Jianbao life

Chapter 301

The yurt that Zhang Minglan entered yesterday didn't look that big, but after entering, she realized that it was the kind of yurt that was small but had all internal organs.

It is divided into three different areas.Some are used as rest areas, some are work areas, and some are for eating.

There is also an old-fashioned stove in the center of the yurt, and there is a pile of charcoal in it that seems to have been extinguished for a while, and the room is not cold at all.

An old man has already been lying down in the rest area over there, and it is not necessary to guess that this old man is Zhang Minglan's father, Zhang Daoyin.

Zhang Minglan was sitting in the work area over there. Her eyes were bloodshot and her eyelids were slightly swollen. It seemed that she hadn't slept all night and was quite tired.

Even so, she still showed a happy look when she saw Li Heng and said, "Brother, come and see this porcelain!"

Zhang Minglan brought a complete Ru porcelain from the side.

Li Heng looked at the Ru porcelain in front of him, and touched it carefully, fearing that the porcelain would be broken in the next moment, and there was no trace of it being broken or repaired.

It can almost be called the seamless state of "great ingenuity as clumsy as it is clumsy, great work without trace".

How much effort did it take to create such an effect?
"This is the first time my father has repaired Ru porcelain, and it is also the first time I have repaired such a rare thing. To be honest, neither my father nor I have much confidence in doing it... But fortunately, you can see that we still did a good job! "Zhang Minglan said happily, "This is also a hurdle to break through on the path of a restorer!"

"Restorer?" Li Heng asked.

"That's right, as the saying goes, it's hard to reunite a broken mirror, and the most difficult thing is to achieve a true 'reunion of a broken mirror' without a trace." Zhang Minglan said with a relaxed expression, "My father likes to use this method the most, and it takes the most time. The method that consumes the most energy but is also the most delicate and traceless - brush painting."

It is said to be "painting" with a pen, but the actual operation is much more delicate and complicated.

Zhang Minglan followed her father Zhang Daoyin from a young age to learn and do this craft little by little from simple curium porcelain.

Only by seeing it with her own eyes, did she know that this set of procedures is really not something that ordinary people can do well, and because it may be difficult for her father to rely on this kind of craftsmanship to make a living when she gets older, so Zhang Minglan worked alongside her father very early on.

In the past, Zhang Minglan followed her father to restore a second Guanyin with missing hands. The father and daughter read a lot of graphic materials about Guanyin together, and learned about the various shapes of fingers, the clarity, brightness, glaze color, etc. of porcelain, and waited in their hearts. It's all bottomed out, so I started to repair it.

When the later buyer saw the item, he even boasted: "No one can pick up the broken arm of the Western Venus, but the two of them were able to pick up the hand of this porcelain Guanyin! It's wonderful!"

In addition to being careful and steady, this job also requires solid painting skills and enough patience.

Zhang Daoyin's special brush was used to repeatedly draw layer by layer on the above, approaching the ultimate goal bit by bit with subtle changes that are not easy to detect by ordinary people-"broken mirror and reunion".

Among the thousands of brushstrokes, if there is a problem with one stroke, all previous efforts may be wasted.

At first, this method was discovered from the curium porcelain craft at that time.

Only in this way can porcelain be truly revived and its true beauty reproduced.

Curium porcelain is the technique of repairing broken porcelain with metal "curiums" like staples.

However, although curium porcelain is the simplest process, it is still very complicated to do it.Curium porcelain is very particular about skills and skills. It is necessary to ensure that the aesthetics of the restored porcelain is not too bad, but also to ensure that it is not leaky and durable.

There is an old saying in China, "If you don't have diamonds, don't do porcelain work."

China is the hometown of porcelain, so there is naturally a business of repairing and repairing porcelain with curium, which is called Gulu craftsman among the people.

It was originally a craft created for earning a living.It is a member of the "street pickers", and it is also looked down upon as a low-level profession, but it is an indispensable thing in people's life.

Because porcelain is the pet of the aristocrats, but ordinary people and the poor have an unattainable luxury for porcelain, so they regard the porcelain they have as treasures.

But the Achilles heel of porcelain is that it is very fragile. Whenever a piece of porcelain is broken, there is nothing to do.

The ancients were better at living. There is a saying that "the new three years, the old three years of sewing and mending for another three years". If you can use it, you can continue to use it. If you can't use it, you can find a way to repair it and reuse it. This is how the "curium porcelain" craft comes from. .

Moreover, the curium porcelain industry also has a place in the antique collection industry. The craftsmen have changed from passive repairing to active action show, from single curium repairing to curium repairing, which is the most unique skill.

Of course, the so-called restorers of cultural relics in those museums also developed from here.

After listening to Zhang Hualan's introduction, Li Heng nodded heavily. He also learned something new here.

He was very excited to be exposed to new things.

"Sister Zhang, I don't know what to do, but this money will be regarded as your reward for helping me repair the kiln." Li Heng took a deep breath, and took out a few gadgets from his body, feeling a little embarrassed, thinking After thinking about it, he took out his mobile phone and prepared to transfer money to Zhang Minglan.

"No, brother, why are you being so polite to me?" Zhang Minglan directly refused, snatched Li Heng's cell phone, and stuffed it into Li Heng's pocket forcefully: "I treated you so badly the day before yesterday. , I did this as an apology, I really don’t need to give me money, really!"

Zhang Minglan was very forthright, and never cared about money when making friends, so by Li Heng's behavior, he was insulting her sincerity.

Seeing that Zhang Minglan was really about to get angry, Li Heng sighed helplessly.

I heard from Master Liu that there is also a fee for repairing the device. It would cost at least a few million to repair such a thing.At worst, I will find opportunities to pick up good things and give Zhang Minglan some things in the future, and it will be regarded as a thank you gift.

"Okay, Sister Zhang, if I come to the grassland next time, don't refuse the things I give away!" Li Heng said.

When Zhang Minglan heard that, she wanted to continue to refuse, but after hearing what Li Heng said, she immediately agreed: "Okay! Since my brother said so, I will remember your kindness."

"In the spring of next year, on April [-]th, there will be an auction here. I hope I can see you at that time, and then I will treat you well to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the grassland in spring!"

Li Heng nodded heavily.

The purpose of this trip has been achieved, Brother Snake and Liu Jingtao are still drunk, and they are not in a hurry to rush back.

So they lived happily in the grassland for a few days. When it was time to leave, Li Heng really couldn't bear to leave the enthusiastic and generous grassland herders here.

(End of this chapter)