Riding the wind of rebirth

After removing the last piece of "Mumei Tu", Zhou Zhi finally breathed a sigh of relief. Before he had time to appreciate the unexpected "Six Albums of White Sun Green Vine Ink Landscape Flowers and Birds", he felt a little dizzy and his eyes were filled with excitement. black.

Oops... Zhou Zhi glanced at the time and saw that it was midnight of the next day, which meant that he had been working for 27 or [-] hours in a row. He was highly focused and didn't make any progress. It would be strange if he wasn't weak.

He struggled to move to the refrigerator, took out a jar of honey and scooped two spoonfuls into his mouth. He also took out a bag of raisins, slid to the floor and sat against the refrigerator, and fed the raisins into his mouth one by one.

After a few minutes, when the dizziness subsided, Zhou Zhi mixed the milk powder and sesame paste together, made himself a large cup and drank it.

After burping, Zhou Zhi finally regained his composure and felt a little sore in his body.

But the work isn't done yet.

Fortunately, I couldn't relax mentally for a while, and my physical condition was a little worse, but my mental condition was okay. Zhou Zhi gritted his teeth and continued.

But this time I didn't dare to mess around. I set a time for myself, and it would ring once every hour.

I sit on the sofa and close my eyes, seemingly resting, but in fact my mind is filled with fragments of images.

Although the body is relaxed, the brain is still piecing together the cracks in the memory and cannot stop at all.

Zhou Zhi had no choice but to let it go and let the fragments fly around in his mind.

It seemed that not long had passed before the alarm clock rang. Zhou Zhi opened his eyes and came to the scroll again.

The first step is to make further fine adjustments to the "Mo Mei Tu", then apply the support paper on it and brush it flat for reinforcement. Then brush the integrated life paper, heart drawing, and support paper onto the wooden wall, and remove the tissue paper. Fine-tune the heart of the painting one last time and wait for it to dry.

This step took more than an hour.

After that, turn over the album pages that have been covered with support paper to moisturize, remove the original old life paper from the album pages, remove the old obvious repair fillings, and reattach the new repair paper strips to completely repair the heart of the painting.

This step is very trivial and will test your patience.

After another six hours, the back of the painting was covered with patched-up pieces of paper. It was roughly estimated that there were three to four hundred places, making the painting look gaudy.

But this is just the beginning. The next step is the old rule, which is to put a layer of rice paper on the center of the painting as a fortune-teller.

After that, it is still a process of putting it on the wall, removing the supporting paper, and exposing the heart of the painting to drying in the shade.

This time the restoration has come to an end. Zhou Zhi worked continuously for 36 hours and finally separated the "Mumei Tu" and "Landscapes, Flowers and Birds Album" and completed the preliminary restoration.

Plugging the phone line back in, Zhou Zhi called his fourth cousin: "Fourth cousin, I've finished it, and the effect is pretty good."

"Yes." The voice on the other end was trembling, but he didn't say much. "Hurry up and eat something, and then go to bed. This is passable, and you are officially out of the army."

The two of them said no more. Zhou Zhi hung up the phone and walked into the small bedroom. As soon as he turned his head, he found that he was completely sleepy this time and fell asleep.

When I woke up, it was already twelve hours later. I had been in seclusion for a full 48 hours, and it was now the night of the third day.

I'm so sorry that I skipped class again and caused trouble to my roommates.

It was evening self-study time now, so Zhou Zhi was not in a hurry to go back. He cooked himself a large bowl of omelette noodles and began to study the painting.The next step is to adjust the ink and brush, make up for the color difference between the subsequent patches and the original painting, and repair the broken ink and holes in the painting, and then it can be officially mounted.

The last time he restored "The Complete Pictures of Bashu", in addition to the Akihito paper supported by Wang Laoqi, Zhou Zhi also obtained a lot of high-end brocade and silk fabrics from Yang Dequan in order to make album covers and book boxes. These were used to decorate the scrolls. It could not be better.

However, it is not possible to appreciate the album pages now because it is a banner, but it is painted vertically on the wooden wall. To appreciate it, you have to tilt your head.

Fortunately, Li Fangying's "Pictures of Plum Blossoms" is also very good, especially the calligraphy that is more thoughtful and disciplined. He doesn't like the style of calligraphy that expresses his personality too much. In terms of personal appreciation, he thinks it is even higher than Zheng Banqiao's.

There are also several collection seals stamped on this painting, indicating that its inheritance is still in order.

In addition to Li Fangying's own original seals of "Exchanging Rice for Life" and "Owner of the Garden", the collection seals include "Jicang Approval", "Lvtian Caotang Collection", "Feng", "Baidanzhai", Several pieces of "Yunhua Dewan".

Among them, "Feng" is a person's surname, "Lvtian Caotang Collection" and "Baidanzhai" are the collector's hall seal, "Jicang Appraisal" is the appraisal seal, and "Yunhua Dewan" is the collector's appreciation seal.

Of course, Zhou Zhi doesn’t know who the specific owners of these seals are.

But he had strong backing, so he made a call to the capital.

"Elbow?" Qi Lao was a little surprised and surprised on the other end: "Why did you remember to call me? I heard that you are going to set up a Three Gorges Cultural Protection Fund? Can the old man also participate?"

"Isn't Sister Wanqiu in charge of this matter? You should see each other often in the capital, right?" Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "Are you in good health?"

After a brief exchange of greetings, Zhou Zhi explained to Qi Lao that he wanted to ask for advice on how to put a few collection seals on the calligraphy and painting, and wanted to ask him if he knew the source.

There have been as many collectors as crucian carp crossing the river from ancient times to the present. Many of them are powerful and wealthy, but they may not be able to bubble up in the long river of history. Even the paintings and calligraphy collected in the Qing Palace have many collection stamps on them. Experts Can't tell where they came from.

Zhou Zhi was just hoping against hope, but when Qi Lao heard this, he said, "I don't know anything else, but the two seals 'Baidanzhai' and 'Yunhua Dewan' belong to Gao Yinhuai."

"Gao Yinhuai?" Zhou Zhi was stunned for a moment: "He... Mr. Qi, are you talking about the general of the Yunnan Army, Gao Yinhuai, who fought in the Battle of Taierzhuang and the Battle of Wuhan?"

"Yes, yes, it's him, you know it too?"

"Uh... I knew that he was originally a national lieutenant general and made significant contributions to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. Later, he did not want the civil war and left the army. After liberation, he returned to central Yunnan and became the provincial counselor of New China."

"But he's also a collector? I had no idea."

"He is not only a collector, but also a great collector and connoisseur. In addition to serving as a counselor in the Yunnan Provincial Counselor's Office, he also serves as a member of the Dian Provincial Cultural Relics Preservation Committee and a member of the Dian Provincial Museum Preparatory Committee."

"The reason why he calls his study 'Baidanzhai' is because he has collected hundreds of paintings by the famous painting monk Dan in the late Ming Dynasty in central Yunnan, hence the name."

"And Yunhua is his character, so 'Yunhua Dewan' is his appreciation seal."

"Mr. Qi, you are really awesome." Zhou Zhi couldn't help but admire him: "You can recognize the collector's seal on any painting."

"Hahahaha, I feel ashamed to talk about how I recognized his seal."

"Oh? Why is this?"