Chapter 51

Of course, Chu Chen won't agree to this kind of thing. Now he doesn't even know what to do with Wu Ke. How can he still provoke other girls? Besides, he has no interest in three wives and four concubines.

"Uncle Wu, why are you waiting for me at the door again?"

When he came to Uncle Wu's house, Chu Chen found that Uncle Wu was waiting for him at the door with the painting.

Uncle Wu was not embarrassed, so he said, "Hey, don't you want to see that painting earlier? I've been itching all night. "

Chu Chen is speechless when he hears that his master is not in a hurry. When you are in a hurry, the emperor is not in a hurry, and the eunuch is in a hurry. Well, this metaphor is not appropriate. Wu Shu is not a eunuch.

"But if we go so early, will it disturb Mr. Liu?"

Uncle Wu gave him a reassuring look: "of course not. I have just called him, and he is very interested in this painting now. Xiao Chen, have you had breakfast? If we eat, let's go. "

Liu Qinshu is waiting for them at the door. What's different from yesterday is that there are only two of them here today.

This time, Liu Qinshu did not take them to the pavilion yesterday, but directly took them to the living room. And Liu is already waiting for them.

The decoration and furnishings in the house are also simple and natural, different from the two places Chu Chen saw before. The style here is natural with a warm feeling, which makes people feel like they have entered their own home as soon as they come in.

As soon as they wanted to greet Mr. Liu, Mr. Liu couldn't wait to interrupt them and said, "OK, don't be so empty. Show me the picture quickly."

Seeing this, Chu Chen opened the painting and laughed in his heart. Before he saw that Mr. Liu had always been a steady man, but he didn't expect that he was anxious.

After the picture of carnation was shown in front of everyone, Mr. Liu went forward to observe it carefully. At this time, he was not in a hurry. He first scanned the whole painting carefully, then focused on the place where he had looked at the water, and carefully touched the paper.

After reading the whole painting, Liu said with some admiration: "the man who mounted the painting is very skilled. He should be a master in the" Wu Costume "school."

In the mounting art of calligraphy and painting, it can be divided into four schools: Suzhou, Shanghai, Yangzhou and Beijing. Among them, Suzhou mounting art is famous all over the country, which is what Mr. Liu called "Wu Style".

The characteristics of Su style mounting are that the mounting pieces are flat and soft, pure and elegant with pigment, simple and generous, harmonious and unified, the mounting system is cut and pasted, the old is well adjusted, and the mounting work is exquisite. It has a good reputation of "Wu style is the best, other places are inferior", and has an important impact on the mounting style of other regions.

Liu Laoze studied Beijing mounting, which was directly influenced by Su mounting. Influenced by the court, Beijing mounting was characterized by magnificent colors and heavy mounting back, giving people a sense of nobility and magnificence. Beijing mounting and Su mounting echo each other from a distance, becoming the two most representative schools, which still occupy a dominant position.

Now that this work is mounted by Wu, will Mr. Liu not be able to reveal the painting? There is no need to worry about this, because the core mounting technology is almost the same.

This is also thanks to the rules handed down from generation to generation in the mounting industry. The paste used in mounting can melt when it meets water, so that later generations can reveal the heart of painting when they need it.

Mr. Liu said with a smile: "the people who are mounting the paintings have a heart. They even think of using the authentic works of Zhang shoulder to cover up the paintings inside. How can ordinary people think that there will be a painting hidden under the paintings. But you are also lucky. There should be a trace of oil in the water. Otherwise, the color of the painting below will not show so easily. "

When Liu said this, Chu Chen and Uncle Wu looked at each other, which they didn't expect at that time, but it was true. If it was just ordinary water, it would be a yellow spot after drying, and it would not show the color of the painting below.

Thinking of this, Chu Chen could not help but scold how unreliable Xiao Zhou was. He actually looked at paintings while eating. As long as he cherished his works, he would never do such a thing.

"Xiao Chu, when you uncover the painting later, it may cause damage to this shoulder painting. What's your plan?" Liu asked Chu Chen.

Chu Chen thought about it and hesitated to say, "Mr. Liu, I'm not sorry for the ten thousand yuan. I just think it's a pity that such a painting is broken, but let's go according to the important one."

After listening to Chu Chen's choice, Liu said happily, "Xiao Chu, you have a good attitude, not only in painting and calligraphy, but also in dealing with other antiques. In this case, we should try our best to keep the ones with low value, because they are the crystallization of our ancestors' sweat and art. We should protect them if we have the conditions."

"But, Xiao Chu, do you mean that you are doubting my level?" In the end, Mr. Liu joked again.

Looking at Chu Chen's appearance of panic, Mr. Liu said with a laugh: "you are such an exaggeration in acting. Please help me boil a pot of boiling water and bring it to the studio next door."The function of boiling water is to wash the whole painting. In this way, not only the floating dust on the surface of the whole painting can be washed away, but also the most important thing is to clean the place that has been watered before. Of course, this aspect can only clean up the water stains that have just been stained for a few years. If the water stains have penetrated into the painting for a long time, you can only use liquid medicine.

When Chu Chen came to Liu Lao's studio with boiling water, he took away the sky axis, the ground pole and so on, leaving only one scroll.

Mr. Liu put the scroll on the case and put a towel around it. Then he used a watering can to wet the scroll. When the scroll was wet, he poured the boiling water that had just been boiled. This step was to wash away the place where the water had been applied before, and also to wash away the dust and impurities that the ancient paintings had been stained with for a long time.

Liu carefully arranged the scroll, and then carefully dipped the water in a towel and screwed it into a basin. Chu Chen watched as the water was yellow soup. This was the dirty thing washed from the painting.

After that, Mr. Liu went back and forth with the same steps several times, only to make the whole picture a little dry.

After finishing the whole process, Liu straightened up and twisted. After all, he was a little old. Just now he bent over for a long time and felt a little uncomfortable. Looking at the worried eyes of the three people, Liu said with a smile:

"well, I've practiced it before and I'm not so coquettish. Now let's see where the painting is hidden."

At the end of the speech, Mr. Liu took out a pair of tweezers and tried to uncover it from a corner. This uncovering immediately uncovered three thin pieces of paper. Everyone was very excited to see this. They thought that these three pieces of paper should be the heart drawing paper of the first painting, the heart supporting paper and the heart drawing paper of the second painting.

"No, it shouldn't be that simple."

Mr. Liu looked at it carefully again, and then tried to uncover it on the first layer of paper with tweezers. Sure enough, after a while, the first layer of paper was divided into two pieces, while the second one should be a piece of white paper, which could isolate the two paintings, and the third one was divided into two pieces.

In this way, there are five layers of paper from top to bottom. The first layer is the heart drawing paper of "the picture of carnation", the second layer is its heart supporting paper, the third layer is a blank paper, the fourth layer is the heart drawing paper of the second painting, and the fifth layer is the heart supporting paper of the second painting.

"Master!"

Seeing that the whole painting was divided into five layers, Liu could not help sighing, and the three people on the side also nodded. You know, there are five layers of paper here, and the thickness of the paper is almost the same as the thickness of the picture that has been mounted before. It can be seen that of course, the people who mount the picture have deep heart and high craftsmanship, which is really amazing.

Seeing this, Mr. Liu said to Chu Chen with a heavy heart: "little Chu, the next work will be a little troublesome. You can see that five layers can be uncovered here. This paper is a little thin, so it's difficult to uncover. You have to do a good job in ideological equipment."

At first, Liu thought that there were only three layers of paper at most, so he was quite sure to expose the painting. But now there are five layers of paper, so the difficulty is greatly increased. Therefore, he had to remind Chu Chen.

"OK"

Chu Chen didn't even think about it, so he said, "Mr. Liu, you can start. My idea now is to get lucky and lose my life."

"Ha ha, Xiao Chu, you have a good attitude, but since you say so, I will try my best to save both paintings."

After listening to what Chu Chen said, Liu was very happy. Next, he told the three of them the steps of uncovering the painting. Then he took out a bottle of uncovering and washing liquid and prepared to begin the formal uncovering of the painting.

The first step is to use JieXi potion to cover the painting. However, due to the need to pay attention to the second painting, it should not be too long for the painting to be dull. When the painting is almost dull, Liu's idea is to start from the second layer, so as to ensure that the first painting is safe.

After the first painting is taken off, it should be turned over and leveled as soon as possible, and the heart supporting paper should be removed. After that, the heart of the first painting should be trimmed, and then the heart supporting paper should be put on the wall.

After the first painting is finished, new liquid medicine is applied again and the second painting continues to be stuffy. This is because the first painting is short and there is a layer of blank paper in the middle, which may block the penetration of the medicine.

After the painting is finished, you can remove the blank paper, then turn over and lay it flat, then remove the core supporting paper of the second painting, clean, trim, and finally support the core on the wall. In this way, the whole process is completed.

As Mr. Liu's mounting work unfolded step by step, it proved that his scheme was reasonable. The first painting was perfectly displayed in front of everyone without accident.