Handbook of Nonhuman Research

The next morning, Zhao Wugou and Wang Xuan got up and went straight to He Ji Zhai.

Chuanyun Street is an old street in the Ming Dynasty. There are quite a lot of old-fashioned shops on the street, such as kites, paper-cuts, straw sandals, etc. Many of them have become semi-performances for tourists to visit.

Curium Ci has the largest storefront, and there are many onlookers.The owner of the shop is also surnamed Wang, and looks about the same age as the sugar blower yesterday. He is wearing a purple Tang suit and has a pair of reading glasses on the bridge of his nose.

Because there is still work on a bucket of colorful vases that needs to be finished, Mr. Wang apologized and asked them to sit down for a while, and asked his nephew to show them around first.

At the moment when Song Zhan's eyes met, Zhao Wugou was stunned for half a second.Coincidentally, director Song of the employment agency turned out to be Mr. Wang's nephew.

"What a coincidence." Song Zhan in front of him was dressed in a black Tang suit, looking gentle.

"Director Song." Zhao Wugou also nodded slightly, then pointed to Wang Xuan next to him and introduced, "My friend Wang Xuan. Ah Choo!"

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Wugou sneezed loudly, he apologized to the two people next to him embarrassedly, "I seem to have caught a cold."

Several people greeted each other and walked to the backyard.On the way, Song Zhan took out a golden monocle and put it on his right eye. The glasses were exquisitely crafted, and the bottom of the chain was decorated with a lotus-leaf-shaped clip, which looked quite elegant.

Looking at the golden lotus-leaf-shaped clasp, Zhao Wugou suddenly realized that it turned out that the clasp of glasses that Director Song usually pins on his suit is the clasp of his glasses.

As soon as the three of them entered the backyard, they saw hundreds of express boxes, large and small, that hadn't been unpacked yet.

"Leader, you're a bit fierce in online shopping!" Wang Xuan looked at the spectacular scene in the yard that was comparable to the school's delivery point.

Song Zhan smiled and explained, "I didn't buy it, it was something sent from various places for repairs. It just arrived in the past few days and I haven't had time to dismantle it yet."

"No wonder my grandpa has to wait for three months for the pot. There are so many things waiting in line." Wang Xuan suddenly realized, he turned his head and looked at Zhao Wugou flirtatiously, "By the way, young master, I heard an old saying called 'No diamonds, don't do porcelain work'? Do you know where it came from?"

"Curium porcelain." Zhao Wugou who had previewed his homework answered in seconds.

"Then do you know when curium porcelain originated?"

"It's difficult to verify the origin, but you can see the situation of 'curium porcelain' in the Northern Song Dynasty's "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", so it should have a thousand-year history of inheritance." Zhao Wugou answered eloquently.

Wang Xuan who showed off his face instead of showing off: ……………

Xueba, an alien species, is really annoying!

The so-called curium porcelain is the repair method of rejoining the broken porcelain, using curium nails to tighten the gaps or repair the incomplete parts. It is the same as kintsugi, which is a craft of repairing damaged porcelain.As big as a cracked water tank, as small as a broken wine glass, the ancient trade of curium porcelain can be used to the fullest.

Walking into the back hall of Heji Zhai, from the floor to the tabletop and then to the cabinet, there are piles of porcelain, blue and white, multicolored, sacrificial blue, and red glaze, and the colors are dazzling.If you take a closer look, it turns out that they are all porcelain that has been repaired after being damaged.

Song Zhan pointed to the porcelain and said that the ones in the cabinet were Mr. Wang's own favorite collection, and the others were all items that the owner had not yet retrieved after restoration.

There is an azure porcelain plate on the outermost side of the glass cabinet. The silver curium nails are all made into the shape of plum blossoms. Along the plum branch-like cracks in the plate, they cover the surface of the plate. A picture of plum blossoms with folded branches is natural and unique.

Next to the celadon plate is a black partridge spot teacup, with a beautiful golden lotus leaf wrapped around the rim of the top notched cup, under the lotus leaf, small dot-like nails fall densely along the cracks, ingeniously forming a lotus leaf. The stems of the leaves are lively and agile.

On the lower floor is a white porcelain bowl with a sunflower petal mouth. Several golden bamboos are swaying on the wall of the cup, and the birds are startled, as if you can hear the rustling sound of the wind blowing by. They are all carefully crafted special-shaped curium nails.

Further inside is a large plate, which is made of blue and white porcelain, black porcelain, white porcelain, celadon and several other porcelain pieces from different broken wares. The composition is exquisite and intriguing.

Master Wang's proficient curium porcelain craftsmanship perfectly gave these remnants new life and added a unique charm.

Wang Xuan couldn't help turning on the camcorder ahead of time and started collecting material.

Because I communicated in advance when I sent the teapot over a few months ago, and wanted to take the opportunity of repairing the purple clay pot to shoot a video and put it on the Internet, Song Zhan didn't stop him from shooting, but just said with a smile, "You young people are really Love to toss."

Two hours later, it was finally their turn to sit in front of Mr. Wang.

The purple clay teapot that Wang Xuan sent before had broken pieces on the edge of the lid and two pieces off the body. As far as curium porcelain is concerned, such 'injuries' are not too serious.It is said that Master Wang also restored a vase that was broken into 42 pieces last year.

The process of curium porcelain can basically be divided into five steps. First of all, you need to find the pieces and stitch them together. In fact, you need to put the pieces together as they were.Then, according to the style of the porcelain, the location of the cracks and the condition of the gaps, a repair plan is conceived, and the form, quantity and location of the curly nails are determined.

Mr. Wang had already finished finding the balls and matching seams yesterday, and roughly finished the draft of the curly nails in his heart. After a brief exchange with Wang Xuan, he started the third step, punching holes for the curly nails on the teapot.

The punching tool is the 'diamond drill' mentioned in the common saying.The most difficult part of this step is that the nail holes cannot penetrate the wall of the porcelain.Therefore, when Mr. Wang was punching holes, the three people beside him held their breath for fear of disturbing him.

Song Zhan put on the monocle again and helped Mr. Wang.

Wang Xuan was in charge of the mirror, and Zhao Wugou lit beside him when he was out of the mirror.All four of them were busy making up step by step.

When it came to the fourth step, making and installing the curium nails, the state of the three of them relaxed a lot.

"My dad said that this teapot has been with my grandfather for more than 30 years. It is older than me." Wang Xuan looked at the teapot and sighed with Zhao Wugou.

Speaking of which, if the purple sand pot that the old man used to drink tea every day hadn't been accidentally broken, Wang Xuan would not have known that there is still a magical craft called curium porcelain in the world.I've heard of mending clothes, but who's heard of mending porcelain?

Zhao Wugou was curiously looking at the diamond on the top of the diamond. Hearing Wang Xuan's words, a gentle smile appeared on his lips, "After it is repaired, it can still accompany your grandfather for more than 30 years.".

Song Zhan, who lowered his head to cut the nails, looked at Zhao Wugou with deep approval, and agreed, "That's right, at least 30 years."

"That's a good thing. From now on, my grandfather can continue to spend his life of squandering piano, chess, calligraphy and painting in the morning, and squandering poetry, wine, and scented tea in the afternoon. He must be happy."

Mr. Wang, who was busy repairing porcelain with his lips stretched, was also amused by the poor-mouthed Wang Xuan, "If your grandfather hears it, he will definitely beat you up."

When the conversation started, the atmosphere in the room of the four became more relaxed, and they began to chat while doing work. Mr. Wang also talked about a lot of allusions about the old street trade.

For example, most of the old businesses who walk on the street will bring a rattle drum. According to different businesses, there are more than 20 types of rattle drums.The curium porcelain ones beat a rattle made of two porcelain plates attached to the back; the ones with leather rattles are for the grocery business;

More than a hundred years ago, the smoky city life in the big and small alleys in the north of Beijing unfolded vividly in Mr. Wang's chat, and Wang Xuan and Zhao Wugou listened with great interest.

The curly nails designed by Mr. Wang for Grandpa Wang’s teapot are also very interesting. The curly nails on the lid are in the shape of kites, and the curly nails on the body of the pot have both kites and butterfly birds. Align the kite-shaped nails on the lid with the The cracks on the body of the pot are just like the lead wires of a kite. Matching the original depiction of the boy on the body of the pot, it is a childish and innocent picture of a boy flying a kite.

"It's amazing!" Wang Xuan couldn't wait to take two photos and send them to his grandfather before the nails were finished.

"Ingenious workmanship." Zhao Wugou, who was watching, also admired it.

Song Zhan had a smile on his lips, and said with You Rongyan, "Every cured porcelain is a unique work of art."

The curium nails are installed, and then egg white and porcelain powder are mixed to mend the leakage to prevent water leakage, and the whole process is considered complete.By the time the filming was over, the sun had already set in the west.

Song Zhan who sent them out specially thanked them, saying that he hadn't seen Mr. Wang chatting so happily for a long time.

"Oops, my sugar man!" Hearing Song Zhan's words, Wang Xuan, who got carried away taking pictures, suddenly remembered that he forgot about the sugar man!

After hastily saying goodbye to Song Zhan, Wang Xuan and Zhao Wugou walked to yesterday's sugar sculpture stand.Seeing from a distance that the old man's stall from yesterday was still there, Wang Xuan heaved a sigh of relief.

The next morning was a sunny day, under the blue sky and white clouds, the breeze was blowing slowly with a comfortable temperature, and the autumn air was refreshing.

The two simply had breakfast at the homestay, and then drove back to Beijing.

"Help me." Wang Xuan couldn't find a suitable place to put the 'Mu Guiying' sugar figurine, so he stuffed it into Zhao Wugou's hand who was picking up the phone.

Zhao Wugou took it cooperatively, and immediately felt his nose itching again.

Wang Xuan frowned and looked at him, "Don't you really have a cold, you kept sneezing in Hejizhai yesterday. Watch it later, if you pass by a pharmacy, stop and buy some medicine for you."

"It's always been like this recently, maybe I'm busy with my internship and haven't had enough rest, and my immunity has dropped." Zhao Wugou had a candy man in one hand and a cell phone in the other, with a rather helpless expression on his face.

"Early in the morning, whose live broadcast did you watch?" Wang Xuan found out that Zhao Wugou opened the interface of the live broadcast room, and asked curiously.

"I'm just researching how to live broadcast," Zhao Wugou shook his phone, "It's quite difficult. It's been 5 minutes since the broadcast started, and there's no one around."

Inspired by the boss who confessed with an equation the day before yesterday, Zhao Wugou thought about opening a consultation room in the live broadcast room.But things seemed to be very different from what he had imagined, and no one clicked in at all.

"It's not easy to think of someone. Put a selfie on the cover, then turn on the camera and point it at your face, and become a popular anchor in minutes. Don't you often say that human beings, like birds, are animals that prioritize vision. Learn from it Use it, master." The silver-gray SUV drove onto the bridge across the river, Wang Xuan glanced at the time, and stepped on the accelerator even more fiercely.

Zhao Wugou, the sugar figure supporter, gave him a blank look, without making a sound, put down his mobile phone, and borrowed Wang Xuan's mobile phone to search for online live tutorial materials.

Wang Xuan complained while stepping on the gas pedal, "Hey, it's a broken car, and the speed can't go up. Later, Lao Li's class will make me late again."

"Don't blame the car, it doesn't matter if you're late. You're the one who got up late, okay?" Zhao Wugou spoke up for the SUV with full justice.

Wang Xuan was indignant, shaking his legs with more than half of his knees exposed under the ripped jeans, "Are you a brother to me or a brother to it?"

"I am the only child." Zhao Wugou said with a cold face.

Wang Xuan: ……………

Zhao Wugou turned his gaze back to his mobile phone, and suddenly found that the live broadcast room was buzzing.

[Xiaobai: Anchor anchor, can I ask any strange questions?There is one thing that I have held back for a long time, and I really can't figure it out. 】

[Xiaobai: Since last month, a black dragon suddenly appeared near my house!Dragon you know!The kind with teeth and claws!It was nothing at all, and everyone lived in peace.I am a die-hard fan of Yiyi, the God of Songs. He held a concert in the past few days, and I bought tickets for three days in a row.As a result, when I come back from the concert every day, if I have materials such as flashlights and signature photos of idols on me, it will come and rob me!Robbed me three times!I was puzzled, these days, have the dragons started chasing stars? 】

[Hahaha, laughing to death, secretly asked, four-clawed or five-clawed? 】

[Upstairs should be honored, you and Long Zhui share the same idol]

[His Royal Highness the Dragon King said, stupid human beings, you should worship me! 】

Dragon robbery?Vision?Or hypochondriac?Zhao Wugou clicked to follow the speech ID Xiaobai.

[Must pass every exam: Anchor, I met a ghost.real.Every night in the middle of the night, he knocked on my window with a set of five-year college entrance examination and three-year simulations, and asked me to give him lectures. 】

[What's so strange about knocking on the window? 】

[Must pass every exam: What's so strange about knocking on the window?My family lives in Shiwuwu!Fifteen hugs! !Can a normal person knock on the window of Shiwuwu?To be honest, I don't mind giving him a lecture, but I want to sleep!I really don't understand, what's the point of studying even if you're dead? Do ghosts also want to take the college entrance examination? 】

[Damn, Zhiyu speaks, can't he get rid of Wusan's shadow even if he dies? 】

[Silently take out my book, goodbye everyone, I'm off to study. 】

Zhao Wugou: Paranoia?

I didn't bring a diagnostic manual, so I had to find a time to have a good chat with these people.

Wait, will these people look like me yesterday...

He turned on the microphone, and was about to ask a few more detailed questions, when the SUV's body suddenly tilted over.

Zhao Wugou, who almost hit the window, grabbed the handrail and found a green bus on the opposite side, which had already crossed the double yellow lines obliquely, and slammed into their position aggressively!

The sudden situation made Wang Xuan panic. He frantically turned the steering wheel, but still had no time to dodge.

"Bang!" The silver-gray SUV was hit by the bus and flew out, broke through the guardrail, and plunged into the icy river, splashing huge waves.

When Zhao Wugou woke up, he found that he was sitting in the second-to-last row of a bus, and there were only seven or eight seats vacant on the bus.Looking around, there are all unfamiliar faces, most of them are wearing the same style of red peaked caps, with the words XX tour group written on them.

"Crackling", the bus braked violently and stopped.

"We've arrived, hurry up and line up." A man in a dark gray uniform stood at the door, urging with a cold face.The man had a face with Zhang Guo characters, his face was dark, and he looked like he had a bad temper.

Everyone got up and walked down one after another, Zhao Wugou also stood up, his mind was in a daze, he couldn't remember where he was going.Opposite him across the aisle was a middle-aged man in his forties with the same puzzled look on his face.

"Both of you, hurry up." Gray Uniform saw the two of them standing still, and impatiently slapped the rear door with his palm.

Zhao Wugou had no choice but to obediently get out of the car with everyone.

The fog outside the car was extremely heavy, and the visibility was less than 20 meters.He could barely see that there was a square-like place in front of him, and there were many queues around, each with a long queue.

Looking around, Zhao Wugou picked a relatively short line to line up, the middle-aged man just walked over and stood in the line next to him.

From time to time, someone was crying, and someone was reprimanding him loudly.Zhao Wugou was a little worried, so he patted the shoulder of the person standing in front of him, and asked confusedly, "Excuse me, can I line up in any line?"

In front of him was a pretty girl with short hair.

The girl shook her head, the expression on her face was more confused than his, "I don't know, it's also my first time to die."