A man travels through time and becomes a widow, only wanting to pursue a career

The shade of green trees blocks the scorching sun.

It's quite cool in the mountains, not as hot as outside.

On their way into the mountains, Chen Changsheng and Liu met several women in the village, some with children.

"Mother Dafu, why are you here in the mountains?" The woman took the initiative to greet Chen Changsheng with a smile.

"I bought some chickens and ducks at home, but there are not enough wild vegetables for them to eat, so I came to the mountains to get more." Chen Changsheng lied casually.

"In our village right now, Dafu Niang, you have the most chickens and ducks. I heard that Aunt Wang bought dozens of them from you, saying they were going to be put in the fields to catch locusts. Dafu Niang, you can help me bring ten of each." Just."

"Sister-in-law Chen is kind-hearted and kind. She never forgets us when she is doing business. Give us the ground vegetables. I won't say any more. I have to go pick the ground vegetables. Pick more tender ones for Sister-in-law Chen." After the woman finished speaking, she took her child and quickly searched for it.

"Hey, you Aunt Dong, I think you just want to pick more secretly, so I'm going to go too! Dafu Niang, don't forget to bring it for me, thank you."

The woman immediately started to trot, fearing that she would pick a pound less than others.

When the others saw the two women running away, they followed closely.

Chen Changsheng: [It’s quite curly...]

Mrs. Liu chuckled on the side, and then said seriously, "Sister-in-law, actually when I first heard that you were harvesting ground vegetables in the village, I also wanted to prepare to pick them. One penny is a pound, and picking ten pounds a day is ten pounds." The money I earn is almost as much as the money I earn from working in the city."

"Then why didn't you pick it?"

"My mother won't let me go. She said that we are so close to my sister-in-law's family. If we go to pick too many times, my sister-in-law will decide whether to accept it or not." Mrs. Liu continued, "Besides, , my sister-in-law has already introduced me to the basket work, so my third daughter-in-law and I have been asked to stay at home."

Chen Changsheng sighed in his heart, this old lady is actually a thoughtful person.

The two of them continued to go deeper. Mrs. Liu pointed to the area in front and said, "Sister-in-law, those are the elm trees."

Chen Changsheng looked in the direction of Liu's finger. There were dozens of adult elm trees in that area.

Elm trees grow neither too fast nor too slowly. It usually takes six or seven years to grow from a sapling to an adult tree.

Liu put down her backpack, looked at the tree and said, "The best elm bark usually comes from mature elm trees. If the tree is too old or too small, the quality and viscosity of the elm bark will not be enough."

She picked and picked, and finally settled on an elm tree that was more than ten years old. She patted the trunk and said, "That's it."

Only then did Chen Changsheng realize that there were many ways to select elm bark.

After choosing the tree, Chen Changsheng tied up his sleeves tightly, took out the knife from his backpack and prepared to cut at the elm tree.

"Hey, sister-in-law, this is not the way to cut the bark of an elm tree. If you cut it like this, the trunk and branches will die in the second year." When Mrs. Liu saw that Chen Changsheng was about to attack the twigs, she immediately Stop it vocally.

"Cutting the bark of elm trees is a technical job. You have to choose thick trunks to cut, and you can't cut the entire circle, otherwise the tree will die. We can't do that and cut off our descendants."

Liu took the knife from Chen Changsheng's hand and made a small cut against the elm tree. Then the blade of the knife pointed downwards and cut off about two palm-sized pieces of bark. "Cut a small piece like this so that the elm tree can still grow." It can slowly recover on its own.”

She moved to another tree and continued, "You can't cut close to one tree. If you finish cutting it, the tree will be completely dead."

After Mrs. Liu cut off the second piece, she returned the knife to Chen Changsheng and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, come and try it."

Chen Changsheng chose a new tree according to Liu's pattern and successfully cut off a piece of elm bark. "I didn't expect that cutting elm bark involves so much detail. Fortunately, you are here. Liu, how do you know this?"

Mrs. Liu said, "Before I got married, when I was at my parents' house, I always went to the mountains with my father to cut down trees. Sometimes we only took the wood without cutting down the trees. My father was a carpenter, and he messed with the trees clearly, and I took them with him. So will some."

"Oh, then you must also be able to do some carpentry?"

Chen Changsheng's original memory did not have much impression of this sister-in-law's natal family.

Ms. Liu smiled and said, "I know a little bit, but I don't like to do carpentry. It's not that I don't like to do it. My father said that carpentry has always been done by men, and I have never heard of a female carpenter."

Liu's father is a very skilled carpenter in Liujiacun. There are wooden blocks and planks in his yard all year round. The wood is piled up like a hill. The whole yard exudes a unique wood aroma.

Mrs. Liu has grown up smelling the simple, quiet, and deep woody fragrance since she was a child. Sometimes she would do something to her father, and it would be natural for her to do so.

"I can do basic things like sawing wood, shaving wood, and drawing lines. I can also make tenons and tenons. When I was a girl, I used the leftover materials left by my father to make small houses and small chairs in a stylish way. My mother You even praised me." Recalling what happened in the past, Mrs. Liu seemed to have started talking and couldn't help but keep talking.

"Actually, compared to specific carpentry work, I prefer tinkering with drawings. It's interesting to see the drawings made by my father. I can also draw some. It's just that my father said that women can't do this, so I still stay true to my husband. Godson, and I can’t read either.

My dad is right, women are the same after they get married. They are surrounded by men, children and the stove every day, so how can they have time to think about their own things. "Ms. Liu laughed at herself.

Chen Changsheng took a deep look at Mrs. Liu. Ancient times were indeed not very friendly to women. Women were defined as accessories that revolved around men, children and the stove. As long as they acted differently from the general public, they would be rejected.

She said, "I have seen an ancient picture book before. The picture in the book is of a man named Gongshu Ban. This man comes from a family of generations of craftsmen. He has participated in a lot of civil work with his family since he was a child. He is good at various fields. Kind of carpentry construction and invention.

Gongshu Ban can make various woodworking tools, machinery, and even weapons. Because these tools and inventions have made people's lives much easier, everyone respects and loves Gongshu Ban. "

Liu said, "This Gongshu Ban can actually build machinery and weapons. It's so awesome. No wonder everyone praises him."

Chen Changsheng continued to tell the story, but she slightly changed the gender of the protagonist in this story, "Gongshu Ban is indeed powerful, but what's even more powerful is that Gongshu Ban is a woman. Although she comes from a family of craftsmen, but not everyone He was optimistic about her and thought that women were not born to be able to do carpentry.

But the public transportation class did not believe in evil. She got rid of the imprisonment and restraint of the world, worked hard to prove herself with actions, and became a respected and skilled craftsman. "

Chen Changsheng remembered that although Gongshuban had won social recognition with his inventions and creations, he was still discriminated against by the upper class because he lived in a slave-feudal society with severe class differentiation.

However, in the eyes of future generations, he is still a great inventor and scientist.