Master Lian walked to the front of the line and stood there.

"I'm going to talk about boxwood. ”

"Boxwood, gentleman in the wood. One says that boxwood has no fire, and the other says that boxwood is intercalary.

"Youyang Miscellaneous" said that the world is heavy boxwood, and it has no fire. Test it with water, sink and there is no fire. Whoever takes this wood will be obscure, and there will be no star in the night, and it will not crack if it is cut down.

"The Four Songs of Yu Kang Naolang's Residence in the Prison Cave Night Palace" says, "There are countless springs in the garden, and there is only a leap year of boxwood." Su Shi self-note: "It is said that boxwood is one inch longer than it is, and it retreats three inches when it intercalates." ’

However, the "Compendium of Materia Medica" notes, "boxwood grows in the mountains and wilderness, and people plant it more." The branches and leaves are clustered and towering, and the leaves are like nascent locust buds and green. Don't spend it, don't wither at four o'clock. It is difficult to grow, as the saying goes, it is an inch longer, and it will retreat when it encounters a leap. Try it today, but leap years don't grow ears. The truth was revealed. ”

"Folk say that the millennium is not big boxwood, boxwood is easy to obtain, and it is difficult to see big materials. Its wood is solid and delicate, the grain is fine and straight, and it is rarely used for furniture and wood carving. ”

"To identify boxwood, one looks at the skin, the second looks at the core, and the third smells. The boxwood skin is as thin as paper, the core is yellow as teeth, and the color and fragrance are light. Old wood is commonly dyed with oil and hemp, the color is stiff and there is no slurry, and it can be wiped repeatedly with endless water, and the fading is fake, and the color is true. ”

After Master Lian finished speaking, he hugged his fists around and automatically retreated.

Xu Wen pondered what he said in his heart, and only felt that he was concise and to the point, although it was brief, but what should be said was clear.

Countless people around him looked at him, and they were all stunned.

Xu San stayed next to him for a while, secretly poked Xu and asked, "Do you understand?"

Xu asked "uh" and nodded. He graduated from a regular university with a bachelor's degree, and even the master said it so clearly, how could he not understand it?

"Sure enough, it's a literate baby, it's amazing. I understood a sentence or two...... Boxwood rarely has big material, and it is generally a small material...... "Xu Sanyue said that the voice became quieter, and finally disappeared completely. His face flushed, and he seemed to be very ashamed of it.

Xu Wen patted him on the shoulder and looked around.

The expressions of the apprentices of the old wooden field were very complicated, some were ashamed like Xu San, and some felt a little proud.

The expressions of the other Kiba masters and apprentices were more varied, but it was easy to see that the vast majority of them did not understand this passage.

Xu Wen revisited it and found that Master Lian's words were simple, but they were a little too simple, and they were indeed not too vernacular.

It's okay for him to have a formal education, but how can these other craftsmen and apprentices understand if they don't even know how to read?

This is probably one of the reasons why even the master is obviously very strong, but the old wood farm is at the bottom of the monthly evaluation.

Of course, it is very difficult to identify old wood, but the teacher can't understand the lecture, how can he learn things?

"Master Lian just talked about boxwood. There are two theories about boxwood, one is that boxwood does not catch fire, and the other is that it will not grow larger in leap years, but will shrink inward. There are provenities to both of these claims, but the first one is actually saying that the boxwood is very solid, and the latter one turns out to be false, and that it does not shrink in leap years, but only does not grow......"

Xu Wen's voice was very small, and he "translated" what Master Lian just said to Xu San.

Several other apprentices in the old wood field team came over to listen, and they understood as soon as they heard it.

"It's worthy of being a student, and you can hear it so clearly!" they admired very much.

Master Lian stood next to the team, a little distance from Xu Wen, and theoretically he shouldn't be able to hear them. At this time, he suddenly turned his head and glanced at Xu Wen with a subtle gaze.

Xu Wen didn't pay attention, after he finished translating, there was no sound from the stone platform, and he looked up there with some confusion.

Master Yao and the others were discussing, and it seemed that they were a little unsure about how many points to give.

In the end, they finally made a decision, and a complete "zheng" was written on the wooden board in a dignified manner.

It's still five points!

Xu Wen nodded slightly.

Although Master Lian is a little difficult to understand, he cites scriptures, discusses completely, and has no fallacies, and is fully worthy of this score.

But the other Kiba apprentices began to whisper, visibly resentful.

I can't even understand what the master said, so why do I get full marks?

But they still won't question Master Yao's decision, but the expression on his face is a little unpleasant......

"In the previous assessment, did even the master say the same?" Xu Wen suddenly remembered something and asked Xu San curiously.

"That's not it. In the past, the master said that he was too lazy to speak. Xu San shook his head.

"No wonder. Xu Wen nodded.

But if he didn't participate before, why would he suddenly bother with this "tongue" today?

The "Talking Wood" session continued, and the masters and apprentices of each wood yard stepped forward one by one to complete the task.

Xu Wen listened very carefully at first, but after listening to it, he was helpless.

He turned his head to look and found that Xu San covered his mouth with his sleeve and yawned without a trace. Not only him, but several other apprentices were yawning.

If you say wood, you have to say it, and this statement cannot be completed in one or two sentences, and it is usually necessary to say a relatively long paragraph.

And Xu Wen also knows an additional unspoken rule, that is, the wood item you said in the last evaluation got more than three points, and this time you can't use it as a material.

This is also understandable, otherwise the same wood is turned over and over again every month, how to progress?

So most of them are talking about new fields that they have not tried before, the masters are not clear, the apprentices are upside down, and after several rounds in a row, there are not many people who can say a large paragraph clearly, let alone be as humorous and witty as Master Jin, and even as concise and orderly as the master.

Only then did Xu Wen realize one thing - the first ones to appear were the masters of each wood yard, and they were originally the most experienced and more familiar with wood.

The further back they went, the more the group yawned.

Xu Wen listened more seriously, and he tried his best to learn something from the middle. But gradually, he also began to feel a little sleepy, and his eyelids were a little astringent......

On the wooden board in front of you, almost all of the new points added by each Kiba are one or two draws, and sometimes there is not even one stroke......

Of course, with so many apprentices, not all of them are underperforming.

Occasionally, there will still be some articulate and clear-minded. They talked eloquently about the wood they knew, and they heard Master Yao smile and nod their heads.

"That's nice. Xu San said enviously.

"Huh?" Xu asked, confused.

"Do you see the expressions of the masters? You're quite satisfied, right? This kind of person will be transferred to the Xuanzi Workshop or even the Dizi Workshop. The food and drink over there are better than here, unlike all of us here who live in a big shop, it's a good house for four people......" Xu San muttered, and then immediately reacted, "Of course I didn't say that our old wood yard is not good......"

Xu asked suddenly.

He had been thinking before, obviously there was competition in the monthly evaluation, everyone should practice seriously, how could they all behave like this.

It turned out that the survival of the fittest, those who could speak well, were transferred.

That's right, Huangzifang is a timber warehouse, which is usually not open to the public, and there is no need for everyone to be sharp-tongued. Yao's Wood Workshop can also be regarded as a special training......

The autumn sun is gradually shifting to the middle, and before you know it, it is almost noon.

The apprentices in each of the woodyards have basically completed their second phase of assessment, and there are only five prospective apprentices left who have not yet started.

So far, the beech field still ranks first in the score, while the redwood field and cypress field have pulled away a bit.

There are two more eloquent apprentices in the mahogany field, each adding three points to the field.

The old Kiba continues to be at the bottom, and their performance in this round is not as good as in the first round.

"Beech Wood Field, Liu Ada. ”

Master Yang reported his name, and he seemed a little tired.

Liu Adaa stepped forward, and he was talking about beech wood. He spoke word by word, very slowly, and not very clearly, but he finally expressed all the main points of beech wood.

Master Yao nodded with satisfaction: "The time is so short, it's good to be able to remember this." Two points. ”

One horizontal and one vertical were scratched on the wooden board, Liu Adaa turned around a little excitedly, Master Jin smiled at him encouragingly, he bowed vigorously, and his eyes were a little red.

Liu Ada's follow-up was He Ping, and He Ping was followed by Chen Tie, both of whom did not perform very well.

Especially He Ping, who seemed to be on this occasion, made him a little nervous, he looked straight ahead, his head was obviously blank, and he opened his mouth a few times without speaking. In the end, when the time came, he could only retreat and not earn a point.

Lu Cheng is on.

The redwood field and the old wood field are standing in a diagonal position, and when Lu Cheng stands at the front of the line, he can look at Xu Wen with a slight tilt of his head.

Xu Wen was as serious as before, looking directly at Lu Cheng, Lu Cheng didn't even tilt his head, looked at Master Yao eagerly, and hugged his fists and said, "What I want to talk about today is Jinsi Nanmu." ”

Golden silk is one of the most precious woods, gorgeous and rich, and can be said to encapsulate almost all the advantages of all woods.

Lu Cheng used all his strength to praise it, and his words were full of flowers, and his words were very gorgeous.

He talked about a tea time, and during this time, Master Yao had been caressing his beard and nodding slightly, not distinguishing between joy and anger.

Lu Cheng probably took this nod as a kind of encouragement, and he was so excited that he even became a little louder.

In the end, he finally finished speaking, bowed, looked at Master Yao expectantly, lowered his head again, and glanced at Xu Wen in a conspicuous manner, seeing that he was a little incomprehensible.

Master Yao paused for a while, whispered a few words to the person next to him, and finally nodded: "That's a good point, add two points." ”

Lu Cheng's smile suddenly froze on his face.

Only two points?

It was nothing like he expected!

He looked up in disbelief, and Master Yao was motioning to Master Yang to write down the score.

Master Yang also seemed a little surprised, but he still did as Master Yao wanted.

"That's an exaggeration......" Xu Wen whispered to himself and shook his head.

Speaking of wood is similar to writing an expository essay, which requires clarity and organization, calm and objectivity. Lu Cheng used too many rhetorical devices, which did not meet the requirements of the expository essay, and of course he could not get a high score.

But after listening to so much, he probably knew what Master Yao's needs were.

"Old Kiba, Xu asked. ”

Hearing his name, Xu Wen strode forward.