Chapter 58(1/2)
When the Creation Festival was still four days away, Zhan Xi had learned three introductory flower shapes - lily of the valley, geranium and flower bud rose. With the onion orchid I learned before, Luo Jingyu thought it was enough.
Before officially taking the stage, Zhan Xi wanted to test the results, and needed to find two people who had never done hot flowers to simulate the experience class. After a phone call, Luo Xinran and Pipixiao.
Pipi shrimp! A stubble man was confused when he came to Luo Jingyu's house. He knew that he wanted to do handicrafts. Every cell from head to toe from inside to outside was resisting, and kept saying: "I won't do it! Just let Luo Xinran do it. I am a big and rough person, so I am not a handicraft material!"
Zhan Xi honestly said to him: "Actually, 99% of the people who come to the scene to experience will be girls, but Xiaoyu and I think that if you can learn it, then no one will not be able to learn it anymore. Just help us make a little mouse. After getting it done, I will have dinner here. Xiaoyu prepared a lot of dishes and bought a king crab!"
Pipixia looked at Luo Jingyu, who was sorting out the things he wanted to use for class on the workbench for a while. After touching his gaze, he smiled slightly and uttered a short sign language to him.
Zhan Xi translated: "Xiaoyu said it is very simple, don't worry. I hope you calm down and experience it. Making a flower by yourself will feel a sense of accomplishment. Hot flowers are just like singing. It is an artistic expression, regardless of gender. You should not be limited to thinking. "
Pipixia's mouth twitched: "Zhan Xier, don't scare me. Xiaoyu made a few gestures. How could he say so much?"
Zhan Xi laughed: "The first sentence was what he said, and I added it after that! Please, please."
Luo Xinran hit Pipixia with her elbow: "Why is that so much nonsense? I have said it before I came. This is Xiaoyu's first exhibition. Can you give some support? When you sing on stage for the first time, you also asked a group of relatives and friends to do a caregiver!"
"..." Pipixia compromised, "Okay, I'll do it. If you don't do it well, don't laugh at me! I'll turn against you!"
The simulation flower-burning experience class has begun.
Half of the workbench had been cleared by Luo Jingyu. He sat upright on the other side of the table, Luo Xinran and Pipixia sat opposite him, and Zhan Xi stood beside Luo Xinran.
Luo Xinran looked up at her: "Aren't you sitting?"
"I am a welcome guest, I can't sit down." Zhan said with a smile, "At that time, I will not only take care of the guests who are attending the experience class, but also pay attention to other visitors, so I'm busy!"
"Thank you hard," Luo Xinran asked Luo Jingyu, "Teacher Xiaoyu, we Xier is so dedicated, will you pay your salary?"
Luo Jingyu was stunned after reading her lips. He had never considered this issue. Huanhuan hadn't had a day off for half a month, and was tiring than going to work. So far, he only took care of her meals. He didn't give any other benefits. She was just working in a waste of work.
Zhong Peng and Mo Yang helped him work and got a daily salary!
Luo Jingyu looked at Zhan Xi guiltily. Zhan Xi didn't realize there was something wrong, and she still smiled on her face: "Don't rush! Let's start quickly, I'm going to make a timeline. A class is up to two hours. Let's not overtime. The customers also want to play a few more projects."
The other three finally stopped talking nonsense. Luo Jingyu sent the materials and tools to the two of them, and picked up a string of white lily of the valley with leaves in his hand, and the flowers were like small light bulbs.
Zhan Xi said, "Good afternoon, two, I am Teacher Luo's assistant Xiao Zhan. I will cooperate with Teacher Luo to explain the key points of hot flowers to you. Today we are going to learn how to make lily of the valley. What you see is the final product, which is very cute."
Pipixia muttered: "It's so cute."
Luo Xinran stepped on him, and he shouted with an exaggerated expression. Luo Jingyu tilted his head and looked at him strangely.
He looked at Zhan Xi again. After she finished speaking, she gave him a look. Luo Jingyu picked up the cut flower shape and leaf fabric to show it to Luo Xinran and the others.
Zhan Xi opened his mouth at the same time: "The fabric used for lily of the valley is silk-woven poplin, and the fabric for leaves and stems is 520 satin. Let's take a look. They are already in your hands. The shapes of flowers and leaves are still easy to distinguish."
Looking at the pile of small white cloth pieces in my hand, Pipi shrimp was simply a question mark face for a black man.
Luo Jingyu picked up the trowel again, Zhan Xi said: "The tool that Teacher Luo shows you now is trowel. The trowel is the most important tool for making trowels. It has various specifications. Lily of the valley is used for lily of the valley, and the leaves are made of knife trowels, which can burn the veins."
Luo Jingyu pointed to the common pigment in front of him. Zhan Xi said: "The materials and tools are actually very simple. Now we will start today's course. Teacher Luo has prepared the flower shape and leaf shape for both of them. The first step we start is to adjust and dye. Teacher Luo will use the color of the grass first..."
Luo Xinran kept looking at Luo Jingyu's movements, and Zhan Xi's crisp sound sounded in his ears. Luo Jingyu was very calm and had orderly put things in order. When adjusting the color, how much water should be poured and how much water should be added. While he did it, Zhan Xi would clearly say it, so that it would not make people feel busy at all.
Pipixia originally thought she would not be able to deal with it, but found that Luo Jingyu did every step very carefully and would stare at their operations. If there was any error, she would use gestures to pause, and then call Zhan Xi to sign language. Zhan Xi would tell them the precautions so that the problems could be corrected in time.
Pipixia secretly watched Luo Xinran's movements, as if observing how his classmates were learning. Luo Xinran had already picked up the brush pen. Pipixia was not willing to fall behind, and also picked up the brush pen to dye the petals as if they were decent.
If there are damaged petals, Luo Jingyu has also prepared a preparatory product, and there is a chance to re-dye.
It is hot in summer, and the dyed fabric will dry in just over twenty minutes. Zhan Xi and Luo Jingyu discussed that they should not let guests go out for a walk at this time. They can tell them about the development of hot flowers, styles and applications in life, even chat Q&A.
Zhan Xi recited these introductions for many days and tried to speak them vividly and interestingly. Luo Jingyu would not be idle at this time, and would take out some semi-finished products for ironing displays.
If this is a documentary, Luo Jingyu is the picture, and Zhan Xi is the voice-over.
After it was the turn of the turtle, Zhan Xi was a little nervous and repeatedly confirmed the safety matters to the two.
Lily of the valley is a very basic flower shape. Luo Jingyu still did it slowly and carefully, striving to let the two experiencers see all his movements clearly. The ironing skills were explained by Zhan Xi verbally. Pipi shrimp was very focused and shouted from time to time, "Damn it! Damn!", "Ah, can you burn the meridians?", "This is too difficult! I definitely can't do it!" and other words.
Zhan Xi comforted him: "It's not difficult, you can tell if you try it, just be patient."
Pipi shrimp took the ginger helplessly, ironed it clumsily while cursing.
He lowered his head, and Luo Jingyu couldn't see his mouth shape, and his attention was only on his and Luo Xinran's operation. Zhan Xi kept encouraging Pipixia gently, but Luo Xinran couldn't stand it and shouted: "Pipixia, can you shut up your mouth? Can you look a little manly? Why is it so annoying!"
Pipixia shut up, unable to figure out why she doesn’t look like a man if she doesn’t know how to do handicrafts? Men like Luo Jingyu are aliens, okay!
If you say that, you don’t feel this at all. He used small tweezers to hold such a small petal and ironed it on the petals with a trowel in his right hand. It was really handsome!
Pipi shrimp relaxed and calmed down. Following Luo Jingyu's rhythm, it also stumbled and burned all the flowers and leaves.
Finally, assembly is a difficult point for the pix shrimp, because glue is used to paste.
It really feels so difficult for the silly guy! Zhan Xi stood beside Pipixia and patiently told him how to stick. If she really couldn't handle it, she would help her.
Pipixia looked at Luo Jingyu's clever fingers and felt that his hands were fake.
With the tacit cooperation between Zhan Xi and Luo Jingyu, in less than two hours, Luo Xinran and Pipixia, two completely newbie, made a string of lily of the valley flowers, and the completion was actually pretty good.
"Ah hahahahahaha! I have to post it on Moments!" Pipixia swept away her decadence before, and was so proud that she took many photos of her lily of the valley from all angles, posted it on Moments, and added a photo of Luo Jingyu lowering her head to work.
The bangs were hung with invisible eyebrows and eyes, and he could only see his lower half of his face, his high nose bridge, his graceful lips, and his thin and white cheeks. The caption of Pipixiao is:
[My first hot flower work in his life! It’s all handmade! Hahahahaha, just say it’s awesome!]
There were comments and likes soon below, some people praised, some people were joking, and some people asked where they were doing it. The most common thing was to ask who the little brother in the photo was? It looked so handsome!
Pipi shrimp uniformly responded:
[From July 17th to 19th, Qiantang Creation Festival in the Convention and Exhibition Center, Booth No. 67, Handmade Market Section, please pay attention to: Xiyu Porn Flower Art! Welcome to learn handmade Porn Flower Art from Teacher Luo on the spot!
PS: Teacher Luo can make a living by his face, but he just depends on his talent! My brother can only tell everyone sadly that this person has a master, so don’t worry about it!]
In the evening, Luo Jingyu cooked a table of dishes to thank Luo Xinran and Pipi shrimp. The garlic vermicelli king crab was so delicious. This was the first time Luo Xinran saw someone at home who could make the king crab so delicious.
If she had previously had an impression of Luo Jingyu that she had a good temper, now after an experiential class and having another big meal he made, Luo Xinran was already impressed by Luo Jingyu.
She looked at Luo Jingyu, who patiently helped Zhan Xi peel crab legs across the table, turned her head to see her boyfriend who was consuming her head, and sighed deeply.
They are all men, why is there such a big difference?
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Two days before the opening of the Creation Festival, Luo Jingyu and Zhanxi entered the exhibition as required.
They didn't ask for help anymore, just a 3-square-meter booth. Zhan Xi believed that with Xiaoyu's hands-on ability, they could handle it completely.
Because they signed up too late, booth No. 67 is located in an average position, near the corner at the end of a passage, so you can comfort yourself. It’s okay to have fewer people, so the effect of taking the experience class will be better.
She and Luo Jingyu got started with installing various materials, and the two of them hurriedly carried a screen into the venue. Luo Jingyu was afraid that Zhan Xi would be too tired, so she always wanted her to rest, but Zhan Xi refused and said that she was not that spoiled and was not afraid of hard work.
The booths around were also arranged, and some people noticed that Zhan Xi and Luo Jingyu communicated in sign language, which was a little surprised.
A short-haired girl stood in front of their booth and looked for a long time, and asked Zhan Xi curiously: "What are you doing?"
"Hot flowers." Zhan Xi tied her ponytail, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and replied with a smile, "It's a purely handmade flower craft. Look, that lotus is made of hot flowers."
She pointed to a lotus ornament that Luo Jingyu was adjusting the position, including lotus roots and lotus leaves. The short-haired girl exclaimed: "Wow! It's very beautiful! It looks like it's real."
She asked Zhan Xi again, "Did you do it?"
Zhan Xi chuckled: "It's not me, it's made by my boyfriend." She pointed at Luo Jingyu, her eyes full of pride, "The flowers you see are all made by him, purely handmade, and hot pieces!"
The short-haired girl was even more surprised: "Oh my God! Your boyfriend is so amazing! I am a man who works on embroidery, and almost all girls in our industry."
After the two agreed to go to each other's stalls for fun, the short-haired girl asked Zhan Xi hesitantly: "Does your boyfriend... unable to hear it?"
"Yes, his ears can't hear it." Zhan Xi looked at Luo Jingyu with his eyes. He was busy all the time. The front of the gray T-shirt was wet. Zhan Xi smiled, "But he is really amazing. You will know after it is carried out."
Luo Jingyu occasionally glanced at Zhan Xi. She had already entered the work state early because from time to time, people would come over to ask what their booth was for.
Those are all hand-made people from all walks of life. Some industries don’t even know Luo Jingyu very well, but Zhan Xi talks with them very enthusiastically and invites them to follow their Weibo and public accounts.
The QR code was designed in a floral form by Luo Jingyu, and was printed and hung largely on the side of the booth, integrating with the style of the entire booth.
Luo Jingyu realized that if Huanhuan had not helped him, would he be able to work here alone? Although Sister Shao and the others were going to help him stand on the platform, they would not be able to help him show off. Besides, they were here to visit the Creation Festival, and they would definitely be strolling around and having fun for more time. He was the only one who stayed by the booth for a long time.
A person who can't hear the sound and cannot speak, sitting alone in a crowded exhibition hall, guarding his own small stall, Luo Jingyu knew that everything he thought about would be full of difficulties.
I don’t know how he was confident that he could deal with all this alone at the beginning. What Fang Xu said was not unreasonable. Without the assistance of language, his presentation would indeed become meaningless.
Fortunately, I have Huanhuan now.
Luo Jingyu felt the feeling of someone fighting side by side with him for the first time.
They did not override each other, did not dominate each other, and did not point fingers at each other. He and Zhan Xi could really give each other backs with confidence, just take care of the part they were responsible for.
The first day of the exhibition was about to end. In the evening, Zhan Xi and Luo Jingyu completed the work of the day. Seeing that there was still time, they did not rush to have dinner. Instead, they walked in the exhibition hall like other people, holding hands and seeing what other booths were doing.
The booths in the handmade market section are large and small, and there are many people who are moving on. While walking around, Luo Jingyu felt glad again. After listening to Huanhuan's opinion, he designed the theme of the booth very formally. According to his previous idea, a table and a chair, and when people sit there, it will definitely become the shabby booth in the venue. As Zhan Xi said, it is comparable to the masters who are sugar men.
In other booths, some do woodworking, some do ACCA aromatherapy, some do vegetable tanned leather, and some also pottery, glue-drop ornaments, flower arrangement, baking, fondant cake, diamond painting, oil painting, patchwork, sewing, French embroidery, knitting, ancient papermaking, mortise and tenon, wood carving...
There are a wide variety of things, Zhan Xi feels that his eyes are not enough to see.
There are so many handicraft projects that people like, some are good at, and some are working on for many years to make a living. In today's fast-paced, high-tech and ever-changing world, there is still a group of people who can endure loneliness and focus on their own craftsmanship, be specialized and be precise. Even if they are cold, they are unwilling to give up. When they talk to Zhan Xi about the things they love, their eyes are shining.
On the main passage, Luo Jingyu and Zhanxi saw a booth. They stopped at the same time and widened their eyes in shock.
This booth is not small, three times the size of Luo Jingyu's booth. It is only halfway through the layout, and the style can be clearly seen.
Zhanxi stood in front of the booth and felt like Alice who had fallen into a rabbit hole, because the flowers were exaggerated, gorgeous, luxurious and ostentatious!
To be continued...