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

Chapter 104 Chapter 104

As soon as the child's hour arrives, the child laborer reports outside.

Xie Ju leaned against the desk to relieve the numbness in his feet, and asked, "Madam, do you know why a night is divided into five shifts?"

Wang Ge really knew the reason, and replied: "Geng, the original meaning is change, and the derived meaning is rotation, succession, and experience. Five shifts, also called five nights and five drums, all take 'five' as the festival. The first day of the first month is the first month. Jianyin, from Yin to noon, from noon to dusk, from dusk to Yin, regardless of winter or summer, the length of time they experience between them is no more than six, no less than four, and it is often between five festivals. Therefore, the fifth watch also means life experience."

"Fifth Watch, also known as Five Drums. Since the girl knows this, it seems that the magistrate has already told you the rules of the quasi-craftsman exam."

Wang Ge's smile froze, and he explained: "The county magistrate only allowed me to take the entrance exam as a craftsman in May, but he didn't reveal the rules. I know that 'Wu Geng, Wu Drum' was taught by a well-educated Lang Jun in the village. "It was when Huanzhen taught Hutou that she listened and remembered it.

Furthermore, what is the relationship between the fifth watch and the five drums and the "prospective craftsman" exam?

"The county magistrate is very cautious. Logically, the rules should not be revealed. However, each family has craftsmen to compete. Every year, there are at least a hundred craftsmen for this Nanshan Villa. Year after year, in order to compete for the five Ten quasi-craftsmen count, how can we not leak the news?"

Wang Ge pondered: The ruler, ruler, and rules that the county magistrate asked her to make must be related to the content of the exam.

Xie Ju misunderstood her contemplation, and comforted: "Don't worry, girl, I will tell you everything I know right now."

The quasi-craftsman examination is by no means a selection test held by county officials for the next step of the "craftsman competition".In this test, the rules of each county, including the counties of the county government, are almost the same.

How could Xie Ju ask the "fifth watch" for no reason?In fact, it implies the "five drums" in the examination process: the famous drum, the inferior drum, the timing drum, the township famous drum, and the rattle drum.

After all candidates enter the examination room, the timing drum will sound first.Every moment, the hammer beats the drum.This drum stand is placed at the four corners of each examination area to urge and disturb candidates.

The first test item: draw a line with a giant ruler.The material of the ruler is either bamboo or wood, and the length is more than one zhang.Note, only draw the "foot distance"!Do not mark "fen, inch" line segments!Candidates can choose one end as the starting point, and draw a vertical line with a carving knife at intervals of one foot.Engraving to the other end is less than "a distance of one foot" as the end.

After marking, the craftsman uses a standard mold to measure, and after passing, the drummer beats the famous drum.Then candidates enter the second area, and if they are eliminated, they will leave the field by themselves. They beat the drums in the exit channel. It is worse than the craftsman exam.

The second test item: draw a line with a giant square ruler.The square material is wood.Starting from the junction of right angles, in the direction of the long end, there is more than one zhang, and only the "inch distance" is marked, and the line segments of "fen and chi" are not marked; in the direction of the short end, there is more than half a zhang, only the "division distance" is marked, and no marking is allowed "inch, ruler" line segment.Similarly, all the underlines end with less than "the distance between minutes and inches" at the end.

The third test item: making "shu gu".For the first two items, Wang Ge already found it difficult, but when Hu Zi finished talking about the third item, her scalp felt numb.Guo Fuzi said that the wooden slips that can be written on each side are called "gu, Shugu".Wang Ge understood this object as a polygonal wooden stick.

Craftsmen provide wooden rules to examinees one by one, and they are only allowed to observe and not touch, and then correct the edges and corners that meet the angle of the wooden rules according to the provided goblet material of "minimum three edges and maximum eight edges".The total time for observing and correcting the goblet is [-] hours to [-] quarters according to the number of edges and corners.

The process of making goblets is timed separately.When the drummer announces the start, the drummer will shake the rattle next to the examinee to disturb the examinee.The rattle stops, and the candidates stop making instruments.

And these are just the beginning of the quasi-craftsman exam.In layman's terms, it is a big elimination, eliminating all candidates who are not strict with the rules and proprieties.

The fourth test item: Candidates quickly enter the mold-making area and select molds.Therefore, the faster the first three items are carried out, the more favorable the fourth item will be.This item is the same as the rules of the craftsman test, which is a test of the examinee's overall ability to grasp the rules and dimensions.

Fifth test item: Candidates enter the utensil area, where there are all kinds of utensils used in daily life or rarely seen.Candidates can choose appliances according to their own abilities and improve their functions.A wooden sign will be erected in front of each type of utensil, stating the name of the utensil, its purpose, and the minimum standard for improvement.If the examinee is illiterate, he can ask craftsmen for help by beating the "township famous drum".

"After the hammer hits the drum, you must call yourself... Wu Zhixiang, Wang Ge, I can't read." Xie Ju said that when he laughed, his shoulders trembled. "That's all, how about it, isn't it?"

difficult!It is much more difficult than the craftsman test!

Wang Ge imagined that if he really beat the famous drum because of illiteracy, the scene would be so embarrassing. "In five months, I will definitely learn a lot of words."

"Don't underestimate it." Xie Ju stopped laughing and reminded her: "Those characters are not all simplified characters, there are even inscriptions in the Yin Ruins. When I go to Shanyin County to hold a craftsman competition in September, the town's famous drum will become a county. Famous drums. At that time, the inscriptions on all kinds of utensils will be full of Yin Ruins inscriptions and seal scripts!"

"That is to say, if I have little literacy, not only will I lose face, but also the face of the village and the county."

"Yes. Especially when you take the exam in Shanyin County, the scene will definitely be spectacular. How can the examiners, craftsmen, and examinees remember the names of others? They will only remember Duyi County... illiterate, Tuyi County... illiterate. Haha !" Xie Ju was laughing, and the embarrassment of Wang Ge's bewildered face, hitting the gavel again and again, and giving the name of the county appeared in his mind, and he fell on the table with a smile.

"Don't say help me, just laugh at me, and you will eat fish for nothing."

"Hi!" The child said quickly and solemnly, "Since I am a friend of Miss Ge, there is one more thing I should tell you. My father is the owner of Nanshan Guanshu."

"Actually, when you reprimanded the craftsman lady that day, I can guess how much."

"Well. Also, my father has two hobbies, raising cranes and raising fish."

"So, the white crane was domesticated by your father?"

"Yes."

"Raising cranes, raising fish... Huh? Cranes eat fish?"

"Cough!" Xie Ju raised his jaw, indicating the small pile of waste behind her.

not good!Wang Ge turned around and picked up the discolored rotten fish head that had been glued to the wood, still wanting to confirm again: "Huzi, your father... what kind of fish do you raise? How big is it?"

"The girl's guess is correct. It's them, the red carp."

Jiashe Village at this time.

The sound of firecrackers has become much less, and every family gathers around their elders, listening to or telling their expectations for the next year, and opening up wasteland in the warm spring, so as to keep the year old.

In the main house of the Wang family, there are only Wang Weng, Jia Fu, the long house father and son, and Huan Zhen.

Huan Zhen's words just now surprised them and had to re-plan.The labor force in the family has indeed been reduced, but because of the cattle, I still want to reclaim a few acres of wasteland.

But what Huanzhen said was: "In August, Qinghezhuang will recruit a group of young children to enter primary school. Grandma Weng, I want to send Ayong to enroll as formal schoolchildren. Qinghezhuang is the manor of Langya Wang's family, Wang's primary school , it was slightly inferior to the Nanshan Guanshu where Age lived before, but from August onwards, they will hire famous Confucian scholars again, and I hope Grandma Weng will consider...relocating."

(End of this chapter)