Text Chapter 38 The Story of the Boss
As soon as she touched the clay figures, Charlene subconsciously took a step back quickly, and looked at the clay figures carefully, for fear that these clay figures would suddenly come to life, mainly because these clay figures are so good that they are no different from real people, Sophie's eyes are also full of curiosity, after all, novel things are still easy for girls to pay attention to, especially this kind of rare thing now.
For a long time, seeing that the clay man did not move, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief, and then became bolder, wandering around at will, looking around, and constantly taking pictures with their mobile phones, but after a period of time, no one came out to say hello, but here is not afraid of losing things, except that the clay man is the clay man.
Until I saw an old-fashioned counter next to it, just like the one in the inn in the costume TV series, it looks like it is some years old, very old, and there is a "clay man" behind the counter, this clay figure leans on the chair, very leisurely.
This "clay figure" is the same as the others in the store, and it is also motionless, but it looks more real from the outside than the ones outside, and this "clay man" also has a white beard, which looks very funny, but after all, it is a sixteen-year-old girl, and she is not enough to do such a ridiculous thing as going out to pick other people's beards.
Although the whole clay figure looks a little realistic, but the two girls didn't care, took out the mobile phone and asked Li Wen to help take pictures, took the mobile phone, Li Wen found that this Charlene's family background is not ordinary, the mobile phone in his hand is never less than five thousand, in this ordinary mobile phone is only three or four hundred years in the era is definitely a local tyrant, you must know that the price of the mobile phone now has not reached the point of thousands of intelligent mobility in later generations.
They were not very satisfied with taking several pictures of their faces, they were so angry that they almost beat Li Wen, and finally taught Li Wen a little photography skills, the two of them squatted next to the chair, posed, and took pictures of the two people with their mobile phones, and suddenly found that the "clay man" in the mobile phone screen actually moved.
Blinked at himself a few times, and showed a funny smile, Li Wen felt a little weird in his heart, and his heart was a little hairy, but he reacted instantly, this boss is really fun, in his previous life, Li Wen was silent on the surface, and planned to cooperate with the old man to play a play.
He also wanted to see what the old man was doing, and after taking the photo, he showed the photo to the two people, and soon their faces changed, pointing to the smiling clay figure photo on the mobile phone screen, which was a little weird at first, and then a little scared on their faces.
The next three people heard some sounds, very close to them, and suddenly felt creepy, and goosebumps involuntarily appeared on their bodies, and then slowly turned around, and saw that the "mud man" just now actually stood up, smiled and waved to them, and then a high-decibel voice "ghost" almost made Li Wen temporarily deaf.
Seeing the two women, they turned around and prepared to flee from here, but after seeing Li Wen laughing, the two women felt that things didn't seem to be what they imagined, calmed down, and had an answer in their minds.
This "clay man" is fake, looking back, sure enough, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief, and then they were a little embarrassed, and then looked at Li Wen who was laughing with an angry face, and his eyes were eager to dismantle Li Wen.
Even Sophie, who has always had a good temper, complained a little bit about this guy in her heart, this joke was too big, and she made up her mind to give him some color, and Charlene was the same, at this moment, the direction of the two girls reached an unprecedented agreement, and the eyes of the two girls were like blades across Li Wen's face, and Li Wen was not slow to react, realizing that something was wrong.
It seemed that he was a little out of play, the eyes of the two girls made him a little frightened, and he was a little unfavorable when he spoke, and explained in a hurry: "I said this is a misunderstanding, do you believe it?" The two women did not speak, still with that expression.
"Okay, I know you don't believe it, but it really has nothing to do with me, and I just found out. Li Wen was weak in his defense
At this time, the boss finally came out and said kindly: "I apologize to the two of you, just now I made a joke with everyone, so, in order to express my apology, I will make a clay figure for each of you and ask you to mention it." ”
The boss's words came too timely, Li Wen almost cried in his heart, he couldn't resist it, watching the old man apologize in person, the anger of the two women also disappeared a lot, but he still glared at Li Wen angrily, and the meaning of the look was very clear: "You wait for me."
"Three, just take a look, I'll go and prepare the materials. The boss said politely, turned around and walked to the small door next to him.
It didn't take long for the boss to come out, holding something in his hand, colorful, like plasticine, it looked like it was used to make clay figures, and the three people stepped forward curiously, this was the first time they had seen it, watching the boss's dexterous hands turn the ball of dirt into a lifelike figure, which was simply the Q version of the three people.
Everyone was quiet, no one dared to speak, for fear of disturbing the boss, until the clay figure was completed, Li Wen couldn't help shouting hello, what he got was the contemptuous eyes of the two women, he laughed twice, and carefully picked up the clay figure, for fear of destroying it.
"Old man, your craftsmanship is amazing, you are the best person I have ever seen in clay figurines. Li Wen said with admiration, this is not an exaggeration, in his previous life, he also saw clay people in those travel scenic spots, but they are all simple small animals, the technical content is not high, and it looks particularly rigid, unlike the boss to do this is very aura, enough to be fake.
Charlene was also a fierce compliment, the boss touched his beard very satisfied, he was very good, and he was still very satisfied with his skills.
The four of them chatted non-stop, talked a lot, the old man seemed to be interested, and told the three of them about their experience, the old man's name is Luo Wenbing, he is sixty-eight this year, he was born during the war, his family was poor when he was a child, he was the youngest, and there were several older brothers above, and his parents couldn't support him, so he was sent to the city as an apprentice when he was five years old, and he did chores.
In the place where the old man was an apprentice, there was a street, where there were a lot of "people who ran the rivers and lakes to sell their arts", when the old man was only five years old, it was the age of ignorance, and he was interested in everything, so he secretly ran out to play every day, especially like those who "ran the rivers and lakes to sell art", and he did not do his job every day.
The clay figure is a man about thirty years old, although the man's craftsmanship is good, but in the era of war and chaos at that time, who is still in the mood to see this, it is good to be able to live, so the man is very down, the old man goes to peek at others every day to make clay figures, and he also tries in private, but the effect is not great.
Later, the man disappeared, some people said that he was killed, some people said that he was arrested and strong, after the establishment of the new government, the old man's apprenticeship career was over, and he returned to his hometown, but he was very sorry in his heart, and felt that he had no possibility of contacting clay figurines in his life.
Once, the old man went into the city, and once again saw this man who was making clay figures, his appearance looked even older, and after inquiry, he learned that the man was no longer a clay figure, and was working as a worker in a steel factory, and his rough hands were no longer suitable for this business, and the old man who learned the news was very disappointed in his heart.
But the man proposed to pass on this craft to the old man, he hoped that the old man could pass it on, don't lose the things left by the ancestors, the old man couldn't believe it, and hurriedly apprenticed, in fact, the old man stole the man to know, but pretended not to see it on purpose, and he already had the idea of accepting apprentices in his heart, but then something happened, he left in a hurry, and he didn't come back until the liberation of the country.
The old man was overjoyed, and immediately kowtowed to the teacher, after the old man learned this craft, he did not make a big fanfare, but quietly practiced, after all, in that era of national mass production, this is a typical non-business.
The old man hid it for more than 30 years, and it was not until his children got married that he began to really be a clay man, and moved to Xicheng District with his wife, and settled here until now. The old man did not open the shop to make money, but simply to make clay figurines, which were given a special meaning by the old man, just like his own children.