The promise of slow wear for the rest of your life

Although, for Yao Dahai, painting sugar paintings is not a lot of trouble.

But the problem is that it takes time to boil the sugar cubes, and it also takes time to wait for the freshly painted sugar painting to cool down.It takes more time to draw a sugar painting meticulously.

Most of the tourists would not waste time waiting for Yao Dahai to paint when they couldn't see what the finished sugar painting looked like.

With this time, they might as well go to the two nearby sugar painting booths, buy ready-made sugar paintings, and then quickly enter the scenic spot to see the scenery early, or leave here and go home early.

Most of the customers who would wait patiently in front of the booth for Yao Dahai's paintings were repeat customers, and only a small part were new customers who were amazed by the sugar paintings that those repeat customers got.

Because of these reasons, Yao Dahai's booth is always the one with the fewest customers on weekdays.

However, even so, if you calculate carefully, the total number of sugar paintings sold by Yao Dahai every day is no less than that of the other two.

Especially today.

Behind the booth was the sugar painting bought by Arnold as a living signboard, and tourists flocked to the front of Yao Dahai's booth.

Yao Dahai worked non-stop for nearly two hours, drawing dozens of sugar paintings in a row, and finally finished his busy work in the evening, the peak time for tourists to go down the mountain.

During this period, Anol and Feng Yilin stayed in the open space behind the booth and waited.

In order not to get tired from standing, Feng Yilin also went to a stall selling horseshoes not far away to buy two small horseshoes for sitting and resting.

Moreover, they were not idle.

Feng Yilin sat firmly on the pony seat and finished the work for nearly two hours.

Arnold is also sitting firmly in the small horse, and quietly used the nearly two hours of free time to read the entire "Detailed Explanation of Huaguo Folk Sugar Painting Techniques" and the entire "Principles of Sugar Production", as well as the entire "Sugar Making Principles" "Hua Guo Traditional Crafts: History of Sugar Painting".

If you add the few books related to sugar painting that he read in the car before, then he has read no less than ten books in one day.

With his mental strength, reading a dozen or so books a day is just a trivial matter, and it has almost no negative impact on him.

If he hadn't checked the meaning of some professional words while reading it, and by the way had a thorough understanding of what the book was about, he would have read ten books a day, even a hundred books a day.

Of course, the meaning of this reading is only literal.After reading it, he may not be able to understand it, and then he will have to spend at least three days to understand the content described in those books.

In the final analysis, the reason why he has this ability is only because his mental power level is high enough and his strength is strong enough.

That's why he can read ten lines at a glance, or even a hundred lines, and finally finish reading one or more books quickly in the shortest time.

And not only him, but all his fellow clans—the Enoch clan (spiritual body clan), as long as the spiritual sea is unharmed and painless, they can easily do such trivial things.

This can be regarded as their racial talent, which cannot be envied by others.

Cough... far away.

anyway.

Thanks to the logistical work of the program group, none of them were allowed to be touched by the viewers watching the live broadcast.

Fortunately, Feng Yilin's disguise skills were strong enough, none of the tourists who came and went recognized them.

Otherwise, they would have caused a sensation by staying here for so long.

At dusk, there were already no tourists going up the mountain, and at the same time, the number of tourists going down the mountain gradually decreased.

Yao Dahai was the last customer who waited in line before the booth to send away the sugar paintings.

Seeing this, Anol and Feng Yilin hurriedly put away the ponytails and stepped forward to help.

Yao Dahai didn't stop him, and he didn't stop until all the candy painting utensils were loaded into the car, then he casually wiped the sweat from his brow, and said aloud, "You two have been waiting for so long, what do you want to do?" Talk to me?"

Arnold took the wet towel from Feng Yilin to wipe his hands, and replied with a smile, "Of course there is something very important, and I want to talk to you."

"To tell you the truth, if I'm not mistaken, I'm the woodcarver you mentioned earlier, who misled others. The purpose of our coming here today is actually to represent the program "I am the Successor of Folk Art" , invite you to participate in the next program shooting."

Hearing this, Yao Dahai was stunned, looked him up and down carefully, and Fang was full of doubts: "You are that woodcarver? It doesn't look like it? My second boy often sees the pictures he took. I know what he looks like, but you don't look like him!"

"Do you think it looks like this?" There was no one around at this moment, and Arnold didn't need to worry about being recognized by passers-by, so he simply took off his glasses and wiped off the makeup camouflage on his face with a new wet towel .

"It looks like it!" Yao Dahai looked at Anol who had recovered his true face, pulled his face, and said angrily: "You really are him!"

"Yes." Arnold didn't seem to notice the change in his face, and still looked at him with a smile, and said, "I'm sorry about your second boy. You can see what I want you to do before you will be invited to participate The next episode of the show? As long as I can do it, there will be no problem."

Yao Dahai was surprised: "No matter what I tell you to do, you will do it?"

Hearing that he was relieved, Arnold immediately said without hesitation: "As long as I can do it, I will never refuse."

In the live broadcast room, the audience saw this, and they were all guessing what kind of request Yao Dahai would take the opportunity to make.

Some people said that he would definitely take the opportunity to speak loudly, while others said that he didn't want to participate in the filming of the show, and would definitely take the opportunity to make a request that Arnold couldn't do to embarrass him.

When everyone was arguing, Yao Dahai was silent for a moment, and finally spoke, but what he said was quite different from what the audience guessed.

Just listen to Yao Dahai said: "My second boy thinks that sugar painting is not as good as woodcarving. Ever since he watched your show, he has to think that your woodcarving skills are the real traditional crafts. It can be regarded as a folk unique skill, and it cannot be on the big stage. I am very unconvinced."

Arnold said: "This is a serious statement. In my opinion, there is no distinction between high and low art, and each art has its strengths and weaknesses. For example, wood carvings and sugar paintings, although wood carvings can be preserved for a long time, they can only be used for viewing."

"Although sugar painting cannot be preserved for a long time, it can be used for both viewing and eating. These two crafts have their own advantages and disadvantages, and they cannot be compared."

Yao Dahai slapped his thigh and said excitedly, "Coincidentally, I think so too. But my second kid doesn't think so!"

This is not easy to answer, and Arnold can only comfort him implicitly: "Most young people's ideas are biased, and you don't have to take it seriously."

Hearing what he said, Yao Dahai felt a little more at ease in his heart, and his face was not so bad: "Actually, if he really wants to learn woodcarving, I won't object."

"Isn't the old saying that children and grandchildren have their own blessings. I am not the kind of particularly authoritarian father. I never thought of controlling him for the rest of my life, let alone letting him live according to my ideas."

"Back when he wanted to change his career, he was already old enough to be considered an adult, and he was qualified to decide his future development direction."

"So, whether he said he wanted to learn woodcarving, or he said he wanted to apply for an art university and go there to find someone to learn art from a teacher, I didn't stop him. I just asked him to think clearly about the path he would take in the future before making a decision. Just let yourself regret it."

"Moreover, not only that, after he repeatedly decided to learn woodcarving, I also sent someone to a big city and bought a whole set of decent carving tools for him. By doing this, I can be regarded as supporting him in pursuing his dream."

"Actually, I have never objected to him learning woodcarving. From the beginning to the end, I only have one request. This request is that even if he learns woodcarving, don't lose the woodcarving he practiced since childhood. to great ancestral craftsmanship.”

Hearing this, Arnold echoed: "So, you are indeed a very enlightened father."

Yao Dahai sighed and said, "I'm just too open-minded! Otherwise, I wouldn't change my career just by letting him say so."

Hearing the difference in his tone, Arnold couldn't help asking: "Did he not fulfill your request?"

When Yao Dahai talked about this, he couldn't control his anger: "That's right! If he did it, I wouldn't be so angry that you misled my son."

"The more important thing is that not only did he fail to fulfill the only request I made, he lost his ancestral craftsmanship. He also didn't seriously go to learn the art from a teacher, and devoted himself to learning the woodcarving he wanted to learn. He wasted three years in vain. great time."

"Although I don't do woodcarving, I'm still a craftsman. I know that it's not easy to do crafts, and you need to know how to do it. No matter what you want to learn, you have to ask a master to learn it."

"Otherwise, no matter how smart a person is, he spends all day thinking about it on his own. Even if he thinks about it for a lifetime, he will not be able to figure out four, five, and six after he has figured out one, two, three."

This is true, and Arnold nodded and echoed: "You are right, no matter what kind of craftsmanship, the real technology is in the hands of experienced craftsmen.

"The technical theories recorded in writing and circulated in other forms are not comprehensive enough after all. For ordinary people, self-study can only get into the door at most. If you want to specialize, you still have to learn from a teacher is the right way."

Yao Dahai greatly agreed, "That's the reason!"

After the words fell, he changed the subject suddenly: "You know, why did my second boy not worship his master until now?"

Well, Arnold really doesn't know.

Yao Dahai didn't really want him to answer, and then he asked himself and answered: "Because he didn't have the courage to go to the woodcarver he wanted to learn from, and tell him about apprenticeship!"

Arnold: "..." This reason was a bit beyond his expectation.