technical type

Ji Dalang is not a meddlesome person, he will do what he promised Ji Mo, and for several days in a row, the Ji family is calm, and Ji Mo knows that the other party is keeping his word.

"He took you up the mountain, what did you do?"

Ji Dalang hadn’t paid attention to what Cao Mu and Ji Mo were doing in the past, because everything about them seemed to be under their noses, they were in the field in the morning, they raised chickens near the river in the afternoon, and they even took care of a few chickens in the river. Duck, this is in everyone's sight. As for the noon time when everyone eats and rests, no one has ever thought about where these two went before.

"can not say."

Ji Mo agreed not to say anything, of course he wouldn't say anything, but the secrecy attitude of "cannot say" meant something at first.

Ji Dalang was thoughtful, and when he saw Cao Mu again, he asked him directly: "What did you take Sanlang to the mountain for? Did you teach him your craft?"

"Saburo told you?"

Cao Mu's attitude was calm, and he didn't even show his thoughts on this sentence, but his little movement of lowering his eyelids was obviously thinking of something. If Ji Mo said it, then there is no need for this little disciple. He hates not keeping promises A person who hates what others promise him is not fulfilled.

"He didn't tell me anything, but you must have something to do. Someone saw your family making wood before, and your family must also be a carpenter, just mysterious..."

Even if Ji Dalang is learning carpentry now, he is not going to be a carpenter in the future. Carpenter Cen also knows this, and he will ignore him after he has been taught to a certain extent. In Ji Dalang's view, this kind of craft means that there is no other way to make money The method is expensive. If you have money, you can't find someone who wants to do it?People like the Cao family are sneaky and sneaky, but they are a bit petty.

For example, Carpenter Cen is so good. The other party never hides that he is a carpenter, so when people around him need to do something, the first thing they think of is his house. It is convenient to make money without opening a shop. What's wrong?

People like the Cao family, who are secretive, really deserve to live poorly.

Carpenter Cen is good at making furniture. I wonder what the Cao family is good at?

Ji Dalang was curious about it leisurely, but he didn't notice that Cao Mu's shoulders relaxed slightly. It wasn't Ji Mo who said it, so that's okay.

The little disciple's mouth has always been very strict!

A smile leaked from the corner of his mouth, Cao Mu gently shook his head and said, "I don't know what they do, anyway, no one cares about me."

"Uh, no, parents love their sons, and you are a son, better than a daughter."

Hearing Cao Mu's self-pitying words, Ji Dalang comforted him clumsily. In this era, most people are patriarchal. It is really rare for a son of a family like Cao Mu to have such a miserable life.

In a hurry, Ji Dalang said what he usually thought: "You have to stand up yourself, shouldn't all the women in the family listen to you?"

It is quite machismo, but it is the basic principle of this patriarchal society, which is true for most people, and because of this, the situation in Cao Mu's family makes people look down on Cao Mu.

Are stones and stones just bullying at home?Obviously the outside is the same.

Originally, seeing his hunchbacked appearance, many people would naturally dislike him, and knowing his honest character that allows others to bully him, who would like it?

Ji Dalang understands the truth of this. His parents taught him by example that one must be self-reliant before considering other things.

If you can't even stand up and look down on yourself, how can you make others look up to you?

Miscellaneous, Ji Dalang said a lot, he had never said so much to anyone before, after he finished speaking, he looked at Cao Mu who listened carefully from the beginning to the end, and felt that this person was actually not ugly, not that difficult Getting along with each other, there was some kindness in my heart, and I patted the other person's shoulder and said, "You can come to me if you have anything to do in the future. Don't dare to say anything else, it's okay to come up with ideas."

"Thank you, no one told me this before."

Cao Mu looked quite moved, and when the person left, he turned his face and showed a sarcasm that seemed to be a smile, but for a moment, the expression disappeared. If Ji Mo didn't pay attention, he might really think he was wrong.

Seeing that Ji Mo was looking up at him, Cao Mu touched his head and said, "How do you teach children in your family? Look at your elder brother, you are so stupid."

"Brother cares about you. I've never seen him talk so much to others. He hopes you are well." Ji Mo tried his best to play the role of mediator, and didn't expect the two sides to be good, at least not like this... Xiao The expression is also a bit tangled, what should I say?It seems that Cao Mu doesn't really dislike Ji Dalang.

Cao Mu chuckled, his hand was still pressing on Ji Mo's head, the collapsed hair curtain blocked Ji Mo's sight, and he couldn't see the expression on his face clearly.

"Let's go, I still have a lot to teach you today."

The coarse ash has almost dried in the shade, and it is time to polish it. This aspect seems ordinary. When doing sculptures in the last world, Ji Mo did a lot of polishing. After seeing Cao Mu’s technique, he found that it was similar, so he volunteered. After following along, I was asked some questions about details. The master and apprentice worked together, and the speed was much faster.

Cao Mu checked the part that Ji Mo polished, it was very good, much better than expected, it really is very talented!

The joy of being "very similar to me" made Cao Mu look at Ji Mo more cordially, this is one of his own!

However, even so, it still needs to be filled with ash, and some places need to be filled, and it will take a few days for it to dry in the shade.

Knowing the process, Ji Mo is not in a hurry. He is too young now. Even if he has learned everything, it will take time to really get started. After all, some things are not easy to master.

For the Guqin, the most difficult thing is to ensure the sound quality of the Guqin. This is not only the final tuning, but also the curvature of the panel used to determine the shape of the Guqin at the beginning, as well as the height of the small parts and many other factors.

These factors look ordinary, but they are all details that cannot be missed. If there is something that is not done well, even if all the process steps are completed, the final product will be a waste product because the sound is not accurate.

Mistakes in the production process caused the finished product to go out of tune, and no matter how hard the piano was made, it was useless.

And until the last moment, it is difficult for an inexperienced novice to be sure that the timbre of the guqin is normal. After tuning the strings, they find out and make adjustments. They can only try to be as correct as possible within the wrong range, and it is impossible to guarantee perfection. .

This kind of thing is not only for novices, but for experienced luthiers, they will also make mistakes. If they are not careful, whether it is the plate or curvature, or the balance of high and low strings, it will affect the sound of the violin. have a major impact.

It is difficult to test the quality of the violin making skills by hand. For many people who are born with tone deafness, they can't do such a thing at all, and they have no way to determine the pitch.

"Making a violin is like playing chess. It's hard to tell the winner or loser until the last moment, and there are some things, even if you finally understand what went wrong, you can't go back and start again. You have no regrets, and you can't fix it without remaking..."

A waste violin that fails to be produced is a disgrace. The things that can be used on it, such as the strings of the violin, will be removed, and others will be burned. The scorched earth outside the house has burned countless failed works of the two brothers.

Among them, there was also a guqin, which was a successful handicraft of Cao Mu, and was also condemned as a waste product, and they were burned together in the fire.

Since then, Cao Mu knew that no matter how well he did it, it would not be good, and he never made a piano again. Now this is the second one, and this piece of wood was re-selected to make a shape. Only then did he discover that his love for guqin has never diminished.

"Then, how do you determine the curvature of this panel?" Ji Mo knew about carving before, so he naturally knew how to make a panel present the desired curved surface. However, the issue of curvature was only considered in terms of whether it looks good or not. I didn't think it was related to the problem of timbre. Now that I think about it, I feel dizzy.

"With your talent, you can tell at a glance."

Cao Mu smiled at Ji Mo, from himself to others, he has already determined that Ji Mo is a talent from the sky, such a genius like him, he will have a clue at a glance, and if he does it later, it is naturally as if there is a divine help, even if Guqin shapes are different, and the curvature of the panel is slightly different. Cao Mu does not have to worry about this. He does not need to calculate precise data. His visual inspection, his feeling, and his thinking are all accurate.

Such a talent is really rare in the world, and it's no wonder that he was chosen as the master candidate selected by the system at a young age.

Today's violin makers dare not say that Cao Mu is the number one, but there may hardly be two people of the same age who can match Cao Mu. This kind of systematic selection also shows a requirement. good.

Ji Mo doesn't know this yet, but this doesn't prevent him from making guesses based on Cao Mu's words and deeds. Thinking that the other party's genius is like this, the pseudo-talented person is under a lot of pressure. To bring the relationship between master and apprentice closer, now, if you ask some "stupid" questions, it seems a bit out of character.

With the corner of his mouth twitching, Ji Mo bit the bullet and responded to the compliment: "Yes, I can definitely make exactly the same."

However, no matter how exactly the same, it is nothing more than a one-to-one imitation in the presence of a ready-made template. It cannot be said to be truly created from scratch. Compared with Cao Mu, who treats all forms as lightly, can change the relevant data at will within the rules, and guarantees the correct timbre to remain unchanged, he doesn't know how far he is behind.

The more I learn, the more I discover my stupidity, which is really a big blow.

Cao Mu was very helpful. He was seldom praised. However, he had a little disciple, like a little fanboy who was good at blowing rainbow farts. In the eyes of the other party, everything he did Yes, they are all good and powerful, which is very comforting.

"Don't worry, when this piano is finished, you can choose wood from here to practice."

What can a little disciple do if he is reluctant to part with it?Cao Mu stroked Ji Mo's head, feeling the slight itchiness of the soft hair passing between his fingers, so give him some more time.