"What did you do just now?" Lian Linlin laughed for a while, then turned his head and asked Xu Qian.

"Master took out the question and tested my recent progress. Xu asked.

The senior brothers next to him showed envious expressions on their faces.

They and Xu Wen are nominally brothers, but in fact they are more similar to master and apprentice.

From the time when they were in the old woodyard, Lian Tianqing would not directly teach them the craft, but after teaching Xu Wen, Xu Wen would teach them instead.

At the beginning, this was because Lian Tianqing was too professional in his words, and he wouldn't turn it into a vernacular, so Xu San and his senior brothers couldn't understand it at all.

Later, Lian Tianqing gradually began to be "down-to-earth", but he still taught Xu Wen alone, and others were still taught by Xu Wen.

Of course, this made the entire old Kiba brother learn, and even the entire thinking mode was deeply branded with Xu Wen, this kind of thinking is completely different from Lian Tianqing's, but even Tianqing has never ignored it and doesn't care.

But this doesn't mean that Xu San only has Xu Wen and no Lian Tianqing in their eyes, Xu Wen sometimes shows them some of Lian Tianqing's demonstration works and explains the subtleties.

Even Tianqing's half-step workmanship, the things made casually are not trivial, and after Xu Wen's explanation, they understand more deeply.

Gradually, Lian Tianqing became like a god in their minds.

"You're going to do your homework too?"

Faced with such a gaze, Lian Tianqing usually turned a blind eye, but at this time he suddenly asked.

"Do it!" Xu San was the first to respond, and the other apprentices were bold enough to follow.

"Okay, do it, carpentry and masonry. Lian Tianqing said nonchalantly.

"Can you do both?" said this sentence It turned out to be the youngest Dongfang Lei.

"Yes. "Tonight's Lian Tianqing is unexpectedly easy to speak.

"Great!" the brothers waved together, and they dispersed one after another, going to the yard to find suitable materials.

In the blink of an eye, all the people who were laughing together just now disappeared, and the courtyard instantly became quiet and a little deserted.

"Really, it's the New Year, and I don't take a break. Lian Linlin squatted next to Xu Wen with his face in his hand, and pouted, his expression vaguely lost.

"It's a break. Xu Wen said affirmatively.

"Working every day, won't you get tired?"

"How can you get tired doing what you love to do?"

"It's also ......"

"What else can you do?"

Xu Wen suddenly turned his head and suggested.

"Oh, I can't, you know, my brain burned out—" she gestured to her head, "-can't do it!"

"It's not like you want to take it out for others to see, what's wrong with making it yourself?" Xu Wen said nonchalantly, stood up, pointed to the other side and asked, "Go find some materials?"

"Hmm......" Lian Linlin hesitated a little, but still stood up and followed him over there.

It is worthy of Lian Tianqing, even in the Western Desert, he has collected a lot of good materials. Just like in the old woodyard, everything is old, with door panels, furniture, ornaments, everything.

According to the practice of the old wood yard, some of them are to be restored, and some of them are to be scrapped for timber.

"What do you want to choose?" Xu Wen asked, his gaze swept over the pile of wood.

I think that when he first arrived at the old wood yard, he couldn't recognize any of the dilapidated wood piled up in a mess, and he had to teach him the same thing. But now, he didn't need to get his hands on these things at all, just by scanning them, he could see what each difference was, and what kinds of wood they were made of, and no matter how similar they were, he couldn't be mistaken.

"Oh, what is this? I don't recognize it. Lian Linlin stood in the pile of timber, and suddenly became lively. She picked up a piece of wood and said with a sad face.

"I'll take a look. Xu Wen saw that she was pretending, but she still took it with a smile, pretended to touch it for a while, and said: "This piece is called beech wood, and beech wood is called Nanyu in the north, which is very strong, but it is not a hardwood, and it is a kind of wood that is easier to handle." The beech wood has a very beautiful pattern, like the overlapping of mountains, and it is also called 'pagoda pattern'. It's so dirty that I can't see the lines......"

Xu Wen took the beech wood and really explained its characteristics to Lian Linlin.

Lian Linlin listened with a smile and kept nodding, looking very teachable.

But as she listened, she froze, her eyes widened, and she finally laughed.

"What are you...... I taught you what I taught you!" she said with a hahaha laugh.

"yes. When I first officially entered the door of the old wood yard, you led me in, and Master stood under the tree to inspect the batch of goods that had just arrived. There's something he doesn't bother to admit and asks you directly. You can see at a glance that it is a patchwork of wood, the heart of the wood is sandalwood and nanmu mosaic, with a layer of teak on the outside and a layer of bamboo skin on the outside. Xu Wen squinted his eyes, recalled accurately, and looked at Lian Linlindao, "At that time, I felt that this little senior sister was really powerful, and such a complicated thing could be seen." The wood heart mixed with sandalwood and nanmu can't be seen from the outside at all, how do you know?"

"The weight is not the same...... You can find out when you get started. Lian Linlin muttered.

"I was shocked at the time, it was my first impression of the old Kiba. What an amazing place to hide the dragon and crouching tiger. Xu Wen said affirmatively.

He handed the beech wood to Lian Linlin and said, "This is the first kind of wood you taught me to recognize, and my path of learning skills began here, and I was first enlightened by you." You're amazing, little master. ”

Lian Linlin took the beech wood a little dazedly and stared at it closely.

"Otherwise, take this to practice your hands?" Xu asked.

The beech wood is not in very good condition, the surface is pitch black, a little fluffy, and it is clear that it has been soaked in water for a long time. It is very coincidental that this is also very similar to the one that Lian Lin Lin showed Xu Wen at the beginning.

In the case of wood in poor condition, the first step is to remove the damaged parts.

Lian Linlin picked up the tool, laid the wooden block flat, held the knife in his right hand, pressed the surface of the wood with his left hand, and shook his wrist slightly, and the moldy black on the surface was flattened off a whole layer.

She moves skillfully and calmly, and there is no sense of incongruity at all.

Xu Wen looked at her.

She did the same when they first met. At that time, Xu Wen only felt that she should have been training for a long time and was very skilled.

But now, knowing her situation, he knew more and more clearly how much sweat was hidden behind this knife.

"Beautiful, go on. Xu Wen encouraged.

Even Lin Lin didn't seem to be able to hear him anymore. She scrambled with her knife, and the rotten parts of the beech wood fell one after another, and the wood flesh gradually revealed.

She opened her eyes wide and held the wooden block in front of her.

Due to the work, the nearby lights are brighter, so it is clear that the beech wood is not a pale yellow as is commonly seen, but a very dark color.

"It's blood beech!" Lian Linlin turned around in surprise and said to Xu Wen.

"That's how old wood is, there are always unexpected surprises. Xu asked.

"You copied my words again!" Lian Linlin recalled quickly this time.

"Hahahaha, let's try it and see what you can carve. Xu asked urging.

After the wood was trimmed, the shape was not very irregular, small at the top and large at the bottom, slightly offset.

"I want to carve a phoenix!" Lian Linlin stared at it for a while, then announced with great ambition.