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

Chapter 127 Big Knockout Competition

"Great elimination competition...the first item...the giant ruler draws the line, after the timing drum beats three times, it starts!" You Yan's last "start" was full of luck, his face was red and his muscles were tense!The candidates who were extremely nervous and stared at him followed suit with ferocious faces.

Timing drum, boom!
Wang Ge held the sharp carving knife tightly, his heart beating faster, and he stared at the straight wooden board more than ten feet in front of his feet.She has candidates in front, back, left and right.She is in the third row.

Boom!
There are 20 people in each horizontal row, and there are a total of 230 candidates in this area. In front of each person is a wooden material with similar specifications and smooth surface.

Boom!
Everyone sat or lay down, and began to carve "foot distance" on the wooden board.

Each horizontal row has a tour officer and a craftsman who inspect from both sides to the middle.While inspecting, they shouted: "A quarter of an hour is the limit. After carving the distance, stand back to the original place, put the carving knife under your feet, and wait for the result. Can you understand?"

"Understood!" All the candidates put down their carving knives, or looked at the guards in each row, or at the craftsmen in each row.

This is one of the examination rules: all officials who patrol the field ask questions, they must put down the utensils in their hands, and answer them facing them.

Disadvantages to candidates include: the examination rules contained in this question are not included in the wooden slips issued by the examination preparation area.Each row or the tour officers or craftsmen took turns shouting, and the time when they started shouting and ended the questioning was different.Therefore, each row of candidates must be distracted to listen to the content of the question while the scale is separated from the line segment. The rules are very important!
Furthermore, it is necessary to hear clearly who is asking questions?Is the opponent in front, or behind?If others answered to the inspector, but he didn't react, he might face elimination.

Wang Ge only carved a distance, and when she took back the carving knife, the craftsman behind her shouted again: "The measuring stick to measure whether your engravings are standard is made by the general prison. One zhang and ten feet, each section of chi The distance error must be less than two points! Can you understand?"

"Understood!" She put down the carving knife again, looked back at the craftsman, and replied loudly.

Afterwards, she didn't think about anything, picked up the carving knife again, restrained even her peripheral vision, only focused on the wood under her face, and seized the time to carve the second distance.

You Yu and the craftsman crossed positions, and it was You Yu who shouted: "If the distance is not within the standard, if it exceeds three steps, it will be eliminated. Can you understand?"

"Understood!" Wang Ge narrowly carved the third line segment, then looked back at You Yao and replied.

The craftsman in front of him immediately said, "Can you understand?"

Beast!
Officials! !
This time, everyone just picked up the carving knife and put it down again, furious in their hearts and scared on their faces. "clear!"

You Yan followed closely: "It's better to beat a drum when you leave. Can you understand?"

"understand!"

This time, after the candidates picked up the carving knife, few of them were able to stabilize their minds, and some even stopped the knife to prepare for the next answer.

The craftsman and You Yan walked to the end of the row, returned silently, crossed their shoulders, coughed in unison, walked to the end silently, and returned without saying a word.

Two beasts! !

Two officials!
Candidates with a big heart hanging on their hearts wasted their time in vain.

Wang Ge just caught the time difference!Before the craftsman yelled again, she finished marking the ruler.Her straight wood material is more than one foot, one foot, one inch and three minutes, so the engraved "eleven" distance.

When she stood back to her original position and put down the carving knife, she took a rough look at the area. There were more than [-] people who completed it before her, counting her.

The competition is more brutal than expected.

Although she had calmed down a while before the exam, from now on, she must be even more calm!

She is still far from being outstanding.

Wang Ge was right to be so cautious.The examinees who finished engraving the distance before her were either born in the artisan family or were carefully trained by the family since they were young. Since they set foot on the road of artisan, the measuring instrument they used was made by the general prison!
The rest of the candidates are also the standard measuring instruments that most of the candidates usually use. They are either inherited from their ancestors or bought from old craftsmen who are famous for making rulers.Therefore, the way they mark the line segment is not to directly mark the "foot distance", but to use the blade to refer to it, counting one inch and one inch, and counting to chi.Even the number of intervals and intervals, count to inches, use your fingernails to hold the "inch" position, and then use the blade to count by one point and one point.

Only by reducing the error of the minimum length measurement can the error of the ruler be reduced.This method is stupid, but it is the most accurate method that candidates without good background and standard measuring instruments can choose!

Wang Ge wasn't proud of the fact that she had finished ahead of schedule. She was thinking that if County Magistrate Huan hadn't taken care of her, she would be the same as these candidates who were lying on the ground and couldn't care less about being embarrassed.

Boom!
When the timing drum sounded, everyone was stunned.Some examinees shifted their fingers and lost their sense of proportion. They cried out with an "ah!"

You Yan: "Half a quarter is over. Candidates hurry up."

The examinees all put down their carving knives, and before the phrase "You will understand later", they were so angry that they quickly picked up their knives again.

Candidates present, no matter whether they have completed the grading or not, are thinking: So half a quarter is so short, and it has never felt so short!
Boom!Boom!Boom!
The three consecutive hammers of the timing drum represent the end of the first test item.

"I..." The examinee next to Wang Ge was unwilling to accept this blow, and he was still one foot away from finishing the mark.His planks are the same as Wang Ge's, with a distance of eleven feet!

"I..." He stood up like a fool, hesitating and stopping, after all, he didn't dare to bet that the inspector would not see it, and he didn't dare to make up the last distance quickly, because this is cheating, and his craftsman level will also be reduced. Abolish.

But many people's planks are only ten feet apart!

Why does his just hit eleven feet?In order to get this year's exam quota, how much did he pay, and how much did his family pay!

"It's all...in vain." He put down the carving knife, and his hand was cut.

The examiner came to the front of the formation, followed him with a wave of his hand, and the craftsmen gathered in the first row, each measuring a board.The measurement speed is extremely fast, and the sound of "pass" and "elimination" is frightening.

Four people were eliminated in the first row.

The second row eliminated three people.

It's Wang Ge's row.

The craftsman squatted in front of Zhimu, comparing one foot after another, and was not surprised that all the eleven distances were accurate to the point. He simply said: "Pass."

Four people in her row were eliminated, and without any surprise, the unqualified candidates left the field by a foot.

Boom... skills are not as good as people!
The sound is not as good as a drum, and it is really disturbing to listen to. Who dares to say that he will not be the next one?
At the same time, Weiting.

Because Huan Zhen was going to participate in the township military competition, Ren Suzhi sent Cheng Shuang to take care of him temporarily.Cheng Shuang is very conscientious, knowing that sooner or later Huan Zhen will be admitted to the guard camp, and then the head of Wei Ting will be vacant, and he is qualified to fight for it.

Wang Shu walked quickly with the basket on his back, and came towards the wooden pavilion.She went to the village at the end of March to compete for the "craftsman" spot, and only then did she realize how difficult it was for her elder sister. She was very confident, but it was a pity that she didn't win.Outside the examination room, Wang Shu met Zhang Cang, a village neighbor who was also going to the test.At that time Zhang Cai also followed, for some reason, after that, Zhang Cai came to Weiting every ten days and a half months, and every time he stood on the path she came back from cutting thatch, just looked at her and didn't speak.She's not stupid. If he doesn't tell, she won't ask.

Unexpectedly, this time, Zhang Cai started to follow her, scaring her enough.And how did he get to Weiting at this time?Could it be that he came here yesterday and hid in a thatched nest or a reed nest all night?

Wang Shu came towards the wooden pavilion, and when he saw Cheng Shuang here, he immediately asked for help, "Aunt Cheng." She had been taught by her elder sister, and asked her uncle and Bo Xian to be close to her.

Cheng Shuang stopped Zhang Cai and said displeasedly, "You are not a commoner in Weiting, why are you staying here? Leave quickly!"

Zhang Cai flinched, took a few steps away, but finally was not reconciled, and asked, "Don't be afraid, Shu. I just want to know where Age is?"

Wang Shu hid behind Cheng Shuang, gaining confidence. "Why should I tell you about my own affairs?"

"She used to play with me all the time. Every time I saw her, I would bring her some food. I was reluctant to eat it, so I brought it to her. I treat her so well, but can't I know where she is? I I just want to know where she is." As he spoke, there was the sound of crying.

Wang Shu was no longer the soft character of the past, and did not sympathize with him. He questioned: "Zhang Cai, don't you tarnish my elder sister's reputation! Let me ask you, did my elder sister take a bite of the food you gave me?"

"not yet."

"So you never gave it away, and you thought it was a good thing, let me return it from my sister?"

Zhang Cai suddenly became bewildered. "So, she was on guard against me from the beginning? Doesn't like me? Is that so? That's it..."

Boom!
Cheng Shuang beat the drum, and Lu Wu, the beggar from Weiting, rushed over after hearing the sound.Cheng Shuang raised his jaw and signaled: "That young man is from Jiashe Village, he lost his mind, so send him back to the village. Don't have any accidents then, and rely on Weiting."

After Wang Shu heard this, she was terrified. She hated Zhang Cai, but she still hoped that he could figure it out and get well.

Cheng Shuang sent the anxious little girl back to the Wanghu courtyard, and began to think seriously: Wei Ting is short of manpower, should he come early and serve as Huanting Chief's subordinate?

(End of this chapter)