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

Chapter 7 Entering the Countryside
Because there are a wide variety of craftsmen, including goldsmiths, blacksmiths, carpenters, shipwrights, dyers, cobblers, etc., there are even barrows!Therefore, the selection of craftsmen was named by the court: Hundreds of craftsmen contend!

A craftsman is allowed to apply for two categories at most.The competition time for each category of "Craftsmanship" is different. The potters and blacksmiths have already ended, and the carpenters' competition will be three days later.

In each category, there are two skill directions: "Ingenious skills" and "Heavenly skills".

Now Wang Ge only shows her straw weaving skills in the village, and occasionally helps her father weave Shau Kei. She dare not show too much, or she will be rumored to be possessed by ghosts and spirits by bad-hearted people.

Straw weaving, in the current state of Jin, belongs to the branch of grass craftsmen in the category of "carpenter".

There are four branches of carpenters: carpenters, bamboo craftsmen, grass craftsmen, and Jing craftsmen.

Of course, there are more detailed divisions under each branch!For example, carpenters are divided into large craftsmen and small craftsmen; bamboo craftsmen are divided into bamboo craftsmen, bamboo craftsmen, and wrench craftsmen.

Making small pieces of weaving, carving, and making small instruments and tools are all "skillful skills"!For example, carpenter-wood carving and root carving of small utensils; bamboo craftsman and wrench among bamboo craftsmen.

Building houses, making coffins, and large-scale equipment and tools are all "Heavenly Craftsmanship"!This is easy to understand, but it should be noted that the wrench uses the mortise and tenon structure of bamboo to make beds, and large items such as bamboo beds are Tiangong skills.

A craftsman can only choose one skill direction, and cannot be both ingenious and natural!
The so-called "Jian Huagu" is only for craftsmen who apply for "skillful skills".They must show their handicrafts in the open air, within a hundred drum beats.Then the onlookers threw flowers. The ten people with the most flowers and the ten people selected by the examiner, a total of 20 people, became "craftsmen" and were sent to the county for the examination of "craftsman boy".

If you can't even win the "craftsman" quota, then what about the various assessments in the future?

Father is sorry, there are only three days left before the carpenter's ingenious competition will be "planning flower drums". Wang Ge has no preparations. How can he complete the weaving under the urging of a hundred drums under the watchful eyes of everyone?
If you miss this time, you have to wait another year.

Wang Ge was pinching the stone, her eyebrows furrowed for a while, and she showed determination for a while. She stood up and knocked on the door of her elder parents again.

"Father, mother, I still want to try."

Wang Weng nodded, "Pack up your belongings, Father will take you to the village tomorrow morning."

"Thank you, Father. The work at that house..."

Jia Yu didn't show her face, and shouted in the back room: "With the eldest mother here, what are you afraid of!"

Wang Ge was overjoyed, and ran back to the house to announce the good news to his father and younger brother.

Yes, good news!She has plans, as long as her family allows her to go, she will definitely be able to pass the registration selection.

Wang Weng seldom saw the liveliness of his eldest granddaughter, so he happily closed the door and said, "How is it? Let me just say, Ah Ge must give it a try!"

"If Ah Ge is admitted to the artisan boy, will our family really be able to reduce taxes?"

"Yes, but it has to be before she gets married. After she gets married, my uncle's family will take advantage of it!"

At this time, Jia Yu has become the eldest granddaughter and has been admitted to the artisan boy. She said angrily: "Her uncle will not do anything to Age in the future. Why should my uncle's family enjoy the good thing of tax reduction? Really!"

"Okay, okay, this is the competition for craftsmen, and it's time to leave the craftsman early! Don't go out and talk nonsense, especially the mouths of the second and third brides! Who dares to go out and spread the word, don't blame me for using family law!" Wang Weng was happy lie down.

Wang Erlang and Wang Sanlang also lay down. For some reason, they felt that the room was leaking, and they only blow their necks!
When there was a little light in the sky, Wang Ge and Dafu had already left the village.They went west along the dirt road, turned around at the fork, and headed northwest.Wang Erlang rushed over out of breath, grabbed Wang Weng's back basket, and said somewhat angrily, "Father! You are too... oh!" He sighed heavily, "Okay, don't say anything. Ah, mother has already told me, you can go back with peace of mind, I will take good care of Age."

"You know everything?"

"I know, and don't worry, I'm the only one who knows about the safekeeping, that's fine! Hey, what will it look like if this story spreads to the neighbors? They will call me unfilial! Age, the second uncle sent you to the village , call your eldest father back!"

Wang Ge first said "Thank you, Second Uncle", and then kindly persuaded Wang Weng: "Father, Second Uncle is the most intelligent man in our family, don't worry, go back quickly."

Wang Weng pretended to be unwilling and turned around and left.Wang Ge whispered: "Second Uncle, in fact, Eldest Father has been waiting for you to come after you."

How could Wang Erlang not understand his father, and said: "The walk is very slow, isn't it?"

"Ah."

"I didn't bother to ask your aunt, you tell me in detail about the artisan's grade examination."

"Yes."

The two chatted while hurrying on the road.Near noon, I squatted on the side of the road and ate cold cakes.Wang Erlang saw that there were only a few bags of grain in the basket and only a pair of shears, and asked, "You use this for the exam?"

"Well. Enough."

Wang Erlang saw that his niece's hands were full of small black wounds, she was really not as delicate as a little girl, so he couldn't help but think of what his bride and sister-in-law had said about taking his niece to eat.For a moment, he felt that the pancakes were tasteless.

"Age."

"Ok?"

"It's okay if you don't pass the exam. Second uncle will send you to take the exam next year. If you don't pass the exam next year, it's the next year!"

"I will definitely pass the exam!"

"Second uncle believes in you, haha!"

Wang Ge also laughed.She has always been unable to understand the second uncle's temper, sometimes straightforward and bold, sometimes gloomy, so the second aunt Jia is very afraid of the second uncle.

The third uncle was just the opposite, he was dull and seldom spoke, he had no opinion, and was manipulated by Yao Shi to death.

After a short rest, he set off again. On the road, he encountered suitable forage for weaving. Wang Ge cut it off and arrived at the township in the middle of the afternoon.Then she was dizzy from all kinds of sauce smells floating in the sky, but Wang Erlang liked to smell it very much, and introduced to her: "See that sauce shop? It specializes in rabbit meat sauce. This sauce shop only sells plums. Sauce."

When passing by the fish sauce shop, Wang Erlang also wanted to vomit, and quickly said: "The fish sauce smells strong, but it's good... two quick steps! But it's delicious."

Gradually, Wang Ge got used to the smoked sauce, and found an interesting phenomenon. In a shop that sells a variety of sauces, the businessman will give customers a smell of something in the box, and then pick out the sauce for the guests to smell and taste. .

what!Isn't this the same procedure as buying perfume in the previous life?Let the sense of smell recover first, and then carefully identify the sauce.

After leaving the well-organized sauce shop street, there is a sales area for pottery and grass fabrics.The merchants here all set up grass sheds by the side of the road. Under the sheds, large and small, the goods are placed randomly, which looks dazzling.

Between sheds and sheds, there are also salesmen and hawkers.

Wang Ge was suddenly attracted by a young man selling straw sandals.Xiao Lang was packing the straw sandals into the basket, and was about to close the stall.

She paid attention to him because Xiao Lang had a unique elegant and bookish air. If you looked carefully, you would find that he was out of tune with the crowd and scenery around him.How should I put it, this young man is like a figure cut out from a painting of mountains and flowing water, and then glued into another painting of a city full of fireworks.

She stepped forward: "Dare to ask brother, where is the town going?"

Wang Ge had already inquired with his elder father that the yamen in the village were not called yamen, but "Xiangsuo".

The officials in charge of the township are called "Xiangzheng".

Under the township, there are "township assistants, scribes, pavilion chiefs" and other township officials, and the armed forces are "township soldiers".Regardless of the low rank of these township officials, including the township soldiers, they are all paid by the imperial court.

Xiao Lang raised his head, glanced at the leaves of grass in the baskets carried by the two of them, and said, "Go straight to the north. But if you come to participate in the selection of carpenters and craftsmen, you don't need to report to the village officials. You can go directly to the east examination room in two days. Think Are you going to see the examination room? I am going there, shall we go together?"

His expression was indifferent, and even if he had good intentions, he was condescending.

"Great, thank you, brother." Wang Ge's face was even this, and he immediately hit the snake with the stick and asked: "Our surname is Wang, how dare you ask brother?"

(End of this chapter)