Chapter 1065: Does koi bring blessing or disaster (17)
Zihua followed Hua Qiuniang to the room where the bamboo was kept.
"These are dried bamboo strips." Hua Qiuniang took two slender bamboo strips and gave one to Yuhua, "The two-year-old bamboos growing on our Weishan Mountain are the best for weaving things. These are all
It’s two years old.”
Green bamboo is selected, the green skin on the surface is scraped off, and then divided into bamboo strips about an inch wide for use.
Hua Qiuniang taught her how to divide bamboo strips into bamboo strips.
Hua Qiuniang likes to talk, and while teaching, she chats with Zihua, "... Rouwazi wants to know why I want the old man to accept you, that's what you said.
I asked you why you wanted to learn, and you said you liked it. I asked you whether you would teach it to your daughter or your son in the future, and you said you would teach it to whomever you want. This is what I thought of..."
Zihua finally understood why Hua Qiuniang helped her become a master.
She originally thought it was her who brought the wood blocks she carved and her sincerity that Luo Genshan and Hua Qiuniang praised.
It turns out that it mainly lies in her concept of teaching skills.
Luo Genshan has taken on several apprentices, and of course Hua Qiuniang has taken one too.
It's not like carpentry work, which requires some strength and big movements. Men usually learn more.
Bamboo weaving is a craft that does not require much effort and can be learned by both men and women.
Hua Qiuniang had many apprentices in her early years, all of whom were girls. Because she knew that it was not easy for girls to learn good craftsmanship.
Her bamboo craftsmanship is inherited from her family. She has loved it since she was a child and has always wanted to be the best bamboo craftsman.
But her father usually asked her to help prepare bamboo strips as a starting point. He only taught her how to weave ordinary baskets, baskets, baskets and other daily necessities. No matter how complicated the skills and utensils were, she would not teach her no matter how hard she begged her father.
The skills of the flower family are passed down from male to female.
She later married Luo Genshan, who supported her to continue exploring. Every time she saw good bamboo weavings outside, he would find a way to take her to see them, and he would buy them back if he could.
She gradually learned various knitting methods and could knit anything she wanted.
Looking back at what her father could knit, it was just like that, not an extraordinary skill. But even this kind of skill, which was only one level above ordinary craftsmen, was not willing to teach his daughter.
So she only accepted girls as apprentices.
It's a pity that girls can't come to school once they get married.
She had so many apprentices, but none of them could master her craft.
A few years later, she discovered a fact that made her angry. When some apprentices passed down the craftsmanship of bamboo crafts, they passed it on to boys rather than to girls. They only taught ordinary skills to their daughters, and only taught them advanced ones.
son.
In the past, these apprentices always complained that their parents were unfair and did not treat them as favorably as their elder brothers. However, when they got married, they seemed to have changed. Just like the parents they complained about, they became harsh on their own daughters.
She was very angry. She didn't think of this level when she was teaching, and she didn't require that only girls be taught, not boys, so she could only sigh.
Her relationship with her apprentice also broke her heart.
In the beginning, we would move around a bit during the New Year. Within two years, the frequency of moving became less and less, and after a few years, there was almost no contact.
She knew that most of the apprentices were good, and she also understood their difficulties. After getting married, they had no control over their own affairs. They were controlled by their husband's family and could not go out freely. They had to work and have children to take care of them. It was impossible to take care of many things at the same time.
But it will inevitably make Hua Qiuniang feel discouraged.
After being discouraged, I no longer wanted to take on any more apprentices. I just thought about how to improve my skills and make up what I wanted to make up.
As she grew older, Hua Qiuniang felt uncomfortable bringing her craftsmanship to the coffin, and began to think of finding an heir who could truly learn her craftsmanship.
He also thinks the same about his old man's craftsmanship.
In the past few years, no one has come to seek apprenticeship, and neither of them was chosen.
Hua Qiuniang must choose a woman to be her apprentice.
Zihua's visit to become a disciple was exactly what Hua Qiuniang had in mind.
Yuhua is literate, and it can be seen from the wooden blocks carved with exquisite patterns that her hands are dexterous and steady, and she has a lot of strength. Moreover, she lives in Weishan Village, so there is no chance that she will get married and run away after learning half-way.
Hua Qiuniang's temper, which she had allowed the Chen family to do without saying a word for two years, was not what she wanted, but she was satisfied after talking to Yuhua herself.
Hua Qiuniang actually has only one requirement for her apprentices: to learn all her skills and pass them on.
Yuhua said that if one day she leaves the Chen family, she will only live with her master, not look back on her family village, and will never marry again.
Hua Qiuniang didn't think there was anything wrong with Zihua leaving the Chen family. Based on what the Chen family had done, it made sense for Zihua to be with her now. "When the time comes, I will recruit a son-in-law."
After seeing Zihua's great strength, she vaguely guessed that all three members of the Chen family had broken legs, and it was related to Zihua.
She didn't think that Zihua was cruel. If he was really cruel and had such great strength, he would have attacked the Chen family long ago. He wouldn't have made the Chen family treat him harshly for two years. With Zihua's strength, he could chop up all the Chen family.
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She also felt that Zihua woke up too late and was exhausted. Look, she is dark and thin. She has not regained her fair complexion after more than ten days.
Zihua didn't know how to get married, but she didn't argue with Hua Qiuniang.
She said to Hua Qiuniang, "Master, don't worry that the skills will be lost. I will find a way to open a crafts school in the future to teach these skills. When the time comes, I will invite two masters to be teachers."
The concepts of the two masters are open-minded and open-minded in modern time and space. If there is a chance, she will help them realize their wish to pass on their skills completely.
Hua Qiuniang thought that Zihua was trying to make her happy, and her smile turned into a flower, "That's a good feeling."
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When it was time to eat, Yuhua returned to Chen's house.
Hua Qiuniang asked her to stay for dinner, but Zihua said she wanted to go back and take medicine, so Hua Qiuniang let her go.
Yuhua came back to take "medicine".
Chen Sanya brought her rice, bacon stew, fried bamboo shoots, and white flour steamed buns.
"Third Aunt, the food is here."
Zi Hua glanced around and saw that there were many extra "ingredients" added to both dishes.
She took out a piece of bacon from the bamboo basket next to her and gave it to Chen Sanya, "You can make another dish and bring it over. Before you bring it, you can serve a bowl yourself."
In order to allow the Chen family to eat chaffy vegetables in peace, she collected all the grains, bacon and other items except bran, and took out just the right portion every day.
"Hey, I'll just make it." Chen Sanya thought it was because the chicken was not enough, so she went back to the kitchen with the bacon.
These days, she has learned how big the third aunt's appetite is.
She is not so surprised, because her father eats more than she, her eldest sister, second sister, and mother combined.
Zihua poured the fried bamboo shoots into a basin containing bacon stew, and carried the vegetable basin to the main room.
There are three rooms in the main house, the middle is the place for entertaining guests, the one on the east side is Chen Wenlu's room, and Ma Cuifen and Chen Yougui live in the house on the west side.
"You, what are you going to do?" Ma Cuifen blocked the door of the house and yelled inwardly.
Zi Hua pulled her away and kicked the door open, "Settling accounts."