Shennong Pharmaceutical Field

Chapter 46 The Tablet Computer That Appeared out of Nowhere

"Yes, we are going to use this novel leaf found on the barren mountain to carve a notice." Yao Runzhi stared at the dazed Yao Tiantian, and said these words slowly.

The questions and answers of Yao Runzhi and Yao Tiantian's uncle and nephew finally attracted everyone's attention to the wide palm leaf.

Dazhuang curiously looked at the new thing he saw for the first time, and said pitifully, "What is this for? Sir, there are no outsiders here, please, please stop playing charades, okay, my brain hurts." It's over."

Gouwa, who has been silent since entering the door, carefully studied the leaves of the palm tree, frowned into a knot, and tentatively opened his mouth, "This, is this a bit like the bay leaves that the Yi people say?"

Yao Runzhi put back the smile on his face, nodded solemnly, and said earnestly, "I just checked some ancient records, and they are all specious. Since Tiantian thought of using it to engrave characters, you can tell me about it." What do you think?" As he spoke, Yao Runzhi moved his eyes from the palm leaves to Yao Tiantian's face.

"Me?" Yao Tiantian's heart sank, and her face became confused. She had only heard some beautiful legends about the Bayeux lettering and the Bayeux Scripture. As for how they did it, she didn't know at all. what.Now, facing the hopeful eyes of the room, Yao Tiantian secretly hated herself for guarding such a powerful and omniscient Internet, why didn't she check the specific methods of others?It’s true that when the book is used, I hate less. It would be great if I was more curious at the beginning. I just need to move my fingers to search the production process of the Bayeux Sutra, and now I don’t have to worry about it.

Yao Tiantian was secretly annoyed in her heart, when her eyes flashed suddenly, as if a liquid crystal display appeared out of thin air, and a scene that Yao Tiantian could never have dreamed of slowly appeared on it—it turned out to be like the display of a tablet computer, The above opened the Google search page that Yao Tiantian was used to, and the search box was impressively filled with the words 'How to make Bayeux lettering'.

Yao Tiantian didn't care to think about why a tablet computer appeared out of nowhere in front of her eyes. She followed the search result items listed on the screen line by line. When thinking about presentation and meaning', the content on the screen immediately changed, and a beautiful page appeared:
Engraving characters on bay leaves can be said to be an art, which is gradually accumulated by the Dai people from history.

Xishuangbanna is rich in palm leaf palm, also known as bedoluo tree.This kind of tree is more than 20 meters to [-] meters high. It grows tall and majestic. Its straight trunk has no branches. The leaves are similar to ordinary palm leaves, but bigger and thicker, like giant umbrellas.The leaves of this tree are called bay leaves.It can be said that it is an invention of the smart and brave Dai people to use bay leaves to engrave characters.However, Bayeux needs to go through a lot of procedures to be used to inscribe characters.

First of all, the cut bay leaves should be roughly trimmed one by one, tied into a bundle of three or five pieces, and put in a pot to cook.This process is a bit like the zongzi leaves before making zongzi. Cooking is to increase the toughness of the leaves.After cooking, take it out, scrub the soft film on the surface of the leaves with fine sand, and then dry it——the boiled and washed bay leaves should not be exposed to the sun, because the leaves are easy to deform.After the bay leaves are dried, they are clipped into a special wooden rack and flattened.At this time, the bay leaves can be used for writing, but they are large and small, very irregular, just like paper of different sizes.So the next process is to put the dried and flattened bay leaves in groups of five or six hundred pieces, sandwich them between two wooden rulers, and cut them into uniform sizes according to the size of the wooden rulers with a sharp knife.The wooden ruler is generally about 50 cm long and 12 meters wide; a small hole is drilled at a distance of 16 cm from both ends, so all the bay leaves after processing are of this size, and there are two a round hole.Such bay leaves are neat and uniform, light and soft and bleached, which is the material for truly engraving the bay leaf scriptures.In order to write neatly, before engraving, people will also use the ink line of a carpenter to play horizontal lines on the leaves to determine the format of the engraving; the existing Beiye scriptures in Xishuangbanna have four lines, five lines, six lines, and eight lines. Four formats.After the scriptures are engraved, the black color made of vegetable oil and pot smoke is mixed with a cloth, and the handwriting is clearly displayed after being wiped.Each sutra is composed of many bay leaves. After the engraving, gold powder or red paint or black paint should be painted on the sides for decoration and protection, and then cotton threads should be inserted into two small round holes to bind them. When you get up, all the processes are completed.The leaves of the Beiduoluo tree can be used as raw materials for engraving Buddhist scriptures, and the engraved scriptures are the Beiye Sutra.

After reading these, Yao Tiantian has a score in her heart. There are many processes needed to make the long-term preservation of the palm leaves. Just like she did in the afternoon, she just sketched it casually, that is, she just recorded it casually. It seems that uncle needs this palm leaf to make what.

Yao Tiantian thought for a moment, the LCD screen in front of her disappeared, replaced by the scrutinizing eyes of her uncle Yao Runzhi, she quickly collected herself, and tentatively said, "I didn't think so much, just looking at the thick leaves It’s big enough to draw symbols on, and it’s much lighter than bamboo slips, so I picked it up and wanted to use it to practice lettering. Uncle, what do you think? Can this kind of leaf replace bamboo slips?”

Yao Runzhi squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then said with some regret, "This kind of leaf is lightweight. Another advantage is that it is large enough to hang and post. I just don't know how the effect of engraving on it will be."

"Uncle, what do you mean, we want to make a notice?" Yao Tiantian tried to figure out what Yao Runzhi meant, and asked tentatively.

"Notice?" Fusheng and Gouwa shouted in surprise at the same time, "What is a notice?"

"The word notice is quite appropriate." Yao Runzhi's face flashed an incomprehensible brilliance, and he said with a chuckle, "We stimulated Yang Haifu today, and he is a little anxious. I guess he will make some moves in the next few days. I'm afraid It is to affect the enthusiasm of the villagers to go up the mountain to open up wasteland. We should deal with it and leave something that the villagers can see. It’s just a pity that this leaf is still not big enough.”

"This is easy to handle, one leaf is not big enough, just pick a few more and sew them together!" Da Zhuang replied loudly with disapproval.

"How can leaves be sewed? What a reckless man who can't speak his mind!" Gou Wa curled his lips and said disdainfully to Da Zhuang.

"It's not impossible to sew it up." Yao Tiantian already knew that the first step in making the palm leaves is to boil the palm leaves in hot water to increase their toughness. With the toughness of the palm leaves, sew them together Of course it is also possible.

"How do you say it? Tiantian, can you explain it more clearly?" Gouwa heard Yao Tiantian say the same thing, couldn't help but leaned forward, and asked earnestly.

"Everyone likes to eat zongzi, don't you?" Yao Tiantian finished speaking, quietly scanning everyone's expressions, because she was not sure whether the food like zongzi existed in this time and space, or whether it was still called zongzi .

Seeing Fusheng's thoughtful expression quietly, Yao Tiantian felt relieved. Since everyone knows the food of zongzi, the following things can be explained easily. She talked smoothly, "Everyone, look at zongzi leaves How pliable, that’s why it was boiled over a high fire.” Speaking of this, Yao Tiantian shook the palm shell leaf in her hand, “If we also cook this leaf, maybe it will be differently pliable. "

"Hmph, nerd, stay on your own and talk about others, there is no cure!" Da Zhuang became miraculous again after hearing Yao Tiantian's explanation, he put his hips on his hips, and refuted back to the somewhat disappointed Gouwa.

Gouwa's head was drooped by Da Zhuangshuo, but he quickly raised his head, ignoring Da Zhuang's sarcasm, leaned closer to Yao Tiantian, and said eagerly, "Since sister Tianniu is sure , let’s hurry up and pick some more leaves, and get ready early.”

"Go pick leaves, but you have to climb a very tall tree." Yao Tiantian thought of the big tree with a height of more than 20 meters, her legs trembled, and she couldn't help but lower her voice.

"Climbing trees? Haha" Da Zhuang laughed triumphantly, patted his chest and said, "I'll take care of this, Tian Niu doesn't have to worry, you just need to direct from the sidelines."

Gouwa has always enjoyed reading and disdains such things as climbing walls and climbing trees, but today is different from the past, this time climbing trees is a serious matter, and it was Yao Tiantian who proposed it. Yang Pengfei wants to do it anyway. show it.

Thinking clearly, Gouwa also puffed out his chest, and promised, "Yes, leave things like climbing trees to me, Tiantian, don't worry!"

"Since it's settled, let's hurry up, don't dawdle!" Fusheng also became anxious, and pushed Gouwa's arm, and was about to go out.

At this time, Grandma Wu came in with a large basket of wild vegetable dumplings, and complained loudly, "Why is Gouwa messing around with Da Zhuang? What time is this? It's too late to climb trees." time to eat?"

"Grandma, don't complain indiscriminately if you don't know. We are going to do business this time, and Mr. Yao ordered it." Da Zhuang said, stretched out his hand to grab a few wild vegetable balls from the dustpan, and greeted impatiently, "Let's go." Come on, let's eat something to fill our stomachs while walking, and eat when we come back."

Da Zhuang took the lead and walked out. Fu Sheng and Gou Wa also refused to show weakness, and walked out together. Yao Tiantian looked at the fifth grandmother who had a puzzled face, and then at her uncle Yao Runzhi who smiled and praised, and handed it to her uncle. With the eyes of the aftermath, he also ran out following Da Zhuang's footsteps.

(End of this chapter)