It was still very hot in Guangzhou in September. After Qin Yu's morning exercise, the sun had not yet risen. When he returned to the house, he was still covered in sweat.
"Tank, you're still exercising. Let's go to Zhongshan today." Qin Yu glanced at the fitness room nearby and found that Tank was exercising inside. After saying hello, he got into the bathroom.
A week has passed since the Sixth Patriarch left. Qin Yu specially prepared some fitness equipment and moved it home for Tank. He would also go up and exercise a few times when he had nothing to do.
The funniest one is Xiao Jiu. When Xiao Jiu saw Qin Yu running on the treadmill, the little guy also learned to run on it, but because he couldn't keep up with the speed of the treadmill, he rolled to the ground every time.
Finally, the little guy got angry and slapped his paw down, leaving a paw print on the transport belt on the treadmill.
Qin Yu saw the paw prints on the treadmill, and then saw Xiao Jiu still looking angry. He could only shake his head helplessly. It was the first time he saw Xiao Jiu's tank, and he was shocked.
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Tank always thought that Xiaojiu was just a pet kept by Qin Yu, because these days, he had been watching this little white cat-like guy lying lazily on the sofa, often lying there for half a day.
After seeing the paw prints on the treadmill, a cold sweat broke out on Tank's back. This little snow-white beast looked harmless to humans and animals, but its claws were so sharp. The conveyor belt on the treadmill was one of those ultra-thick and ultra-thin ones.
Made of elastic cowhide, even Tank himself doesn't think he can break the strap with just one punch.
From then on, Tank no longer dared to underestimate Xiao Jiu. He also understood that a stranger like Mr. Qin would definitely not keep a useless pet.
Hearing that he was going out soon, Tank quickly came out of the fitness room, returned to his room and took a cold shower. He dressed up and appeared in the lobby almost at the same time as Qin Yu.
"Xiaojiu, let's go."
Qin Yu called out to Xiao Jiu who was lying lazily on the sofa. Xiao Jiu jumped onto Qin Yu's shoulders. Seeing this, Tank spoke first and said, "Mr. Qin, I'll go down and drive the car out."
During this week, Qin Yu took the tank to buy a car, choosing an imported Volkswagen CC. In the past few days, the tank carried him to send Qiaoqiao to school every day.
In addition, Qin Yu also asked Tank to leave Lengrou alone to learn to drive. In this case, the speed would be much faster than learning at a driving school. Anyway, if you sign up, you can take the subject test when the time comes.
Qin Yu and Xiao Jiu were waiting downstairs in the unit. Not long after, Tank drove out of the underground parking lot, and Qin Yu hugged Xiao Jiu and got into the car.
It takes more than three hours to drive from Guangzhou to Zhongshan. Qin Yu waited for the car to enter Zhongshan City, took out his phone and called his cousin.
"Cousin, I have arrived in Zhongshan now. Well, where exactly are you in Dayong Town? Okay, then I know. It will take about half an hour."
After hanging up the phone, Qin Yu said to Tank: "Tank, check the specific address of Mingzhi Woodcarving Factory, let's go there."
"Okay!" Tank turned on the navigation system, located the Mingzhi Woodcarving Factory, and then drove along the route indicated by the navigation. Qin Yu sat in the back row, closing his eyes and thinking about things.
Last night, his cousin called him and told him that he took the showcase-style drawings he had given him and went to Tai Chung to find the masters of the wood carving factory. He found out that many wood carving factories now use machine carving, and
Qin Yu's designs were quite complex, and not many masters could carve them. Finally, he went to the Mingzhi Factory and found a master to take over the job.
However, when the old master saw the last picture on Qin Yu's design drawings, which was the display cabinet that Qin Yu planned to place in the middle of the store to place the most precious talismans, the old master was surprised.
He made a request. He wanted to meet the person who drew the drawings. Otherwise, he would not take the job, and these carved display cabinets would not be sold to Zhang Hua.
Zhang Hua had no choice but to call Qin Yu last night and ask Qin Yu to come by himself. When he met such a skilled master, he couldn't do anything to him. Moreover, such masters tend to have bad tempers.
The stubborn kind. Once you have made up your mind, no one can persuade you.
Qin Yu was thinking about why the old master wanted to see him after seeing that drawing. The pattern on that drawing was actually not simple, but a small spirit-gathering array that could absorb the spiritual energy from outside.
Inside, of course, there is very little spiritual energy, but it is just enough to protect the spiritual energy of the talisman from being consumed.
"Did the master recognize this as a small spirit gathering array?" A light flashed in the corner of Qin Yu's eyes. He soon knew what the reason was.
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Mingzhi Woodcarving Factory is one of the few old factories that still maintains all hand-carving. When the tank was about to arrive at the gate of the woodcarving factory, Qin Yu saw his cousin Zhang Hua standing at the door of the woodcarving factory.
Look left and right towards the roadside.
"cousin!"
Qin Yu rolled down the window and waved to Zhang Hua. When Zhang Hua saw Qin Yu arriving, he perked up and ran over quickly, opened the car door and got in.
"Let's drive in. The old master's carving room is at the very back of the wood carving factory. There's still a way to go." Zhang Hua said to the tank in the front row after getting in the car.
The security guard of the wood carving factory was also informed. After seeing Tank honking his horn, he opened the door directly. Tank drove into the wood carving factory and followed Zhang Hua's instructions, taking several detours. Finally,
Stopped in front of a three-story factory building.
"The old master is here. I don't know what happened to the old master. He must see you. Otherwise, he would rather pay for the wood himself than sell the display cabinet to us."
After the car stopped, Zhang Hua did not get out of the car in a hurry, but complained to Qin Yu in the car.
"Okay, cousin, please stop complaining. I'm here now. You'll know what the old master's purpose is in a moment." Qin Yu opened the car door with a smile and walked out. Zhang Hua and Tank
The two of them got out of the car.
Walking into this three-story factory building, Qin Yu discovered that on the ground floor there were some carpenters, polishing and gluing various types of wood together. There were twelve large blowers on both sides of the entire ground floor, but
Even so, there are still sawdust everywhere on the ground floor, and there is a lot of wood powder floating in the air.
"Xiaoyu, the old master is on the third floor. The second and third floors are where the master carvers carve. After being carved by the carpenters, the wood will be sent to the second floor. The second floor is for carving some modern furniture, and the third floor is for carving.
It's some classical furniture." Zhang Hua introduced to Qin Yu while holding his nose, while leading Qin Yu and Tank towards the elevator.
Qin Yu nodded after listening to Zhang Hua's introduction. Although he didn't know much about wood carving, he also knew that the carving of modern furniture and the carving of classical furniture were completely two different techniques.
Modern furniture pays attention to symmetry and overall beauty, and does not have such high requirements for details. However, classical furniture is different. Every pattern is exquisite and must be precise, and classical furniture generally requires a large amount of work.
It is also relatively large, because classical furniture has many patterns and styles, and a master without more than ten years of wood carving experience would not dare to work on classical furniture.
In the wood carving market as a whole, some of the finest woods, such as red sandalwood and huanghuali, are generally used to carve classical furniture, while inferior black wood and mahogany are mostly used to carve modern furniture.
The display cabinets Qin Yu wants to build belong to the category of classical furniture. Of course, they are not made of red sandalwood or huanghuali, but chicken wing wood. The surface texture of this wood is like the luster of bird neck and wing feathers. It is mainly made of chicken wing wood.
The dark brown color is very suitable for use as a display cabinet.
Zhang Hua led Qin Yu directly to the third floor. As soon as the elevator door opened, the sound of hammers could be heard. Qin Yu looked up and saw that there was only a lobby and an office on the third floor. There were many cases in the lobby.
There is a woodcarving master on each desk, who is carving furniture.
Qin Yu soon saw the batch of display cabinets he had customized. They were placed in a corner of the hall. There were eight in total. Qin Yu walked over and looked at each display cabinet. Finally, he nodded with satisfaction. These display cabinets were carved with
There is not much difference between it and the one on his design. It seems that the craftsman who carved the display cabinet is very good at it.
"The master is in the office, let's go in."
Zhang Hua pointed to the office in front of him, Qin Yu nodded, greeted Xiao Jiu who was curiously wandering around the hall, and then followed Zhang Hua into the office.
"Please come in!"
Zhang Hua knocked on the door, and a strong voice came from the office. Qin Yu followed Zhang Hua and walked in. There was an old man sitting in front of a desk inside, wearing thick glasses, and on the table, there was a piece of
The old man is carving the auspicious Ganoderma lucidum pattern on the door plaque.
The old man looked up and saw Zhang Hua and Qin Yu. He was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Xiao Zhang, didn't I tell you to find the master who designed the drawings? You..."
"Master Qian, this is my cousin, he drew this drawing." Zhang Hua quickly introduced to Master Qian.
"Did your cousin draw this drawing?" Master Qian's eyes bypassed Zhang Hua and landed on Qin Yu behind Zhang Hua, frowning slightly.
"Master Qian, I heard from my cousin that Master Qian will only be willing to complete the showcase work if he sees me in person. I wonder what Master Qian wants from me?" Qin Yu walked to the front and asked Master Qian.
Master Qian looked at Qin Yu deeply and did not answer Qin Yu's words. Instead, he got up and walked to the cabinet on the wall of the office. He took out a box from it. It was a pure black box. Qin Yu saw the box
At the first glance, a ray of light burst out in his eyes. The pattern on the surface of the box was exactly the same as the design drawing he drew. (To be continued)