Speaking of Yangzhou, many people will think of Li Bai's sentence "Fireworks go down to Yangzhou in March" and another sentence "Wrap 100,000 yuan around your waist and ride a crane down Yangzhou." ”

Then, you will think of Yangzhou thin horses, perhaps for some people, it is easier to think of Yangzhou thin horses than to think of the poems of the ancients.

Yangzhou thin horses are actually not horses, but people.

The thin horse is not difficult to understand, that is, the thin and sick horse, and the so-called Yangzhou thin horse is a slender and weak woman, or a graceful and graceful bewitching girl.

In the old days, women were cheap, and in the eyes of many people, they were goods that could be bought and sold at will. Not to mention the past, even in the fifties and sixties, there were parents who gave away their children at will, and they didn't need money, they were free. At that time, people were poor, and they had to give away their children as a last resort, but this was not the case with Yangzhou Thin Horse.

In ancient times, Yangzhou was the settlement of salt merchants in the two Huai (Huainan and Huaibei), and the salt merchants were rich at that time, and their life was as luxurious as the royal family, and their wealth fed a large number of industries that survived on their own, and "raising thin horses" was one of them.

In the old days, there was a very strict identification procedure for the selection of thin horses, and the most important thing for merchants was the evaluation of the small feet of thin horses. There is also a set of extremely detailed methods for identifying the small feet of this "three-inch golden lotus", and some people have even formulated seven standards for this purpose: "thin, small, pointed, curved, fragrant, soft, and positive".

Its selection is as strict as today's beauty pageant.

Compared with the selection of flight attendants now, compared to that time, they are simply scum.

Most of the skinny horses are good-looking children who have been bought from poor families, and after these people buy them, they will be divided into three, six, nine and so on: a girl with first-class qualifications, someone will teach her to play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she will be obscene in every way. This kind of girl, with a smile and a smile, must strictly conform to the aesthetic taste of the buyer. For example, when walking, you should be light and do not make a sound. For example, in the eyes, you should look at people with affection, not squint left and right; For example, when speaking, you should speak softly and softly, like a pearl falling on a jade plate, and you should not speak rudely.

A girl with second-class qualifications will make her literate and musical, and know how to keep accounts; Girls with third-class qualifications will not let her read and write, but will only let her learn some skills such as female celebrity, cutting, fried and steamed crisp, and cooking food.

The skinny horses raised in this way are sold quickly and at a good price.

In the ancient city of Yangzhou, there were hundreds of people who were like cattle dealers, buying and selling thin horses. Among these people, there are Ya Po, and even the donkey (驵侩, is a middleman who specializes in the trade of livestock, they can't make money from livestock, so they come to do the thin horse business, and this kind of thin horse trading, the market is optimistic, the profit is quite large, the merchant is profit-seeking, and naturally flocks. If the news of a merchant who wants to buy a thin horse comes out, these tooth wives and concubines will target the buyer, like flies attached to their bodies, and they can't pounce on them.

At that time, comparable to Yangzhou thin horses, there were also Datong aunts, Taishan sisters-in-law, and Hangzhou boat girls, which were called Qinhuai Four Uniques.

At that time, the "thin horse" can be said to be the beauty of today, and even the title of the best beauty.

You must know that not just anyone can be called a thin horse, what if it is fat, is it difficult to call it a fat horse??

Cai Hongming got off the plane and did not go directly to the jade carving master who had been contacted, but first went to rent an off-road vehicle. The black jade he dug down from the mountain is very large, and there must be a place to put it, otherwise it will be difficult to take it out, and the off-road vehicle is the best choice. After renting the car, it was already noon, so he went to have a full meal first.

There are many delicacies in Yangzhou, but Cai Hongming's favorite is crab roe soup dumplings. In this city full of ancient flavors, it is undoubtedly a very enjoyable thing to find an alley, eat soup dumplings, and listen to Yangzhou comments.

After eating, he took out the black jade from the cave blessed land in the jade tripod and put it on the off-road vehicle, and then drove to the jade carving master's house.

The jade carving master's surname is Yu Feihong, and he has a bird character like him, and he is in his forties. This master was searched by him from the Internet, and he doesn't know how the craftsmanship is, so he has to take a look at it this time. Yu Feihong's home is a three-story antique building on the edge of the canal, which Cai Hongming has already seen clearly with a satellite map. When I came to the place and made a call, Yu Feihong came out to answer it.

The two chatted on QQ, but they knew each other.

Yu Feihong is in the jade carving business, and has received all kinds of people, and when he saw him driving an off-road vehicle, he asked him to drive the car to the back garage.

"Master Yu, look at it, this is the jade I want you to carve a gourd." After parking the car, Cai Hongming opened the back door of the car and said to reveal Moyu inside.

The light was a little dim, Yu Feihong took a strong flashlight and looked at Mo Yu, and couldn't help but take a breath after seeing it. This jade is moist and pure, and contains essence and light, but it is the best jade! He thought he had seen it wrong, so he hurriedly found a forklift to fork the Moyu brought by Cai Hongming to a sunny place, looked at it carefully, and it was the same as what he saw just now.

Suddenly remembered what Cai Hongming wanted to carve, and I didn't feel a toothache, such a big black jade is most suitable for carving large pieces, and it is a pity to use it to carve gourds.

After thinking about it for a while, he asked Cai Hongming, "Do you really want to carve a gourd?" ”

Cai Hongming nodded, "I don't know when Master Yu will be able to carve it." ”

"Are you in a hurry?"

"No, I want you to carve a gourd first to see how it goes, and then decide whether the rest of the black jade is to be carved into a gourd."

"Yes, but I'll tell you, it's a pity that this jade is carved into a gourd, it's better to carve it into a large piece, so that it is valuable."

"No need. Master Yu, I have already said before that I want to carve the gourd into a hollow one, which can hold things, I don't know if Master Yu can do it. ”

Cai Hongming took the ink jade carving gourd mainly to try to see if he could hold jade toad liquid, how could he listen to him.

Yu Feihong saw that he didn't listen to persuasion, and he was helpless, so he nodded and said, "Yes." But you haven't all the black jade yet, so I don't know what's going on inside. You come with me, let's pick up this piece of jade first and see what is going on inside. ”

Cai Hongming came to the warehouse with him, and watched him put the ink jade in front of a machine and slowly wipe off the skin, and after a while, Yu Feihong splashed the ink jade with water and wiped the skin covered with stone powder.

When the jade material is splashed with water, the more moist and shiny it looks, and it is shiny and moving.

After Yu Feihong saw that the whole stone was the best ink jade, he asked Cai Hongming again: "Do you really want to use this piece of ink jade to carve a gourd?" This is a rare and superb black jade, and it is calculated in grams on the market. ”

"Yes, please ask Master Yu for help."

Yu Feihong saw that he was so resolute, and he couldn't help it, after looking at Moyu, he could make about a dozen gourds. According to Cai Hongming's words, he first started the material of a gourd, and then used a machine to cut out the approximate prototype of the gourd, and then it was further processed. The gourd does not need to be carved too finely, so it does not take a long time, as long as you pay attention to the thickness when polishing the inner wall in the future.

After a little fiddle, Yu Feihong stopped and asked Cai Hongming to make tea inside.

When I came to the house, I saw that there were all kinds of jade stones around it, there were finished products, and there were also some jade materials, which were dazzling and varied.

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