"Carving puppets can improve finger sensitivity and power control, so this step is indispensable."
Lu Tianming pointed at the wooden block in Leya's hand and explained with a serious look. Hearing this, Leya nodded numbly, took the knife, and started carving awkwardly.
In Lu Tianming's view, Leya, as a girl, has a natural advantage in carving with the power of her fingers. Although it is her first time carving, she should be good at carving.
But this idea was completely shattered by reality half a quarter of an hour later. Lu Tianming twitched the corners of his mouth, pointed at the wooden block on the table, and said in an uncertain tone.
"Is this a monster?"
"How is that possible? This is dad."
When Leya heard this, she immediately became furious and said angrily.
"It's so obvious, can't you even see it?"
"Oh, of course you can tell, I was just joking just now."
Lu Tianming wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said with some reluctance.
"How can I recognize it! Who told me how this monster with four tentacles and vicious teeth looks like a human being?"
Lu Tianming kept yelling in his heart, but on the surface he was praising Leia. Such words against his will made Lu Tianming feel sorry for Rex.
Not far away, Rex suddenly felt a chill and wondered whether the giants from the other forging shops were thinking about him again.
"Basic skills are good, at least I can tell that my surname is Warcraft"
Lu Tianming looked at the tentacle monster and said in a compromise manner. Upon hearing this, Leya lowered her head in disappointment.
"Ah...that's not what I mean. It's my first time carving. It's really good to have such a result. My first time carving wasn't any better than you."
"Hmm... So, Xiao Ming, have you ever carved something like this?" Leya became interested immediately after hearing this.
"Well... I'm from the Tai Chi school, so I've naturally practiced this basic skill," Lu Tianming said with some embarrassment.
"Then show me quickly, I want to see it," Leya said in a pleading tone.
"Okay." Lu Tianming looked at Leya like this and couldn't bear to refuse Leya, so he nodded helplessly.
Seeing that Lu Tianming agreed, Leya looked happy and handed the small carving knife in her hand to Lu Tianming.
"It's been a long time since I've done any carving. Now when I touch it, I feel a little uncanny. I don't know what to carve."
Lu Tianming took the small carving knife, waved it with his fingers a few times, and said with some embarrassment.
"Carve me, you don't have anything to carve now anyway," Leya patted Lu Tianming's shoulder and said in a "That's it" tone.
"Okay." Lu Tianming could only nod helplessly after hearing this.
As soon as Lu Tianming finished speaking, Lu Tianming's fingers moved, almost without hesitation.
The small carving knife kept flying on the wooden block, so fast that only the afterimage could be seen. Leya looked at Lu Tianming in surprise. With this look, no matter how stupid Leya was, she could still tell that Lu Tianming was carving.
In terms of puppets, there are extremely high achievements.
In just three minutes, Lu Tianming had a beautiful puppet in his hands. The puppet looked almost the same as Leya, even the clothes were exactly the same. It was almost carved out of the exact same shape.
"That's amazing." Leya looked at the doll in her hand in stunned silence.
"This is not difficult, it's just the first step. You can do it as long as you practice more. Since time does not allow, you must reach the level of the palace within a week."
Lu Tianming wiped the sweat from his forehead and said in a serious tone. Although it was just carving, this kind of work requires a lot of concentration.
"Is this the level? How is this possible?" Leya pointed at the puppet in her hand with an unbelievable expression on her face.
"That's not true. It's just like those puppets sold outside. There's no need to be so exaggerated." Lu Tianming shook his head and said.
"That's okay" Leya breathed a sigh of relief.
"Don't relax. If you can't reach the hall level within a week, then the next training will not be carried out on time. Then when it comes to the competition, if you can't complete all the training, you still won't win the championship."
"I know, Xiao Ming, I will try my best." After hearing this, Leya nodded with a rare seriousness on her face.
"Well, I will stay with you."
…
first day……
Leya looked helplessly at the puppet in her hand, which was completely unchanged from before. It was still a monster that could not be seen as a human being.
Seeing this, Leya threw the puppet to the ground angrily and continued to immerse herself in carving.
Lu Tianming watched Leya's actions from the side and did not stop him, sighing in his heart.
the next day……
Leya looked at the puppet with dark circles under her eyes. After a night of hard training, she could barely tell that it was a monster with four limbs.
"But, it's still not enough. If this continues, we won't be able to reach the palace level in a week."
Thinking of this, Leya became even more anxious. Lu Tianming took a sip of tea at the side, glanced at Leya, and shook his head.
"not the right time yet……"
The third day...
A person can be vaguely seen on the puppet in hand
Leya looked very haggard. She had not rested for three days. Coupled with the three days of intense concentration, Leya was almost dying, but...
"I can't fall yet. I...can't let dad down...I can't let...the only home for dad and uncles...become..."
Leya said in a small voice that if you didn't listen carefully, you wouldn't hear it at all.
Lu Tianming's hands under the table were clenched tightly, as if he was enduring something.
The fourth day...
Leya looked at the puppet in her hand with some despair, because not only did her puppet not improve, but it actually regressed.
"How...how could this happen...am I really not good enough?"
Leya hugged the puppet and cried softly, her eyes completely dim.
"Perhaps, you have noticed...your progress is getting slower and slower, and you have even regressed."
Just when Leya was almost in despair, Lu Tianming, who was sitting beside him, suddenly spoke and spoke softly.
Leya was stunned, looked up at Lu Tianming who was slowly walking over, and asked in confusion.
"Why is this happening!"
Lu Tianming looked at Liya distressedly. This girl had been silently shouldering too much. Because of this, she had been forcing herself.
Without answering Leya's words, Lu Tianming took the puppet from Leya's hand, walked out of the furnace room with Leya's little hand, filled a basin of water, and carefully washed Leya's already red little hand.
After three days of hard training, Leya's little hands were once again damaged, and blood blisters appeared again.
"You don't have to force yourself like this. Maybe you have been forcing yourself to concentrate, but no matter how hard you concentrate, your concentration will never be as strong as when you were in your prime. Naturally, when you are not focused, your progress will naturally be slow, and even to
When you reach your limit, you will regress because your mental strength cannot cope with it.”
"But, there is not much time left," Leya said anxiously.
"Didn't you already see it? If you continue like this, not only will you be unable to continue carving, but your skills will plummet."
Lu Tianming did not raise his head to look at Leya, he kept lowering his head and carefully washing Leya's hands, but he said in his own mind.
"You never lack perseverance, but you like to force yourself. I discovered it on the second day. You will not rest easily. I can only choose to be silent to let you recognize the reality and let you see clearly. If you don't
If you take a good rest, you will not be able to make progress or even regress.”
"There is nothing I can do. If I don't work hard, my father and uncles'... home..." Leya lowered her head and couldn't stop the tears from flowing out.
"I don't want to lose these, I don't want to lose these beautiful memories, my childhood, everything about me is here, everyone here... takes care of me so much, and now, it's time to need me, in order not to let them down
expectations, I can only work harder to..."
Before Leya could finish speaking, Lu Tianming knocked Leya on the head.
"You are working hard, but have you received the rewards you deserve for your efforts? You are blinded by these burdens and cannot see the reality clearly. You think that as long as you keep practicing, there is hope, but... practicing hard like this will only lead to
If you stand still, there will be no more hope. If you don't take a good rest, there will really be no hope."
"And... do you think they can bear to see you like this? Do you know what your father told me? He said that even if this store is no longer available, he doesn't want you to torture yourself like this."
"This... it's really like this. It turns out that I've been working too hard. I'm so tired. I really want to sleep. Why don't you get some sleep? Tomorrow will be better."
Tears had covered Leya's entire face, and Leya suddenly looked like a puppet with its strings cut off, lying on Lu Tianming's chest.
"Go to sleep, you'll be fine tomorrow..." Lu Tianming rubbed Leya's head and said softly.
After hearing this, Leya closed her eyes and slept in Lu Tianming's arms with peace of mind. The corners of her mouth were drawn with peace of mind. This may be the most peaceful sleep she has had in the past few days for Leya.
Go to sleep
"Don't work so hard next time."
Lu Tianming looked at Leya lying on his lap and said helplessly.
"Um……"
Leya, who was sleeping, seemed to have heard it and nodded lightly in response. ps: Let’s chat for a while. Regarding this chapter, Kitty rarely wrote two chapters. Kitty has been hesitant about which chapter to post.
Another chapter is "Tailwind". It talks about Leya completing the first step of special training with ease. But like this, don't you think success is too easy? Although Mao Mao's writing is not mainstream abuse, Mao Mao feels that if the protagonist can do it easily,
success, then success would be too cheap, so I hesitated again and again and chose this chapter, which is more frustrating. Of course, if readers want to read Shunfeng, then I'm really sorry and apologize. It's just boring gossip.