Li Feng stretched, and spots of light shone on the quilt. Li Feng lifted the quilt and put on his clothes. "Brother, how are you? Did you have a good rest yesterday?" Wang Meng was chopping firewood in the yard, shirtless.
The body panel is very strong.
"Haha, that's good. Brother Wang, I'm here to help." Li Feng saw that there was still so much firewood and picked up the adze on the side. "No, no, if my fifth uncle and my father see this, they will be scolded to death."
Me." Wang Meng snatched the adze from Li Feng's hand.
"Let's go and wash your face. Let's go eat." Wang Meng pulled Li Feng, and Li Feng shook his head helplessly. But when he walked past the firewood pile, Li Feng was confused. There was a lot of firewood, and it was all high-quality jujube wood. This was a big piece of furniture.
It was actually used to make fires here. Wang Meng was sweating all over while chopping firewood. The jujube wood was too solid, but it was specially used to make fires in winter.
"There is no coal in the mountains, so we can only use firewood to make fires. Other firewood is not good for blacksmithing, but jujube wood is okay." Wang Meng said with a smile. Breakfast has been prepared. It is quite rich and has special side dishes. Hakka people usually eat frugally.
It does not care about luxury, but treats guests very generously. It pays attention to "six bowls, eight basins and ten kinds". The dishes are affordable and sufficient, and the containers are multi-purpose pots, bowls, and large bowls, which is a legacy of ancient people. The Hakka people use the Eight Immortals square table for banquets, which is the tradition of the generations.
Seats are arranged for each person, and there are many etiquette rules during the banquet.
Breakfast is not so elaborate. Wang Meng and Wang Xiaowei are accompanying them. The food has some special characteristics, such as crispy horns, stuffed tofu, stir-fries, braised pork with pickled vegetables. Not to mention these, the rice porridge is very sweet, and Hakka people love to eat porridge.
, especially since there is no shortage of firewood in the mountains, the cooking time is quite long, and the flavor comes out. Making porridge is a big skill. Li Feng drank a big bowl. "It tastes good. My sister-in-law makes the porridge really well." Li Feng smiled at Wang Meng.
He said, "The women and children were not seen at the table."
Li Feng didn't ask, but the rules in the mountains were that when there were guests, women and children had to stay away, either in the kitchen, or at a small table. "Smile about his milk, and come and serve a bowl of rice porridge for your brother." Wang Meng walked toward the house.
Li called out, and Li Feng saw the middle-aged woman coming out, a little fat. "Here we come." The woman held her grandson, who was timidly hiding behind him. Little Luo Dou got to know Li Feng yesterday.
At this moment, little Luo Dou ran up to Li Feng with eagerness. He sweetly called "Little Grandpa."
I was afraid that Li Feng would be unhappy. "Girl, come down quickly and go with grandma to serve it to little grandpa."
"Haha, sister-in-law is fine. There are so many vegetables, sister-in-law, please eat some." Li Feng lowered his head and asked in a low voice. "Doudou, what do you like to eat? Grandpa will pick it up for you." "Meat." Doudou nodded with his little finger.
He pointed at the big piece of meat with his small mouth, "Okay. Eat meat, grandpa will give you a few more pieces, brother, eat it."
"Yeah." Xiao Luo Dou blinked his big eyes and nodded vigorously. Li Feng picked up a few large pieces of meat and put them in a small bowl and handed them to the little girl. "Okay, come down." Wang Meng's wife took Xiao Luo Dou and patted her.
Little Luo Dou didn't care about the butt at all and happily shared the meat with his brother.
After a while, his mouth became oily. Wang Meng smiled and raised his rice wine bowl towards Li Feng. "This kid is very naughty. Unlike his brother, who is honest and kind." Li Feng and Wang Meng drank one and said with a smile.
My daughter is two years older than Doudou. She is naughty and naughty, but she is still a child. If you are not naughty, how can you call her a child? It’s okay. She will be fine when she grows up. Besides, you see Doudou is actually quite sensible."
Wang Meng nodded and said with a happy face. "No, you don't think it's so big, but your sister-in-law and I love this girl, so cute." "Haha, my little girl is naughtier than her brother, but my parents
I like Jin, even my son would envy him."
Wang Xiaowei was originally accompanying Li Feng and didn't talk much. Now when he talked about the children, Xiao Luo Dou and his brother, Wang Xiaowei interrupted and said. "Brother Li, you see your elder brother complaining. In fact, you are so happy. Whose little baby has a little one?"
Doudou is so smart that others can't even envy him. Besides, Doudou is more lively, but he is very sensible."
Wang Meng grinned. Really, most of the little ones listened to what he told Little Doudou. He was much more sensible and obedient than others at this age. Li Feng and Wang Meng chatted about the children and said a few more words, and they were almost done with breakfast.
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Li Feng thought of taking this opportunity to visit Wang Meng's knife-making place. Wang Meng could see what Li Feng was thinking. Although his ancestors had told him that his skills could not be passed on to others, it was not until now. Wang Meng wanted to cooperate with Li Feng. If it really worked, maybe he could rely on it.
This can make the village rich. "Brother Li, let's go, I'll take you to see my iron shop."
"Isn't this not good?" Li Feng is only interested in making knives, but he doesn't want to learn any skills secretly. Besides, Li Feng thinks he has some knowledge about these blacksmiths. The last time he participated in the knife competition, Li Feng learned from an old blacksmith.
Not to mention how good your skills are, but you still know the rules.
"It's okay, let's go, our brothers, what are you doing with these foreign words?" Wang Meng pulled Li Feng. Wang Meng's strength was very strong, but Li Feng was not small. Li Feng just wanted to take a look and saw that nothing was wrong. Li Feng followed.
Wang Meng went to the iron shop, and there was a little tail on the road. Xiao Luo Dou thought that the young grandpa was a good person, and gave Xiao Luo Dou delicious food every time, and kept smiling to himself. "Little grandpa, this is a black man,
It’s the fifth wife’s dog, and it’s very well-behaved.”
Xiao Luo Dou held Li Feng's big hand and pointed at the little black dog running on the road. "Really." "Yeah." Xiao Luo Dou introduced the people or animals he met on the road from time to time. The little girl is really smart, such a small idea
It's so clear, and I have some understanding of the personnel.
Except for stopping to tease small animals and play around from time to time, he often behaved like a little adult. Wang Meng smiled and looked at his little granddaughter, who was like a little adult. The little guy was really interesting. Wang Meng rarely spoke during the whole trip, and he looked like a little Luo.
Dou, he didn’t have to say a lot of things himself, Li Feng got to know a lot about the small village. The village is not big, similar to Lijiagang, single-sex, Wang family, different Lijiagang is mostly engaged in planting bamboo, rice, sideline fishery, Dawang Village handicrafts
Mainly, Wang Meng's family is a blacksmith shop. Other families mostly have craftsmanship, making bowls, pottery, tiles, and making bows and crossbows. Nearly half of the forty or fifty households are craftsmen.
It's just that many of these skills have disappeared. Not to mention other things, today, bowls, porcelain basins and the like are made of porcelain, which has been mass-produced on a large scale and of high quality. Not to mention pottery and tiles, they are now mainly used in buildings.
Few people choose tile-roofed houses, and bows and crossbows are even worse. Regardless of whether these are illegal or not, there are only a few people who can use them. The market demand is too small. As for the flower cloth, Li Feng looked at it and found that the style was okay and thick. It was time-consuming and laborious at the time.
, the price is too low, not cost-effective, and too expensive, no one buys it.
The surrounding mountains and forests are all good, and the scenery is not much worse than that of Lijiagang. Moreover, Li Feng noticed that there are more or less prey in front of each house. Li Feng teased little Doudou with a smile, and the little girl squatted in front of a dilapidated courtyard to tease the two.
The little rabbit was playing happily, giggling from time to time. "Brother Wang, are these hares?"
Wang Meng was a little confused and nodded. "Yes, I usually catch hares and keep them. The price of these things is pretty good. People come in every few months to collect them. These little rabbits are too small to keep."
"Little grandpa, little rabbit." Doudou squatted on the ground and teased for a while, holding a little hare in his arms and showing it to Li Feng with his head raised. "What a beautiful little rabbit." Little Doudou grinned happily and nodded.
There is a hairpin on the little rabbit's head that is a little worn. "Well, little grandpa, it's mine." Little Doudou pointed to the hairpin on the little rabbit's head. The wear and tear is very serious. There are a lot of these little hairpins in babies.
, all kinds of cute shapes are available.
"Doudou is the prettiest." Li Feng has interacted with children a lot. He could probably guess what the little girl was thinking without telling him at a glance. Sure enough, he was so happy when he mentioned little Dou Dou that he giggled. Li Feng's eyelids twitched.
Little Luo Dou is so well-behaved, sensible, and funny. I think Wang Meng's family considers her to be their darling. However, this outfit has been altered, most likely it was worn by his brother. The shoes were made by himself, and the hairpins were damaged a few pieces.
The life of Wang Meng's family seems unsatisfactory. A wry smile appeared on Li Feng's lips. This village is even poorer than the original Lijiagang. No wonder, there are no bamboos here, only mountains and forests. It seems that even rice cannot be grown. Most of them rely on hunting and handicrafts, but these
In 2016, there were fewer wild animals, and handicrafts were eliminated. There were problems with the two major sources of livelihood. No wonder Wang Meng said that young people are planning to find work outside, but they have no skills and no education, so they can only do some manual labor.
Wages are not guaranteed yet.
Li Feng led Little Doudou and followed Wang Meng's guidance to the blacksmith shop. The blacksmith shop was at the entrance of the village. It was a wooden shed with only a roof and no door. "It's simple." Wang Meng smiled and asked Li Feng to come in. There wasn't much in the shop.
, hammers, iron blocks, bellows, stoves, and firewood.
Li Feng squatted down and looked at the iron block. "These are bearings?" The requirements for bearings are relatively strict, so they are made more finely. This tool is good for making knives. Titanium steel is the best tool, but the raw materials are too expensive. Sponge
The price of titanium is nearly 300,000 yuan. You can imagine the price of titanium steel. Rail steel and cutter head steel are not cheap, and the quantity is too small. Others may not sell them to you, but these ruined bearings are not worth much.
, bought as scrap iron.
"Yes, I bought these bearings from several surrounding towns. These small knives are made of these bearings. This thing is not bad, but it is more time-consuming and laborious." Wang Meng smiled bitterly. In fact, Wang Meng didn't know that there are many better steels.
Iron materials were used, but the price was too high. These were purchased from agricultural machinery maintenance departments in several big grain-growing towns. They were dirty and had to be cleaned when they came back. It was not easy to melt them. Fortunately, the iron tools produced were good.
"No wonder, this thing is pretty good." Li Feng clapped his hands and stood up, walking to Little Doudou. The little girl was smashing small pieces of iron with a small hammer. Li Feng was amused by her concentration and seriousness.
