Chapter 6: Turning Decay into Magic
"Of course it's a good thing. ”
Chen Yiwen unscrewed the lid, took a sip of water, and then patted the black bag and said, "Let me tell you, this time it was really lucky, I didn't expect to encounter such a good thing." But I'll keep it a secret for the time being, and I'll talk about it later, so I promise to open your eyes. ”
"Since you're going to repair this kang table, let's get started, I'm looking forward to what you can do with this pile of broken wood. ”
"What, are you idle in the afternoon?" Xiao Zining couldn't help asking.
"What can I do, stop talking nonsense, fix it quickly. If you say you can fix all this pile of broken wood, hehe!" Chen Yiwen stopped talking, raised his neck and continued to drink.
Xiao Zining, who had long been accustomed to his way of speaking, stood up, picked up a table leg, weighed it in his hand and said, "You can see it, but the old rules!"
"Shut up!" Chen Yiwen suddenly closed his lips and made an OK gesture.
Xiao Zining started to do it.
The first step is, of course, to polish and clean, which is the most critical step, if you say that the branches are thick, it will destroy the original texture of the kang table, so the gain outweighs the loss.
For example, this leg, although it is the most intact in its keeping, is covered with oil stains, and if you don't clean all of them, even if you barely nail them well, it will affect the appearance.
However, because the paint on the table legs has long since peeled off, Xiao Zining only needs to polish it with sandpaper.
For a table leg like this, 2,000 mesh of sandpaper is more than enough.
"It's really interesting. Chen Yiwen sat on the chair next to him, looking at it with excitement in his eyes.
He is cynical, and he is the most serious at this time. For him, watching Xiao Zining do work is a rare enjoyment, which is more interesting than sleeping with a beautiful woman watching a movie.
The joy of fish and water, how can there be a style of sublimation of thoughts!
And that's exactly what happened.
Xiao Zining, who was blessed by precision techniques, entered a state of concentration from the moment he started polishing.
A piece of sandpaper is constantly moving flexibly in his hand, and each movement looks like it is repeating, but the reality is very different, the wrist rises and falls, flashes left and right, and the force brought is different.
The force of the intact part is relatively weak, and the force is aggravated if the damage and erosion are severe.
Every place is precise and in place, and the knife is quick to cut through the mess.
The gentle sunlight shone through the windows, and the sawdust flew quietly like snowflakes, and the ground was soon covered with layers of dark and ugly skin.
In the rotation of sandpaper, the table legs gradually reveal the true face of fragrant wood, and when you close your eyes, you can even vaguely smell a faint fragrance.
This is a tree fragrance that belongs to the fragrant wood.
"I'll rub!"
Chen Yiwen endured the excitement in his heart, staring with blazing eyes, for fear of missing any detail.
When he saw that this table leg had miraculously completed its transformation, he couldn't help but pat his head, I was really stupid, record it, go back and enjoy it slowly.
Just do what you say.
In the face of Chen Yiwen's shooting, Xiao Zining didn't know that with the blessing of precision art, he began to pick up the second table leg in high spirits and do the same thing.
No matter how broken the leg is, he will take care of it and will not fool around with it.
With the passage of time, the workbench has been filled with table legs that have completed a magnificent transformation.
The tattered and ugly before, the clean and elegant at the moment, is simply a world of difference.
"Beautiful!"
Chen Yiwen couldn't help shouting, and Xiao Zining glared at him rather unhappily.
He hurriedly lifted the mineral water on the table with a hippie smile and said, "I want to say if you want to take a break and drink some water before continuing." ”
"No!"
Immersed in the wonderful feeling brought by precision surgery, Xiao Zining didn't care about drinking water, striking while the iron was hot, and began to take care of the table and tooth plate in one go.
Compared to the legs, these parts are larger in size, but they are easier to care for.
As he polished it, the roots of the mahogany began to emerge.
The mahogany that has been baptized over the years, in the flying sawdust, ripples out a taste of historical precipitation.
This brings us to the hardest part: the four-sided carving.
This kang table is a very traditional northern piece of furniture, with hollow carvings on all sides, a total of eight pieces in the front and back.
The pattern is a plum blossom print, and the shape can be seen if it is clean, and it is a mess if it is dirty.
What Xiao Zining has to do is to repair these dirty carvings and restore them to their original appearance.
The color can be dull, but the pattern should be clear.
"Be absolutely careful not to damage it again, in this case, you can only take the carving knife and scrape along the carved lines, after all, there are some places where the sandpaper can't reach in. Thinking of this, Xiao Zining picked up a carving knife and began to clean up the outside lines first.
The fall of each knife is accurate, and it moves forward against the carved surface, and in some places it is a 90-degree blind angle, but even so, the carving knife is like having eyes, and it is not touched.
This made Chen Yiwen, who was observing at close range, stunned at the moment, didn't it? How do I feel that Zining's craftsmanship seems to be more powerful than before!
Between square inches, advance and retreat freely.
The knife rises and falls, clean and neat.
How much self-confidence it takes to do this, but I would have lost the carving knife a long time ago, and I wouldn't have been able to do this kind of work.
Time passes slowly.
After another half an hour, Xiao Zining straightened his back, exhaled a breath of turbidity, and showed a comfortable smile on his face.
Finally, the hard work paid off, all the carvings were repaired, compared with the previous broken and dirty dark, each carving was like a hibiscus out of the water, quiet and beautiful, showing everyone's beautiful demeanor.
"I said it was unbelievable, and if you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, you would have told me that it was made of that pile of broken wood, and you wouldn't believe it. ”
"Okay, Zining, I haven't seen you for a while, but you're good at craft. Chen Yiwen put down the mineral water bottle, stepped forward with an arrow, and looked at the wooden segments on the workbench in admiration.
"Oh, you can also see that my craftsmanship is good?" Xiao Zining put down the carving knife and asked with satisfaction.
"Of course, you're not going to really make the cut, are you......? Craftsman?" Chen Yiwen looked surprised.
"Not bad. Xiao Ziningyun said lightly, turned around and walked to the side and washed his hands, as if the words he said were insignificant.
Chen Yiwen jumped up in an instant, and shouted with great joy: "You have really become a craftsman? Doesn't this mean that the seals and carved objects you have carved in the future can be sold to the outside world?
"Of course, if you have a client, don't forget to introduce me to a few more. Xiao Zining wiped his hands dry, and then stood in front of the workbench again, looking at the pile of transformed wood with confidence.
"Yes!"
Chen Yiwen rubbed his hands and said excitedly: "Seeing that your shop is not shady or hot, I have long wanted to introduce customers to you." But there is no way, who asked the old man to admit death, saying that you can't be a master if you don't become a master, and if you become a teacher, you will lose face as an old man, so you pushed all those friends away. ”
"But now it's okay, a craftsman is much more expensive than an apprentice, just wait and see, I will definitely help you open up a market." ”
"I don't have to worry about you doing things, but it's still the old rules!"
"I understand. ”
In Chen Yiwen's silence, Xiao Zining picked up the hammer and smashed it down.