Chapter 214: A love token more than a diamond ring
"Xingyu, why take down this painting when it's hanging perfectly?"
Zhang Moyan walked over and saw Xiao Xingyu picking at the paper on the back of the frame with a Swiss Army knife with one hand, very carefully.
"I want to give you a big gift!" Xiao Xingyu bent over and raised his head, a few strands of black hair fell down his forehead, and his beautiful eyebrows shone like crystals, "Here, do me a favor, hold this layer of hair for me
Lift the paper up.
"Big gift?" Zhang Moyan didn't know what kind of medicine he sold in the gourd, but he came over to hold the pried-off layer of tissue paper for him.
Xiao Xingyu cut the paper along the edge of the frame and said, "I saw you staring at Zhou Xia's diamond ring so covetously. I originally wanted to buy you a diamond ring, but I thought of something better.
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Zhang Moyan's subordinates paused: "I'm not greedy for Zhou Xia's diamond ring."
Xiao Xingyu raised his eyes and smiled at her: "Why don't you keep staring at other people's fingers if you're not greedy?"
"I just want to see clearly." Zhang Moyan said.
"Okay, okay," Xiao Xingyu nodded and continued to work, "Whether you are greedy or not, I will not allow my woman to envy others, even if she is suspected of it. I think I still have to customize a diamond ring.
Don't be hasty, I will give you this treasure first, it is definitely more meaningful than a diamond ring. Mum, here it is!"
At this point, he put the tip of the knife against the paper to support it, and Zhang Moyan saw that there was a thin piece of cyan porcelain stuck to the paper in his hand.
"Come on, Mo Yan, you carry it!" Xiao Xingyu folded the Swiss Army Knife and threw it aside. He placed his fingers on the position where Zhang Moyan was carrying it and carefully pulled out the piece of porcelain.
Only then did Zhang Moyan clearly see the condition of the porcelain piece. It was a circle with a diameter of about 3 centimeters, and the edges had been carefully polished, exposing the fragrant ash body. The upper and lower sides were glaze-colored, as thick as grease, and turned out to be azure after rain.
!
Zhang Moyan looked at it for a while and asked in a low voice, "This piece of azure glazed porcelain must be very unusual. You want to secretly hide it here."
"You have discernment," Xiao Xingyu blinked in approval and handed the porcelain piece to Zhang Moyan, "I'll give it to you as our love token!"
Zhang Moyan realized the extraordinary weight of this piece of porcelain and took it solemnly with both hands. This was the first time she had touched azure-glazed porcelain with her own hands, and she immediately felt a little excited.
"It's so beautiful," Zhang Moyan admired sincerely as he looked at the object in his hand with admiration, "Such a gentle and elegant color, both noble and restrained, no wonder it was loved by emperors and sought after by future generations. How did such a magical and beautiful glaze color come about?
Yes? The ancients were really miraculous in their craftsmanship!"
Xiao Xingyu tilted his head to his side and looked at her with her: "This is related to the 'half-baking' process of azure glazed porcelain. When the kiln is fired to a certain temperature, the temperature needs to be deliberately lowered so that the glaze does not
As for the translucence caused by the high fire temperature, it has this gentle and subtle moist feeling."
"That's it," Zhang Moyan nodded as if he understood something, and turned over the porcelain piece in his hand, "Hey, why are there three brush strokes on it?"
"Is it three?" Xiao Xingyu muttered and looked at her.
Zhang Moyan and him looked at each other, and she felt a little suspicion and resentment in the other's eyes. She took a closer look at the three strokes that she didn't know who had made hastily. After staring at them and thinking for a long time, an idea suddenly flashed in her mind.
And pass.
"This, are these three dots?" She swallowed her throat, "Are they raindrops?"
The man just a short distance away finally arched his eyebrows and smiled without saying a word.
Zhang Moyan was dumbfounded, looked at Xiao Xingyu, then at the porcelain tiles in his hand, looked at the porcelain tiles, and then looked at Xiao Xingyu. His mind was a little confused, then he sorted it out a little, and asked anxiously: "
Have you ever made azure glazed porcelain? Is this... your work?"
Xiao Xingyu admitted generously: "Yes."
Zhang Moyan was so shocked that she even paused for breath. She only thought that this piece of porcelain was part of a treasure from the Northern Song Dynasty, or was from the hands of a particularly famous collector. At most, there was some legend behind it.
Story, I never thought that this would be something created by Xiao Xingyu!
"Then, don't you want to go to the Tongzhen Monument?"
There was a moment of wonder, and the next second he was swept away by an inexplicable fear, and Zhang Moyan's voice trembled a little.
Xiao Xingyu smiled calmly and hugged her shoulders: "That's not the case. Look at my thing. It's just like this. Is it a shape?"
"Such a small thing shouldn't be counted," Zhang Moyan speculated, "It's neither a plate nor a bottle. By the way, I know that JDZ is rich in a kind of porcelain painting. Is this also a piece of a certain porcelain painting?
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Xiao Xingyu smiled and shook his head: "No, it is actually the sole of a tea cup."
As he spoke, he picked up a small cup from the Kung Fu tea set on the table, turned the bottom up and showed it to Zhang Moyan.
Zhang Moyan took it over and compared it. Indeed, this square piece of azure-glazed porcelain looked like the sole of a teacup.
"This is a masterpiece I made when I was 9 years old," Xiao Xingyu looked at Zhang Moyan's confused eyes and patiently explained to her in detail, "Our children in the Xiao family have been practicing kiln-making since they were young. During the summer vacation of my third grade in elementary school, I went to Yehe
I was detained by the old man for swimming and was punished to burn the kiln for a week. In order to save effort, I made a bunch of small things at will. I still remember that after I opened the kiln, I made the old man so angry that he basically threw them away. However, my emotions at that time
It is quite rich, and I will say goodbye to each finished product. It is this bit of pretentiousness that made me discover that among the pile of porcelain, there was actually a teacup with a sky-blue bottom!"
At this point, Xiao Xingyu smiled: "It's true that Duo Rang has more luck than others!"
"Is there only one thing among many?" Zhang Moyan asked.
"Yes, there are about a hundred pieces of porcelain from the same furnace. Only this teacup has azure color on its sole."
"So the coloring mechanism of azure glazed porcelain is really unstructured," Zhang Moyan rubbed the porcelain piece in his hand and asked tentatively: "Then, how did you feel when you saw this azure color?"
"Hmm..." Xiao Xingyu thought for a moment and smiled, "Of course I have mixed feelings!"
Everyone knows it’s a mixture of emotions, right?!
"You must be happy and scared at the same time, right?" Zhang Moyan said, "Otherwise, you wouldn't hide this piece of porcelain in such a hidden place?"
"You already know this." Xiao Xingyu pouted as if to admit defeat. The childish gesture was done by a tall man, but it didn't violate the rules and was very cute.
"So," Zhang Moyan looked around and speculated, "Is this why you haven't allowed others to approach this building since you were a child?"
"Of course," Xiao Xingyu held his chin and said, "Actually, when I think about it now, it's not a big deal. It's impossible to burn such a shapeless azure color to win the Tongzhen Monument, but when I was young, it was really
I feel that this is a big deal. I'm very excited at the same time, but I'm also very scared. I'm afraid that people will know about it, but I'm also reluctant to lose it, so I have to put it here. It's just that I heard my mother talk about the Tongzhen Monument when I was very young, and I intuitively understood the name.
It would be a very tragic thing to lose that monument."
Zhang Moyan nodded thoughtfully, and held the small piece of azure glazed porcelain in his hand with his fingers together: "Thank you, such a precious treasure cannot even be compared to a hundred diamond rings. I will definitely keep it well."
Yes! I promise that even if I lose my life, I will not lose it."
Hearing Zhang Moyan's oath-like promise without any warning, Xiao Xingyu suddenly stopped and looked sideways at her. Then the corners of his mouth curved beautifully, and he pinched her nose between his index knuckles: "Put it down."
With you, I feel at ease."
Zhang Moyan touched her nose and looked at Xiao Xingyu for advice: "Then I'll put it away!"
Xiao Xingyu's eyes agreed, but his hands tightened around the person's waist and pressed closer: "Don't you express your gratitude first?"
Zhang Moyan made up her mind, thinking that she needed to say something about each other's vows at this time. Being inexperienced, she racked her brains to organize it. It wasn't until someone's face turned foul and he kept staring at her mouth that she finally
Know what it means.
So I quickly went up to him, gave him a sip on the cheek, and said, "Thank you!"
"Perfunctory! Shouldn't we have a deep kiss at this time?!" Xiao Xingyu was extremely displeased. He held the back of her head and kissed her.
The feeling of intimacy was so real and beautiful. Zhang Moyan clenched Xiao Xingyu's azure glaze in her palms, feeling that this kiss was unusual, as if it was a silent promise.
If a woman accepts a man's wedding ring, she will marry him. Now that she has accepted something more precious than a hundred diamond rings, does she have to marry him for a hundred lifetimes?