Chapter 143: Undercurrent
Li Jingshan persuaded: "You might as well put aside the original intention of learning art in the first place. Maybe after a while, the peak will turn around again. ”
Yue Qingzi still looked at her in confusion: "What reason and fun?" ”
"Did the silk skills you learn in the past two months make you interested in jewelry making? Do you feel happy when a work is born under your hands? ”
"That's nature!" Yue Qingzi nodded affirmatively.
"That's the joy of learning a craft. Now it's just a small hurdle for the time being. If you want to learn to make the head and face of opera makeup, and as far as I know, the head of the opera mostly uses techniques such as tired silk, dotted emerald and burning blue, and inlay, and does not apply much to jade carving. ”
Li Jingshan counted with her fingers, "And now that your hand is injured, you naturally can't learn the jade carving in the past two months." Master should not be embarrassed by this. ”
Li Jingshan paused slightly, and said in her heart, in fact, he didn't dare to embarrass you.
Yue Qingzi also nodded approvingly, "Well, that's true." You mean, I'll skip the study of jade carving and wait for the next project? ”
"Yes. The head and face of the Danjiao in the opera are mostly made of tired silk and inlay, while the head of Tsing Yi is the process of dotting green and burning blue. ”
Li Jingshan recalled the course arrangement she had seen at the beginning of the school year, "After the Chinese New Year, I will arrange some green courses. Moreover, Diancui's craftsmanship is soft and delicate, similar to tired silk, and it does not require a lot of machine knives, you are fully competent. You can also feel a greater sense of fun and accomplishment. ”
Yue Qingzi gradually calmed down. She thought slowly, "Sister Li, you have a point, don't say anything else, at least I'm happy to be with you every day." ”
Li Jingshan quietly breathed a sigh of relief, patted her shoulder, and said with a smile, "Get a good night's sleep first." It's a new day tomorrow. ”
She helped Yue Qingzi to lie down, thought about it and said, "Sleep, I'll sleep in the west wing of your house tonight, what do you call me." ”
Yue Qingzi knew that she was worried that her hand was injured and inconvenient, so she deliberately stayed to take care of her. Smile gratefully: "Thank you." You're so nice, Sister Li. ”
Li Jingshan smiled and stroked her hair. Yue Qingzi rubbed her head on her hand, "Sister Li, you are so powerful, you will always be so confident and calm, and you will never look troubled." ”
Li Jingshan couldn't help but wonder, before today, she was still hesitant to treat her eyes. She tucked the quilt for Yue Qingzi, "I'm not an immortal, how can I not have troubles?" Good night. ”
When she put out the candle and went back to the next door to get the futon, she happily thought that although she would not comfort people, the science and engineering woman who was used to technical analysis could still solve the problem by presenting facts and doing analysis.
However, when she walked to the door, she saw that the lights were still on in Meng Shu's room, and the relief was gone.
She knew very well that Meng Shu was also like herself, she was dominated by rigorous rational thinking, and Fang Cai's set of factual analysis methods was useless to Meng Shu, and she might use it more skillfully than her.
She stood outside Meng Shu's door for a long time, and finally had to knock on the door, "Let's sleep first, I have to get up early tomorrow for class." ”
Sure enough, after a while, the candlelight inside was extinguished.
Li Jingshan hooked the corners of her mouth in the dark. Yes, for a sane person, you just need to remind her to pay attention to the present, and that's it.
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The new sun rises as usual, and the schoolwork in Tianqiao Hall continues.
Zhou Lao hung out a new picture every two days, and the students couldn't care about wailing, so they just tried their best to deal with every homework that was like an exam.
Grinding, turning, chiseling, carving, carving, drilling, and finally polishing, a series of processes must be completed in two or three days, everyone is as busy as a machine tightening the clockwork, and more and more people stay in the day workshop to catch up with the work. At night, the lights in the workshop are also going out later and later.
At the end of November, the weather was getting colder, but there were thieves in Tianqiao Hall!
Tianqiaotang stipulates that tools and materials, as well as personal works, are not allowed to be taken out of the workshop. In the workshop, each person has their own special locker to store their belongings. Recently, there have been frequent accidents where lockers have been pryed in, and the items inside have been made a mess. Either the jade is broken, or the tools are messed up or even damaged. Some of the completed works are missing.
Even if Guo Saijiu sends people to patrol the night, it is still impossible to put an end to it. Those students who were robbed couldn't hand in their homework, and they were all annoyed and anxious, and some female students even cried on the spot. Finally, Mr. Zhou was impressed, and the results of the students affected by the disaster were dealt with as appropriate, and a result was given. But naturally, it can't reflect the true level of the original work.
Everyone gradually came back to their senses: this thief was familiar with the layout environment and personnel arrangement of Tianqiao Hall, and it didn't look like he was going to the scene of the theft for money.
After such an analysis, everyone was filled with righteous indignation, and first went to the gentlemen to speculate, and asked for severe punishment of the lawless. Shen Jian Jian issued a notice on the same day, severely condemning this illegal act, and stating that once caught, it would be directly handed over to the government.
The trainees spontaneously organized themselves and patrolled the vicinity of the workshop at night, and after nearly ten days of guarding against it, they failed to catch the thief. Fortunately, the theft was finally stopped.
If it was not until the end of the month when the results were announced, everyone saw that the rankings were comparable, and the difference between the first and last places was only a few points. The students didn't know whether to breathe a sigh of relief or sigh.
This means they were unable to pull off their advantage in November, and in order to avoid being eliminated, they will still need to work as hard as they did in the previous months in the last month of the year.
The dining hall of Tianqiaotang, like the teahouse tavern outside, is the distribution center of all kinds of news.
The fastest and most reliable source is still the "little trumpet" Zhuang Runqing. He brought a large plate of food over, still sitting next to Ye Qing and opposite Meng Shu, and said in a low voice, "Do you know, who was the thief in the school garden a few days ago?" ”
As soon as he said this, Ye Qing and the others all raised their heads. Most of the people at their table had been poisoned by the thief, and Ye Qing's work was stolen once.
Wang Minzhi couldn't help it at first, and said in a low voice: "Is there any new news?" Didn't you say that you went to ambush a few times, but you didn't catch the thief? ”
The people who went on patrol at night were all male trainees, so they had to ask Zhuang Runqing for first-hand information.
Zhuang Runqing's gaze drifted to the back, where Yuan Yu'an and a few students were sitting. Since several assessments, Yuan Yu'an has achieved good results in the first class, and he has slowly gathered a few students around him who have asked for advice, and a few followers have formed a small circle of their own.
Wang Minzhi secretly ridiculed, and when he came to learn an art, he had to gang up. Li Jingshan smiled peacefully, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and in the eyes of others, they are not ganging up.
Now Wang Minzhi looked at Zhuang Runqing's gaze and said in surprise, "Could it be him?!" ”
"Shhhh Zhuang Runqing hurriedly swallowed the food in his mouth and whispered: "Once when our group was in ambush, I saw a figure that looked like him, wandering near the workshop. I quietly asked the other groups, and they also said that they had seen him. There is just no evidence. ”
"Since there is no evidence, don't talk nonsense." Ye Qing glanced at Zhuang Runqing deeply, "Be careful if you accidentally fall into a slanderous charge, and you also lose your student status." ”
Zhuang Runqing smiled, "I didn't talk nonsense everywhere, just to remind you to be wary of that person." ”
Yue Qingzi, who usually rarely makes a sound, suddenly said, "My hand injury is also related to him." ”
"What? He caused your injuries? Wang Minzhi asked in surprise.
Yue Qingzi saw that everyone else was looking at her with concern, a little overwhelmed, and after thinking about it, she said, "Actually, it's not a ...... That night, I was in the workshop with a jade bed to turn jade, and I was concentrating, when he walked past me, and suddenly knocked the metal box he was holding on the ground, making a loud noise, and I was so frightened that my hand trembled, and I cut my hand. ”
Everyone looked at each other and felt that for this reason, they could not blame him for this. It's a coincidence at best. Li Jingshan thought for a moment, but still patted Yue Qingzi, and advised: "Just stay away from him." ”
Yue Qingzi nodded, and said nonchalantly: "Hmph, if I want to catch the handle of his intentional frame, see if I don't clean him up!" ”
Everyone laughed. The laughter spread, and Yuan Yuan raised his head and glanced at this side gloomily.
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Today is the day when Li Jingshan goes for a follow-up eye examination, she hurriedly eats lunch and goes to the outside of Tianqiao Hall. Sure enough, Ruan Mingyu's carriage was already waiting at the door.
Young Master Ruan didn't come down and wait today, but did it on the horizontal board of the car, and his two legs dangled in the air. Seeing Li Jingshan come out, a bright smile bloomed at the corner of her mouth and stretched out her hand.
Li Jingshan greeted her with a smile, grabbed Young Master Ruan's hand and got into the car with her strength, Ruan Mo nodded to her slightly, hit the whip on the horse's buttocks, and drove away.
Li Jingshan mentioned to Ruan Mingyu about the thieves in Tianqiaotang. Ruan Mingyu was silent for a moment and said, "In the past, there were also incidents of students falling against each other. This is not difficult to do, another day I will send two dogs over and put them on a leash in the yard, if the thief dares to come, he will not be able to escape with his whole body. ”
Li Jingshan thought about it, and felt that it was really a one-and-done method, so she leaned over with a smile and lightly imprinted a kiss on his cheek. Naturally, she was caught by Ruan Mingyu and grabbed with a stick, and ate all the saliva on her lips into her mouth, so she could be considered to stop.
Li Jingshan dodged and saw that she unintentionally opened the curtain of the car, but saw a shop passing by outside the car, the store was brilliant and tall, and the store was bustling with people.
"Where is this? Business is booming. ”
Ruan Mingyu glanced out and said with a smile, "You have walked back and forth on this road a few times, and only now have you noticed it?" This shop actually has a lot to do with you. ”
Li Jingshan raised her eyebrows, thinking of something.
Sure enough, Ruan Mingyu approached her and whispered in her ear: "This is the capital headquarters of Si Zhen Fang, the palace Si Zhen Fang. ”