Chapter Twenty-Three: I'm Convinced
50,000 words, only 50 collections...... I don't know if you don't like this book, or if you have limited ability and can't write a story that everyone likes, but I will continue to insist, I hope that I like traditional culture, and friends who like Xiao Zining like the protagonist will support me more, every collection, click, recommendation, will make me more motivated, I hope that when I am 150,000 words, I can have more friends who love to read this book!
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After dinner, Xiao Zining packed up his things and returned to the store, he wanted to take advantage of the time to polish Chen Yiwen's four incense sticks in the evening, and at the same time to tidy up the four seal stones of the little white rabbit who loved to dance, and he could directly engrave them tomorrow.
Xiao Qianchuan looked at the back of Xiao Zining leaving, his eyes were quite deep, and he muttered to himself.
"Mei Hui Seven Theory, Repair Ju San, Zi Ning, I just want you to increase your chances of winning, I want you to make a splash at Mei Hui, let everyone know, my Xiao family has an endless heritage, Huangfu Lao'er, you just sit back and wait for my gift to you." ”
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With a round of red sun rising in the sky, a new day has arrived.
The Xiao family's shop on the banks of the Qiushui River opened for business.
Maybe because he was too anxious, the bald man came over early in the morning, but compared with yesterday, his mood today was obviously much lighter, and his eyes looking at Xiao Zining were also full of expectation.
As the saying goes, hearing is false and seeing is believing, he was introduced by his sister-in-law last night and saw the kang table repaired by Granny Cai's house, and after seeing the previous photos, he was shocked by Xiao Zining's repair technique on the spot.
Is this really a fix?
It's a magical stunt!
It is their luck that people are willing to make a move, and yesterday they hesitated to look forward and backward, and almost missed the opportunity.
So as soon as he saw Xiao Zining today, the bald man hurriedly smiled and said respectfully: "Master Xiao, yesterday I didn't know Mount Tai with my eyes, don't be like me." I was well counted by my sister-in-law, and I won't tell you anything, I can't even hold my face. ”
"You're welcome. Xiao Zining smiled slightly and said noncommittally.
"If that's okay, let's start now?"
"No problem, no problem. The bald man took out the jewelry box as he spoke, and then rubbed his hands and said with some embarrassment.
"What, Master Xiao, can I watch from the side?"
"Oh, yes, just don't talk. Xiao Zining knew that he was worried that the jewelry box would be damaged, and he didn't feel at ease and wanted to watch it.
After that, he picked up the jewelry box and walked to the back studio, while the bald man followed, and when he came in, the bald man stood by honestly and said nothing.
Xiao Zining began to repair after preparing the relevant materials.
Restoration is the main skill that Xiao Qianchuan has passed on, and when he taught it, he said that if you want to be a good restorer, you must be a good carpenter.
Don't underestimate the identity of a carpenter, in ancient China, a carpenter could do a lot of unexpected things.
If you want to become a qualified carpenter, there are four basic skills, the first is cutting, the second is pushing, the third is the shuttle tenon, and the fourth is docking.
Xiao Zining was able to repair Granny Cai's kang table well, relying on carpenter's craftsmanship, if only the carver's ability was far from enough.
In the case of this jewelry box, it requires a perfect match between engraving and mortise and tenon.
After Xiao Zining carefully looked at it, he began to disassemble it, which required boldness and carefulness.
In fact, strictly speaking, the carpenter who created this jewelry box did not use too complicated skills, so with a crisp sound, the petals that had withered in front of him fell like a trick.
The bald man's face was full of surprise.
He knew better than anyone else that Xiao Zining's techniques were good, because of the restorers he had met before, no one could figure out this kind of mechanism.
Seeing this, he admired Xiao Zining more and more, and at the same time secretly pondered.
The six petals of this gardenia are indeed tattered, they should have been dropped and hit, but fortunately the internal mechanism was not damaged, so now just re-carve the six petals, and then inlay them into a base, and then install them.
Just do what you say.
When Xiao Zining came over last night, he had already prepared the piece of jujube wood, so he quickly carved it with a knife.
Because the petals of the jewelry box do not have too many complicated processes, it is the simplest petal appearance, so he does not have to be too cumbersome, which will be nondescript.
Under the premise that there are no technical requirements, the six petals are quickly completed, and compared with the previous ones, they are almost exactly the same.
"What we have to do now is mortise and tenon, this jewelry box was not made at the beginning, without a nail, a drop of glue, indicating that the craftsman is particularly confident in his craft, and most carpenters will choose nails and glue to assemble. ”
"It's one thing that the restorers you are looking for, they don't dare to disassemble it, and it's also a problem whether they can carve it into the exact same structure after dismantling. ”
Xiao Zining picked up six petals and pushed them over, and when the crisp click sounded, the bald man was surprised to find that these six petals were no different from the original, and they were tightly interlocked with the stamens.
"It's exactly the same!" exclaimed the bald man.
"Restoration is a technical job, and not everyone dares to claim to be a restorer. Xiao Zining finished speaking lightly, then picked up the petal and pressed the lid of the jewelry box.
I didn't see him have any extra movements, but he pressed it lightly, and the gardenia petals were lightly put on.
"Alright, it's done!" Xiao Zining said and pushed the jewelry box over.
Each restoration is a skill improvement for him, a process of learning about traditional craftsmanship, so it never feels boring and boring.
The bald man couldn't put it down, flipping the jewelry box in his hand, and his eyes were full of excitement.
He witnessed the entire restoration process with his own eyes, and what else was there to doubt? He admired Xiao Zining's restoration technique so much.
"Master Xiao, thank you very much, if it weren't for you, I really don't know what year and month it would take to repair this jewelry box, you have done me a great favor, say, how much?"
"A piece of jujube wood plus labor costs, you can give five hundred. Xiao Zining gave a slap in the face.
"Ah, five hundred, so cheap, Master Xiao, didn't you miscalculate?" said the bald man in disbelief.
"Hey, it's too cheap?" Xiao Zining shrugged speechlessly,
"My old man said that in order to increase popularity during this time, only the cost of repair is charged, and it can only be said that you have come to the right time, if it is another month, it may be doubled. ”
"Haha, Master Xiao, you are really a real person, and your skills are good, my Wang Fugui is convinced! Don't worry, I will give you publicity when I go back." ”
"I have a lot of friends who like to collect these old things, which are more or less damaged, as long as they say it, they will definitely come to you to help repair them. Wang Fugui happily took out five red tickets and put them on the table, and thanked him again.
Xiao Zining sent him out of the store with a smile and said goodbye.
Before he could go back, Chen Yiwen's mighty Great Wall stopped in front of him, and as soon as the car stopped, he couldn't wait to jump down and shouted, "Zining, where is my set of incense plugs?" ”