Chapter 84: Woodblock Cutting Board
Following the direction Zhao Peng pointed, Yu Lifei walked away for a few minutes and heard the sound of flowing water. It was almost eleven o'clock, and the small river was hundreds of meters away from Chen Village. Apart from the sound of flowing water, there was silence around. Yu Lifei saw that there was no one around, took off his clothes and jumped into the river.
Yu Lifei swam happily in the water, and it took half an hour to get up. After getting on the shore, he felt an indescribable comfort. It seemed that there were 36,000 pores all opened, and it seemed that his body had become very light and would fly into the sky.
On the way back, except for the occasional frogs and insects, everything around was silent. Yu Lifei walked on the country road and felt very relaxed, just like birds soaring freely in the air and fishes swimming around in the water. His heart seemed to be about to fly out. Suddenly, Yu Lifei felt that his hands, eyes, and ears suddenly extended out. They left their bodies and allowed their five senses to feel and enter a new range.
This feeling is very mysterious. He feels like his whole body is full of tentacles, and he can control the surrounding situation at any time. For example, in the past, when a person walks within thirty meters, he can hear the other person's footsteps. But now, perhaps at fifty meters, he can hear it.
At a fork in the road, Yu Lifei suddenly hesitated. He knew that the left was the place to go back to the burial site, and the right led to Chencun. At this time, he naturally had to go back. But when he wanted to go left, there was an invisible attraction on the right, which deeply attracted him, making him involuntarily walk towards the right.
When Yu Li quickly approached Chen Village, a barking sound suddenly came from the village. At first, it was a bunch, but soon it started to rise and fall, and the dogs in the whole village began to bark wildly.
Yu Lifei was struggling. He knew that if he didn't leave, the whole village would be in full bloom later. But he looked at the direction that attracted him carefully. He believed that if it was during the day, he would definitely find it.
"At this time, go to the river to take a shower, don't catch a cold." Xuanyuan Tao said with concern when he saw Yu Lifei coming back.
"It's okay, Section Chief Xuanyuan, I'm already a little eager to try now. Otherwise, let Zhao Peng take a break early." Yu Lifei looked at the time. It was already half past twelve. Zhao Peng was sitting there yawning all over the sky. Even if he asked him to patrol again, it would be of no effect.
"Section Chief, I really can't hold on." Zhao Peng heard this and looked at Yu Lifei with gratitude. He was not familiar with the place here, and he had to patrol alone, so he had to be energetic. Although his working hours were only half of the museum, he felt that it was much harder than being in a museum.
"Okay." Xuanyuan Tao felt that Zhao Peng's condition was indeed a bit bad. It seemed that he would need to adjust tomorrow. Let Yu Lifei and Zhao Peng be together, or simply let Yu Lifei be together.
The next day when Yu Lifei got off work, the archaeological team happened to enter the site. During the day, there were police officers and militia guards from the local police station, so there was basically no problem. Yu Lifei was about to go to Chen Village, but he met Wu Wengu. Although the excavation work has not yet reached the focus, Wu Wengu has been focusing on the construction site.
"Xiao Yu, were you here last night?" Wu Wengu seemed surprised to see Yu Lifei. He only saw Yu Lifei's pens here yesterday. Unexpectedly, Yu Lifei came here too.
"Yes, Section Chief Xuanyuan Tao and Zhao Peng, I will watch over here at night." Yu Lifei said.
"Thank you for your hard work. The mosquitoes here are big and fierce. Just stare at them and you will be a big bag." Wu Wengu said with a smile. He wanted to work overtime several times at night, but in such an environment, it is impossible to work overtime. Those large army of mosquitoes will not give you the opportunity to work with peace of mind.
"We have thick skin and thick flesh, and we are used to it." Yu Lifei said with a smile.
"I'm off work, do you have to go back?" Wu Wengu asked. He came with the car of the archaeological team, but Yu Lifei wanted to go back, so he had to take a bus back, transfer, wait for the bus, and arrive at the museum, it would take at least two hours.
"I finally got here and I have to go to the village to see if I can collect some goods." Yu Lifei said with a smile.
"Yes, this is the quality that an antique dealer should have, and you won't miss any opportunity." Wu Wengu praised.
"Old Wu, Yan Liqiang came here yesterday?" Yu Lifei asked.
"Yes, I saw your big pen in the sea of Huanghuali. It was very beautiful. It was Hainan Huanghuali, and it should be an object from the late Ming Dynasty." Wu Wengu said.
"That's good. I'm worried that it will cause Mr. Yan to suffer a loss." Yu Lifei said.
"He was just picking up a bargain." Wu Wengu said with a smile. It is very rare to see such a large sea of Huanghuali, which is very rare. Although Yan Liqiang seems to be giving the market price now, in a few years, it will definitely not be surprising that the pen sea of Huanghuali in Hainan in the late Ming Dynasty will be more than half.
As soon as Yu Lifei walked into Chencun, he immediately sensed something that attracted him. He knew that after his ancient jade skills were upgraded last night, the distance to the antiques should have increased a lot. From Zigang Yu, it can be seen that it would only appear in his mind when he had to hold it in his hand or use it. But now, even if he touched it with his hands, it could appear in his mind. In other words, even if he touched the antiques, he could sense them through things.
When Yu Lifei walked to the gate of a house, he stopped. If his feelings were correct, what he called him should have been passed down from this house. There was a peasant woman in the yard cutting peppers. At this time, it was the time to produce peppers very vigorously. If you couldn't finish it, you had to make chopped peppers or chili peppers. Some families would cook white peppers.
"Sister, do you have eggs sold in your house?" Yu Lifei asked when he saw several hens eating in the yard.
"You are from the archaeological team, are you?" The peasant woman asked when she saw Yu Lifei wearing a security suit.
"Yes, I want to buy some eggs for the team. I wonder if your family has it?" Yu Lifei walked in.
"How much do you want?" asked the peasant woman.
"One hundred." Yu Lifei thought for a while and said.
"I don't have that many in my family, only twenty or thirty." said the peasant woman.
"That's OK. At worst, I'll just go to a few more stores. Sister, why is your chopping board so thin?" Yu Lifei was soon attracted by the chopping board under the knife of a peasant woman. If what he expected was good, it should be this thing that attracted him. But at the same time, he sensed that there seemed to be still in the backyard.
"Don't look at the thin board, it's very strong, no worse than those thick chopping boards," said the peasant woman.
"Can I see?" Yu Lifei asked.
"Look, I'll get you eggs." said the peasant woman.
He reached into the pile of peppers and took out two thin plates larger than the pages. As the peasant woman said, the board was very light and indeed very strong. Because when used as a chopping board, the originally smooth side had been cut and scarred. Yu Lifei felt that there were some uneven places on the board, so he turned the board over and saw the printed fonts on it. This was not a chopping board, it was completely a wood-carved carved version.
Yu Lifei has a certain understanding of woodcut engravings. Woodcut printing is the earliest printing method in the world. During the Sui Dynasty around 600 AD, people were inspired by seal engravings, and thus the earliest invented woodcut printing in human history.
The woodblock printing is to paste neatly copied manuscripts on a smooth wooden board of a certain thickness. The thin and almost transparent manuscript paper is pasted against the wooden board, and the characters become inverted and the strokes are clearly visible. The engraving worker used a carving knife to cut off the part without the font on the page, which becomes a protruding positive text with a concave font, which is completely different from the concave stele text of the stele. When printing, apply ink on the raised font, then cover the paper on it, gently brush the back of the paper, and the handwriting is left on the paper.
The font on this engraving board is square and beautiful, with delicate and powerful engraving, and is very exquisite, and every stroke is easy to see. In his hand, the three-dimensional figures of these two engraving boards are immediately displayed in his mind. Although it is a positive text, it does not affect Yu Lifei's "reading". In his mind, he just needs to turn it a little and you can see the front font immediately. This engraving board is Ouyang Xiu's "The Drunken Old Man's Pavilion"
"These are twenty-six eggs." The farmer packed the eggs in a small paper box and asked Yu Lifei to count the points.
"Okay. Sister, there are words on this chopping board. I like it very much. Can you sell it to me?" Yu Lifei asked with the carved version of the peasant woman and said.
"If you want it, just take it. There is a sack behind us." The peasant woman said casually.
"A sack?" Yu Lifei said in surprise, but he immediately woke up. Wasn't he attracted by these things last night?
"Yes, these boards are light and dry, and they are good to use to drive fire," said the peasant woman.
"Catch the fire?!!! Sister, there are words on it. Wouldn't it be nice to take it to see it? So, I'll ask for all of your boards, so you can offer a price." Yu Lifei looked like a deflated ball. Although this thing may not be very valuable, after all, it was not made by famous artists, it was very valuable for research.
"I didn't expect you to be a scholar. If you want it, give it ten yuan." The peasant woman thought for a while and said.
"Is ten yuan enough for you to buy a chopping board? I let you lose the chopping board, so you have to pay for it. This way, if you put an egg in one hundred yuan, do you think it's okay?" Yu Lifei said.
Chapter completed!