"This gnats are almost meaningful, I once caught a black-headed general, it has to be an inch four, as long as a matchbox, a grasshopper, or a birthday star, frightened!"

The fighting nature of the gnats is shown on the head, and the shape of the head is very important, and the grade, quality and disadvantage are also shown on the head.

Among them, the head of the birthday star is the highest grade, and the star gate and head of the grasshopper are protruding forward, which resembles the old birthday star and is named.

Others, like pearl heads, are also considered to be the top grade in the head shape.

If it's a small round head and a square head, it's average.

Further down, the pointed head, abacus bead head, and shallow head all belong to the lower head shape.

Don't look at Yu Bo's rough temperament, when it comes to grasshoppers, he is very professional, unlike Chang Xian's classmates.

At this time, Yu Bo looked happy, especially the pleasant cry of the grasshopper, which made him feel as if he was in the countryside.

"The gourd looks small, but it is a lot more exquisite. A good gourd is not only exquisitely made, but also needs to be easy to use.

In the cool weather, it can absorb the body temperature of the human body through the gourd, and the gourd should be ventilated when it is hot, the most important thing is that the good gourd must echo melodious and loud, so as to show the "pie" ...... of the people who play the gourd.

After a phone call, through Yu Bo's guidance, Chang Xian realized that he didn't call playing with grasshoppers at all before, and the really good grasshoppers can survive the winter, and some of them can even live up to a year with a long lifespan.

However, there are many particulars in this, first of all, the winter grasshopper should pay special attention to the temperature, when the temperature is low, try not to let it chirp, put it in the gourd during the day, carry it in the arms, and the temperature will increase by the temperature of the human body.

In addition, although the grasshopper is happy to chirp, it should not exceed half an hour each time, and no more than three times a day, otherwise it will shorten the life of the grasshopper.

……

"100,000 yuan?"

Uncle De flicked the belly of the gourd with his fingernails, then took out a thumb-sized magnifying glass from his pocket, carefully observed the hollow core of the gourd, and after five minutes, he put away the magnifying glass and sighed.

"Xiao Chang, do you want to sell this object?"

Playing with the gourd in his hand, he asked suddenly.

"Uncle De, I see that this gourd is exquisitely made, I heard that it is Sanhe Liu's, but I want to keep it for myself to play, is there any other way here?"

Uncle De nodded and said: "I didn't expect that there is this gourd in the boundary of the Drum Tower, what you said is right, this object is the gourd of Sanhe Liu, or the rare fire painted cloud dragon, although 100,000 yuan is not cheap, but it is not a loss, you can keep it." ”

As soon as Uncle De's words came out, everyone in the room had different expressions.

Mu Duanming and Lao Guo naturally know it, Zheng Da reporter's mouth is almost open, and this thing is really worth 100,000 yuan?

Yu Bo was also slightly startled, put the gnats in the gourd, and said, "I said shopkeeper Lu, this thing is really Sanhe Liu's?" ”

Uncle De glanced at Yu Bo and said with a displeased face: "The old man has been playing miscellaneous for decades, I have seen a lot of tools, and Sanhe Liu's things are not uncommon, how can it be wrong?" ”

……

The gourd, also called the pu, is the gourd.

In the past, the gourd was closely related to us, and there were gourds everywhere.

In the mythical world, whether it is the purple gold gourd of Taishang Laojun or the flying knife gourd of the Lu Zhudao people, the magic weapon made of gourds is flying all over the sky.

It is also an indispensable tool in life.

At first, the ripe gourd was split in half from the middle and used as a water scoop.

You can also make a gourd into a wine jug and tie it with a rope so that you can carry it with you anytime and anywhere, and you can drink it anytime and anywhere.

Later, because of the homonym of the gourd "Fulu", people used the gourd to pray for happiness and Juelu, which was deeply loved by the literati.

As a unified aesthetic thing for immortals, emperors, literati, knights and ordinary people, plus the gourd is one of the best insect tools for storing songworms, just like that, the gourd began its "cultural journey".

……

"Lao Yu, let me take a look, when you open the gourd, you must hold the ring tightly with one hand, and then screw the cover with one hand, don't hold the gourd to screw the cover, because the gourd carcass is thin, and you can break it with a fierce one!"

"Before the new gourd is started, the surface of the gourd should be wiped with a clean damp cloth, and then it should be ventilated and dried before playing. A bit of a person is talking nonsense, saying nonsense like applying walnut oil or soaking it in hydrogen peroxide. ”

"You must remember that anything you play with is made with time and patience."

Yu Bo picked up the gourd, and like Uncle De, he first took out a magnifying glass and looked at it carefully for a long time, while looking, his mouth was still chattering: "Sanhe Liu's gourd carcass is loose, but the epidermis is firm, when dealing with the inside of the gourd, "Sanhe Liu" also has the unique ability to leave a skin pulp, so his gourd has the characteristics of porcelain skin, chaff tire, and sack......

He pondered for a while, and said to Chang Xian with some envy: "Brother Chang, your luck is really good, this gourd from the core to the reed, as well as this workmanship pulp, is indeed from the hand of Sanhe Liu." ”

Turning his back, he smiled and said: "If you see Fengzeyuan's utensils with money one day, don't think it's the kitchenware of the restaurant, it's not the official mold of the Kangxi Dynasty......"

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The gourd is divided into two types: the model system is cultivated by artificial molds, and the length is naturally grown.

Kangxi planted gourds in Fengze Garden in Yingtai and set up a special person to manage them. Under the supervision of the court, the molded vessels are elegantly decorated and the craftsmanship is exquisite.

Later, in addition to the court, the princes also planted imitations in the mansion, and later generations called these gourd ware made by the court and the palace were collectively called official molds.

Well, by the way, Peter the Great, who was at the same time as Emperor Kangxi, was running St. Petersburg State University, and their teachers were working on Lenz's law and the periodic table to determine the direction of induced currents.

Those who have a heart can put the two emperors in the same frame and know what foam and moisture are.

When Kangxi filled the best craftsmen in the country into the palace office and made things for them, the prosperity of the gourd slowly reached its peak.

Countless Eight Banners disciples have nothing to do under the shadow of their ancestors, and fighting the grasshopper to boil the eagle has become a way for them to show off their identity, for a good grasshopper, they can spend a year's money, let alone a gourd.

The fan gourd can be roughly divided into flower mold and plain mold, and there are also called flower goods and light goods, and the varieties are sea.

Among all the gourds, the gourd made by Liu Xianting in Sanhe County, Hebei Province is the most sought after, and it is known as "Sanhe Liu".

Because the previous official mold gourd in order to make the decoration gorgeous, the carcass is generally very thick, although the appearance is good-looking, but the insects are not comfortable to live in, and the sound is not very crisp, but it is useless, but the gourd of "Sanhe Liu" can make the sound of the insects more mellow and loud, like a speaker.