Silent Hearts

The second floor of the jade carving studio is different from the first floor. There is no display of jade art works, only seven or eight jade carving machines.

When Lin Mu and his group went up, Cao Zhan was sitting on the outermost table. There was a man and a woman standing beside him. The woman was looking down at the work in his hand.

"Shouldn't this side be thinner?" There are very few female masters in the jade carving world, and this is the first one Lin Mu saw. The other party raised his head after speaking, and saw them a little surprised, and asked, "Who are you looking for?" ?”

Cao Zhan held the seed material in his hand, and the jade carving machine was still running. The drill made a noisy sound, and clear water fell drop by drop onto the carving surface.

Jiang Tianhe obviously remembered what Master Fang said just now, and pointed at the machine with shaking fingers: "You, you turn it off first..."

Cao Zhan was baffled, but his mind was obviously not very good, so he obediently turned off the machine, and introduced excitedly: "Senior Sister Song, they are my good friends!"

Song Jiuling looked around at the crowd, as if suddenly enlightened, she tapped each one with her fingertips, and even reported their names: "Jiang Tianhe, Lin Mu, Lu Rong...and Meimei?"

Several people couldn't react, obviously they didn't quite understand why almost everyone in Master Fang's studio knew them, but Song Jiuling was no stranger to them at all. The few of you have done it more than 800 times, it’s been a long time since I’ve had a good relationship with you, it’s been a long time since I’ve had a good relationship!”

Now that his friends are here, it is impossible for Cao Zhan to continue working. His brothers and sisters all seem to be older than Lin Mu and Jiang Tianhe. Song Jiuling is in charge of entertaining people, making tea and giving snacks, and asking them to eat more.

There is definitely no way to be more presumptuous in other people's territory, but Cao Zhan, a brainless and heartless person, doesn't think so at all. He and Song Jiuling seem to have a very good relationship, and they even take care of him with other brothers.

"Senior Sister's works are all on the auction house this year." Cao Zhan began to count with his fingers, "There are... 7 zeros in the back!"

Jiang Tianhe leaned into his ear and whispered: "Aren't you going to get an award... There is no competition between each other?"

Cao Zhan blinked, he understood the meaning of "competition", but he couldn't get around the circuit for a while: "No, everyone is dedicated to art!"

Lin Mu almost spit out a sip of tea, he wiped his mouth and said, "When did you learn such a sophisticated language?"

Cao Zhan said honestly: "Master has always said it." He just followed the example.

Jiang Tianhe covered his face, he found that he couldn't play riddles with Cao Zhan, he was not smart enough, so he could only speak plainly, and asked directly: "We just want to know, have you been bullied here?"

Cao Zhan's eyes widened, as if he had been wronged, he retorted loudly: "Of course it's impossible! Brothers and sisters are so kind to me! They won't bully me at all!"

"..." Lu Rong, "Keep your voice down."

Cao Zhan was stunned, he said "oh" in a low voice, and repeated to them again deliberately, "Master, they are all right, they didn't bully me at all, and they have always taken the initiative to teach me, everyone is a good person !"

The expressions on everyone's faces were complex and varied, that is to say, Cao Zhan and Chen Meihua probably shared the same brain, and everything was very simple.

Cao Zhan said it so loudly, of course Song Jiuling heard it all, she didn't mean to be angry at all, she stared at the faces of several people with interest, and said with emotion: "You really have a good relationship."

Lin Mu and Lu Rong exchanged a look, Lin Mu said with a smile: "Confusion is different from others, we are always more worried about him."

Song Jiuling understood very well, she nodded, and suddenly said something else: "Speaking of Su Gong, there are actually very few female sculptors like me, you should know?"

In addition to the students majoring in jade carving in the Academy of Arts and Crafts, there are also some "non-major" students who have reached a certain age in the Sugong circle. There is no clear rule to pass on male or female apprentices, but there are still a small number of masters who accept female apprentices.

"The hand is not stable enough", "the wrist strength is weak", "the girls in the country will go back to marry and have children when they reach the age soon after school" are all the reasons why master jade carving does not accept female apprentices.

"Master has a precept here." Song Jiuling took off a jade plaque around her waist and handed it to everyone. There were only eight characters engraved on it, "Sorrow and joy are shared, beauty and ugliness are shared."

Song Jiuling put away the jade pendant, she smiled slyly, and said softly, "Since joys and sorrows are interlinked, confusion is no different from us."

It is not an easy task to eat snacks in such a tall jade carving studio, especially Cao Zhan has to work, he must have used his hard work to make up for his weakness to the extreme, the homework assigned by the master today will never be left until tomorrow, even if There are small partners who are also dedicated to carving jade, and will never be influenced by the outside world.

Master Fang came up once in the middle to check the work of several people today. What Cao Zhan carved was a small lotus, which was different from the master's flamboyant style. His lotus looked like a budding, shy and timid. Master Fang After dipping a brush in water, he cleaned up the jade shavings and powder on the carving surface, and took a closer look with his reading glasses. He yelled, "Confused."

Cao Zhan leaned over and listened carefully to what he said.

Master Fang: "The lines at the joints should be smooth, and the rhizomes should be clearly carved and not blurred."

He seemed to be afraid that Cao Zhan would not be able to understand, so he brought a fine brush again, and after a few touch-ups, he handed it to Cao Zhan again: "Follow the painting."

Cao Zhan agreed, and wanted to turn on the machine again. Master Fang pressed his hand: "Do it tomorrow, your friend is waiting, it's time to play."

After he finished speaking, he called Song Jiuling to put away the jade, and the senior sister also collected snacks and refreshments, and started to chase the guests very neatly.

Lin Mu and the others have no reason to stay any longer. After all, Confused can see that he is very happy to stay here. His master values ​​him very much, and his senior sisters and senior brothers also take good care of him. Nothing that everyone worried about happened. Come to find fault, how can I remember to find fault later, I just blow rainbow farts to other people's studio.

"You don't want to come next time." Cao Zhan said seriously, "I want to carve jade well, and I won't concentrate when you come."

"..." Lin Mu really didn't expect to be confused and disgusted one day, and he felt a bit sad like an old father in his heart, "Then remember to contact us if there is anything."

Cao Zhan nodded: "I know."

Jiang Tianhe asked him again: "You have to give a speech when you go back to the school celebration? Have you memorized the manuscript?"

Speaking of this, Cao Zhan suddenly remembered, and he took out his mobile phone to show others: "The little heron is coming back too, do you know?"

Lin Mu tilted his head, he really didn't know about it, and Sun Hai didn't tell him.

Lu Rong: "He came back to attend the school celebration?"

Cao Zhan shook his head: "No, come back and get the dog."

"Take a dog?" Lin Mu didn't understand, "What kind of dog?"

Cao Zhan said happily: "Dog, guide dog! Little Heron has applied for a guide dog!"

Xu Yilu has been applying for a guide dog since he was in high school, and everyone around him has heard about it. At that time, he just mentioned that if he got the application, he would not go abroad to study, but after the college entrance examination, he didn't have anything to do.

Originally, I thought that this matter might take a few years, but I didn't expect that this year's application suddenly came down inexplicably.

The application criteria for guide dogs are very strict, and the number of places is limited. Xu Yilu's parents considered it again and again, and finally decided to return to China and let their son accept the help of guide dogs.

"The dog is going to be shipped from Dalian." Xu Yilu is still abroad now, and the few good friends can only be connected online, and the reunion is fate.

Lin Mu complained here: "You didn't say anything in advance."

Xu Yilu: "I'm not sure about this either, it's hard to say until things are fully implemented."

Jiang Tianhe counted the time and said cheerfully, "Then you can come back with Sun Hai this time?"

The news that Sun Hai is going to come back has been yelled in the group half a month ago, I don’t know how many times, his grades are mediocre, he thought that he would be able to let himself go after going abroad, but found that the matter of studying is the same everywhere. A scumbag, no matter what you have to suffer.

Xu Yilu laughed and said, "There's still Master An." He called Lin Mu, and Lin Mu agreed.

"Lin Chao An Jincheng went to the game in Japan."

The Nongshim Cup was indeed held in Tokyo, Japan recently, and Lin Mu also paid attention to media reports. Lin Chao's results in this round-robin tournament are very good, and he has already entered the elimination ring. Besides her, the world-class female chess player is Cui Jing from South Korea. And Han Rui from Shanghai.

"An Jincheng has dropped out of school?" Lin Mu couldn't help but said bitterly, "Are they going to come back after the competition?"

Although Xu Yilu is invisible, but in terms of the spirit of eating melons, he is really the first brother who has been working hard at the front line since high school: "Lin Chao didn't tell you?" He was a little complacent, "They don't even have rooms We're set together, An Jincheng is now the head of the support team of the entire Chinese Go team, and the media has been greeted, if Lin Chao wins the title again this time, the childhood love of the century will be confirmed!"

Lin Mu listened calmly before, but frowned when he heard "all the rooms are booked together", and finally felt a rush of heat when it was his turn to say "childhood sweetheart" and "love of the century". His forehead and veins almost burst open.

When Lu Rong wanted to appease, it was obviously too late.

Lin Mu suppressed his anger and said coldly: "Who is with his childhood sweetheart? The people I met only in high school are not in the same class. What kind of rumors are the childhood sweethearts making!"