Chapter 92 Engraving

After solving a piece of jade, Zhao Xuan determined the best plan based on the shape and size of the jade and what should be used to do.

Bracelets are relatively more materials, but they are more expensive.

If the carving process of the jade pendant is exquisite enough, it can also be sold at a good price. The remaining one is scraps. You can then determine whether to make earrings, rings, brooches, or beads for necklaces based on the size and color distribution of the scraps.

Zheng Zhi, an amateur, naturally would not raise any objections to Zhao Xuan's decision. The two turned off the lights, locked the garage again, and walked back to the building. Although there were lights and cannons in the underground garage and it was still bright at this time, the light in the underground garage was a little dim.

Carving is an extremely serious and meticulous work, and naturally has high requirements for light, so Zhao Xuan had to take it to the building to carve it, otherwise if you are careful, you may destroy a piece of jade raw material.

When he arrived at the building, Yingying, who had been alone for a long time, ran over happily. The little girl had eaten a lot of snacks and fruits, looking extremely satisfied.

"Yingying, mom is going to work, so stay honestly, don't run around! Also, don't eat too many snacks and fruits." Zhao Xuan saw her daughter running towards her, smiled gently, stroked Yingying's head, and gave her a careful advice.

Zheng Zhi followed Zhao Xuan and brought the door with him.

Yingying is a very obedient and sensible child. Although she was a little disappointed that her mother could not play with her, she still nodded obediently.

Looking at Yingying's white and tender little face with a fat baby, Zheng Zhi couldn't help but take a few steps forward, pinched it a few times, and said, "Yingying can turn on the TV and watch her favorite cartoon."

"But there will be a sound when the TV is turned on, which will disturb my mother's work." Yingying shook her head sensibly, and swung the two small braids on her head back and forth.

Zheng Zhi looked at Zhao Xuan and asked with his eyes that before Zheng Zhi came back, Zhao Xuan saved even the electricity bill. He had never turned on the TV several times, but now Zheng Zhi came back and would not dislike the mother and daughter. Zhao Xuan said, "Yingying can listen to uncle's words to watch cartoons, but it should be farther away from the TV, and the sound cannot be amplified."

"Mom said that sitting too close to the TV, which is not good for your eyes, Yingying keeps remembering it." Hearing you can watch cartoons, Yingying's big black eyes smiled into a crescent moon, "Yingying will also turn the sound less and not disturb her mother's work."

"Okay, Yingying is the most obedient."

Zhao Xuan praised her daughter and saw Yingying laughing even happier.

Zheng Zhi looked at Yingying and was a little envious. If he had a daughter in the future, he would be as obedient and sensible as Yingying.

Yingying did not look Zheng Zhi aside and said thank you uncle. Then she ran to pick up the remote control, sat on the sofa, turned on the suspended super-large LCD color TV installed on the wall.

When Zheng Zhi and Zhao Xuan saw Yingying turn on the TV, the first thing they did was to turn the volume down. After looking at each other, they both laughed.

Zhao Xuan opened the door and entered the bedroom where she was resting with her daughter. She took out a complete set of jade carving tools left to her by her father from her bag. These tools were placed in a wooden box, occupying almost 90% of the space inside the bag.

Carefully holding the box and jade, the two came to the restaurant. There were chairs and dining tables. This one could be regarded as a workbench and was much more convenient to carve.

Sitting on the chair, Zhao Xuan opened the wooden box, first took out a caliper, measured the overall size of the jade, and recorded all the length, width and height. Zhao Xuan used a ruler to measure it back and forth, and finally drew a line at one corner of the jade.

Then take out a small cutter saw and saw it down on the thin wire.

Zheng Zhi sat quietly aside. Zhao Xuan was afraid that he would feel bored, so he carefully tug-of-warming and gave the clue, "If you want to truly learn how to carve jade and jade and become a suitable engraver, you must not only have a pair of smart hands, but also have extraordinary imaginations.

Both of these are related to personal talent.

In addition, you also need to have certain theoretical knowledge, such as having a clear understanding of the hardness, thermal sensitivity, chemical stability, toughness, brittleness, crack development, and defect extension of jadeite, etc. The jadeite parameters of different heads and different bases also change. If you do not know this knowledge, then in the process of designing and starting the production, it is very likely to die, damage the jadeite, and cause unnecessary losses to the boss."

Only then did Zheng Zhi realize that it was not easy to truly learn the craft of jade carving.

It’s no wonder that Zhao Xuan’s father started teaching arts when she was under ten years old and demanded her daughter extremely strictly.

"Of course, these sound complicated, but in fact they are still the four words. Practice makes perfect. After truly understanding jade, the engraver only needs to look with his eyes and touch with his hands to determine the parameters of jade. It will not be like the staff in the chemistry laboratory, who have to make a sample and then determine all its parameters through various experiments."

The small saw in Zhao Xuan's hand was extremely sharp, and she soon played the jade corner.

Then Zhao Xuan put the big jade in her hand aside and began to pick up the sawed jade carving. Generally speaking, before carving, you can polish it with electric equipment and then carve it. However, there are no equipment here, so you have to use the carving knife in your hand to complete it.

Zhao Xuan's jade hands were slender with ten fingers, but she used extremely force. The carving knife flexibly rotated and portrayed it as if she was dancing, and cut off the pieces of waste that needed to be peeled off. Zheng Zhi looked at the movements in Zhao Xuan's hand and couldn't help but feel envious.

It seems that the engraver has certain requirements for his fingers, and he doesn't know whether Guan Jun's hands meet the requirements.

Time passed by little by little. Zheng Zhi looked at Zhao Xuan's skillful movements, very curious and didn't feel bored at all. About half an hour later, it was confirmed that Zhao Xuan should have carved a jade pendant. The jade pendant was oval in shape, and a half-finished pattern of a galloping horse was carved on it.

After another half an hour, the pattern was carved, but Zhao Xuan did not say that she had finished it. She took a few tools that Zheng Zhi didn't recognize to repair it, grinding it, and after stopping the movement in her hand, Zheng Zhi also discovered that the modified jade pendant was not only more perfect in shape, but also the pattern of the galloping horse was lifelike.

"Okay, it's finished." Zhao Xuan did not stop and carved a jade pendant in one go. It was completely handmade and did not use power equipment. This would be more tiring and the speed would be slower. "When you go through a polishing procedure, the jade pendant can be sold in the store."

Zheng Zhi picked up the jade pendant, looked up and down, and looked carefully, and finally he was happy. The naive man was really good at it, and he actually met Zhao Xuan, a master-level jade carving sculptor.

Last time, Zhao Xuan said that she only learned 70% of her father's skills. It seems that she should have reserved and said modestly.

If he wanted to sleep, God gave him a pillow. Zheng Zhi turned his gaze to Zhao Xuan, which was three points brighter than the jade pendant he looked at in his hand.

Zhao Xuan was a little embarrassed to see it and tried to find a topic to hide it. "I learned carving with my father. Although it is made by hand, it is compared to high-end jade. Generally speaking, carving these medium- or low-end jade can be achieved by using advanced machines to increase the speed of carving.

Take this jade pendant for example. If it is assisted by a grinder, I can only carve it for half an hour.”

"Then I'll give you money. You can go to the market to buy related equipment tomorrow, and you don't have to save money, buy everything you can use. Also, you can also make a set of apprentices." Zheng Zhi said.

"Will I go alone? Did they expect that I would buy the tools I needed to carve jade, and then squat there and wait for the rabbit?" Zhao Xuan is still a little worried now, and she is even more afraid of letting her go out shopping alone.

Zheng Zhi laughed silently, but Zhao Xuan was a pretty woman with a weak bones. When she met her husband being hacked to death on the street, it was normal for her to be scared, so she said, "Then I'll drive with you tomorrow to buy equipment.

But will it disturb the neighbors when you put the equipment in the building?”

"If you polish jade, it will indeed make a lot of noise, but you can move the equipment to the underground garage and complete the polishing process there." Zhao Xuan thought for a while and answered.

Zheng Zhiwenfang felt relieved and bought the equipment as soon as possible tomorrow. By the way, he would buy another calcite machine and then remove all the fourteen pieces of wool left in the car.

After chatting for a while, it was past five o'clock in the afternoon. Zhao Xuan looked at the time and was about to say cooking, but Zheng Zhi's cell phone suddenly rang. Zheng Zhiyuan thought it was Guan Ting who had discussed it with his family and called it to give the result. However, after picking up the phone, he looked at the number and found that it was He Tingyu who called it.

Zheng Zhi walked into his bedroom with his cell phone. As soon as he pressed the answer button, He Tingyu's voice sounded, "Zheng Zhi, where are you? I took the time to buy some vegetables and fruits in the afternoon. You can come to the police station and take them home."

go home?

Zheng Zhi looked strange, "Okay, I'm planning to go home. By the way, where are you going to eat in the afternoon?"

"Of course I'm going back... I'll go with my aunt, but I'll arrive later. Please ask my aunt to wait for me for a while." He Tingyu almost said that he would go home to eat. He said halfway and changed his mouth temporarily.

"Okay, I'll arrive later, I'll call you."

After Zheng Zhi said that, the two of them said something to meet later and hung up the phone.

When he opened the bedroom door, Zheng Zhi saw that Zhao Xuan had already tied her apron, dressed as a family wife, and was holding the beans he was picking up in his hand. "Mr. Zheng, should you stay for dinner tonight?"

"No, I have to go home early to accompany my mother. You can have a meal with Yingying." Zheng Zhi said, and walked towards the gate.

A trace of disappointment flashed in Zhao Xuan's eyes. She put the beans on the table and followed them out, "Yingying, uncle is leaving, come and say goodbye."

Yingying obediently put down the remote control in her hand, ran over quickly, tilted her head, blinked her big black eyes, and said, "Uncle, will you buy some delicious food for Yingying tomorrow?"

"Buy, early tomorrow morning, uncle will buy Yingying something delicious to bring it over." Zheng Zhi stopped and replied with a smile.

Zhao Xuan was stunned, then her face became a little hot, she pulled her daughter, and rebuked: "Yingying, how does mom teach you normally? Don't ask someone for gifts casually!"

"Don't blame her, Yingying is still young!" Zheng Zhi took a step forward and pulled Yingying in front of him, "Buy, uncle will buy Yingying a lot of delicious food tomorrow."

Speaking of this, Zheng Zhi raised his head and looked at Zhao Xuan and asked, "How old is Yingying this year? You should be able to go to kindergarten to go to school, right?"

"I'm already five years old and can go to kindergarten." Zhao Xuan's expression turned dark, and Yingying lowered her head. When she was in her hometown, she had already gone to kindergarten and made many good friends. She probably won't see them again in the future.
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