In the following time, Li Le went to the stone yard again, bought some stones and piled them up in the yard to practice carving knife skills.

In addition to learning the knowledge of jade from Li Le, the little girl Namoyi also gradually planted some flowers and trees in the yard, which looked much more refreshing.

According to her, it is the custom of every Uyghur to plant flowers and trees in the yard, but there was no extra money to spend on it before, although it was only a small one.

And now, firstly, Li Le and they all live in the yard, and secondly, because of Li Le, she has a much more relaxed life, so taking care of the yard a little bit looks a little more vibrant.

With the passage of time, the three of them have gradually improved their level of identification of Hetian jade. Although he was still a rookie who had not entered the industry before, there was a comparison of the real thing, and with Li Luo's continuous explanation and indoctrination to them, the speed of improvement was also rising like a rocket.

At the end of lunch that day, Li Le had nothing to do, so he took out an olive pit carving that was nearly completed and carried out the final bit of work.

Just as he was concentrating, he suddenly saw a thin figure walking up to his side. Looking sideways, it turned out that Namoyi had brought the water bottle that had just been filled with boiling water.

Seeing the carving knife on Li Le's table, Na Moyi couldn't help but ask curiously, "Brother Li, what are you doing here?" ”

Li Le also smiled slightly and said, "Carving olive pits." ”

Then he saw that the little girl did not speak, but was a little curious and looked at the object that was almost completed in Li Le's hand.

Seeing that he had no intention of leaving, Li Le didn't say anything, but the carving knife in his hand kept turning, looking extremely light.

After almost an hour or so, the olive pit carving was finally completed. At the moment of carving, Li Le looked at the olive pit in his hand for a while, and then turned his hand at the little girl, "This is for you." ”

"Huh?" The little girl who was staring at him intently was a little stunned by such an action, and then reacted and immediately said, "No, this is too precious." ”

"Engraving with your hands, if there is anything precious, if you don't want it, I'll throw it away." As he spoke, Li Le shook out.

"Don't!" The little girl instinctively shouted out, ran two steps, and stopped her hand in the direction of Li Le's hand. But I didn't see anything flying out, so I couldn't help but look back at Li Le, and saw a smile on his face, so I realized that I was lying to myself just now.

Then the little girl couldn't help pursing her lips, "Brother Li, you are so bad, you actually scared me." ”

"Do you want more?"

Looking at the exquisite and unusual nuclear carving in Li Le's stretched palm, the little girl was indeed a little moved, and her hand stretched out slightly but retracted, obviously afraid that this thing was of high value and was unwilling to accept it.

Seeing her like this, Li Le couldn't help but shake his head. This little girl is good at everything, but she is too weak in temperament.

Then he took out the little girl's hand and put the exquisite nuclear carving in the palm of his hand, "Take it, this is a gift from Brother Li, it's not a precious thing, Brother Li can carve it out again after a while." ”

"Really?"

"Of course it's true, Brother Li is a carver."

Hearing this, the little girl accepted the nuclear carving, and then put it in the palm of her hand to look at it.

This nuclear carving is a snow lotus swaying in the stone crevice, the stone is angular and angular, showing the erosion of wind and rain, and the stone crack is directly cast through the gap between the two stones, clear and natural. From that depth, soft rhizomes stretch out, delicate and light petals, blooming one by one.

It seems to be swaying in the wind, soft but tough, and has a cold beauty that emanates from the inside out.

After looking at it for a while, the little girl reluctantly withdrew her gaze. Then he carefully collected it, as if he was afraid that a little heavier would break the lotus petal.

Looking at Li Le who was sitting on the side, she said a little timidly: "Brother Li, can I learn carving from you?" ”

These words made Li Le slightly stunned, but she didn't expect that she would make such a request. Looking at the little girl's curious but very serious eyes, Li Le's heart couldn't help but move, "You really want to learn?" Carving is not a day's work, it takes a long time to practice, if you really want to learn, I can teach you, but you have to be prepared to endure hardship. ”

"Then can I carve such a beautiful thing like you after I have learned it?"

"Only with perseverance can nature be."

"Then I'll learn from you." Hearing Li Le say that she could carve such exquisite objects in the future, the little girl nodded very seriously. There was also a longing in his eyes, as if he was imagining the day when he carved a beautiful object.

"Then you will call me master in the future."

"Brother Li, master is good!" The little girl shouted earnestly.

When Li Le heard this strange title, he couldn't help but have a bitter face, "Can you not call my brother master?" ”

"Hello Master Li!"

Removing the word brother, although it is not so weird, but the three words of Master Li still don't sound so pleasant. After thinking for a while, Li Le said to the little girl, "You still call me Brother Li." ”

The master is just a title, and he doesn't care about it in his own heart. In his previous life, when he studied art with Zhou Shuren, he was a serious person who worshipped the teacher, and served tea and water to worship the ancestor, which was the same.

But for the little girl, he didn't want so much etiquette. The little girl is still young and simple-hearted, if she makes it too formal, it will inevitably leave a sense of awe in her heart, but it will make the relationship between the two a little estranged, which is undesirable.

Now that it is so simple that the brother is obedient to the relationship with the master, he thinks it is very suitable.

After confirming the master-apprentice relationship, the little girl seemed a little excited, and then said that she wanted to inform her grandmother. When she walked to the door, she saw the little girl suddenly turn around and then wink at Li Le and shout: "Master! ”

Looking at her departing back, Li Le also realized that the little girl had also made a joke with him just now. It's not that she doesn't know what to call it, it's just that she is familiar with Li Le, and she plays with the little girl's temperament.

The news of Li Le's acceptance of the little girl as an apprentice had already reached everyone's ears at noon. Several people are basically supportive of this matter.

In the past few days, everyone has unconsciously liked this lovely girl. Being able to learn the art of carving from Li Le is naturally what they want to see.

In the afternoon, Li Le went out to order several batches of carving tools, mainly jade.

For him who has the spirit of carving, the carving knife can be used, but the grinding and polishing machine is still needed. And now that the little girl worships him as a teacher, he naturally wants to teach him wholeheartedly, and the tools are naturally ready. When the time comes to open a new store and recruit engravers, these tools are also necessary. That's why he ordered a few batches at once.

In terms of tools, Li Leke did not save at all, which cost him nearly 50,000 yuan. However, things have to be transported from somewhere else, so we have to wait a few days.

In the past few days, in addition to his own affairs, Li Le has basically spent the rest of his time teaching the little girl some basic knowledge. Then she began to slowly train her to draw and conceive.

As an engraver, drawing is the most basic thing. If an engraver is not able to accurately and completely depict his ideas, he will definitely not be able to do so.

When the tools were delivered, Li Le slowly began to formulate basic tasks for the little girl. In addition to drawing, there are daily exercises on basic carving techniques.

And he himself is also rushing to make some carved Hetian jade objects. Mountain materials are mainly carved into large pieces, that is, ornaments and the like.

Landscape figures, flowers, birds, insects, fish, utensils, all kinds of utensils. In this, he is not absolutely conformist, and every time he carves, he will add some of his own novel ideas, as well as some more classic shapes in later generations.

With his current understanding of carving, plus the spirit of carving that can come at will with any tool. The speed of the work is also quite fast, under the full rush of work, the small works can basically be formed in a day or two, as for the ornaments, it will cost more, at least about a week.

This speed is already quite impressive, at least two or three times that of an ordinary carver.

From personally taking Ran Hongling and Hu Shu to trade, Li Le gradually let go of his hand, in most cases, let the two of them find and negotiate the price by themselves, and let them judge the quality first, Li Le only watched from the sidelines.

Li Le taught them a specific method, and when they looked at the location of the jade they selected, they could know whether the value of the two people's estimates was high or low, or whether they were blind to the judgment of the seeds.

Then when the selection was completed, Li Le came over to correct them. With such an actual transaction, the two of them slowly changed from the beginning of the inaccuracy. And there are fewer and fewer mistakes that Li Le picks out.

Up to now, basically after the two of them have chosen, basically Li Le will not make another move, maybe he will correct it once in five or six times.

The two of them have made such great progress, in addition to Li Le taking them to the actual operation, it also has a lot to do with their diligence in the past month.

Except for the time when Li Le took them out, the rest of the time was basically in the pile of jade. Constantly practicing categorization, constantly estimating value, and boring practice again and again did not make the two of them irritable.

Because they know that at this critical moment of the official start, if they don't take the opportunity to enrich themselves, then there is no point in coming all the way to this place.

They also understand that the more they learn and understand now, the more they will be able to help Li Le.

At the same time, the more they contribute in the beginning, the more they will be in the center circle in the future. Moreover, with the future development, Li Le will definitely slowly gather a group of professional talents, at this time do not work hard, in the future in the face of those professional talents, they will also face an embarrassing situation.

In the past month, while constantly teaching the two, Li Le's money is also losing rapidly, and about half of the fifteen million has been lost. The jade safe, which is more than one meter high, is no longer satisfied.

After all, it's not all seed material, and a large part of it is mountain material, as well as a small part of Qinghai material and Russian material.

For this reason, he specially prepared another safe, and the same has been almost placed.

In this month's time, there have been a lot of carved objects, most of which are pendants, play pieces and the like. As for the ornaments, Li Le has only made one now. After all, time is limited, and he still wants to focus on the main products first.

After following for a few days, the rest of the trade, in addition to a large number of purchases every Friday and Sunday, Li Le was ready to completely let go of the two of them for trading.

But every time he goes, Li Le will let Xu Changqing follow. The personnel here are mixed, and the folk customs are not particularly familiar, and with the existence of Xu Changqing, a super bodyguard, he is also a lot more relieved.

As things go smoothly step by step, the store's affairs are also ready to be put on the agenda. After all, there is a store, the capital can be flowed, and only in and out, even if he is given 100 million, it can only support a year and a half before it will be exhausted.

After coming to Hotan for nearly a month or so, Li Le was quite familiar with this place, and he had visited several nearby streets.

In his mind, his favorite location for his shop is on Tanaii Road, although it is a jade trading market, but there is a time limit, and the second sudden rough stone trading is not suitable for selling finished products here.

And Tanaiyi Road is basically lined with all kinds of Hetian jade shops.

Shops with various names such as Jade City, Bao Zhai, and Jade Fang can be found on that street.

The location was chosen because the presence of these shops has made this street synonymous with Jade Street. Whether you are a hobby collector or an interested tourist, you will first think of this place when you buy jade.

If you find a street that sells tapestries and carpets to open a jade shop, even if the jade is done well, there will be no such traffic and sales as a pile.

On Tanai Street, he also noticed that three shops had posted notices of transfer not long ago.

So he planned to spend the afternoon inquiring around, comparing the three stores, and if it was suitable, he would take it down.

After lunch, Namoyi continued to practice the basic skills of carving. The boring and repetitive exercises may make the little girl feel a little boring, and her face is full of tiredness.

But there is no way, it turns out that Li Le also came over like this. The carving, the exquisite works are certainly enviable, but the hardships and boredom behind it are difficult for others to understand.

Repeat after repetition, slow, almost invisible progress, this is the result of time and patience. Only by being able to endure loneliness and calm down can you boil out refined craftsmanship.

This is just like the process of the formation of Hetian jade, without thousands of years of erosion, without thousands of years of material transformation, and the extraction of icebergs, how can such a warm and moist jade be formed.

In fact, the process of formation of Russian materials is not short, but it is not as good as Hetian jade in terms of quality, and to a large extent, it is due to ice.

Looking at the little girl like that, Li Le stepped forward and smiled slightly, "What's the matter, it feels boring, right?" ”

"No, no, I feel that I feel a little tired after repeating it again and again." When the little girl saw Li Le coming over to ask, she hurriedly explained, as if she was afraid that Li Le would say that she was impatient and didn't need to work.

Seeing that she was a little timid, Li Le couldn't help laughing, "This is boring, you can say whatever you have with me, just treat me as a brother." I used to come over the same way, the practice of carving does not mean that you can see results in one day, you need long-term perseverance to see the light. ”

"When I used to think it was boring, I wouldn't pay attention to what I would do after practicing once, but divide it into a stage, and after a period of time, I would make a comparison with the previous one. Find out where your subtle progress is, so that you can gradually motivate yourself, and the boring feeling will be a little better. ”

"Is it really possible?" The little girl asked, her eyes widened.

"You have to try it to know that you have to calm your mind, impatient practice will not progress, it will only be repeated in the same place. Think about it, I've found out something, and if there's anything I don't understand, come back and ask me again. ”

After saying that, Li Le turned to leave, leaving Namoyi alone to think quietly.

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