With a sincere smile on his face, Chris said straight to the point:

"Hello sir, my name is Chris Simon, I came to follow you as an apprentice, I don't know what kind of conditions and requirements you have?"

"Simon?" the middle-aged craftsman hesitated for a moment, frowned and asked, "Who are you Cole Simon?"

"He's my father, do you know him, sir?" replied Chris with some surprise, he didn't expect that the craftsman who lived in Pruka Street actually knew his adoptive father, although they were all in the West End, but Pruka Street was not close to Belland Street.

The middle-aged craftsman's brows furrowed even tighter, took the teacup handed by an apprentice, took a sip of Xibe black tea, and asked again:

"As far as I know, Cole's wife, Julie, died of illness fourteen years ago, could it be that Cole has married another lady?"

"No, no. Chris hurriedly shook his head, "I was adopted by my father when I was a few months old, to be exact, Cole is my adoptive father." ”

The middle-aged craftsman nodded thoughtfully, and continued:

"No wonder you don't look like Cole, but your father is having a hard time now when you came out as an apprentice at such a young age?"

Chris looked at the other party in silence for a few seconds, not knowing what his relationship with Cole was, and not knowing that Cole had ......

After the other party showed an impatient expression, Chris replied:

"Father, he died six years ago, sir, are you his friend? I'm sorry I didn't tell you at the funeral because I didn't know who his former friends were. ”

Chris's words have two meanings, one is to explain that Cole has been dead for a long time, and the other is that Chris has not seen him for so many years, so he should not be a friend or something.

After hearing Chris's words, the middle-aged craftsman was obviously stunned for a moment, then fell into silence, and after a long time, he spoke:

"He's my cousin, and we ...... It's true that I haven't seen it in many years, but I didn't expect it...... He died so early. ”

This...... Chris was in an uproar, this craftsman turned out to be Cole's cousin, he had just mastered the "gambler", and he was a relative if he looked for it, but he was really "lucky"!

However, he turned out to be Cole's cousin, and he hadn't been to Cole's house for so many years, which means that there must have been conflicts between them before, or that the relationship was very bad.

Just when Chris thought that the purpose of his trip was about to fail, he didn't expect the middle-aged craftsman to say:

"Since you want to be a craftsman, then you can stay with me from now on. Oh, by the way, my name is Fitch Simon, and you'll call me Uncle Fitch from now on. ”

With that, Feige led Chris to the other apprentices and introduced:

"This is my nephew Chris Simon, he will learn from me in the future, you should not bully him in the future. ”

"Definitely not, teacher. The other young apprentices shook their heads before introducing their names to Chris.

"Do you have a place to live now?" Feige asked, waving his hand to disperse the apprentices, looking at Chris.

"I live not far from the neighborhood, Uncle Feige. Chris replied with a smile.

"In that case, then I won't keep you with me. Feige patted Chris on the shoulder and asked, "I won't talk to you about the grievances between me and your father back then, and you will learn this craftsman's craft with me next, and in the future, not to mention being rich and rich, at least eating and drinking are not a problem." ”

With that, Feige led Chris around his shop, from the lobby to the reception room, office, materials room, and pantry at the back.

Then the backyard is the residence of the Feige family and several apprentices, all of whom are Feige's property, of course.

When Feige walked into the materials room with Chris, he saw that there were rows of this kind of wood, most of which were relatively cheap ordinary wood.

"Let me first introduce you to the cane, what I want to say here is that men and women, as well as different identities, often need different canes.

"For example, women's canes, most women often suffer from dizziness due to wearing corsets, so they place a piece of vinegar-soaked sponge in the handle of the cane they carry with them to wake her up if necessary. Sometimes a piece of perfumed sponge is placed in the handle to relieve unpleasant odors when they encounter them in public. Therefore, the top of the lady's cane needs to be designed with an enclosed space where things can be placed.

"For the wealthy, the cane they need is more of a decorative cane, and as the name suggests, the cane is just as a purely fashionable accessory. Commonly used materials are ivory, gold, silver, porcelain, jewelry, ceramics, and even glass.

"Of course, the rarest and most expensive decorative canes are those carved entirely from dental material. Canes with gold-inlaid handles are more popular among the wealthy, and of course most gold canes are used exclusively for dinner parties, so they usually have very slender rods.

"Most of the canes are made of wood, and the metal canes are too heavy to make into a fighting type, and the other is easy to be checked, after all, it is easy to be used as a murder weapon.

"In terms of wood selection, elm, jujube, apple, pear, and locust are all common hardwoods, with average toughness and easy cracking. Then walnut and hawthorn wood perform better. Persimmon wood, iron power wood, iron bamboo, heavy, hard, tough three conditions are met, that is, the processing difficulty is relatively large.

"And jujube wood, elm, locust wood and white wax rod are very good, these are relatively cheap, jujube wood, locust wood hardness is very large general knives are cut constantly, the disadvantage is that most of the length is not straight, slow growth is not easy to find wood, the hardness is easy to crack and not easy to process, elm is easy to have insects, white wax rod is now a lot of selling, more suitable. The more expensive fir wood, red pine, or yellow rosewood in the collection world is also more reliable, and it is a harder, denser wood. In fact, bamboo can also be used, but it is difficult to choose the material.

"In addition to these, there are also professional walking sticks that are favored by many businessmen and professionals to carry various tools and accessories. For example, a doctor's syringe, a jeweler's scale, a painter's easel, etc.

"And the city cane, usually used by fashionable ladies and gentlemen, often holds essentials such as cigars, snuff boxes, perfume atomizers and bottles, watches, opera glasses, and even hidden cameras. Musical canes such as flutes and violins also fall into this category.

"Outdoor walking sticks contain items needed for outdoor activities, including fishing, bird watching, and lawn games, among others. ”