Chapter 4 Nanyang jade carving

After clenching his fists vigorously and cheering himself up in his heart, Liu Dong got up and walked a few steps forward, then bent down from under the bed and pulled out a brown suitcase that looked a little old, this box and a few clothes in it were the only things he took with him when he secretly left his hometown, and now more than three years have passed.

In the past three years, he has almost changed from a simple mountain village boy to a philistine businessman.

'Alas' sighed softly, Liu Dong couldn't help but shake his head, he didn't care about his changes, what really worried him was his hometown and his aging parents who hadn't been back for three years.

After a while, after cleaning up his messy thoughts, Liu Dong opened the zipper of the suitcase, and after opening the lid, he took out a black wooden box carved with two vivid fish-shaped patterns from under the clothes inside.

That was when he first made his first money with his wood carving skills. At that time, there was not much money, only fifty yuan, but it was already a huge amount of money for Liu Dong, who had almost no work at that time and was half-hungry every day. Now, looking back on it, it seems as if it happened yesterday.

Put all the more than 10,000 yuan in your hand into the box, then put the clothes back on, close the lid, and push the box under the bed again. Liu Dong breathed a sigh of relief and slowly stood up, with an indescribable sense of satisfaction surging in his heart.

Indeed, there is nothing more satisfying than getting a good reward after a lot of hard work.

After putting his things away and picking up the alarm clock at the bedside to take a look, he realized that it was almost nine o'clock in the evening.

After touching the empty belly and looking at the door, Liu Dong couldn't help but give up the idea of going to the kitchen to find something to eat. Fortunately, there is still half a pack of leftover instant noodles from yesterday in the drawer at the head of the bed, and there is also hot water in the kettle next to the door, which can cushion the stomach a little.

However, this little thing is too little for a young man who is just twenty years old, and Liu Dong swallowed all the instant noodles with hot water in three or two bites.

After patting his belly and feeling that his stomach was no longer so hungry, Liu Dong pulled out his chair and sat down in front of this somewhat old writing desk, which he bought after moving to this community, the price was not expensive, and it was also stored as a workbench he carved.

Today, there are tools used in carving, such as band saws, wire saws, grinding wheels, files, sharpening needles, and diamond carving tools. These are the guys that Liu Dong eats, and this whole set cost him nearly two thousand oceans, and it can be said that in his rental house of less than fifteen square meters, this set of tools is the most valuable. Of course, at this moment, he was carefully taking out the jade carving of Maitreya Buddha from the second drawer on the left side of the desk, which was about ten centimeters high, and looked a little rough on the surface, and the big belly and smile was not counted.

This Nanyang green jade texture of Maitreya Buddha jade carving, but it took Liu Dong more than a week to carve out a little bit, the whole piece of jade plus his hand-carving, if placed in a high-grade store, it is not uncommon to sell tens of thousands of yuan. If you come across something you like, the price will be even higher.

However, this piece of jade is not Liu Dong's own, but the OEM he did for the jade shop in the antique city, and every time he carves such a jade ornament, he will receive a commission according to the carving level of the jade carving. In addition to selling his own wood carvings over the years, this OEM business has also made Liu Dong a lot of money.

Looking at the Maitreya jade carving in his hand, Liu Dong finally checked it, and after feeling that there was nothing missing, he nodded with satisfaction. Reach out and take out a new piece of sandpaper from the drawer on the right, and begin the final and most critical process of jade carving - 'polishing'.

There is a saying that 'jade cannot be made without polishing', and jade without polishing cannot show the smooth and round appearance and value of jade. In the past, the ancients used corn husks to polish jade, and the surface of such jade was extraordinarily smooth and warm, but now there is sandpaper and polishing powder, but no one uses this ancient method anymore.

Nearly three years of jade carving career has made Liu Dong extremely familiar with all the processes of jade carving, but at this moment, the expression on his face is still as focused as ever, and the movements in his hands are even more skillful and natural.

As time passed little by little, layers of jade chips as fine as sand and dust slowly peeled off, and the jade carving of Maitreya Buddha, which was originally a little rough and looked dull, gradually revealed a warm and smooth appearance under Liu Dong's skillful hands. Soon, a statue of Maitreya Buddha reclining on the lotus throne with large ears and shoulders, open chest and exposed breasts, smooth lines of clothes, gradually bloomed with dazzling brilliance.

After polishing and polishing powder again, Liu Dong looked at the Jade Buddha and took out the carving knife again to make some small modifications before nodding with satisfaction. Holding the jade carving in both hands, he put it in the dazzling incandescent light of the room, and squinted at it.

I saw that the Nanyang green jade, which originally looked a little turbid, immediately became crystal clear under the dazzling light, and the expression of Maitreya Buddha sitting on the lotus seat was even more vivid.

In this way, after playing with it in his hand for a while, three or four minutes, Liu Dong gently put the jade carving of Maitreya Buddha on the table. Immediately, he took out a beautifully packaged red box from the side, and then put some sponges in it, and then picked up the jade carving on the table and gently put it in.

After closing the lid of the box and putting it aside temporarily, Liu Dong took out four boxes from the drawer on the left hand side again, which were also beautifully packaged, but only the size of an ordinary jewelry box, and placed them on the table, together with the brocade box that originally contained the jade carving of Maitreya Buddha.

In fact, the contents of these small boxes are the jade materials he bought from the jade shop where he was founded, and then carved out some small jade carving pendants, and the shapes are basically the common jade statues of Guanyin and Buddha images. Although the cost is a lot and the risk is relatively large, compared with pure OEM, these small pieces of jade carving also make a lot of money.

After sorting out all these jade carvings that will be handed over tomorrow, Liu Dong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart. After looking back at the bedside alarm clock, he realized that more than an hour had passed unconsciously. It's already ten o'clock in the evening.

stood up, moved his somewhat stiff neck, and after stretching his legs and feet, Liu Dong changed into the dark blue sandals he put on the side of the door, and after listening to the movement outside, he pushed the door directly and walked out.

As he expected, the living room was already dark at this time, and only the faint sound of music came from Wang Qiang's bedroom on the other side. From that familiar melody, Liu Dong immediately understood that this beautiful woman, who was four or five years older than him, must be holding her computer and watching "Huanzhu Gege" again!

The reason why he carved the wood carvings of the protagonists in the Huanzhu Gege was somewhat influenced by Wang Qiang.

After turning on the toilet light and quickly flushing his feet, Liu Dong returned to his bedroom, plugged in the door and turned off the light, Liu Dong lay on his bed, and after a while, accompanied by a slight snoring sound, slowly sank into his own sleep.

The night passed quickly, and at half past five in the morning, when the sky was just beginning to show a bright light, Liu Dong opened his eyes on time.

Turning over and sitting up, he put on a pair of simple shorts and walked out of the house quickly. However, instead of going downstairs, he climbed the stairs to the top.

Although it is the hottest July of the year in the north, the temperature in the morning is still a little cool, but Liu Dong, who is already sweating a little when he climbs the stairs, doesn't feel much about it.

Looking at the open roof, Liu Dong's mind also expanded, and after turning around on it, and finding a clean place, he faced the east, sat down slowly with a solemn expression, and then put on a common posture of five hearts facing the sky when meditating. After adjusting his breathing, he slowly closed his eyes, and the muscles of his whole body slowly relaxed, and the unknown internal skills that he had practiced for more than ten years slowly started from the inside of the dantian.