Siheyuan: Starting from a fitter

Chapter 11 First Carving

"Widow Qin is too shrewd. She must stay away and marry a wife whom the matchmaker is marrying. It is the last word." Li Guocheng thought silently.

He picked up the wood and carving knife that he had just thrown on the bed, sat by the stove, calmed down, and then picked up the knife. . .wrong. .It's Diao, because it's my first time to actually operate it, and I don't have a master to teach me. I just know some basic principles and methods, no matter how talented I am, I won't be able to do it.Fortunately, my hands were so steady that I was able to carve out the rabbit pattern in my mind in a short time. During this period, I changed the carving knives several times according to the needs. Now there are 5 carving knives neatly placed on the table.

Picked up the rabbit and looked at it for a second, two seconds. . . , ten seconds later, I subconsciously touched the back of my head. It seemed that my belly was a little thin and a little long. Forget it, I would change it to a puppy, Pekingese would be good.

Ten minutes later, I looked at it for another second, then two seconds. . . , ten seconds, the legs are a bit long, forget it, change to a donkey.

After another 10 minutes, I looked at it for another second, then two seconds. . . , ten seconds, forget it, change to a camel.

. . .Forget it, let's change to a giraffe. It doesn't seem to have such a long neck. What the hell is this? It looks completely different.

After looking again and again, Li Guocheng burst into laughter. He realized it was too late and immediately suppressed his laughter.

"Hey, it seems that he has a good eye but a low hand, and he thinks he is a genius. He needs to go to the library to learn some carving techniques and steps. It is best to have pictures and texts," Li Guocheng said mockingly.

"Forget it, just wash up and go to sleep."

After a quick wash, I fell asleep.

After going to work the next day, I told my master that I wanted to go to the library. Zhang Tou was very supportive, thinking that he was learning mechanical knowledge, so he immediately put down work and took Li Guocheng to find the workshop director, and successfully got a letter of introduction.

In the blink of an eye, it was the weekend, during which Widow Qin also knew how to measure, and did not look for Li Guocheng again.

Zhang Tou was going to bring the master carpenter to the door today, so he stayed at home and waited after eating breakfast outside.

Before 9 a.m., I heard the third uncle calling Li Guocheng.As he hurried out the door, he saw the third uncle with his head and a middle-aged man with a thin body and a sad face. He knew clearly that he should be a carpenter.

"Thank you, third uncle." He thanked the third uncle with a smile and extended his hand to indicate that the three of them had entered.

"You guys are busy. I have something to do at home. See you later." The third uncle knew what was going on and left.

"Go slowly," Li Guocheng said politely.

"Xiao Li, this is the cousin I told you about. Your name is Tang Sanshu. Your craftsmanship is not bad." Zhang Tou introduced him first.

"Uncles, please enter the room and discuss in detail," Li Guocheng hurriedly said politely.

"No, you guys can talk on your own, and I won't be an eyesore," Zhang Tou said frankly, avoiding getting in the middle and making it difficult for both parties to talk.

"Uncle, please go slowly. I'll pay you New Year's greetings on the second day of the Lunar New Year." Li Guocheng was not polite and agreed on a time for New Year's greetings.

"Uncle Tang, please sit down." He took out a large cigarette and helped to light it.

"Do you know how to carve wood?" Uncle Tang asked, holding back a smile when he saw the four figures and the carving knife on the table.

"I'm making you laugh. I'm fine at night. I'm engraving for fun. I'm just learning. I don't know what I'm engraving."

"I repaired the houses of officials in the past, and I also learned some carving techniques. If you like it, I will teach it to you. I see that you are also a person who likes old skills." For Zhang Tou's sake, he taught some simple techniques. The skills just bring the relationship closer, and I wonder if I will be introduced to carpentry in the future.In addition, nowadays, people don’t pay much attention to carving when making furniture, and pursue simplicity. In order to avoid losing the skills, everyone can be taught one by one.

"What did you originally want to carve?"

"Rabbit", Li Guocheng said in shame.

Uncle Tang San was stunned, came to his senses, and said with a smile: "Well... then I will carve a rabbit. Look carefully."

Uncle Tang San explained while operating, starting from line drawing and composition, making rough embryos, fine embryos, trimming, polishing, carving hair, decorative patterns, glazing and other steps, and explained them in detail.

Carving focuses on top to bottom, front to back, surface to interior, shallow to deep, focusing on the whole first, adjusting proportions and various layouts.While watching and listening, I corresponded with the eight carving methods in my memory, such as "you can make it smaller if you stay fat, but it's hard to get fat again if you worry about the thin spine", "the inner distance should be small and it is not suitable to fight, remember that carving is subtraction". . .Wait for the formula.Slowly, the words in my mind turned into pictures, and they all merged into one another.Now that Li Guocheng has opened the door to sculpture, the next step is to keep practicing and slowly elevate imitation to art.

"Finish the work, man, you have long eyes." Tang Sanshu finished the carving. The rabbit was the true image of the carving. The only shortcoming was that it was not agile enough and was a dead thing.Look, before I even hit the road, I started to drift.

"It's so good, so lifelike, as if it's alive." Aren't you happy?

Sanshu Tang didn't hesitate, he just casually tossed it in, his emotional investment was completed, and it was time to get down to business.

Li Guocheng shared his thoughts with Uncle Tang San. The locker is 2 meters high and 1 meter above the ground with double doors. The top is made into a bookcase without a door. In addition, there is a cupboard with bowls and chopsticks on the top and grain on the bottom. .Uncle Tang was a little disappointed. Based on his age, he thought he was buying wedding furniture. No matter how small the mosquitoes were, they were still meat. It was hard to find work now, so it was just a transition.

"It's better to contract work and materials." Uncle Tang hoped that he should contract work and materials so that he could earn more.

"Let's contract the work and materials." I don't want to bother.

"There are poplar and old mahogany, you can choose."

"Old stuff, it will last longer."

After a rough calculation, the total is 40 yuan, which is almost the same. Mahogany furniture is not expensive in this era, and it should still be a friendly price.

"Look, I will definitely use the best materials for you, guarantee it will last for three generations, and deliver it to you in a week." Carpenters in this era are not talking big words. They say it will be passed down to three generations.

Uncle Tang San didn't stay for dinner, and left in a hurry.

Li Guocheng has one thing to do, and he just needs to paint the house white today.

Put the large and difficult-to-care objects in the house into the secret realm, prepare the big white water, adjust it with a washbasin according to the unknown ratio, and according to the thickness in memory, only a quarter of the big white water is used. Try to paint a foot square on the wall near the stove, and then go to the old man to borrow a ladder. Painting the wall can't be like pasting newspaper, you need to paint it carefully outside the secret realm.

It happened that the uncle had a ladder at home, so he said a few polite words and returned home with the ladder.The uncle was worried and followed him.

"Master, look here. I just tried it. The area near the stove is almost dry now." Li Guocheng was not pretentious, pointing to the wall he just tried to paint, and asked the master to help him take a look.

"Okay, but can you paint the walls?"

"It's okay. I cleaned up the house and painted the walls with my father in the past." He felt a little disappointed for no reason. It must be the influence of the memory of his previous life.

"Then let me see how you do." The uncle was still worried.

"Grandpa, look at it." Li Guocheng calmed down, put the basin on the north wall, dipped it in white water, and started from the wall, from top to bottom, in one go. Because his hands were too stable, the marks made by the brush were deep and shallow. , width and width are the same, straight down.

"Okay, I am worthy of being a fitter. His hands are steady and his eyes are accurate." The old man walked away with confidence. As he walked, he muttered: "Even an eighth-level fitter like me can't achieve the effect he has. It seems to be true." "I'm old." The uncle was a little doubtful about life.Because the uncle’s attention was all on painting the wall, and he was stimulated by Li Guocheng’s achievements, he didn’t even notice that there were a lot of things missing from the house, otherwise Li Guocheng would have to make up excuses.

"Happy, wash, wash..." The harder I work, the more energetic I become, and I don't feel tired. Of course, I can't get tired even with this little work.

I didn't even bother with lunch, so I worked until about 3pm in the afternoon. The entire house was painted from top to bottom. Because it didn't dry completely, the color looked a bit dull. Once it dried, it was the moment to witness the miracle.With excitement, I returned the brush and ladder to the old man. He was so surprised that he exclaimed, "You are still a young man, he moves so fast."

I gave the remaining third of Dabai to the third uncle, and received a wave of sincere thanks.It's not easy, so don't worry too much. Anyway, by the end of next year, the large part will turn yellow, and you will have to buy a new one by then.

　The previous chapter was locked up.

　　I thought about it again and found that I was not very satisfied with the previous settings anyway, so I just gave up and readjusted the direction. I should be able to pass it by deleting, deleting, and modifying.

　　This chapter is relatively independent from the previous chapter, so I will publish this chapter first.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)