My father came out of the cellar with a makeshift stone bowl, and when he saw that I was in a state of dispossession, he exclaimed, "I'm thinking nonsense again!"

I quickly got up and gave way so that he could put his things. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, I had already set up the house according to his request, and lit a special incense lamp.

"Look at the ......"

He confessed, and showed me the stone bowl inside and out before he began.

I knew he was trying to teach me something, but of course I didn't dare to slack off.

The stone used to make the stone bowl this time is not the kind that usually makes stone tablets, strictly speaking, I have never been in contact with it before, so I honestly listened to my father's explanation:

This is a stone he stumbled upon during an outing, hard, soft and easy to cut, and the cutting surface is rough no matter how meticulously processed, which belongs to a kind of sand and stone.

Originally, the texture and hardness of sand and gravel are between real stone and earth, and generally speaking, it is of little use.

But this kind of sand and gravel is a bit special, before it was discovered, I don't know how many years it was buried under the shallow soil, and my father also excavated it in the process of positioning when he was erecting a monument for a family, and its special features attracted my father's attention.

The stone bowl in front of him is reflected by the oil lamp, showing a dark red like old blood, my father said that this is the original color of this sand and stone; in addition, this kind of sand and stone is neutral, soft, and does not conduct heat, and invisibly has the effect of isolating cold and heat, which is the most conducive to nourishing the soul.

Not much to say about the outside of the stone bowl, Dad just cut it into shape, it was rough and ugly, and Dad always believed that as long as it was practical, it was good, but the key point was to have the patience of embroidery.

The inner wall of the stone bowl, uh...... I was sweating just by glancing!

Yes, it is inevitable to see such a composition and make associations that are inappropriate for children, and it is always embarrassing for a son to be in front of his father.

In fact, if you are an outsider, you can't see anything from the composition alone.

Explain.

The inner wall of the stone bowl is carved with two lines, one yin and one yang, which appear smooth and vivid, and the brushwork is concise, which is two snakes in the style of simple strokes.

They are composed of the sinking knife carving method, the groove representing the yin attribute, and the relief knife engraving method and the convex lines representing the yang attribute, which are composed of these two lines, and some seemingly irregular short lines are added as a backing.

To the outsider, these two lines are really simple and clumsy, like a child's graffiti on the wall or on the surface of furniture.

In fact, in the process of making the stone bowl, it was these lines that took him nearly eighty percent of his time.

This is the key to this stone bowl.

Well, these are the two cross-tailed snakes, and the circle that goes with them.

What does the image of the "crosstail snake" make me think of? Alas......

But in fact, I think too much, because the role of the whole stone bowl is to conceive and save, not to spread yellow.

Dad pointed and explained them one by one, and then emphasized that "do you see? Actually, these yin and yang snakes are incomplete, you look at their eyes." ”

I took a closer look, and sure enough.

Why is that?

Dad said, let's start with a mantra passed down by stonemasons: "Stone horses don't see hooves, but feet walk everywhere." ”

I shook my head to show I didn't understand. I know that my father is a stonemason, but I would like him to explain the meaning of this sentence.

My father asked me again, do you remember the two allusions of "finishing touch" and "painting snakes"?

Of course, these two idioms are probably few people who are unaware of elementary school students. One is to say that things cannot be done completely in place, and the other is to say that you should not do useless work in vain.

I suddenly reacted: Dad's words must be telling me to draw the dragon, but not the eye, right?

Dad smiled and said yes, but it was not comprehensive, not only did he have to deliberately leave it blank, but he really needed to draw a snake to add to it.

But I still don't understand!

Dad went on to explain that this was because everything could naturally take shape. Needless to say, all kinds of plants and animals are innate and acquired life forms, which are born of abiding by the rules, so they are generally beneficial and harmless, or have no major harm.

But the most important thing to guard against is the appearance of something that tries to go against the rules, which is the meaning of the phrase "if something is abnormal, it must be a demon".

Since it is contrary to the rules, it is inevitable to constantly exploit loopholes to find opportunities, and once it breaks through, it will make waves, which is a demon.

Therefore, if you want to protect yourself as much as possible, you have to follow the rules and take some habitual precautions.

For example, the popular root carving art can find inspiration from the natural pictogram of a tree root, and further process it to highlight the characteristics to achieve an eye-catching effect; because it looks like a fish, the image of the fish is processed and related and similar elements are added to echo with the main body of the image, so as to form a certain desired artistic conception, which is actually the same as the principle of arranging the magic circle.

There is a problem: it is possible that there is an environment that helps a dark being to take shape and unintentionally creates the conditions conducive to its further growth.

That is to say, a pimple of tree roots, in fact, has been underground for many years, and it looks like something vaguely, but in fact it reflects a certain kind of intelligence, that it wants to be, and then processes it into shape, which helps it achieve its wishes.

If the conditions and environment are a little more sufficient, it can go further, from the formation to the deforming, and evolve to a higher level.

This is the general origin of the appearance and growth of demons.

In order to protect ourselves, of course, we must take corresponding precautions, on the one hand, we must deliberately leave blank spaces to prevent abnormal formation, and on the other hand, we must add specific methods to destroy the conditions for its growth.

Therefore, the reason why you can't draw the finishing touch of the dragon is because you don't want the dragon to transform into a flying up, and the reason for painting a snake is to make it not become a real snake.

For those of us who have to deal with demons or ghosts from time to time, it is more important than anything else to follow the rules, otherwise we will reap the consequences.

As for how to leave defects and deficiencies, it is necessary to deal with them flexibly according to the characteristics of the object: blank painting is an effective technique, and it is also a technique for me to show only half of my body when carving stone horses.

For example, the yin and yang snake in this stone bowl was also treated according to the same principle, and some lines were temporarily added to prevent it from forming......

Oh, although I was dizzy to hear, I still understood the general meaning.

What Dad means is to use the yin and yang snakes on this stone bowl to save lives, but also to prevent them from taking advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble, and in general, to ensure that what they do is always within the controllable range.

But not everything goes as I wanted, such as the accident when I dug up the urn, the accident when my father and Uncle Chen suppressed the Yin Snake, and so on.

My dad agreed with me, saying that even so, everything that should be done must be done well, and whether it is consistent with the original intention is not up to the person who does it to decide.

He can only say: "If you do your best and rely on the destiny of heaven, there will always be a positive side; how can you do nothing and sit in place and wait passively for death, then what is the meaning of living a person's life?"

Dad finally concluded: "So, Jiang Heng, neither of us father and son can be a bad seed!"

I hurriedly said that I knew, and my heart said that my father still inevitably beats and preaches at any time, why don't you want to think about your own embarrassing things and embarrassment, hehe......

However, I quite agree with what my father said about limited manpower and being active and cautious.

Then began to really save his mother (Uncle Chen).

My dad said that this first step had to be borrowed from the little snake on my wrist.

After saying that, my father told me to cut my ring finger with a wooden knife and take a drop of blood and put it in a bowl.

I did as he said, and the tip of the knife flew quickly, and the blood beads immediately seeped out from the tip of my finger, and I squeezed it with my other hand, and the blood dripped into the stone bowl, but it quickly submerged at the bottom of the stone bowl and there was no trace to be seen.

I was about to squeeze another drop or two, but my dad stopped me and said, "That's enough!"

Father and son looked down together, and the black line on the wrist was still there.

Dad was happy: "Yo, you're quite reluctant?" It seems that whether you want it or not depends on its mood, so now I have to give it some sweetness first. ”

So he went to open the sprinkler altar.

As soon as the aroma of wine came out, I felt a slight heat in my left wrist, and immediately it was like a pulse, and it turned out that this little drunkard was beginning to react strongly!

Immediately after, there was a burst of electricity from the part I was used to live in, and it seemed that it really couldn't wait~

Dad poured wine into the stone bowl, and told me to tap the severed finger into the wine, and be quick!

I continued to do as he said.

As soon as my fingers made contact with the wine, I saw the black line whizzing from my wrist and sliding into the bowl like a sliding chair......