technical type

Cao Mu, who received the small lunch box, looked at Ji Dalang’s unwilling eyes, and sat down to eat with Ji Mo. The master and apprentice sat in a row, like children, and Ji Dalang was just like a supervisor, looking at him full of anger and laughing. Smile, what's so funny? !

I couldn't help complaining to Mother Ji that she could prepare meals for Cao Mu but not herself?Miss that bowl of rice?

It was a rare and clear day, with wind and colder. After dinner, Cao Mu took Ji Mo, who was tightly wrapped, to the mountains for a walk, and saw how the Guqin was drying in the shade. He was sure it was almost ready. , It is time to install the Qin emblem. The thirteen Qin emblems have already been prepared. Cao Mu first taught Ji Mo how to determine the emblem position in the middle, that is, where the seven emblems are located.

Then arrange them on both sides in turn, install them in sections, and install them with holes.

"The pitch of the emblem is accurate, and the five strings are not easy to sound. The five strings are Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, and Yu, as well as the monarch, minister, people, affairs, and things. ...The thirteen emblems are December, and the leap month is the seven emblems, the largest emblem, and it is also the ruler, the lord of the house..."

Cao Mu's voice is clear and clear, he doesn't look at people, he only listens to the voice, he must be able to think of the gentleman in the bamboo space, under the bright sunlight, looking at the bamboo and wood, his voice is clear and smooth, peaceful and close to others, so that everyone who sees it can't help but understand What is Xiaoxiao gentleman style, and can understand what is Zhujun.

Ji Mo listened intently, watched intently, and visually determined the position of the thirteen emblems on the qin. He didn't know how these mistakes would affect the sound of the qin, but he first wrote down the correct ones, so he could experiment a little bit later. , using the front of your eyes as a model, you can naturally compare how the distance will affect the timbre.

Without an electric drill, Cao Mu’s drilling method is quite primitive. First determine the position, then mark it with a carving knife, point out the center point, and then use a sharp awl to pierce the hole, rotate and expand, and replace it with another one if there is a little space. A small carving knife with a side edge is used to chisel out the shape for the eye, which fits the piano emblem.

This set of gadgets is quite exquisite and beautiful, Ji Mo couldn't put it down, and was eager to try it. Cao Mu saw it, hesitated for a while, and asked him to make the position of the last piano emblem.

Ji Mo has experience in carving, and it's not that he has encountered drilling holes. Among other things, some carvings are a combination of the two. Eyes are needed sometimes.

At that time, the tools were not as complete as these, and he made them all, so why is it so difficult now?

After some careful drilling, the position of the last piano emblem was quickly completed. Cao Mu waited for him to blow off the sawdust and checked to make sure there was no problem. Then he nodded with a smile. Sure enough, the little disciple is very talented.

This is a lot of meticulous work, and it will be much faster when it is installed. Cao Mu also said one or two remedies for the bad eyes, but he said strictly: "That kind of qin can also make a sound, but it seems to have a natural sound. People with flaws are not liked by famous people, and I don’t want them, just like my generation, they should be perfect.”

When Cao Mu said these words, he never thought that his body was not so perfect. He was dissatisfied with Cao's father, and maybe he hid his resentment, but when he taught his disciples, he mostly used what Cao's father taught his two sons. The tone, the tone also implied a kind of arrogance, showing off that was not easy to detect.

Even with a hunched back, he is still the most flawless one.

Even the violins he made are like this.

Cao's father is no longer there, but they left this wooden house, and Cao's father often taught his two elder brothers here, and now Cao Mu is here to teach his disciples, using Cao's father's words at that time, saying it as if showing off, giving him a There was a strange pleasure, and there was a smug light in his eyes.

Ji Mo didn't know the reason, he just knew that Cao Mu really liked making pianos, look, no, it was such a boring job, but he got excited for no reason, looking at that state, it was really a bit of work It's hard to imagine that when there is no clock, his biological clock is still very good, and he won't be so addicted that he delays the time to go down the mountain every time, which makes people notice.

After the piano emblem is installed, it is the painting process. Once the black opaque lacquer is applied, it will be dried in the shade, and then polished. If there are big eyes formed by the flattening or collapse of the piano embryo, you can use fine ash to paint it. After the lacquer is mixed and leveled, it is sanded so that blemishes are barely visible.

If you have some hobbies, you can use color lacquer to draw patterns on the embryo as a decoration, and then apply transparent lacquer again after drying in the shade, and then dry in the shade. presented.

The process of brushing with transparent lacquer and polishing after drying in the shade is called blushing. The more blushing times, the brighter the paint surface, and the better it looks in the eyes of contemporaries.

"People at the time were ignorant and often judged by 'brightness', but they didn't know that treasures are self-deprecating, and the value of a qin lies in its sound. How can it be bright or not to determine its value?"

When talking about this paragraph, Cao Mu seemed to be feeling a little bit emotional about himself. Just because of his hunchback, his own value was denied, and success was also said to be wrong. He did not recognize this "mistake".

Hearing the sincere words in Ji Mo's ears, somehow, he thought of "The Story of Bingmeiguan". Isn't the morbid beauty deliberately created by the branches not as crooked as the current aesthetics?

"Since you know that people are ignorant at the time, why do you have to go with ignorance?"

Ji Mo asked innocently.

Before the strings were installed on the Guqin, Cao Mu played it twice in the air, and there seemed to be a loud sound ringing in his ears. He shook his head and sighed softly: "People at that time had shallow eyes, but they were rich!"

In the final analysis, he is not as noble as Cao's father. Just because the piano he makes is a gentleman's art, he also regards himself as a gentleman. Qin also loves the gentleman's style and virtue embodied in the piano, but what makes him love more is money. Since the people of the time are ignorant and rich, for the sake of money, he is willing to repeat the process of polishing the green several times. Just to make the guqin brighter, to show the purity of its tone, it will always attract one or two wealthy people, and spend more money for this "brightness".

If you don't make money and don't make money, if you insist on being high-spirited, then you will be in trouble with yourself.

On this point, Cao's father has a reason to look down on him. This son is fundamentally crooked.

Ji Mo almost laughed out of Cao Mu's answer, so what about a gentleman, wouldn't a gentleman know how to eat, drink, and mess around?Since it costs money for food, clothing and housing, who can say to move this stuff away quickly?

"Master is wise!"

Sincerely admiring, Ji Mo's eyes are filled with pure admiration, yes, let those stupid things come to me quickly!The more the better!

Cao Mu has been paying attention to Ji Mo's reaction. Seeing that there is no look of contempt and hesitation on the other person's face, his heart is even more relaxed. He didn't think about whether Ji Mo has learned the virtue of a gentleman at such a young age. He only wanted to have a disciple. Such a close heart is indeed better than his son.

For several days, Cao Mu devoted himself to teaching Ji Mo the art of piano making. Ji Mo studied hard, and every day before going to bed, he revisited the main points of knowledge during the day, and then took a look at the ever-growing professional knowledge points. Hurry up, there is a feeling of being able to become famous as a teenager.

Unfortunately, it's all an illusion.

After the autumn harvest, when winter is approaching, Ji Mo's professional knowledge has stopped for a long time and has not increased. It can be seen that the theoretical part has come to an end, and the rest should be practice.

Ji Mo, who is quite experienced in this field, is waiting for the sword, but Cao Mu puts him on leave, reasoning that it is cold in winter and he will not make pianos.

"Ah, why don't you make pianos when it's cold?"

Ji Mo doesn't understand, the winter is long, and there is no need to do field work, most of the chickens and ducks he feeds are sold, leaving only the seedlings to raise a lot, relatively speaking, a lot of things are missing, and it is the one who concentrates on making pianos Well, why not do it?

"It's cold, I can't stretch out my hands."

Cao Mu's reason was grounded again.

Ji Mo was dumbfounded when he heard that, he stretched out his little hand, and the cold wind whistled through his fingers, and soon he felt like an ice skate, and when he retracted, he could find that his fingers and palm were two temperatures, if he shrunk into the cuff, It's really cold that makes people shrink their necks unconsciously.

Thinking about it, the temperature on the mountain may be even colder, and the cabin is ventilated on all sides, so there is no possibility of keeping warm at all. It is really not a good time to make a violin.

It is said that cold and heat are not easy, but there are only a few who are really not easy. What's more, if a hand shakes and does something wrong with this kind of handicraft, it's better not to do it.

Nodding resentfully, he accepted the reason and sighed a little bit disappointed.

"The virtue of a gentleman is surrounded by three and lacked one, and the four seasons belong to each other. Spring begins to happen, autumn harvest stops, winter is silent, and nature rests. How can it be difficult and fierce all year round?"

Cao Mu spoke again, but the reason was much higher, completely different.

Ji Mo cheered up and nodded: "Everything Master said is correct."

Whether it is the former reason or the latter reason, in short, it makes sense.

Blind and brainless master, Ji Mo has always been such a good disciple.

Cao Mu couldn't help laughing when he heard that, and touched his hat. The cold wind started to increase, and the Ji family prepared a hat for him. It was made of several layers of cotton cloth, which was soft and comfortable, and it felt very good to the touch.

For Ji Mo, this kind of growth experience is unique. When the conditions are the worst, there are brothers' hats that can fall on his head. What's more, the conditions of Ji's family are not bad now. The two sons are the same as baby eggs, and neither of them can bear it. let go.

But for Cao Mu, it was too strange, like when he was young, he looked at his brother's new clothes with eyes full of envy but couldn't show it. He knew that he would only get ridiculed if he said it. Even if his elder brother's old clothes were given to him, Mrs. Cao would nudge him to hunch over the clothes, so it looked irregular.

This year is different, the Ji family not only gave him new clothes, but also gave him a new hat, which is also made of this kind of new cotton cloth. How can such a mother, such a mother, not make people feel a little mixed?