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Amber wood is very hard, and only the layer of soil and humus attached to the surface is scraped off, revealing a beautiful brown-red color inside.

The oil is very good and the texture is beautiful. It should be amber wood that was buried underground for thousands of years after the big red pine fell down, and the oil was gradually deposited.

It's too useless to use it as a fire, Liu Qingshan thinks, it's better to carry it back and make it into a bracelet, and give it to Grandpa Professor Wang and Master.

When there is nothing to do, a few old men play games, at least they can clear the mind and eyesight, which is good for health.

So he gestured to the master to explain, and the dumb grandpa nodded while listening, not paying much attention.

Originally, in this era, people's first priority is to fill their stomachs. If anyone has nothing to do and plays with a bracelet all day, he will be regarded as not doing his job properly.

After Liu Qingshan finished speaking, the dumb grandfather happily gestured for a while, roughly saying:

There are all these things, in the forest, and in the Xiaosongjiang River, no one takes this as a good thing, and they all set fire to it.

Liu Qingshan also knows that those buried in the forest soil are called amber wood, while those buried in the river water are called wave wood, which have various shapes and are very popular among sculptors.

So he sent this piece of amber wood and two antlers to Mukeleng.

The dumb grandpa moved an object from the back of the wooden house.

Even with the master's supernatural power, it was so difficult to move, Liu Qingshan hurried up to help.

Oh, it's so heavy!

The tremendous pressure from his arm made him realize the weight of the thing and the true power of his master.

If he was asked to carry this thing on his back, there must be only one ending: directly press down.

This is a huge tree stump, more than half a meter high, and the diameter of the wooden stake on it is very thick. It is estimated that two people need to embrace it.

Underneath are a few roots spiraling like horned dragons, and the entire stump is actually a huge piece of amber wood, exuding a sense of simplicity and nature.

The master and apprentice worked together to move the big tree stump to the front of the house, and when it fell to the ground with a bang, Liu Qingshan felt that his arms were limp, and he could no longer lift his strength.

However, his eyes were full of surprises, and he kept circling the stake, the more he looked at it, the more he fell in love with it.

If it is well polished, it will be a natural big coffee table, or in other words, it can be used as a dining table.

In particular, the three main roots twisting and buckling below are almost like three legs, supporting the wooden piles above.

There are also a few small roots around, counting, there are eight in total, a little carving, it is eight coiling dragons.

Good things, really good things, Liu Qingshan now only has one word left in his head: carve and decorate naturally.

"It's just time to boil a pot of boiling water, and the firewood is not enough. This piece of pine nuts is so big, Qingshan, you quickly help Auntie split the fire."

An aunt's voice came from the side, which made Liu Qingshan tremble with fright, and quickly opened his arms to hug the big tree stump.

It's a pity that this one is too big, so I barely hugged half of it: "Auntie, don't burn these pine nuts in the future. Let's keep them and open a sculpture gallery in the future."

Especially Songjiang Langmu, the shape is really wave, you can slowly save it now, anyway, no one wants anything right now.

In the future, the value of wave wood and amber wood will be discovered by people, and it happens to be an exhibition hall in Jiapigou, which is also a major feature.

The aunt curled her lips in dissatisfaction: "What's the use of this thing, it's just for burning fire."

Then she found a few rotten logs, stuffed them into the pot, and boiled water for everyone to drink.

Liu Qingshan, on the other hand, followed his master and patrolled around a few times until the evening when work was over, and then he followed the large army and went down the mountain with wild vegetables on their backs.

The big piece of amber wood was too heavy, so I had to slowly bring it down the mountain in the future. I just took the small piece that tripped him back, which was enough to process bracelets.

There were still two antlers stuck in the back basket, and the rest of the space was filled with young leaves of thorn sticks.

When we got home, it was almost dark. In the courtyard, the fourth and fifth children were playing rubber bands with Xiaoman and a few other girls. When they saw Liu Qingshan, they rushed forward immediately.

Liu Qingshan picked up the two antlers at the back and pressed them on his head:

"Moo, baby, moo—"

A group of children ran around the yard chattering, and the fourth child said with a smile while running:

"Brother, Da Lu Lu is not called like you!"

Liu Qingshan gently used the antlers to pull the second man somersault, this guy sat on the ground and kicked his legs, his face was full of displeasure: "Why don't you do it to others, but you have to do it to me?"

Liu Qingshan was straightforward: "Who called you a wild boy, playing with a group of little girls."

Just as Er Mangzi was about to cry, thinking about what Brother Qingshan said made sense, he got up and helped him unload the big back basket behind him.

Eldest sister Liu Jinfeng came out of the house and asked Liu Qingshan to wash his face and eat. The food was being heated in the pot for him.

Seeing so many crutches, Liu Jinfeng was also full of joy: "It happens to be steamed buns tomorrow morning."

Mother Lin Zhi also came to the hospital: "Let's make dumplings. Make dumplings for your grandfather. Tomorrow is your grandfather's 66th birthday."

Liu Qingshan also slapped his thigh: "Oh, I almost forgot about my busy schedule, 66th birthday, so I'll have a good time."

According to the local custom, on the 66th birthday of the old man, the sons and daughters have to make 66 dumplings, and they must eat them all in one meal.

The elderly have a poor appetite, and of course few people can finish it, so what should we do?

Of course there is a way, so reduce the size of the dumplings and wrap them all into very small dumplings, the kind that can eat several in one bite.

The reason why the old man's 66th birthday is taken seriously is because there is a saying among the local folks: when a person reaches 66, the king of Hades will eat meat.

There is another sentence that is commonly used: 7384, the king of Hades will not tell me to go.

So 66 years old, 73 years old and 84 years old are big milestones, and they must be celebrated with a lot of excitement.

Tomorrow is my grandpa's 66th birthday. Meat is a must for making dumplings, but at this time, where is the meat in the countryside?

And the dumplings must be filled with meat, because Hades wants to eat meat.

Liu Qingshan looked at the sky, his eyes were darkened, even if he drove to the county town, there would probably be no place to buy meat, so he couldn't help being a little anxious.

At this time, my mother smiled: "During the Chinese New Year, I kept two boxes of canned luncheon meat, and I have been preparing them all the time. Let's use the luncheon meat to chop into meat fillings and make dumplings."

Yes, luncheon meat is also meat.

In this era, canned food is not regarded as junk food like later generations.

The canned food at the moment, whether it is canned fruit, canned fish or luncheon meat, is definitely a high-end high-end food.

The problem of making dumplings was solved, Liu Qingshan went into the house and took a bite of his meal, then carried the piece of amber wood to Zhang Jizi's house.

It happened to be grandpa's birthday tomorrow, so he saw if he could carve out the bracelet and give it to grandpa as a birthday present.

Zhang Shuzi also just came back from picking mountains and was having dinner. Several younger brothers in his family also found time to weave chicken coops.

The sales of this new chicken coop have been very good, and it has already brought more than 300 yuan of income to his family.

Coupled with the two dividends a year ago, and the money from selling mountain products in the past two days, the family's savings are also less than 2000 yuan.

This money is enough to give the three boys a daughter-in-law!

So Zhang Shuzi's father has stopped moaning and moaning all day long recently, and his days are getting better and better, and his energy is getting more and more energetic.

Seeing Liu Qingshan coming over made me even happier.

The folks in Jiapigou all know that Liu Qingshan led the group out of their prosperous days.

Liu Qingshan was about to make bracelets, so he told Zhang Shuzi, and the latter agreed wholeheartedly.

Originally, Liu Qingshan thought that there were no modern tools, such as punching machines and polishing machines, so he couldn't do it.

He didn't go home either, and worked with Zhang Shuzi in the warehouse for half a night before he polished the strings.

"Qingshan, I really didn't expect this thing to be so beautiful!"

Looking at this string of translucent brown-red bracelets, Zhang Xiaozi was also full of admiration.

If he hadn't seen with his own eyes that what Liu Qingshan brought over was a piece of pine nuts, and it was processed by them together, he couldn't believe that such a fire-burning thing like pine nuts could make such a good thing.

"Qingshan, you said we make this and sell it, is there anyone willing to pay for it?"

Zhang Xiaozi couldn't help asking.

Liu Qingshan played with the bracelet, smelled a faint rosin in his nose, and his spirit was lifted.

Hearing Zhang Jizi's question, he shook his head and nodded again: "There must be very few people buying it now, but in the future, it must be a hot item."

However, looking at Zhang Bizi, his heart suddenly moved: In terms of ingenuity, Zhang Bizi can be said to be the number one in Jiapigou.

Since the idea of ​​using wave wood and amber wood to open a carving hall in the future, why not ask Zhang Jizi to go out and learn this craft?

Liu Qingshan had never been in contact with this kind of business, so he decided to ask Master Lu for advice when Master Lu brought the fake Baoyu, and it would be best if he could find a master for Zhang Jizi.

Looking at the Shanghai watch on his wrist, it was almost twelve o'clock, so Liu Qingshan left and went home to sleep.

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Qingshan ran to the mountains and returned quickly, followed by a happy master.

The dumb grandpa is now considered a member of their family, so he must participate in such a big event.

A family gathers together to make dumplings.

Grandpa's dumplings were all pinched by Lin Zhi herself, each one was small and exquisite, envious of the youngest brother, and kept begging Liu Jinfeng:

"Sister, can you make small dumplings for Shanxing and me?"

Liu Jinfeng raised his hand and poked her on the forehead, and tapped her forehead with the white flour on his finger: "Then we have to have lunch directly."

Liu Shikui said cheerfully: "Four phoenixes and five phoenixes, help grandpa eat together."

Liu Qingshan took out the bracelet: "Grandpa, this is my filial piety to you. I hold it in my hand and play with it for nothing. It can soothe the muscles and blood, clear the heart and improve eyesight. I wish you a long life!"

"Good good!"

Liu Shikui smiled happily, took the bracelet and looked at it carefully.

It is heavy to start with, and has a faint pine scent. Each bead is the size of a pigeon egg, showing an amber color, giving people a simple and heavy feeling, and the lines on the beads are clearly visible, and the arrangement is very neat.

The most rare thing is that this is a birthday gift from his grandson. This kind of heart is the most precious.

Liu Shikui twirled the beads with a smile, making a soft knocking sound, which was deep and heavy, and it was very pleasant to the ear.

The old man couldn't help showing the beads in Professor Wang's hand: "Old Wang, what do you think? Hahaha, are you greedy?"

Two old people like to bicker when they are free.

Professor Wang has also been jealous for a long time, and can't get used to Lao Liu's vigor, so he glared at his grandson:

"Xiao Shanzi, you have no conscience, let me tell you that the strains will probably not be researched this year, and it will be better next year, no, it won't work next year, just wait until the year of the monkey."

Chapter 193 Pick and choose!

"Grandpa Wang, don't worry, the presents are all ready for you. After dinner, I'll lead you to pick them out, pick whatever you want."

Liu Qingshan knew that Professor Wang was joking, but Grandpa Wang did his best for Jiapigou. The villagers including him were very grateful, thanking him was a must.

Only then did Professor Wang nod in satisfaction: "Xiao Shanzi, if you have a conscience, the gift must be better than this bracelet from your grandfather."

Hearing Grandpa Wang say such angry words, even the fourth and fifth children winked at each other and snickered there. The old and young children have similar tempers.

Of course, Professor Wang also saw the small movements of these two little girls and wanted to tease them.

His grandchildren were not around, so he took these two as his own, so he happily asked: "Caifeng, Shanxing, grandpa's birthday, have you prepared any presents?"

Gift?

The fourth and fifth looked at each other again, their big eyes flickered a few times, as if they were unprepared.

These two little guys are only seven years old, at their age, they really can't think of this.

Besides, in this era, cooking a few eggs or eating a bowl of longevity noodles on your birthday is considered a high-end treatment.

Giving gifts or something hasn't really become popular yet.

Even if the elders celebrate their birthdays like this, let alone children, two eggs will be very happy.

Even families with many children have a lot of work at home and outside the house, and they forget about it when they are busy. This is also a common occurrence.

Seeing the two little girls dumbfounded, Professor Wang finally found a little balance:

"Old Liu, aren't you qualified to be a grandfather? You must be patriarchal and don't care about the two little granddaughters. Otherwise, you can be my granddaughter."

"You!"

Liu Shikui smiled and pointed with his fingers: "Old Wang, are you snatching my granddaughter from me? Don't even think about it. My granddaughter's gift has already been received."

Professor Wang looked at Liu Shikui suspiciously, and recalled in his mind, from early to now, he didn't seem to see any gifts from Lao Liu, so he hummed twice: "Just blow it."

Haha, Liu Shikui laughed heartily, "After Sifeng and Wufeng got up, they wished me a happy birthday. This is their best gift!"

After finishing speaking, he pointed to his wrinkled forehead with his fingers: "They kissed here alone, old Wang, are you envious?"