Eat Halberd: The Great Master of China

White jade peony VS water arhat

Zhao Dong didn’t have the heart to pay attention to Helan Liancang’s thoughts.

At this time, Zhao Dong’s spirit was in a highly concentrated state.

Sculpting tofu is so hard that the slightest inattention will ruin a piece of the ingredients.

Therefore, Zhao Dong did not dare to be careless at the moment.

Generally, tofu carving uses old tofu, and Zhao Dong has been using old tofu to carve in his previous life.

As for tender tofu, he hadn’t tried it in his previous life.

Today, I chose to carve tender tofu not only to win the competition, but also to challenge myself to test whether I can take that step.

Helan Liancang glanced at Zhao Dong and began to focus on the dishes he carved.

Although Helan Liancang has extraordinary knife skills, when carving tofu, he must also be single-minded, and once distracted, he will fail.

Helan Liancang took a deep breath, took out the special carving knife, and began to carve slowly.

The dish he chose was white jade peony, the most common of the many ingredients carved from tofu.

White jade peony, although ordinary, but it is also very difficult to carve.

Helan Liancang took out the carving knife and slowly slid along the edge of the tofu.

Even, slowly.

I saw that the layers of tofu were gradually reflected.

It turned out to be shaped piece by piece.

In just ten minutes, Helan Liancang was already sweating.

You can imagine how difficult this white jade peony is to complete.

Looking at Zhao Dong’s side.

Zhao Dong has also begun to cook.

Tender tofu is not comparable to old tofu, and its requirements are higher in technology and more complex in process.

Zhao Dong sprinkled some fine salt on the water. Then place the container on the stovetop and heat it slowly over low heat.

The water gradually boiled.

Zhao Dong knew that the time was up, so he immediately turned off the fire, then poured out hot water, and added cold water to cool down.

The purpose of this is to tighten the tender tofu and expel some of the moisture.

This step is very critical, if you use high heat when heating, the tofu will create a honeycomb eye.

This will ruin the ingredients.

Zhao Dong would not make such a stupid mistake, so Zhao Dong at this moment was very cautious.

Carving tofu is no more than carving other ingredients, and the tools used are also special knives

Zhao Dong chose a sharp-edged carving knife that had already poked the knife.

Zhao Dong took a deep breath, calm, calm.!

Zhao Dong closed his eyes and began to recall the essentials of carving.

Suddenly, Zhao Dong’s eyes opened

A flash of essence flashed in his dark eyes.

It’s like a bright moon.

Why carve tofu in water?

Tofu is carved in water, the purpose is to use the buoyancy of water, so as to reduce the downward gravity of tofu and avoid breaking, collapse or cracks in the carved work.

Zhao Dong held the knife in his right hand and carefully dropped the knife from top to bottom.

Carving an arhat is a hundred times more difficult than carving a flower.

Zhao Dong not only has to consider the angle of refraction of light in water, so he must constantly adjust the angle of view.

Zhao Dong held the handle of the knife with his thumb, index finger, and middle finger together, while his ring finger and little finger dangled in the air. This allows for more accurate engraving.

Time passed minute by minute.

Pieces of tofu flowers fall.

The tender tofu in the water has faintly taken on a human shape.

It seems to be a fat monk, lying under the water.

Zhao Dong is also constantly wiping sweat to avoid sweat dripping into the water, resulting in ripples on the water surface, which will cause visual errors.

And the white jade peony of Helan Liancang has been carved. He wiped the sweat from his head and looked towards Zhao Dong.

Suddenly, his eyes were full of color.

“Good knife work!” Helan Liancang secretly praised in his heart.

I have to say that with this knife technique, Zhao Dong has already surpassed himself a lot.

An old friend has a wonderful son. Helan Liancang sighed in his heart.

In the future, there will be a place for you on the world stage. Helan Liancang secretly praised.

At this time, Zhao Dong did not lose his mind to think about other things.

The Luohan in his hand is almost finished.

Only the last step remains, which is also the most critical step.

That’s the end. It means putting the finishing touches.

The shape of the arhat has been fully rendered.

A chubby Luohan was quietly leaning on the bottom of the water at this time. It just seems to lack verve.

Not enough, not enough soul.

Zhao Dong shouted in his heart.

At this time, the right hand holding the knife was already a little trembling, and Zhao Dong had reached the limit.

There was still one step away, one step away, and Zhao Dong’s consciousness was almost a little blurry.

Highly concentrated mental state with some trance.

At this time, Zhao Dong’s hand suddenly stopped. Consciousness suddenly entered a dark space.

Zhao Dong was confused, and there was darkness everywhere.

“What is this place!” Zhao Dong kept running and shouting.

Suddenly, a bright light appeared in front of my eyes.

Zhao Dong was pleasantly surprised. Dash towards the bright light.

I saw that the light was getting bigger and bigger.

Zhao Dong’s body melted into the light in an instant.

Zhao Dong saw a person, a master who taught him in a previous life.

The master turned his head and looked at Zhao Dong with a smile: “Xiaodong, you are the most talented student I have ever seen, and your skills have surpassed me.” But do you know why I haven’t given you a perfect score for your work? ”

Zhao Dong remembered. This is what the master said to himself in his previous life when he took the graduation exam.

His graduation work received a high score of 99 points, which can be said to be the first place in history, but the master did not give himself full marks. He also said such a paragraph to himself.

Zhao Dong in his previous life did not figure it out. Even now he has not figured it out.

“Master, what is missing in my work?” Zhao Dong shouted frantically, like epilepsy.

The master smiled and said, “What your work lacks is soul!” ”

Zhao Dongru was struck by lightning. Stay there.

Soul, soul, how can a work have a soul?

How the hell is this going to be done.

Zhao Dong let out a shout, holding his head and slowly squatting on the ground.

The master disappeared. The light is gone, and so is the darkness.

Zhao Dong’s consciousness suddenly sobered up.

Still holding a carved knife in his hand.

The subordinates are still the unfinished work, Arhat in the water.

At this time, the Luohan in the water is only the last step, and what is missing is only a soul, a bit of verve.

Helan Liancang looked at Zhao Dong excitedly.

He knew why Zhao Dong stopped suddenly, it was that he had encountered a bottleneck.

Come on, come on, Helan Liancang cheered Zhao Dong up in his heart.

Helan Liancang knew that if Zhao Dong took this step, it would definitely become an incredible existence!

How do you give the work its soul? Zhao Dong thought.

Zhao Dong raised his head and saw the scenery outside through the window.

The blue sky, white clouds, huts, pedestrians, and countryside in the distance are reflected in the eyes.

Everything is so beautiful.

It’s so coordinated, so natural.

Nature, nature. Zhao Dong suddenly chanted these 2 words in his mouth, as if he suddenly discovered something.