One day during the lunch break, a middle-aged female worker knocked on the door, and Lin Liu invited her into the office.

"The chairman, the dismissed cleaner surnamed Lin, entrusted me to give this to you, saying that it was a gift to you, this is a dowry when she got married, and it has been passed down for hundreds of years." Said the female worker.

Lin Liu took a beautiful wooden box and looked at it carefully, it was made of sandalwood, what was in it? Lin Liu was curious and puzzled. Open the box, there is something wrapped in red cloth, continue to unravel the layers of red cloth, revealing a strange little thing, look carefully at a walnut carving, the walnut is carved with a canopy, the boat is carved with five people, the carving is fine, these scenes, Lin Liu seems to be very familiar, suddenly remembered the "Nuclear Boat Record" made by Wei Xueyun in the Ming Dynasty who had been in junior high school, she recited softly:

There are obviously KitKat people who say that Wang Shuyuan can use the diameter of the wood to be the palace utensils and figures, as well as the birds, beasts, wood and stones, regardless of the situation, each with its own mood. Taste the rest of the nuclear boat one, cover the big Su Pan Chibi clouds.

The length of the bow and tail of the boat is about eight minutes, and it can be two meters high. Zhongxuan is open for the cabin, the canopy is covered, and the small window is opened next to it, four on the left and right, a total of eight. Open the window and look at each other, the carved railings look at each other. The right is engraved with "the mountain is high and the moon is small, and the water falls out of the stone", and the left is engraved with "the breeze comes slowly, and the water waves are not prosperous". The bow of the boat sits three people, the crown and the bearded one is the east slope, the Buddha seal is on the right, Lu is on the left, and Su and Huang read a handscroll. Dongpo holds the end of the scroll with his right hand, caresses Lu Zhi's back with his left hand, holds the end of the scroll with his left hand, and rolls his right fingers, as if he has a word. The east slope is now the right foot, the left foot is straight, each slightly sided, and the two knees are compared, and each is hidden in the bottom of the folds. The Buddha seal is peerless Maitreya, with his chest and breasts exposed, his head and eyes are high, and his expression is not similar to Su and Huang. Lie on the right knee, support the boat with the right arm, and erect its left knee, and hang the rosary on the left arm, and the beads can be counted through the calendar.

Lin Liu was surprised that the nuclear boat in front of him was exactly the same as the nuclear boat described in Wei Xueyun's article, how could there be such a coincidence in the world? Lin Liu was very puzzled. She asked the female worker to go back first, and then dialed the phone number of the wood antique expert, and after the agreement, Lin Liu drove to the door with a nuclear boat to ask for advice.

The expert took a magnifying glass to carefully inspect the nuclear boat, and after looking at it for more than 10 minutes, he said: "This should be an imitation of the same era, delicate with a knife, belonging to a high imitation, according to historical records, there are many local miniature carving masters in the Ming Dynasty, and they have the ability to imitate this small thing." As for the value, it shouldn't be a problem to get a Bentley......"

After thanking the experts, Lin Liu returned to the company. On the way, I thought about this problem repeatedly, one is that the thing is too valuable, and it must be returned to Aunt Lin, and the other is to imitate this nuclear boat to test its marketing message, if it is easy to sell, you can consider mass production, which is undoubtedly a good project with innovation.

Linliu convened a meeting of company leaders and technicians to discuss the projects that Linliu thought about above.

Childe said: "The Nuclear Boat is an article in the junior high school Chinese textbook, and the social reputation is very high, if the nuclear boat is imitated, it will definitely arouse the interest of many people, but the production of this thing requires a high level of technology, who has such technology?" ”

The carpentry carving master said: "This kind of miniature carving, ordinary people can't do it, even if you find a skilled wood carving master, it takes a lot of time, I don't know if there is any profit to be made?" ”

The mechanic said: "The main content can be engraved by a computerized engraving machine, but the hollowing needs to be carved manually. ”

Lin Liu said: "Think about it, who will have this carving technique? ”

Another carpentry master said: "30 miles away from the west of the city, there was an ancient Bigan temple, the temple has 100 beams, mortise and tenon interlocking, constituting a beautiful framework, the only one in the country, according to legend, Lu Bantuo dream to a carpentry master design, later dismantled and reorganized, found a lot of skilled craftsmen, assembled up to 99 beams, and finally the remaining 1 beam was hung on the girder. There are many miniature carvings on the girders, and even the lines on the wings of dragonflies are clearly carved......"

The director of the office said: "That's a historical thing, 60 years ago, the Bigan Temple was demolished, you can't let the ancients come to work for us, right?" ”

"Haha......" everyone laughed.

The carpenter's face flushed and he said, "You can't say that, maybe someone has paid attention to and copied its fine carving, and probably a masterpiece of art generally nourishes many people." ”

Lin Liu said: "What the master said makes sense, let's look for such a master with the attitude of giving it a try." ”

Lin Liu took people to the village near the Bigan Temple to ask if there was a master in the village who was good at miniature carving, and the villagers told her that there was an old man in his 80s who was good at miniature carving. Under the leadership of enthusiastic people, Lin Liu entered a small farm yard. The old man enthusiastically gave up his seat. Lin Liu didn't want to sit down, but went to look at the bird cage hanging on the tree, and the cage was carved with cicadas, as if they were alive. Lin Liu marveled at the old man's superb skills.

Lin Liu explained the meaning. The old man said: "In my early years, I imitated the miniature carving on the beams of the Bigan Temple, and learned the miniature carving technique, and the carved cicadas can attract praying mantis to catch." But now that I'm older, I don't want to go anywhere, you can come with a few young masters, and I can teach the technique. ”

Lin Liu expressed his gratitude. After going back, I selected a few masters who were good at carving to take a special car to learn from the old man.

Two months later, a nuclear boat was carved out, which was extremely similar to the original.

Lin Liu took a photo and sent it to Alice in the United States, and wrote a newsletter in English "Hundreds of Years of Cultural Relics Resurrection, Dasu Travels to Chibi Again". Alice published the newsletter in a major American newspaper. There were many inquiries from the editorial office, and many of them asked for reservations.

Linliu has developed another high-profit miniature carving project. Lin Liu returned the original to Aunt Lin, please send a high-end gift.