The next morning, everyone went to work and went to school, and only Xia Ziyuan and Chu Lingzhi were left at home. The old and the young have nothing to do and start playing chess. Every time Xia Ziyuan lost the most, every time he made old man Chu laugh out loud.
Around ten o'clock, the phone rang at home, and Xia Ziyuan answered it.
"Hello! May I ask who you are looking for?" He knew very well that most of the calls to his home were for Xia Yu. "Xia Yu is not here. Do you have anything to say?"
After a minute, Zhou Mingzhang's voice came from the microphone: "It's the same if you're not here. I need an assistant here. Come here if you want, and forget it if you don't."
Assistant? Xia Ziyuan felt that he was being hit by exhaustion, the surprise came too fast, he was a little dizzy, his brain was unresponsive, and he couldn't even speak.
Zhou Mingzhang, who waited for a while and didn't get an answer, got angry, and shouted: "You don't want to, do you? You don't want to come to me as an assistant, do you? If it's not for the sake of the little girl, I still don't want to accept you as an assistant." ? A kid who doesn¡¯t understand anything, why is he so arrogant? Isn¡¯t it just¡¡±
Before he had finished cursing, he heard Xia Ziyuan's voice floating over, trembling with tears of joy.
"I am willing! Grandpa Zhou! As long as I can be by your side, I am willing to do whatever I do."
This kind of heartfelt commitment deeply shocked Zhou Mingzhang's heart. Perhaps what Lao Liu said was right. This young man's obsession and love for jade carving exceeded his imagination, and he felt it.
"As long as you like it, let the girl send you over tomorrow. Be my assistant, eat and live at my house, free of charge, no salary, understand?"
Xia Ziyuan didn't dare to neglect, so as not to make the old man angry and start yelling at him again, he quickly replied: "Understood! I will go there at night, and when Xia Yu comes back, I will tell her, she must be very happy, thank you!" Master!
Xia Ziyuan didn't dare to call out the last two words. He was just an assistant and was not qualified to call Master Zhou Mingzhang, but he could secretly call it in his heart. In the future, I just need to study hard by Master's side and not make Master angry.
In fact, he knew very well in his heart that Zhou Mingzhang didn't know why he didn't accept apprentices, but only wanted to accept an assistant, but he dared to conclude that his treatment must be at the apprentice level. If he is looking for an assistant, then he should find someone who knows how to sculpt, or who has already learned how to do it.
What to do with a novice like him who has only empty enthusiasm for sculpture but has no real systematic learning?
To accept him, he must be taught.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have to look for him.
No matter why the old man came here in disguise, he decided to regard Zhou Mingzhang as his mentor.
In the future, honor him well and take care of him.
Having been to Zhou's house so many times, he also understood that Zhou Mingzhang had no relatives, only a widow, and he and Uncle Liu depended on each other.
After he went, it became three people.
In the evening, when Xia Yu came back and heard about it, she immediately sent Xia Ziyuan over without delay.
Even though he is an assistant, he still has all the preparations for the apprenticeship ceremony that should be prepared. Her mother-in-law Liu Xiaoqin still said the same thing, she has taught you the skills to settle down, so what a little gift is.
Xia Ziyuan had no expression on his face, but he was very moved in his heart. He felt that the Chu family were all good people with kind hearts.
The cousin's mother-in-law paid for him to prepare for the teacher's apprenticeship ceremony, and no one would believe it if she said it. After all, every family is not rich these days, and the wages are only so little. The whole family has to spend money on eating, drinking and drinking. Who has extra money to worry about others?
Besides, he is just an outsider, even if he has spare money, no one will be willing to spend it.
But the Chu family paid for it.
The preparations for the apprenticeship ceremony are very rich, one fish, one cigarette, one knife of meat, one old hen, two bottles of Maotai wine, four packs of pastries and candies. These are all Chu Lingzhi called Liu Xiaoqin to tell him to do it. When Xia Ziyuan answered the phone, he was beside him and heard it.
He said that he was going to Zhou Mingzhang's house at night. He knew that the kid liked jade carving, and he also knew that Zhou Mingzhang didn't accept apprentices, but it would be nice to have an assistant. What should be prepared has to be prepared, otherwise people will say that the Chu family does not understand etiquette.
Does the child live in their Chu family? Going out represents the Chu family, how can the child go to someone else's house with empty hands.
Arriving at Zhou Mingzhang's house with the things, Xia Ziyuan knelt down and wanted to kowtow to him. Originally, he didn't want to, but thinking that it would be okay for him to be kowtowed by this kid at such an old age, he sat quietly and accepted it.
Xia Yu and Chu Weixian stood by and watched, with smiles on their faces.
Look at this posture, it is an authentic apprenticeship, what kind of assistant is it, it's just that the old man doesn't want to talk about it. No matter whether it is accepting apprentices or assistants, as long as the cousin comes in, it will be up to him in the future.
?Because it was night, after kowtow and tea offering, they left. The little daughter-in-law has to go to school tomorrow, so they can't stay longer, it's not good to go to bed late. Zhou Mingzhang didn't do much to persuade them to stay, and waved them back.
"Come with me." Zhou Mingzhang called Xia Ziyuan to the workbench, pointed to a piece of jade pendant carved with a beginning, "show me your hands, don't stop if I don't tell you to stop, do it according to your own ideas." The jade pendant is finished."
"Yes! Grandpa!"
Xia Ziyuan followed Xia Yu to call Grandpa Zhou Mingzhang, but he shouted in his heart, "Yes! Master!" Sitting on the workbench, he gently picked up the jade pendant, looked at it, and knew that it was a Maitreya Buddha. A picture of Maitreya Buddha with a big belly that can be tolerated and a smile that is always in his mind quickly appeared.
Picking up the tool, he carved it very carefully, one knife at a time, extremely serious.
As if putting all his energy on the jade pendant in his hand, gradually, the whole appearance of Maitreya Buddha appeared.
He sculpted seriously, and Zhou Mingzhang also looked at it seriously, and he found that what Old Liu said was right, this child was born to eat this kind of food. That jade pendant, he only raised his head and carved a pair of eyes. Before he could figure out what to carve, he carved out the whole Buddha statue as soon as he got started.
And without drawing, the structure is distributed in a reasonable place with the eyes alone. It's just that the carving technique is a bit messy, and it should be that I haven't studied it systematically. It's pretty good to be able to do this just with a passion and hobby.
In the future, as long as you teach with your heart, your future achievements will be extraordinary.
After thinking up to this point, Zhou Mingzhang felt a lot of comfort in his heart. In fact, he is old and old, and the skills in his hands must be passed on to someone. He thought about it all night last night and felt that what Old Liu said was right.
It is really rare to meet a young man who likes this line of work and is willing to sit down and study hard.
Since God sent one, why did he refuse it? Besides, he has a backlog of too much work that needs to be shared.
This kid's gentle temperament is very suitable for this job, and it is right to accept him. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com