Jinghua Tianjiao

Chapter 215 The Old House
Li Wei'an came out of his room with a flashlight on.There are piles of unused molds and plaster models in front of an old house on the west side.The weeds on the ground were messy, and a rusty key took a lot of effort to open the long-locked wooden door.The wooden door was old wood, and it took a long time to open the wooden door when the ground swelled in summer.The room was pitch black, and by the light of the flashlight, I could see four large tables, all of which were covered with red and blue plastic sheets, and they were all gray.Li Wei'an fumbled around the wall next to the door for a while, and he still remembered the position of the switch.

The lights were on in the room, and the plastic sheet was covered with dust.Li Wei'an slowly opened one corner. There were various knives neatly placed on the table, but some of the knives were rusty, and some could still see the white plaster stuck on them. After so many years, the white has turned yellow. up.Li Wei'an looked at all this, and the conversation he had with his old friend on the phone during the day rang in his ears. Knowing that he was now far away from Silk Art, Li Wei'an was determined to find everyone back.

Go to the last table, which is facing the window.I don't know when a gap was opened in the window, and Li Wei'an didn't pay attention to it all these years. What blown in from the window was a pile of yard debris.Compared with the other three tables, this table is dirtier, and there is even a cobweb in the corner of the window.Li Wei'an didn't care about it, picked up the broom leaning against the wall and swept the floating dirt on the plastic sheet, and slowly lifted the plastic sheet, first a blueprint appeared in front of him, with Tang Jun's name written on the signature.

It was Tang Jun who Li Wei'an called during the day.There was still an unfinished shape of the head model drawn on the drawing, Li Wei'an wiped off the dust on the drawing with his hands, and the half of the head model slowly became clear, no, it was like a brand new one.

I remember that many years ago, Tang Jun took this blueprint and shouted at him, "Lao Li! Look at this picture. If it doesn't work, there is really no way. Now I simply made the outline. If you see it, it will work." , we continued painting.”

Back then, Li Wei'an was young and full of ambition.Since I inherited my parents' craftsmanship and opened a workshop called "Li's Carving Works", the development of the workshop has been not good, even worse than Jinghuafang.When Tang Long presented this painting to himself, Li Wei'an had already decided to close the workshop and let everyone go their separate ways.

"It's okay." Li Wei'an said, but he didn't take the blueprint from Tang Long's hand.

Tang Long happily rolled up the drawing and handed it to Li Wei'an, "That's fine. You can talk to them carefully this time. It is very difficult to design this type of head model. If you really want to do it, it will not be possible in a short time. Completed."

Xiao Wu and Xiao Guo were younger than Li Wei'an, and they had been in the carving workshop for two years.At first, the two were apprentices under Master Li. They studied for two years, and the third year happened to be the year when they became teachers.No one thought that things would turn out like this.After graduating from university, the two studied arts and crafts. They originally went to the talent market to find jobs, but they were both attracted by Li Wei'an's sculpture skills at that time, and they set up their ambitions.

Seeing that Li Wei'an hadn't received the drawing, Xiao Guo asked worriedly, "Brother An, Brother Long, the three of us completed this drawing together, and it took a lot of effort. Is there something wrong with Party A? Are they It’s not that I’m not doing this project anymore.”

Li Wei'an shook his head, "It's not them, I pushed this project."

The three of them looked at each other, and looked at Li Wei'an in surprise.The news was like a bolt from the blue to the three of them, Xiao Guo couldn't sit still, he got up and said, "Brother An, what did you just say... You pushed this project, why?"

Tang Long seemed to have guessed Li Wei'an's thoughts, Taishou motioned Xiao Guo to sit down first, and said, "Old Li, is something wrong with our workshop? I have been seeing that the benefits are not very good, and the list is difficult to accept. .Then you cancel the list, and you will not consider the following things..."

Li Wei'an agreed, and then looked at everyone with guilt in his eyes, "Maybe our workshop will be closed."

"Ah? Brother An, you mean that after we go back today, we won't use it tomorrow? No, it's too sudden." Xiao Wu said
Sure enough, Tang Long hit the mark, Li Wei'an nodded, "Originally, I wanted to wait until everyone had dinner tonight to talk about it. Now that everyone has asked this, I'd better tell you in advance. In fact, the last half a year , Our carving workshop has not been very good. I know that everyone came here to inherit the intangible cultural heritage, but our prospects are too difficult now, and there are not many carving projects. The reason why I put this The job was rejected because the other party kept cutting the price. The work we did was originally purely handmade, and it’s still in the drawing stage, not to mention later. Considering it comprehensively, let’s forget it. As for the workshop, this It’s been a few years of hard work, but now I can’t hold it anymore, and the prospect of silk sculpture is too sluggish, I don’t want to delay everyone.”

Tang Long didn't say anything, just sat quietly on the side, he already knew about this matter.Xiao Guo still couldn't accept what Li Wei'an said.What made him angry was not the current disbandment, but that after rejecting Party A, he was still asking them to complete the drawings of the head model.Although Xiao Guo was annoyed, he still said politely, "Brother An, if I knew this, you don't need us to draw these drawings. Now that you say the workshop will be disbanded, wouldn't our previous hard work be in vain?"

"Yes, Brother An. You should have told us earlier. We have been studying with you for two years, and we are about to come out, and our family has always supported it. But now, what should we do?"

The two of them talked one by one. Li Wei'an was already worried about this matter, so he said, "Don't worry, I will still pay you the fee that should be settled for you! Now that you have learned it, you can find a job." Better work."

It was this sentence that made the two of them dissatisfied. Xiao Guo said directly, "Brother An, what you said is a bit hurtful. Now that the workshop is encountering problems, what I want is for everyone to solve them together and see if we can You can't go a few steps forward, you will settle the cost in one sentence, what do you think of us."

Li Wei'an said, "You misunderstood. Xiao Guo, you and Xiao Wu have been studying here for two years, and you know who I am. Now there is no room for redemption. You want to help the workshop, I, Li Wei'an I can't ask for your things, let alone owe you, so now this is the best way. Everyone goes their own way, and one day if the opportunity is really right, I believe we will meet again."

"Yeah, the workshop is having difficulties now, everyone understands."

After saying these words that day, Xiao Guo didn't say anything more.Li Wei'an originally suggested that everyone have a break-up meal for dinner, but when they arrived in Donglaishun, after waiting for three hours, neither Xiao Guo nor Xiao Wu came.It wasn't until Tang Long appeared that he knew the reason.

Tang Long sat down, poured himself a glass of beer, drank it in one gulp, then looked at Li Wei'an and said, "I've been trying to persuade them for a long time, but they didn't come, so I told them to make plans for the follow-up quickly. Brother An, These two young men are your apprentices. They have learned their skills, but their behavior is still lacking. You said that when we established the sculpture workshop together, it was also to develop silk sculpture, but no one expected this situation today. In fact, the sculpture workshop I also know the situation. If you hadn't used your savings to support it for half a year, I'm afraid it would have closed long ago. When I tell them today, you should say it."

(End of this chapter)