20 years of restarting life

Chapter 2665: Unbroken Pine Handle

Early the next morning, Zhao Changan arrived at the open-air parking lot of the scenic area to meet up with his master. It was already September 9rd.

Before, he was a little worried that leaving his master in the scenic area for two days without taking care of him might make Zheng Wen Zheng unhappy.

However, when I arrived at the parking space, I heard loud snoring inside before I even approached the RV. Through the open glass window, I saw Zheng Wen Zheng was still sleeping soundly, so I guess there was nothing too unpleasant.

In fact, Zheng Wen Zheng was in very good spirits. After waking up and hearing that they were leaving, Zheng Wen Zheng even felt a little regretful and said that he actually wanted to stay here for another night.

Because next to the parking lot is Bai Juyi's tomb and the Bai's stele, and across the clear and green Yi River is the Longmen Grottoes.

He has no worries about food, water, electricity, and sleep, and he has a group of young and beautiful girls who work in commercials to talk to him. People around him are full of respect for him.

Don’t be too happy on this kind of day!

Their next stop is the Sanmenxia Dam Scenic Area.

After staying in Sanmenxia for a day, the two set off again, headed for Tongguan, and took a ferry to Fenglingdu.

Zhao Changan had always wanted to come to Fenglingdu in his previous life. However, after he had a wife and a daughter, everything in his world centered around them. Although he had visited some places in the country from time to time, he had never been to Fenglingdu.

Once when I was passing through Tongguan on my way to Xi'an, I took a slow sleeper train both ways. It was late at night when I passed through Tongguan, so naturally I couldn't see the scenery on the other side of the Yellow River.

The reason why Zhao Changan is so obsessed with Fenglingdu is because of a young girl named Guo Xiang who has never actually appeared in real history.

Maybe a girl like this is the beauty in a man's heart.

Just like the unattainable regret described by Master Jin, Zhao Changan finds it difficult to let go of Li Siya in this life.

In the following days, Zhao Changan drove with his master Zheng Wenzhen to visit Xi'an, Baoji, and Hanzhong, and on September 9th they stayed overnight by the Ba River in Bazhong.

During these days, Zheng Wenzhen did not reveal his identity as a calligrapher, and Zhao Changan did not tell anyone that he was a billionaire.

In each frame of the journey, the two of them traveled around the mountains and rivers, made fires and cooked. Half of the three meals were made by themselves on the road, and they were content and happy.

But in the eyes of others, these are two rich and idle naughty guys, one old and one young.

This is a river surrounded by mountains in the upper reaches of Bazhong. The sun is lingering above the mountains in the west and will not set for a while.

In early September, the temperature in the mountains of Bazhong is no longer hot.

The river water is clear and the fish swimming in it seem to be floating in the air.

Although there were bottled mineral water in the car, Zhao Changan and Zheng Wenzhen decided to use the spring water from the river to make tea and cook.

Zhao Changan cut a few bamboo javelins in the bamboo forest by the river, walked to a large rock that extended into the river, observed for a while, and then with a "dbang" sound, a bamboo javelin shot out like an arrow with a hint of green glaze, and pierced into the deep pool of the river below like lightning.

Then a silver carp weighing more than one kilogram floated to the surface of the water with a bamboo pole, and looked at Zheng Wenzhen beside him in surprise.

Zhao Changan didn't hunt much, he just caught two silver carp and took them to the waterside to clean them.

Wash the vegetables and rice at the same time.

Zheng Wen was using pebbles to build a simple stove by the river to stew fish. He also quickly built a fire pit and used steel bars to support a tripod.

Zhao Changan took a long iron knife and chopped down a pine tree, splitting it into long and thin strips in no time.

An iron pot is placed on a simple stove to make a fire for frying fish and stewing soup, and an aluminum kettle filled with river water is hung above the tripod fire pit to stew water.

This time when Zhao Changan and Zheng Wenzhen went out for a picnic, he was surprised to find that he, his teacher, did not really understand him.

Just by simply piling up stones picked up at random by the river and leaving a hole as a stove hole, you can make a stove that is easy to start and gather fire, with a big fire, little smoke and save firewood. Zhao Changan asked Zheng Wenzheng in surprise how he could do this, but Zheng Wenzheng just smiled and didn't answer, full of confidence.

When the water boiled, Zhao Changan put the aluminum rice pot on the fire and started cooking.

Bury the fresh chestnuts and sweet potatoes bought on the road in the sand below.

Zheng Wenzhen looked curiously at the pile of pine wood strips that Zhao Changan had chopped, and picked up another one, which was heavy and full of pine resin. This kind of pine was easy to burn and had strong flames and could burn for a long time.

"what?"

At first glance, Zheng Wen Zheng just thought that his apprentice was very strong and his knife must be very sharp, so he didn't take it too seriously at first.

At this time, I inadvertently looked at the natural texture of the wood strips, still marveling at the wonders of nature. This long and continuous wood fiber texture from beginning to end actually has an indescribable beauty. Should I make it into a plaything?

Then I suddenly realized that it was caused by a knife!

The question is how is it possible to chop a piece of wood with a knife from beginning to end without seeing the wood fibers break.

You have to know that this is an old wet pine tree with fine, hard and oily wood fibers. The adhesion between the wood fibers is very strong. It is not at all like the poplar and paulownia trees that will come apart with a simple pull.

Then he looked carefully with an interesting mind. After Zheng Wenzhen looked at four peeled surfaces in succession, he was surprised to find that there were pine wood fibers on all four surfaces, but he did not find any break points in the wood fibers.

It's like cooked old beef, which can be torn into strips by hand with clear and continuous texture.

"Why isn't your stick of wood broken?"

Zheng Wenzhen asked his apprentice in surprise.

"Master, you know that I am a martial artist. I believe in using the knife with minimal effort, following the grain of the knife, just like butchering an ox."

Zhao Changan answered nonchalantly, and at the same time he found a flat gravel beach, sprinkled realgar powder on it to prevent snakes, insects, rats and ants, put a folding table and stools on it, and made tea.

Zhao Changan's answer touched upon Zheng Wenzhen's blind spot in knowledge. Seeing his disciple's nonchalant look, he thought that anyone who had practiced martial arts to a certain level could achieve this effect.

Although he was surprised, he did not make a fuss or shout to show that he was ignorant.

He just held the more than one-pound pine wood strip in his hand and looked at it over and over again: "Can you cut it into a rounder shape for me? I want to use it as a handle. This wood strip is too long. I only need two-thirds of it."

"No problem, Master, do you want natural, intact wood fibers, or round ones?"

Zhao Changan took the wooden stick from Zheng Wenzhen's hand and asked.

“Is there any difference in this?”

“You need complete wood fibers. Although they are also very smooth, they always have a smooth texture with bumps and grooves, just like cooked marbled beef. You can see and touch the fine fibers on them. There are lines and a sense of pictures, but they cannot be used as mirrors.

If it is to be round, it must be roughly high-polished, striving to achieve a mirror effect.

All the outermost fibers are flattened by more than half, and the inner fibers are flattened by a small part to keep them flat, but it is still possible to maintain the continuity of the entire surface of the fibers. "

Zhao Changan motioned to his master to sit down and drink tea, while he went to pick up the long knife with its scabbard stuck in the sand, asking for explanations of the differences between the two techniques.

Zheng Wenzheng asked tentatively: "The second method is more troublesome?"

"It's a lot of trouble. I'll have to wait a few days before I can give it to you."

"Then let's go with the first one."

Zheng Wenzheng said with a smile: "It's just a handle, and it's more interesting if it keeps its original natural state. And you don't have to make it too round, just a roughly round shape will do."