Old Man Xiao laughed and said, "That's right...... Wasn't Zeng Shao going to carve an ornament to give to the elders in his family? What could be more suitable as a birthday gift for the elderly than this ornament! So...... I often say to my few apprentices who have not made it to the machine, if you want to become a truly powerful jade carver, you must learn to create and think, otherwise if you can only follow a fixed pattern to make a few kinds of jewelry that have no freshness, then you will naturally never be able to step into the threshold of masterhood in your life! ”

Jiang Shaoyou thought deeply when he heard this, nodded and said, "The old man taught well, but my thinking is a little rigid...... Well, according to what you said, this variegated jadeite has really become a priceless treasure! But whether this thing is a treasure or not, only you can see it, old man. If I had solved such a mess of material when I was gambling on stones, I am afraid that it would have been disposed of as garbage at a reduced price, in that case...... Wouldn't you miss out on this treasure? ”

Old Man Xiao nodded and said, "So that's it...... I'm not very expert in gambling stones, but when it comes to jade carving, my old Xiao is not convinced. What do you think...... Are you interested in learning the craft of jade carving with me? ”

"Me? Learn jade carving ......" Jiang Shaoyou opened his mouth wide in surprise, not knowing what to say for a while.

"Why, look down on this business?" Old Man Xiao sank his face and said a little unhappily.

Jiang Shaoyou smiled bitterly and said, "How could it be...... Old man Xiao, you are scolding me, I, Jiang Shaoyou, am also from a poor family, my father is a chef in a restaurant, and my mother is also a factory worker, speaking of which...... I don't think there's anything expensive or cheap about careers. ”

"That's it!" Old Man Xiao glared at him and said, "Since you don't think that the craft of jade carving is low, then with me, a master-level jade carver, personally teaching you, what else do you have to excuse?" ”

"But...... Old man Xiao, I'm ...... I'm a doctor by profession! Jiang Shaoyou could only defend: "And I also love my profession very much, and I have no plans to change careers." ”

"Who said they were going to change careers for you!" Old Man Xiao snorted and said, "I still like calligraphy and painting, and I usually grow flowers and vegetables in my yard when I am idle, but I didn't say that I want to change my career to be a calligrapher, a painter or a farmer!" Young people learn more things and are afraid of something, even if they don't use this craft to eat, can't they increase their own knowledge? ”

Jiang Shaoyou nodded and said, "Old man, what you said so, I understand, it's just ...... Look at me...... I didn't have any foundation in carving, and I didn't even learn to draw before, which ...... At my age now, if I learn jade carving again, is it too late? ”

"What do you mean by your age?" Old Man Xiao said angrily and funny when he heard this: "Looking at your appearance, you should be just in your early twenties!" That's it...... Are you embarrassed to say that at this age? Do you know when I learned jade carving? Twenty-nine years old...... I'm much older than you, aren't I? It's not that Tongguò's own efforts have become the jade carving master that everyone in the industry admires now, so what are you too late? ”

When Jiang Shaoyou heard this, he had no reason to refuse, so he had to say: "Since Old Man Xiao said so, then I ...... When you have time, you can learn two hands with the old man, but ...... I don't know why Old Man Xiao took a fancy to me? I didn't realize that I had any great talent for this! Like Mr. Xiao, your current reputation in the jade carving world, there should be many people who want to learn from you! ”

"You know that, too! There are indeed a lot of people who want to learn jade carving from me, and I have taught a few apprentices, but it's a pity...... They are limited to talent, but it is difficult for them to achieve much in this industry! But ......" Old Man Xiao looked at Jiang Shaoyou's hands with some excitement and said, "But I have noticed you a long time ago...... Your hands are surprisingly stable, this is the most important prerequisite for being a jade carver, you have such a steady pair of hands, I believe that as long as the comprehension in other aspects is not too bad, just learn casually, it is estimated that it will not take three or five years, you will become a pretty good jade carver! Of course...... If you can have the same perfect innate conditions as these hands in other aspects, then ...... In the future, you will surpass my achievements in jade carving and become the first jade carving master of our time, or even ...... It's not impossible for a grandmaster-level character! ”

The more Old Man Xiao spoke, the more excited he became, and the old man's eyes couldn't help but flash a glimmer of hope.

Speaking of which, Mr. Xiao is a famous jade carving master in contemporary China, and he has taught more than a dozen apprentices in his life, but none of them have any hope of becoming a jade carving master, and his own son has no talent in this regard, so although Mr. Xiao is famous, and now he runs a jewelry company that is not small, but deep in his heart he has always had such a regret, that is, he can't pass on his craft completely, which makes him think of this every time. I will feel a little uncomfortable in my heart.

However, since the last time he saw Jiang Shaoyou drawing lines on the jade rough stone on the calcite field, his heart seemed to be touched by something. Speaking of which, it's just a matter of drawing a line on the stone, and anyone can do such a simple thing easily, but from the perspective of a jade carving master, the line drawn by Jiang Shaoyou at that time was quite not simple.

You know, the jadeite rough is not a blackboard, it is impossible to be smooth and flat, there will be many ups and downs on it, so it is quite difficult to draw a relatively straight line on a piece of jadeite rough. Because every time you draw a bump or depression in the rough, it will naturally shift in the original direction. Unless you compare a ruler with a ruler on a stone in advance, it is almost impossible to draw a straight line on the surface of a rough stone.

But under the observation of Old Man Xiao, Jiang Shaoyou just drew it casually, but the line that appeared on the jadeite rough stone was very rare and straight, if you looked directly in front of that line, you would see a straight line that was difficult to draw with a ruler.

At that time, Old Man Xiao felt very shocked, and then he deliberately observed Jiang Shaoyou many times, and found that Jiang Shaoyou was not just drawing lines, in fact, no matter what Jiang Shaoyou was doing, those hands would remain quite stable, as if those hands were cast from steel and iron, just in this regard, even Old Man Xiao himself was much inferior to Jiang Shaoyou.

Therefore, since then, in fact, Old Man Xiao has already had the idea of abducting this kid to learn jade carving with him. Merely...... Later, when I saw Jiang Shaoyou unravel several pieces of jadeite rough in a row, and each of them was a big upward trend, I couldn't help but be secretly surprised, until I saw Jiang Shaoyou unravel a piece of glass blue ocean...... His mind in this area became more and more faint.

Because in the opinion of Old Man Xiao, Jiang Shaoyou should be the kind of second ancestor with a lot of wealth, or the second generation of officials or something, like this kind of person, his general temperament will be more frivolous, where can he have the patience to calm down and learn jade carving from him!

However, in more contacts later, Old Man Xiao found that Jiang Shaoyou's character was really good, and even when facing the priceless treasure jade chalcedony, he did not have the slightest gaffe, and Old Man Xiao's mind came alive again.

Because judging from these appearances, Jiang Shaoyou's heart is not only not boring at all, but also so calm that he is more calm than him, an old man in his seventies and eighties!

A pair of steady hands like a mountain, a calm and heavy heart like the sea, this is the most valuable prerequisite for a successful jade carver, and now Jiang Shaoyou already has it, so next, as long as Jiang Shaoyou has a little bit of artistic cells, people should not be too stupid, as long as he follows him to learn jade carving skills for a few years, he will become an excellent jade carver in the future, it is almost a sure thing!

It's just that...... A person who owns two priceless jade chalcedony, so even if Jiang Shaoyou doesn't have much assets in his hands, but if he really counts it, his Xiao Zhonghai's net worth is actually far less rich than Jiang Shaoyou, is it possible for such a young man with an amazing net worth to learn jade carving with him like those who have to learn the craft to support their families in order to eat three meals a day?

Thinking of these old man Xiao, he was also a little depressed, so when they met until they broke up, Old Man Xiao did not reveal that he wanted to accept Jiang Shaoyou as an apprentice and teach him jade carving skills, which was really ...... It's really hard to say!

But...... This time, Jiang Shaoyou came to visit in order to get the jade bracelet, and after visiting Old Man Xiao's studio, Old Man Xiao finally couldn't help but mention this matter, but he didn't dare to have much hope in his heart, but he didn't expect Jiang Shaoyou to really agree, although he ...... From Jiang Shaoyou's words, it sounded that this kid didn't seem to be very enthusiastic about learning jade carving, and he didn't have much sincerity at all, and he actually said that he would learn from Old Man Xiao when he had time in the future......

It's just that now that he can get Jiang Shaoyou's promise, Old Man Xiao is already very happy, and naturally he won't be too harsh on Jiang Shaoyou in terms of time. After all, for those ordinary jade carving apprentices, it is a rare thing to be able to find a famous teacher like Mr. Xiao, but for Mr. Xiao, it is not a thing to meet but not to find an apprentice with amazing talent!

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