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The wound on Ji Mo's hand was a bit deep, and it was wrapped up, and it would take a few days to heal. In the past few days, the family forbade him to touch the carving knife and jade, and Ji Mo didn't force it. Hong Chou went out and went to the patriarch's wife's tent. While waiting for Ji's mother to come over, Hong Chou began to explain some carving knowledge to him.

There is no real thing, and even because of people coming and going, it has to be interrupted from time to time, but because it is in the early stage, it is relatively easy to increase professional knowledge points. One or two points can always make people feel a sense of accomplishment.

It is always annoying intermittently, as if hearing a class you like, you wish the class time could be longer.

At the same time, what Mother Ji said really came to an end. She had no prejudice against Hong Chou. After more than ten years, this female slave who was reused by the patriarch's wife was just like a slave owner. The slave took it calmly, even if Ji Mo said that Hong Chou might come from the same country as her, she just smiled softly and touched Ji Mo's cheek, showing no intention of talking to Hong Chou, a fellow countryman.

Hong Chou on the side also had the same attitude, not to say that those who come from a country are relatives, and the feeling of seeing fellow villagers does not apply to them at all.

For several days in a row, Ji Mo would come out and wait around here every day. He also met Lange a few times, and he also saw Cang Feng. He was a man with beards. It may be because of his appearance, Ji Mo thinks he is a bit fierce, and he looks like a bear because of his height, the feeling that he can crush people to death.

His voice was so loud that when he was talking in the tent, his voice could be heard outside, like thunder, and what Ji Mo said could be heard clearly from a distance, and it was really shocking to hear it all of a sudden.

"Mother, I know all this, and you have repeated it twice."

Ji Mo elongated his tone, which seemed a bit coquettish, expressing that he didn't want to listen to the repetitive ones anymore.

"You heard it, do you remember it?" Mother Ji asked with a smile, it's normal for children to be a little impatient.

"Remember, remember." Ji Mo quickly responded, and when Ji's mother was taking the test, he quickly said what the other party said, and even made gestures on the palm of his hand to write for her, exactly the same as what she taught, There is no mistake in the order of strokes, and it is the same for several consecutive words. Ji's mother was surprised. This youngest son of hers seems to be very smart!

"Ji Mo is a fast learner. What reward does Ji Mo want? Do you want to ride a big horse?" Ji's mother coaxed softly, and she had thought about this question before asking. If the other party wanted it, she would let Ariel take Ji Mo Go for a ride, kids, even if you sit on the back of a horse, you will be very satisfied.

Ji Mo shook his head, ready to reveal his future plans to Mother Ji, "I don't like riding big horses, it looks too dangerous."

He seemed to be afraid of being blamed, and his voice was not loud. When he was talking, he raised his eyelids from time to time to see Ji's mother's expression. The cautious look looked quite cute, and Ji's mother softened her tone, "That Ji Mo likes it." what?"

"Carve, I like to carve."

With a slightly rising tone, as if he really liked it, Ji Mo blinked his eyes and looked at Ji Mu, "I don't have enough carving knives, can I have a few different carving knives? Or, others, which are convenient for carving. Tool of?"

Carving can never be done with a knife, and some other tools are needed. Hong Chou has told Ji Mo about these things, but Ji Mo can't say those professional terms all at once, so Mother Ji He will know that he has another master, and he still doesn't know what Ji's mother's attitude is. It's not easy for him to expose this matter. If he is opposed, Ji's mother can do a lot more than Ji Xin.

"Carving?" Mother Ji was stunned. How could it be carving? She had heard about the incident between Ji Mo and Asang before, and knew that Lange had given Ji Mo a piece of jade and a carving knife because of it. Mo rashly cut his hand with a knife, and let her see, it's impossible to like this thing anymore, do you still like it?

"Yes, Lange only gave me a carving knife, which is not enough. I need more tools, at least some jade sand, otherwise I won't be able to carve."

The current jade carving technology is still relatively old, especially some of the tools that Hong Chou mentioned, such as special tools such as jade cutting machines, do not need to think about it, and we know that it is impossible to have them in the tribe, let alone tie and mill, clever woman It is hard to cook without rice, and it is easier to complete jade carving with only a carving knife than to open the sky. Fortunately, that piece of jade has been peeled off the stone shell, and it can be regarded as half-formed jade material, otherwise there will be another The process of opening the shell of jade.

Think about it, without modern machinery, what kind of motor grinder and cutter, how did jade shells be opened in ancient times?It is definitely not the one-size-fits-all kind, but the water grinding method, slowly grinding, which means that the stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade. The jade sand is used to break and smash other stones with high hardness. The kind that is similar to pounding garlic, let the stone rot into fine sand, and then use the fine sand to add water to grind the shell of the jade. The fine sand is the jade sand.

This preparatory work is absolutely impossible to complete in the tribe. It is unrealistic to expect others to trade. If a caravan passes through the tribe within a year, it must be a caravan selling slaves. In the depths of the grassland, other commodities will be gone before here, and most of the commodities are mass commodities, such as Xieyusha, which may not be very valuable, and no one will really buy it. Piggybacking on.

No one would be willing to use sheepskin and mutton for something that is not suitable for eating, drinking or even being used very much.

If Ji Mo wants to carve jade in this situation, he really needs to use very primitive means. He must have a carving knife, and small tools such as chisels. In addition, the jade sand is indispensable. Whether it is the initial grinding or the subsequent polishing, there must be this kind of humble sand.

Fortunately, this is not something that cannot be replaced. For example, Ji Mo can find a hard stone and make it tirelessly by himself. However, breaking the stone or something, think about it. This process is a labor, and it must be persistent. .

After understanding the entire process of making jade carvings, Ji Mo knew that it is not unreasonable for jadeware to be valuable. Regardless of hard jade or nephrite jade, it has to go through such a long process. It may take several years to complete a process, and the handwork is also required. It takes a lot of effort, and such carefully crafted jadeite jade may be better, nephrite is afraid of falling, and it will be broken if you are not careful.

The Chuan Guo Yuxi cannot be remade, but can only be inlaid with gold to make up for it. It is conceivable that jade materials are rare, and jade carvings are even rarer. It is completely impossible to want to be as exquisite as before.

This is only for jade wares. The carving Hongchou learned has other materials. Jade carving is a kind of stone carving. There are also wood carvings, core carvings, etc. Core carving is also a kind of micro-carving. In Hong Chou's narration, it can be regarded as a small art of carving, which made Ji Mo want to look up, this is the boss!

Of course, because there was no magnifying glass in ancient times, the miniature carvings are not as good as rice carvings, and Hongchou is getting older and his eyesight has weakened, which is not as good as when he was young. According to Hong Chou, he has learned to carve on large objects, and the same is true for small objects, but he needs better eyesight and more carefulness.

This is a bit like the allusion of learning archery where lice look like wheels. If you can stare at small things and see big ones, all the skills on it are just the same skills as carving on big things.

It seems that some rough-made things look unflattering, but if the same rough things are magnified a hundred times, it may be an astonishingly exquisite masterpiece.

Hearing what Hong Chou said, the miraculousness of micro-carving is nothing more than exquisite carving in the subtleties, which is really not that rare.

If the ancient sculptors held this view, it’s no wonder that they didn’t make many micro-carving works. In their view, this is a small way, and it takes a lot of eyesight. Moreover, the carved things are easily damaged and not easy to preserve. , it looks fresh but rare and expensive, but it is not as valuable as those big ones, which eventually leads to the fact that rare things are expensive, and later generations will be surprised by them.

After rectifying his mind, Ji Mo no longer pondered those small ways that might be sensationalized in the current world. He should learn the right way first, and whether he will make miniature sculptures and pass them on to future generations is a matter for the future.

"Carving tools..."

Mother Ji is really stumped by such a request, how can she find it?She perfunctorily said a few words to Ji Mo, sent him back, and went to work herself.

Later, when talking to Madam, she seemed to unintentionally express Ji Mo's stupid thoughts, "Now I'm thinking about carving, and told me that there are not enough tools for carving, just a carving knife is not enough. .”

Madam laughed when she heard this: "Then give him more tools and look for them more, but don't fail to carve in the end, saying that Lange didn't give him enough tools."

She doesn't have any ill feeling towards Ji Mo, a child, Ah Sang is so young, she will definitely marry a great hero on the grassland in the future, what is a Ji Mo?Maybe it can be used as a dowry clansman?

"Yes." Mother Ji replied with a smile on her face, her eyes saw Ah Sang who was listening attentively, her smile became softer, compared to Ji Mo who was rarely seen and couldn't take care of him, Ah Sang was her hand She was raised, and she also has a motherly heart towards Ah Sang.

It's just that she would never say anything in front of Ah Sang, and this sense of propriety was also the reason why she was particularly valued by his wife among the female slaves.