The wooden pile in front of the two of them now looks at it. The root system is intact, not rotten, and relatively healthy.
It's just that there is too much wet soil covering it, so we can't fully see what's going on inside. We have to wait until it dries to see if there are any insects or fungi hiding inside.
Then you have to pick out the decay, remove unnecessary excess roots, etc.
These can only be done after it dries and knocks off some soil clods stuck to the surface.
The two walked around in a circle, did some simple things, and then went back together.
You have to wait a few days for it to dry out a bit before doing the next step of trimming and removing branches.
Less than a stick of incense had passed since the two returned home when Yun Jin also came in.
Yun Jin has been outside for several days since he left. I don't know if he has gained anything.
"Sister, I'm back!"
Before Yun Jin could see the door, that distinctive loud voice rang outside the door.
Qiao Mingjin's lips curled up after hearing this.
He still called her "sister" as always. Those who didn't know better thought she was Qiao Mingjin's biological eldest brother.
Wan'er hurriedly broke away from Ming Qi's hand and rushed towards the door.
"Uncle cousin..."
"Hey, Xiao Wan'er!"
"Do you miss my uncle?"
"think!"
The little thing circled Yun Jin's neck, smiling so hard that his eyes narrowed.
Sometimes when Qiao Mingjin sees her daughter getting close to her younger brothers and cousins, she often feels a surge of complicated and unspeakable emotions in her heart.
Maybe it’s not enough for a child to only have his mother in his heart.
Qiao Mingjin looked at Yun Jin with a smile and asked, "But it went well?"
Yun Jin carried Xiao Wan'er into the yard and nodded to Qiao Mingjin with a smile: "It's going well. I don't know if I don't go out. It's very busy outside. This person really can't stay in one place, he has to go out often to see him.
Look. After I went out to see it this time, I realized that my previous experience was not enough."
Qiao Mingjin smiled and listened to what he said with excitement.
Mingqi brought a glass of water from the kitchen and handed it to him. Yunjin held Wan'er with one hand, took the large porcelain bowl with the other hand and drank the whole bowl of rice paddle with a few clicks.
Some of them smacked their lips with great interest.
Qiao Mingjin looked a bit dumbfounded, and unknowingly thought that he had not eaten or drank for several days and had consumed Qiongpianyu Liquid.
He's father, He Xiaochun and others also came to say hello to Yun Jin.
He's father was Yun Jin's father-in-law, and Yun Jin was a little restrained in front of him. He put Wan'er down and bowed to He's father. Although country people don't behave politely, they must be polite.
Several people put down their work, picked up stools in the yard, sat down and talked with Yun Jin.
Yun Jin then told all kinds of interesting things he saw when he went out this time. He also talked about some of the various furniture and wood products he had seen.
In fact, he didn't see any root carvings. He just saw some wooden furniture and wooden supplies with excellent carpentry work.
Qiao Mingjin saw the regretful look on his face and comforted him: "This is also a good thing. It means that no one has made and sold such root carvings yet. There is still a lot of room in the market. When we make them
, don’t be afraid of people who don’t know the stuff.”
Several people nodded after hearing this. They were most afraid that it would be difficult to sell if there were a bunch of them in the market.
After listening to Yun Jin's conversation, Qiao Mingjin told a few people about transporting wooden stakes.
She found a piece of paper and drew a picture based on the pulley from her previous life, and explained it to several people.
The thing they are doing now is that the wooden piles are easy to dig, but they are not convenient to transport out. It also requires a lot of labor. If they had pulleys like in the previous life, they would save a lot of effort.
A pulley is a small wheel with grooves around the periphery that can rotate around an axis. It is composed of a grooved disc that can rotate around a central axis and a flexible rope, rope, tape, steel rope, chain, etc. that spans the disc.
A simple machine that can rotate around a central axis.
This small wheel can be big or small. If the thing to be transported is small and it is just for lifting convenience, then a palm-sized one is enough. If the thing to be transported is large and the rope to be used is thick, then the groove will naturally be needed.
Make it bigger. The bigger the groove is, the bigger the pulley will be.
Qiao Mingjin still remembers that when she was a child, her family would set off firecrackers during festivals. The children would climb up the tree, tie the long firecrackers to the tree, and then slide down. Or they would tie them to long bamboo poles and then prop them up.
.When setting off firecrackers, I often have to look for something to tie them up.
Later, after gradually every house had a pulley, I went back to my hometown to celebrate the New Year. Almost every house had a pulley. The pulley was fixed on the trees and branches in front of and behind the house. One end of the rope was on the pulley. The other end of the rope was tied
Under the tree.
When you want to use it, untie the rope tied to the tree, put down the other end of the rope, then tie the firecracker up, pull the rope again, and the firecracker will be hung up.
It saves worry and effort, and you don’t have to look for things everywhere or climb trees every time. It’s very convenient.
If we make the pulley, tie the wooden stakes, and then pull the rope, won't the wooden stakes come out?
Although it is not as convenient as a manipulator or a crane, it is still a good tool to use force.
Father He and others looked at it and praised it.
The eyes he looked at Qiao Mingjin were a little different. They all said that you still need to study. People who know more hyphenation know better.
It made Qiao Mingjin a little ashamed.
This is the leverage principle used in previous lives, something that can be seen everywhere. But in this era, it makes people feel infinitely magical.
Yun Jin took the drawing and looked at it again and again, and saw Qiao Mingjin's drawing of how to use it next to the pulley, and she was very interested.
Excitedly, I asked her if she could make it and sell it.
Qiao Mingjin was stunned for a moment.
She had never thought about making this thing to sell. She only came up with the idea after watching the villagers digging tree stumps work hard to transport the wooden stumps.
But it seems good if this can be sold.
There are not many tools these days, so they should be used in many places. If any palace or mausoleum is built in the northern capital, the precious wood, jade and other items must be transported from the southern and westernmost places, even from the east, west, north and south.
. I don’t know how much manpower and material resources will be spent along the way. How many people will die on the way.
Although she has no intention of helping the people, it would be a pretty good idea if she could make it, save effort, sell it, and make a lot of money.
The more Qiao Mingjin thought about it, the more feasible it became.
She drew another picture, but the things were slightly blurred and the structure inside was not shown.
She told Yun Jin to see if she could find a blacksmith shop to make it tomorrow. It would be best if she could share the money with the blacksmith shop. Once one was made and one was sold, she would be given a share of the money.
In this way, you can also have long-term income.
Yun Jin had been out for a few days, and his whole person had become somewhat enlightened. Qiao Mingjin only gave him some pointers before he understood. He also made inferences and made many suggestions. Qiao Mingjin was very pleased.
Having someone who can always understand what she means and can help her can save her a lot of worry...
After dinner that evening, Qiao Mingjin took Mingqi and Xiao Wan'er's hand to Zhang's house.
Na Yue Younian's family was having a meal. When he saw Qiao Mingjin coming to the door, he warmly invited the three of them to sit down and eat together.
Qiao Mingjin saw that their food was not as good as hers. She had some money these days, and although she didn't have big fish or meat, she could still eat white rice. Not to mention that they had already eaten it at this time, and they would be embarrassed even if they didn't eat it.
Stay.
Qiao Mingjin personally handed one tael of copper coins into Yue Younian's hands.
Yue Younian received a long string of copper coins and was a little excited. These two taels of silver were exchanged for copper coins, but they were strung together in a long string and circled in a big circle.
The old man held it in both hands and nodded to Qiao Mingjin to thank him. He even insisted on asking Mrs. Zhang to pull out the dishes that the family had pulled out in the field in the afternoon and let Qiao Mingjin take back the unfinished dishes in the evening.
Qiao Mingjin pushed her a few times, but when she saw that the whole family was getting anxious with her, she had no choice but to accept it, thanked her again and again, and then she left.
Early the next morning, Yun Jin led the ox cart and went into the city with the drawings.
Qiao Mingjin, Father He and a few others were still making wood and bamboo carvings in the backyard.
The bamboo carving, Father He and others, had roughly carved out the pattern.
Based on the thick roots under the bamboo roots, He's father prepared to carve it into Zhang Fei's appearance. The bamboo sculpture in his hand had begun to take shape, and He's father's carving was also good. It looked very vivid, and I believe it will be even better after it is finished.
And He Xiaochun planned to turn it upside down to look like a lady with long hair. It was also very creative.
He San learned from his master and planned to make an old man with a beard. The old man was very ordinary, so Qiao Mingjin gave him some advice to see if he could look like an Antarctic immortal or an Arhat.
He San was suddenly enlightened.
And Yue Dalei didn't know if he had seen his son with his hair in a bun too much, so he planned to carve it into the shape of a child with a yellow mouth, and the bamboo whiskers underneath, he planned to make it look like a child's hair.
And the most creative one belongs to He Xia.
One of the bamboo roots that was given to him was cracked. When he was digging it, he accidentally dug it too hard and cracked it.
He Xia simply split it in half and used the bamboo joints to make it look like a ship's warehouse. The upper half of the bamboo was the cover of the Wufeng ship. He only left a little of the bamboo beard to serve as the boatman's beard.
The back section is burned and bent to look like the boatman standing on the bow of the boat rocking the boat.
Qiao Mingjin saw his creativity and couldn't help but marvel.
This person is really a real person who doesn't show his face. In terms of innovation, he can think and dare to do it better than He Xiaochun.
Father He was very pleased to see He Xia's semi-finished product. A master is better than a master, and as a master, he was also very happy.
And Qiao Mingjin also needs such people very much. He has to dare to think and do things, and do something different from others, so that he can win when others have nothing but what he has.
Qiao Mingjin spent the whole day watching them make bamboo carvings. Occasionally, he would give them some pointers based on the various novel things he had seen in his previous life...
When it was not time, Yun Jin came back, followed by a carriage. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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