Section 42 The Craftsman (II)

Taking advantage of the seventh brother's busy work, he walked up to the two county officials silently and asked softly, "I don't know when the next competition will be?" That Wang Laohu had already left in a huff, and he didn't even explain a word below.

The more Zhang Xiancheng looked at Shen Mo, the cuter he became, and said with a smile: "When it is tomorrow, let's meet at Shanyin Wharf, Wang Guifa will announce the next question." As he spoke, the old man smiled like a daisy and said, "Don't be late again." ”

Shen Mo smiled and said, "It must be." ”

Before I knew it, most of the hour had passed, but no one said, 'You are outdated.' They looked at the hands in fascination. Under the ten rough fingers, the gold is as obedient as dough, and the craftsman is free to shape it into whatever he wants. Gradually, everyone saw that he was going to build a pair of golden hairpins, but what it looked like would have to wait and see.

I don't know how long it took, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, put down the carving knife scissors in his hand, and said tiredly: "A pair of golden hairpins with double luan titles, please take a look at the little minister." Someone presented a blue velvet tray, gently put the pair of golden hairpins on the shelf, and sent them to Shen Mo and the two county officials.

The three of them looked at it intently, and saw that the tops of the pair of golden hairpins were all plum blossoms, and the petals and stamens were all very delicate. There is a pair of lifelike Luan birds standing on the heart of the flower, one with a mouth of longevity and one with a mouth of Fang Sheng. The body and wings of these two Luan Birds have beautiful layers of curly lines, just like real feathers, and there are several gorgeous long tail feathers on the tail of the birds, which set off the nobility of this pair of Luan Birds.

These two birds stand on the stamens of the flowers, as long as the hairpin moves slightly, it can tremble at any time, as if it wants to flutter its wings and fly high, which can be called a miracle workmanship.

The three of them were intoxicated for a while, and then let the people come up in turn to admire, and the viewers were all amazed and admired. Even those craftsmen had to stretch out their thumbs when they saw it, and praised: "It's amazing." "Although this life is not unusual to a few Dajue, none of them can do it so meticulously in such a short period of time.

One of the Da Jue said with a cautious face: "Your technique seems to be from the court of the Song Dynasty. ”

The seventh brother nodded embarrassedly and said, "The ancestor once gave the queen of Huizong a phoenix crown. ”

Suddenly caused people to gasp, and they couldn't imagine that they were still a national player...... Only then did he remember and ask, "May I ask your high name?" ”

"My surname is Tian, and I forgot my original name for a long time, so let's call me Tian Qi." Seventh Brother whispered.

Shen Mo couldn't help but smile and said, "Seventh brother, why didn't you say it earlier?" ”

"Later, the Great Song Dynasty moved south, and our family became slaves of the country, and the craftsmanship gradually became scarce, which is really ashamed of the ancestors." The seventh brother bowed his head.

Shen Mo nodded and said with a smile: "Let's see how the bottle is?" As he spoke, he uncovered the black cloth covering the bottle, and the thin-necked glass bottle turned golden throughout.

Brother Qi used his little fingernails to press the gold paper on the inner wall of the bottleneck evenly, and it was done. Silently passed the bottle to everyone, hey! The gold paper was properly attached to the inner wall of the bottle, and there were no gaps at all.

The craftsmen were completely convinced, and everyone asked in amazement, "What kind of texture is this?" ”

Seventh Brother couldn't speak, so he had to turn to Shen Mo for help, Shen Mo nodded and smiled: "This kind of glassware is very delicate and fragile, how can you let something hard hammer on it?" Only the mercury surname is soft but heavy, and the shaking will not damage the glass when it enters the bottle, and the gold leaf can be perfectly attached to the wall of the bottle, and a thin and tough layer of gold amalgam is generated on the inner wall, which can not only support the gold leaf from deformation and fall off, but also neutralize the poisonous surname of mercury. As he spoke, he flicked the gold bottle and said, "Although it will slightly erode the inside of the gold leaf, it is still intact from the outside." ”

After this incident, the two county officials were addicted to it, and they made an appointment with Shen Mo to say goodbye the next day, and then they dispersed.

Shen Mo and Shen Jing went over to help Seventh Brother pack up his things, and they also wanted to go home, but several businessmen came over and asked if this bottle and that pair of hairpins were for sale. Silence asked Tian Qi to play these things, wasn't it to take advantage of this sensational benefit? You have to strike while the iron is hot, and with this heat, you can sell it at a good price.

After some bargaining, in the end, the bottle was sold for three taels and three dollars, and a pair of gold hairpins were bought for five taels and seven dollars, a total of nine taels of gold.

After handing over the money and delivering the goods with the other, with the huge amount of money in their arms, the three of them got into the car with satisfaction and set foot on the road home.

Along the way, Shen Mole, Shen Jingle, and Tian Qi also laughed. cut off the capital of four taels of gold, and now earned a full five taels of gold. Five taels of gold, forty taels of silver! That's a lot of money!

Then it's time to divide the spoils.

Shen Jing and I will take half of this money, and Seventh Brother, you will take half of it yourself." ”

Tian Qi hurriedly shook his head and said, "I can't help it, I don't want it at all." ”

"It's all the craftsmanship of the seventh brother, and you should take the lion's head." Shen Mo shook his head and smiled.

"yes, keep it, don't you want to open a small shop? Just use this as the capital, and it's no problem to stick to it for a few months. Shen Jing also smiled: "With your craftsmanship, coupled with the signboard played today, you don't have to worry about not being able to operate!" ”

This is Tian Qi's long-cherished wish, but he was unmoved, and said very seriously: "The little minister gave me the opportunity to be a new man, which is more precious than thousands of gold, if you are still greedy for money, it is better to let me die headfirst!" The resoluteness of his demeanor impressed Shen Jing.

Shen Mo knew that this kind of person had the right idea, and said with a wry smile: "But the two of us didn't do anything, it's really deserved." ”

"Since I feel uneasy about taking this money." Shen Jingwei pondered for a moment, slapped his palms and said: "In this way, let's invest all this money in the gambling house to buy us, we win, make a profit, and pull it down if we lose." ”

"Good." Shen Mo also clapped his hands and said, "In this way, I will be at ease." ”

"What if you lose it," Tian Qi asked timidly, "I mean just in case." ”

"Can you still not take a risk?" Shen Mo laughed and said, "Anyway, we have already invested ten taels of silver, so it is better to have a good time!" "There is nothing left in the first place, and if you lose, you just return to the original ...... This is a typical single-minded mentality.

"What ten taels? I put down a total of five taels, all of which were invested in Dafa. Shen Jing was surprised: "Have you bet again?" ”

"No, I don't. Where do I have any silver? He was silent for a moment and said: "I heard Hou Xiancheng say that Shanyin Xingfa also received a bet of five taels?" I thought you had added another tael yourself. ”

"I left those two behind." Shen Jing frowned and said, "I'm afraid that if we lose, we can still have a good meal of comfort." ”

"There are people who are optimistic about us before......" The only thought, silent and incredulous: "Who is so discerning?" ”

Shen Jing almost didn't fall off his seat, and said with a wry smile: "Tian Qi, did you see it?" If I'm thick-skinned, I'm still not as silent. ”

How do you know that Tian Qi said very seriously: "The villain feels that what Xiao Xianggong said is right, that person is too discerning." ”

"Why did you never speak for me?" Shen Jing couldn't help but wail.

Opposite to the Hui Ji Feng Yin Building, is the Tianxiang Pavilion of Shanyin. The two restaurants have the same height and the same layout, but the difference is the style of the interior, one is elegant and the other is gorgeous. It may be that each has its own eyes, and the business of the two stores is very good.

At this time, it is no time, but today many people have delayed the meal because they are greedy to see the excitement, because the hall is still full of diners, and people are talking while eating, and the topic has been around what they saw and heard earlier, and they can't help but be fascinated and reminisce about the wonderful details of the time.

In the corner of the hall, a man wearing a big straw hat and coarse cloth clothes sat alone, and in front of him was a plate of fried stinky tofu with a strange smell, a plate of dried herring with a fragrant smell of wine, a small plate of gray moldy cabbage, and a small jar of flower carvings.

He stretched out his white and slender left hand, grabbed a chopsticks of stinky tofu with golden color, chewed it very seriously, his expression seemed to be extremely enjoyable, and then he picked up the wine cup and drank it all with a squeak, and he was so comfortable that he shivered.

When he heard the people around him praise that Shen Mo was the 'second in Qingteng', a smile appeared on the corner of the man's mouth, and he only heard him whisper to himself: "It turns out that it has been recorded in "Yi Jianzhi" for a long time, and I thought this method was my original. ’

As he spoke, he took out a golden glass bottle from the bamboo basket in his hand and played with it casually. I heard him murmur again: "I still think I did this well." After taking a sip of wine, he saw a piece of paper on the ground, which he had taken to the ground when he had just taken out the bottle.

He bent down to pick it up, and it turned out to be a gambling ticket with the words 'Five taels of bets on the tiger's head will lose.' If you lose, Shanyin Xingfa will lose ten, buy and leave, and never regret it. Stuffing the bottle and the gambling ticket back into the basket, the man smiled and said, "I wanted to help you cheat, but it seems that I was self-inflicted." After saying that, he threw down a grain of broken silver, pulled the brim of his hat down, put the basket on his back, and swayed to his feet with the jar of wine, and was quite tall.

When he walked to a table near the door, someone suddenly said in surprise: "Brother Wen Qing, are you back?" But it was a gentleman who was drinking, and he accidentally caught a glimpse of the white face under the straw hat.

The noisy hall was quiet for a while, and people looked at it together, and they all said excitedly: "Is it Prodigy Xu?" Is Prodigy Xu back? ”

The man stood helplessly, coughed dryly, and the hall was quiet again, and everyone was waiting for him to turn around, but the man suddenly screamed, "It's not me." And he ran away.

A room full of people was stunned.

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I'm entangled in some trivial things at night.,I'm only sending the second chapter now.,So I don't know when the third chapter will be.,Don't wait.,You'll be able to see it tomorrow morning.。