Hu Qing was startled. He hadn't seen her for a few days. Why had he lost a lot of weight and was unshaven?
Seeing a guest, the young apprentice smiled as hard as he could: "Sister, it's you, what do you want?"
Hu Qing was so frightened by his crying smile that he almost slapped his chest: "What happened to you? Were you robbed?"
The young apprentice was listless, probably because no one talked to him on weekdays, and when someone asked him, he couldn't wait to talk.
"My master is gone."
Hu Qing felt a shiver in his heart. Shui Xin had said that the master would not be alive for a few days, but now it sounds like he is gone?
Should she say "sorry and surrender"?
The young apprentice grinned and said with a cry: "I'm too stupid. My master said he would be mad at me. He doesn't want me anymore and is leaving."
Hu Qing was silent. The master didn't want his apprentice to be sad about his passing, but the scars of being abandoned will last a lifetime. Comparing the two, I don't know which one is more painful.
She said: "Your master left the shop to you?"
"ah."
"Then your master still likes you."
The young apprentice wiped his eyes: "Master said that this shop and I are both a burden to him."
Hu Qing:...You have a very poisonous mouth, what do you want?
He said: "Then if you run the shop well, you may not know if your master will come back one day." He paused and said, "I may not say that your master is not angry with you, but just throws his anger out on you when something goes wrong.
, maybe I’ll be back when the weather gets better.”
Young apprentice: "Really?"
Hu Qing shrugged: "Will you accept the job?"
The little apprentice came out.
Hu Qing took out the drawings: "I need a stove, a few different pots, and these, do you think you can make them?"
The young apprentice looked at it sideways and nodded: "Okay."
Stand still.
Hu Qing: "You should just do it."
He just reacted and walked towards the stove.
Hu Qing sighed. With such a temper, the old master would not be able to leave without peace of mind. Maybe he scolded him like that to scold him for his talent.
The young apprentice took long iron pliers and walked to the pile of iron. He looked at this piece and that piece, but he didn't pick up a piece for a long time.
Looking down at the impatient one, Hu went over and pulled out a big piece: "This."
The young apprentice grinned at her and turned his head slightly, which was really ugly.
The man walked towards the furnace with the iron piece under his arm, and with a bang, the iron piece was thrown directly in. The person just stared blankly, and when Hu Qing took a few steps over, the iron piece turned into water in the big furnace.
Make her mad.
Breathe deeply, and breathe deeply again.
"Young man, what's your name?" She tried to be kind.
The young apprentice looked at her blankly: "Tie Sheng."
This name, whether you take it seriously or not.
"Tiesheng, I'll do it myself. I'm afraid you'll waste all those pieces of iron, and I still have to eat." She patted Tiesheng on the shoulder: "Just stand there and tell me what to do."
Tiesheng opened his mouth several times: "Isn't this bad?"
While he was hesitating, Hu Qing had already taken another pair of long pliers, clamped a large piece of ordinary iron, heated it red in the furnace, and placed it on the blacksmithing table.
She saw a hammer nearby and picked it up to try. The weight was suitable.
It hit with a clang, knocking back Tie Sheng's words.
Tiesheng only felt that this hammer was really powerful, and he was filled with energy.
Little did they know that Hu Qing was feeling aggrieved. She was obviously a customer. If she wasn’t a god, why shouldn’t she do it herself? Is this called experiential service?
"I'll do it myself, you can only charge me for the materials."
The hammer wielded in her hand seemed heavy, but in the hands of Hu Qing, whose physical fitness had greatly improved, it was as easy as an arm. The red iron block under the hammer was like a piece of steaming water dough, allowing her to grind it.
Hu Qing actually liked this feeling a little bit.
This was the first time he saw such a customer. Tiesheng was stunned for a while, and after a few murmurs, he actually told her what to do.
It was Hu Qing's first time to get started, and he didn't dare to make it complicated. He flattened the iron block and made a flat shallow pot, which was good for making pancakes or making pancakes. He also had to add a lid, which had to be made of wood.
Beat, beat, beat, beat, beat, beat, beat, beat, beat, beat, beat, she really made it. It made a tingling sound when it was immersed in the cold water.
The color of white iron looks so clean.
Satisfied, Hu Qing shoved the scraps cut off from the table to the side, then went to the iron pile to pick another piece, this time to build a deep-mouthed steamer.
She asked Tiesheng that gradually she became more and more proficient in her skills and Tiesheng seemed to have a backbone again and regarded her as a life-saving straw.
"Brass? Yes, I'll find it."
Hu Qing: "As long as it's copper."
Copper pots are a must. It's shameful that we haven't arranged a hot pot meal after coming for so long.
Tiesheng brought her a pile of copper blocks, some were yellow, red, white, and blue. It opened Hu Qing's eyes. It seemed that the world was very rich in metals.
They came and were beaten, but the serious boss was gone anyway, and Tiesheng was so ungrateful that she was not polite.
She picked up a piece of brass and put it into the fire. The fire was very strong. After a few flicks of the flames, the copper piece was red-hot. Hu gently picked up the hammer and hit it, making her sweat. The copper piece stretched out under her hammer.
Fold, stretch, fold, and knead it like dough.
The fire in Hu Qing's eyes danced, and his arms kept moving up and down. Gradually, there was only the sound of metal hitting his ears. The hammer head fell, rose, and fell. The trajectories gradually overlapped, as if a unique path was opened in the air.
Tiesheng watched from the side at first, then surprised, then sad, and the more he looked, the sadder he became: Is this what the master said about entering the industry? He has been with the master for so many years, and the master has taught him so many times, but he just can't feel what the master said.
The feeling of entering enlightenment.
The master said that as long as he could hammer a piece of material larger than his head to the size of a fist in one go, he would be enlightened.
He had been unable to do it for so many years, but the sister in front of him, who had just picked up a hammer for the first time, did it in one go.
The copper block that was bigger than her head had been hammered by her until it was half as big as her head.
Wow, I'm so stupid, the master doesn't want him.
Hu Qing woke up from her addicted state and had a good time, only to find that there was only a small lump of copper left on the blacksmithing table. She was surprised that she had beaten all the copper?
The remaining small ball of copper-white water is like a fish, and it is still warm when held in the hand. Looking at the soft light on the surface of the copper fish, Hu Qing suddenly thought of the center of the water. This thing seems to be perfect for making a wooden fish? This light
The sound made by Liu Liu's little head must be clear and crisp.
She winked and realized that the weather outside was wrong, and she was surprised: "How long should I fight?"
Tiesheng didn't pay attention and just felt sad. He looked outside and saw that the sky was starting to get dark, and said, "It's been a long time."
Hu Qing held the small copper fish back and forth and frowned: "That's not right. What I hit is obviously a piece of brass, how come it turned white? Moreover, such a large piece of copper has become so small, it can't be all impurities, right?
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Tiesheng was very sad: "Because you refined it into fine copper. This grade can be used as decorative patterns on the sheaths of monk swords."
Hu Qing was surprised: "It's not an ordinary product anymore?"
Tiesheng nodded and shook his head: "It's higher than ordinary grade, but not at the level of weapon refining materials."
