1986: Old Stories in Northeast China

"Okay, there's nothing to do today, let's learn carving when we have time."

The next morning, after sending Han Xiuying and Zhou Fengxia away, Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"Tsk tsk, I thought you were thinking about doing something else again." Lu Dan said with a smile.

"What are you showing off? Do you think you can just watch the fun? Pick out the green beans from the soybeans with chopsticks." Chen Tiezhu said.

"Now I'll let you use ordinary chopsticks. When I learn how to carve, I'll carve a special pair of chopsticks for you, and I'll also arrange a sandbag for you in the next two days."

"Choose whatever you want, who's afraid of who." Lu Dan said unconvinced.

"Choose while squatting in a horse stance." Chen Tiezhu added.

Lu Dan was really dumbfounded. What should she do?

"Sister Dandan, Doudou can also do a horse stance."

After Doudou said this, he did a very standard horse stance.

"Look at my eldest daughter, how amazing she is, you should learn from her." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"When I first started learning, I had to do horse stance at the back." Lu Dan said.

"Okay, then I'll add another one. We can't drop the green beans halfway, if we drop them, we have to go back and pick them up again." Chen Tiezhu said.

"No problem, I'll start picking them up now." Lu Dan said excitedly.

Qi Cuiwen looked at her sympathetically, this girl was too happy too early.

But there was no time to care about her, so she took out her small box. After opening it, various carving tools were lying inside.

"Uncle, these knives are the knives we need when carving." Qi Cuiwen said.

"Their names are basically divided according to the blade edge. The one with a circular blade edge is a round knife, which can be divided into positive and negative. The one I have is a positive round knife."

"It cuts deeper into the meat and is most suitable for round carving. I personally prefer to use it in the embryo and digging stages. The reverse round knife can move the knife or cut the ground smoothly, which is more useful in relief carving."

"The rest are flat knives, oblique knives, jade knives, medium steel knives, and triangular knives. Their handles can actually be redesigned, which is better when they are suitable for use."

"Why don't you introduce the latter one to me?" Chen Tiezhu asked in confusion.

"Because this is used for wood carving, you can play with it and study it yourself." Qi Cuiwen said seriously.

Chen Tiezhu was helpless. This girl also has a naughty side.

"Sister Wenwen, are you kidding? I just picked out a few grains and laughed."

He didn't say anything, but Lu Dan next to him complained.

"Just a reminder, your master will have more ways to torture you." Qi Cuiwen said with a smile.

After that, she took out a cowhide roll from the wooden box. After untying the rope and unfolding it, Chen Tiezhu's eyes sparkled.

"These are the knives used for carving jade. Because jade is often hard, you have to use these." Qi Cuiwen continued.

"The general classification is flat knife, left oblique knife, right oblique knife, round tip knife, single-sided oblique knife. There are so many, just the size of the blade is different."

"In fact, I have never taught anyone, so I don't know how to teach. But I suggest you start with wood carving first to get a feel for it. After you get used to carving, you can start with jade."

"But it's best to find some ordinary materials, waste materials or something. Anyway, Zhou Fengxia also admires you very much, you can go to him to scratch some."

"Ah..., as expected, each industry has its own doorway, and each profession has its own specialty." Chen Tiezhu sighed.

"I really thought jade carving was a very simple thing, but where in the world is there such a simple thing? Old Qi tied me up too tightly, and I can only sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman."

"Uncle, do you mean that grandpa did it on purpose?" Qi Cuiwen asked curiously.

Chen Tiezhu nodded, "First you praised me, and let me think that this thing is easy to do, so I agreed to it easily. In fact, it is not that easy to do. Old Qi is very cunning."

"Hehe, maybe our uncle is a genius, and he can learn it in a few days." Qi Cuiwen said happily.

If it were in the past, she would definitely be disgusted with her grandfather's arrangement.

But now, she would not think so.

She has not been here for a long time, but she is very happy to get along with these people. And this kind of happiness is very rare in her usual life.

"Then I will work hard to learn. Let's find a small piece of wood first, I will watch you carve, and then I will slowly understand it." Chen Tiezhu nodded with a smile.

"When we have learned enough, let's break the ice hole to catch small fish and shrimp. This thing is really good to eat with rice, and then make some sorghum rice,That's a lot of fun to eat."

"Ah..., I'm going crazy."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Dan's shouting came again.

"Who is to blame for this? You are not focused enough, what can I do." Chen Tiezhu said gloatingly.

"I told you, your mung bean is not that easy to pick up." Qi Cuiwen said helplessly.

I clearly reminded her, why didn't she learn her lesson?

Then he took out a small piece of wood from the bag, "It's almost the Spring Festival, the Year of the Rabbit, I'll carve a little rabbit."

"Okay, you can carve anything, I mainly see how you use the knife. "Chen Tiezhu nodded seriously.

The joke was over. In order to let Yingzi wear the bracelet he carved himself as soon as possible, he had to learn seriously.

At this time, Qi Cuiwen took out a square fixture from her pocket, looked at the wood block for a while, and fixed it directly on the fixture.

After really starting to carve, Chen Tiezhu nodded with satisfaction.

Qi Cuiwen now seemed to have changed into a different person, with a very focused look.

He had the experience of sharpening knives, so he could naturally clearly feel the kind of concentration that ignored external things.

And he also noticed that Qi Cuiwen put all the knives in place before carving, and he didn't even need to look at which one or which model was needed.

Such proficiency cannot be achieved without years of accumulation.

"Dandan, look at Wenwen when she's working. This is the difference between you and her. There's light in her eyes. "

Carefully coming to Lu Dan, Chen Tiezhu said softly.

Because of his interruption, the mung bean in her hand fell again. But now she didn't care about it, and looked at Qi Cuiwen.

"Her concentration makes her very neat when carving. When she finds her own aura, she will be promoted to the master level." Chen Tiezhu continued.

"You have more aura than concentration, and as a surgeon, you also need neatness and a little bit of aura. Because the surgical skills you learned don't give you much room to play freely. "

Lu Dan bit her lip, somewhat stimulated.

Because she grew up with praise, whether in school or internship, she received praise.

Today, she really felt her own shortcomings.

"Come on, girl, your room for growth is also infinite. "

Chen Tiezhu encouraged and sat back down. Then he carefully took out a block of wood and the wood carving tools beside him and started carving.

Lu Dan gritted her teeth and waved her little fist. She had to work hard.

The room, which was just bustling, suddenly became quiet.

More than two hours later, Qi Cuiwen stretched and took down the little rabbit she had carved.

After carefully appreciating it, she nodded with satisfaction.

"Uncle, look at me carving..."

She just opened her mouth to speak, but she couldn't say the rest.