Mountain driving career since 1982

Chapter 671

Chapter 671

When Lu Lu and Chen Xiuqing drove the carriage to Kong Siren's small courtyard with the thick elm, Kong Siren was squatting in the courtyard, carefully polishing dozens of large and small tools that were padded with linen.

There are many tools that Lu Lu can't name at all.

Kong Siren was so serious and focused that he didn't even know that Lu Lu and Chen Xiuqing drove the carriage to stop outside the courtyard. He just wore glasses and carefully compared the sharp edges of the tools. Down, careful and cautious.

Chen Xiuqing wanted to go up to call the door, but Lu Lu grabbed her.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, until the door of the house was opened and her wife came out with some kidney beans to dry, she saw Lu Lu and Chen Xiuqing standing outside the courtyard, and hurried over to pat Kong Siren on the shoulder: "Old man , what are you doing, you don’t even know how to welcome guests when they come...it’s Xiao Lu who’s here!”

"what……"

Kong Siren looked back at his wife, but didn't react.

His wife stomped her feet, gave him a hard look, put the dustpan on the ground, and hurried over to open the door for Lu Lv and Chen Xiuqing.

When Kong Siren saw that it was Lu Lu, he quickly stood up and said apologetically, "It's Xiao Lu, I didn't pay attention just now, sorry, why didn't you say anything?"

"I've been waiting for about [-] minutes, Brother Lu won't disturb you..."

Chen Xiuqing was a little bored waiting, and she was a little bit unhappy when she spoke, and immediately received Lu Lv's eyes, and didn't dare to complain any more.

Lu Lu then smiled slightly at Kong Siren: "It's okay, sir, such a dedicated and conscientious attitude, that is the spirit of craftsmanship, you are always a master, I admire you! Look, I am sending you materials again this time." .”

The carriage drove into the small courtyard, Lu Lu and Chen Xiuqing worked together to unload the elm tree, then Lu Lu looked at Kong Siren and said with a smile: "Take a look at the old wood lumps of this elm tree?"

In his previous life, this piece of wood was bought by a businessman from another place, so he was willing to go all the way to get it back, so this piece of wood must be a good thing.

Kong Siren pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, looked around the elm, made Lu Lu and Chen Xiuqing turn around again, and finally nodded excitedly: "Good wood, good materials, we can make something good, I will I suddenly have an idea, this wood, I will definitely carve a good object for you."

"Is there nothing wrong with these rotten and insect-eaten places?" Lu Lu asked looking at the side that was on the ground.

"No problem, I checked just now, the heart of the tree is still intact, the rest is the essence...Xiao Lu, do you also know how to carve?" Kong Siren asked suddenly.

Lu Lu shook his head: "Why do you say that?"

"I found that you are very good at picking materials... The pine nuts you sent last time are full of fat and transparent, and hollow, with black, red, and yellow colors that have transitions and progressions. The carved things, even I didn't expect it to be so beautiful myself. Quick, follow me into the house and go and see if you are satisfied."

Kong Siren dragged Lu Lu to the nearby warehouse.

After the door was opened, Lu Lu saw the pine wood erected in the warehouse, which was thought to be only firewood by the world before, but now it gave people a very amazing feeling.

According to the change of wood texture and color, Kong Siren ingeniously carved mountains, rocks, streams and vigorous forests on it. Turning around, each side can be taken out separately and become a painting. Blended together just right.

"This... is this still the Song Mingzi?"

Chen Xiuqing was even more stunned: "This is too beautiful."

He took two steps closer and wanted to reach out to touch it, but Kong Siren stopped him: "This material is very oily, so you can't touch it with your hands, otherwise the color will become darker and darker. After you take it home, you have to dry it if you want to take care of it." Wipe the cloth frequently, so that the slurry will slowly become transparent and look better!"

Lu Lu is clear about this.

In later generations, many people used pine nuts to turn them into beads to make bracelets, which are different from other materials.

Other woods are played with hands, gradually encrusted, and become more and more rounded, but pine nuts are difficult to roll out. If you want to roll out, you must wear gloves, and, even so, it is difficult to become transparent. few.

And this is also the reason why although it has the name of Northern Chenxiang, the price is not at the same level as Chenxiang.

"Great master, great craftsmanship!" Lu Lu praised sincerely.

"wait!"

Kong Siren took down the lightbulb hanging on the roof of the barn, tied a knot on the wire, threaded a wooden bar, put the light bulb in, let the wooden bar rest on the top of the tree hole, then he closed the door of the barn, pulled switch wire.

The moment the light bulb was turned on in the dark room, the whole big pine tree became transparent, exuding a bright red halo, looking at the carved lines on it, it was another beautiful scene that was smart and heavy .

When Chen Xiuqing saw it, she was so surprised that she couldn't speak.

Even Lu Lu looked a little dull when he saw this scene, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt happy.

Kong Siren didn't disappoint Lu Lu at all. Just such good craftsmanship made the value of this section of wood doubled a hundred times, no, even a thousand times.

"How is it? I'm satisfied!" Kong Siren asked.

"Satisfied, I am so satisfied, this is a very rare work of art." Lu Lu did not hesitate to praise himself, and was glad that he had met such an expert again.

At this moment, an idea suddenly came into his mind: whether to set up a handicraft factory in this district with Kong Siren as the core.

You can find materials by yourself, and Kong Siren is in charge of processing.

In terms of handicrafts, it is also something on the export level, and it can be a career that can be done for a lifetime.

"Master, you take this money, it's the salary plus rewards for the next six months!"

Without hesitation, Lu Lu took out 500 yuan from his pocket and stuffed it into Kong Siren's hand.

Kong Siren looked at the money in his hand, and his usually calm hands shook uncontrollably: "Xiao Lu, you should take back your money quickly, and just pay it to me on a monthly basis. Let me take so much money all at once, I don't think so." I'm sorry too. Grandpa, I'm getting old and my hands and feet are clumsy. You see, it's been almost half a year since the end of last year, and I barely made such a thing for you. I feel ashamed in my heart."

"Grandpa, don't say that. As the saying goes, what is expensive is not expensive, and it is the same when it is used in carving. Which good thing is not a blend of inspiration and careful carving. This is your old painstaking effort. Such a beautiful piece Works, even if it takes twice as long, I think it is worth it!

This money, you can keep it with peace of mind, if you need anything, or have any requirements, you can just ask me, my home is in Xiushantun, you can come to me at any time! "

Lu Lu took Kong Siren's hands covered with white tape, and patted them gently: "Master, you have to pay attention to rest, don't rush things, pay more attention to your body... especially these hands, you have to take good care of them !"

Kong Siren's hands were full of cracks from the vicissitudes of life, and had to be wrapped with medical white tape.

Lu Lu felt distressed for a while, Kong Siren was a big treasure to him.

"Thank you... I used the same material for this thing, and made a base, which is convenient to keep at home. As for the rest, I'll just leave it here as firewood!"

Kong Siren said gratefully: "It's just that your car is here, so take it back. The space is small, so you have to make room for the next thing."

"it is good!"

Lu Lu nodded, and called Chen Xiuqing, and the two worked together to carefully lift the ornaments out of the house. Kong Siren had prepared some pine leaves, linoleum and other things to spread on the carriage for protection, and then helped carefully put the ornaments into the carriage superior.

Things are done.

Lu Lu and Chen Xiuqing drove the carriage back, watching the two walk away, Kong Siren murmured: "My bosom friend!"

On the way back, Chen Xiuqing kept glancing at the decorations in the car that were covered with tattered linoleum from time to time: "Brother Lu, I really didn't expect that there are still people with such good skills who can turn an unremarkable piece of firewood into such a Looks good. Did you already have this idea when you were in the mountains?"

Lu Lu smiled and didn't say much.

Chen Xiuyu then asked: "Brother Lu, why haven't you mentioned this uncle before?"

"No? I said it clearly, but you didn't pay attention to it. The tiger tooth pendants of our brothers were made by his old man. I also went to his house before I knew that he has very good carving skills. Therefore, in the Seeing this piece of Song Mingzi who protected us, I thought about bringing it back, this uncle really gave me another surprise."

After a pause, Lu Lu continued to ask: "Qingzi, if someone asks you to buy this item, how much will you sell it for?"

Chen Xiuqing scratched her head: "I can't say it well, I always feel reluctant to sell."

"What if it has to be sold?" Lu Lu asked.

"At least three thousand!" Chen Xiuqing thought for a long time before giving such a price: "The thing is yours, how much do you think you will sell it?"

Lu Lu smiled slightly: "Almost!"

From his point of view, this is also a matter of making money without losing money. He began to look forward to Kong Siren's next work, and also began to think about whether to open a handicraft factory.

After much deliberation, I still feel that I should discuss it with my brothers when the next item comes out.

The two drove the carriage back to Caodianzi, and carefully put the ornaments into the corner of their living room.

When she saw this thing, Chen Xiuyu also acted very pleasantly surprised and loved it, and kept asking Lu Lv and Chen Xiuqing all the time.

As for the smell of rosin, it was directly ignored.

The whole woodcut is built with red pine, and I have already gotten used to the smell.

Chen Xiuyu couldn't ask this question, Chen Xiuqing opened his mouth, and immediately told the story of catching flying dragons in the Walagan forest farm, meeting the wild boar king, and being forced to hide in this pine tree hole, which made Chen Xiuyu I was in a hurry.

Lu Lu had no choice but to comfort her, and also explained to her the usual way of arranging things, and by the way, it cost hundreds of dollars for just such a thing.

Looking at this beautiful thing, Chen Xiuyu acted boldly: "No matter how much you spend, it's worth it!"

When the evening approached, as if they had made an appointment, Zhang Shaofeng, Liang Kangbo, and Zhao Yongke also came over, and they brought some wine and meat with them, and came to eat and drink with Lu Lu.

Seeing such a beautiful thing in Lu Lu's house, several people also showed their liking, and studied it for a long time.

After the food was cooked and placed on the kang table, several people sat cross-legged on the kang and started drinking and chatting.

During the dinner, Lu Lu saw several people winking and couldn't help asking: "Brothers, is there anything you can't say directly? What's the matter? You're winking."

"Fourth, tell me, we haven't been in the mountains for a few months since we came back from catching the flying dragon?" Zhang Shaofeng asked Lu Lu with a smile.

"It's been a few months, haven't you been busy with various things on the farm?" Lu Lu nodded and said.

"Now I'm free. I've been running with you in the mountains too many times, and my heart is itching... What are you going to do next? We can't be idle all the time, can we?"

"You can't be idle. If you are too idle, people tend to become lazy!" Lu Lu scratched his head: "What are you going to do next?"

Liang Kangbo looked at Lu Lu with a smile: "The last time you were in the mountains, didn't you say that you would go back to see Tuo Mulun for a few months?"

Hearing this, Lu Lu still didn't understand: "Are you waiting for me here? If you want to go panning for gold, just say so. It's such a big circle."

"I'm afraid you have other arrangements!" Liang Kangbo laughed.

Lu Lu nodded: "I've thought about it, we really should go get something, we can't stay at home all the time... so, let's prepare in these two days, Xiao Zhengyang will call me Dad, I will stay with him for two more days and leave the day after tomorrow."

Chen Xiuyu was holding the child by the side, and when she heard Lu Lu talking about going to pan for gold, her expression was a little nervous: "Brother Lu, I heard from the elders that panning for gold is very dangerous, isn't it safe?"

"Daughter-in-law, don't worry, we are going to find it in the mountains by ourselves, and we don't go to those places that have been mined, but those that no one has discovered, it's okay!" Lu Lu comforted.

"How can there be so much gold for you to find? Besides, will any of you know how to find gold?" Chen Xiuyu was full of disbelief.

"Look, underestimate your man. I have done some research on this. Don't worry, I'm sure. Besides, we're looking for gold, not hunting. It's safer than carrying a mallet. Just go for a month The time will come back, and then rest at home for a while, and I have to rush to the Red Hammer City to carry the mallet!"

As Lu Lu was speaking, he suddenly felt itchy on his left arm. He looked down, good guy, a mosquito was lying on the blood vessel, sucking blood very comfortably, and immediately slapped him to death: "I forgot today's mosquito coil!"

(End of this chapter)