Dad's Pastoral Life

Chapter 40 Bamboo Weaving
Li Tao stepped forward, his expression turned into a leisurely gentleman, and sat directly opposite Jiang Yutong.

He smiled and said: "You are so kind to those villagers, aren't you afraid that they will have fantasies about you? One is in the sky and the other is underground. Aren't you just making others sad?"

When Jiang Yutong rolled his eyes, he naturally understood that he had heard his phone call, and the person who was "fantastic" was undoubtedly the mountain man who killed the wild boar.

She thought about it, and thought that it shouldn't happen, so she asked back: "Is it possible? Probably not!"

Li Tao replied with a serious face: "I am also a man, I can tell you: Yes! No man will not be attracted to a woman like you, especially you have been so good to him many times. If he is not interested in you, unless he is gay .”

He has kids and is definitely not gay.

Jiang Yutong immediately said: "But doesn't he already have a wife and children?" She thought that a man with a wife would not mess around again.

"Honey, have you seen it? I haven't seen it." Li Tao said leisurely.

That dilapidated house, with its bare walls, didn't smell like a woman in it. It probably ran away long ago, and the man raised the child alone.

Jiang Yutong thought for a while and said, "I am good to Taohua Village, but I actually have my own purpose. I have carefully thought about the development route of Xiaolian Mountain, and I think we should follow the humanistic route."

Humanities cannot avoid dealing with the residents near Xiaolian Mountain, which is why she took the initiative to integrate into Taohua Village.They are the people who know Xiaolianshan best, and they must have the deepest relationship with Xiaolianshan.

"Humanities? Heh... With all due respect, which person develops projects now without putting interests first? Your thinking is still a little too naive. I'm more straightforward..." Li Tao said with a smile.

He really laughed, but he quickly realized that this smile might be interpreted as "sarcasm", so he quickly explained that his words were more straightforward, but he didn't mean to hurt her.

Jiang Yutong waved his hand and expressed his point of view: "Of course interests are important. But think about it, if we develop scenic spot projects now, can the national scenic spots be the same as before? Then why do we need to come all the way? "

"What does it matter if it's so far away? Now that Xiaolianshan is already well-known, let's strike while the iron is hot and build up momentum. If we become famous all of a sudden, won't everything come to fruition?" Li Tao expressed his vision.

As a "senior" in the business world who was older than Jiang Yutong, he felt that he had to remind her not to be too naive.

Jiang Yutong argued: "However, this plan can't stand out from the crowd! We put so much thought into investigating and formulating the plan, is it just to make a scenic spot that can't even stand out in Nanshan? How can it be famous in China and attract people? overseas?"

Li Tao almost burst out laughing: "Your ideal is really big. You can become famous in China and attract overseas at every turn. How many scenic spots have achieved this in the decades of tourism development in our country?"

Jiang Yutong was speechless, he couldn't do it before, can't he do it now?After thinking about it, she felt that there was no need to continue this topic, and asked, "Why are you here?"

The topic changed abruptly, and Li Tao followed suit, saying, "I'm also here for dinner."

Jiang Yutong looked at the clock on the wall and said, "It's past two o'clock in the afternoon, why haven't you eaten?"

"Because I've been waiting for you." Li Tao said with a pun.

Jiang Yutong shrugged, her attitude had been clearly told to him many times.Now, she doesn't say much.

The dishes in the farmhouse were quickly served, authentic farm dishes, very fresh, she decided to taste them.

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Cheng He and Cheng Shi chopped a thick mangosteen and went back.

A piece of bamboo actually doesn't need two people, and Cheng Shi's arm is still hanging, so he can't help at all, at most he can help take care of Cheng Xinxin.

The reason why he came out with him was because he was depressed enough to stay at home.

There are almost no people in the village who stay at home like him.He runs motorcycle operations every day, and it is also precarious. The money he earns every month is not stable, and he cannot go out in rain or snow.

The most annoying thing is that as long as you are at home, you will inevitably be nagged by your parents.

"Hey, Heizi, I also want to go outside and have a look. What do you think someone like me is suitable for?" Cheng Shi asked Cheng He.

Cheng He smiled: "I'm eager to come back, but you still have to go out. Isn't it a pleasure? How comfortable at home."

"Zizai is Zizai, it would be better if my parents don't nagging. But Zizai has no income!" Cheng Shi was very troubled.

At this moment, Cheng He was carrying a bamboo tree, thinking about the sculpture art forum. He didn't know how the bamboo weaving art in Taohua Village would be on the Internet, so it was too early to say.

So, he just said: "Let's wait for a while, if I have something good, I will help you pay attention."

"Hey, good!" Cheng Shi agreed wholeheartedly.

The bamboo was delivered to Cheng Shi's home, and Cheng He was rarely able to help with the next matters.

If you want to make bamboo toys more exquisite, you still need to add a lot of meticulous craftsmanship.The thickness, width, etc. of cutting bamboo strips must be done by skilled masters.

Cheng He told Cheng Shima that she hopes she can play at the highest level as much as possible.Only the superb skills make people's eyes shine, and it is possible to kill a world on the Internet.

The works of other artists can be valuable, and naturally they are not made casually with their eyes closed.

Cheng Shi's mother didn't know his intentions, and thought he was just making toys for Cheng Xinxin, but she felt that Cheng He was very careful in taking care of children.

Sometimes she also asked Cheng Shi, why he only brought back a child, why didn't his wife bring back?Judging by his behavior, he doesn't seem like the type who can drive his wife away!

It's just that Cheng Shi didn't ask Cheng He specifically, so she naturally couldn't ask.She just felt that the child was suffering.

When she thinks about it, she can't help but feel sad sometimes - Cheng He's own parents are gone, otherwise, the child's grandparents will naturally do a job like this properly, and there is no need to speak to her, an outsider.

Cheng He's parents were also quite good at bamboo weaving back then.

After clearing up her mood, Cheng Shi's mother began to deal with the bamboo.

The bamboo Cheng He brought back was very good, and it looked like bamboo that had grown for more than three years.

Don't look at the bamboos, they all feel the same, there are big questions in it:

The growth age of mangosteen is mainly distinguished from the surface color of bamboo.The newborn mangosteen has oil-green stalks with fine and soft hairs;
In the second year, the fine hairs on the stalks fall off, the stalks are green, and a silver-white powder ring appears under each bamboo node; in the third year, the epidermis turns yellow-green, and the powder rings under the nodes turn gray-black and gradually disappear;

After the fourth year, off-white powder gradually grows on the stalks, and the skin gradually turns yellow; after more than 7 years, the skin turns yellow.

For weaving different things, we must pay attention to the choice of bamboo, and it is not possible to use just one tree.

Bamboo that is 1 to 2 years old is tender and loose, and is easily deformed after the finished product is finished, so it is not suitable as a material for making. Bamboo that is more than 6 years old is old, and the surface of the produced object will be green and rough due to the rough texture.

Therefore, it is best to use bamboos that are 3 to 5 years old.

After the bamboo is selected, there are still a lot of processes to be done later.Remove, break bamboo, split strips, remove yellow bamboo strips, take layers, pick bamboo strips, scrape bamboo strips, cook bamboo strips, etc.

They have a good inheritance of bamboo weaving craftsmanship, but because they can't feed people and can't fill their stomachs, they can do all the crafts now, and maybe only some elderly people are left.

(End of this chapter)