There is a secluded river channel in Santai River. A water truck is rotating on the bank. Scoop the river water and pour it into the high-mounted water tank in the manor next to it. The water in the box flows out through the bottom opening and falls on a water wheel. The water wheel driven by the water flow drives several rollers to rotate continuously through the connecting shaft.

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The sound of clattering echoed over the manor. The source was these rollers the size of rice jars. It sounded like there were many stones rolling in the rollers, constantly colliding with each other, making an unbearable impact sound.

The gate of the courtyard was pushed open, and several people walked in with wooden barrels. They were dressed normally, wore earmuffs on their heads, moved a gate next to the water wheel, and the drum stopped rotating.

Come to the side of the drum, open the side cover, and then move the motor sieve the drum, and many stones and fine sand of different sizes roll out and fall into the wooden barrel.

"Check the rollers, prepare the materials, and continue tomorrow morning."

One of them responded and stayed to check the roller and related devices. The others walked out with the wooden barrel. The noise stopped for more than twenty days, and the manor finally returned to its rare peace.

In the next yard, the people sat on the Hu bed and picked up stones from the wooden barrel in front of them. The stones were small as the size of pigeon eggs, and the size was as big as two fists, with different colors and shapes.

In addition to the stones, there is also fine gray-black sand in the bucket. This is the iron sand selected from the sand dug in Bashui, mixed with some clean sand, put it in the drum with the stones picked by the river, and it was polished day and night for more than 20 days.

The stones that were originally slightly angular or damaged are now smooth and natural, as smooth as pebbles that are often seen in the river, with a trace of manual polishing.

Put the stones picked up in a wooden basin with water on the side, wash off the iron sand on them, wipe them clean, put them in a dustpan, and bring them to the room for oil.

The so-called oil naturally cannot be lard. This smell is easy to smell, so the main one is rapeseed oil, with additional "mixed oil" added. These blended oils have been poured into porcelain basins in advance and then submerged into them by stone.

After several newly polished basins of stones were soaked in oil, they were neatly placed in a corner of the house, pressing a piece of paper under one of the porcelain basins, with today's date written on it, while several porcelain basins on the other corner were taken out of the room.

The stones soaked in oil more than 20 days ago were taken out one after another, washed with a special liquid and removed the oil stains and smells. After wiping them clean, they would be delicate and moisturized with the sun stone's skin, as bright as if washed with water.

There are many patterns on these stones, but in their special significance, they can be said to be like flowers, plants, trees, birds and animals, or like some fonts. Each stone is wrapped in cloth and placed carefully in a box covered with straw.

"Package, ready to ship!"

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In a manor in a remote suburb of Xiyang City, a carriage slowly stopped, several wooden boxes were unloaded, and then carried into a small courtyard. After counting, it was carried into the house and picked out and placed on a dustpan.

By the illuminated window, several people sat next to the table, took out smooth and smooth stones from the dustpan, and observed them carefully in the sun. After a while, someone waved his hand, while the young man who had been waiting for a long time walked forward.

"What does a pattern look like?"

"Uh...like a donkey."

"I am like a donkey, a stupid donkey, this pattern looks like a horse, a galloping horse."

The young man carefully said this and found that the pattern was indeed like a horse, but it was still more like a donkey. Of course, he didn't dare to say this.

"Do you think something is missing?"

"Uh...there is a tail missing?"

"Yes, do you know how to do it?"

"I know, draw the tail...carve it."

"Remember, don't carve it too much, just have that meaning. If it's too similar, it's a more than a snake... Do you know what it's a more than a snake?"

"Know."

The young man took the stone and sat down by a well-lit window. On the couch next to the window was a desk with many tools lined up on it, as well as jars and jars. This was his carving tool.

If you want to sell a piece of stone caught in the river at a sky-high price, you rely on the patterns, flowers, plants, trees, birds and beasts on it. The more strange it is, the more valuable it is.

Especially when the patterns are in the shape of text, it is hard to come by. In order to meet this requirement, someone needs to "stand up" it. However, even fools cannot hide the patterns carved by hand.

There are many fools in the world, but there are also many fools who think they are smart. There are naturally flaws in artificial carving, but as long as you can deceive smart fools, that's fine.

Like other companions, young people have practiced their skills with many stones. From the beginning to the "natural" now, it took less than half a year. In addition to hard work, this also depends on all kinds of strange tools.

First, there is a "magnifying glass" worn on one eye, then a fine, sharp and hard carving knife, with more than ten styles, and then there are brushes and matching small porcelain bottles.

The small porcelain bottle contains liquid potions with strange smells. They are colorful and have nothing abnormal but cannot be stuck on the skin. At a mild case, itching is severe, and ulceration is necessary, so you need to wear muslin gloves.

After the young man finished preparing, he put on the stone and tried his best to imagine that the pattern was a horse or not a donkey. A racing tailless horse appeared in his mind, and then he had an idea in his mind.

A strand of carved marks that seemed to be invisible appeared on the donkey like a horsetail... At the tail of the horse-shaped pattern, young people kept carving and brushing potions, allowing the shallow carved marks to merge on the original pattern of the stone, but the color difference was some.

After struggling for a long time, he made sure that the work had been completed. After handing it to the master for confirmation, he made a record and then put the stone in a medicine jar.

The medicine jar contained a red liquid, which was very sticky, like the smell of chicken shit, which made the young man feel uncomfortable in his stomach. After confirming that the stone was completely submerged, he covered the lid with a note with the date in between.

The original texture of the stone is slightly different from the textures that were later carved. It needs to be soaked with this liquid to cover it. After soaking in this liquid for more than a month, the stone will be taken out and washed away with other medicines and then it will be fake and real.

However, the fine marks are still there, so you need to use "sandpaper" to polish it. There are fine particles on one side of this paper that cannot be finer. After polishing it over and over again, you can't find the difference with your hands at all.

The lines dyed by the medicine cannot be washed off even with water or vinegar. They will never fade, and they can be fake and real.

Then soak it in special oil for a while, and then a strange stone that was accidentally caught from the river will appear. Many smart fools will buy it for a lot of money and happily offer it to your home as a treasure.

The production cost should be less than the same, and the selling price... I don't know.

Young people only know how to carve patterns on the stones and process them. They don’t know where these stones come from. They don’t know where they are to be transported, and how to sell them.

Where do the potions and tools come from? I don’t know; who is the boss? I don’t know.

What he knew was that this job was paid well, and a monthly income was worth half a year for ordinary people to farm and work as a coolie, and he also included food and accommodation. The only disadvantage was that he could not leave this manor at will.

There are also several companions of similar age who are engaged in this promising job together. They each divided their labours and added various new patterns according to the patterns on the stones according to the instructions of the master to form the required patterns.

Some are responsible for carving birds and animals on stones, while others are responsible for carving flowers, plants and trees. Some are also capable of carving some simple handwriting, such as the word "heart" in seal script.

Those with high skills can carve landscapes, such as reflections on the lakeside woods, all of which have been completed.
Chapter completed!