This old man is really interesting, I can't hear that this is just politeness. The old man seems to be an ordinary person, but after Professor Zhao's introduction, he knew how famous people were, and he had a lot of titles on his head: director of the Municipal Art Association, vice president of the Sculpture Art Association......

He was a little curious that Zhao Guangming would know such a person, and he didn't seem to see that guy have any artistic cells. After listening to Zhou Yue'er's title, he finally understood that this person was Zhou Yue'er's grandfather. Last time, Zhou Yue'er took a few peach pits from here and said that she was going to make a nuclear carving, but she actually found them for him. After seeing the peach pit, the old man felt very peculiar, so he had the idea of coming over to check it.

Seeing that people were in a hurry to study the peach tree, Liu Junhao did not delay any longer, and directly opened the door to welcome them into the courtyard.

"This is the peach tree?" The old man had sharp eyes, only glanced twice in the courtyard, and then went straight to the pool.

"My Wukong picks these peaches every day, and now there are not a few left on the tree." Liu Junhao followed behind and explained that he had thought that this peach was useless, so he let the monkey pick and eat it, and now there is not much left on the tree.

"This is really a strange peach tree, you didn't throw away the peach pit before, did you?" After studying the tree, the old man asked the most important question.

"No, that's the one next to the monkey den." Liu Junhao explained embarrassedly. The peach pit had been thrown on the ground, and he had never bothered to clean it up, and it was dirty and full of ashes.

Mr. Zhong didn't feel dirty, so he directly picked up one and squatted on the side to check it. In the end, he nodded excitedly: "Yes, yes, the quality is very stable, and it is the best material for nuclear carving." ”

Nuclear carving is simply carved on the kernel, which belongs to the miniature carving process. The main materials are peach pits, apricot pits, olive pits and other fruit pits and walnuts, and the carving tools are file, chisel and drill.

As for nuclear carving, it was actually very popular in the countryside in the early years. Legend has it that peach trees ward off evil spirits, so the material of nuclear carving is generally peach pits, and the carved things are common flower baskets. It's very simple to make, just dig two holes in the peach pit with a knife, and wear it with red thread and hang it on your body.

It is said that Liu Junhao also had artistic cells when he was a child, and he deliberately made a carving knife with a hacksaw blade. The flower basket he carved won the praise of his classmates, and many people asked him to carve the flower basket after class, and some even exchanged fruit candy. During that time, he didn't eat less sugar, but the good times didn't last long, and the teacher discovered that he was carving in class, and as a result, the saw blade was confiscated, and his artistic career came to an end temporarily.

At that time, there was no one to guide him, and he never thought that there were other things carved on the small peach pit, so all the carvings were flower baskets.

Earlier, when the peaches in the courtyard were just ripe, several bear children in the village saw that the peach pits were big, and they came to beg for them, in order to carve the basket to play. But they carved it with a knife several times and gave it all up. The reason is very simple, this peach pit is too hard, the pencil knife can't cut at all, and a little more force will break the blade.

Liu Junhao thought of this question and interjected: "Old man, don't just look at the big peach pit, but it is deliberately hard, and it is not easy to carve with a file." If you want to use this as a nuclear carving, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort. ”

"What I want is a hard texture, and ordinary ones are rare." The old man turned his head and glanced at him, which obviously meant that he didn't understand, just stay on the side, don't be nonsense.

"As soon as I hear what you say, I am a layman," Zhao Guangming added, "The general core texture is crispy, the folds are rough, and the shell is thin and large, and if you are not careful, you will be a failure." Among them, peach pits are even more, so most people who engage in fruit carving choose olive pits or walnuts with a relatively fine texture. The peach stone fruit on your tree is round, hard and delicate, and is the best material for core carving. ”

He is now learning and selling, and he just heard Zhou Yue'er talk about it before he came.

Mouth beard, listen to Zhao Guangming say this. Are those shortcomings turned into advantages?

"I want all these peach pits, how about a dollar?" The old man looked at it for a while, and then he stood up and asked.

Is the peach pit also worth a lot of money these days? If this news reached the village, it is estimated that the people who laughed at his peach tree before would be dumbfounded. Now the big white peaches sold on the street are only eight cents a catty, and their peach pits are more expensive than peaches.

It's really that the east is not bright and the west is bright, Liu Junhao couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He originally thought that the peach tree was useless, and planned to cut it down in a few days. Now that the peach kernel can be sold for money, it is natural to stay. Fortunately, the large pile of peach pits that Wukong ate was not thrown, otherwise it would be called a loss. The hundreds of peach pits were worth one or two hundred yuan, but he refused the money. Money is a small problem, and peach pits are waste in their own hands, completely blind. It's better to give it to others, so that you can turn waste into treasure. Of course, he also has something to ask for, hoping that the old man can give him one or two nuclear carvings, and it is also fun to have fun in the courtyard when he is fine.

Old Man Zhong heard that he didn't want money but asked for nuclear carving, and felt that he was very right, so he nodded and agreed. At the end, he asked what shape he wanted, a fairy figure or a god beast to avoid evil? If you want to rub your hands together, there is a pair in the car now.

"No, I remember that people all said to rub their hands on walnuts, why did you have a peach pit?" Liu Junhao asked strangely. In the past, when watching braided plays, those princes and nobles generally took two pecans in their hands when they appeared, and rubbed them in their palms, which looked quite enviable. For this reason, he deliberately went up the mountain and got two, but he always felt that there was no one's momentum. Later, I found out that it was another variety, which was different from ordinary pecans.

"Hehe, the general peach pit is naturally not good, the shape is too narrow and flat. But you're different, walnuts are round. Moreover, the shell skin is relatively thick, and it can be used to make a cultural peach pit, as long as the head and tail are sharpened off with a file. The old man explained.

"Then you can get me a pair of peach pits to rub your hands" Liu Junhao was immediately interested when he heard this, and when he walked around the village in the future, he led Xiaopi and played with peach pits in his hands, which was definitely tasteful. When I see Pang Xu in the future, I have to be angry with him, and I dare to say that I am a rich man. To paraphrase the sentence on the Internet: buddies don't play peach pits, they play art.

"Here, this is the peach pit that Xiaoyue picked up from you a few days ago, I picked a pair of carved ones with a considerable size, you see how it is, if you are not satisfied, I will carve it again." The old man quickly took out a pair of peach pits from the car, and his fingers rubbed them flexibly and crackled, which was very charming. When they stopped, everyone could see the pattern on it. There are five bats carved on the top of one vividly, and the meaning is obvious...... Five blessings are coming. On the other side are two carps playing in the water, which naturally means that there are more than every year.

Very traditional, very charming, the skin is slightly glowing with jade.

Yes, that's it, Liu Junhao liked this thing after just looking at it, he grabbed it and rubbed it in his hand. Stop. I didn't feel anything when I took the peach pit before, but now after the transformation of Old Man Zhong, I immediately tasted its extraordinary. Rub it a few times, the sound is crisp, the fingertips are numb, and it feels extremely hot.

Zhao Guangming looked at it from the side, and secretly said that this kid was really lucky. When he accompanied the old man earlier, he took a fancy to this pair of peach pits and wanted to open his mouth to ask for it, but he was afraid that people would not give it. As a result, I was stunned, and this thing was sent out.

Professor Zhao was also quite moved, and hurriedly asked Old Man Zhong if he was free. If you have time, help make yourself a pair. When I'm usually fine, I walk the turtledove and rub the peach pit, which is definitely fun. Besides, I heard that playing with this thing often can also invigorate blood circulation and play a role in health care.

Liu Junhao doesn't know the old man's thoughts, if he knows, he can only sigh that the two have a good relationship and want to be together for everything.

After spending more than ten minutes in the courtyard, he remembered that he had only paid attention to the peach pit and forgot to invite the guests into the house. Hurriedly said sorry, and then let a few people into the house. I chilled a watermelon in the well water in the morning, and now is the time to eat it.

The watermelon was cut, and Mr. Zhong was amazed.

"What, Old Man Zhong, how about you take a look at this bonsai?" Liu Junhao turned his head and pointed to the bar. This rockery took his wife more than a week of effort, many tourists are full of praise after seeing it, Huo Jun came and proposed to buy, although Zhang Qian did not sell, but quite excited, someone bought to show that their works have been recognized by others. But those are just amateurs' opinions, and he wants to hear what professionals have to say.

The old man didn't say anything casually, he stood on the side of the strip for nearly two minutes, then nodded slightly and said, "Well, yes, not bad...... It's the first time I've seen the use of silkworm cocoons to make fruits, and it's quite creative, and the choice of materials is wonderful. ”

To receive a word of praise from an artist is already a great thing.

"Huh, that's it?" Old Man Zhong was just about to return to his seat when he suddenly stared at the two calligraphy paintings on the wall.

That word was written by Liu Junhao when he was renovating the house, and Xiao Tongtong found a typo at that time.

"What's wrong?" He asked, slightly nervous. Now I remember that this old man also has the title of director of the Calligraphy Association, although his writing is good, but it is only good, and it is definitely a class in front of others.

"It's rare that I have already touched the essence of three-point calligraphy."

"Thank you for the compliment, I will definitely continue to work hard in the future." Liu Junhao's calligraphy has always been explored by himself, and it is already a great encouragement to be able to have three essences.

"You wrote it?" This time it was the old man's turn to be surprised, he really didn't see that Liu Junhao could write calligraphy.

"Hmm. Usually idle and have nothing to write nonsense, and has always been a hobby. ”

"Interest is the best teacher, and if you don't have a hobby, you can't write at this level. Two days ago, I asked this kid to help me copy a poem, and I couldn't read the words at all. Old Man Zhong pointed to Zhao Guangming next to him, who was so ashamed that he almost didn't hide his head under the table