I live in Miao Village[GL]

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The production process of Miao silver jewelry is roughly as follows: melting silver, casting, beating, pressing, chiseling, drawing, weaving, welding and washing.

Wang Caixiang's elder sister Wang Caiyun asked A Yaoduo and her third uncle Wang Ping to make this set of silver jewelry last year. Although the skill is not as good as that of Mr. Jin, it is by no means inferior to any silversmith in the nearby ten miles and eight villages.

It's a pity that Wang Laosi went drunk last night, knocked down the silver jewelry cabinet at home, and even stomped on it with his feet. A good set of silver jewelry was trampled into disrepair.

Wang Caiyun cried all night holding the ball of silver ornaments, and she even pointed to this set of silver ornaments to get married! Now that it is done like this, I don’t know how much it will cost to redo it. The family’s money has been lost by the father, so where is the money? ?

After hearing what Wang Caixiang said, A Yaoduo was so angry that she wanted to beat Wang Laosi, but unfortunately Wang Laosi had been beaten away by Wang Yunhai, otherwise she would have to be beaten in this meeting.

A Yaoduo saw that the silver ornaments were not completely destroyed, and it should not be difficult to restore them, so she volunteered to help her restore them.

Wang Caixiang's silver crown and silver collar were placed on the top of the cabinet, and they were not damaged, only the silver corner was broken, and it would be fine to hit it with a hammer later.

The silver press neck and the silver flakes, silver bubbles, waist ornaments, and clothes corners inlaid on the clothes were relatively damaged. Some were almost lumped together, or even broken into two pieces, so they had to be melted down and redone.

"Wang Laosi, you bastard!" A Yaoduo picked out the most damaged one from a pile of silver ornaments, wishing to kill Wang Laosi immediately, rape his wife and daughter at home, and live in the field of delivery people. They are all scumbags who have done all kinds of bad things.

Ayaoduo picked out the damaged silver ornaments, and found the corresponding molds from the stack of blank molds, and arranged them one by one, ready to be redone.

These molds were one of the dowry that Mr. Jin gave Aunt Jinlan when she got married. At that time, Mr. Jin still hoped that Fang Zhishu would change his mind and return to the city to make silver ornaments. Unfortunately, Fang Zhishu did not understand this skill, so he used it as a toy for A Yaoduo. Ayaoduo is sensible, she never threw it away, and only kept it until now.

A Yaoduo posed for a long time, but found that the molds were not complete, the biggest silver neck and many waist ornaments were missing, so she asked Aunt Jinlan: "Mom, are all the tools that grandpa gave you here?"

"Yeah, I've kept them all these years, that's all."

"That's why grandpa didn't give the whole set. Maybe it's because he was afraid that my dad would learn it all at once, so he wouldn't come to the city to find him, or maybe he was afraid that if my dad didn't learn it, this set of molds would fall into the hands of outsiders, so he only gave half of it on purpose." A Yao Duo originally meant that Mr. Jin was old and cunning, but Wang Caiyun cried again after hearing this. Wang Caixiang cried when she saw her sister crying.

A Yaoduo: "Don't worry, don't worry, I have a way. I can make that kind of mold. I'll try it after finishing these. If it doesn't work, I'll go back to the city and ask my grandpa to help you. It doesn't cost money."

Only then did the sisters Caiyun Caixiang stop crying.

Outsiders see that the Miao people wear as much silver jewelry as possible, and the bigger the better. They are covered in silver jewelry, so they think they are rich and wear gold and silver all day long.

In fact, many Miao families have several sisters, but usually there is only one set of silver jewelry. The eldest sister wears it once when she gets married, and the second sister wears it again when she gets married. Sometimes it is very difficult to keep it for the next generation.

Aunt Jinlan saw that the two sisters were pitiful, and staying nearby would affect Ayaoduo, so she called them to the yard outside, and called some neighbors to comfort them, and scolded Wang Laosi severely.

There are only Xue Yi and A Yaoduo by the silver washing pool.

The first thing Ayaoduo made was the silver flakes inlaid on the clothes. The principle of making the silver flakes is relatively simple. First, the silver ingots are melted, then beaten into thin flakes on the table, and finally pressed into shape with yin and yang blank molds.

Beating silver flakes into thin slices requires putting silver ingots on fire to soften them, and then beating them. During the process, they need to be tempered and softened continuously, and then cooled and beated before they can be formed.

Firewood cannot be used to soften silver flakes. The temperature of firewood is difficult to concentrate, and smoke and ash are easy to enter, making the color and purity of silver impure. Steel carbon must be used. When welding, a blowpipe must be used to blow the fire to a large extent. It is better to weld the two silver parts together.

The whole process requires not only patience, but also a very high skill. At least the hands should not shake, otherwise it will be very troublesome if the hands are burned or the crucible containing the silver ingots is knocked over.

Xue Yi found it difficult even looking at it from the side, no wonder Ayaoduo made his hands like that within a few days after doing it.

"Be careful, it doesn't matter if you can't finish it, the important thing is not to hurt yourself." Xue Yi felt distressed.

A Yaoduo said with a smile: "No, it's you, stay away from me, I'm going to start beating, be careful not to get on you."

Ayaoduo had the gloves, protective gear and bib she bought for her, and felt that she was fine, but Xue Yi, on the other hand, stared blankly without blinking his eyes, looking very funny.

"Success, let's start." Xue Yi stood in the distance, zoomed in on the camera, and continued the live broadcast.

It is true to say that the craftsmanship of silver jewelry is meticulous and patient. There is a lot of knowledge in beating silver ingots into silver sheets. The ancient Miao people did not have accurate measuring tools to know whether the silver sheets were evenly beaten. What should I do if the desired thickness is achieved?

"Listen to the voice!" Ayaoduo said.

"Listen to the sound?"

"Yes, different cases and different hammers make different sounds, and the sounds made by different thicknesses of silver pieces are also different. Listen to this, is the sound clearer and clearer, which means that here It is relatively thin, and the sound knocked here is relatively deep, indicating that it is relatively thick."

Xue Yi stretched his neck and listened for a long time, but couldn't hear the difference at all.

A Yaoduo also said: "Good silver jewelry should not only have a good shape and luster, but also have a good sound. It can be magical when worn on people. No matter it is moving or static, it is pleasant to the ear. One can't help but look at it. By the way, this is the difference between Jinjia silver jewelry and other silver jewelry. If you buy silver jewelry in the future, you should not only look at the shape, workmanship, color, but also listen to the sound. This is what my grandfather told me, and I am only with you People say."

"Just tell me alone." Xue Yi secretly said that this is taking out all the old people, why do you trust her so much, in case she wants to steal the Jin family's secrets of making silver jewelry... But the sound of silver is so good Even if you tell her about her skills, she won't be able to learn them.

Chapter 35

Ayaoduo jingled for more than ten minutes, and felt that the thickness was almost the same, so she took out the silver piece, placed it between a pair of Yin and Yang molds, and closed it firmly.

The yin-yang blank mold is two molds, one concave and one convex. The silver sheet is placed in the middle, and the concave-convex film is combined, and then the concave-convex film is beaten with a hammer to make it tightly closed. pattern.

Ayaoduo made one, handed it to Xue Yi to observe and take pictures, and then did the rest by herself.

When Xue Yi took the silver piece, it was still hot. At first glance, it looked rough in workmanship and yellow in color, and it was not as exquisite as imagined.

A Yaoduo explained: "This has not been done yet, and it will be fixed on the rosin board to carve out patterns, and then put it in a pot and boil it to make it look as bright as new." As he spoke, he remembered that he forgot to prepare rosin and alum , was getting up to look for it.

Xue Yi called her to stop, "You do your work first, I'll do it." He asked her where the rosin, alum and the pot for cooking rosin and silver ornaments were kept, and she went to find it by herself.

[Anchor, what are you cooking rosin for?]

[Is silver jewelry still boiled?]

Xue Yi knew a little about other aspects, but he didn't understand silver jewelry at all, so he asked Ayaoduo.

Ayaoduo saw that she rarely had a question that she didn't understand, so she was very happy to explain to her, saying: "The rosin is used to fix the silver piece, so that it will not be out of shape when it is chiseled. Of course, the silver jewelry needs to be boiled, not boiled." If it’s all yellow, it’s not pretty.”

Xue Yi seemed to understand, so he put a large piece of rosin into a broken pot and boiled it. After the rosin was boiled soft, Ayaoduo also made seven or eight silver ornaments pressed with yin and yang molds.

Ayaoduo poured the softened rosin onto the wooden board and spread it flat, and then put the pressed silver piece on it, pressing it so that it sank a little.The rosin is very hard after cooling, and the silver piece is also fixed, so that no matter how chiseled, the silver piece will not run around, nor will it be easily deformed due to chiseling and beating. 50/133 First page Previous page 4849505152535455 Next page Last page