my daughter my hometown

Chapter 146 Untitled
Su Wu questioned, Fang Weimin hesitated for a while before telling the truth.

It turns out that the traditional shipbuilding craft also belongs to the intangible cultural heritage.However, the handicraft of shipbuilding, like most intangible cultural heritages, has been almost completely defeated by machinery in the modernized industrial system.

The old shipbuilder Fang Weimin knew was a neighbor of his hometown.It is said that he is one of the few people who still insists on making traditional Upon boats, painting boats and fishing boats by hand.

This old shipbuilder is very old now. His surname is Zhang and his name is Haiping.Generations in the family have been shipbuilders.

The reason why his father gave him such a name is that he hopes that the boat built by the child when he grows up can regard the sea as flat.So the name: Haiping.

Zhang Haiping's shipbuilding technology came from his father.

Under the influence of his parents, Zhang Haiping had a deep interest in traditional shipbuilding crafts since he was a child.

However, it was not until the age of 14 that he officially worshiped his father as a teacher and became an apprentice shipbuilder.

Like other fellow apprentices, in the next ten years or so, he worked hard to learn the craft while doing all kinds of hard and tiring chores.

Traditionally, it takes about a year and a half to build a medium-sized fishing boat, and it has gone through hundreds of procedures.

But it took him more than ten years to learn and master these hundreds of procedures.

He grinds the most basic grinding boards well every day; the design is mediocre, and he almost draws the design drawings of all the boats on the nearby coastline; the models are not good, so he makes them one by one. So much so that his family didn't have to worry about having no children's toys or no firewood for many years.

Start at the age of 14, and learn to be 24 years old as soon as you start school.Zhang Haiping finally had the right to build his own fishing boat, and at the age of 25, he launched it and gained people's recognition.

Since then, Zhang Haiping has become a professional shipbuilder, and eventually became the No.40 second-generation successor of their master.After careful calculation, it has been more than 50 years.

Su Wu couldn't help sweating while listening.

"The house, the boat I want is not too big. It's eight to 12 meters at most, enough for a family to sit on, and it can carry about a thousand catties."

He said: "A master shipbuilder like Zhang Haiping, let's not disturb him."

Fang Weimin chuckled, "Of course, I won't bother Grandpa Zhang, but I'm going to look for his son."

Su Wu still couldn't help but look sideways.

"His son is at least over 50 years old. Why is he also an old shipbuilder, and he still takes orders for small boats like ours?"

"Should be." Fang Weimin was silent for a while, "Modern mechanical shipbuilding is fast and good. In fact, traditional craftsmen like Zhang Bo and the others have found it difficult to receive orders."

Su Wu was stunned.

He thought for a while, "You should know their phone number, right? Or, why don't we just call and place an order?"

Fang Weimin was silent again.

"I really don't know about this. But his family and ours are neighbors. I just need to ask the family members to get their contact information."

"It's just..." Fang Weimin opened his mouth, but didn't continue.

"Just what?" Su Wu frowned, and he squinted at Fang Weimin, "Your boy likes to hesitate when he speaks."

Fang Weimin's expression was complicated, he glanced at Su Wu, and then spoke after a while.

He didn't answer the question.

"As far as I know, Zhang Haiping's son, Zhang Bo, is the No. 40 third-generation inheritor of their "Louguang Boat Manufacturing Traditional Craftsmanship". craft."

Su Wu was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help feeling a little distressed.

The Zhang family's craft has been passed down for 43 generations decades ago, which is older than the entire Yangxin Valley, and it is almost as good as Li Yan's master.

However, because there is no money, future generations give up as soon as they say they give up.I have to let people sigh with regret.

Fang Weimin continued.

"Because there are no successors, Grandpa Zhang Haiping and his son Uncle Zhang have always been in a state of anxiety. In our freshman year, because several grandsons clearly refused to inherit the craftsmanship of our ancestors. He almost went, and even Uncle Zhang smashed a lot in a fit of rage. Less shipbuilding tools."

"So now I don't know what's going on with them. I have to inquire carefully with my parents first."

Su Wu rubbed his forehead, thinking about Uncle Ma next door and Li Yan on the mountainside, he couldn't help feeling the same.

Patting Fang Weimin on the shoulder, he said, "That's good. You can take your time with this matter. You should inquire carefully first."

It took several days to inquire about this.

This morning, Su Wu went to Fairy Lake for a morning jog as usual, and prepared to help Li Yan carry water up the mountain along the way.

But there was a difference, besides the cloth tiger, there was also a howling little lion who ran with him.

During this period of time, An An grew up rapidly, almost changing her appearance every day.

Half a month ago, it was less than six jins, but now it has soared to 23 jins, almost catching up with Su Wan's whole body weight.

As for the size of the little guy, it was already bigger than Shi Duanmin's half-year-old milk dog.However, it looks as simple and honest as before, and it is so fluffy that you can't put it down.

It's just that the little guy is back to his normal weight and there's a downside.For example, let alone Su Wan, a little girl, she couldn't even hold Wen Lan, so she had to give up the habit of walking with her in her arms.

Cloth Tiger is a kind and smiling tiger, but in the past it was the only one to accompany Su Wu to run, but now seeing a little tail on the road, it is unavoidable to be a bit apprehensive.

Especially when Bu Huo saw this energetic little guy, shaking his head all the way, running around chasing south and north, and barking non-stop.

It just felt like a bunch of flies had gotten into its ears, buzzing all the time, and it didn't take long for it to be so annoying that its head would explode.

Feeling upset, Buhuo took the initiative to teach this nagging guy a lesson.

One time, when the little guy was bouncing past, it slapped An An and knocked An An to the ground, threatening to press it.

Of course An An couldn't break free, she could only ask Su Wu in front for help under the shock.

It's just that it didn't wake up the owner in front of it, but it pissed off the cloth tiger who was holding it down.

If you want to run together, you just run obediently, what the hell is it called all day.However, the barking didn't have any momentum, and it was embarrassing to the carnivorous animals.

Ow!

Buhuo sank into his dantian, and roared loudly into the little lion's ear.

The sound was earth-shattering, and the birds and beasts on the surrounding mountains were all in commotion, especially the little guy who was pinned down by the cloth tiger was the first to bear the brunt.

An'an almost deafened her ears, and she hugged her little head tremblingly in fright.

Small sample, now you know what silence is golden and blockbuster.

Cloth Tiger triumphantly let go of the cub, and was about to go after Su Wu to beg for fish.However, when it looked up, it saw the tall and straight man standing in front of him with a dark face.

"Abu, don't you want to eat fish today?"

Su Wu threatened.

He quickly picked up An'an, checked it carefully, and found no scars on it, so he was relieved.

Su Wu shook slightly, and the little guy finally came back to his senses.

It looked at the laughing and coquettish cloth tiger below with lingering fear, and after howling a few times, it hugged Su Wu's arm tightly and didn't let go.

"What's wrong with you?" Su Wu asked.

The two guys stared at each other quickly, yelling at each other.

Su Wu shook his head.

He can't understand animal language, but he can also see that the two guys have some conflicts.Fortunately, Bu Huo knew the severity of his shots, otherwise the little guy would not be what An Ran is now.

"An'an, grab it tight."

Seeing that the little guy didn't dare to go to the ground, Su Wu had to take it for a run.

Anyway, when he was running, he didn't mind the weight of twenty catties on his chest.After only taking a few steps, Su Wu had to stop.

An An was worried that she would be thrown off by her master, so the sharp teeth on her claws popped out, almost tore Su Wu's clothes and pierced into his muscles.

"Little slippery head, you should put away the sharp teeth on your paws." Su Wu patted the lion cub's furry forelimbs, then pointed to the ground, "Or go down and run by yourself."

Of course the little guy couldn't understand Su Wu's words.

Seeing its master pat itself tenderly, it hastily called a few times affectionately, leaned over and stretched out its small tongue to lick Su Wu's chin.

Su Wu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and after wiping his chin with a black face, he took off the little guy and put it on the ground without hesitation.

"Follow up yourself."

He glared at the cloth tiger who came over and acted like a baby, "Abu, if you bully it again, there will be no small fish to eat today."

They reprimanded each other and gave a sweet date, the road was calm and there was nothing else to do.

When she arrived at Li Yan's house halfway up the mountain, she was busy packing her things.

Su Wu said hello, poured water into the water tank first, and then asked curiously: "Grandma Li, where are you going after you pack these things?"

"Go to your house." Li Yan smiled and said directly: "Go and see my little apprentice."

After finishing speaking, she went into the room and took a rabbit leg and threw it to the cloth tiger behind.

Buhuo would follow Su Wu to her house to play every few days.Li Yan gave him some meat, and he got used to it.

Su Wu shook his head speechlessly.He let the little lion go, and asked An An to follow the example of the cloth tiger and tear up the meat.

Su Wan has not officially worshiped Li Yan as a teacher at this time, the old lady's statement is a bit shameless.

But Su Wu liked it.

Having said that, he quickly came over in shame to help Li Yan pack his things.

"It should be that we brought the child over to visit Grandma Li, you are the one, how dare you let the old man come to the door in person?"

"What's the matter?" Li Yan smiled happily, "The old lady has spent most of her life doing nothing, but she never expected to find a talented apprentice like Wanwan in her later years. I already feel that I have made a lot of money and am happy You must always want to burn high incense. Don’t ask for anything else.”

She said: "Besides, your family is building a house, and there are many kinds of mundane things. In the past few days, old lady, I have finished making silk strings, and I have nothing else to do at hand. I just happened to go down the mountain for a walk."

Su Wu chuckled, and looked down at the things Li Yan had sorted out.

There are not many things, just one big and one small two guqin, some brushes and rice paper.

His eyes lit up, "This small and exquisite guqin is very cute, I should like it in Wanwan."

Su Wu flipped through it fondly, "Does it have a long history? Be careful not to be broken by children."

"It's all right." Li Yan didn't care about it, "It's true that this young child has practiced the piano for a long time. But it doesn't have a history of thousands of years like the Hanyue Qin."

She smiled and said, "Xiao Wu, don't worry, if it breaks, I'll make another one."

"Cuzhi means violin making. I really can't see that you will always know this skill." Su Wu was taken aback, and couldn't help but use the honorific.

"It's a trivial matter." Li Yan's face was indifferent, and he didn't think it was a big deal.She said: "There is no way to learn to play the piano. In the words of you young people, you are all forced out."

Su Wu was taken aback for a moment, and said blankly, "What do you mean by your grandma?"

She just learns to teach the piano, she just needs to learn how to teach others.Chuiqin has its own professional cueqin teacher, who would force her to learn cueqin?

Li Yan pointed to the Guqin with two faces, and answered the question.

"Since the birth of Guqin, it has condensed the essence of many traditional Chinese cultures. So many things about it are fixed, because it needs to correspond to our traditional culture one by one."

"For example, its total length is about three feet six inches and six minutes, which corresponds to 366 days in a year. The total width is six inches, which corresponds to the Liuhe directions of front, back, left, right, up and down. The thickness is two inches, which corresponds to Yin and Yang... "

Su Wu had a weird face and couldn't help correcting him.

"Grandma Li, if I remember correctly. There should be 365 days in a year?"

Li Yan chuckled, "Our traditional calendar has leap days, so we have to add one day."

Su Wu's old face flushed, and then he suddenly realized.

Li Yan pointed to a row of white dots on the Guqin.

"These dots are called emblems, and there are thirteen in total. It can be said that these emblems can best illustrate that Guqin is the crystallization of traditional Chinese culture. Because it also symbolizes the time of the year, and only us in the world have thirteen months."

A flash of inspiration flashed in Su Wu's mind, and he hurriedly said: "We have leap months, so sometimes there are thirteen months in a year."

"That's right." Li Yan Ruzi nodded adorably, "A guqin, the place where the head of the piano is called Yueshan, the strings are like flowing water, when it flows through the thirteen emblems, it returns to the bottom under the feet of the wild goose, and settles in the dragon. In the pond and phoenix marsh..."

"Goose feet?" Su Wu looked curiously at the two round pillars under the piano.

"It's the geese's feet." Li Yan chuckled, "In the past, wild geese not only symbolized love, but also symbolized reputation. The strings are fixed on the geese's feet in the hope that they will always be stable and live up to the entrustment of the qin player."

"Interesting." Su Wu nodded clearly.

Li Yan said: "It can be said that since the birth of the Guqin, it has represented the traditional culture of Miao Honggenzheng. Therefore, for thousands of years, everything about it, including its length, width and height, has hardly changed. Unlike the Guqin Other musical instruments of this kind have different appearances with the changes of the times.”

Su Wu looked at the small guqin subconsciously, and said with a strange expression: "Then this is..."

"This is a specially made piano practice for young children in our division." Li Yan smiled.

She explained: "Because the official Guqin has a fixed length. Children have small hands and short hands, and they usually can't press the few emblems on the end of the piano when learning. Therefore, our teacher secretly made this small Guqin for children. Practicing piano skills."

After finishing speaking, she looked back at her small broken house.

"In addition to this practice violin for children aged 3 to 9, I actually have a practice violin for girls between the ages of 9 and 15. Only after you have mastered these two practice violins can you formally Use the Hanyue Jingchen in my hand."

"It's amazing, I admire it." Su Wu had no other words other than dry praise.

"Because of this, the successors of our master's family have to learn how to chop the piano."

Li Yan finally turned the topic around.

"Because adult pianos have been available all over the country since ancient times. And the pianos that are unique to children and girls in our division cannot be bought outside."

"That's why the teacher's school has regulations. We have to learn how to make the piano by ourselves, so as to ensure that we can repair it and build it once it is damaged."

Su Wu was stunned, "So that's how it is."

(End of this chapter)