Before Lu Zi'an could finish speaking, a very low-key car stopped on the side of the road not far from them, and two men came down, and they showed their documents first: "Hello Master Lu, it was Mr. Bai Mu who asked us to pick you up." ”

"Hmm. Lu Zi'an sat in the car smoothly, and sure enough, unlike its low-key appearance, the interior was extremely comfortable, and it was obviously modified.

It wasn't until he sat in the car and saw the two cars that followed quietly behind him that Shen Mange was a little unable to come back to his senses: "Well, it's really true." ”

That's the person arranged by Huaxia...... I don't know if the bear kid is up there just now.

Singer Shen Man sat on the edge of the window, looking at the two cars that always followed the same distance behind, and his mood was a little delicate.

This kind of thing is stalking, and it can't be talked about, after all, if it wasn't for Lu Zi'an, she wouldn't have noticed it......

But to be honest, the sense of security is overwhelming.

Probably ordered by Yuki Shiraki, the car drove relatively fast.

From getting on the bus to parking at the door of Master Zhouchuan's studio, it took less than twenty minutes in total.

Lu Zi'an didn't lift anything, and walked in directly under the leadership of the driver.

A very typical puppet courtyard, through which you can see a tea room with a closed door.

What made Shen Mange feel strange was that there was no water in this courtyard.

Hearing her question, Lu Zi'an snorted: "This is dry landscape." ”

The so-called dry landscape water is that there is no actual water, and white sand is used instead.

On the paved white sand, the rockery is arranged.

Create a sea of clouds surging between square inches, and the scenery of thousands of feet of cliffs.

The white sand then draws the lines according to the set, and when these lines are painted, no one can enter, so as not to destroy the artistic conception.

It seems that there is no water, but there is water everywhere.

Although the layout is minimal, it throws away the complicated external decorations, but has a Zen sense that points directly to people's hearts.

It seems that this Mr. Zhouchuan is very Zen.

"Sir. Halfway through, a woman in a kimono quietly walked out and invited them to the hand-water.

You have to wash your hands when you enter the tea room, so the hand water is a must.

Hand water is also known as squatting, because it requires squatting to wash hands.

When Lu Zi'an squatted down to wash his hands, Shen Mange waited quietly, but his eyes inadvertently saw a device next to him.

"What is this?" she looked at with interest, staring at the small sign erected next to her and muttered, "Water Piano Cave?"

She only knows Chinese characters, and the puppet text in the middle skips directly, and it doesn't even affect her reading.

The woman who ushered them in smiled and nodded, and said a long list of puppet texts.

It's good, she didn't understand a word.

Lu Zi'an got up, wiped her hands clean, and motioned for her to wash: "This is the water piano cave, which is used to listen to the sound of water, and at the same time, it can also drain the water of the hand." ”

Shen Mange was half-squatting and washing his hands while looking at the device in amazement.

Facing the Watergate Stone, there are a lot of stones paved underneath, and a relatively high stone is deliberately placed next to it as a fence, but it is to listen to the sound of water?

"Don't look at it simple, in fact, the puppets took a lot of effort to make this kind of water organ cave. Lu Zi'an looked around and roughly compared: "There is probably a pit about the same size as the sailor's skull, but several times deeper than it, in order to hear the sound of dripping water, they will also consider whether the shape of the hole is a hanging bell, or a copper kettle or a niche lamp, how much is the most appropriate water depth, and which kind of material of the hole has the clearest reverberation, and they must think strictly before doing it." ”

Seeing Shen Mange's incredulous expression, he smiled: "Even, the topic of a professor at a puppet university is to study this, and it is quite sought after." ”

This is a great way to express your elegance!

"No, this device, does it have any special meaning?"

Lu Zi'an thought for a while: "Well, they think that the sound of water is very Zen, and this topic is also set up for how to make the sound of this water organ cave sound more Zen." ”

It's Zen again.

Shen Mange nodded, thoughtful: "This Mr. Zhouchuan seems to like Zen very much......

While talking, the two of them had already arrived in front of the tea room, and she stopped talking.

The woman stepped forward and knocked lightly on the door three times, and after a while, a small clerk poked her head out.

The two had a conversation, and the woman turned sideways slightly: "Please." ”

The two drivers didn't follow up, Lu Zi'an and Shen Mange took off their shoes at the door, changed into white socks, and followed inside.

In fact, this is already a minimalist procedure, and Lu Zi'an knows very well in his heart that if it weren't for his special identity, entering the tearoom to drink tea, with the habit of a puppet, he would need to kneel first.

They not only kneel to the tea room, but also kneel on the calligraphy and paintings on the alcoves, kneel on the flowers on the alcoves, and then kneel to the tea utensils.

After these procedures are completed, it can be regarded as the completion of the word "respect" in the puppet tea ceremony.

He thought for a moment, and had already walked to the room in the teahouse, where there was silence, and when they heard their slight footsteps, everyone turned around.

Sure enough, it was this group of little wolf cubs, and when they saw him coming, their eyes were glowing green.

Looking at the obvious excitement in their eyes, Lu Zi'an knew that they were afraid that they would get benefits.

"Master Lu......" Yuki Shiraki walked over with light and fast steps, lowered his voice, and was a little embarrassed: "They ......"

He thought they were fighting, so he called Lu Zi'an over in a hurry.

But I didn't expect them to be so peaceful......

Lu Zi'an didn't care, waved his hand at him, and walked forward slowly.

The two people at the table were unaware of his arrival, and each was immersed in his own creation.

Master Zhouchuan is nearly sixty years old, but his face is full of red and does not look old.

At this time, he was holding the chisel engraved on the gold bar one by one, and the hammer in his right hand was very cautious with each blow, and his expression was extremely serious.

The sweat soaking slightly from the tip of his nose reflected the golden light under his fingers, bringing an invisible spiritual power, which made people feel his intentions most intuitively.

Gold carving was known as precious metal craftsmanship in ancient China, and the traditional metalworking techniques were divided into casting, forging and carving.

Casting, that is, melting iron ore raw materials to recreate a new form.

Forging, using metal ductility to hammer forming.

Carving, using chisels, carving knives and other tools to create ornamentation on the surface of metal.

The gold carving technique is the most gorgeous and changeable in metalworking, including a variety of techniques such as fine line hair carving, three-dimensional undulating high flesh carving, and piece cutting carving like ink brushwork.

Engraving requires a very high degree of craftsmanship and is extremely difficult.

Therefore, the finished product is more exquisite than other techniques, and it is truly smooth and ever-changing, and modern computers and machinery cannot replace it.

And Mr. Zhouchuan is the top gold carving master in the puppet country.

Zhao Chongshan saw Lu Zi'an looking at Lu Ahui, and hurriedly lowered his voice: "Master, Ahui has just learned. ”

I was afraid that Lu Zi'an would think that Lu Ahui was not doing well, and he would dismantle him and scold him.

Glancing at him, Lu Zi'an was silent.

Lu Ahui's movements are a little jerky, which is very obvious, but the amazing thing is that although his speed is slower, the patterns he makes are not stagnant at all.

The traditional gold carving process of the puppet country is basically the same as that of the Chinese engraving process, which uses a hammer to continuously hit the chisel in the hand to outline the designed figure on the surface of the fitting.

This process is very complex, and it is extremely difficult to grasp the smoothness of the lines and the depth of the pattern.

It is all based on the craftsmanship of the craftsmen and the experience of many years to control the strength and angle of the engraving.

Master Zhouchuan can make extremely delicate carved gold pieces, which is very normal, practice makes perfect, what touches them is that even after so many years, he still has such a careful and serious attitude.

But Lu Ahui, to everyone's surprise, was his outstanding talent in gold carving.

Before that, he had never been exposed to the art of gold carving.

They are brothers and sisters, and they learn more wood carving and jade carving, and Lu Zi'an didn't even teach them in detail about silver filigree.

But Lu Ahui has learned gold and silver mistakes, he can slowly swing a small hammer on the jade wall as thin as a cicada's wings, and set the gold threads as thin as a gossamer seamlessly.

At this time, I felt that there was no resistance to this carved gold, and it was very easy to do.

Lu Ahui has a very peculiar habit, he likes to do things in one go.

Since he didn't encounter difficulties, he had no intention of stopping.

With the position of his palm, he pushes the carving knife to carve various lines and patterns on the metal surface.

or hollowed, or miniature carving, down to the direction of each thin strip, he repeats it several times in his heart before he makes a cautious cut.

This kind of experience seems to have returned to the scene of the first time, when Lu Zi'an learned to make gold and silver.

The heart is tied to the throat, and there is no certainty about the future.

It's like walking a tightrope, and if you're not careful, you'll fall off a cliff.

Lu Ahui gritted her teeth and told herself that she must not relax.

Once he had finished the rough outline, he began to work on the details.

At this time, Master Zhouchuan had already completed his creation.

He made a small round badge, first carved with thin lines to outline the pattern of a flower, and then removed the bottom pattern on the periphery of the pattern to form a simple relief.

It seems simple, but the lines are clear and delicate, and even the veins on the petals are clearly visible, which shows its fineness.

Master Zhouchuan stared at the badge in his hand carefully, and nodded slightly: "I am attentive." ”

He doesn't make any definite comments about his work, whether it's good or bad.

Puppet people will not say that this is their best work, because they think that once they make such a conclusion, they will be satisfied with the present and stop moving forward.

At this time, Master Zhouchuan looked up at the opposite side, his eyes paused on Lu Ahui's hand, and his eyes widened slightly.

"Zhouchuan Jun ......" Yuki Shiraki lowered his voice and introduced him to Lu Zi'an.

Master Zhouchuan really expressed his surprise again, but he still politely saluted Lu Zi'an: "Mr. Lu." ”

Without waiting for Lu Zi'an to answer, he had already looked at Lu Ahui, with three points of expectation in his expression: "May I ask if this Mr. Lu is your relative?

He looked with three points of joy and seven points of sigh, in fact, there was no malice, what he wanted to express was that he admired Lu Ahui very much and wanted to express his recognition of Lu Ahui in this form.

But this is obviously an offense to Zhao Chongshan and others.

The little scholar next to him acted as a translator and translated the words into Chinese cutely.

"I haven't thought about it!" Zhao Chongshan bared his teeth and said with a smile: "Do you think you can get my senior brother's Changyan account so easily?

"......" Master Zhouchuan's Chinese ability is limited, and he can't understand such a long sentence, so he can only look at the little scholar.

After listening to the scholar's answer, Master Zhouchuan was quite regretful: "Hey, it's a pity. ”

It's a pity that he didn't say anything.

Then, he withdrew his gaze and looked at Lu Zi'an's eyes were shining: "Has Mr. Lu ever thought about entering the puppet country?"

"......" Lu Zian said that he couldn't understand his thinking: "I haven't thought about it, I think my nationality is very good." ”

Master Zhouchuan's expression was a little confused: "Huh?"

"Does Mr. Zhouchuan know how difficult it is for a foreigner to apply for Chinese nationality?" Lu Zi'an looked calm: "Although there are specific provisions in the law and administrative procedures, in fact, it is very difficult to obtain Chinese nationality, and since the founding of the People's Republic of China, only a few thousand foreigners have obtained Chinese nationality. ”

In Master Zhouchuan's shocked eyes, Lu Zi'an threw a bombshell: "In addition, my country does not recognize dual nationality, and the people who successfully join the Chinese nationality are basically people who have made great contributions to China. ”

For example, Ma Haide, who is originally from the United States, joined the party as early as the Yan'an period, and was personally promised Chinese nationality, and later became the founder of Chinese skin disease treatment.

The trend of coming when you want to come and leaving when you want does not exist in China.

There was once a certain Hanguo star who wanted to enter the Chinese nationality to evade military service, but after trying his best, he finally gave up and obediently returned to China to serve in the military.

Such a situation is an incredible thing in the world of Master Zhouchuan.

How can any country refuse to allow talented people to join?

In his view, to recognize a person's excellence is to invite him to join the country as a benchmark.

He thought that a country like Huaxia should cherish the participation of outstanding talents.

He looked at Lu Zi'an with complicated eyes, and felt that it was very unwise to discuss this kind of topic with him, so he picked another question: "This Mr. Lu must have learned the art of gold carving for a long time, right? ”

Lu Zi'an's expression was even more complicated, looking at Mr. Zhouchuan with emotion, he didn't know what to say.

The little scholar next to him translated it obediently, and Zhao Chongshan did not hesitate: "No, my senior brother has never learned to carve gold!"

The little scholar translated as usual, and Master Zhouchuan raised his head in shock, feeling that the whole person was in a trance: "Never...... Learned?"

The first time you do it, you can have this effect?

I think back then, when he first came into contact, he still started by carving stones......

He couldn't help but take two steps forward, getting closer and seeing more clearly.

This line direction, this texture arrangement...... How do you look at it, the more familiar it feels?

Master Zhouchuan frowned slightly and studied carefully.

It's such a strange feeling!