When Master Nan got up, the old man picked up the "Human Love Note" and blew a few more breaths gently.

Seeing that the ink was dry, he gently folded it and put it away.

Just such a dime-edged piece of paper seemed to be much more valuable in his mind than the previous set of enamel fish porcelain.

Master Nan looked at the old man walking around, his expression seemed a little sad.

Seeing that the old man finally stopped, Master Nan asked: "Brother Snow Monk, since it has been decided, how should we perform this ceremony according to your wishes?"

"Well! Although we don't follow the secular way and don't need any apprenticeship ceremony, the ceremony cannot be discarded. Please ask Brother Jinyu to host it for me!"

The old man seemed to feel lighter because his wish was over. He pointed to the long scroll of Puru and said: "That object is considered to be in a state of repair!"

Master Nan hesitated and said: "Apprenticeship is a big event. Do you want to discuss a time and invite some old friends to watch the ceremony?"

The old man took out half a bottle of old wine from under the dining table, then picked up a wine glass and put it in Master Nan's hand. He smiled mockingly: "To be too old to die is to be a thief. How can I have any old friends at my age?"

After a while, he added: "Even if there is still one and a half of them, I will write a post when the time comes, so that Xiao Chang can pay a visit when he goes to the capital."

The old man's words were even more dazzling than the rising autumn wind.

"Hehe, Jinfeng is the main killer, I'm afraid those old guys won't be able to take a few more blows!"

…

As Master Nan said, becoming a disciple is never a small matter.

The meanings of students and disciples are completely different.

That is really like being a teacher for a day and a father for a lifetime.

Not to mention, in the decades of the Republic of China, the master treated the disciples who passed on his mantle almost the same as he treated his sons, and the disciples respected their teachers and regarded them as their own fathers. Between the two It's just a matter of blood relationship.

A disciple chooses a teacher, and a teacher chooses a disciple.

Famous teachers are rare, and great disciples are also hard to find.

People of the old school know that it is much more difficult to recruit a disciple with good moral character than to meet a famous teacher. This is also the reason why many craftsmen in the past could not meet good disciples and would rather let their craftsmanship be lost.

The road is far away and you can tell the power of horses, and the passage of time can tell the people's hearts.

Whether a disciple is a good disciple or not requires long-term testing and tempering. Only when the master feels that this disciple is worthy of passing on the mantle, will he give it to him.

During the long period of trials and tribulations, there are only four words that can describe it: It’s difficult for an apprentice.

How difficult is it?

Some businesses even sign a contract before going to the master's house. Life or death has nothing to do with the family. It is all arranged by the master. If there is such a big thing as unclean hands and feet, the master can kill him directly and the government will not care.

Of course, the antique store won't be so strict, but it's not much better.

An apprentice brought by an antique store owner must first work for the owner for free for three years.

These three years of work are more than just working in the store.

The apprentice has to do everything in the master's house, including washing, cooking, and urinals, and only takes care of food and no money.

This is called a disciple.

After the apprenticeship has been completed in the past three years, and he has been promoted from apprentice to apprentice, the master begins to teach the skills, and this teaching is also very particular.

Usually the master will not teach step by step. The apprentice has to listen and read on his own. At critical moments, the master will give a few words. As for whether he can understand and learn, it depends on his own ability.

No talent or ability can compare to the ability to detect faces at this stage.

This is the so-called master who leads you in, and cultivation depends on the individual.

In this way, after another three, five, seven or eight years, depending on the apprentice's own level of learning, he can start his apprenticeship.

The apprenticeship mentioned here only means that you have mastered the craftsmanship, but you still have to follow the master. Usually you work for five or ten years in vain before you can go out and start your own business.

This is how the great contemporary porcelain collector Sun Yingzhou came to be.

Geng Baochang followed Sun Yingzhou as an apprentice, so naturally he came here this way.

At that time, "Dun Hua Zhai" was very famous, but ordinary people could not enter and become apprentices.

Sun Yingzhou was a strict person and required that tea sets and smoking sets must be washed cleanly, and table legs must be wiped clean.

But why can Geng Baochang stay?

Because he gets up at five o'clock every day, no matter whether it is spring, summer, autumn or winter, sweeping the floor, emptying the urinal, burning the stove..., all kinds of chores are done properly.

Even the small tasks of serving tea, pouring water, and lighting cigarettes are still done with care.

In the winter, Geng Baochang washed and washed his hands and feet every day and his hands and feet were cracked by the cold. The large cracks on his hands would bleed if he stretched them even slightly. The small wounds were so painful that he could not sleep at night.

This kind of life is the most difficult, plus there are too many chores. When can you learn something?

Not seeing hope is the most tortured thing, and not many people can endure it.

So how did Geng Baochang, who finally stayed behind, learn the art?

It all depends on your own efforts.

The shopkeeper talked with the guests, told about antiques, and admired the porcelain.

At this time, Geng Baochang's ears were completely erect, and he was concentrating on listening while serving tea and water with his hands and feet.

One time, I was so absorbed in listening that I burned my fingers while lighting a cigarette for a guest, without even bothering to throw away the match.

Only then did Sun Yingzhou, the Taishan Beidou in the industry, and Geng Baochang, the national treasure of the Forbidden City, emerge.

As a professor at Nankai University and director of the Institute of History, Nan Jinyu has taught and educated people all over the world.

However, these students will not respect him, Nan Jinyu, as they respect the "teacher" among the masters of heaven and earth, because the teacher's profession is to train students, and this is Nan Jinyu's job.

Upon closer inspection, the "closed disciples" mentioned by Xiao Lang, Mou Duanming and others were mostly because Nan Jinyu was an academic, so the joke should not be taken seriously.

Just like now in the circle, others will say that Mou Duanming is Nan Jinyu's student, but they will not say that Mou Duanming is Nan Jinyu's disciple. It is also because of this that in formal occasions, Mou Duanming and Chang Xian never say "

They call each other "senior brothers".

Chang Xian is a person who attaches great importance to etiquette. Since he has decided to become a disciple, he cannot skip this ceremony. He immediately took the wine bottle from Master Nan and filled the cup in front of him with wine.

"Master, this glass of wine is given to you by my disciples. Once I am a teacher, I will always be a father. From now on, I will always remember your teachings. I respectfully invite Master to drink this glass of wine..."

Picking up the wine glass, Chang Xian came to the old man, holding the wine glass in one hand, and pulling out the chair behind the old man with the other. He knelt down as soon as his knees softened, raised the glass with both hands, and raised it respectfully above his head.

"...My child, for the rest of my life, it is not my wish to accept you as my disciple, but since it is God's will, please don't fall into the trap of Qingyun!"

The old man himself also had mixed feelings. He took the wine glass Chang Xian held above his head and drank it in one gulp with his eyes closed.

The old man slowly opened his eyes and said: "Get up, since you have become a master, I will give you a apprenticeship ceremony..."

After asking Chang Xian to get up, the teacher went out tremblingly. He found something from somewhere and handed it to Chang Xian. He said: "This crystal wine drink is from the Qianlong period. It was given by my elders. I
Chapter completed!