a rolling shutter bag, and Xu Lao stuffed the knife used for carving to Xu Chunqiu, and lowered his head and started the cutting machine.

It didn't take long for the machine to stop cutting the stones, and the water used to cool down the water sprayed on the incision, still wet.

The waste materials that Xu Lao had cut were put together, and he lifted the lid to take out the spare two square pieces of jade, and held them in the palm of his hand and handed them to Xu Chunqiu.

"Girl, what are you going to engrave?"

Xu Chunqiu picked out a carving knife in his hand, held the knife in the way of holding a pen and simply adapted to it, and then started to use one of the jades.

Seeing that she was about to go under the knife, Xu Lao held his heart high: "You take it easy, this material is not cheap." ”

Immediately, he realized that his worries were completely overwhelmed.

I saw Xu Chunqiu holding the stone with one hand, holding the knife in his right hand, staring down with bated breath and carving it, his wrist was quite stable, and he seemed to be a skilled hand.

The blade met the jade, rubbing a little white powder, and after a moment, a traditional character for "陸" jumped into view.

The font she carved out is very different from the hairpin flower Xiaokai written by the pen before, and the word "陸" engraved on the hibiscus stone is stiff and stiff in terms of brushstrokes and structure, majestic atmosphere, and elegant and clear.

After carving the first word, Xu Chunqiu was obviously relieved, she moved her wrist and continued to engrave the second one.

Xu Lao took advantage of her rest wrist and sighed: "I didn't expect you to be a little girl, and you can order anything." ”

As soon as the words fell, her second word went bad.

The word "repair" is next to a single person, and the first stroke is a skimming, who knows that Xu Chunqiu shook his wrist, and the good apostrophe was carved vertically.

"What's wrong, why don't you continue?" Xu Lao didn't see what she was wrong about, and asked from the side.

I only heard Xu Chunqiu say sullenly: "The hand is raw, and it was carved wrong just now." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, you take sandpaper and grind off a layer of everything you carved before, and continue to carve this piece. ”

Xu Chunqiu shook his head and insisted on re-engraving it with another piece.

This time she was so careful that she wanted to forget to breathe, but this time she finally made no mistake.

Lu Xiu is a two-word name, which is a little empty when engraved on the square stone, so Xu Chunqiu added the word "Yinxin" at the back.

"Lu Xiu...... Seal the letter?" Xu Lao read out on the side, "Your words are so beautifully carved. ”

He looked at the previous piece of waste that she had discarded aside, shook his head and said, "It's a pity to have this piece, why don't you change it and carve a separate one?"

Xu Chunqiu stared at the vertical next to the word "陸", pondered for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

She picked up the stone again, still carving it with her head down.

It's still four words, Lu Changqing's seal.

The hibiscus stone is ruddy and clear, with Xu Chunqiu's good words, it is already a fine product before it is polished.

"You're done?"

Xu Chunqiu nodded.

Xu Lao took the two square seals together, coated a layer of paste-like polishing powder on the carved jade, and polished them finely with a grinding wheel.

The polishing of jade does not require full attention like carving, and Xu Lao casually chatted with Xu Chunqiu while doing the work in his hands: "Your theater is quite interesting." ”

"You've been there, too?"

Xu Lao bowed slightly, didn't know what he remembered, and showed a relieved smile: "You dug out a lot of good seedlings, and the Du Zigui tone at the beginning walked high and didn't break the sound, and the voice was very beautiful." ”

"And that kid looks like a clean-minded person, otherwise it would be impossible to guard Peking Opera all the way to the present. ”

"This uncarved broken stone still makes you famous. ”

While polishing the square seal under his hand, he said, not only talking about this hibiscus stone, but also talking about Peking Opera.

"The old man has worked hard all his life to do what he hasn't done, but let you do it for a little girl. ”

Xu Chunqiu grinned and his eyebrows were crooked.

Xu Lao polished it, picked up the stone and brought it to his eyes, and gently blew off the remaining fine dust on it: "Okay, take a look?"

He handed the pair into her hands.

Xu Chunqiu carefully picked it up, the ruddy hibiscus stone was delicate and beautiful, and Lu Xiu's birthday gift was settled.

She carefully put away the two square seals together, said goodbye to Xu Lao, and was about to leave, but when she turned around, she was stopped again.

"Girl, there is one more thing, you have to be mentally prepared. ”

Xu Chunqiu stopped when he heard this, turned around and faced him again.

Xu Lao said slowly: "Agate, jade, white jade, pearls, even if these things are good, once they are really popular, in addition to the rising prices, there is also a mixed market. ”

"It's a good thing and a bad thing to have a big circle. ”

"Once some things catch fire, all kinds of demons and monsters will be invited. ”

Xu Chunqiu said calmly: "It has already been recruited." ”

Nie Fuqian, who changed careers to become an Internet celebrity, the protégé who poured tea and threw orange peels under the stage, and Qiu Yuebai, who guarded his peers from seizing resources like a thief, which one is not suspicious?

She suddenly asked Xu Lao and said, "If you have to choose one of the two, which one would you choose?"

Xu Lao smiled meaningfully, and threw the question back to Xu Chunqiu: "It doesn't matter what I choose, what matters is you." ”

One is the nobility and purity of the end of the road, and the other is the hidden dirt and dirt under the general trend, and there is no flawless answer.

If it were you, what would you do?