After the rice was finished, Yuan Zhou took the bowl back to the shop. Then he washed up and changed his clothes, and started another round of carving practice.
There was still more than one month left before his master's birthday. Yuan Zhou intended to intensify his practice so that he could realize his dream as soon as possible. This was not only for the birthday celebration, but also to let his master check his level of carpentry. This was an old practice in the carpentry industry.
As the saying goes, "An old carpenter has no money to earn."
Yuan Zhou's junior, Ma Xiao, had been very busy recently. He had visited Yuan Zhou before, intending to inquire what Yuan Zhou would carve as a gift.
In the past, he had been scolded by his master, "I've never seen someone as stupid as you. You can't even hit a table after learning for so many years. What's the use of it?"
Since Yuan Zhou had become his disciple, his scolding had changed, "You are not even half as good as Yuan. You have been learning for so long, and you have spent so much more time learning than Yuan. Apart from growing taller, do you use your brains to vent your anger? Can't you be like your senior brother and use your brains? "
As a disciple of Master Lian, he used to live under the shadow of his master alone, but now there were two shadows.
Fortunately, no matter how talented Ma Xiao's disciples were, they had no problems with their characters. Otherwise, there would be conflicts.
In order to give a satisfactory gift to his master, Ma Xiao, the former senior brother and now the second senior brother, naturally had to learn from his master.
Just when Yuan Zhou was practicing, his phone rang. It was Ma Xiao.
"Senior brother, is there any news about the wood I asked you to ask about last time?" Ma Xiao went straight to the point when he answered the phone. "It's done.
I've placed an order. I checked yesterday and it has been delivered. The address is written in your place. Just sign for it. I've checked the quality, and it's almost the same as your requirements. You can check it again when you receive the goods. If you're not satisfied, you can change it. "Yuan Zhou readily accepted Ma Xiao's advice.
The main reason was that the matter Ma Xiao entrusted to him was more complicated. This time, Ma Xiao wanted an aged torreya grandis.
Ma Xiao had a furniture factory of his own. Logically speaking, he wouldn't be short of wood resources. However, it was quite a coincidence that he couldn't find any wood when the time came. Now, there was only one month left before he came to Yuan Zhou.
When Yuan Zhou once went to visit Mr. Ma, he passed by a lumber factory. It was located in the village and wasn't very famous. However, its main business was the wood of Torreya grandis. Both the altitude and the geographical environment there were suitable for the growth of Torreya grandis. Therefore, the small factory could survive for a long time.
Yuan Zhou remembered this factory only because he had a deep impression of the golden color and fragrant smell of the torreya grandis. When Ma Xiao came to find him this time, he thought of trying to contact the factory and found that there really was torreya grandis that met Ma Xiao's requirements.
"That's great! Senior Brother, your connections are really wild. I'll transfer the deposit to you later. It's really troublesome." Ma Xiao was relieved when he heard that the matter had been resolved. He felt very happy.
"It's nothing. I'm just asking." Yuan Zhou said.
After that, Ma Xiao chatted with Yuan Zhou for a while and then hung up the phone, not daring to disturb him.
After hanging up the phone with Ma Xiao, Yuan Zhou threw himself into practicing his knife skills again. Recently, he had been practicing the Three Stars of Fortune, Fortune and Longevity. The postures he carved were all different. Sometimes, when he was satisfied, he would put them on the shelf at the door.
If there were any flaws, Yuan Zhou would throw them into the dustbin after carving them. Someone once said that he envied The Kitchen God's dustbin very much. It wasn't for storing waste paper and sundries, but for storing money.
"Shua Shua Shua"
Yuan Zhou raised his hand and chopped the knife down quickly. He had been practicing for several days, so his speed was getting faster and faster. His movements were more skillful. Soon, the image of Lu Xing took shape under his knife.
Lu Xing was wearing a huge tube hat and holding a beautiful jade Ruyi Scepter in his hand. Wearing a loose robe with big sleeves, he looked like a free and unrestrained immortal.
This time, Yuan Zhou was quite satisfied with the Lu Xing. He put it on the shelf directly. Seeing that it was getting late, he stood up to clean up the trash, planning to prepare the ingredients for lunch.
Recently, Zhao Lunze hadn't been here for a long time. Previously, he specifically came to tell Yuan Zhou that he planned to open a part of Yuan Zhou's sculptures for exhibition.
"I just don't know if anyone will go to see it." Yuan Zhou muttered in his heart.
Of course, Yuan Zhou didn't know that Zhao Lunze was so busy that he couldn't wait to break a person into eight pieces.
"Is this peony really carved out of a radish? Why does it feel like a real flower?"
"The famous sculptor, Yuan Zhou, sold one of his sculptures for tens of millions. Look at this price."
"That court lady is too beautiful. She looks like a jade sculpture. You told me it was carved out of a radish. Aren't you fooling me?"
"The flower carving seems to have been made with many carving techniques, such as oblique carving, relief carving, and hollow carving. It's really a master-level work."
What Zhao Lunze exhibited this time was the sculpture he had obtained from Yuan Zhou, which had been preserved by him using a special technique.
On the first day, there weren't many customers. However, from the second day onward, there were more and more customers. Many of them had been here on the first day.
"Pray that Boss Yuan doesn't practice his sculpting skills these few days." Zhao Lunze wiped the sweat on his forehead and prayed silently in his heart.
Otherwise, if he thought that so many perfect sculptures had either been thrown into the trash can or placed on the shelf, he would feel like dying. Most importantly, his master didn't care.
Before the meal in The Kitchen God, Zhao Lunze had always felt that Yuan Zhou was a sculpting grandmaster who had been held back by his culinary skills. After the meal, however, he felt that it was too much of a waste to use such excellent sculpting skills on a top chef.
Back to The Kitchen God, there was a customer who was dressed weirdly today. He should be a new customer. At least, the regular customers around didn't have any impression of this person.
The person was wearing a woolen hat, a scarf, and a pair of big glasses. His entire face was covered, only revealing a pair of dark lips. He was dressed in a neutral manner. He was about 1.75 meters tall and had a thin figure. Overall, he didn't seem to weigh more than 90 kilograms. It was impossible to tell whether he was a man or a woman.
"Hello, what would you like to order?" Su Ruoyan walked up to him and asked.
He didn't take off his hat and sunglasses in the restaurant, but the customers just glanced at him and didn't pay much attention to him. Was it because the dishes cooked by Boss Yuan weren't fragrant enough? If they had the energy to pay attention to other things, they might as well eat more.
"What delicious dishes do you have in the restaurant?" The person's voice was hoarse, and it was hard to tell whether he was a man or a woman. Hearing the question, it was obvious that he was indeed a new customer.
"All the dishes on the menu are delicious. Sir, what do you want to order?" Su Ruoyan said confidently.
"I prefer bland dishes," the person muttered and then reached out his slender fingers to flip through the menu.
"Then you can directly look at Jiangsu Cuisine or Cantonese Cuisine and see if there's anything you like. Or even Chengdu School of Sichuan Cuisine." Su Ruoyan was very experienced in dealing with situations.
"Then I'll have a Kung Pao Prawn Ball and a bowl of plain white rice." The person flipped through the menu and still didn't have much appetite. Therefore, he ordered his favorite dish and intended to make do with it.
"Ok. Please wait a moment, sir." After Su Ruoyan memorized the menu, she turned around and walked to the next customer.
"I wonder if the dishes here are really so delicious." The customer tidied up the hat and scarf, revealing a small and delicate ear. It seemed that she was a girl.
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