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

Chapter 133 Utensil shed, real pit
The examiners outside copied their hands, and they looked at the smiles of the wood and bamboo utensil sheds, which seemed strange at first glance.

At this time, Wang Ge has completely expelled his impetuosity, and is immersed in the movements of hooking, twisting, folding, and weaving with his hands.The seemingly dense and messy rush stems actually have a very orderly weaving technique, and every few steps form a group, which is always repeated.

With his right hand, he folded a grass stalk towards her body, and with his left hand, he held it...

The lower grass stem is at a right angle and folded to the left hand side...

After holding one in the left hand, move the closest one away...

After every few repetitions, you must tidy up the messy grass stems, straighten the bent ones, and then continue to repeat.Each rhombus is solid, which is half the size of her middle fingernail. After the rhombus intersects with each other, a hollow is formed. The size of the hollow is the same as that of the rhombus.

Counting the circle of the smoked cage, there are dozens of small rhombuses, and she repeatedly folds, lifts, presses, and straightens it in this way... more than a hundred times, hundreds of times...

it's dark.

Lanterns were hung on every stake in the production area, and the number of patrols increased significantly.They pushed the water spray tanks one by one, and there was too much noise, Wang Ge paused knitting, and became suspicious after seeing the standard of the water spray tanks.

Was this thing invented earlier in this era?Or is it based on the pump she made before?If the latter is possible, then the craftsmen of this era are simply too talented!Next time it evolves, will it be upgraded to a fierce oil tank?

However, the sealing of the fierce fire oil tank is a big problem.

After there was no more noise here, she began to close the mouth of the smoked cage, and the opening upwards was the most difficult petal-shaped weaving.

Outside the utensil shed, candidates were already running back, and everyone was anxious: the quasi-craftsman exam is much more difficult than the craftsman exam!

There were no candles for lighting outside, so they could only take advantage of the moonlight, running one by one out of breath.If they were not afraid of hiding from the patrolmen, they would have to curse a few words to vent their anger.

These few people all finished walking the wooden utensil shed without choosing a model, so they hurried back to the starting point and went to the straw weaving shed or bamboo shed instead.It's not that they choose, they have already reached this point in the competition, who is stupid?But it's really... Let's talk about the first mold, which is the "leaf plate" of the waterwheel. It's too simple, isn't it?The leaf boards are bundled in one hundred pieces.That is to say, this is a combined mold, and one hundred pieces must be made.

That must not be an option.

The second is also a combined mold, which is still used on the waterwheel. It is the "wooden chain bone" connecting the leaf plates, and ten chain bones form a group.

The chain bone is much more troublesome than the leaf plate.Keep giving up.

The third group of molds...the combination of measuring instruments, the combination tool, the lifting tool, and the bucket tool are all mortise and tenon structures.

The fourth group of models is the cutest!Fifty "wooden terminals" for straightening arrow shafts!
Then they didn't see a single mold until they were halfway there...a finely carved goose.There are only three days of exam time, is it all used to carve wild geese?

No, I have to hurry up and change the bamboo shed.

The bamboo shed just happened to walk out of the candidates.

"Hahu, hahu, hahu, hahu..." This person switched from two steps to running, and he ran really fast, and he passed an examinee who came out of the wooden shed in a short while.

Haho, haho... Another one.This examinee is really strong, and he can still wipe away his tears while running.He was the one with the best grades in the last test and was assigned to be the first to enter the utensil shed. He thought that he was best at making bamboo and then wood, so he must choose the one he is best at.

Alas, I didn't know that the molds in the bamboo shed were almost all combination molds!

Now that I think about it, I really should choose the first set of models... a set of counting chips, 270 pieces.

At that time, he passed without thinking. The second set of molds... two sets of counting chips.Would he be stupid if he chose?

The third set of models... three sets of counting chips.

"Ah! Ah!" Not thinking about it anymore, the more he thought about it, the more useless he became, he stomped his feet on the spot, cried twice, and continued to run.When I came out of the shed, dinner was already being cooked in the rest area, and it smelled like meat soup. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Straw utensils shed.

Wang Ge has finished making, and gave all the molds and utensils to the craftsman.

The craftsman first reported the name of the model: "Diamond Needlework Cage."

Wang Ge... so it's not a smoker cage, but a needleworker?It is indeed a very beautiful and elegant sewing cage with beautiful silk cloth on the inside.

The craftsman checks the appearance in advance, whether it is a group of four grass stems when weaving the bottom, and then counts the total number of diamond patterns. After counting pairs, count the specific number of diamond patterns every few turns, and finally close the mouth.

"Pass the bamboo token."

Wang Ge has already untied it, so he quickly handed it to the other party.

"The examinee passed." The craftsman memorized her place of origin and name.

Wang Ge took back the bamboo tablet, bowed to him, and continued on his way.The next utensil shelf, the next one, was empty, and what I saw was a big plate of straw rope.This is the most primitive and roughest two-strand straw rope.The materials on the ground were nothing but a few bundles of straw. Seeing that the rope was covered with burrs of straw, she quickly raised her hand.

The patrolman is just outside Zhang. "What's the matter with the examinee?"

"I would like to ask the minimum standard for imitating this rope. Is it enough that the overall thickness is not much different? Or the number of straws I add each time must be exactly the same as the number of straws in each distance of this rope?"

"If the overall thickness does not exceed one point, it will be considered a pass."

Wang Ge put his hand on the grass rope immediately, because the first examinee who entered the utensil shed passed the inspection and had already walked over.

Boom!
Famous drumsticks sounded.

"Wang Zhixiang, Wang Ge, pass."

Boom!
"In the south alley of the county, Lu... Guo."

Candidates surnamed Lu soon walked away.

Wang Ge was more and more thankful that he made a decisive decision.The models ahead are either difficult to make, or have been selected long ago.She carried the straw rope and materials to the production area, and chose the position closest to the lantern.At this time, I could already smell the aroma of rice, and it seemed that the rest area was not far away.Don't worry, rub the straw rope first, and don't eat it if it's a big deal.

But it's really delicious, is it meat soup?
Wang Ge first untied a bundle of straw, took out a few straws and pressed them on his nose. After that, he could no longer smell the meat soup.

The two-strand straw rope, although rough, has many uses.All farmers who grow rice at home basically use straw to rub rope.The three straws form one strand, and the leaves of each plant differ by one to two leaves.Rub it clockwise in the palm of your hand. Note that you don't just rub it with the palm, but use it from the palm (from the position close to the wrist) to the fingers.Rub a piece and pick three straws and put them together.You also have to pay attention when you join, and you must align the positions of the joins.

stab la la...

stab la la...

Every rubbing is like this movement.

After rubbing a foot long, she tied the head a few times with a straw and tucked it tightly to prevent loosening.After rubbing three feet, use your knees to clamp the rope, so that you can pull each section behind your body after rubbing it.If it is piled up in front of her, the straw rope will stick between the ground and her palm, affecting the speed and quality of rubbing.

stab la la...

stab la la...

Her hands have been honed in these years of poor life and various straw weaving exercises day after day.First of all, countless small openings were made, and she watched against the light, sometimes making her hair stand on end.Later, calluses grew and were rubbed torn, and the wound healed, and calluses grew again.

Gradually, her hands became like this. Not only were the joints thick, but they were also covered with tiny grooves, and the palm lines were black. They couldn't even soak in Feiliufeng's hot springs.

But so what?These black lines and roughness are the medals of straw weavers!

(End of this chapter)