I went ashore by weaving straw shoes and became a master craftsman

Chapter 19 Bamboo Craftsman and Bamboo

No matter what a bamboo craftsman makes, the first step is to select materials. The county will provide bamboo materials uniformly for this exam, which saves the step of "selecting bamboo".

So now the first step is "sawing bamboo".This does not mean sawing the bamboo stalks directly into sections, but only sawing the ends.The purpose is to remove the places where the root nodes of the bamboo are too short (referring to the end of the underground stem), and the places where the bamboo shoots are too thin, especially the most of the tips of Cizhu are curved and must be sawed off.

The second step is "rolling bamboo festival".Use a strip knife to cut all the knots and scars of the bamboo, because in this process, the hand has to keep turning the bamboo body, so it is called rolling bamboo knots.

The third step is to "break the bamboo".Start from the middle of the top of the bamboo, and after breaking a section, you don’t need to use a bamboo knife. Stand up and press down on the bamboo body with your hands, and you can use the inertia of the bamboo’s natural cracking to break the bamboo.If asymmetry is found during the breaking process, turn the smaller half of the bamboo body to the top.When the last two sections are broken, put down the bamboo stalk, step on the bottom half with your feet, and lift the other half of the bamboo body up, and it will be completely divided into two.

The fourth step is "layering".The main point is: symmetrical equal parts.Because of symmetry, the splitting inertia of the bamboo itself can be utilized to the greatest extent, and the bamboo stalk can be split, split, and split again without much effort.This is also the reason why people liken every victory to "the momentum is like a bamboo".

The thickness of the strips after layering is not specified, it only depends on the requirements of the objects that the craftsman wants to weave.But every time you chop, the bamboo knife should always be kept perpendicular to the bamboo surface!

Wang Ge was very focused on chopping, and unconsciously, the awkwardness and discomfort of touching the bamboo knife disappeared little by little.After adapting to this knife, it began to awaken the craftsman gene of its owner with the sound of "click" every time the bamboo body split.

Wang Nanxing...

In her previous life, she was Wang Nanxing, a bamboo weaving craftsman!

Click!The bamboo body splits.

Click!The bamboo body splits again.

In the process of accumulating bamboo strips on the ground, the sun gradually moved to the center.The temperature rose sharply, and Wang Ge was sweating profusely, as was her face, but she didn't realize it.

click!
click!
It is this kind of crisp sound of bamboo strips, so sweet, every sound can arouse the excitement in the bones, and accelerate the flow of the craftsman's blood!

Click!Click!Click!
The crisp sound of bamboo strips not only represents the next painstaking efforts of the craftsmen, but also implies that bamboo is about to be reborn as a phoenix!

Bamboo craftsmen and bamboo are by no means butchers and lambs, but mutual fulfillment!
The concubine who distributed the lunch silently placed the food basket in Wang Ge's area, and only then did she know that it was already noon.

Lunch is a steamed cake and a bamboo pot filled with water.Bamboo baskets and bamboo pots are given to the craftsmen and can be recycled. When you are thirsty, you can go to the officials and concubines to add water.

After she was full, on the way to add water, she went to the hut, perhaps because there were few girls, the hut was not dirty, and there were two suspicious bamboo sticks standing on the wall.Wang Ge slandered, who is this? It took only half a day to poop!

After returning, continue to strip bamboo. This is the characteristic of bamboo weaving. In the first two days, it is almost bamboo strips. Each piece has to be polished several times with a scraper to make the bamboo silk more even and smooth.

At dusk, the drum for the elimination of craftsmen rang, which was the first sound of "not as good as the drum" in this exam.

The hearts of all the craftsmen jumped violently with the sound of the drum, which proved that the examiner had come to inspect the venue!
Boom!The second drum beat.

Less than half a quarter had passed since the elimination just now!

Eliminated for what?Didn't at least three examiners give "inferior" marks at the same time?Is the examiner's rating so decisive?
Wang Ge couldn't help but think wildly. There were no examiners in the area where she was located, only servants and concubines pushing a wheelbarrow and starting to deliver dinner.

She no longer strips bamboo wire, picks out some thin bamboo tubes, and makes this exam, her second work: double-row pipa tubes!

In the previous life, where bamboo was abundant, many children would make their own toys like Pipa tubes.After you understand the principle of air pressure, you don't even need any skills to make it.

The small balls that serve as "pipazi" can be used as mud pellets, and you don't have to pick them up when you hit them.

Nine examiners flocked here, seven men and two women, all of whom are "craftsmen" of wood skills, some of them are good at woodworking, and some are good at bamboo weaving.When they came to Zhang Qingxiaolang's area, most of them nodded and smiled, and praised a little.

Zhang Qing's works are quite satisfactory: Bamboo Mat.

But the more regular things are, the better the craftsmanship can be compared, and there is - the inheritance of skills!
The craftsman level of the chief examiner is "medium craftsman". He has a lot of experience and knowledge, recognized Zhang Qing's weaving technique, and told the other craftsman examiners: "This is the unique weaving method of mirror strips of the Zhao family in Kuaiji Mountain. The silk is extremely thin, and after the bamboo mat is woven, it is as smooth as a mirror."

When Zhang Qing heard the examiner mention the inheritance division, he immediately put down his work and got up.

The examiner smiled gratifiedly: "Go ahead. Let's go, let's look at other things."

When they came to Wang Ge, it was already dark.

Wang Ge stacked the strips of bamboo strips neatly, and the eyes of all the examiners were poisoned. They could see how fast the craftsman was moving the strips of bamboo strips!Moreover, the fineness of the bamboo threads is consistent, which requires many years of experience to be stripped out!
Some examiners even gave a slight "Huh", which shows how surprised they are!

The chief examiner touched the bamboo thread front and back, and it was smooth without bamboo thorns, which further proved that this craftsman is by no means a superficial skill!

"What's the candidate's name?"

Wang Ge obediently stood aside just now, and immediately replied: "Examinee Wang Ge."

"What are you holding in your hand?"

I have been waiting for this question!She held the pippa tube in both hands, and replied: "It's used to scare the mice. It's something I've been thinking about."

"To scare mice? Demonstrate."

In fact, at this time, only three examiners, including the chief examiner, were interested in this bamboo tube bracket that looked like a "well" character.

"Yes." Wang Ge had already stuffed the mud pills at the front end of the tube, and stuffed a few mud pills into the double row of vertical pipes (the channel for leaking mud pills), and then held the lower row of vertical pipes with his left hand, facing the open space on the side. , push the double-row piston hard with the right hand.

Two loud voices in no particular order: Pop!
The two mud pellets hit the ground at a speed invisible to the naked eye, making two small holes.

Examiners...

"Ahem, please demonstrate again."

The next day, the "rat whacking tube" was presented to the magistrate of Huan County.

County Magistrate Huan tried a few, and said: "The truth contained in this thing is actually not difficult. The difficulty lies in who thinks about it first and applies it! This craftsman recorded it, and as long as the rest of the products reach the middle level, he will be recorded as a craftsman boy."

Menxia Jianshi was appointed as an official by Huan County Magistrate after he took office, he smiled meaningfully, and added a word of reminder: "This craftsman is a little girl, surnamed Wang, surnamed Ge, from Jiashe Village, the township of Puzhi. "

"Jiashe Village, Wang Ge? Is it the one that Ah Zhen recruited by cheating when he secretly sought out the middle craftsman?"

"Yes." Yan Shi hurriedly said again: "The subordinate has already sent that middle craftsman away from our Duyi County. Now the examiner in this examination room is surnamed Zheng, so there is no problem."

"What I want is fairness and justice in the exam! I will not allow a person with insufficient craftsmanship to make up for it because of Ah Zhen's relationship, and I will not let those who are talented in craftsmanship be buried in the countryside because of Ah Zhen's relationship."

"Yes, this subordinate will tell examiner Zheng right now."

"Wait!" He leaned on the chair, frowned slightly, and thought slowly: "Since Wang Ge knows that the rules of the craftsman exam have been changed and there are three rounds, why did she choose the first round... Just make this kind of clever thing that will definitely attract the examiner? Could it be... Hehe, tell examiner Zheng to let him show that he wants to eliminate the other party in front of this examinee. I want to see if she can still make Come up with something even better than this...!"

"The subordinate understands, let's go."

County magistrate Huan tried a few more, and it was rare to arouse a bit of childish fun: "The rat-beating tube is too ugly. This thing should be called... Pipa tube as it sounds when you push it and hit it."

(End of this chapter)