1986: Old Stories in Northeast China

"Ah..., I really can't refuse to admit my age."

After watching for a while, Erye sighed after Chen Tiezhu had already changed to the third whetstone.

"Erye, don't look at how fast he sharpens, he may just be fooling around." Han Xiuying said.

"Girl, I know you are comforting me, Tiezhu is not fooling around." Erye was happy.

"Didn't you see that he always uses his hands to test the blade? That is to carefully feel the thickness of the blade. This trick, if you don't have some skills, you don't dare to play."

"Yes, it looks very simple, isn't it just scraping with the tip of your finger. But if you don't scrape it well, you will cut your finger."

"I also saw this knife before it was sharpened, it's pretty good, I really want to see how sharp it is after it's sharpened. Tiezhu's sharpening skills are not bad, and he can make this knife even better."

Han Xiuying glanced at Chen Tiezhu who was still concentrating on sharpening the knife, and her thoughts were quite complicated.

All along, Chen Tiezhu had given her the impression that he was a bit of a chatterbox, and never serious. He was always petty, and would try to take advantage of others.

But this person was not bad in general.

He was good to his daughter, and would help his fellow villagers when he saw them in trouble. Not to mention that he went into the mountains alone to avenge Erye, which was a real man.

Now she felt that Chen Tiezhu was really too contradictory.

So how could a person who loved to show off be able to concentrate on sharpening a knife without caring about anything else?

When a person is doing things seriously..., he seems to be quite good-looking...

In the girl's heart, she made a careful comparison of Chen Tiezhu's "essence".

Now Chen Tiezhu is really like what Erye and Hu Yadong said, with no distractions, just sharpening the knife.

He was very nervous when he started sharpening, but after sharpening it a few times, he found that if he felt it seriously, he seemed to be able to faintly feel the details of the friction between the blade and the whetstone.

Although it is not as clear as when he was sharpening the mallet, his feeling is not different.

When sharpening a knife, the rough particles on the whetstone will definitely leave marks on the blade.

Keeping the same angle and strength is to avoid the blade from being ground off as much as possible.

Experienced people naturally have their own skills when sharpening knives. Chen Tiezhu does not have these experiences, he relies on his own "feeling".

Now he has found the feeling.

And in his feeling, the top of the blade is not a straight line as he saw. In fact, it also has fine serrations.

Now after switching to the last finer whetstone, these serrations have become finer. If he does not feel it with all his strength, he will not feel it at all.

When sharpening the knife, he did not feel very boring, but felt very happy.

Although he did not squander all his strength like forging iron, he also felt very refreshed.

"Oh? It's almost dark? I was wondering why it didn't look that bright."

After feeling the blade again, Chen Tiezhu said in surprise.

"Is it sharpened?" Second Master asked hurriedly.

"It should be almost sharp, Second Master, please take a look." Chen Tiezhu stood up hurriedly.

But he didn't expect that his eyes went dark and his body swayed. He didn't hold the boning knife firmly and dropped it directly.

With a light "tsk", the tip of the boning knife pierced into the stool he had just sat on.

"Wow, the blade is so fast?" Second Master asked in surprise.

Hu Yadong also squatted down to take a look, and then carefully picked up the small stool.

Now you can see clearly, from the looks of it, the tip of the knife pierced into the small stool for nearly a centimeter.

Although the small stool was just a poplar board, Chen Tiezhu was a bit tall, so the distance of the fall was also increased accordingly.

But don't forget, this is entirely based on the gravity of the blade, and there is no external force.

"You kid, but I didn't expect you to have a talent for sharpening knives. No need to look, this must be a good knife." Erye said with a smile.

"Erye, why is it so tiring to sharpen a knife? It's more tiring than blacksmithing." Chen Tiezhu said with a bitter face.

"Nonsense, how can you not be tired if you sharpen a knife so attentively like you?" Erye said indifferently.

"Tiezhu, um, when I come back from work this time, can you sharpen the planer for me?" Hu Yadong asked hurriedly.

"Uncle Dong, there's nothing wrong with that. As long as I'm at home, you can come over anytime." Chen Tiezhu said indifferently, and then he also pulled out the boning knife on the stool.

"How are you?" Han Xiuying asked worriedly.

"It's nothing, I just got too excited just now, and now I'm back to normal." Chen Tiezhu said.

"Wait for me to wash the blade, and then we'll skin the rabbit,Stew rabbit for dinner. What's my eldest daughter doing? Why doesn't the sun come out? "

"She's playing with Xiao Mi Hu Dan and Gou Sheng Zi in the house. She doesn't like the smell of fish maw here." Han Xiuying said with a smile.

"I'll study stinky tofu when I have time. I'll see if she finds it smelly." Chen Tiezhu said casually.

Han Xiuying rolled her eyes at him. She didn't know whether this guy was worried about her daughter or was trying to trick her.

He went into the house and picked up the rabbit that he had taken out in advance. He went outside and hung it up directly.

"Tiezhu, just peel it like this? No need to use a flashlight?" Erye asked with a smile.

"It's okay. I'm thinking about it." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"Tiezhu, don't show off. Your boning knife is too fast. If you're not careful, you'll cut your hand. "Hu Yadong also reminded.

After all, although you can still see some light now, it is not enough for such delicate work as peeling rabbit skin.

"It's okay, I'm used to it." After Chen Tiezhu finished speaking, he started to operate directly.

If he felt very satisfied and happy when he was sharpening the knife just now, then the transparent feeling reflected from the knife when this bone-cutting knife just cut the rabbit skin made him feel much more energetic.

It's satisfying, it's really too satisfying.

"This knife is really fast. It will be easy to remove bones with this thing in the future." Chen Tiezhu said with emotion.

"Wait and see if there is time, and buy a pig head stew. It's so satisfying to shave it. Yingzi, I forgot to get water just now, help me get a basin. "

"Oh, I'll get it now. "

Han Xiuying responded and ran into the house to scoop water with a basin.

But when she came out with the basin, she was dumbfounded. In just a short while, Chen Tiezhu had completely opened the rabbit's body?

"Don't rush to cut it. Take the rabbit to the light in the house and take a look." Erye said.

Hu Yadong did not hesitate and walked into the house holding the rope.

When they came to the light, the two carefully examined the rabbit.

"This skill... is really unique. It's so dark, but there is not even a single extra cut on the rabbit." Erye said with a wry smile.

It should be said that even he was shocked today.

As an old boss, he is good at skinning rabbits. But even on a sunny day, he is not as fast as Chen Tiezhu.

It's impossible not to admit it. This is a real skill.

What's the key?

Chen Tiezhu can learn it once he learns it.