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Chapter 214 Root Carving of Maitreya Buddha Statue in Cypress Wood
Jing Shuo looked at Xu Yunhan's focused eyes on him, coughed uncomfortably, picked up a root carving carved in the shape of an eagle flying high, and said slowly,

"The art of root carving has a long history. As early as the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the Jurchens had a precedent of using tree roots as platforms and shelves to display objects. Later, some people carved the strangely shaped roots into shapes with unique aesthetic value. Works of art, and gradually formed the art of root carving, which has been handed down to this day. The earliest extant root carving works are "evil warding off" and horn-shaped utensils in the Warring States period. According to the research of the national cultural relics department, the cultural relics were made in the late Warring States period, about 340 BC Between 270 BC and 2300 years ago. It is a four-legged monster shaped like a tiger head, a dragon body, and a rabbit tail. Prosperity.

Like the root carving in my hand, it is carved from the root of camphor wood. Camphor wood is a kind of wood used for construction and furniture. It is not deformed and resistant to insects. It is also known as camphor wood.Camphor wood is fine and dense, with natural texture, tough texture, not easy to break, and not easy to crack.Bark yellowish brown slightly dark gray, heartwood reddish brown.The quality is heavy and hard, the wood is large and the texture is fine and intricate.The cut surface is smooth and lustrous, the color is beautiful after painting, it is not easy to deform after drying, it has strong durability and is easy to carve.Camphor wood carving has the effect of repelling insects, sterilizing bacteria and purifying the air.

However, the folks often use camphor wood to carve Buddha statues, and of course some of them are carved into such special shapes. "

At this moment, the old stall owner behind the stall said with a smile, "You know root carving very well, young man. Even I, who have been working all my life, don't understand this."

Jing Shuo looked up at the old man, raised the root carving in his hand, and shook his head humbly, "I'm just talking about it, old man, you are the real skill. Have you been doing root carving for decades?"

"Yes, I've been making root carvings for most of my life, but I didn't make these at the booth, but my apprentice." The old man pointed to the man sitting beside him, and praised himself quite proudly This apprentice, who has been accepted for less than a year, is savvy and hardworking.Having said that, the old man also enthusiastically said to them,

"Most of the root carvings on the booth are the works of my apprentices in recent months, except for those few." The old man was referring to the few root carvings that were carved in large quantities with the help of machines and assembly lines.

"Master, let them see for themselves." The old man was in a state of enthusiastic salesmanship, and the man who had been hanging his head as if in a daze said suddenly.

It seemed that this apprentice didn't want his master to talk too much to them. Could it be that he was embarrassed by his master's praise, or he just disliked his master for being too talkative? !Xu Yunhan glanced, the man kept squatting on the ground covered with newspapers from the beginning to the end, with his head half down in a daze.Now that she raised her head slightly, she could see the man's appearance clearly. At first sight, she focused on the red rosacea on his face, his dark skin, and his strong physique. He looked like an ordinary farmer.

"Oh, you kid is really not good at doing business. I said that if you walk in the city, you have to say that everything is the same, and you have to set up a stall here. You can't see many people coming and going. Your own Do the math, how long have the two of us drank the cool breeze here, and only two customers came to the door." The old man gave his apprentice a hard look with a look of hatred, and then smiled at Xu Yunhan and Jing Shuo, bringing said apologetically,

"Don't pay attention to him, my apprentice is rather shy! Hehe~ Then you can choose for yourself, and you can ask me if you need anything."

Xu Yunhan touched several root carvings, nothing special, just ordinary root carvings!I couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but after thinking about it, there are so many adventures and loopholes waiting for her to discover.

However, the old man talked to them so enthusiastically for a long time, and it seemed a bit...too indifferent to not buy any of them, or just buy one for decoration, so Xu Yunhan started to carve the pile of root carvings in the booth seriously. Search for your favorite.

"What do you think of this? It's a little goat. It's quite cute." Seeing that she was looking at the pile of small root carvings, Jing Shuo guessed that she liked smaller root carvings, so he helped find them together. .

"It's not bad, let me see... look..." Xu Yunhan took the root carving of the little goat, but his eyes followed the movement of another man who just came to the stall, and his expression was a little blurry.

Jing Shuo, who was closest to her, naturally noticed it. Following her gaze, he saw a very thin man who was looking at the root carvings on the booth just like them. He didn't seem to know Xu Yunhan, and asked in a low voice. ,"What's wrong?"

"Ah? It's nothing, I'm just wondering whether to buy this little goat." Xu Yunhan felt a chill behind his back after regaining his senses. Fortunately, Jing Shuo reminded him, otherwise, if she continued to stare at him like that, maybe she would die. arouse suspicion.

sky!How could I meet this man nicknamed "Skinny Monkey" here? He was one of the three Tufuzi I met in Shimen at that time.She still has a deep impression on every scene at that time. That dark and cold death, as well as the bizarre resurrection from death, are all memories that she will never forget in her life.As for the three participants at that time, of course, she still remembers them vividly.

Although the man in front of her seemed fatter than a few months ago, she still recognized him at a glance, Skinny Monkey, he was the one who came to search her.

Jing Shuo didn't know what she was thinking. Seeing her staring blankly at the goat root carving in her hand, he smiled and said, "Buy it if you like it, why don't I give it to you."

After finishing speaking, not allowing her to refuse, Jing Shuo turned to the old man and asked, "How much is the root carving in her hand?"

"How much is this?"

Almost at the same time as Jing Shuo, the thin monkey pointed to a big-bellied Maitreya with a size of tens of centimeters in front of him and asked. At the same time, he glanced at Jing Shuo and Xu Yunhan. She smiled before moving away.

After waiting for a while, the business finally started, and two buyers came at the same time. The old man seemed very happy, the wrinkles on his face deepened, and he smiled and said enthusiastically, "Girl, your boyfriend treats you so well, Little Goat Root Carving Just give three hundred, and that..."

"That Buddha statue is carved out of cypress wood, eight thousand, not less than a penny." For some reason, before the old man finished speaking, his apprentice took over the words, glanced at the thin monkey and said coldly Said.

When the old man heard the apprentice's price, his eyes widened, "This..."

"Master, please sit down and rest for a while, I'll be fine." His apprentice interjected again, and finally stood up from the ground as he spoke, repeating what he had just said, "The Buddha statue is eight thousand, and the little goat root carving will press me." The price Master said is three hundred, not a penny less. I don't like haggling."

The blunt and cold tone instantly overturned his superficial impression of a kind-hearted farmer, making people wonder, could it be that the crops were not harvested well this year? !Or is he just trying to raise the price and is dissatisfied with the price his master called? !
But the price quoted by his master was not low, a small goat root carving sold for [-] is not cheap, but this apprentice was even more ruthless, a Maitreya Buddha carved from cypress wood cost [-]!
Xu Yunhan used his spare time to pay attention to Shouhou's actions all the time. He was slaughtered like a fish, and a villain like Shouhou who always licked blood would never allow himself to be slaughtered.Because she paid too much attention to the movement of the thin monkey, Xu Yunhan didn't notice that Jing Shuo had already paid three hundred for the kid's root carving in her hand.

"Eight thousand? It's not bad, okay, eight thousand is eight thousand!" The thin monkey said quite boldly, and immediately took out a thick stack of cash from his trouser pocket, and quickly counted eight thousand to the man.Then he laughed, feeling full of heroism, and finally grinned at Xu Yunhan.

Xu Yunhan was so scared that he didn't even dare to focus on the thin monkey out of the corner of his eye. Could it be that he recognized himself? !It can't be so evil, can you still recognize him after his appearance has changed so much? !Xu Yunhan was thinking wildly, sweating profusely, but his ears were still on the side of the thin monkey.

After a while, I heard the voice of the thin monkey, "Is there any problem with the money, I'll leave after the count is clear."

"Well, no problem." The young stall owner said after counting the stack of money and seeing that the amount was correct.

"Do you want to see other root carvings?" Jing Shuo, who had already paid for it, saw Xu Yunhan still squatting in front of the booth, thinking that she still wanted to buy it, but after a while, he didn't see what she was looking for again, so he asked.

"Ah, no need, I just need this little goat." Xu Yunhan lowered her voice slightly, her appearance changed but her voice was still the same as before.As he spoke, he straightened his half-squatting body, and then, as if inadvertently, carefully looked at the cypress Maitreya Buddha root sculpture that Shouhou bought from a height.

Why did he buy this Buddha statue? It's not that antiques are worthless, and it can't be bought for worship, heh~ She has never heard of a tomb robber who believes in Buddhism, so it can't be bought for appreciation.Besides, the cypress root carving and the craftsmanship are not outstanding, so it is not worth eight thousand at all, not to mention that this thin monkey didn't even mention the price, and bought it without any hesitation.

Xu Yunhan always felt that the more he thought about it, the more difficult it became.

"Boss, give me a rope to tie the Buddha statue I bought, so that it will be convenient for me to carry it later." The thin monkey pointed to the Maitreya Buddha on the booth, and said to the old man's apprentice, and then She stood up like Xu Yunhan, turned her head and grinned at Xu Yunhan, "Hello, beauty, you like these root carvings too."

(End of this chapter)