[Comprehensive] No. 8 Pawnshop.

In the center of the capital, there is an antique three-story building called Qunshan Diaoyu.Ordinary people can't find this place, and they can't get in. This is actually a studio. The owner's name is Kang Yongyu, a national treasure-level woodcarving master, and an artist of the older generation. high reputation.It is said that a woodcarving of a butterfly fluttering lady that he once participated in the international exhibition was almost impossible to distinguish between real and fake, and even the flying butterflies landed in the lady's hair.

Many of his works are also in the National Museum.Because of the habit of inheriting the master's school in China, he also has many disciples and grandchildren all over the country. At Kang Yongyu's age, he can be regarded as gaining both fame and fortune, and enjoying peace.

So in recent years, although he has never let go of his carving skills, he seldom sells his works, and because his works are becoming more and more ingenious, rarer and more precious, they are even more expensive in the market .Many people can only find a piece of Master Kang's work from Qunshan Diaoyu only by virtue of relationships.

Today, Kang Yongyu had just finished instructing his little apprentice, and he caught a glimpse of a young girl outside who was still sitting there carving wood. He suddenly remembered that this Miss Ye came this morning and asked for something from him, and he just treated it as another I came to ask for a custom-made wood carving, so I declined as usual.And that Miss Ye was not angry after being rejected by him, she just sat on the edge of the table in the outer room, fiddled with some small wooden carvings, and even tried carving herself.

The outer room of Qunshan Diaoyu is very different from the inner room. The inner room is his studio, while the outer room is mostly where his apprentices practice their hands. The things on the table are also small gadgets, which are Kang Yongyu's apprentices and grandchildren. Hands-on work.

It is also common for guests to come and try to carve something with their own hands.Kang Yongyu will not drive them away, after all, the people who can find here are not ordinary people, Kang Yongyu doesn't care about these secular relationships, but after all, he still has sons and daughters-in-law, so it's always not good or too difficult for others.

He didn't think this Miss Ye could sit for long, not to mention that it would take half a day to carve a small gadget, even that delicate hand could not hold the carving knife for long.

Kang Yongyu guessed wrong this time. That Ms. Ye sat there from morning to afternoon, and didn't leave to eat in the middle. An apprentice kindly greeted her and told her what restaurants were nearby, but she declined with a smile. .

If he came here to ask for a wood carving, it can be regarded as sincerity. However, he is in his [-]s and [-]s, but he is notoriously hard-hearted. This sincerity still can't impress him. Kang Yongyu straightened his back, He stroked his white beard and said in his heart.

Even though he thought so, Kang Yongyu couldn't help but take a look at what that Miss Ye carved out.

He was startled at this glance. It was a small portrait of a lady from the Tang Dynasty. It was only as big as a palm, but with long waist, long arms, long dress, willow-leaf eyebrows, and cherry mouth. A pair of eyes have not been carved.

Kang Yongyu is best at carving portraits, and he has devoted great enthusiasm to it.This woodcarving of a lady is exactly the same as a woodcarving made by Kang Yongyu on the outer wall, and people will know that it was specially imitated from that woodcarving.

If you can imitate to this level, you are really talented.

"Have you ever learned woodcarving?" Kang Yongyu couldn't help touching his beard and said.

That Miss Ye got up from her chair, shook her head and smiled at him, "No."

This Miss Ye who has been sitting here for a whole day carving small statues is the owner of No. [-] pawnshop, Ye Li.

Kang Yongyu was surprised but not surprised. People like him who specialize in handicrafts see people's hands first, and this Miss Ye's hands, he has seen before without a trace of scars or calluses. Needless to say, he has learned woodcarving, which is why he feels that Miss Ye won't be able to sit here for long.

But if you haven't learned it before, and you can achieve this level by imitating sculpture for the first time, then I'm afraid it's not an ordinary talent.

Ye Li seemed to see his doubts, and said gently, "I've always been a quick learner, and I can also see other people's sculptures here."

"However," Ye Li frowned slightly, and continued, "I don't have much enthusiasm for this, imitation is just imitation."

She is right, imitation will never become a master like Kang Yongyu.But just by observing and imitating, can you learn it in a day?This is also an amazing ability to imitate.

Kang Yongyu subconsciously looked at Ye Li's hand again, there was still no scar, it was as white and delicate as usual.

He couldn't help but took two steps back. How could it be possible? It is impossible for a beginner to not get hurt when carving such a difficult wood carving. Cuts, large and small, are inevitable.

Ye Li also noticed the suspicious look he was looking at her hand, she suddenly laughed, raised her right hand, and said with a smile, "Are you wondering why my hand is not injured?"

"People have flesh and blood, and they will be hurt by sharp objects, but I won't, they can't hurt me." She reached out to touch the small carving knife on the side of the table, and the blade slashed across her fingertips, but did not leave The next trace.

Kang Yongyu's eyes were uncertain whether this Miss Ye was a human, a ghost, or something else, but he quickly calmed down,

"What's your purpose?" Kang Yongyu still straightened his back, neither frightened nor panicked, and didn't even think about calling his apprentices over. After so long, no one came out, not even a single sound , How could he not notice so many things wrong.

Ye Li smiled slightly, with deep meaning in his eyes, "As I said, my surname is Ye, and I'm here to ask you for something."

"What, what kind of woodcarving do you want me to make for you?" Kang Yongyu's old and wise eyes were constantly changing. He really didn't expect his work to attract such people.

Ye Li shook his head lightly, and didn't answer immediately, but turned around and picked up the small statue of a lady she carved on the table before, and sighed, "Do you know why I didn't carve eyes?"

She didn't even think about listening to Master Kang's answer, and continued, "I can imitate it perfectly, but I can't give it the charm, so it is at best an exquisite and beautiful handicraft, but it cannot be called art. "

Ye Li suddenly turned to look at the old man Kang Yongyu, "But you are different. I have seen your works, works with soul, which make people marvel." Her words and demeanor were full of respect for him and praise.

Kang Yongyu smiled wryly, "My skills can barely make you admire."

Ye Li didn't seem to hear his words, his eyes fell on his wrinkled and callused old hands, and he asked faintly, "What kind of hands are these, they can almost endow dead things with aura?"

"And what I want is your hands."

"You..." How could Kang Yongyu agree, he regards his wood carving career as his life, and asking for his hand is tantamount to letting him die.

Ye Li said slowly, "You don't need to rush to reject me, I'm not begging, but an exchange, one item for another item, I remember your biggest regret is your two-year-old grandson."

Kang Yongyu was suddenly speechless. His grandson, the only precious grandson of the four generations of the Kang family, had suffered from a serious illness before. The child who was only in his 40s was born with cerebral palsy. In [-], the family tried their best and spent a lot of money, but the treatment was not good. Thinking that Kang Yongyu was classified as a woodcarving master, he had countless disciples and grandchildren, but in the end he could not be passed on to future generations, and the incense of the Kang family was also affected.

Ye Li's voice sounded again, "Your son Kang Huaiyun will only have this one child in his whole life, and he has no fate other than this."

"As long as you are willing to pawn your hands to me, I can make your grandson get better and be a normal person." Ye Li's words were full of endless temptation, and they directly poked Kang Yongyu's heart.

Compared with the hands that have been condensed with a lifetime of hard work, and the only offspring, what is more important?

Kang Yongyu aged a lot in an instant, he closed his eyes, and said weakly, "I am willing, you can take it."

He regards woodcarving as his life, but his only grandson is more precious than life.

How can people really transcend the world, even if they look down on fame and fortune, there are still secular relationships and the bondage of blood for descendants.Because it is a symbol they feel proves that they have lived in this world, the endless descendants, the eternal meaning of life.

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Kang Yongyu named his grandson Kang Yuanmu, and Qingshuang carved Yuanmu.

In the basement secret room of the No. [-] pawn shop, Ye Li put a glass bottle on the wooden shelf. Inside the transparent glass bottle was a pair of fresh and old hands.

In the thousands of worlds, there are people who are willing to give their all for the blood of their children, and there are also people who can put their children in the abyss with their own hands. The new customer of No. [-] pawn shop is one of them, and he should be called a victim. Tang Zexuesui , and Kirihara Ryoji.