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After returning to Kuoding County, Yan Kai asked Luodian Zhou to rest for two days and asked Dazui and the others to prepare some cold-repelling soup for him.

Although he also went to sea in the past, he was in the south of the Yangtze River.

The temperature of the sea water there is much higher than here.

After Luodian Zhou had rested for two days, there were only a few steps left in the entire mirror process.

The most important thing is his mother-of-pearl craftsmanship.

Because Luodian Zhou's son was still learning, he started to explain while doing it.

"When we make mother-of-pearl, we must remember to take the innermost layer of film, because only this layer of film has the most colorful colors and the finished product will look good."

Luodian Zhou said, but his hands moved quickly.

In just a moment, a piece of shell was cut into strips.

Luodian Zhou only took out the middle part, about two centimeters, and showed it to Yan Kai and his son: "Look, this is the best part of this shell."

He himself quickly cut out a lot of similar thin slices and started polishing them.

It took the father and son almost five days just to polish these thin slices.

And many viewers in the live broadcast room really couldn't get tired of watching this process of polishing after cutting. Many people couldn't walk after seeing it.

Although Yan Kai has not given many rewards these days, the popularity of the live broadcast room has not decreased.

Even because of the publicity, many people came to the live broadcast room to watch the whole process of this mother-of-pearl craft.

Yan Kai picked up a preliminary polished piece and looked at it. It was now only a little over a millimeter thick.

But Luo Tian Zhou said that this was not enough, so he set up a brazier and placed it under a machine.

This machine was also brought by Luodian Zhou. It looked like a sink with legs, and the brazier was placed underneath.

There is a winch above the sink, and the winch is connected to an iron plate.

Luo Tianzhou placed the polished shell slices on the tray in the sink, filled half a tank of water in the sink, and then turned the winch with his son.

The iron plate above slowly entered the water, sandwiching the shell slices in the middle of the tray.

"Mr. Yan, make the fire a little brighter."

After Yan Kai heard this, he quickly took it out with a pair of pokers, and then started to fan himself with a fan.

The water in the sink had a strange smell. It must have been something added to the mother-of-pearl.

The thin slices of shells are still perfect after polishing. This process is to press the curved shells into flat shapes.

The heated water in this tank is used to soften the shells.

After about five minutes, Luo Tianzhou turned the capstan again and took out all the shell slices placed on the tray.

At this time, Yan Kai obviously discovered that all the originally curved shell slices had become straight.

Then Luodian Zhou and his son began to piece together the pieces like a jigsaw puzzle, first forming a square, and then layer upon layer.

The stacked shell flakes were put into another machine like a book.

This is a press.

Continuously rotate the capstan so that the shell slices placed on the upper and lower cast iron plates are pressed tightly.

"Everyone has zoomed in to see it. It's so cool. It's more fun than watching a hydraulic machine crush everything!"

"This is how it feels, so comfortable!"

This pressing took another day, and Luodian Zhou finally took out the pressed shell bricks... which should be called shell bricks.

Yes, at this point all the flakes are pressed together, just like a tile.

Although it has not been cut yet, the dazzling light above can already be seen in the sunlight.

At this time, Luodian Zhou's son could not help because the next step was carving.

Luo Tianzhou used various tools to carve out butterflies, flowers, birds and leaves from this shell brick.

After carving, cover it with a piece of coarse cloth, then pour the prepared warm water over it and start soaking it.

Then everyone in the live broadcast room witnessed the miracle.

The soaked shellfish slices were taken by Luo Tianzhou and put into another basin.

As his hand began to shake rhythmically, the shell pieces squeezed together began to separate.

"I'll go, I feel like the butterfly is alive."

"Anchor, how thin is this piece?"

Yan Kai carefully picked up a piece with tweezers and put it in front of his eyes. He sighed and said, "This thickness is about the same as a piece of printing paper."

"slip!"

"That's not right. I haven't missed a minute of my live broadcast in the past few days. Where did I fail to keep up? How come a shell turned into such a thin slice?"

Yan Kai raised the tweezers and let the sunlight shine on the butterfly. Under the sunlight, the mother-of-pearl butterflies bloomed with dazzling light.

"I'm successful. I'm really successful. I can actually see this process of haute couture."

"Once again I understand why we can no longer afford the luxury goods of our country."

Just such a small butterfly shocked the people in the live broadcast room.

how to say? It’s hard to appreciate the beauty without seeing it with your own eyes.

Taking the frame that had been carved by other craftsmen, with the back facing up, Luo Tianzhou began the final work.

Brush on a layer of transparent gum, and then attach the prepared shell pieces bit by bit.

The key is that the frame has many shallow grooves with these patterns carved on it. After these shells were attached, some viewers in the live broadcast room began to flip the camera.

When looking at it from the side, the entire frame is actually a flat surface, and the shell pieces have been perfectly integrated into the frame.

Because the shell slices were too thin, Yan Kai didn’t dare to breathe when he looked at them.

It wasn't until the mother-of-pearl was pasted to one corner that I let out a long sigh of relief.

"A friendly reminder, those of us watching the live broadcast can actually breathe."

"Damn it, if you didn't tell me earlier, I almost suffocated myself to death just now!"

"Beautiful, so beautiful!"

"Paint a few incense cushions with lacquer and Hunan lacquer, and carry the boat with gold and mother-of-pearl wine."

"The person upstairs is so cultured, he said everything I wanted to say."

"I'm from Baidu!"

By the time Luodian Zhou finished pasting the entire frame, it had already taken him most of the day.

Cover the area with mother-of-pearl on the back of the frame with a thin piece of paper, and brush it gently with a small brush.

"At this time, you must control the strength. If it is too heavy, it may break, but if it is too light, the mother-of-pearl below may not be flat with the base."

After a while, I picked up a small pot, slowly poured water on it, and washed away the upper layer of paper.

"Are you done?" Yan Kai asked, looking at the frame.

"No." Luodian Zhou pointed to the side of the frame: "It also needs to be attached to the top, and it's even more difficult than the back!"

The side is not a flat surface like the back of the frame. Although the method of attaching it is similar, the difficulty is doubled because there are many carvings on the side.

It took a few more days to finally complete it.

Yan Kai fell into a trance as he looked at the round mirror with a mother-of-pearl back in his hand and the high-definition photos from the fan base at that time.