Chapter 591 The Story of Baojang
"Mom Guan, did you work in the restaurant?" Zhang Yuanfu glanced at the kitchen. Everything was where it should be. Just add what you brought. Yes, I feel quite satisfied.
"Hi! I have been in charge of the canteen of the troupe for several years." Guan Ma seemed a little reluctant to mention those years, and waved her hand: "It was all many years ago."
“Okay, then let’s get started "Preparation." Zhang Yuanfu said with a smile: "Xia'er is going to help the senior brothers put things away. You can rest assured here and go to receive the guests."
The hosting of the banquet in the South Hall starts from the reception of the guests. That's it.
Three pergolas were set up on the lawn near the shark's fins, and three Eight Immortals tables were placed below. On the tables were dried fruits and snacks on porcelain plates, and one of Zhang Yuanfu's apprentices was responsible for making tea and refilling water.
Guan Tingting is very happy. In the past, she could not run away from serving tea and water on such occasions, but today she can relax and enjoy it.
"You should eat less, don't fill your stomach when the main course comes." Jelly and pudding are rare things these days, with beautiful little animal shapes like fruit bits and coconuts. The jelly was broken, but Guan Tingting was so excited that she kept eating it with a plate and a spoon.
Guan Tingting has made another move this year. The little girl is now 1.7 meters tall. She didn’t even mention wearing a skirt on an occasion like today. Fu Xia encouraged her to wear shorts and a T-shirt, and her long legs were swaying. The tea drinker on the table was shocking.
"Don't be afraid, Xiao Lin said this stuff is mainly water." Guan Tingting gave herself another spoonful, turned to the tea boy and asked: "Xiao Lin said that's right?"
"Uh... there's also milk, sugar, gelatin..." Zhou Zhi estimated that if Guan Tingting wanted to ask for the secret recipe, Xiao Lin would dare to steal it from under Lao Zhang's pillow.
This kid looked at Guan Tingting with straight eyes, which was quite unprofessional.
While he was talking, there was the sound of a car at the door, and Zhou Zhi stood up: "Come on, Tingting is coming with me to greet the guests."
Although Jiang Shuyi was told to sleep a little longer yesterday , but it turned out that he was the first to arrive today.
Since Jiang Shuyi is here, Jiang Wu and Tang Qi must be here too.
Jiang Wu smiled and said: "Shu Yi got up a little early today, just like my dad."
Tang Qi opened the trunk: "I bought this when I went to Thailand for a condolence performance the year before last. It was said to be from Vietnam. What kind of wood is there? After I bought it, I realized that it takes up a lot of space. I think you will like it, and it can fit here.”
Zhou Zhi turned to the back of the car and saw that it was a large wooden sculpture.
“This thing is so heavy. Back then, the air consignment accounted for Nie Xiaotian’s consignment weight. I didn’t even know where to put it when I got it back.” Jiang Wu despised Tang Qi when he talked about what happened back then: “When Mazar It's hard to sit on your butt. What kind of wood is this?”
“This is made of the same material as my aunt’s box, but the origin is different. This is an old Vietnamese avocado. It’s a clever carving made of a whole gall. It’s worth a lot. Money.”
The thing is a carving made of Vietnamese old oil pear. It uses the natural shape of the scar to carve the shape of a big female elephant and two baby elephants. It should be said that the craftsmanship is quite good, and it also has an exotic style and characteristics.
"Is it valuable?" Tang Qi asked: "It didn't cost much at that time. We went out to perform and the subsidy was half a month for one day. This thing only cost two days of subsidy."
After saying that, he put his hand on his forehead and said, "I was deceived. At that time, the elephant was shining with gold, and the pattern on it was so beautiful! But after I bought it, the color became darker and darker, and I didn't like it anymore!" "
"This is called patina." Zhou Zhi said: "The characteristic of old oil is that if left alone, the slight amount of oil that penetrates outwards can form an oxide film on the surface of the utensils, coating the utensils, and changing the appearance of the utensils. De Baoguang is reserved. I'm afraid I won't be able to find him like this in a few years. He's a good guy." "I thought you would like it, right?" Tang Qi turned around and showed off to Jiang Wu.
"As long as you like it, it's like giving it away." Amidst Tang Qi's giggles and tapping, Jiang Wu and Zhou Zhi took the elephant out and put it on the small trailer Jiang Shuyi found: "This shouldn't cost a hundred dollars." A lot of weight, it’s quite a workout.”
"Hey, what's going on here?" After arranging the things, Zhou Zhi discovered that there was a real ring of patina on the canines of the elephant's upper orifices. It was a jade-like paint color caused by long-term rubbing, and The surrounding aged patties are not a thing.
"Here?" Jiang Wu thought for a moment: "This thing is placed on the shoe cabinet at the entrance of our house. After opening the door, I like to hang the key here and rub it."
"So that's it." Zhou Zhi couldn't help but laugh and cry, thinking of a pair of Yongzheng platters he had seen in a museum in his previous life and a purple clay pot he had missed.
The pair of large plates are very beautiful. The only regret is that there is a round circle mark in the middle. The commentator asked everyone to guess that no one could guess that it was caused by us.
It turns out that the family who first owned this pair of plates used this plate to turn the pickled cabbage jar upside down. The two circles turned out to be pressed by the pickled cabbage jar and were caused by long-term corrosion of the pickled cabbage water in the jar.
Another time I was at a friend’s house and saw a purple clay teapot made by a contemporary famous artist. The whole teapot was not thick and the tea inside was not heavy, but the spout alone was so shiny on the plate. .
Zhou Zhi couldn’t figure out why this happened until his friend told him that he never used a cup from this pot and always drank directly from the pot...
After the first batch of guests arrived , and the rest came one after another.
The tea used is jasmine tea, which is the most popular among people in Sichuan. When Mr. Sun saw the tea set, he praised it: "Where did you get this set? There are about twenty sets of fine white porcelain. .”
"Is this special?" Lao Chai and Sun Lao, who had arranged to come together, turned over the base of the Sancai tea bowl: "Flint red! The objects burned in Lao Chai kiln do not mean that the porcelain after the Qianlong Dynasty will not be made of flint. Is it red?”
“What the hell is this porcelain from before Qianlong?” Lao Li was so scared that he didn’t even dare to drink the tea.
"Why is it so mysterious?" Mr. Sun said with a smile: "Private kilns are not as good as official kilns, so it is inaccurate to say that flint red backgrounds will no longer appear on porcelain after the Qianlong Dynasty."
“What on earth is this flint red? "
"In fact, it is oxidized iron element," Zhou Zhi said: "During the firing process of porcelain, iron elements will gather freely at the bottom of the porcelain, usually at the junction of the glaze and around the large bubbles. ”
"Later, during the cooling process of the porcelain, these iron elements will be re-oxidized, forming this special bottom color."
"The key to solving flint red is to remove iron." Mr. Sun said: "Aging the tire mud and water can convert the iron in the tire mud into an ionic state, and then precipitate through multiple washes to obtain the purest tire mud."
"In addition, firing porcelain is to prevent adhesion. Use as much bottom sand as possible The old sand that has been used for firing porcelain for many times will have much less iron content.”
“Although the bottom of these Sancai bowls has traces of flint red, no matter the shape or the bottom, the iron content in the old sand is much less. It can be seen that the characteristics of the Guangxu period were probably produced by folk kilns in the Longchang area."
"Sun Laohui has a bright eye." Zhou Zhi immediately gave a thumbs up: "Not bad at all! ”
(End of this chapter)