"Grandpa, how do you distinguish the number of years that bamboo grows? What does bamboo look like within two years, and what does bamboo look like when it is more than five years old?" asked Ye Ziji.

"You see, this kind of bamboo is less than two years old, it looks the same size as other bamboos, but the color is very green and tender, not as old and spicy as bamboo more than two years old.

And the bamboo that is more than five years old is like this, the color tends to be yellow, and you can see if the bamboo that is more than five years old looks a little dry and lacks moisture. My grandfather immediately pointed to the surrounding bamboo for on-site teaching.

During the foliage stage, I quickly learned to recognize the age of the bamboo, generally speaking, the younger the growth period of the bamboo, the more tender it looks, and even feels verdant.

And those bamboos that have grown for more than five years have begun to come to the end of their lives, and the fibers in the bamboo have begun to dry up, so the color has begun to turn yellow, and the water has begun to be lost.

Bamboo, which is between two and five years, looks like an adult, with a sense of maturity and stability, but also full of vitality, as if it is the best period of life.

Subsequently, in the leaf stage, according to the method taught by my grandfather, I went to select the right bamboo, to observe whether there were any scars on the bamboo, to see if the upper part was bent and deformed, and finally found a few bamboos that met the requirements.

"Grandpa, look at this one, and this one, that one, and that one, can you use it to make bamboo weaving?" he asked, pointing to the bamboos.

"Well, it seems that you have mastered the trick, and the few bamboos you have selected are all okay, so you can cut them yourself. Remember, when cutting bamboo, pay attention to which side of it is thinner, there is no other bamboo in the way, you can pull it out relatively easily after cutting, so as not to get mixed in the middle of some bamboo. ”

Grandpa reminded him to let Ye Qi cut the bamboo by himself, and Ye Qi observed it and found that the upper part of one bamboo was facing outward, and there was no other bamboo blocking it.

"Be careful when chopping, first cut in one direction, then cut around, and finally cut in the opposite direction. At the same time, people should pay attention to their standing position, and do not stand in the direction where the bamboo may be warped, so as not to hit people when the bamboo bullets up.

I remember when I was a child, I heard you tell you every day that there was a craftsman who accidentally cut bamboo, and was shot up by the bamboo and stuck in the throat, and died of excessive bleeding. ”

Hearing his grandfather's prompt, Ye Ziqi stepped back very carefully, he looked at the camera and said to the audience: "Ladies and gentlemen, now the anchor has to cut bamboo by himself and go back to make bamboo weaving, but the first time he cut bamboo, listening to what his grandfather said, there are still some dangers, I hope that some of the audience friends who cut bamboo should also be especially careful." ”

"Boom ......"

Immediately, the leaf stage began to cut the selected bamboo, and he swung his knife at a height of two or three centimeters from the bottom of the bamboo, and suddenly made a crisp pewing sound.

My grandfather's machete was very sharp, and when he cut it, the bamboo chips flew and cut off most of it in about five or six cuts, and then he turned in the other direction and began to cut the last side sideways.

"Hold the bamboo with your hand and hold it in this position, so that when you cut it halfway, the bamboo will fall down and tear the crack underneath, so that it will break, and at the same time, you can prevent the bamboo from bulleting. ”

My grandfather came over to demonstrate, and Ye Ziji quickly mastered the method, holding on to one side of the bamboo, and quickly slashed a few times, cutting off the remaining side of the bamboo.

"Click......"

The last knife went down, and the bottom of the entire bamboo was broken, and when Ye Ziqi reached out to hold it, the upper part of the bamboo slowly fell towards the outer side, and the bottom was held by him, and it did not bounce up directly.

"Okay, drag it out of it and shave the branches. When most of the bamboo fell to the ground, my grandfather instructed the leaf stage to drag the bamboo from the inside of the forest to the open area outside.

At the leaf stage, the upper branches of the bamboo stem are shaved, not only to be careful not to damage the knots of the bamboo, but also to shave all the branches clean, until the upper bamboo stem becomes only the thickness of a wine glass, and then cut it directly.

After five minutes, the branches of a bamboo pole are shaved at the leaf stage, and the whole bamboo becomes very smooth, and it is six or seven meters long, and it is very straight when it is placed on the ground.

"Let's cut down two more, it's a rare trip. Grandpa said happily, Ye Ziqi nodded, continued to cut two more, and became more proficient.

"Well, it's almost, drag it back and I'll teach you a piece of bamboo. Grandpa nodded, he dragged one bamboo in front, and two bamboos in the leaf period and walked behind.

"Lao Tie, I didn't expect that there is so much knowledge just about selecting bamboo and cutting bamboo, it seems that the ancients said that the world is insightful and knowledgeable, and I don't deceive me.

Next, I will learn a piece of bamboo like my grandfather, the so-called piece of bamboo, which refers to the bamboo cut and divided into finger-wide bamboo strips, but this cannot be used for weaving, because the bamboo strips used for weaving are only close to the surface of the bamboo, and after the piece is about as thick as a fingernail. ”

Ye Ziqi interacts with the audience while walking, he doesn't need to look at the screen, the live broadcast function directly with the group photo camera can pass the audience's information to him, and he can also filter some messages and comments according to his settings.

"Seeing the anchor chopping bamboo, it was so poetic, it reminded me of the scene when I was a child and went to chop bamboo with my father, but my father has passed away for many years, and I haven't been back to my hometown for many years. Some viewers sighed.

"The daily life of the anchor, although it seems mundane, is very meaningful. I can feel that the anchor wants to arouse everyone's attention to traditional culture, and this idea is very worthy of praise. ”

"We have too much traditional culture in China, many of which have disappeared in the long river of history, and many more remain in the folk, but they are also facing extinction, and I hope that the anchor can find and spread more of this traditional culture in the future. ”

"Anchor, the first bamboo tool you knitted, I bought it for 100 yuan. Reward first as proof, the anchor remembers. Someone even directly rewarded a gift worth 100 yuan and ordered the first bamboo set he knitted from Ye Ziqi.

"Upstairs, you reward 100 yuan, and the anchor can only get half of it, so you can't buy the bamboo furniture woven by the anchor. Someone joked.

"I also want the bamboo tools woven by the anchor, I hope the anchor can weave a bamboo basket for me when I buy vegetables, I can use as much as I want, and I will send it directly to WeChat when the time comes. "There are also demands.

"It's okay to go upstairs, I'll make up for a gift of 100 yuan, and once again declare that I ordered the first bamboo furniture woven by the anchor, please don't forget it. Soon there were another tipping gifts flying on the screen.