Reborn Craftsman

Chapter 15 Bamboo Dragonfly

Bamboo dragonfly is one of the traditional folk children's toys, which is widely spread. It consists of two parts: one is the bamboo handle, and the other is the "wings".

When playing, rub your hands vigorously, and then loosen your hands, and the bamboo dragonfly will fly into the sky with a huff, and it will only fall down after spinning in the sky for about one or two minutes.

The bamboo dragonfly was a very subtle invention in ancient times. This simple and magical toy once amazed Western missionaries and called it the "Chinese spiral".

In the 30s, the Germans invented the helicopter propeller based on the shape and principle of the "bamboo dragonfly".

But in 93, Qingshi Village had never heard of bamboo dragonflies at all. Liu Xing can be sure of this, that is, there are no bamboo dragonflies in the entire Shonan Province, or else the market would have been sold like crazy.

It was not until after 2000 that it was passed on from small traders along the coast, and it was all the rage in the countryside at that time.

The bamboo dragonfly he is making now is made of pure handmade bamboo strips. The material seems to be very simple, but if you want to fly by rubbing your hands, it is not something ordinary people can make.

Because this requires high bamboo craftsman skills and certain balancing skills.

Of course, the material of the bamboo dragonfly is not limited to bamboo. Other materials, such as plastic and wood, can be made, as long as you master the principles to fly.

The principle of the bamboo dragonfly flying is that there is an inclination between the blade and the horizontal rotating surface that must be accurate to millimeters. When the rotor rotates, the rotating blades push the air down to form a strong wind, and the air also gives the bamboo dragonfly a The upward reaction lift of the strand.

This lift force changes with the inclination angle of the blade. The lift force is large if the inclination angle is large, and the lift force is small if the inclination angle is small.When the lift force is greater than the weight of the bamboo dragonfly itself, the bamboo dragonfly can fly upwards.

The blades of the bamboo dragonfly and the rotating surface also maintain an inclination, so when we rotate the bamboo dragonfly by hand, it will get the reaction thrust of the air and fly upwards.

The reason why I choose to make bamboo dragonflies is that besides selling some money to familiarize myself with the craft, the most important thing is to see how the bamboo dragonflies are sold. If the supply exceeds the demand like the previous handmade grasshoppers, then open a shop in the market in a short time. Bamboo products store is a good choice.

The reason why it is said to open a family in a short period of time is that it is too easy for others to secretly learn how to make bamboo dragonflies, and it cannot be used as a lifetime iron rice bowl.

If the handmade grasshoppers and bamboo dragonflies sell well, it will definitely bring him a lot of popularity in a short period of time. When his rice noodle shop opens, it will definitely have a multiplier effect on business.

Therefore, every thing he does now is laying the groundwork for the rice noodle shop.

After all, when it comes to food, clothing and housing, food ranks first.

This rice noodle shop belongs to the catering industry. As long as it is run well and the craftsmanship is not fake, there will be no problems in running it for a lifetime.

And as a reborn craftsman, although he can't say that he has reached the level of a master in cooking, he still knows some inside stories after decades of hard work, and has collected a lot of secret recipes for cooking and soup.

Many of them have not appeared in the past nine years, at least not in Qingshi Village, so if he uses them, it will be difficult for him to make money.

Boom~~!Boom~~!

A tractor appeared on the country road, and the ear-piercing roar interrupted Liu Xing's thoughts.

He looked up and saw his father and fourth uncle standing on the open-air carriage, and immediately shouted to his mother on the grain drying field: "The tractor with the dustpan is here, mom, don't weave it, first take out the weaved dustpan." .”

"Okay." Mother Zhu Meiling agreed, and after patting the dust off her body, she brought Liu Hang back.

The tractor belonged to Wang Xiaohe's family in this village. After he drove it in front of Liu Xing, he said, "Let's talk about it first! The shipping fee to the market is five yuan. I won't go if I don't."

Although this was said very kindly, it was very hurtful.

Of course, the main reason is that Liu Xing's family will not give money. After all, they are all from the same village. They know Liu Xing's current financial situation, but they are struggling. Sometimes they can't even afford food.

"You are a real person, I'm afraid we will lose your money!" Liu Dageng now has hundreds of dollars in his arms, and his words are much more rigid than before: "Isn't it just five dollars, take it!"

After speaking, Liu Dageng took out a stack of banknotes, and after giving Wang Xiaohe a glance, he took out one of the five yuan bills and handed it over.

Wang Xiaohe stretched out his hand in surprise and took it: "Yes, Da Geng! It is said that your family has made a fortune selling dustpans recently. I didn't believe it at all before, but now it looks true!"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Liu Dageng waved his hand impatiently.

He is very clear about Wang Xiaohe's character, a typical snobbish eye, if he is not the only one in the village who has a tractor, he would not be invited to transport the dustpan.

"Haha... It was me who looked down on people and said the wrong thing!" Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Wang Xiaohe quickly opened the door of the tractor's open-air compartment.

Seeing this, Liu Xing took the lead in putting the woven dustpan on it, and his fourth uncle Liu Huaqing and younger brother Liu Hang hurried over to help, sweating profusely from being tired.

"136, 137..." Mother Zhu Meiling was counting on the sidelines. This can't be sloppy, one less or one more will cost two yuan!

Wang Xiaohe didn't help, but watched with a smile on his cigarette. Seeing that Liu Dageng was also idle, he quickly handed him a cigarette: "Your dustpan is pretty good!"

"Okay!" Liu Dageng smiled stupidly, stretched out his hand and pushed the cigarette away.

"Learned from your father-in-law?" Wang Xiaohe asked again.

"Hmm!" Liu Dageng did not deny it.

If you said you learned from Liu Xing, it would be a shame.

"How much can one sell?" Wang Xiaohe began to think carefully.

"More than one piece." Liu Dageng did not report the specific amount.

But Wang Xiaohe started to ask: "How much is it? When I'm free, I will ask my mother-in-law to weave a few and sell them in the market to make money and spend some money."

"One piece and five!" Liu Dageng replied with a frown.

"Oh...then you must have four or five hundred in this room!" Wang Xiaohe glanced at the tractor's cargo box: "This one truck will definitely not be able to fit it, it must be loaded with two trucks."

"I said you talk a lot, don't you?" Liu Huaqing who was on the carriage couldn't help but said: "My brother said that there are only four hundred dustpans in total, and each dustpan woven from bamboo is only one or two catties, four hundred at best A thousand catties, this is divided into two trucks, how many catties can be loaded in one car? Five hundred catties is less than five hundred catties, if you want to make money to buy medicine, this is not how you earn it!"

Compared to Liu Dageng, Liu Huaqing is not easy to talk. He hates people who open their eyes and tell lies, especially those who bully his brother in front of him, although he often bullies.

(End of this chapter)