Craftsman: I continue to learn for the sake of the saints

Chapter 6 Catalpa
"Sister, is this really okay? But in front of all the audience in the live broadcast room."

Looking at her photo, Qin Luo replied a message to "Sister Tea".

Sister Tea: "Is it against the law?"

Qin Luo: ...

Suddenly speechless.

This, of course, is not illegal.

Before Qin Luo could reply, Sister Cha sent another message: "Is there any dew?"

Qin Luo: ...

Of course I didn't miss it.

Sister Tea's third item: "Beautiful?"

Qin Luo:! ! !
Domineering and repeated questions, let myself suddenly understand, and suddenly realized.

Aesthetics is art!
How can one use "evil thoughts" to think about art?
After all, I am not an art student.

I have never experienced the "big scene" of drawing mannequins in class.

Somewhat timid.

However, if you know your mistakes, you will correct them.

"Carving!"

"Then carve this one!"

"See you in the afternoon!"

Qin Luo replied immediately.

Sister Cha then replied, "Good boy, okay?"

Qin Luo: ...

This sister is really good enough.

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Wood carvings come in a variety of materials.

There are probably several types that are suitable for making figure statues.

Red sandalwood: precious wood, solid and delicate, suitable for fine carving, highly polished and waxed, it will be black jade color, extremely beautiful.

But... expensive.

Ebony: It is hard, black and grainy, sinks in water, and expensive.

Sandalwood: Grayish-yellow in color, tough in texture, fine in texture, with a faint aroma, and equally expensive.

Rosewood: a special product of Qiongdao, the sapwood is light in color, slightly loose, hard, with delicate and beautiful texture, and it is also expensive.

Nanmu: The material is fine and soft, the color is taupe and green, with wavy wood grain and golden luster.sky-high price.

Boxwood: yellow hardwood with ivory effect, tough and dense material, fine and uniform texture, highly polished and waxed after carving, it is extremely beautiful, most suitable for finely carved small round figures.

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These materials, I have practiced in the system space, are not unfamiliar, but very familiar.

Of course, that only fully simulates the properties and hardness of wood.

Things in the system space cannot be brought to the real world.

now.

Qin Luo was a little worried.

What kind of wood should I use to carve her?
Unlike the root carving, the root carving is large in size and slightly inferior in material, but it doesn't matter, it is not good at the material.

However, wooden statues of figures require very fine carvings, and ordinary wood is really not enough.

After much deliberation, after lunch, Qin Luo drove to the town to see if there was a timber market.

After navigating a bit, there is one.

"I will make a figure statue for the lucky fan Cha Jie. There is no suitable wood in the village. I'll come to the wood market to have a look."

"Actually, there are several kinds that are most suitable for statues, such as red sandalwood, nanmu, boxwood, etc... But these are too expensive, and I really can't afford them, and I may not be able to buy them if I want to."

"After much deliberation, I decided to use the substitute of nanmu, catalpa, which is moderate in weight and hardness, has a corrugated texture, is not easy to deform and warp, and is considered a relatively high-grade wood. It is only because of the wide range of planting, So the market price is not very expensive.”

Qin Luo told the truth to the live broadcast room.

After parking the car, he walked towards the wood store with his mobile phone in his hand.

This is a rather large courtyard, and you can already see that there are various plates placed inside.

The signboard at the entrance is "Old Four Furniture Factory".

It's just an ordinary town furniture factory.

Seeing the barrage in the live broadcast room, someone was asking about Catalpa, Qin Luo thought about it, and then continued to start his own lecture on popular science knowledge.

"The catalpa is native to our country and has a long history. It can be traced back to the Ice Age at the earliest. It is one of the ancient living fossil species. Of course, the ones we use now are all artificially cultivated and have high economic value."

"There are many records about the catalpa tree in ancient times. The Book of Songs called the catalpa tree a chair, the chair of a chair. People at that time probably used this wood to make chairs."

""Zuo Zhuan" calls the catalpa tree Hagi, a prefix of grass, and an autumn of autumn."

"After the Song Dynasty, it was gradually called catalpa tree. The word "autumn" was added next to the word wood, and the pronunciation was the same. In the Song Dynasty, there was a book called "Pi Ya", which wrote about birds, animals, flowers, trees, fish and insects. As the king of wood, it can be seen that the status and value of this kind of wood was very high at that time."

Qin Luo talked eloquently.

Some people like to hear these things, some people don't like to hear them.

However, speaking in the live broadcast room is indeed very "forced".

As an anchor myself, although I have to cater to the market, I still have to have something of my own, otherwise there is no special feature, and it is meaningless to do my own live broadcast.

The live broadcast is just an auxiliary.

My main business is still "skills".

I want to talk about everything related to skills.

The process of science popularization is also a process of "washing fans". For these uninterested audiences, they just leave, and they don't force themselves.

What remains is true love.

The barrage is full of "666".

The number of people online is not small, it still looks like nearly a thousand people.

Qin Luo continued to speak.

"As for the catalpa, the stem, skin, leaves, and seeds are all medicinal materials. The young leaves can be eaten, the flowers can also be cooked, and the aromatic oil can be extracted. The whole body is full of treasures. In ancient times, in the Central Plains, North China, and Northwest, many people planted catalpa on a large scale. Shu, relying on this, can become the boss of a wealthy party."

"In ancient times, there was a habit of planting catalpa as property and passing it on to future generations. The ten-year tree may be this kind of wood. Of course, I haven't verified this sentence, it's just a guess."

"Nowadays in many places, in folk proverbs, there is a saying that a thousand-year-old cypress and a ten-year-old fir are not as good as a single branch of a catalpa tree. The people say that it is really good."

"Han Yu, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, also wrote a poem "Calpalalpa japonica" about the catalpa trees in his courtyard. Go around and link each link... Those who want to read the text can search it on the Internet."

Barrage: ... "666666666!"

"Luo Ge is awesome!"

"This knowledge reserve is exhausted, building a house, carving, choosing wood, historical origins, reciting poems..."

"Replay this live broadcast and show it to my son after school!"

"Suddenly I feel that Brother Luo is very handsome. His face looks a bit classic and beautiful. If he wears an ancient costume... Brother Luo, I sell Hanfu here. If you need to contact me, I will give you the cost price."

Qin Luo smiled when he saw this.

Soft advertising.

Edge ads.

Forget it.

The category of Hanfu has something to do with me.

At this time, he had already entered the timber factory.

A burly boss came out.

Qin Luo had a chat with him.

He does have catalpa here.

After going to the warehouse to pick out two pieces of material suitable for making statues, Qin Luo paid the money and left. In the live broadcast room, he didn't say how much it was.

Then I went to the print shop and printed out the photo of "Sister Tea".

Wait until you get back to the village.

After setting up the tripod and mobile phone again, Qin Luo showed the big photo.

"Brothers, this is the photo Sister Cha sent me, let me engrave it."

"I said it's inappropriate? Sister Cha said, why is it inappropriate? Is it illegal? Is it dewy? Isn't it beautiful?"

"Domineering three times in a row, I'm confused...haha"

"Then carve it."

"Hey, Sister Cha is so beautiful, it really disturbs my heart..."

"Okay, stop talking, brothers, watch the work!"

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(End of this chapter)