if relics could talk

This time is really the right time and place.

Tao Le thought about the story very clearly, and invited Jiang Zhaohe to do it himself, and was willing to cooperate with her in the play, coupled with Yu Yu's just-right costumes, and finally, Qin Yi's fairy mirror...

Everything is perfect just right.

The young daughter of the Hou's Mansion accidentally damaged her mother's dowry, a rhinoceros leather lacquered box with a round lid, and tried her best to find an identical one to exchange for it, but the craftsman did not sign the box. It was nowhere to be found.

It just so happened that during a family banquet, when she went to visit her aunt's house, she found out that the box was originally a pair. When the mother and aunt left the cabinet, the pair of round-lidded boxes were added to their dowries respectively.

They are obviously a pair, so why take them apart?

Although this box is exquisite, it is not rich enough. Whether it is mother or aunt, there are many things that are more expensive than this box, but why do they keep this box intact for so many years?
It turns out that Grandpa was originally from Ziren before he made great military exploits. After he got the title, his status changed, so it was inconvenient for him to return to his old job as a carpenter. A pair of dome boxes for jewellery, and a dowry for them.

This is a blessing from a father to his daughter.

The mother's one was broken, so it was naturally inconvenient to take away the aunt's one.

What to do, Xiao Ba was in trouble again.

In the end, I couldn't, so I had to ask my grandfather who was over seventy years old.

The old man hadn't done woodwork for a long time, so he was eager to be moved by Xiao Ba's request, not to mention that the child was so filial, he would rather suffer so much, and make up for the regret of breaking his mother's dowry box.

"But Grandpa is getting old, and his eyesight is useless," the old man asked, "Maybe Xiao Ba suffers from this?"

Xiao Ba is naturally full of confidence: "That's natural!"

But the daughter of the Hou's Mansion has never taken heavy objects since she was a child, let alone a plane or a carving knife?

This apprenticeship lasted for three years.

The work is very particular about the selection of materials. The old man asked Xiao Ba to choose elm wood. The first process is to dry the wood. First, it must be dried naturally. This will take a year. Sneaking out of the mansion, I quietly went to see many Zi people working, and after seeing a lot, I became familiar with them.

After the elm is air-dried, it has to be put into a fire hole, and the sawdust is burned. It takes half a month to burn it once, and it is considered qualified after three times of baking.

The old man told her: "Only after air-drying and drying, the moisture in the wood will be reduced, so that the wooden utensils will not be tenoned or cracked."

The box that Xiao Ba is going to make is not like a large piece of furniture. You don't have to worry about it being tenoned, but you don't allow it to crack.

So one process after another, until now, spring and autumn, Xiao Ba finally made this wooden box with his own hands.

But even so, it is just white stubble, and it needs to be painted before it can be considered complete.

But the job of lacquer is not something the old man can help.

"Grandpa, which master painted the box you gave my mother back then?"

"There is a workshop on Dashi Street. There is a young man surnamed Zhang named Urawa. He is invited to do the lacquering. I just don't know if he is still in the workshop after all these years."

So it was time for Xiao Ba to ask that Zhang Puhe for advice.

In the Ming Dynasty, a craftsman naturally couldn't afford to be called "teacher" by the daughter of the Hou's mansion, but in modern times, Tao Le had to respectfully call Zhang Pu and "Uncle Zhang".

Before Tao Le came, Lao Tao had already greeted Zhang Puhe, but because there were a lot of cultural relics in the ancient tomb dug out by digging the subway, and they had originally planned to restore the cultural relics, Zhang Puhe I've been very busy recently, and I managed to squeeze out some time, but only after work.

From planning to learning to shooting this video, Tao Le has put in a lot of effort. Jiang Zhaohe and Tao Ping were also invited to be witnesses for the banquet.

It stands to reason that all procedures must follow the rules of their cultural relic restoration business, and they must be serious about apprenticeship, but Tao Le is very self-aware. She has already stumbled with Jiang Zhaohe before, so she dare not be overconfident.

So Tao Le offered a cup of tea to Zhang Puhe: "Uncle Zhang, I don't dare to say that I will be able to learn it. I have limited talent, and this handicraft work has no children's skills, and the major is not suitable for me. I have no experience." What, I'm afraid it won't make a difference, so I have to invite you in the end."

Zhang Puhe had heard about it a long time ago, and he thought it was quite fresh: "I'll just take this tea."

After he took a sip of tea, he looked at Jiang Zhaohe: "He Lao, did you do this for nothing?"

"Xiao Ba begged me to come with you, can you not do it?"

Zhang Puhe cheerfully said, "I didn't expect that at this age, I can still cooperate with Mr. He, Xiao Ba, it's all thanks to you."

As soon as Tao Le heard this, he knew it was done.

"I really want to thank you very much!"

The thing is to agree, but Zhang Puhe is still busy every day without touching the ground. Although Tao Le invited him out of the mountain, he will be in charge of painting the box in the end, but Tao Le himself does not intend to do it. Shopkeeper.

What should be learned still has to be learned!

It was not easy to make an appointment that day, and Zhang Pu and Tao Le came directly to the restoration room to see the work of his new apprentice.

In fact, the restoration of many cultural relics cannot be completed independently by one type of work. Just like what Jiang Zhaohe said in the "Fake Hands for People" shop that day, in their line of work, their own ability is important, but the ability of teamwork is more important , Restoring a cultural relic is far from being able to be done by the strength of one or two people.

Recently, the lacquerware group and the woodware group have been working together to restore a Eight Immortals table. The work of the woodware group has been completed, and Lao Tao has recently devoted himself to the newly discovered cultural relics unearthed in the ancient tomb.

Zhang Puhe's apprentice has actually been here for several years, and he just started to learn it recently. While he was working, Zhang Puhe explained to Tao Le's camera.

"The next step is the work of our lacquerware team," Zhang Puhe told Tao Le, "The process of lacquering is like this. First, you have to use a brush dipped in boiling water to scrub the white stubble once. After drying in the sun, you have to polish it with sandpaper. once."

This Tao Le had done her homework before she came, and she listened and read very seriously.

Zhang Puhe continued: "Before painting, first apply a layer of tung oil. After the oil seeps into the wood, after a month of air-drying, you need to apply three coats of paint. Do you know why you need to apply tung oil?"

"I know!" Tao Le replied crisply, "Tung oil can glue the paint and wood tightly together. It looks better the longer it lasts."

Zhang Puhe was very satisfied: "It seems that some preparations have been made."

"Of course, why don't you do your homework in advance?"

"Do you know what to do when you go back?"

"Go find tung oil first!"

Zhang Puhe laughed, and Tao Le also laughed.

The camera caught the two of them laughing together and quickly panned to the restorer putting on the paint.

Zhang Puhe's eyes naturally fell on the person holding the camera. Just at this moment, the photographer moved his direction and focused his lens on the Eight Immortals table that the young restorer was painting.

Because of this action, his side face was completely exposed in Zhang Puhe's line of sight. Zhang Puhe pushed his glasses, thinking that he had seen it wrong.

Isn't this the Qin Yi who applied for cultural relic photography earlier?