Ghost Ships in the Sea Chapter 2: Boneless
In a blink of an eye, I was still me. Unfortunately, in order to make a living, I took the old path of my father and became my favorite porcelain craftsman and used my skills to make money to survive.
In Anyang, there is a small shop at the back of the antique market. I always come to work before dawn. On the one hand, I am clear-headed and warm-up shops. On the other hand, I am accompanied by nightmares all year round and I can’t sleep well.
Now, today it is cloudy and drizzling. I was wearing a wide-sleeved coarse linen. Under the magnifying glass, I was concentrating on binding the cracked purple clay teapot with thin linen ropes. This is in the porcelain store, called "Peng porcelain".
As long as cracked objects are not lacking in meat, they can be repaired in five steps.
The first step is to look at the shape and find faults. On the one hand, you should pay attention to the original shape, patterns and characteristics of the objects, find fragments, match the seams, and formulate repair plans and quotations.
The second step is the porcelain I am making, which is tied with thin linen with high friction, and is tied in rice or stacked rice characters, so that it can be convenient for the operation.
The third step is to drill holes when you are looking for trouble. When you are looking for trouble, you must understand the characteristics of the instrument itself, especially the material and thickness. Use a diamond drill to drill holes on both sides of the surface cracks to ensure that it is a certain angle and cannot be penetrated. If it is penetrated, it will be useless. You will lose money as soon as possible.
The fourth step is to see whether you are doing it or not. The former is what Shang Weiguo often did back then. It was made of bowls and jars. The skills were rough and fast. It was not good-looking, but practical and cheap. When working, it was made of flower nails or turbans. If you were to make it look good or you could not see any repairs outside, this is the key to raising the price.
The fifth step is to close the seams. You must not see any holes and cracks, and fill them with water without leaking them. Only then will you be considered complete.
Now the item at hand is an old customer. Since taking over the shop, he is the first man who dares to test my skills with the best goods.
In the years that followed, he sent a hundred more fun things to repair, which really benefited me a lot.
So I said that as long as his stuff is his first place, he will only charge a 60% discount. It’s for gratitude!
Although I have only seen him once in the past few years, I always remember his goodness.
The handmade and materials of the purple clay teapot are good this time. Judging from the patina, the flower nails are also made after holding the porcelain. When the holes are about to be drilled, the door of the house was pushed open suddenly. The drizzle is in the wind, and a few drops are blown on my face.
"Hey, close the door quickly!" With a shout, I used my elbow to block the objects, and looked up and saw five people collecting umbrellas. Hearing the shouts, a long-haired girl brought them to the store.
Strange thing! There are not many customers coming and going in the antique market. Unlike the famous Panjiayuan, which is crowded here only on holidays.
Of course, even on holidays, those who can go to the back row are either newcomers or players, not to mention that there are very few people coming into my shop.
The five people entered the house, and the girl finally looked at the survival on the shelves on both sides. The four in front of her didn't speak and just stood stupidly.
"I'll tell you, do you need to repair something that is broken?" I lowered my head and worked hard, and I just asked casually.
Unexpectedly, one of them was not polite, and opened his mouth and said in a silly voice: "Nonsense! If I were looking for a woman, would I still come to this broken place?"
When you open the business, you have never seen any customers. There are many gentle and scum, and there are also rough men who shout and shout, but they are very gentle and elegant. Sometimes you can understand something without saying anything.
So I was not angry when I heard this, and smiled faintly and replied, "Good words. Since there is a living, let's take a look, see if my skills can be accepted."
When the rough man heard this, he took a silk cloth and wrapped it in his hand, and said, "Hey, come and get it."
"Sorry, porcelain and antiques are related, and the rules are similar. You can't just pass the hand. You can just put it down and see if you can pick it up. You can't pick it up. We can't pick it up. We will also prevent misunderstandings when we are in front of us, right?"
The rough man seemed to be angry and was about to have an attack when someone pulled him and asked, "Brother, are you the boss?"
"Yes, heir."
The man nodded, "I guess he has good skills if he can open a shop here."
When I heard this man putting a high hat on myself, I was not a child of a few years old. I smiled coldly and replied, "I dare not boast about my skills or not. At least within a few miles now, I am the only one of my family."
"Haha, okay. I'm looking for you, that's right!" The man clapped his hands and signaled the rough man to put down his things.
There was no way, so the boy had to be obedient, but when he put something on, he snorted coldly with his nostrils to express his dissatisfaction.
What do you think of such a person? Now he is a society ruled by law, so what are you afraid of? His hands keep moving and glance at the objects on the silk cloth. They turned out to be jade, which is not small.
Put down your hands, turn the magnifying glass over, put on gloves, and carefully look at the shape and judge.
This thing is like a lotus, with a flower and bird pattern carved on the surface with a Yin-Yang knife. In the middle is the musician playing and singing.
No matter how meticulous the craftsmanship is, to the appearance and dress of the musician, it is like a thing from the Song Dynasty, and it is very likely to be a vase.
In the group of musicians in the middle, I saw a woman in luxurious clothes. She seemed to have nothing to do with these people. She looked sideways and leaned against the wooden railing in the corridor, holding a scroll in her hand.
The crack happened to be here, not only did it destroy half of the picture, but it also lacked the appearance of a noble lady.
The craftsman made the work in a very vivid way. The scroll in the noble lady's hand may have been less than one third of the little fingertips. Now the complete piece is preserved, and the mountains, rivers and figures can be seen under the magnifying glass. Those people were kneeling in one direction, as if they were performing some kind of ritual.
I was busy looking for fragments and forming the seams, but I only missed the most critical two pieces, which were the other half of the picture and the appearance of the noble lady.
For some reason, the loss in my heart suddenly rose. I took off my gloves regardless of the rules and gently touched the two slags. Finally, I stopped on the noble lady's face and groped repeatedly until I felt it bleeding.
I suddenly burst into tears, and I was in the courtyard, playing and singing in my ears was very lively. The sound of fairy music made me intoxicated, and I staggered and smiled foolishly.
At this moment, a gust of fragrant wind blew. I looked closely and saw my graceful figure leaning against the wooden railing under the corridor, lonely and alone. The only thing that could accompany her was the scroll in her hand.
My eyes were attracted and I could no longer move away. I walked through the musician and approached the woman step by step. I reached out to put on the shoulders, but stopped nearby and was afraid.
Maybe she discovered my behavior, and the noble lady's delicate body shook, the red hairpin shook, slowly turned her face and chuckled.
At this moment, my heart was filled with honey. I even got up and raised my courage to hug the person. The tip of my nose kept rubbing against her neck and cheeks, like a pervert who had never tasted gentleness, wishing to swallow this lady in one bite.
"Haha." The lady was treated rudely, not only was she not afraid, but she laughed lightly and her fragrant lips approached my ears and murmured.
I suddenly retreated and saw a big white face and black hair scattered like poisonous snakes, leaning over.
He screamed in horror, but for some reason he opened his mouth and didn't make a sound. He wanted to escape, but was stuck by the noble lady. His black hair slowly wrapped around him. In an instant, he tore open his clothes and twisted them into the flesh, and blood swelled.
Dabai's face has no facial features. Now that he touches him, he feels that his skin is lying on the iron plate of Baidu's high temperature, slowly melting and disappearing.
The lady had a cup with snake eyes in her hand, and there was a fishy liquid inside, which had pressed against the corner of my mouth and began to force it into her mouth.
When the liquid entered the mouth, I felt hot all over, my brain seemed to be about to boil, and I could not think and judge normally. At this time, the noble lady began to whisper again, which caused me to scream silently and my consciousness gradually blurred.
"Brother, boy! What's wrong with you? Hey, your hands are bleeding!"
I was so excited that I felt like I was torn with cold water. I immediately woke up and was not much better than recovering from the first time I recovered from a serious illness. Sure enough, I was still bleeding between my fingers, most of which dripped on the silk cloth, and three drops fell on the mouth of the slag and disappeared immediately.
He quickly put his fingers in his mouth and stared at the mouth of the slag. It seemed that Shang Weiguo's explanations many years ago began to repeat in his ears, and even his hideous expression at that time was vivid in his mind.
"Brother, do you think this thing can be repaired?"
One sentence helped me to return to reality, took a deep breath, and gently pushed the silk cloth with both hands, "Sorry, I won't repair it."
"Damn it, you are playing tricks on me!" The rough man was furious and raised his hand to grab my sleeve and threatened, "Be careful that I will break you, the guy who is eating!"
He said this, and he tried to lift it in his hand, but he didn't lift it up with a whimper.
He stared at me with surprise and looked at me up and down. The rough man screamed again, and his hands came over to grab it and buckle it. He clamped my wrist hard to commit a crime, but was stopped by the man beside him.
"Brother, can you tell me why? After all, there is no hurry to do this, and we will not seek help in the rain. My brother has a bad temper and hopes you can take more responsibility." As he said that, he patted the rough man's arm and signaled him to let go.
I had to take off my hand, so I moved my wrist a little and explained patiently: "Brother, you are saying good things, and I was just about to explain, who knows this person... Oh, I won't mention it anymore. That's it. Before you enter the door, you should have seen the signboard of my shop called Gubuqi.
What does it mean? It refers to bone objects. Simply put, it is a treasure unearthed from the tomb. I can't suck it! I don't dare to suck it either.
Your thing has a pungent smell, with mercury color on it, plus the production process and its own materials, so I judged that it should be a treasure in the tomb.
It’s not that I can’t trust you, but small shops cannot afford to cause big storms. This is the rule passed down from ancestors. Sorry.”
The eldest brother stopped talking, but instead took a step back with his hands behind his back. Seeing this, the rough man was overjoyed and cursed angrily and wanted to start destroying my shop.
Just then, the doorbell clanged again, and someone shouted: "Two rooms in backrest!"
When I heard this, I immediately stood up and answered casually, "You and I have a long friendship!"
The man said in a trembling voice, "Put on the palm of his hand!"
"The figures are a pair!" After saying this, I had already opened the crowd and rushed to the door, trembling all over.
Speaking of the man, he is about two meters tall and looks handsome.
Chapter completed!