The hall fell into silence for a while.
Mr. Wei originally thought that Jiang Yun was instigated by Xu Tuzi, but he found that the other party also looked confused. It turned out to be just a joke made by the little guy.
I wanted to get angry and scold the other party, but I was worried about Xu Tuzi's presence.
Ignoring it, he closed his eyes and joked in a sinister tone, "As long as you use ordinary wood to carve a work that satisfies me, I will let you change it."
The implication is that my fragrant wood is too precious to tolerate your nonsense!
Jiang Yun stood there awkwardly and glanced at Xu Tuzi worriedly. He regretted it as soon as he finished speaking. He was so impulsive!
Fortunately, Xu Tuzi had no intention of blaming him for causing trouble. Instead, he patted his shoulder with interest and said, "Master Wei has already spoken, why don't you show off your skills?"
"ah?"
Jiang Yun was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Oh."
After hearing this, Mr. Wei said lukewarmly, "Shopkeeper Xutu, is your formation shop also involved in the wood carving business?"
"There are so many skills that you can't overwhelm your body."
Xu Tuzi gave him a meaningful smile.
After thinking about it, I was idle anyway. Master Wei waved his hand to the servant waiting outside the door to get a piece of wood suitable for carving, and asked with a smile.
"Little master, do you need my help in preparing the carving knife?"
As soon as he said this, he was obviously waiting to see Jiang Yun make a fool of himself.
After all, a true craftsman never leaves his sword. If he doesn't even have his own sword, doesn't it mean that he is just talking nonsense!
Jiang Yun took out four carving knives of different sizes and shapes from his waist pocket, "No need, Mr. Wei, I have my own special one."
Experts will know if they are there as soon as they make a move. Jiang Yun has four carving knives in his hand. The blades are all of a quiet color, exquisite and elegant. The wooden handle is of excellent color at one end, which is obviously not ordinary wood.
Four-handled exquisite carving knives are very common wood carving tools, with flat front ends, semi-circular arc shapes, right-angled shapes, and triangular shapes.
Just by the fact that he carries these four carving knives with him, and the quality of the carving knives is obviously three points better than that of Master Lin just now, Mr. Wei understands that this man may have some skills.
He put away his contempt and couldn't help but secretly look forward to it.
Maybe, this guy can really save the "Five Ladies" who are just stylish but without spirit?
For a moment, everyone in the hall had different thoughts.
The person who took the wood hasn't come back yet, but the person who took the money has come back first.
As soon as Butler Wei entered the door, he noticed that several people were paying attention to him and was immediately stunned. I also found that there was a faint aftertaste of disappointed expectations in the eyes of several people.
Confused and unable to ask more questions, he pretended that nothing happened and walked towards Xu Tuzi with his money bag in hand.
"The shopkeeper has been waiting for a long time."
Xu Tuzi's face was full of joy and he took the money bag with a smile, "Butler Wei, you're so polite. It's just a short break. I didn't have to wait for a long time."
As he spoke, he opened the bag nonchalantly, started counting, and took out a piece of gold cake and handed it to Jiang Yun.
Looking at the more than seventy gold cakes in the bag, and then looking at the piece in front of him, Jiang Yun silently took his salary. After all, I haven't done anything yet, and one piece of gold cake is already a lot.
Butler Wei laughed and walked back to stand next to Mr. Wei.
After counting the money, Xu Tuzi put the money bag in his hand with satisfaction and sat down calmly.
Butler Wei was about to remind the other party that they could leave, but was interrupted by the sound of footsteps.
A servant quickly walked into the hall, brought in a piece of wood one foot long and half a foot wide, and walked straight towards Jiang Yun.
Jiang Yun took the wood and held it in his hands, gently raising his right hand. Only then did Butler Wei notice that Jiang Yun was holding a palm-sized carving knife in his hand.
"Could it be..."
With his quick mind, he guessed a little bit, and carefully glanced at the master beside him from the corner of his eye.
It happened that Mr. Wei reminded him, "Steward, this young master seems to know a lot about wood carving. He promised to help me change the 'Five Ladies'. When the carving is finished, you can help me palm the eyes first."
In just a few words, Butler Wei understood the reason clearly.
"Yes, sir."
When the two were talking, Jiang Yun had already dropped the knife.
The beginning of wood carving is not just to find a random place to start. You must first observe the overall grain direction, which is more conducive to the smoothness of the cut and the beauty of the finished product.
When he held the carving knife, Jiang Yun's eyes showed no panic or helplessness, but only determination. Nothing around him could interfere with him anymore.
Wood carving is the craftsmanship passed down to me by my mother after learning it all her life! How could he be unfamiliar! How dare you be rusty!
In his eyes, there was only this piece of wood at the moment.
His mind has already mapped out the finished product.
"bass!"
The knife fell lightly and penetrated three points into the wood.
Fast, accurate, and ruthless!
Watching Jiang Yun quickly carve out the embryo, Mr. Wei and the housekeeper looked at each other. At such a speed...isn't this kid afraid that he will destroy the overall beauty if he carves too much?
Will he be able to carve wood now?
Apart from the two of them, Xu Tuzi couldn't help but squint his eyes with a strange expression.
Green light swam up and down, sawdust flying left and right.
In just one stick of incense, a rough female body was sketched out.
Jiang Yun raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
At this time, he took out his four carving knives and put them by his side for later use. After a moment, he picked up a carving knife and pointed it at the wood.
This time, he was slower.
No less unscrupulous than when finalizing the embryo, after all, details must be taken into consideration when shaping, so this time Jiang Yun's speed was only one-third of the previous time.
For Jiang Yun, who has slept with wood carvings since he was born, wood carvings have long existed in every aspect of his life, and he is too familiar with them!
Therefore, the speed of shaping is just right for him.
But in the eyes of Mr. Wei and Butler Wei, it was still a bit quick.
"Too urgent."
Mr. Wei shook his head slightly, then lay down on the chair with half-lidded eyes. Obviously, he was a little disappointed with Jiang Yun's craftsmanship.
The two people's murmurings did not affect Jiang Yun. He struck down the knife one after another, sometimes turning his wrist, carving the knife in an arc, sometimes wavy patterns, and the pen moved quickly and steadily.
Another incense-burning time passed, when the two of them were waiting a little anxiously.
Jiang Yun started his third outline and finalized it.
"master."
The butler's voice interrupted Mr. Wei who was concentrating with his eyes closed.
Mr. Wei opened his eyes in confusion, frowning with dissatisfaction, thinking that he should have ignored this boy if he had known better, and it had wasted him for so long!
At this time, Jiang Yun was still carving, but due to the angle, he just blocked the two of them.
Mr. Wei stood up impatiently and gave the butler a wink. The butler understood and just let himself handle the rest.
"Shopkeeper Xutu, I remembered that I still have something important to do, so I will stay here soon. When the work is completed, just let the butler take charge of it."
With a casual polite word, Mr. Wei turned around and left.
"Go slowly." Xu Tuzi nodded with a smile, not at all angry at others' indifference.
What a joke, the one who gave the money is the uncle. After paying so many gold cakes, what’s wrong with the uncle being so arrogant!
"Master Wei."
Just at this moment, Jiang Yun's voice came.
Mr. Wei subconsciously turned his head and glanced, but his eyes slowly froze. At this time, Jiang Yun was facing him, holding a gorgeous wooden sculpture in his hands.
"Um?"
With just one glance, he was attracted.
A pair of delicate feet under the straight long legs, the flowing skirt lifted slightly as if blown by the wind, and the slender waist was tightly bound, highlighting the waves above the waist.
The left arm is lowered naturally, and the right arm is flat on the ground and the orchid fingers are skillfully twisted.
The delicate facial features including the vivid eyes and small and delicate lips are carved on the face, and the slightly raised hair is alluring.
The woman wears a golden phoenix crown on her head, a phoenix ceremonial chain on her hands, four jade rings on her ten fingers, and ten jade ornaments on her limbs. Half sitting on the gold ingot, the dress is extremely gorgeous and extravagant.
Her eyes were full of greedy desire, as if she wanted all the wealth and power in the world.
This wood carving is almost exactly the same as one of the five wood carvings on my table!
Amazingly the head of the 'Five Ladies', Greed!
That's right, what Jiang Yun carved is Master Lin's famous work, Five Ladies!
The leader of greed, anger, love, stupidity and resentment, greed!
Except for the quality of the wood, the two wood carvings are very similar. It is difficult to tell the specific differences without looking carefully. But the only thing that made everyone present feel different was the unique charm.
People who don't understand wood carving may think that they look similar in appearance, but Mr. Wei has been immersed in this art for a long time, so he can naturally tell the difference.
If Master Lin is carving a mortal woman who wants to be greedy for gold and silver.
Then what Jiang Yun carved was a gorgeous empress who could covet a city and a country! What the wooden figure as a whole reveals is not craziness and cheapness, but the feeling of looking down upon everything after possessing the ultimate wealth and power in the world!
Such a woman not only makes people yearn for her, but also arouses Mr. Wei's desire to conquer!
The judgment will be made naturally!
"Snapped!"
The crisp voice interrupted everyone's silence. Everyone looked up, but it was Mr. Wei who applauded.
"The ingenuity of the human world is amazing, and the wood carving of the female is carved with a fairy face!"
“The little master’s craftsmanship is really amazing!”
"Crack! Crack! Crack!"
Butler Wei quickly caught up with the master and applauded with quick eyes and hands. It must be said that Jiang Yun was able to complete this wood carving in such a short period of time and was better than Master Lin who became famous for this. He was worthy of such applause!
Mr. Wei walked over, took the lady's greed, played with it in his hands and looked at it carefully.
After a while, he couldn't put it down and handed the wooden carving to the butler beside him.
"You haven't asked the young master your name yet?"
In this sentence, his attitude was completely different from before.
Jiang Yun saluted and replied, "My surname is Jiang, and my last name only consists of the character Yun."
Mr. Wei couldn't help but glance at the ladies in the butler's hands, and then compared them with the five fragrant wood ladies on the table.
I gave Jiang Yun a few more points in my heart.
Immediately he said kindly, "I like the lady carved by Master Jiang very much. I also asked Master Jiang to help me repair the five fragrant wood carvings."
Jiang Yun was about to agree, but found that Xu Tuzi was giving him a secret wink. After thinking about it for a while, he said apologetically, "It's like this, Mr. Wei, I was just worried that you would wait too long, so I spent a lot of energy to ensure the quality." I increased my speed at the same time, but I’m really tired now.”
Mr. Wei and the housekeeper didn't think there was a problem.
After all, Jiang Yun's speed, which is three points faster than Master Lin, must have taken a lot of effort.
"That's easy to say."
Thinking of this, Mr. Wei waved his hand and said, "I will ask the housekeeper to send you two back home later. Master Jiang will have a good rest tonight. Wait until tomorrow and I will visit you personally with Qin Xiangmu. How about it?"
Jiang Yun pretended to hesitate and nodded in agreement.
"Okay, okay!"
As expected, Mr. Wei likes art, and immediately ordered, "Butler, you will get ten...no, fifteen pieces of gold cakes later. I bought this ordinary wood sculpture from Master Jiang, and will give it to Madam tonight." .”
"Yes, sir!"
The housekeeper agreed and smiled at Jiang Yun as a sign of goodwill.
Xu Tuzi on the side couldn't help but swallowed, "Good guy, I worked so hard to set up the formation base, and I only earned the hard-earned money of ten gold cakes per formation base."
This guy actually carved a piece of wood and got fifteen gold cakes?
Do rich people do this?
