God-level Golden Hand

Chapter 385 Life Mentor
To put it bluntly, Tang Xianhai in the past had always been concerned about his failure to be rated as a national master of arts and crafts, so he had a slight hostility towards his colleagues intentionally or unintentionally.

But now, he intentionally or unintentionally let go of those messy things.This kind of change, in layman's terms, is to figure it out and let go; to put it in a more subtle way, it means that one's thinking has been sublimated and detached.

Is this change a good thing?It must be a good thing, because it means that Tang Xianhai has abandoned the burden of the past, aimed at a higher level and easier life goal, and has new hope in his future life, so this person will have energy to live.

The life of an elderly person with hope will definitely not be lifeless or even lifeless like ordinary old men and old ladies. This is a very precious experience for an elderly person.

As for Tang Xianhai's ability to complete this change intentionally or unconsciously, Xu Jingxing's contribution can be said to be indispensable.

Of course, Xu Jingxing's credit does not mean that he caused Tang Xianhai to undergo such a change, but that Tang Xianhai's rich life experience has reached the point where he needs to change, but he has never been able to break through.As for Xu Jingxing, he pushed Tang Xianhai intentionally or unintentionally, making Tang Xianhai, who had been standing still, take a small step forward.

But such a small step determined the direction Tang Xianhai was going to take next.

Therefore, the appearance of Xu Jingxing was just an introduction, and the main reason for Tang Xianhai's change was Tang Xianhai himself.

Tang Xianhai can be said to be a typical example of thick accumulation and slow growth. Decades of accumulation exploded at this time, and Xu Jingxing was the example that made Tang Xianhai explode.

For Tang Xianhai, it was an experience of "hearing the Tao in the morning, but dying in the evening", and it was his luck to be able to get counseling after several years of retirement.

In other words, Tang Xianhai himself achieved a breakthrough unintentionally, while Xu Jingxing became a life mentor unintentionally.

This is a kind of luck for both of them, thinking that this kind of experience is not common.

For Xu Jingxing, he was especially lucky, because this society is so impetuous, but not many people can calm down like Tang Xianhai to think and listen. People may not accept his suggestion as seriously as Tang Xianhai, and they may not even be interested in meeting such an unknown person as Xu Jingxing.

In modern society, this kind of heart-to-heart friendship is even more precious.

Realizing this, the old and the young looked at each other and smiled, without saying anything.

While Xu Jingxing was secretly happy, he pointed to the Xi Shi pot he had just made and said, "Old Tang, when can this pot be boiled?"

"It will take at least three days to dry naturally," Tang Xianhai waved his hand, "But don't worry, you still have a process to complete."

"Ah? What process?" He quickly checked the purple clay pot in his hand, but found nothing.

"Hey hey, seal," Tang Xianhai asked with a smile, "Are you going to engrave it by hand, or do you plan to inscribe it?"

Xu Jingxing suddenly realized, "Carve it by hand. I don't have a special seal for imprinting." The so-called imprinting is actually to imprint the bottom of the teapot with a seal. Because the purple sand clay has been practiced, it is relatively strong. There is a seal left on the mud sheet at the bottom of the pot, which needs to be lightly beaten with a carpenter's mallet to ensure that the print is clear.

Although the carpentry mallet is made of wood, it does not use much force, but after all, it is not an ordinary seal, it needs to be struck, even if it is lightly struck, it will cause damage to the seal of some materials, such as Shoushan stone, bloodstone and other seals Definitely not for this place.

The size and density of the other half of the calligraphy and painting seals are not suitable for this seal method. If the size is too small, or the design is too dense, the seal left on the bottom of the pot may not be clear.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, purple sand artists have special seals, which are usually made of metal, which are durable and have clear patterns.

However, the seal does not have to be a seal, it can be hand-engraved.

Hand-engraved texts are very popular in the early morning, and many master pot makers like hand-engraved texts.

Hand-engraving is much simpler, and it is very casual. You can engrave whatever you want, and you can engrave it however you want. Of course, there is a prerequisite for this, that is, the calligraphy level is sufficient.

And to Xu Jingxing, this was not a problem at all.

Therefore, he chose hand engraving without any hesitation. He picked a slender metal carving knife from a pile of tools, took the purple sand pot, turned it over, and without thinking, directly engraved the four regular scripts of "Xu Xu Jing Xing" The characters, to be precise, are Soviet characters.

These four characters are plump, plump and upright, and they really complement each other with this plump Xishi pot. It looks very comfortable.In addition, he used a metal knife, and the strokes left during the engraving were clean, clear and concise, which fit well with the simple shape of this Xi Shi pot.

So as soon as he put away the knife, Tang Xianhai praised loudly from the side: "Good handwriting!" Then he explained: "Before when Lao Yu said that your handwriting was better than his, I still didn't quite believe it. Convinced."

"Hey, old Tang, you're not kind, you were just playing tricks on me before you co-authored it?" Xu Jingxing teased deliberately dissatisfied.

Tang Xianhai coughed in embarrassment, and immediately changed the subject, "Well, two words are also engraved on the lid of the pot?"

"That's right, I heard that you Zisha artists like to leave more inscriptions, not only on the bottom of the pot, but also on the lid and body of the pot." Xu Jingxing patted his forehead, took the lid of the pot, thought for a while, Also engrave the five characters "Chun Xu, Year [-]" in Soviet script. These five characters are not arranged side by side, but are surrounded into a circle like the petals of a plum blossom, which is a bit interesting to look at.

After engraving, he looked at it for a while, scraped off the remaining purple sand mud, and did some polishing, only then was he satisfied.

Tang Xianhai asked regretfully: "This is the end? Your handwriting is so good, it would be a pity not to leave some on the pot, right?"

"Old Tang, when you create in the future, you must remember an idiom, that is, 'too much is not enough'. The meat is delicious, but it is boring to eat every day. No matter how good my calligraphy is, I must keep it in the right place," said There was a pause here, "Also, whether or not to leave any words on the body of a pot, and what kind of words to leave on it, you can't do whatever you want. You must make a plan before making the pot."

"It's the same as making a pot with a belly draft. Before you start, think about what pot to make, how to make each part of the pot, and what shape to make, because this is related to the shape and aesthetics of a pot," said Here he pointed to the Xi Shi pot in front of him, "Similarly, leaving words on the pot is not for show off."

(End of this chapter)