technical type

The family that shopkeeper Sun introduced was named Qin, which is Guqin. It is said that the ancestors were the ones who made the piano, so they got their surname. , also has its own limited ability, and eventually gradually declined.

Although these two or three generations did not completely lose the skill of making violins, this skill is obviously not as good as that of their ancestors.

This sounds like a family with a long history. The biggest difficulty of this family, apart from the lack of population, is the lack of talent.

Before Ji Mo went to visit, he was worried that the piano master would look down on him because of his age, so he was specially accompanied by Father Ji. Even if he didn't have this request, Father Ji would follow him. What a ten-year-old boy can do is worrying.

"Excuse me, is Master Qin here?"

Inside the bamboo fence, there are green shoots and green onions. Inside the half-closed door, it seems that one or two people can be seen. Ji Mo asked at the door, and his voice was clear and clear. When someone opened the door completely, he saw a A young man with a straight face came out: "You are..."

"We were introduced by shopkeeper Sun, and asked the piano master about some things."

Father Ji hurriedly answered, he was used to the way of pulling the tiger's skin, so he explained the reason behind it first, so that the other party would not even let them in.

The young man should be the son and nephew of Master Qin, and he also knew shopkeeper Sun. Hearing this, he opened the door and let them in.

The inside of the house is a bit dark, but it is a serious three-bedroom room. The door facing the door is partitioned by a wooden screen, and the back should be the house for the female relatives. There are rooms on both sides, connected by narrow passages, which looks like a hidden cave.

The young man led them to the left side, and saw two old men sitting there talking, and when he heard the movement, he turned his head to look at it, and the young man first said: "It is said that shopkeeper Sun introduced them, I don't know what to do with grandpa. "

"Oh, shopkeeper Sun, what orders do you have?" one of the old men asked.

Ji Mo took a closer look. The other party had a short beard, squinted eyes, and a somewhat rigid face on his face as thin as walnut skin.

"Don't get me wrong, it's not that shopkeeper Sun has any orders, but that my son needs some things to make a piano, and there is a shortage at home, so I came here specially, and I hope the piano master will be sympathetic."

Father Ji always showed some respect to this kind of people first, capable people are worthy of respect wherever they go, he hurriedly answered, for fear of causing trouble to Shopkeeper Sun.

"Hmph, I don't have any friendship with you."

The piano master was not polite at all, but looked at Ji Mo and asked: "You said that the one who can make pianos is this little boy with yellow hair?"

"It's the junior."

Ji Mo took a step forward and answered with cupped hands.

"All the hairy kids are here to make the piano, I really think it's fun." The piano master laughed at the old man opposite him, and pointed at Ji Mo, but he didn't notice it at all.

If you want something from someone, even if the other party ridicules it, it is also reasonable. However, Ji Mo has never been so angry before, and he just showed his displeasure on his face. The piano master smiled and drove them away again: "Let's go!" Let's go, don't make a fool of me, show it to someone! I don't have anything here, I don't have anything, and I won't give it to you."

While speaking, he waved his hands as if to chase people away, and said to the young man who led the way, "Who are these people? I'll ask you later. Don't bring them all in front of me."

Young people are trained to blush. It is not easy to be trained like a grandson at such an age.

When he looked at Ji Mo and Father Ji, he was a little displeased, but he didn't say anything, he just made a "please" gesture and pointed to the way.

Ji Mo was not reconciled to leaving here. Shopkeeper Sun could choose one candidate, but he would not give the second one, and regardless of whether this person was really difficult to talk to, or Shopkeeper Sun chose the most difficult to talk to let them quit. That, he must continue to go on the road of violin making, so how can he be trapped by raw materials?

"The qin master has never seen it before. How do you know that I can't make qin? They say that the qin is like a human being, and the qin maker is like this. You can also know what the qin made by the qin master is like."

This is the method of provocation, the simplest method, and the method that best suits the mood at the moment. Ji Mo didn't wait for the qin master to say anything, and said directly: "I would like to compare with the qin master and make friends with the qin. If the qin I made Better than the Qin master, the raw materials needed in the future will be provided by the Qin master, I will buy them at the market price, if the Qin master makes a better piano than me, I will not take any money for the piano I made, and give it to the Qin master.”

During the conversation, although Ji Mo had confidence in himself, he was not sure that he could beat the piano master once. All he wanted was an opportunity to show off. Craftsmen don't judge their level by skill, what else do they talk about, age?

Moreover, the "made qin" he mentioned refers to the qin made for "comparison". , he still wants to use the other party's raw materials to make pianos.

"Haha, this is really interesting. Could it be that I want to see how to make an ax out of class?"

The other old man, who had been watching with a smile before, now laughed and talked, and he accidentally assisted him.

Originally, there were countless reasons to put off such a meaningless competition, but now that my old friend watched it, it was hard to say. Could it be that I was really afraid that this brat would fail?

"Forget it, let's compare."

Master Qin glanced at his old friend helplessly, and finally accepted the competition.

It usually takes about a year to make a violin. It is impossible for Ji Mo to live in the violin's house and survive this year, let alone some violin-making skills. The raw materials are returned, and it is agreed to meet at Shopkeeper Sun in the next autumn, and Shopkeeper Sun can also be used as a judge at that time.

These raw materials include lacquer silk and two pieces of wood. There is a room in the master’s home for these materials. The wood is also selected by Ji Mo himself. In order to show fairness, the master also chose it in front of Ji Mo. Two pieces come out, which means that I will use these two pieces.

Each other looked at the wood chosen by the other, and the piano master couldn't help raising his eyebrows. It seemed that he really wasn't fooling around, he knew a little bit.

Looking at Ji Mo's age, he became more interested and ready to take this matter seriously.

"At my age, it's ineffective to win against you. It's just to let you, a newborn calf, see that there is a sky beyond the sky."

When doing other things, the piano master said so.

If Ji Mo doesn't lose his ambition, the craftsmanship of old craftsmen must be better than that of newcomers?If this is the case, there will not be any saying that blue is better than blue.

"Can this work?"

Father Ji was holding the board and other objects, and asked Ji Mo uncertainly.

"Okay, at least I have the raw materials for making the violin this time, and I can also exercise my craftsmanship. Let's talk about the next time next time."

If you want to achieve "hands-on familiarity", you need to do more. This requires hard work, and it is not enough to just understand the theory. In this regard, Ji Mo dare not slack off.

In Father Ji's ears, he didn't have any sense of confidence, so he directly asked the consequences of losing: "Could it be that he will make pianos for his family for nothing in the future?"

It's fine if you don't know the value of the qin, but if you know it, and you know that the youngest son's craftsmanship is very good, how can Father Ji let the youngest son go to waste?

Ji Mo gave Ji's father a strange look, is he so unconfident in himself?Not realizing that it was caused by his attitude in answering, he directly said the "tip" he left behind, "It's just a loss of a piano at most, can he really ask me to make it for him for nothing in the future? Daydreaming is not so beautiful."

"It is."

Father Ji felt relieved when he heard it, nodded repeatedly, and finally had a smile on his face, "My son is smart, just like me."

Ji Mo asked Father Ji to keep it a secret, not to tell the family about this matter, there is no need for the whole family to worry about it, Father Ji agreed, but in the next year, everyone was nervous and always cared, and people still noticed some differences, okay It's easy to wait until the end of autumn when the piano is finished, and I can't wait for a day, so I took people to shopkeeper Sun.

Master Qin didn't delay the appointed time, and the two of them brought the piano over at the same time, and made shopkeeper Sun laugh a little: "Is this an appointment?"

He was joking, but he guessed right. Master Qin talked about the bet, and he also asked shopkeeper Sun to judge.

Shopkeeper Sun was overjoyed when he heard this: "It's really a rare good thing to meet friends with the piano. You should have told me earlier, so that I can arrange it. It's so simple now."

While talking, a waiter had already served tea, and the two of them also put out their pianos.

Layers of muslin were uncovered, revealing the qin wrapped inside. The qin master made the Lianzhu style, with several beautiful and flawless arcs, and moderate brightness. At first glance, the Dieqi style chosen by Ji Mo is somewhat horizontal and vertical. An upright gentleman is upright, lacking in softness.

After looking at the appearance, it is the sound. Guqin, Guqin, in the final analysis, still falls on the sound of the qin. Come, hanging on the Milky Way.

The tone is ethereal, like human speech, the aftertaste is changeable, and it is like the mood is vague, sending people's thoughts.

Shopkeeper Sun is skilled in technique, and played a test sound with two pianos respectively, which made him smile with satisfaction. First, he praised the piano master for his skillfulness. He has not seen his new work for some days, and said that Ji Monian Xiao Zhigao is quite talented in this way, and this Zhang Qin is even better than the last Zhang Qin.

When it comes to winning or losing the bet, the road is evenly divided, and each side does not give in.

Master Qin snorted coldly: "Shopkeeper Sun is partial and backward!"

"Don't Master love talents?"

Shopkeeper Sun laughed, and didn't think the other party was really angry. There was a bit of relief in the conversation, and it was more of a kind of irresistible solution, "I'm afraid I won't see such a craft as Master Qin in the future!"

Master Qin's juniors are not very promising, and shopkeeper Sun said so, as if he was pointing it out in a joke.

It was rare for Ji Mo to be clever. He bowed and said to the qin master, "I will ask the qin master to give me more advice in the future."

He behaved so humbly, and when he passed the steps, the qin master didn't froze, and hummed lightly. He accepted the raw materials in the future, and didn't say much else. The qin was sold directly, and Ji Mo didn't want to take the raw materials. It's all other people's, and it's a little unreasonable for him to pay the full amount for the manual fee, but the piano master is even more unwilling to accept it, and the money is in his pocket, and his surname is still Ji.

The qin is like a human being, and the sound of the qin is also like a human being. If one can make such a qin and produce such a sound, that person will never be a bad person.