Rebirth 1982 Be the stubborn master

Chapter 22 Three Bowls of Braised Pork

Watching Du Kang repair the horn lamp, Luo Lao's nervous heart was about to jump out.

Every step in the restoration of antiques must be done with great care. If one step is wrong, all previous efforts will be wasted. Not only will the antiques not be repaired well, but it may cause irreparable damage.

Fortunately, Du Kang's craftsmanship is exquisite, and it took half a day to restore the horn lamp.

With a sigh of relief, he put the horn lamp on the table.

Luo Lao couldn't wait to pick up the horn lamp to check. The damaged horns were crystal clear, and there was no seam visible, and the repair was perfect.

I couldn't help but gave a thumbs up and exclaimed, "That's right, your skill is even better than some master craftsmen."

"I just rely on this craft to make a living, can't I do it?"

The people took turns to watch it and gave it a high evaluation. From their eyes, it is difficult to see the traces of repairs, and the original flavor of the sheep's horn glazed lamp is preserved. This technique is called a masterpiece.

The reporter waiting next to him said, "Master Du, please do an action when repairing the horn lamp. I will take a photo and use it when I publish it in the newspaper."

Du Kang took the ram's horn lamp, held a scraper in one hand and performed the action of repairing the ram's horn lamp, and asked him to take pictures.

With a click, this moment was permanently recorded.

Then the reporter began to ask, "Master Du, what do you think about the horn lamp?"

Seeing that he didn't understand, he explained again: "You can also tell the story about you and the lamp."

Isn't it just bragging, Du Kang bragged there:
Horn lamps were used in royal palaces and noble mansions in ancient times.It is said that utensils made of animal horns can ward off evil spirits, otherwise Guangxu would not have used this pair of horn lamps in his wedding.

It has been mentioned many times in the books: "A Dream of Red Mansions" has written about the horn lamp many times. "Jin Ping Mei" once wrote "Yunnan yangjiaozhen lamp". Zhang Dai in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty also wrote about yangjiao lamp in his "Tao An Meng Yi", saying that there can be gold-painted fine paintings on the surface of the lamp.

Now it is even more popular among foreign friends, and a pair of ram horn lamps can sell for one hundred dollars. ...

The reporters who listened were surprised, they did not expect that the seemingly ordinary ram horn lamps have such a history.

When they heard that a pair could be sold for one hundred dollars, they asked aloud, "One hundred dollars, is the price of claw lamps so expensive?"

"Of course, making sheep horn lamps is difficult and the craftsmanship is complicated. Few people can make them. Two days ago, a foreign friend asked me to make a pair. I still have the money with me, so I haven't had time to put it down."

As he said that, Du Kang took Franklin out of his pocket. Of course, he was not interested in putting it in his pocket every day, but took it out of the space.

This is the ultimate magic weapon for collecting valuables, just ask who can find it.

Not to mention petty theft, even if a big thief broke in and turned the house upside down, there would be no trace of it.

Seeing this picture of Franklin, the eyes of a group of people became straight. This is foreign exchange. Without foreign exchange, it is difficult to go abroad. You can’t even buy food, let alone buy things.

And this one hundred US dollars is equivalent to 190 soft sister coins, which is the salary of ordinary workers for more than half a year, which cannot be said to be insignificant.

The reporter was also stunned for a long time, and then asked, "Is this the money for a pair of horn lamps?"

"That's right, it took me a day to finish it. It's not easy. My arms are sore from being so tired."

Can you stop talking, earning a hundred dollars a day, what is there to be dissatisfied with.

The reporter figured it out, he was thirty dollars a month, one hundred dollars, equivalent to half a year's salary, should he quit his job and go to make horn lamps with Du Kang.

"what is this?"

Luo Yue suddenly made a sound out of curiosity, she saw that there seemed to be a stack of banknotes in Du Kang's pocket.

"There is no deposit."

Du Kang took it out and shook it in his hand, then put it back in his pocket.

This is the deposit given by Kojiro. He didn't have enough soft sister coins in his hand, so he gave him fourteen [-] yen coins according to the exchange rate, which was worth [-] soft sister coins in conversion.

However, everyone has already seen clearly that it turned out to be Japanese yen, the kind of 1000 sheets, there is a small stack, and there are at least a dozen sheets, which is not more than 1!

Their eyes are red with jealousy. Why don't they have so much money? Some people are even going to go back and call the police. If they take out so much money all at once, there must be something wrong.

The scene fell into embarrassment for a while.

Or is the reporter sensitive enough to the news to ask "what is this money?"

"My main job is a carpenter. A Fusang man ordered a carved Buddhist altar from me. This is the deposit he gave."

Someone couldn't help asking, "Then I will give you more than 1 yuan? Now there are not many households with 1 yuan. Someone will spend more than [-] foreign exchange to buy some Buddhist altars, and who will be deceived."

This guy didn't know the exchange rate at first glance, but only knew that the value of more than 1 yuan was huge, and he thought it was foreign exchange, which was even more valuable.

I'm afraid the fourteen thousand yen in his mind is about the same as fourteen thousand dollars.

Du Kang explained, "It's not as much as you think. It's only one thousand in exchange, not too much."

One thousand is also a lot of money, and a group of people have begun to calculate how long it will take them to save one thousand.

Three years or four years, or five years.

Damn, I can only save a thousand for such a long time, why can someone make some Buddhist altars and earn it.

People are more dead than people, and goods are thrown away.

The reporter couldn't bear it even more, and directly said what was in his heart: "Can I learn how to make ram horn lamps from you, and I can also be a carpenter."

When everyone heard this, they all looked at Du Kang, the eagerness in their eyes could almost melt him.

I don’t necessarily want to go by myself, but if there are no children or nephews, it is good to let them learn this craft. A Buddhist altar costs a thousand, and a few of them are ten thousand.

With such an easy way to get money, who wouldn't want to grab it.

"It's not easy being a carpenter. It's a physical job. Some thick wood can't be moved by dozens of people, and you have to endure loneliness..."

Du Kang always said a lot,

The reporter knew that carpentry was so difficult, and then...

He summed up Du Kang's words. The general meaning is two points. It is not easy to be a carpenter, and many people can only be small workers for a lifetime.

I'm a genius to achieve this.

He couldn't continue the interview, so he said goodbye and left, thinking about how to write.

After sending the reporter away, Du Kang raised his head and saw the eager eyes of everyone, and Du Kang's heart jumped, he quickly pulled Luo Yue and said
"Sister Luo, I have something else I want to ask you for this time, let's go out and talk about it."

Before finishing speaking, he dragged Luo Yue away, staying here always felt like a sheep joining a pack of wolves.

"what's up."

"The carved Buddhist altars made by Fusang people need to use red sandalwood. I can't find a way to use this kind of high-grade wood. Sister Luo, can you help me?"

It turned out that he was asking her for help, Luo Yue wanted to agree, but suddenly shut up and became angry.

It's nothing to help, but who asked Du Kang to call her elder sister, she is not yet twenty, well, she will become an elder sister at some point.

Now that he had the opportunity, he had to change his title no matter what he said.

"What did you call me?"

"Sister Luo."

"Aren't you old lady?"

The corner of Du Kang's mouth twitched, only women and villains are difficult to raise, the ancients never deceived me.

"That's a joke for you. You can describe it as beautiful as a flower."

"The kid has a future, but I'm too busy to help."

You're still panting, Du Kang went straight to his trump card: "A meal of braised pork."

"No."

"Two meals."

Luo Yue's heart beat, and she couldn't help swallowing, but after thinking about it, she still shook her head with difficulty.

"Three meals, otherwise, I can only find someone else."

"Okay, three meals will be three meals, I will take you to find someone."

It's still easy to solve foodies, one meal is not enough for two meals, two meals is not enough for three meals, there is nothing that braised pork can't solve.

(End of this chapter)