jade carver

As soon as names like Xu Xiaowen and Xu Xiaowu are called out, they know that their father was lazy when choosing names. It is too old-fashioned to name one Wen and one Wu.And looking at the use of the word "small" in the middle, it is obviously perfunctory, and they didn't even check the genealogy.

These are the two brothers of the Xu family who have summed up for 11 years before they came up with it.The biggest hope of the two of them in this life is to change their names. If it is not possible, they can just remove the word "small" in the middle.On this point, old man Xu disagreed.

The old man Xu said, "What a good name Xiaowen and Xiaowu! Look, they are brothers! Besides, I thought of such a name for you two back then, why is it just perfunctory? How come it's tacky?"

To put it bluntly, he just refused to admit that he was lazy back then.

The two brothers of the Xu family were not convinced, but since I said so, their sons could only resign themselves to their fate.

The two of them are worthy of the name, and they are really good at writing and martial arts.

The brothers have a special hobby, they love to compete.I especially like all kinds of competitions with prizes. At the beginning, it was a brain teaser quiz on the weekly TV newspaper, and I could get some prizes every time. A pack of tissue paper at home was printed with the words "Award of XX Supermarket".Later, the old man Xu received a letter, which said congratulations "Mr. Xu Jianguo won the fire protection knowledge competition No. 1"——Comrade Xu Jianguo was confused, so he watched his two boys run out of the house cheering and snatched the envelope The 300 yuan in the bag was used to buy candy and eat it.

If you are good at doing the questions, it is no problem to deal with the exam.They still inherited a bit of old man Xu's cleverness.For example, Xu Xiaowen is good at Chinese, so he is responsible for the Chinese questions; while Xu Xiaowu is good at mathematics, he takes the math test for his brother, and the two of them get [-] points.It was too late when old man Xu found out that the two children were biased.Both of them are not good separately, but together they are absolutely invincible.

Another example is jade carving. What the two brothers are best at is imitation.Imitation itself is a kind of talent, no matter what, even the charm brought out in other people's works can be imitated to a [-]% or [-]% similarity, given time, it is definitely a master of counterfeiting...Of course, this is also what the old man is worried about.

The jade carvings he made by himself are no longer very glorious. He doesn't want his son to sneak around all his life and make fake ones, which is too disgraceful.Old man Xu thought for a long time, and decided to let the most decent junior brother Xia in the division to help him teach.These two boys are good at learning jade carving, but it depends on how to guide them. Old man Xu also values ​​his junior and entrusts his son without reservation.

Their brothers and sisters have been fighting for decades. Outsiders may see that they are incompatible, but they are very close to each other in their hearts. They are no different from brothers and can be entrusted to their families.

Lao Xia saw the two Xu family brothers doing a jade carving job, and he saw what the old man Xu intended.These are two smart kids who have a bright future if they are taught well.

The foundation of the two brothers of the Xu family is solid, and the old man Xu fed them with high-quality jade materials. There is nothing to say about their carving skills.Although the strength in the young wrist is not enough, it is only a matter of time.Especially when observing jade materials, although Cheng Ye was not as accurate in his attack, his vision was obviously better than Cheng Ye's.

Lao Xia was happy for the two brothers, but also sad for his apprentice.Thinking about how many high-quality jade materials were piled up in front of him in the past, but now even a decent piece of jade material can't be found for the apprentice to practice.He was anxious, and after a few days of guarding the shop, he went to Yangzhou again.He also has a younger brother in Yangzhou, he has been thick-skinned in his life, and he has to get decent jade back quickly no matter what.How can it be possible to use some Lantian jade, Xiuyu brick materials, and leftover materials all day long.

After Lao Xia left, Xu Junjie and Cheng Ye took care of the jade shop and the two children in the shop.Xu Xiaowen and Xu Xiaowu are also obedient. Lao Xia is not around to give some guidance, and knows to study with the two senior brothers.Although Cheng Ye was a late starter, old man Xu sold Lao Xia to save face by asking brothers Xiaowen and Xiaowu to call Cheng Ye a junior brother.

Every time Cheng Ye came, he always brought some snacks and pasta from the small restaurant to the two brothers, and he often came to help them cook, and what he made casually was better than the sum of all present.Cheng Ye cooked a few meals, coaxing the two children to listen to him more and more, shouting to each other with tears in their mouths.

Cheng Ye didn't go home during the winter vacation, and originally ran between the small restaurant and the jade shop, but was entrusted by Lao Xia, so he simply moved here to take care of the three people who couldn't cook.The one big and two small ones in the jade shop enjoyed the blessings, and each of them ate glibly and satisfied.

"It's delicious! Junior brother, you are much better at cooking than senior brother!"

"Hey, it's even more delicious than the one made by my uncle. Every time my uncle cooks the meat, it's too hard to bite..."

Xu Junjie stuffed his mouth full of meat, and felt a little ashamed when he heard this. He pushed the plate of sauce-flavored pork ribs in front of him to the twins, signaling them to eat more. "When Master Xia comes back, your little brother won't be with us."

When the twins thought of the half-cooked white water noodles and hard meat, they ate faster with tears in their eyes.

Cheng Ye ordered food for the two of them, "No, I will come here often when the master comes back. Eat slowly, hehe." He felt that since the Xu family brothers came, the days are also lively many.It's also quite interesting when it's like grabbing food at night.

The jade shop has just opened, and there is almost no business, and the few of their seniors stay here every day just to practice.

The twins are close to Cheng Ye, and they take a brush and rice paper to write big characters next to Cheng Ye every day.They are children at heart, and they handed it to Cheng Ye immediately after writing, waiting eagerly for the little brother to praise.

Cheng Ye followed Lao Xia for a long time, and he saw the twins' handwriting at a glance, "Ah, this is the master's handwriting!" Although the first few are crooked, the simple "Min" in the middle really resembles Lao Xia's handwriting. The handwriting, the slightly rising part of the ending, and Lao Xia's handwriting can be compared with each other, and there is no difference.

The twins looked at Cheng Ye and frowned, and became a little restrained, "Little brother, can we not learn how to write from Master Xia?" Before they came, they were told by old man Xu not to imitate casually.

Seeing the nervous faces of the two children, Cheng Ye quickly patted their heads to encourage them, "You can imitate and practice. I also started by imitating the master's words. It's okay."

Xu Xiaowen bit his lip, still feeling uncomfortable, "I... we can't write well..."

"Why can't you write it well? These words are well written." Cheng Ye coaxed them aside, and took a copybook for the two younger ones to compare.This was bought by Li Ruigang for him, and the two Xu family brothers probably have never seen it before. "Come on, practice a few more words than this."

The imitation of the twins seems to be a kind of nature, and anyone who sees it will follow suit.The words on that copybook were imitated in a short time. About one out of ten words closely grasped the charm of the original words.Although the font is green, but with more practice, it is absolutely impossible to tell the difference.

Cheng Ye was a little surprised this time. The calligraphy on the copybook was old-fashioned, and it was very different from Lao Xia's rounded style... If it was a coincidence before, then now it can only show that the twins are superior.

Just like some people who are young can sing love songs that touch people's hearts, and even express the love, hate and parting clearly in it.It has nothing to do with experience, it's instinct, something they are born with.

Cheng Ye thought for a while, and asked them to write a few big characters by themselves.The twins are very obedient, as if they have telepathy, and they all write in regular regular script.It's just that their handwriting is always inadvertently stained with other people's shadows, and they can't write their own style.

"It's the same for writing other things, we... just write by comparing." Xu Xiaowu was also a little frustrated, he could not continue writing with his head drooping, and he took the brush and turned it back and forth in the inkstone.

Xu Xiaowen was still trying on the sidelines, but no matter what, the fonts that looked like Lao Xia, Xu Junjie, and even Cheng Ye didn't look like his own.Slowly, Xu Xiaowen's head also lowered. He felt that this matter was disgraceful. What's the use of only writing about other people's... Moreover, their jade carvings were also imitated, and they were made by themselves. Can not look.

"Okay, raise your head quickly, we haven't finished our task for today. After finishing writing big characters, we have to do jade carving, so we don't have time to be in a daze." Cheng Ye didn't know how to comfort the two children, but He does not reject this kind of imitation in his heart, "What you have to do now is to practice hard, no matter what kind of skill you have, if you don't work hard, you will fall behind."

"Little brother, we don't want to imitate others." Xu Xiaowen looked up at Cheng Ye, his eyes full of grievances. "We will not copy other people's things in the future, nor will we make fake antiques."

Cheng Ye laughed, imitating Li Rui, and flicked on the foreheads of the two children, "Still making a fake? As far as your words just now are concerned, one out of ten resembles one, but it can't be faked!"

The two brothers blushed, and he hesitated to explain, "No, we used to write better than now, but...others always laughed at us and said bad things about Dad behind our backs. We didn't want people to look down on Dad, so we didn't write any more. practiced."

The master brother Xu Junjie also knew about this, and came over to comfort the twins, "Don't listen to those people's nonsense, they are jealous of you! How many people want to be so powerful and can't do it, right, Xiaowen?" He hugged Xu Xiaowen raised his hands a little higher, coaxing them to play like he was a child.

Cheng Ye's slender arms and legs couldn't lift Xu Xiaowu, so he tried to hug him, but he was barely able to hug him, but Xu Xiaowu hugged Cheng Ye off the ground and turned around, giggling.

Cheng Ye couldn't laugh or cry, and he didn't dare to move for fear of hurting Xu Xiaowu, so he could only persuade him, "Xiao Wu, put me down quickly, you are still young, be careful not to hurt your arm."

"Hey!" Xu Xiaowu is an obedient child, so he naturally obeyed the words of the younger brother.He put Cheng Ye down, and competed with Xu Xiaowen to ask the elder brother Xu Junjie to hug him and throw him to a high place, but he didn't seem tired.The four of them played for a while, and the big brother went to the front to take care of the shop, while Cheng Ye still led the two little ones to practice calligraphy and make jade carvings.

There is a small engraving machine in the back, which is a small tabletop used by dentists. It is more convenient to do detailed engraving.Lao Xia has very little good jade here, and most of what he got was the scraps of Xiuyan jade, the rest of the large jade carvings.Xiuyan jade has many colors and is also bright. In recent years, foreign trade goods are very popular. It is also suitable to use these scraps of jade to make small jade ducks for play.

This is what Cheng Ye did. The one in his hand is almost finished. Because of the limited jade materials, what he made was a little duck that just turned its neck back and pecked at its feathers, with a lively expression.The two brothers of the Xu family followed suit. The jade materials in their hands were many times worse than what the old man Xu had found for them before, but the two children were still very serious.From observing to drawing lines, no matter how much the thing is worth, I put all my heart into it and never neglected it.

Cheng Ye was at the side to give guidance from time to time. After all, he had a lot of experience in this kind of work.The brothers of the Xu family are also smart. Cheng Ye taught them a few times and they understood. Although the lines and charms are imitated by Cheng Ye, each one has a different shape according to the different jade materials.

Cheng Ye looked at the jade ducklings in their hands, and felt that the twins were malleable talents in his heart, so he praised them a few words.

The twins were still young, and when they heard the little senior brother praise themselves, they rolled their eyes happily and moved their hands more diligently.They were short, and it was difficult to move when sitting in front of the dental machine. Cheng Ye simply took out his own set of jade rollers, and distributed a few suitable ones for brothers Xiaowen and Xiaowu.

The Xu family brothers' eyes widened. They also heard the old man Xu say that this set of incomplete treasures was left by the patriarch.They took it carefully, and didn't dare to use force when using the ground, but it was not much slower than the machine, and it was indeed a sharp baby.

Xu Xiaowen knew that it was given to Cheng Ye by Lao Xia, so he was extra careful when using it, for fear that it would be damaged by Cheng Ye. "I've heard it said a long time ago that a good knife cuts meat and chops ribs without using force, and the blade is easy to use!"

Xu Xiaowu was not as cautious as his brother, but he didn't dare to use it indiscriminately. If it broke, he wouldn't be able to compensate his father if he sold it.He slowly adapted to the use of the strange-looking jade grinder, wrinkled his little nose, and showed a big smiling face, very cute. "Little brother, you are really useful!"

Cheng Ye touched his head and took one to use together.He is now proficient in using this set of tools, and can use the largest jade roller to complete the entire jade carving work.When Lao Xia taught him, he started with addition, added up one by one, and then decreased one by one. In the end, this is what he wanted.Use the fewest tools to make the most layered works.

Cheng Ye learned slowly, but took a solid step, and it took him five years to achieve this.It is true to say that slow work produces meticulous work. Once you put in the effort that ordinary people cannot achieve, you will get more results than others.