This is a small object that can almost be covered by Ye Laosan's hands.
But the structure is very complicated.
The overall structure of this object is carved out of a single piece of wood and is in the shape of a mountain.
But many other small objects are added on it, and these parts are movable.
Ye Laosan looked at it over and over for a long time, but still couldn't figure out what it was.
He had no choice but to ask Qi Menghui who was crying sadly beside him.
Qi Menghui sobbed and said, "This is an incense burner."
incense burner?
Ye Laosan looked down at the thing in his hand again, and he really couldn't connect this thing with the incense burner.
In his impression, an incense burner is placed on a table to hold incense.
Qi Menghui said dejectedly, "Third Brother Ye, what's the point of saying this now? It's all ruined."
Unexpectedly, Ye Lao San said, "I've looked carefully. The broken part is an additional part and is not part of the overall structure. So if you can find the same material, it should be repairable."
Qi Menghui still shook his head and said, "It's useless. I don't have the skills of Master Liu to repair it perfectly."
Ye Lao San was silent for a moment, and could only speak more bluntly: "If you can find me a piece of wood with the same material as this, maybe I can give it a try."
"Ah?" Qi Menghui was stunned at first and was about to say that Ye Lao San was bragging.
But suddenly it occurred to him that if Ye Lao San didn't really have some outstanding qualities, the Qin family wouldn't have spent money to send him here to broaden his horizons for no reason, right?
He looked up and down at Ye Lao San with tears in his eyes. Although he still couldn't believe it, what if the other person really was some peerless master?
Qi Menghui wiped his tears and asked, "How big a piece of wood do you need? I have a lot of leftover wood that the craftsmen used for me to practice with."
"Do you have all the tools?" Ye Laosan asked again.
"All of them." Qi Menghui nodded, gritted his teeth, took off his coat, wrapped up the incense burner, and took it with him. He slipped out through the back door with Ye Lao San and went straight to the room where he usually practiced.
I don’t know if it’s because the prison is too big and there are too many rooms.
As an apprentice, Qi Menghui actually had a small room of his own.
The room was not too big. There was a huge table by the window and a small bed against the wall opposite the table.
The table was a mess, with small wooden blocks of various shapes and materials, sawdust everywhere, and tools scattered all over the table.
Before Qi Menghui brought Ye Lao San in, he only thought about making sure no one saw him. After entering the house, he remembered the mess he had made. His face flushed and he said, "I stayed up late to make something a few days ago and didn't have time to clean it up..."
However, Ye Laosan didn't care about these things. He went straight to the table and started to select usable materials from the small wooden blocks.
He was shocked while searching.
These precious materials, a small piece of which could be sold for a lot of money outside, were actually just used by apprentices to practice in the General Works Bureau.
In the end, Ye Laosan chose two small wooden blocks with the same material and the closest color.
At this time, Qi Menghui had already cleaned up the rest of the table.
Ye Laosan's calmness made him feel more at ease.
Although the tools were still messy, they were all put together.
He had also placed the incense burner in the center of the table.
"Brother Ye, please take a look at how to do this. If you need anything else, please tell me."
Ye Laosan sat at the table and did not rush to do anything. Instead, he looked at the incense burner carefully.
He would fiddle with every movable part to observe its range and angle.
"You said this is an incense burner, but are these movable things just for decoration? And where do you put the incense?"
Hearing Ye Laosan ask this, Qi Menghui fell into despair again in an instant.
Can someone who can't even recognize what this thing is really repair this incense burner?
But now that things have come to this, he can only try his best to save the situation.
He could only patiently explain to Ye Lao San: "This is a backflow incense burner. If you place the incense at this position on the top of the mountain, the smoke will flow down the mountain and linger throughout the mountain.
"Then these movable parts will sway gently, as if blown by the mountain breeze."
The only thing Ye Laosan knew about burning incense was when worshiping Buddha or offering sacrifices. He had no idea about the elegant taste of burning incense in wealthy families.
I only half understood what he said, but I was able to extract one piece of information from it: these parts should be gently swayed when burning incense.
Then it has to be very light.
He weighed them one by one with his fingers, and finally looked carefully at the small part that had fallen off due to breakage.
"No wonder it's so light, it turns out it's hollow."
"Ah? What's hollow?" This time it was Qi Menghui's turn to be surprised.
He had pondered this incense burner countless times in private, but had never discovered this.
Ye Lao San handed the part to him and said, "It's very light, and if you look carefully, there is a small hole at the bottom.
"The hollow inside was hollowed out bit by bit."
This part is only the size of a fingernail and is hollow. Qi Menghui is now even more desperate.
No wonder the master often said that among all his fellow disciples, Master Liu was the most powerful. If nothing unexpected happened, he would be the one to take the lead in the bamboo and wood business in the future.
But seeing that Ye Lao San was still calm, he couldn't help but ask: "Can this be repaired?"
"It should be possible, but it takes a little effort. I'll give it a try."
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