Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 590 The Story of Patina

"Mama Guan, have you ever worked in a restaurant?" Zhang Yuanfu glanced at the kitchen, everything was in its place, and it was enough to add what he brought, feeling quite satisfied.

"Hi! I have been in charge of the canteen of the troupe for several years." Guan Ma seemed a little reluctant to mention those years, and waved her hand: "It happened many years ago."

"Okay, then let's start preparing." Zhang Yuanfu said with a smile: "Xia'er is going to help the senior brothers put it back together, you can rest assured here, Elbow, and go to receive guests."

The hosting of banquets in the South Hall begins with the reception of guests, and it has always been like this.

Three pergolas were set up on the lawn near the shark's fin, and three Eight Immortals tables were placed under them. The tables were filled with dried fruits and snacks on porcelain plates, and one of Zhang Yuanfu's apprentices was in charge of making tea and refilling water.

Guan Tingting was very happy. In the past, she couldn't escape the life of serving tea and water on such occasions, but today she can relax and enjoy.

"You can eat less, don't fill your stomach when the main course comes." These days, jelly and pudding are rare things. The jelly in the shape of a beautiful small animal with fruit pieces and coconuts can make Guan Ting Ting was so curious that she ate non-stop with a plate and spoon.

Guan Tingting took another leap this year. The little girl is now 1.7 meters tall. She didn't even mention wearing a skirt on an occasion like today. She was encouraged by Fu Xia to wear shorts and a T-shirt. Her long legs shook the eyes of the tea apprentice beside her. .

"Don't be afraid, Xiao Lin said that this thing is mainly water." Guan Tingting took another spoonful for herself, and turned her head to ask the tea brother: "Did Xiao Lin say so?"

"Uh... and milk, sugar, gelatin..." Zhou Zhi reckoned that if Guan Tingting wanted to ask for the secret recipe, Xiao Lin would dare to steal it from under Lao Zhang's pillow.

This baby looked at Guan Tingting with straight eyes, quite unprofessional.

While talking, there was the sound of a car at the door, and Zhou Zhi stood up: "Come on, Tingting will go with me to meet the guests."

Although Jiang Shuyi was told to sleep more yesterday, it turned out that she was the first one to come today.

Since Jiang Shuyi is here, Jiang Wu and Tang Qi must be here too.

Jiang Wu said with a smile: "Shu Yi got up a little early today, so I'll be with my dad."

Tang Qi opened the trunk: "I bought this when I went to Thailand to give condolences to the performance the year before last. I said it was some kind of wood from Vietnam. I bought it and found that it would take up a lot of space. I think you will like it, and it can only fit here."

Zhou Zhi turned to the back of the car and looked, but it was not a small wood carving.

"This thing is dead heavy, and the air consignment took up Nie Xiaotian's consignment weight back then, and I didn't know where to put it when I brought it back." Jiang Wu talked about the things back then and despised Tang Qi: "It's disgusting to sit on a horse. What kind of wood is this?"

"This one is made of the same material as my aunt's box, but it's produced in a different place. It's from an old Vietnamese avocado. It's a clever carving made of a whole gall, and it can be worth a lot of money."

The thing is a carving made of old Vietnamese avocado. Using the natural shape of the scar, it is carved into the shape of a big female elephant and two baby elephants. It should be said that the craftsmanship is good, and it is quite exotic and unique.

"Is it worth it?" Tang Qi asked: "It didn't cost much at that time. We went out to perform for a day and half a month, and this thing only cost two days of subsidies."

After finishing speaking, he put his hands on his forehead: "I was deceived. At that time, this elephant was shining golden, and the pattern on it was so beautiful! After buying it, the color became darker and darker, and I don't like it anymore!"

"This is called patina." Zhou Zhi said: "The characteristic of old oil is that it is left alone. The slight oil that it seeps out can form an oxide film on the surface of the utensils, encrusting the utensils, and becoming precious and restrained. I’m afraid you won’t be able to find such an old material after a few years, it’s a good thing.”

"I said Elbow would like it, right?!" Tang Qi turned her head and showed off to Jiang Wu.

"As long as you like it, it's a gift." Amidst Tang Qi's giggling and knocking, Jiang Wu and Zhou Zhi carried the elephant out and put it on the small trailer that Jiang Shuyi found: "It can't be more than 100 yuan." It’s heavy, it’s quite a workout.”

"Hey, what's going on here?" After putting things in order, Zhou Zhi found that there was a real patina on the fangs of the elephant's upper orifice. Packing is not a thing.

"Here?" Jiang Wu thought for a while: "This thing is placed on the shoe cabinet at the entrance of our house. After opening the door, I like to hang the key here and rub it with my hands."

"So that's how it is." Zhou Zhi couldn't help crying and laughing, thinking of a pair of Yongzheng large plates he had seen in a museum in his previous life and a purple clay pot that he had missed.

The pair of large plates are very exquisite, the only regret is that there is a round circle mark in the middle, and the explainer asked everyone to guess that no one could guess that it was caused by us.

It turned out that the family that owned the earliest pair of plates used the plate to turn the sauerkraut jar upside down. The two circles were originally caused by the pressure of the sauerkraut jar and the long-term corrosion of the sauerkraut water in the jar.

Another time, at a friend's house, I saw a purple sand pot made by a famous contemporary master. The whole pot is not thick, and the tea mountain inside is not thick, but the spout alone makes the plate shiny.

At the time, Zhou Zhi couldn't figure out why this happened, until his friend told him that he never used a cup for this pot, and always just sucked his mouth to drink it...

After the first batch of guests arrived, the rest came one after another.

The tea is made of jasmine tea, which is currently the favorite of people in central Shu. Old Sun praised the tea set, "Where did you get this set? There are about twenty sets of fine white porcelain."

"Is there something special about this?" Lao Chai and Sun Lao made an appointment together, and turned over the bottom of the Sancai tea bowl: "Flint is red! The objects fired by Lao Chai's kiln, it doesn't mean that porcelain after the Qianlong Dynasty will not be made of flint." Is it red?"

"What the hell is this porcelain from before Qianlong?" Lao Li was so frightened that he dared not drink tea.

"Where is it so mysterious?" Elder Sun said with a smile: "The folk kiln is not as good as the official kiln, so it is not accurate to say that the flint red background no longer appears on the porcelain after the Qianlong Dynasty."

"What the hell is this flint red?"

"It's actually oxidized iron." Zhou Zhi said, "During the firing of porcelain, the iron will gather at the bottom of the porcelain, usually at the junction of the body and glaze, where the largest concentration is around the large air bubbles."

"Afterwards, during the cooling process of the porcelain, these iron elements will be re-oxidized, forming this special bottom color."

"The key to solving Flint Red is to remove iron." Sun Lao said: "Aging the fetal mud and water can convert the iron in the fetal mud into an ion state, and then get the purest fetal mud through repeated washing and precipitation. .”

"In addition, the base sand for firing porcelain to prevent adhesion should be used as much as possible. The old sand that has been used many times for firing porcelain, the iron in the old sand will be much less."

"Although the bottom of these Sancai bowls has traces of flint red, the characteristics of the Guangxu period can be seen in both the shape and the bottom of the tire. It should be fired by folk kilns in the Longchang area."

"Sun Laohui's eyes are like a torch." Zhou Zhi immediately stretched out his thumb: "It's not bad at all!"

(End of this chapter)