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

Chapter 6 The Craftsman and the Craftsman

On the way back to the village, the three of them turned to "Shoushipo" to pick up sheep dung. Jia Sanyang told Wang Ge depressedly: "My mother took the straw hat that Sister Ge gave me yesterday."

"Stop pouting, I'll make up another one for you."

"Really?"

Wang Ge nodded.

Jia Sanyang immediately took out the sickle from the back basket: "You use this to mow grass, Sister Ge, don't you have a sickle at home? Look at your hands...don't it hurt?"

As handsome as Wang Ge's face is, his hands are rough, covered with deep old wounds, with calluses on the tiger's mouth and knuckles. "With the sickle, the family members don't have enough land for farming. When I make money, I will buy more sickles."

"Make money? My sister has never been out of the village, do you know how hard it is to earn money?"

"Have you ever been to the countryside?"

Jia Sanyang proudly said: "I have been to the county!"

"The business in the county, do you exchange things for things, or buy things with money?"

"All of them. I see that those peddlers take money, food, and silk cloth."

"Sanyang, do you know that craftsmen in the county have an exam? You can test the craftsman's grade!"

"Hmm... my elder brother seems to have mentioned this. Ah, your hands are bleeding!"

"It's all right."

Wang Yun's eyes were red, he blew on her hand and asked, "Does it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt. After the cocoon is born, the cut will no longer hurt." She smiled and cut off a corner of her skirt and wrapped it around her palm.Continuing to weave straw hats for Jia Sanyang, she asked again: "Shall I weave two and give you one too?"

"Okay, okay!"

Wang Yun on the side lowered his eyelids, the blood had already soaked through the cloth, how could it not hurt?It's just that my sister knows that it's useless to tell others about the pain.My elder sister stole the wool because she wanted to make cotton shoes for her elder parents, so she had no choice but to curry favor with Jia Sanyang.

After dinner, Wang Ge's sister and brother took advantage of the fact that there was no one in the courtyard, and came to the elder parents' house with two sets of wooden tablets.

"Father, we got a baby today!"

Wang Weng noticed that his grandson's eyes were brighter than ever before, so he happily embraced him and asked, "What good things did the tiger get?"

Wang Ge didn't want to play charades with the elders, so he untied the binding rope of the wooden tablet, and put the four wooden tablets on the table, which shocked the eldest parents!
"This is... a bamboo slip? Where did it come from?" Wang Weng rubbed his hands on his clothes before touching the wooden slip, but Jia Yu didn't even dare to touch it.It can be seen that such important things as bamboo slips are known to ordinary people as precious!

Wang Yun immediately sat down properly, and Wang Ge narrated in detail the two encounters with nobles in Shoushipo and Hetan.

"Our tiger head has good fortune!" Jia Yu folded her hands together and prayed to the sky.

Wang Weng and You Rong said: "Then his sister and brother must be sensible to be able to see the nobleman's eyes!" Then he said regretfully, "The nobles just don't know how to live. Look at this wood chip, there are still a lot of empty spaces. , Hutou will not like to waste like this in the future!"

"Yes!" Wang Yun felt the same way.

In fact, regardless of Wang Ge's two generations, he also felt that what the father said made sense.

"Father," she asked: "The nobleman said about the artisan exam, do you think I can try it?"

"Why can't it? It's just right that some of our family's stored food should be sold. Don't wait for the town officials. Let's go to the village to inquire. If we can't find out, we will go to the county!"

Wang Ge's eyes were red, and he said, "Father treats me so well!"

The sister and brother left hand in hand. The bamboo slips are family heirlooms and must be handed over to the elder parents for safekeeping.

Only then did Jia Yu calm down her excitement, and curiously touched the very smooth wood chips that had been polished.

"Don't touch the words!" Wang Weng reminded.

"I know!" Jia's fingers avoided the ink stains, and put them in front of her nose to smell: "It's a little smelly."

"Don't be silly! That's called Moxiang!" He re-tied the two wooden tablets, but he didn't know where to store them. "It will cost a lot in the future, and I have to make a book case for Hutou." The words were sad, but the corners of his mouth were laughing to the ears.

"Give it to me!" Jia Yu gave her husband a sideways look, she knew where to put it.Open the bedside suitcase, there is a bamboo box in the lower right corner, there are several treasures in it.Put the wooden tablets and bamboo boxes side by side, and then cover them with clothes.

The courtyard door rang, it was Wang Ge who went to fetch water.

Jia Yu sat back and said worriedly: "Age is capable, but in two or three years we will be able to meet each other. What will Dalang do then? The tiger's head is small, alas."

"You put it aside to inquire, it's best to renew the strings for Da Lang, otherwise A Ge can only marry in the village."

With the character of a granddaughter, it is really wrong to marry in this village!Jiashe Village is too remote, and any girl with outstanding character wants to marry into the county, even a town.

If a girl marries into Jiashe Village, she must come from a poorer place. For example, Yao Shi, the third-bedroom bride, married from the poorest place in Shatun.

Jia Yu asked: "Husband, what do you think... How is Zhang Cai's young man?"

"No."

"If you really want to marry in this village, isn't Zhang Hu very good? His family has many sons and two strong cows. They open up wasteland and farm land. There is no one comparable to his family!"

"His family is still short of houses! Several sons squeeze into one room!" Lowering his voice, Wang Weng explained: "It is because his family has many sons, so it can't be done. The mother's family is strong, and the girl has the confidence to marry! My uncle's family is strong." , when Age gets angry, how can we explain to her? We can't beat her!"

"Tsk!" Jia Yu glared at her husband, "How can you be like this? You haven't thought about it yet, you just want to fight!"

In the early morning of the next day, Wang Weng and several households in the village went to the township together by bullock cart.Those who do not transport the goods will give two liters of rice to the cattle; those who transport grain like Wang Weng will have to give five liters to one bucket.

This is called "foot power money", and it is round-trip, and it will not be refunded if you don't take a car when you come back.That's why Wang Ge didn't ask to follow him to the township.

Wang Weng was very excited when he went, and sighed when he came back: "I wish I had known the date earlier."

It turned out that when he went to the village to inquire, there was really such a thing as a craftsman's grade examination, and the reduced tax and service were equivalent to the salary given to a craftsman by the imperial court.Among the levels, the lowest is "Craftsman Boy", and the seventh day of May is the exam time!Exam only once a year.

Jia Yu said happily: "Isn't this great? There are still two months to prepare."

"Well, the skill that Age wants to apply for, the number of applicants will be counted in three days, but there is no need to pay, only the handicraft. After passing the skill, you will become a "craftsman". In May, you will be eligible to go to the county to take the "craftsman boy" exam '."

Wang Ge definitely didn't give up, and asked, "Father, how do you teach skills?"

"I'm old, it's the first time I heard there is such a novel test method, it's called: Ji Huagu."

Not long after, Wang Ge went back to the house and pulled out the basket under the wooden bed, which was full of stones picked up before.When she is in a bad mood, she picks stones to relieve boredom.

The "deer stone" she gave Zhang Jiying was not picked up on the river beach, but was always carried with her.From time to time, wealthy children come to visit Jiashe Village, what if they can match what they like?She has exchanged strange stones for lacquer earcups, stag tail fans, and stone dustpan inkstones. These are precious things that are rare for ordinary people, including the wooden tablets exchanged two days ago!Of course, it is all handed over to the elder parents for safekeeping.

In her past and present lives, she knew that opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared.

While sifting through the stones, she recalled the news that her father brought back.

　Uncle's house: Refers to the in-laws' house.Most of the titles of relatives in the Jin Dynasty followed the Han system, and women called their husband's father uncle; their husband's mother was aunt.If the aunt is alive, they are called Jungu and Junjiu; after death, they are called Xiangu and Xianjiu.

　　
　
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