"A year?"
After hearing Tian Qing's words, Xu Wen had countless questions surging into his heart, but in the end, this was the only one left.
"Yes, a year. Is there a problem?"
"I don't even know what to test for until now…"
"You'll see."
Short answer. Tian Qing didn't say anything else. This matter had already become a foregone conclusion.
Xu Wen will participate in the county examination of apprentice examination after one year. If he can pass it, he will be regarded as a graduate.
According to Jing Cheng's agreement with him, he could return to his own world once he graduated. Whether or not he will be able to return in the future is still unknown.
That morning, Lian Linlin didn't come to "class" and Tian Qing taught Xu Wen alone.
Tian Qing's teaching method today was obviously different from yesterday's. Yesterday he was bishop of literacy, calligraphy is mentioned in passing on this basis.
Today, however, what he said was not confined to one place. It felt like he was talking about where he thought of, and his jumping was very strong.
Fortunately, he had experienced the baptism of the information age. His wealth of knowledge and understanding of information were far beyond what these ancient people could compare to.
In the beginning, no matter how Tian Qing jumped, Xu Wen could easily keep up.
Tian Qing would occasionally ask some questions in the middle of the lecture. Xu asked almost every time in seconds, so relaxed.
Surprise gradually appeared on Tian Qing's face. After pondering for a moment, he changed the way he lectured.
He stopped talking broadly, but went deeper and deeper, grasping at one aspect to get to the bottom of it.
Xu Wen quickly felt the strain.
This is also a weakness of modern people.
Except for formal learning, most of the information that modern people learn is very fragmented, knowing a lot, but not knowing deeply.
Under such exploration, Xu Wen's weakness was quickly exposed and he began to get stuck in Tian Qing's questions.
"Have you read many miscellaneous books?" Tian Qing suddenly stopped and asked Xu.
The articles on the Internet were not much different from the miscellaneous books in ancient times. Xu Wen nodded.
"No wonder. Many but not refined, still need to study carefully." Lian Tianqing said.
"Yes!" Xu answered.
This half-day class could be said to be a test. Tian Qing used this method to push Xu Wen's limits and first understood the boundaries of his knowledge.
Then, he taught Xu Wen how to repair antiques.
The so-called antiques, that is, cultural relics known to modern people, are fundamentally objects made and used by ancient people.
The roots of the roots can be traced back to the ancestors, extremely primitive times.
Items are constantly damaged, and if there is damage, there will be repair, so in some very early antiques, traces of repair have been found.
Antique restoration begins here.
People always pursue beauty. From the beginning of manufacture, goods are divided into two functions: use and appreciation.
Sometimes, these two functions are not separated, but merged into the same item.
Because of these two functions, repair is also divided into two directions, the use of items after repair can continue to use, ornamental items are required to restore its beauty.
The former is relatively simple, while the latter is much more difficult.
Therefore, Tianqing Sect would also start with the first method and focus on restoring the function of the item.
"This kind of repair is also the work done by the tinkerers you mentioned earlier. You should have seen it before." Lian Tianqing said.
Xu Wen had never seen her before, but he could only nod.
"The materials used to create the items are different, and the methods of repairing them are also different. Our restorers classify items into ten categories according to their materials. Since we're in Wood Workshop now, I'll teach you how to repair wood first."
Tian Qing had been prepared from the start. At this moment, he picked up a palm-sized wooden board from his feet and placed it on the stage for Xu Wen to see.
"Before you fix something, you need to know what's wrong with it. What's wrong with this board?"
The wooden board was only a single material and had no structure to speak of. Xu Wen quickly answered.
"It's been soaked in water for too long and deformed. The surface is covered with mold spots and moth-eaten marks."
"Yes, wood usually suffers from these three types of problems: deformation and cracking, rot, and insect damage. Lin Lin taught you how to distinguish wood before. Different kinds of wood cause different problems and the degree of problems is different…"
Tian Qing started from the basics and gradually went deeper. Just like how he had taught Xu Wen and the others how to read, he had learned all these things at will. He understood the source of the karma very clearly and could understand it as soon as he listened.
Xu Wen listened attentively. He listened to the lecture very professionally and quickly grasped the context of Tian Qing's lecture. He even wrote some words on the paper in front of him with a pen and took notes.
Other than his daughter, Lian Tianqing usually gave people the impression that he was cold and indifferent. However, he was equally engrossed in his lecture at this moment, and his eyes seemed to be emitting a faint light.
In the middle, he stopped to drink water. Occasionally, he caught a glimpse of the words on the paper in front of Xu Wen and took it over to read.
Xu Wen's handwriting was very ordinary. Many words were missing strokes and were not well drawn. However, he could still understand them. The most important thing is the content of these words...
Previously, Xu Wen had led the apprentices of the Old Wood Workshop to organize the warehouse. The structure was clear and the veins were distinct.
Tian Qing felt the same way when he read his notes. He didn't even think that there would be such a connection between the contents of what he said, but Xu Wen found it and organized them together.
Lian Tianqing looked at these connections and was a little lost in thought. Through these contents, he thought of something else…
"Are you really from the Xu family?" Lian Tianqing suddenly said.
" Uh..." Xu Wen was shocked by his words and didn't know how to explain himself.
However, Xu Wen's background was too clear. Before Tian Qing accepted him as his disciple, he had also inquired about him. Now, he was only casually mentioning it, and more importantly, he was sighing at Xu Wen's extraordinary talent.
After a while, he put down his teacup and continued lecturing Xu Wen.
Xu Wen heaved a sigh of relief and continued to listen attentively.
From this day on, Xu Wen's time was clearly marked.
In the morning, Lian Tianqing gave him a one-on-one lecture.
The more he interacted with Lian Tianqing, the more Xu Wen felt that this master was extraordinary.
From a certain perspective, Lian Tianqing's chest was truly vast like the sea.
He knows almost everything about restoration. Although he was talking about wood during this period, sometimes a piece of wood was closely related to another material.
Such as bamboo, such as horn, such as ivory, such as ceramics.
Tian Qing only mentioned it occasionally, but it made Xu Wen feel as if he had seen an iceberg under the sea.
However, considering Xu Wen's absorption ability, even Tianqing only mentioned those things slightly and did not go into depth. The main content of his lectures focused on wood.
The material of wood, the common structure of wood, the causes of damage, and the treatment methods…He taught Xu Wen everything without reservation.
Xu Wen hadn't concentrated on studying like this since he came out of school. However, he did not feel annoyed at all. Instead, the more he learned, the more excited he became. The more he learned, the more he wanted to learn more.
In the afternoon, Tian Qing would no longer attend classes. After all, he was still the master of the old lumberyard and had work to do.
During this time Xu Wen worked with him, identifying wood for classification, simply handling old wood problems and carrying out preliminary maintenance.
For Xu Wen, this was practice beyond theory. In this process, he had further consolidated what he had learned in the morning and had a deeper impression.
In the evening, Xu Wen turned his students into teachers and began to teach Lian Linlin and the other apprentices what Lian Tianqing had taught him.
Lian Tianqing was a stronger restorer than Xu Wen had imagined, but he was definitely not a good teacher. Only people like Xu Wen could understand and follow what he said. Even Lian Linlin, who had followed him the longest, had only learned a little after so many years.
However, being asked such a "translation", what Tian Qing said was not so difficult to understand.
When the apprentices came to the Yao Clan Wood Workshop, their biggest wish was to learn something so that they could make a living in the future.
Tian Qing wouldn't hide anything, and Xu Wen wouldn't either.
Thus, Xu San and his apprentices learned more in a month than in the previous year.
Even Lian Tianqing was surprised by Xu Wen's growth during this process.
One day a month later, Lu Cheng suddenly secretly ran to the old wood yard and said mysteriously to Xu Wen: "I know why Master Yao is anxious to accept disciples!"
"Oh?" Xu Wen was holding a piece of wood and turning it over and over to study the mortise structure on it.
He learned faster than Tian Qing imagined, and Tian Qing's teaching was also very unconventional. For ordinary craftsmen, tenon and mortise were advanced skills that only experienced craftsmen could learn. However, Lian Tianqing had already begun to teach him the basics.
"Why don't you ask me why?" Lu Cheng was a little dissatisfied. He glanced at the wood in his hand.
The tenon joints were made by Lian Tianqing himself. There were no traces left on the joints. To Lu Cheng, this was the most ordinary and complete pine wood. There was nothing strange about it.
"Why?" Ask them what they want.
"Because Senior Brother Zhou can't participate in the apprentice examination anymore." Lu Cheng's attention was diverted. He lowered his voice and whispered to Xu Wen.
"Senior Brother Zhou? Why not?" Xu Wen had a good impression of Senior Brother Zhou.
" His finger was cut off. His left thumb!" Lu Cheng gestured and lowered his voice.