God-level Golden Hand

Chapter 258

Seeing An Xin's eccentric appearance, Xu Jingxing smiled, "Then I'll just come here casually, don't blame me if I look ugly."

An Xin giggled and said, "Hee hee, Master can also carve ugly objects? I haven't seen it before."

"Then just wait and see I give you one of the ugliest and ugliest inkstones, and let you practice brush calligraphy with it every day," he laughed, and left the cabin with bricks and a carving knife. The cabin is not very good Clean up, carve bricks in the house, and in a short while, the house will be full of dust.

He bought a total of four city bricks, and originally planned to keep one for himself, but he didn't expect to be booked out before he started carving.Ding Shuhuai asked for one piece early, and booked one piece with Cheng Linlai, and then promised to give one piece to the old man Qianqiu, and gave the last piece to the precious apprentice, and just divided it up.

That's all, I'll buy two more when I go back. Anyway, the ancient city wall is not far from the city, but I don't know if I can find such a good quality.

He thought a little depressed, and then began to check the four city bricks.

These four city bricks are indeed the best quality he found anywhere. These four city bricks are not only complete city bricks, but also hard and delicate in texture, the whole body is consistent, without scars or cracks, and the size Very appropriate, the length, width and height are [-], [-] and [-] centimeters respectively, neither thick nor thin, and it is very easy to make an inkstone.

Of course, bricks are just bricks. Compared with serious ores, their appearance really does not have the upper hand. Unless he can carve them very beautifully, otherwise, it is really difficult to give them away, unless the other party likes this kind of black. If it is not black, it will be ugly.

He did know what Ding Shuhuai and An Xin generally liked, but he didn't know anything about Cheng Lin and Qianqiu Sui, and he couldn't ask directly, so he had to judge according to their personalities and preferences.

After simply drawing a picture, I started to do it immediately, from easy to difficult, and first carved with peace of mind.

An Xin, little girl, definitely wouldn't like this kind of rough appearance, so he first spent half a day grinding a piece of city brick until the sides were smooth. Structural texture inside the bricks.

Modern bricks have no texture, but ancient city bricks are different. You can see some simple textures similar to pine wood textures, very light and light, but it looks a little more elegant, and then directly on the smooth ancient city Inkstones are ground out of bricks.

At this time, a practical inkstone has been formed, but if it is used as a gift, you must not give such a simple inkstone, you have to get some flowers.

After thinking about it, he carved a few orchids according to the inconspicuous textures. After looking at them for a while, he carved a circle of curly grass patterns around the edge of the inkstone. There are a few words engraved below.

"There is a beautiful woman in the empty valley, who embraces loneliness suddenly; when the east wind blows, the fragrance is far away and fragrant."

This is a poem about orchids written by Sun Kehong, a calligrapher and book collector in the Ming Dynasty. The title of the poem is "Orchid Flower". Small and bright, it is perfect for a girl, and it really goes well with the clump of bluegrass he carved.

After engraving, he trimmed the corners and polished the sharp corners briefly so as not to hang his hands, then rinsed the side with water, looked at the ink pool that hardly absorbed water, and nodded with satisfaction, this is a good inkstone, Although it is not expensive, it is definitely easy to use, even if it is a small gift from him as a master to his disciples.

The brick inkstone is good, but it is too time-consuming, because these ancient city turns are originally fired with silt, which is extremely hard. Patterns and verses, one day passed.

Not only was it time-consuming, but also a knife. In order to carve this inkstone, he had already used up two carving knives, both of which were broken due to excessive force. After all, it was the first time to do brick carving, and he used this I am not very familiar with the hardness and physical properties of ancient city bricks, so I can't grasp the strength when cutting the knife.

If it's wood or soft stone, he doesn't use a carpenter's hammer at all, and directly holds a carving knife in his hand to carve, just like writing and drawing. But the bricks are too hard, so he has to use woodworking which he is not used to. hammer.

But this also inspired his competitive spirit, isn't it just tough, what's so great about it.

With that in mind, continue carving the second piece.

When it was getting dark, An Xin strolled over, "Master, take a rest, you have been working all day, aren't you tired?"

"It's okay, just wait a little longer, the second piece will be ready soon," he said without moving his head, the carving knife and carpenter's hammer in his hand were not idle, they were still tinkling, following his beating , A little bit of brick dust left the bricks and scattered on the ground.

"My piece is finished?" An Xin's eyes lit up, and she trotted over to take a look, and landed on the workbench, "Hey, it's so beautiful, Master, this, is this really an ancient city brick carving?"

"if not?"

"Hehe, I can't believe my eyes. The bricks of the ancient city are so ugly, but this inkstone is so beautiful. Although it is also dark, it is pleasing to the eye." An Xin picked up the inkstone and looked at it over and over for a moment, "Master, Is it really mine?"

"Why? What's wrong with your master's words? Didn't I tell you at noon?"

"If this inkstone can be bought in the Wenwan market, it should be worth a lot of money. Master, are you not afraid that I will sell it?"

"Since I gave it to you, you can do with it as you like. It's not a rare item. I can carve several pieces a day after I get used to your master." Of course Xu Jingxing didn't feel that An Xin would sell it to pay back the money, unless she was very short of money. , while continuing to carve, he said: "By the way, I carve the inkstone cover myself. Anyway, I'm idle these few days. Even if it's the homework I left for you, if the carving is not good, the inkstone will be confiscated."

"Of order," An Xin stuck out her tongue, and ran back to the cabin with the inkstone in her arms.

After dark, Xu Jingxing called it a day and went back to the cabin to find that An Xin was drawing pictures. There were a lot of papers scattered on the table, and there were traces of scribbles and alterations on them, all drawn by An Xin.

This girl is really caring.

He shook his head, went directly to the cafeteria to get some food, and brought An Xin back to put it on the table, "Let's eat first, and then make it after eating."

"Wait a minute," An Xin said without raising her head, obviously in a state of distress.

Seeing this, he didn't say much and ate on his own. Occasionally, he looked at the blueprint drawn by An Xin. It was just an inkstone cover. It was almost no difficulty for him. But An Xin couldn't do it. She didn't have such skills, she had too little accumulation, and almost no ability to create independently. Although she could draw pictures, she still couldn't find a way.

(End of this chapter)