During this period of time, Xu Wen has frequently traveled back and forth between the Banmen World and Xu Zhai, relying on Qiuqiu, and has never met Jing Cheng.

After a long time, he even had a feeling that he was the only one here, a space that belonged to him very purely.

When he suddenly saw Jing Cheng today, he remembered that there was another person here—or not at all.

But today's Jing Cheng is significantly different from before.

"What's wrong with you?" Xu Wen turned around, looked directly at the other party, and looked at him with a frown, "Why did you suddenly get so old?"

Jing Cheng, who appeared in front of him before, looked to be about thirty years old, between young and middle-aged.

He is handsome, with black hair, no wrinkles on his face, and exudes a mature charm.

Today, however, his nasolabial folds have deepened significantly, there are a few more fine lines at the corners of his eyes, and there are a few more silver strands on his head. Although this did not damage his personal charm, this sudden aging was indeed very abnormal.

"Huh?" Jing Cheng's fingers touched the corners of his forehead, and he quickly put it down, "It doesn't matter. ”

He paced to Xu Wen's side, looked at the box in his hand, and raised his eyebrows: "Sun Boran's things?

"How do you know?" Xu Wen was stunned for a moment.

Jing Cheng smiled and said nothing, this expression combined with his current appearance made people feel more and more mysterious.

"Who is Sun Boran, is it the name of the craftsman who carved this bird?" Regarding the Banmen World and this Xu Mansion, Xu Wen had ten thousand questions in his heart, but he knew that Jing Cheng would not answer him.

"Yes. Sun Boran is good at depicting scenes, and the characters are vivid as in the story. With your current ability to fix it...... It's a bit hard. ”

Jing Cheng touched the surface of the box with his hand, took a step back, and disappeared again without a sound.

Xu Wen frowned, looked down at the remaining Sparrows, and then looked at the place where Jing Cheng had disappeared.

It may be that he knew that his strength was not enough, and Jing Cheng had not urged him to repair the mansion quickly during this time. Now that his appearance has changed, will it have anything to do with this?

Xu Wen thought for a while and shook his head.

Whether it is or not, he is still in the stage of learning and preparation, and he is still far from being able to really repair the Xu Mansion.

It is impossible to eat a big fat man in one bite, he can only take his time.

It's the finch in my hand...... According to Jing Cheng, his ability is not enough?

Everything has to be done anyway, and Jing Cheng's words are meaningless to Xu Wen.

Xu Wen quickly put his affairs behind him and came to the studio to start preparations for the restoration.

Although this finch is a component of the building, but now only this one component exists, it has nothing to do with the building, and is almost equivalent to an ornament.

When repairing as a building component, the main focus is on restoring its functionality, so that it can complete the original functions such as reinforcement and support, and a certain aesthetic appearance can be sacrificed for this.

Wooden ornaments are different.

It is more decorative than functional, requiring the defect to be supplemented and the appearance restored.

Of course, this is more difficult to fix than the former.

Before the official restoration, Xu Wen was already ready, and even the restoration drawings were drawn, and he couldn't think of any other problems that could be difficult for him.

Even Tianqing taught Xu Wen the whole process of repairing wood, Xu Wen still felt uneasy, and wrote down the repair process and the materials and tools to be prepared before the official start.

Lian Tianqing had never asked him to do this, Xu Wen did this purely out of personal good habits.

The first step in the restoration is the dismantling of the wood.

Although this finch is dilapidated, as a building component, it is not entirely carved from a single piece of wood.

In addition to the carved part of the main body, there are a few accessories behind it, which are fixed with the mortise and tenon structure and the fish maw glue to the main part.

Xu Wen has studied what kind of mortise and tenon is used here, and the fish maw glue is also very easy to solve, after pouring it on with hot water, it will naturally soften, and it can be removed with a little force.

At this time, the complete structure of the bird came to Xu Wen's mind, and his movements were precise, and he quickly dismantled them all, and the wooden blocks that exuded a warm pale yellow were neatly placed on the table one after another.

The second step is decontamination.

This stain includes many kinds, such as dirt on the surface, dirt accumulation, adhesive material remaining at the mortise and tenon joints, and so on. Lacquered wood should also be treated differently according to the residual paint on the surface.

However, this wisher hooked the bird is a typical Dongyang wood carving style, the original color of the wood, not painted.

The third step is top-up.

This is also the most difficult part of this repair, and Xu Wen has done the most preparation for this step before this.

He also brought the drawings he had painstakingly drawn a few days ago in a box, and now he carefully took them out and opened them to look at them carefully.

Through Lian Tianqing's collection of albums, Xu Wen now has a considerable understanding of Sun Boran's carving style. This understanding is fully reflected in the drawings.

A three-foot-long scroll of drawings, he has almost traced all the sides, angles, and details of this sparrow, which is very complete.

Now that he Yang Muqiao is almost complete, it should be a logical thing to supplement the drawings and carve them. Why did Jing Cheng feel that his ability was not enough?

He looked at it for a long time, until finally, every detail of the drawing seemed to float up from the paper and reflected in his mind.

He took a deep breath, looked away, and picked up the boxwood that had already been processed next to him.

Sawdust fell.

Boxwood is hard and fine, the wood grain is not obvious, and the feel is completely different from that of softwood.

The hard carving knife roams the wood, and I feel a strange sense of accomplishment as I watch the shape emerge.

Wood carving is divided into two steps, the first step is to make a rough embryo, and the second step is to carve finely.

Xu Wen had a bottom in his heart, and quickly completed the previous step, and the small half of the Taigong statue and the rich background behind it roughly formed an outline.

His eyes were focused, all his energy condensed on the tools in his hands, and he carefully felt the unique texture of boxwood.

He replaced his carving knife and began to work more meticulously.

Jiang Taigong sat on the water's edge, with an empty hook and no bait, hanging above the water. The fish swimming in the water are in groups of three or five, forming a very three-dimensional image, but there are faint signs of being hooked.

The breeze blew, and the hair and clothes of Taigong fluttered in the wind, adding to the vivid charm.

Xu Wen has basically mastered poplar wood and understands all the basic knife techniques of poplar carving. What he needs to do now is to apply these basic techniques to actual operations.

At first he didn't do it very smoothly, and occasionally he had to stop and think about it, but gradually it all seemed to come together, and the sawdust fell faster and faster, and new lines and facets appeared, combining into new shapes.

Xu Wen first carved the background, then concentrated on Taigong, from bottom to top, first carved the posture and clothing patterns, and finally depicted his appearance.

For some reason, Xu Wen's smooth movements became slower and slower, and finally, when the carving knife came to Taigong's face and eyes, the tip of the knife suddenly stopped.

Xu Wen looked at the finished product that was about to be completed and frowned deeply.