Old Man Kong was originally smiling, but after listening to Liu Yuhao's words, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared, his eyes became a lot bigger, and his face was full of disbelief.

Liu Yuhao smiled slightly, and said confidently: "Yes, old man, so I am confident that I can open this peerless heavy weapon." ”

Of course, this sentence not only reassured Old Man Kong, but also tantamount to Liu Yuhao telling Master Ge euphemistically that he was now completely sure that he could successfully open the pot for the stone scoop.

As for why, Liu Yuhao didn't explain too much, believing that Master Ge was a wise person, and he should be able to confirm Liu Yuhao's strength from what he just said.

"Rich soil! Rich soil! ”

Jing Gong muttered softly, his brows furrowed, but his face became even more surprised.

There is an ancient legend in Yixing, according to legend, a long time ago, there was a monk in Yixing who wore a hundred clothes and carried a canopy. As he walked, he shouted, "O rich earth! Rich soil! ”

The villagers all stopped what they were doing and looked at the strange monk in puzzlement.

I saw the monk shouting again: "I don't think it's suitable for you, so it's better to buy rich!" After speaking, he walked to Qinglong Mountain and Huanglong Mountain not far away.

Some well-informed old people followed, and found a lot of colorful, delicate and soft clay halfway up the mountainside. After the news spread, the villagers went to the mountains to dig up these five-colored rich soil and use it to fire pottery, which is the origin of Yixing purple sand.

Although the myth recorded in the Qing Dynasty Wu Qian's "Yangxian Famous Pottery Record" is not believable, the three words "rich and noble soil" have always sheltered the local potters and have remained unchanged so far.

Jing Gong probably suddenly remembered that beautiful legend, and said it casually when he thought about it.

Master Ge naturally thought more than Jing Gong in his heart, pondered carefully in his heart for a while, and also showed a look of surprise at Liu Yuhao's novel views, "Young man, you are the most spiritual young man I have seen over the years. ”

"The seniors have won the prize! The kid was just lucky enough to learn a little more from a good teacher than others. ”

Liu Yuhao smiled modestly.

In the end, Master Ge was still impressed by Liu Yuhao's clear and penetrating gaze, nodded his head a few times, and seemed to have made a difficult decision in his heart, "That's it, that's it, if this pot is successfully opened, it will naturally be you who have a relationship with him, even if it fails, I won't blame you." ”

Liu Yuhao turned his head and looked at the aura-like stone scoop purple clay pot again, and said word by word: "Master Ge, don't worry, the kid will live up to the master's expectations." ”

Is this a commitment?

Liu Yuhao himself doesn't know, but he knows one thing very well, that stone scoop purple sand pot can definitely be called a purple sand heavyweight.

Now that Master Ge is old, if the stone scoop follows the owner who understands the pot in the future, it will be fine, but if it accidentally falls into the hands of the mediocre, the consequences will be really unimaginable.

It is not uncommon for a good object to be destroyed by the conceit of a mediocre hand, and this kind of thing has not happened before.

Although Liu Yuhao is not a savior, since such a good object has been encountered by himself, he can't bear to let it be dusted.

Putting aside the idea of accepting Master Ge's affinity for the time being, Liu Yuhao hopes that he can do his part to leave a beautiful utensil for future generations.

Old man Qi once told Liu Yuhao, "Think about it, the mud of the purple clay pot has been sleeping in the ground for hundreds of millions of years, and it has been excavated, refined, conceived, made, and fired in the kiln by many people, and it is finally produced.

Liu Yuhao didn't know anything about these at the time, so he had to smile bitterly and shake his head.

From the inside, raising a pot is to "nourish" oneself, that is, to "raise" the heart and "raise" nature, and the ultimate purpose of opening the pot is to better raise the pot.

Old Man Qi smiled and said: "It's just to have a tea relationship with you, under the moon between the flowers, the tea is fragrant in the room, talk and laugh or be silent, let the beautiful purple clay pot accompany you, taste a pot of tea with you, and share a good memory."

Since then, Liu Yuhao has remembered that the purple clay pot is a spiritual object.

A good purple clay pot not only has a rich and elegant modeling language and a unique artistic style, enriching people's spiritual and cultural life, but also is not just a simple single tea utensil.

More often, it will become a carrier of history, a record of the ups and downs of life, and more people can listen to the proverbs of history, the interpretation of legends and the interpretation of art.

Watching Liu Yuhao methodically place all the items needed to open the pot on the desk and wipe them gently, Old Man Kong smiled and said: "Master Ge, with the prevalence of teapot collection in recent years, the investment value of the purple clay pot has been favored by people. ”

Xu Lao also joined in the fun, and said with a smile: "Master Ge, a national treasure-level figure like you should return to China to settle down, only in that atmosphere in China will you be inspired, and you will have the opportunity to inherit your father's style." ”

Master Ge smiled faintly, shook his head, and said, "You only know one but you don't know the other,"

"What do you mean by that?" Old Man Kong said with a smile.

Jing Gong took over the conversation and said: "With the prevalence of teapot collection, a large number of imitations have also appeared. I have a friend who is a purple sand collector in Malaysia, and his family has a collection of nearly 1,000 purple sand pieces, but there are only a few dozen real works of art. ”

Master Ge smiled and said, "I also know that friend of yours, when I visited his house last year, he took out his collection for me to admire, and I actually found six imitation fakes belonging to me in the middle. ”

Xu Lao sighed, shook his head with a wry smile, and said: "Yes, that fake or shoddy purple clay pot not only has no collection value at all, but also makes this line of smoke and miasma, which makes me angry!" ”

"You old man, what age are you, and your temper is still so hot."

Old Man Kong laughed.

But anyone must admit that artistic value is more important than "old".

Many people think that the older the purple clay pot, the better, and they specialize in hiding old pots and old pots.

As everyone knows, there are a variety of counterfeiting methods on the market, and businessmen who are bent on making money often polish the shoe polish on a purple clay pot in order to make the surface of the mud old, and the final appearance is very similar to the appearance of human hands often touching, which looks old.

What's more, use strong acid to corrode the old, or coat the purple clay pot with white cement to soak it with water to make an unearthed effect. The purple clay pot made of that way is used to make tea, not only is it not good for people's bodies at all, but the most terrible thing is that it will affect people's nerves.

Master Ge's father once said a simple truth about the word "tea Zen taste", the old man said that tea is "Zen", and tasting tea is like participating in Zen. Drinking tea can purify the heart and have few desires, nourish the spirit, so there is a saying that "tea with Zen, tea Zen taste".

In fact, the key to measuring the collection value of a purple clay pot is to look at the artistic value, not necessarily the older the better.

Dyed purple sand is not suitable for tea, Yixing purple sand mud due to its mining area, ore layer distribution is different, its natural color up to dozens of kinds, very wonderful.

Natural purple sand mud includes red mud, or cinnabar mud, purple mud, green mud, azure mud and sand mud.

But now many pot makers in order to meet people's viewing needs, in the clay at will to add chemical raw materials, the final pot color is bright, but the tea will have a peculiar smell, the impact on the body is even more disgraceful.

Therefore, China has always been famous for the fragrance of tea, the fragrance of books and the fragrance of ink, which is the embodiment of the social spirit of elegance, tranquility and harmony. Literati and ink writers, a cup of tea, a light breeze and elegance; All living beings, with a tea in hand, still open the sea and the sky.

Approachable, quiet and indifferent, elegant and vulgar appreciation, this is the nature of tea, the product of tea!

"Senpai, I'm ready."

Liu Yuhao put down the object in his hand, looked at Master Ge with a slight smile, and signaled that he could already open the pot.

Master Ge glanced at Liu Yuhao's preparations for boiling the pot and was slightly stunned, the smile on his face disappeared, and he was still a little dignified, with a touch of surprise in his expression.

But after a little hesitation, Master Ge still nodded and said with a smile: "Then let's start now!" ”

Liu Yuhao didn't care about Master Ge's surprise at all, nodded with a chuckle, and started to boil the pot according to his own method one by one.

The method of boiling the pot, ancient and existent, there are different opinions, there are tofu boiled, sugarcane boiled, tea soup boiled, boiled water, also boiled with banana peel, boiled with agate crystal, boiled with orange meat, almost without adding monosodium glutamate soy sauce boiled.

It is said that many methods have their own effects, and they have also attracted many pot friends to imitate and test, and everyone is very happy to open the pot.

After the pot is boiled, it is said that the fire of the new pot can be removed, the earthy smell can be removed, and the tea juice can fully moisturize the pot for the first time, so many pot lovers are indispensable procedures for opening the pot.

But everything has its own way, so the old man Qi has a thing and a law, and the old man thinks that no matter what the object, it only has one maintenance method that is most suitable for itself.

According to the theory of the old man Qi, Liu Yuhao also summed up his own set of methods for opening the pot, he first put the stone scoop into the clear water, just submerged the pot an inch, and turned on the charcoal fire of the small red clay furnace to make it boil slowly.

Xu Lao, who liked to talk the most, stopped talking at this time, and looked at Liu Yuhao's movements curiously.

The purpose of boiling the kettle is to clean up the stains inside and outside the kettle first, and after the water boils for ten minutes, Liu Yuhao takes out the kettle from the water, dips it in clean water and carefully wipes the stone scoop, and then puts it aside and waits for the pot to dry naturally.

"Boy, you're a popular method, there's nothing special about it!"

The corners of Xu Lao's mouth twitched slightly, and the corners of his mouth showed a hint of disdain.

Although Liu Yuhao didn't care, but he was suddenly inspired in his heart, just as Xu Lao was speaking, he looked at the air-dried and cold stone scoop and suddenly had a strange thought, and said in his heart: "Can you use the ability to open the pot?" ”