Reborn Craftsman

Fourth Uncle Liu Huaqing's visit to Liu Xing's house today not only surprised Liu Dageng, but also Liu Xing.

Because in his memory, his parents and fourth uncle seemed to quarrel frequently in the past nine years, and it didn't get better for a few days.

As for the reason, it seems to be a few pieces of wood for the separation.

Of course, after their respective lives got better, the quarrels have long since disappeared, and they can all live in harmony. After all, they are brothers, blood is thicker than water, and it is impossible to be like an enemy because of a trivial matter.

Thinking of this now, Liu Xing felt a little funny.

"You...why are you here with me?" Liu Dageng looked at Liu Huaqing in embarrassment.

His younger brother quarreled with him a week ago because of a vegetable field, and almost got into a fight. He suddenly appeared at his door, so he wanted to quarrel again, right?

"Brother! Actually, it's okay!" Liu Huaqing sneered, "I just want to ask, can you make money with weaving dustpans?"

"Yes." Liu Dagen really wanted not to answer this question, but Liu Huaqing was his younger brother, so he had to answer truthfully.

"Do you need help?" Liu Huaqing turned his head and looked at the grain drying field outside, with longing in his eyes: "I think there should be a shortage of manpower in this posture."

In the countryside in 93, the life of unskilled farmers was the most difficult, and sometimes the poor could not even afford to sell salt.

So during the slack season, if you can find a job to subsidize your family, that would be a very honorable thing.

As for Liu Huaqing, because he was close to Liu Xing's house, he 'stared' at the job of weaving dustpans.

"This..." Liu Dagen didn't know what his brother was thinking, he looked at Liu Xing hesitantly, and didn't know how to answer for a while.

There must be a shortage of manpower, but if his younger brother is invited to help, I'm afraid his daughter-in-law will not be able to pass the test.

Who said it was okay a few days ago and had a quarrel in front of a dozen villagers.

Liu Xing naturally understands the father's difficulties and the meaning of the fourth uncle's words. He smiled and said in a daze: "Dad, didn't you just say that you just want to ask someone to help transport the dustpan to the market? Fourth uncle is idle too." If he is free, let him help deliver the goods! If he is willing to learn, he can also help with weaving dustpans, and he will be paid at the rate of four yuan a day."

Four yuan a day's salary was not high in 93, but it was not low. Take Liu Xing's third uncle, Liu Huaxing's carpenter's salary as an example, sometimes it can't even reach it!Even only three dollars a day.

As soon as he said this, the fourth uncle Liu Huaqing was ecstatic: "How can my brother ask for money! I just want to help out in a hurry!"

"You don't want money but you want to eat!" Seeing that Liu Xing had spoken, Liu Dageng didn't bother anymore, but pulled Liu Huaqing and went outside: "Follow me to ask the tractor to knock all the dustpans to the market. Then I’m teaching you how to weave a dustpan, although it’s estimated that it’s only a few days’ work, but if you learn how to do it, you’ll still get some pork money when you go to the market in the future.”

"It's a good feeling!" Liu Huaqing was very excited.

No wonder there was a smell of meat coming from my eldest brother's house a few days ago. It turned out that it was because of this weaving dustpan!

Liu Xing couldn't help shaking his head and laughing as he watched his father and his fourth uncle go away.

Then he didn't stay idle, but walked towards the grain drying field and began to collect those unwanted bamboo shoots.

Seeing this, Little Peanut hurried over to help. Seeing his mother busy editing the dustpan, he blinked his big eyes and asked softly, "Brother, can you take me to the market when you go down?"

"No, because the [-] dustpans probably won't fit in the tractor at one time!" Liu Xing replied with a smile.

Seeing that Little Peanut was a little unhappy, he changed the subject: "But I can go to the market and buy some meat buns for you to eat."

"Really?" Little Peanut smiled sweetly.

"When did my brother lie to you? If you want to go to the market, I will take you there tomorrow!" Liu Xing said while reaching out and touching Little Peanut's head.

"Okay!" Little Peanut ran away holding the little yellow dog.

Liu Xing watched and shook his head, picked up the small blade placed in the corner and began to make a seemingly simple but skillful bamboo product.

This bamboo product has a famous name in the countryside, that is bamboo dragonfly.

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Bamboo dragonfly is one of the traditional folk children's toys, which is widely spread. It consists of two parts: one is the bamboo handle, and the other is the "wings".

When playing, rub your hands vigorously, and then loosen your hands, and the bamboo dragonfly will fly into the sky with a huff, and it will only fall down after spinning in the sky for about one or two minutes.

The bamboo dragonfly was a very subtle invention in ancient times. This simple and magical toy once amazed Western missionaries and called it the "Chinese spiral".

In the 30s, the Germans invented the helicopter propeller based on the shape and principle of the "bamboo dragonfly".

But in 93, Qingshi Village had never heard of bamboo dragonflies at all. Liu Xing can be sure of this, that is, there are no bamboo dragonflies in the entire Shonan Province, or else the market would have been sold like crazy.

It was not until after 2000 that it was passed on from small traders along the coast, and it was all the rage in the countryside at that time.

The bamboo dragonfly he is making now is made of pure handmade bamboo strips. The material seems to be very simple, but if you want to fly by rubbing your hands, it is not something ordinary people can make.

Because this requires high bamboo craftsman skills and certain balancing skills.

Of course, the material of the bamboo dragonfly is not limited to bamboo. Other materials, such as plastic and wood, can be made, as long as you master the principles to fly.

The principle of the bamboo dragonfly flying is that there is an inclination between the blade and the horizontal rotating surface that must be accurate to millimeters. When the rotor rotates, the rotating blades push the air down to form a strong wind, and the air also gives the bamboo dragonfly a The upward reaction lift of the strand.

This lift force changes with the inclination angle of the blade. The lift force is large if the inclination angle is large, and the lift force is small if the inclination angle is small.When the lift force is greater than the weight of the bamboo dragonfly itself, the bamboo dragonfly can fly upwards.

The blades of the bamboo dragonfly and the rotating surface also maintain an inclination, so when we rotate the bamboo dragonfly by hand, it will get the reaction thrust of the air and fly upwards.

The reason why I choose to make bamboo dragonflies is that besides selling some money to familiarize myself with the craft, the most important thing is to see how the bamboo dragonflies are sold. If the supply exceeds the demand like the previous handmade grasshoppers, then open a shop in the market in a short time. Bamboo products store is a good choice.

The reason why it is said to open a family in a short period of time is that it is too easy for others to secretly learn how to make bamboo dragonflies, and it cannot be used as a lifetime iron rice bowl.

If the handmade grasshoppers and bamboo dragonflies sell well, it will definitely bring him a lot of popularity in a short period of time. When his rice noodle shop opens, it will definitely have a multiplier effect on business.

Therefore, every thing he does now is laying the groundwork for the rice noodle shop.

After all, when it comes to food, clothing and housing, food ranks first.

This rice noodle shop belongs to the catering industry. As long as it is run well and the craftsmanship is not fake, there will be no problems in running it for a lifetime.

And as a reborn craftsman, although he can't say that he has reached the level of a master in cooking, he still knows some inside stories after decades of hard work, and has collected a lot of secret recipes for cooking and soup.

Many of them have not appeared in the past nine years, at least not in Qingshi Village, so if he uses them, it will be difficult for him to make money.

Boom~~!Boom~~!

A tractor appeared on the country road, and the ear-piercing roar interrupted Liu Xing's thoughts.

He looked up and saw his father and fourth uncle standing on the open-air carriage, and immediately shouted to his mother on the grain drying field: "The tractor with the dustpan is here, mom, don't weave it, first take out the weaved dustpan." .”

"Okay." Mother Zhu Meiling agreed, and after patting the dust off her body, she brought Liu Hang back.

The tractor belonged to Wang Xiaohe's family in this village. After he drove it in front of Liu Xing, he said, "Let's talk about it first! The shipping fee to the market is five yuan. I won't go if I don't."

Although this was said very kindly, it was very hurtful.

Of course, the main reason is that Liu Xing's family will not give money. After all, they are all from the same village. They know Liu Xing's current financial situation, but they are struggling. Sometimes they can't even afford food.

"You are a real person, I'm afraid we will lose your money!" Liu Dageng now has hundreds of dollars in his arms, and his words are much more rigid than before: "Isn't it just five dollars, take it!"