Over the past period of time, Xu Wen has been traveling back and forth between Banmen World and Xu Zhai, relying on the ball and never met Jing Cheng.

Over time, he even felt that he was the only one here, and it was a very pure space belonging to him.

When he suddenly saw Jing Cheng today, he remembered that there was another person here - or he was not a human at all.

But today's Jing Cheng is obviously different from before.

"What's wrong with you?" Xu Wen turned around, looked directly at the other party, frowned, "Why are you suddenly getting so much older?"

Jing Cheng, who appeared in front of him before, looked about thirties, between young and middle-aged.

He looks handsome, has black hair, no wrinkles on his face, and exudes a mature charm.

However, today, his nasolabial folds have significantly deepened, there are a few fine lines on the corners of his eyes, and a few more silver threads on his head. Although this did not damage his personal charm, this sudden aging is indeed abnormal.

"Hmm?" Jing Cheng touched his forehead with his fingers and quickly put them down, "This doesn't matter."

He walked to Xu Wen, went to see the box in his hand, and raised his eyebrows: "Sun Boran's things? Yang Mu has finished learning it?"

"How do you know?" Xu Wen was stunned.

Jing Cheng smiled without saying a word. His expression was even more mysterious.

"Who is Sun Boran? Is the name of the craftsman who carved this substitute?" Xu Wen had ten thousand questions about Banmen World and this Xu House, but he knew that Jing Cheng would not answer him.

"Yes. Sun Boran is good at depicting scenes, and the characters are vivid in the story. With your current ability, it's a bit difficult to fix it."

Jing Cheng gently tapped the box with his hand, took a step back, and disappeared silently.

Xu Wen frowned, looked down at the remaining Que Di, and then looked at the place where Jing Cheng disappeared.

Maybe he knew that his strength was not enough, and Jing Cheng had not urged him to repair the house quickly during this period. Now his appearance has changed. Will it have anything to do with this matter?

Xu Wen thought for a while and shook his head.

Regardless of whether it is, he is still in the stage of learning preparation, and is still far from being able to truly repair Xu Zhai.

It is impossible to become a fat man in one bite, so he can only take his time.

But the one in his hand... According to Jing Cheng, his ability is not enough?

*******

In short, things have to be done, and Jing Cheng's words are meaningless to Xu Wen.

Xu Wen quickly left his affairs behind and came to the studio to start preparing for repair.

Although this substitute is a component of the building, now when only this component exists, it has nothing to do with the building and is almost equivalent to an ornament.

When repairing building components, the main focus is on restoring its functionality so that it can complete the original functions such as reinforcement and support, which can sacrifice a certain appearance aesthetics.

Wooden ornaments are different.

Its decorativeness is more than functionality, requiring supplementary defects and restoration of appearance.

This repair is of course more difficult than the former.

Before the official repair, Xu Wen was ready and even drew the restored picture. He couldn't think of any other problems that would make him difficult.

Lian Tianqing taught Xu Wen the entire process of repairing wooden tools. Xu Wen felt worried. Before starting the formal operation, he picked up his pen and wrote all the repair process and the materials and tools to be prepared.

Lian Tianqing never asked him like this, and Xu Wen did this purely out of good personal habits.

The first step in repair is to dismantle the wood.

Although this substitute is broken, it is not completely carved from a whole piece of wood as a building component.

In addition to the carved part of the main body, there are a few accessories behind it, which are fixed together with mortise and tenon structure and fish bladder glue.

Xu Wen has already studied what the mortise and tenon used here is, and the fish bladder glue is also easy to solve. After pouring it with hot water, it will naturally soften and can be removed with a little force.

At this time, the complete structure of Que Di appeared in Xu Wen's mind. His movements were accurate and he quickly took them apart. The wooden blocks emitting warm and light yellow were placed neatly on the table one by one.

The second step is to clean up the dirt.

This stain includes many types, such as surface dirt, accumulation of dust, bonding materials remaining at the mortise and tenon connection, etc. Painted wood also chooses different treatment methods based on the residual paint on the surface.

However, this volunteer hooked the substitute is a typical Dongyang wood carving style, with the original color of the wood and no paint.

The third step is replenishment.

This is also the most difficult one to repair this time, and Xu Wen made the most preparations for this step before.

He also put the drawings he had drawn with great effort a few days ago and brought them over with him. Now he took them out carefully and opened them carefully.

Through the album collected by Lian Tianqing, Xu Wen now has a considerable understanding of Sun Boran's carving style. This understanding is fully reflected in the drawings.

A three-foot-long scroll of drawings, he almost summarized all the sides, angles and details of the substitute, which was very complete.

Now that he is almost accomplished, Yang Mucha is already very successful, it should be natural to supplement the carving of the drawings. Why does Jing Cheng feel that his ability is not enough?

He looked at it for a long time until the end, every detail on the drawing seemed to float from the paper and reflected into his mind.

He took a deep breath, looked away, and picked up the boxwood that had been processed beside him.

*******

The wood chips fell down.

Boxwood is hard and fine, with less obvious wood grain, and its feel is completely different from that of cork.

The hard carving knife wanders on the wood, and as the shape gradually emerges, there is a strange sense of accomplishment.

Wood carving is divided into two steps. The first step is to make the rough embryo, and the second step is to carve it carefully.

Xu Wen was confident and quickly completed the previous work. The half-male statue and the rich background behind roughly formed a contour.

His eyes were focused, and his spirit was condensed on the tools in his hand, and he carefully felt the unique texture of boxwood.

He changed his carving knife and began to do more meticulous work.

Jiang Taigong sat by the water, with an empty hook without bait, hanging on the water surface. The fish swimming in the water were in groups of three or five, forming a very three-dimensional image, but there were vague signs of being hooked.

The breeze blew by, and Taigong's hair and the corners of his clothes fluttered in the wind, adding a vivid charm.

Xu Wen has basically mastered the tricks of poplar wood and understood all the basic skills of poplar wood carving. What he needs to do now is to apply these basic techniques to actual operations.

At first he did not do it very smoothly, and occasionally he had to stop and think about it, but gradually, all this seemed to be integrated and the wood chips fell faster and faster, and new lines and sections continued to appear, combining them to form a new shape.

Xu Wen first carved the background, then concentrated on Taigong, from bottom to top, first carved the posture and clothes pattern, and finally portrayed his appearance.

For some reason, Xu Wen's smooth movements became slower and slower. Finally, when the carving knife came to Taigong's face and eyes, the tip of the knife suddenly stopped.
Chapter completed!