Chapter four hundred and seventy fifth hemp walnut
By this time of year, the outer skin of the walnuts has dried up and is attached to the walnuts. It is really impossible to clean it easily without the right tools.
Liu Xu looked at Han Peacock holding a knife and struggling to cut the walnut skin, and she said: "What are you doing this for?"
Han Kongque said: "Have you never heard of Wen Wan Walnut?"
There are many Wenwan walnut lovers in Shanghai, and there are many of them in China, so Liuxu knew it after hearing what Han Kongque said.
"You said this is Wenwan walnut? Isn't this the iron walnut that no one wants?" Liu Xu said.
Han Peacock said: "Iron walnuts are also walnuts that we play with. Although the quality is inferior, some people still play with them."
Liu Xu said in surprise: "You are not looking for treasures and monsters, are you? If this is really a Wenwan walnut, would you have discovered it now, and besides you, doesn't anyone else know how valuable this thing is?"
Han Kongque said: "I was still young when I left my hometown. At that time, I was just an ordinary rural child. I have learned a lot in the past ten years, so it is not surprising that I have discovered the value of iron walnuts now."
"Are these really Wenwan walnuts?" Liuxu looked at the walnuts on the ground, picked up one, and bumped it. It was really heavy, but this iron walnut was really incomparable to the pair of his father's.
"Why are they so ugly? My dad has a pair, they are maroon red, shiny, and very beautiful." Liuxu said doubtfully.
Han Peacock said: "Those have been played with. These have not been shelled yet. Let's remove the black skin on the outside and play with them for a while. These iron walnuts should also be very beautiful."
The little girl blinked her eyes and listened carefully to what Han Peacock said. But her heart was full of doubts. No one wanted such big and heavy iron walnuts.
The first time she went into the mountains, she picked up a lot of walnuts like this, but when she returned home, she was beaten.
From then on, she knew that no one wanted these, but why did this big brother like them?
"Little girl, such an iron walnut may be worth more than your basket of walnuts and chestnuts." Han Peacock saw the little girl's doubts, so he said to her.
The next girl curled her lips, obviously not believing it.
Liu Xu knew that Han Kongque would not lie, so she took the knife from Han Kongque's hand, picked up an iron walnut, and started cutting it quickly in her hand.
Han Peacock waited for Liu Xu's nimble hands and exclaimed in surprise: "Your skills are so good! No wonder the hospital treats you like a bully. With your skills, it's really unreasonable not to go to the operating table."
Liu Xu said angrily: "When I just graduated, I didn't have this kind of technology, and I was still scheduled to operate every day? Don't watch TV and say that intern doctors don't have the opportunity to operate, and they don't have the opportunity to become famous.
.There is no chance of major surgery that makes people famous.
For example, when I first graduated, there were no major surgeries, but minor surgeries were done every day, and I had to go to work every day. Almost all of them were spent on the operating table. My current skills were developed during that time."
As Liuxu spoke, she cut off the black skin of Walnut Hill with just a few cuts. Now what is left are just some remnants in the potholes. Liuxu is also very good at dealing with these. The knife in her hand was seen flying,
The knife was like cutting out the rotten parts of a rotten apple, and soon all the black skin was dug out.
"Okay, that's it." Liuxu handed the walnuts to Han Kongque and said.
Han Kongque sighed: "When I think that this technique is practiced on the human body, I feel a little numb. However, with your grasp of the scalpel, you may be a good hand at learning hollow carving. These walnuts are all
Excellent quality engraving material.”
Liuxu hadn't been on the operating table for a long time, and now her hands were a little itchy, so after peeling one walnut, she picked up another walnut and started peeling it.
"Well, you can teach me when you have time." Liu Xu said without raising his head.
Han Kongque said: "As long as your wrist strength is up to par, with your knife skills, you will definitely be a master sculptor."
"Then I must learn how to operate every day without any wrist strength. If my hand shakes even slightly, it is very likely to destroy the patient's life." Liu Xu said.
While talking, the catkins peeled another walnut with a few clicks.
When Liuxu put the walnuts into Han Peacock's hands again, Han Peacock discovered that they were actually a pair of toad heads.
Toad head is a variety of iron walnut. There are various sub-categories in iron walnut. Toad head is one of them. Different origins and different tree species have different and more detailed sub-categories.
The general characteristics are that the belly is big, the bottom is big but uneven, the tail navel has a long slit, and the sides are narrow and short, often disappearing before reaching the bottom. The origin of the toad's head is due to its own lines.
Viewed from the front, this kind of walnut looks like a toad lying there. The two forelimbs, two hind limbs and head are relatively vivid, and the bumpy texture makes it even more vivid.
Of course, many iron walnuts do not look like toad heads, and there are some far-fetched elements in them. But with a little imagination, you can see the similarities between this kind of iron walnuts and toad heads.
Toad head varieties are generally larger in size. Like other iron walnuts, they have shallow texture and are easy to crack. The price is basically not high, but no matter how high it is, it is still much more valuable than ordinary walnuts.
Liuxu's eyesight is very accurate. The two iron walnuts she picked are both large. What's even more rare is that after removing the black skin, the two walnuts are almost the same size. Han Peacock's visual inspection shows that both are over 40 millimeters, so
A pair of toad heads costs more than one hundred yuan.
Liuxu cut out seven or eight iron walnuts in a row before stopping. Seeing the little girl looking at him curiously, Liuxu smiled and said, "Are you impatient?"
The girl shook her head and Catkin said: "You should also pick up some of these walnuts, they are more valuable than the ones in your frame."
The girl shook her head again. The memory of the last spanking was still very clear. She would not make the same mistake twice.
"Don't worry about her anymore. As long as you can seduce this little beauty, we will take her home and raise her. Then she won't have to go into the mountains to pick up walnuts every morning." Han Kongque said with a smile.
"It seems that she is also a wealthy person. If she hadn't led us all the way, you wouldn't have noticed these iron walnuts!" Liu Xu said.
Han Kongque said: "You two are both prosperous."
Liuxu rolled her eyes: "I wonder how much money I can make you this time?"
Han Kongque said: "This kind of walnut is not very valuable. If it is just such a tree, it is not worth much. But I remember that we still have a lot of them in the back mountain. If there are more, the value will be very considerable."
"How much is such a pair of iron walnuts worth?" Liuxu asked Han Kongque as he picked out a pair of the largest iron walnuts.
Han Peacock looked at the pair she cut out again. Although the lines were different, they were not a pair, but one was in the shape of an ingot and the other was a toad head. Even if they were not a pair, the price could still be sold for three to five hundred yuan each. These two
The price is only much higher than the previous pair of toad heads.
"Three to five hundred yuan!" Catkin's luck is still very good. Among the iron walnuts, the best one is at this price. If it is smaller, thirty or fifty is a high price.
"Why is it so cheap? My dad's pair cost him more than three thousand." Liuxu said in disbelief.
Han Kongque said: "That may be a pair of sesame walnuts! Sesame walnuts are different from iron walnuts. Sesame walnuts, as the name suggests, are walnuts with a pockmarked surface. Now sesame walnuts are more valuable.
Among the hemp walnuts, chicken hearts, tiger heads, lion heads, official hats and young man's hats are all relatively valuable. Those over 40 millimeters are more expensive, with a pair costing at least 1,000 yuan.
Iron walnuts are relatively heavy, but they are generally very small, mostly under 4 centimeters. Generally, iron walnuts are smooth and have four-sided varieties, but the price of iron walnuts is relatively low, usually between 300 and 500 yuan.
There are also bad varieties available for tens of dollars.”
"What you said doesn't seem right! Look at these iron walnuts, their surface is so wrinkled, like pockmarks, how can it be as smooth as you said?"
Han Peacock took a look: "Eh? It's really true."
As he said that, Han Peacock carefully looked at a few walnuts cut from catkins. After careful inspection, Han Peacock discovered that these iron walnuts were not smooth, had deep lines, and were not small in size.
Han Peacock looked at the iron walnuts on the tree thoughtfully. Generally, iron walnuts are relatively small because they are very heavy. The walnut branches are too big to bear the weight, but this walnut
Trees are an obvious exception.
The biggest difference between iron walnuts and hemp walnuts is that the cortex of iron walnuts is softer, and the texture will feel a bit "blunt" after about half a year of use!
The cortex of hemp walnuts is relatively hard. If the paper is a few years old, the texture will still maintain the original texture, but it will be slightly patinated, making the texture feel rounded.
In terms of shape, the iron walnut has a cross-pointed shape, a big belly, and feels heavy to the touch. Because it is produced in large quantities in the south, the price is very cheap.
Most elderly people like to take a pair of these and rub them vigorously in their hands when walking! They don't feel bad if they lose them.
The hemp walnut is a variety produced by natural hybridization between iron walnut and ordinary walnut trees in nature for countless years. Almost every wild tree is the same variety, except of course grafted ones.
There are also cross-pointed varieties, such as cross-shaped caps, white lions, some official hats and young man's hats, etc. Most of the others are large-pointed, blunt-pointed, etc., with large or small bellies, and feel much lighter than iron walnuts, but
You can obviously feel the hardness.
"How is it? Is there something different?" Liu Xu looked at Han Peacock studying there and asked curiously.
Han Kongque said: "This is definitely a hybrid variety, but in terms of feel, it is more likely to be an iron walnut. However, judging from the surface, size, and shape, it looks like a hemp walnut, because wild walnut trees are almost
One tree is a species, so anything may appear. If it is really a hemp walnut, it will be valuable."