At eight o'clock in the morning, the front door of the cooking class was busier than usual, and the waiters were busy moving a basket of fresh ingredients that had just been purchased for today.

Freshness of ingredients is also a major feature of the cooking class, and in order to ensure the delicious taste, they would rather not have enough ingredients than save the ingredients for tomorrow.

Originally, these things were brought into the kitchen through the back door, but today due to the renovation of the street behind the restaurant, the food delivery vehicle could not enter, so it drove to the front door.

"Hey, Brother Hao, the sun came out in the west today, why is it so early." The waiter was carrying things, while making jokes about Jin Haotian, his generous boss loves to sleep lazily, and Jin Haotian usually has no boss's shelf, and these waiters who came out of the army at the same time mingled, often making some innocuous jokes.

"Monkey, it's not a small courage to dare to joke with the boss, and the boss will deduct his salary." Another waiter next to him said with a smile.

"Get out. You can take it no matter what. The waiter called Monkey said unhappily.

"Okay, I'll get out, I'll leave it to you." The waiter said with a smile.

"You two stinky boys, if you don't work hard, you will be deducted from both bonuses." Jin Haotian scolded with a smile.

"Yes, Chief." The two of them are playing the right way.

Seeing the big white radish on the basket, I couldn't help but move, and reached out to grab it. Then he said to a waiter: "Xiao Zhang, go to the back kitchen and ask squad leader Wang for a carving knife." ”

"Brother Hao, will you?" The waiter Xiao Zhang asked curiously.

"We'll find out later." Jin Haotian said with Guan Zi in mind.

I took the radish back to the store, found a place by the window and sat down, looked at the one in my hand, and couldn't help but think of a picture in my mind, and my heart said that it was it, and then a look of impatience appeared on my face.

After a while, Xiao Zhang walked briskly with a carving knife.

Jin Haotian took the carving knife and played with it in his hand, and a familiar and unfamiliar feeling came to his heart.

The memories of those Zigang jade carvings engraved in the depths of my mind came like a tide.

Concentrated, after more than ten minutes, Jin Haotian "brushed" twice, his hand rose and fell, and neatly removed the head and tail of the white radish, leaving only the middle part of the symmetrical without any flaws.

Then take the remaining radish in your hand and peel it quickly and cleanly.

After removing the skin, Jin Haotian looked at it again, took a small carving knife and gestured at the radish void, and made a draft. Take a deep breath, then hold your breath and concentrate, pick up a small carving knife to cut and dig on the tender white radish segment, and after a while, a horse with a strong and handsome image has been formed. Jin Haotian was stopped, and a few minutes later, a small swallow with very wide wings under the horse's hooves appeared under the horse's hooves.

Jin Haotian stopped collecting it, and then asked for a plate, put his debut work on the plate, looking at the stable works on the plate, Jin Haotian nodded with a satisfied look on his face, and said in his heart It seems that Lao Tzu really opened the plug-in.

"Ahh The waiters on the sidelines let out an exclamation, all stunned by the work in front of them, and also conquered by the superb skills of their own boss.

The horse neighs with its head held high, its torso is strong and its limbs are slender, its legs and hooves are light, and its three legs are soaring and galloping forward, and one foot is stepping on the swallow. A huge horse stepped on the back of a galloping little swallow, and the little swallow looked back in surprise, showing the majestic posture of the horse soaring in the air and galloping.

This was what they saw, and it was hard to imagine that such a large horse could hold steady on such a small swallow, and they had to be amazed.

"What a horse stepping on the swallow." It was an old but energetic voice that came to everyone's ears.

Jin Haotian looked up and saw that it was an old man who was nearly 1.8 meters tall, with shoulder-length silver hair, a red face, wearing a navy blue Tang costume, like an artist, standing next to him at some point, looking excitedly at this "horse stepping on Feiyan" carved with radish.

"Sir, please be seated. Xiao Li served tea. Jin Haotian hurriedly gave a Confucian salute to the old man to his seat, from him Jin Haotian felt the kind of temperament that he had only when he was a child in his own calligraphy teacher, and understood in his heart that this was a master, so he said respectfully.

"Hehe, there are not many young people who know this etiquette now." The silver-haired old man said with a hearty smile.

"It's all taught by teachers." Jin Haotian replied politely.

"It seems that the Lingshi is also a party, and he is indeed a famous teacher and a high apprentice." The silver-haired old man sighed.

"Let the old man laugh, kid Jin Haotian, the owner of a small restaurant, dare to ask the old gentleman how to be respectful?" Jin Haotian asked.

"Hehe, you're a funny young man. Old man, my name is Ouyang Zhen, an old guy who is retired and eats at home and waits for death. ”

"Hello Ouyang Lao." Jin Haotian greeted.

"Hahaha, my surname is Ou, old man, not Ouyang." Ouyang Zhen said with a smile.

"I'm sorry, Ou Lao." Jin Haotian apologized embarrassedly.

"It doesn't matter, nine out of ten of my names are basically going to make a mistake with my surname, and one is illiterate and doesn't know that there is a surname Ouyang." Ouyang Zhen said proudly.

"Sir, please have tea." This is Xiao Li came across two cups of steaming green tea with a refreshing fragrance, one was placed in front of Ouyang Zhen, and one was placed in front of Jin Haotian, and said politely.

"Thank you." Ouyang Zhen leaned forward and thanked Xiao Li.

"Old gentleman, this name is Ma Ta Feiyan, this name is really nice and vivid." Xiao Li said.

"Yes, this is the best work I've ever seen, and it's not inferior to the original." Ouyang Zhen looked at the horse stepping swallow carved from the tender radish on the table, and praised it sincerely.

"There is also the original, not designed by Brother Hao himself." Xiao Li was stunned and said.

"Hahaha." Ouyang Zhen laughed heartily when he heard this.

"Who sues you sù This is my design, uneducated guy." Jin Haotian was a little speechless. "Hehe, I don't like to read, and you don't know." Xiao Li said to Jin Haotian with a hippie smile, and before Jin Haotian got angry, he hurriedly asked Ouyang Zhen to shout: "Old man, tell me about this horse stepping on Feiyanbei, so that my dirt bun can have a long experience." ”

"Haha, it's not scary to know, it's scary not to know." Ouyang Zhen said earnestly, and then pointed to this horse stepping on Feiyan and explained to Xiao Li and the attendants around him who were full of curiosity: "Ma Ta Feiyan" is also known as "Ma Chao Dragon Sparrow" and "Copper Galloping Horse", which is a bronze vessel in the Eastern Han Dynasty. In 1969, it was unearthed in the tomb of Leitai in Wuwei City, Gansu Province. This tomb is the tomb of Zhang, the military governor who guarded Zhangye in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and his wife, and is now in the Gansu Provincial Museum.

The "Horse Riding Feiyan" is 34.5 cm tall, 45 cm long and 13 cm wide. Since its unearthing, "Horse Stepping on Feiyan" has been regarded as a symbol of ancient China's superb foundry industry.

In 1985, the copper galloping horse was identified by the National Tourism Administration as the graphic symbol of China's tourism industry with the name of "Ma Chao Dragon Bird", and has been used until now.

In 1986, it was designated as a national treasure.

Ouyang Zhen talked about it, took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and then went on to say that "Horse Stepping on Feiyan" is a classic work of Eastern Han Dynasty artists, and it is also a rare treasure of ancient Chinese sculpture art, representing the highest artistic achievement of the Eastern Han Dynasty in the history of Chinese sculpture.

Horse Stepping on Feiyan", whether it is its glorious appearance, or the cleverness of the casting process, it is needless to say, what is more convincing is the brilliance of its creative concept. As we all know, it is not too difficult to create the image of a well-toned horse, but it is not so easy to show the dynamics of a still life, especially a good horse that travels thousands of miles every day. Our anonymous artists, however, have a unique ingenuity, bold and exaggerated conception of a swallow flying through the air on the horse's right hind hoof. In this way, with the swallow lining the horse, the speed of the flying swallow and the galloping horse is obvious to all, so that the momentum of the galloping horse is solidified in a static space, and a stationary copper horse is molded, molded, and molded!

"The old gentleman is really knowledgeable, and it really feels like the horse is galloping and the swallow is flying." Xiao Li patted the sycophants on the side.

"Hehe, it's all thanks to your boss Xiaojin, if it weren't for him, you wouldn't have appreciated it." Ouyang Zhen said with a smile.

"Ou Lao has won the award, and I am also fooling around." Jin Haotian said humbly embarrassedly.

"Hehehe, some artists can't make such a smart work with all their life's energy, you can make a masterpiece if you mess around, if they hear you, they will have to vomit blood in anger." Ouyang Zhen teased with a smile.

"I'll be proud of you for complimenting me like that." Listening to Ouyang Zhen's words, Jin Haotian said self-deprecatingly.

"I believe that others will be proud, but will you?" Ouyang Zhen asked narrowly.

"You always believe in me like that?"

"Hehe, the old man has lived for so many years, and he still has this bit of eyesight." Ouyang Zhen said confidently, then stood up and said, "Okay, it's not too early, I should go back, old man." ”

"Ou Lao, if you don't dislike it, you can be here at noon and taste our chef's cooking skills. By the way, I also seem to be a master of learning. "Jin Haotian invited, there is a way to meet a master and not to lose it.

"Then the old man is cheeky." Ouyang Zhen also took a great interest in this young restaurant owner, so he agreed to it.

The two chatted while eating, the more they chatted, the more speculative they became, Jin Haotian was impressed by the knowledgeable, open-minded and wise old man, and Ouyang Zhen was also full of love for this young man who was full of aura, gentle and humble.

Unknowingly, he became a year-old friend.