Pixiu Rearing Guide

Du Ziyu took the stone in disbelief and took a closer look. This stone is really evil, and he and He Lao were deceived by the visual illusion. Shen Shi, who relies on telepathy, doesn't work anymore?

"Shen Shi, do you really think this is a good material?" Du Ziyu looked at Shen Shi questioningly, "Aren't you playing with me, kid?"

Shen Shi didn't seem to understand that the material was broken, he still nodded firmly: "Good material." After speaking, he took the jade material and looked through it, and then confirmed: "It is good material after picking out impurities."

"Impurities?" Shen Shi's words reminded Mr. He. He immediately asked for the jade material, looked carefully with the flashlight, and then told his assistant Xiao Chen: "Have you brought the shading card?"

The so-called shading card is a pure black card the size of a bank card to identify the color of jadeite. Using the shading card to block part of the natural light allows you to more accurately observe the color inside the jadeite.Especially this kind of glass with a good refractive index will be full of color because of a little green, and naturally, a piece of black moss may stain the whole material.

Du Ziyu immediately understood what Mr. He meant, and watched Mr. He take the small black card in different positions on the jade surface to change the direction of shading, followed by his heart. After watching for more than ten minutes, Mr. He sighed in relief, and put the The card was passed to Du Ziyu: "It's really black moss, you can see for yourself."

Du Ziyu took the black card and looked at it according to his words. From certain angles, when the light source was covered, the jade flesh appeared full of green or transparent. It was indeed caused by black moss, but it was not easy to find out who was behind the scene—— The top-quality glass material became the best cover for the black moss, and the refraction of light made its real hiding place confusing. Even Du Ziyu's eyes could only find the approximate location.Du Ziyu drew a rough range on the jade meat with a pen, but he encountered a difficulty in how to remove impurities to make the most of the emerald material.

"Xiao Du, if you really want to get rid of the black moss, I know a good person." He Lao said suddenly.

Du Ziyu smiled, and saw at a glance that there was something in He Dirong's words: "But?"

"Hehe..." Mr. He had no choice but to confess: "But, this tall man has a weird temper and never sells anyone's face. I can only bring things over. Whether he will take this job or not depends on luck!"

"Where is this person?" Du Ziyu didn't have so many scruples, he put away the materials one by one, a little desperate: "Try it!"

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He Lao said that this expert is a Burmese jade carver who lives in Myitkyina.Myitkyina is the capital of Kachin State in northern Myanmar. Before 94, the Kachin Independence Army had been fighting with the Myanmar government. Its military reserves depended on smuggling drugs and jade to China. Now, although they have signed a peace agreement with the Myanmar government, they are temporarily independent. But the political situation is still turbulent, smuggling and wars continue, this place is not very peaceful.

The four discussed it all night, and finally decided to take the risk, bought four train tickets to Myitkyina in Yangon, and went straight to Myitkyina early the next morning.

The train passed through the dense primeval forest, and there was a mysterious greenery outside the car window. Du Ziyu leaned against the window and closed his eyes to rest, while Shen Shi read the Burmese newspaper presented on the train.

"Xiao Shen, do you know Burmese characters?" Mr. He asked in surprise.

Shen Shi shook his head, pointed to the crooked symbols on the newspaper and drew a circle, and asked, "What does this mean?"

"Stilwell Highway?" He Dirong knew some Burmese language because he has been investigating jade in Myanmar all the year round. Shen Shi nodded after listening to it, and then circled several places in the newspaper. Talk about the Stilwell Highway."

"It has appeared many times?" Shen Shi's words attracted his assistant Xiao Chen to look at it. He doesn't understand Burmese, so he just thinks that the ghostly characters on the whole newspaper look similar, and he doesn't know how Shen Shi glanced at it. You can see that the words are the same.

"The Stilwell Highway is the Yunnan-Burma Highway, connecting Myitkyina and Tengchong, Yunnan." He Lao liked Shen Shi very much, and felt that this kid was quiet, but he still had something special about him. Regarding Shen Shi's question, he I always subconsciously want to answer more: "This was built by us Chinese during World War II. It was our 'anti-Japanese lifeline' for the delivery of military supplies."

"Teacher, what did the newspaper say?" Assistant Xiao Chen couldn't help asking.

"The recent heavy rain in northern Myanmar has severely damaged the Stilwell Highway. The newspaper said that the falling rocks on the top of the mountain have destroyed the transport vehicle for several days..." Mr. He shook his head: "This road has a total of 24 turns around the mountain road, which is extremely dangerous. very……"

Du Ziyu opened his eyes at this time. He was a little pale after his fever had just subsided. He rubbed his forehead and interjected, "Fortunately, we don't have to take this road back to China."

"That's right!" Xiao Chen laughed: "It's still several hours before we reach Myitkyina. Teacher, tell us about the Stilwell Highway?"

He Dirong is knowledgeable and has history hidden in his belly. He started from the construction of the Burma Road by warlords in western Yunnan.It was already evening when we got off the train, Mr. He suggested that everyone rest for a night before going on the road, so the four of them found a nearby hotel to stay in. Mr. He called Master Jade Carving that night and promised to visit him the next day, but he did not expect this call As soon as he hung up, an urgent call came from China, asking him to go back to attend an academic seminar.

"This is really a coincidence..." Mr. He was in a dilemma, so he had to tell his assistant Xiao Chen: "You can take care of them for me these few days, I have to go back to China early in the morning." After speaking, he comforted Du Ziyu He said: "It's okay, Xiao Chen has been to Burma with me a few times, and I know him very well. Although he doesn't know Burmese, he can still speak a few simple Burmese words. You will follow him there tomorrow."

"Don't worry! We'll go back to China as soon as the matter is over." Du Ziyu nodded, but he didn't realize how tricky it would be tomorrow.

So early the next morning, Du Ziyu sent He Lao away, and drove to the residence of the master jade carving with his assistant. The master jade carving lived in a small village outside the city. The houses here are very similar to those in Xishuangbanna, usually two-storey bamboo houses. , the first floor is too humid for storage, and the second floor is where people live.The jade carving master's house is the largest in the village, with thatched fence outside. When they went in to disturb him, there was a boy sitting in the yard, wearing a brown sarong, with his head lowered and concentrating on carving a piece of wood. No one came in. aware.

Xiao Chen yelled twice in Burmese, and the old man responded from upstairs. Xiao Chen turned his head and told Du Ziyu: "He is the jade carving master that the teacher said, and he went up and called 'A Wu', which is equivalent to our grandfather."

Du Ziyu nodded, and there was another urging sound from upstairs. Xiao Chen hurriedly led them up the stairs, and told him as he walked, "Old Ah Wu has a bad temper. If we have something to ask him, we must be more polite."

Following Xiao Chen into the bamboo building, Du Ziyu saw an old man about 80 years old sitting on the ground paved with bamboo mats, wearing a black sarong, with a string of emerald beads hanging around his neck.

After several people saluted the old man, Xiao Chen explained his purpose and handed over the moxi sand wool.The old man nodded and carefully observed the woolen material, but Du Ziyu's eyes fell on his Buddhist beads—this string of Buddhist beads was carved out of hollows. Because the engraving is uniform, the scattered light lingers outside the beads, as if the beads are shining.

It was only then that Du Ziyu truly realized that the so-called "expert" indeed had a pair of ingenious hands.

The old man looked at it for a long time, muttered something, and suddenly waved and shook his head at Xiao Chen. Xiao Chen's expression was a little awkward for a moment, and he relayed to Du Ziyu: "He said he had to keep the material for two days to let Let's wait..."

"How long?" Du Ziyu frowned.

"I didn't say..."

Just as he was talking, the old man said something in Burmese, and Xiao Chen continued to convey: "He said he was distracted while we were here, let us go out and wait."

Sure enough, it's a weird temper!It's a pity that Zhou Yu beat Huang Gai, willing to fight and suffer!

There was no way, Du Ziyu and the others were driven downstairs again. The young man in the courtyard was still carving wood, so he glanced at them and lowered his head again.The three of them pulled up bamboo stools and sat in a row, staring at each other. Xiao Chen said that this was old Ah Wu in a good mood. It was the first time he came here with Mr. He, but Ah Wu didn't let him in at all.

After sitting for a while, Xiao Chen tried to talk to the young man and said a few words in Burmese, but unfortunately the young man didn't even lift his head. He stood up helplessly, wandered around under the bamboo building for a while, and finally lost his temper: Shall I go up and ask again?"

"Xiao Chen, are you worried that Mr. He will go back to China alone?" Du Ziyu raised his head and smiled.

Xiao Chen was stunned for a moment, his face was a little embarrassed, just as he was about to refute something, Du Ziyu robbed him again: "You go back, Shen Shi and I will wait here."

"How can I do that, you are not familiar with the place..."

"I'll get to know you once I come here. We two adults don't need you to worry about it. On the contrary, Mr. He must have a lot of materials to prepare for the seminar. You can go back and help!" Du Ziyu had already seen Xiao Xiao Chen's thoughts, every sentence was poked at the point, and as expected, after two rounds of debate, Xiao Chen compromised.

"Then... I'll go back to China first, and you can call anytime if you have something to do?"

Du Ziyu nodded, waved to him, and watched Xiao Chen leave the small courtyard step by step, then sighed.Shen Shi looked at him puzzled, Du Ziyu shook his head, and said helplessly, "It looks like we'll have to live here for a while."

"why?"

"That old man is playing tricks and dragging us on purpose!"