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

Chapter 8 Many Liu Xuande

"My surname is Liu."

"Surnamed Liu? Are you, could it be that you are Liu Xuande?"

Wang Erlang quickly touched his niece's forehead. Could it be that she has a fever?

Liu Xiaolang took a look at her: "When you get up early tomorrow, you will see a lot of Liu Xuande on the street ahead."

"Really?" Wang Ge looked suspicious that the other party lied to her.

Wang Erlang was in a hurry: "Let's go, I'll take you to the pharmacy first."

"Second Uncle, I'm not sick. Brother Liu, do you want to take the carpenter exam too?"

"No."

"That's really troublesome for you, and you even took us to see the examination room."

"No trouble, my house will live there."

The farther east you go, the more remote you are, and you can already see a large area surrounded by fences.It was not open to the public at this time, and the three stood outside the fence. Liu Xiaolang pointed to the leather drum as big as a millstone in the center of the field, and said: "The time will be counted by that drum. It will be beaten five times every quarter of an hour, and there will be a total of one hundred drums." Down."

Just as Wang Erlang started counting with his fingers, Wang Ge said "Oh" and said, "Two and a half hours."

Liu Xiaolang finally got a little expression on his face, and asked curiously, "How did you do the calculation so quickly?"

"Is it still worth calculating? One hour is eight quarters of an hour, and every quarter of an hour is struck five times, and one hour is struck forty times. Can't it be calculated in one go?"

Wang Erlang lowered his hands in embarrassment, thinking: his calculations are so accurate, his brain seems to be fine.

Liu Xiaolang bowed in admiration, and said: "The selection time and place of all kinds of craftsmen are staggered, and the ingenious skills of the carpenter category will be competed here in two days. The young lady wants to participate in the grass weaving branch?"

"Yes." Wang Ge thought to himself: This person is young, his observation ability and thinking are very clear, and he is by no means an ordinary farmer.But how can he be sure that it's my competition, not the second uncle's competition?

"Can you make it up for me?"

"can."

This is the first time Wang Erlang watched his niece weave seriously. In the past, Hutou often played with grasshoppers, sparrows, and butterflies made of straw. The older brother’s Shau Kei craft was first learned by his niece and then taught to his elder brother. But even so, Wang Erlang still just thinks that his niece is really smart and handy, that's all.

Now he saw his niece wrapping and inserting leaves with ease, and the speed was very fast. In each movement, the hand stretched the leaves perfectly. For a while, he no longer felt that his niece's hands were rough, because all the attention was paid to the leaves. All of them are attracted by her dexterity and quickness.

A green peach is woven out, and there are four petal leaves under the peach seat, which adds a bit of vitality to the peach as a whole.

Wang Erlang praised: "Age's weaving is so beautiful!"
Liu Xiaolang also boasted: "Not bad." But then he warned: "If you knit all ornamental objects when you take the craftsman exam, you won't pass the exam."

Wang Ge understood: "Brother Liu is saying that in the craftsman exam, the emphasis is on practicality?"

"Yeah. It's the same sentence. You and your uncle will walk around the street more tomorrow, and you will understand."

The uncle and nephew thanked each other, Liu Xiaolang nodded and left.

Wang Erlang said: "Age, have you noticed that Liu Xiaolang is not like the son of our small family."

"He has tied his hair and may have started reading."

"It's good in the countryside, and ordinary people have the opportunity to study." Wang Erlang didn't know what to think, and his brows were filled with hostility.

Wang Ge hurriedly said: "Second uncle, don't be discouraged, our son-in-law may be able to study in the future!"

"Hmph, how can you have such a good life! Let's go and find a place to live."

The two walked north, but Wang Ge didn't really dare to look at his uncle's face, he always felt like he was going to kill someone.Suddenly hearing that the second uncle regained his cheerfulness, he said in a rather smug tone: "Looking for a guest house in the countryside, you have to pay for food and lodging, how stupid! It's better to live in a rural pavilion."

"Is it free?"

"Of course! If the post house dares to ask for money, we will sue him!"

Half an hour later, the uncle and nephew pushed open the door of a room in the post house, feeling that the dust on their faces was accompanied by the sound of the earth shaking.

Then, both of their faces darkened by at least two shades.

"Cough, cough, cough!" Wang Ge wasn't disgusted by the dust. There were both a sauce room and a pigsty in this yard, and the stench was fermented.No wonder I didn't see other travelers when I lived for free.

Wang Erlang made a nasal voice from being smoked: "Age, before it's dark, you should clean up quickly, I'll go out to get some air!" He ran away before he finished speaking.

Wang Ge shook his head, there was no other way, and he had to stay here for a few days, so hurry up and tidy up!

In the early morning, Wang Erlang and Wang Ge took to the streets with dark circles under their eyes.The pigs in this hostel stayed up all night, the mice chased the geckos, and the geckos chased the spiders, so they couldn't sleep well.

The free breakfast is wheat cake with at least one-third of the chaff mixed in.Uncles and nephews are exactly the same in terms of stinginess, as long as they can bite!

After daybreak, the streets are full of shopkeepers and street vendors. It feels like sellers outnumber buyers by many times!
I didn't look carefully yesterday, but today I found that besides weaving and pottery, there are also sesame oil sellers, fishing nets, farm tools and so on.

Most of the woven products are rain gear (hatted hats, coir raincoats, and quilts); containers; and miscellaneous items (shoes, hemp rope).

The pottery is mostly cooking utensils and food utensils, and every pottery stall sells "bu" for sauce, which is a specialty of the hometown of buzhi.

Wang Erlang blushed, and said, "Age, then Liu Xiaolang is right. The peaches and butterflies you made up may not be sold."

"Second Uncle, don't worry, I will make up these too."

"Well, I can see it, you are the best at making up nonsense! If you can make up, why don't you make up some bullshit for our family?"

"My father made up all that I asked my aunt to take back to my mother's house, so my efforts were not in vain."

"Is there such a thing?"

Wang Ge looked at his second uncle pretending to be contemptuous, and Wang Erlang felt guilty, so he had nothing to say to the stall selling wooden barrels next to him: "Mr. Lang also wants to participate in the craftsman assessment in the future?"

"Huh? Why are you scolding people for no reason?"

The uncle and nephew ran away quickly under the angry eyes of this person, why did they scold him without understanding?
As the day dawned, there were many vendors selling raw materials, each with its own characteristics.

"Selling straw...the straw used by Uncle Liu Huang back then."

"Selling wattle... Lian Po is responsible for the wattle used to plead guilty."

"Selling wild rabbits... the rabbits in the three caves of the cunning rabbit, the sauce made from this kind of rabbit meat is very delicious!"

The uncles and nephews made way for each peddler, walked forward, turned a corner, and all the street view blocked by a cloth store came into view. For a moment, they stopped in amazement.

On both sides of the street, there are piles of straw piled up one after another, and the people sitting in front of the haystacks are all children, the younger ones are six or seven years old, and the older ones are about the same as Wang Ge, all of whom are weaving straw sandals!
"Sure enough... a lot of Liu Xuande." Wang Ge murmured.

A girl near the booth greeted with a smile: "Uncle, sister, look at the straw sandals I made, they are strong and not sticky." Then, she whispered: "If you like it, I will give it to you." One pair, as long as you throw flowers to me in the future."

The uncle and nephew were shocked: How wicked, how dare they cheat!
Wang Ge asked: "You participated in the artisan competition at such a young age?"

"Don't you start applying for the exam at this age?"

Xiao Lang from the stall next door shouted, "Did you whisper just now? Did you plan to bribe flowers with straw sandals?"

"Don't talk nonsense!" The little lady scolded back with raised eyebrows, but she didn't dare to talk about delivering shoes, and said with a smile: "Uncle and sister try it, the straw sandals I made are really durable. If you can buy a pair, it’s the same price on this street.”

Indeed, there are standard "tools" in every booth.

The stingy duo would not be willing to exchange grain for straw sandals. Only then did they understand why the vendor who sold the barrels just now was angry.It turns out that all the applicants for the artisan examination are children?

　Combined tools: together, sound ge, three tones.Ten together equals one liter, ten liters equals one dou, and ten dou equals one dendrobium.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)