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053: Trek to be promoted to a senior sculptor, and realize the true meaning of sculpture. Lin Li's sculpture is completely different.

In the past, it took about 15 to 30 minutes for Lin Li to repeatedly carve a certain work.But now, it usually takes 10 to 20 minutes, and most of them are finished in the early 10 minutes.In terms of efficiency alone, it is far from being comparable to what it used to be.

As for the quality of the work, there is nothing to say.In the past, most of the works produced by Lin Li Carved barely passed or ordinary system evaluations, and the chances of being excellent or perfect were not even [-]%. Ordinary goods.

It can be said that after Lin Li realized the true meaning of sculpture, the benefits he gained were far beyond imagination.

No, Lin Tiancheng, who came home from get off work, saw Manjian's works, his mouth was wide open.

However, Lin Tiancheng is, after all, a figure of the older generation who has seen the world and experienced ups and downs.He was surprised at first, and then he picked up the most perfectly carved statue of the old man meditating, and fell into long-term contemplation.

a long time.

Lin Tiancheng asked, "Xiao Li, is this your work?"

Lin Li nodded, but didn't stop.

Lin Tiancheng's heart was overwhelmed in an instant, and it was in chaos.He has worked hard on engraving for nearly ten years, but unexpectedly, he was surpassed by his own son. This reality is indeed a bit embarrassing.

But Lin Tiancheng could only be happy after thinking about it, because his precious son finally got enlightened.Didn't he just want Lin Li to become a famous sculptor in the whole country? Now that Lin Li has gone halfway, his wish has also been fulfilled. He seems to see a bright tomorrow.

So Lin Tiancheng began to comment seriously: "Your woodcarving gives full play to the color theme of wood, perfectly outlines the various characteristics of the material, and vividly expresses a deep and thick meaning. This artistic technique , has surpassed the limit of my father. Watching works like yours is simply a spiritual enjoyment."

"Father is absurd!"

Lin Li didn't dare to brag in front of his father, so he quickly responded humbly.

Lin Tiancheng sighed, looked at a certain place and sighed: "It seems that you can really accept this family and inherit Dad's mantle."

Lin Li thought about it, and asked, "Dad, have you thought of your mentor?"

Lin Tiancheng nodded, but did not continue.

Lin Tiancheng, who was suddenly depressed, tried his best to cheer up, and said, "Xiao Li, this work can be handled well, maybe it can be exhibited in the exhibition."

But Lin Li shook his head and said, "Farewell. The first thing the judges look at is the material, and the second is the artistic value. Our wood carving probably was eliminated before it was evaluated by others. I can't afford to lose it." Such a face, I would rather put it at home for my friends to appreciate."

Lin Tiancheng reminded with a wry smile: "Xiao Li, I know you are very proud and don't need other people's approval. But our house is not very big, you can see that your root carvings are so arranged that we have no place to put them, and Xiao Yu made a little fuss because of this. What about your temper, if you put some wood carvings on it now, I'm afraid she will complain."

"This one……"

Lin Li just remembered that his house is not very big, and the most important thing is that he brought back too many root carvings and wood carvings, which took up a space that was not very spacious. No wonder Lin Yu, who has a good temper, would argue.

Although the three members of the Lin family all have their own rooms, the Lin family is actually not that big.Lin’s house is an old-fashioned single-story courtyard. Lin Li’s room used to be a firewood house, about 20 square meters; Lin Yu’s room used to be a warehouse for storing all kinds of old goods and miscellaneous affairs, and its area was smaller than Lin Li’s room, only 12 square meters; Only Lin Tiancheng's room and hall are formally furnished.

Adding up the odds and ends, the total area exceeds 150 square meters, but the patio used to raise chickens took up 1/3, and the rest has to be removed from the area of ​​the workshop, kitchen, toilet and hall. It can be seen that the Lin family’s There isn't much space available.

But after being told by Lin Tiancheng, Lin Li had an idea.

But Lin Li then thought that the place would be demolished, no matter how good the idea was, it was just a waste of money.

In desperation, Lin Li could only pack up those root and wood carvings that he felt were not of high artistic value, and prepared to sell them or give them away.

"By the way, get rid of these books."

Looking at the messy workplace, Lin Tiancheng was a little dissatisfied. He pointed to the two books that were used as under the table and said, "I don't know what you have learned recently. Calligraphy and painting, funds and securities, English and Russian, all kinds of things, all of them are not good. Let it go. The worst thing is that you still go to learn some music theory, you read these two books, without the practice of musical instruments, you don’t know what you are doing? You are wasting your precious time!”

"what!"

Lin Li's eyes sparkled when he saw these two books.

These two books are "Basics of Music Theory" and "Hanon Piano Fingering Practice", both of which are excellent books and practical books.This "Fundamentals of Music Theory" is a basic textbook for learning music, and Lin Li has long coveted it for a long time; and this "Hanon Piano Fingering Practice" is also a great thing, it is known as "from piano beginners to masters, you can A good book to skip", it is said that as long as you insist on playing the fingering described in this book for an hour every day, you will eventually find that all the technical difficulties of the piano will disappear magically.

Lin Li has been coveting since he got the information of these two books from the messy information.He had searched in school before, and even asked Qin Feiyu to help search, but there was no news.I don't want such a precious book to be put on the bottom of the table by my father, it is really disgusting.

Seeing Lin Li's excited look, Lin Tiancheng asked wonderingly, "What's the matter, seeing your excited look, don't these two books belong to you?"

Lin Li questioned, "Isn't it your father's?"

Lin Tiancheng thought about it for a while, patted his forehead and suddenly said: "I remembered, last time you asked Bi Han to help find these two books, and he bought them for you and sent them here directly. I just put it here. But when I got busy with things, I forgot about it."

sweat……

Regarding Lin Tiancheng's mistake this time, Lin Li was completely speechless.

But now that the property can be returned to its original owner, Lin Li is happy besides being happy.If it wasn't for the fact that the Lin family didn't have a piano, Lin Li would have practiced right away. Let's see how quickly his piano skills can improve with the help of the system.

Lin Tiancheng could finally sit down and change the subject: "Xiao Li, my father specially went to see the nearby real estate, especially the real estate on the side of the Normal University, and thought they were all good, especially one of the penthouses was very suitable for my father's appetite. .But the current housing price is too outrageous, and our 40 yuan can only pay the down payment."

Lin Li originally wanted to take out the money he earned today, but he thought of Lin Tiancheng's taboo of betting against each other and didn't want to involve Bi Han, so he finally chose to silence.

Lin Tiancheng then sighed: "So my father plans to carve out the huanghuali and sell it, and then borrow it from someone else. It is estimated that he can buy it out at one time and save the high interest."

Lin Li asked, "What is the penthouse like? It actually made Dad so excited."

Lin Tiancheng belongs to the kind of thin-skinned person, unless he is in a desperate situation, he will not easily ask others to borrow money.

Lin Tiancheng replied with a smile: "Of course it's very good. But it's useless to say it verbally. I'll take you to see it some other day, and you can understand my mood."

"Ok!"

Lin Li nodded.

But his mind was thinking of other places, thinking of gambling stones, thinking of Taobao.

There are no taboos in the chat between father and son, the topic is wide open, and it goes on and on.

……

……

Four days later.

There are now less than 20 days until the college entrance examination.

Lin Li was still not in a hurry, and lived a peaceful and fulfilling life.

However, in the past four days, Lin Li had to spare half a day to follow Ma San to the No. 74 Middle School to finalize all the procedures.He went and returned so quickly, so fast that he didn't even know how big No. 74 Middle School was or how many students there were.

Ma San didn't have any opinion on this. After all, he was just going through the motions, confirming his eligibility for the college entrance examination, nothing important.

Today, however, Lin Li has a major task to do.

If, as Bi Han estimated, Mr. Tu really came to invite Lin Li to gamble with stones, and the location was not in Guangdong Province, but in the distant Yun Province, a border city bordering Myanmar.

Because of the sensitive location, the law and order here has not been very good.However, there is an obvious feature here, that is, it is close to the origin of jadeite: if the jadeite wool produced in Myanmar is transported back to China from the Strait of Malacca, it usually takes a month to reach Guangdong Province; It only takes two days to get in.This also means that the cost of land transportation will be greatly reduced and the circulation cycle will be short, so a large amount of jadeite wool is exported here every year.

Of course, smuggling is even more terrifying.

And the jade merchant that Mr. Tu contacted before was a Burmese merchant with a distribution point here.Because they were unwilling to bear the risk of transportation, Mr. Tu had to take Bi Han, Lin Li, and many consultants and bodyguards to travel long distances to come here.

Lin Tiancheng originally disapproved of Lin Li's coming, but Mr. Tu tried his best to ensure Lin Li's safety, coupled with Lin Li's persistence, Lin Tiancheng had no choice but to agree in the end.But Lin Tiancheng was not so easy to compromise, and asked Lin Li to return within three days, otherwise he would go to him in person.

Therefore, Lin Li and their itinerary this time is very tense.

"Here comes the person who welcomes us."

Mr. Tu saw the business representative he had contacted with before, and immediately greeted him.

But Lin Li kept looking at it without looking at it, and his scalp felt numb when he saw it. He quickly grabbed Mr. Tu and reminded him: "Mr. Tu, that man's breath is wrong, and there is something hard protruding from his waist. I think it's a gun!"