Although he looked to be in his sixties, he was in good health and quickly came to the front.

"Well, okay, I'll come back when I put the camera on. Lu Zi'an responded with a smile: "This is Ye Lao, he is sixty-seven years old, but he is very energetic!"

With a slight shake of the camera, it finally freezes on a clearing on the front lawn.

Lu Zi'an said with a smile while adjusting the lens: "For today's shooting, I have actually been waiting here for a few days, and the preliminary preparations are basically completed, and today I will cooperate with Ye Lao to do something very interesting." ”

After speaking, he took half a step back and smiled at the camera: "I hope it won't disappoint everyone." ”

He walked into the house and followed Ye Lao several times before he could be regarded as carrying out all the parts.

Taking advantage of Ye Lao's rest, Lu Zi'an wiped his sweat and carefully walked to the camera with a few pieces of skin.

Turning this skin, so that everyone can see more clearly: "Look, this is a good cowhide, after shaving, shaving fat, several processes, and then drying, but there is no scar!"

The cowhide in front of the lens is sunburned to be somewhat translucent, and the delicate texture reflects the rising summer sun, glowing with a fine luster.

"Cowhide also has requirements for cattle, not only the cow hair should be shiny, even, more and dense, and the inner layer should not have knife wounds caused by slaughter. Lu Zi'an grabbed two pieces of cowhide with both hands and shook them gently, smiling lightly and happily: "Can you see it? ”

The texture of the two pieces of skin is the same, the size is similar, especially there is no knife damage, except for a slight difference in shape, there is no difference at all.

However, Lu Zi'an didn't expect anyone to answer, he raised the cowhide in his right hand with a smile and hinted, turned around and put the cowhide down: "But mine has just dried in the shade and can't be used, what we want to use is soaked in clean water, and the skin must be soaked soft and elastic before it can be used." ”

Ye Lao sat crookedly on the old rattan chair, watching him toss with a smile, with both curiosity about the camera and a hint of pampering in his eyes.

It's like looking at your own child.,It's a warm feeling.。

"Hurry up, I'll do it after I smoke!" Ye Lao shouted at the top of his voice.

"Okay!" Lu Zi'an also replied with a loud voice, and continued to introduce to the camera.

"I'm sure you can see that we're preparing to make drums. Lu Zi'an picked up a small drum casually and tapped it lightly with his fingertips.

Crisp rumbling.

"As for drum making, the first thing is to choose cowhide, of course, we have already done this step. Lu Zi'an picked up the wooden block next to him: "This is a barrel-shaped wood chip made of sawn boards, each arc is different, and the best Tsubaki wood is all available in the mountains and forests here, and it is made of local materials." ”

He deliberately took it closer: "After the fir wood goes down the mountain, it has to be broken into a billet with a curved chisel when it is wet, and then it is made into barrel-shaped wood chips with different tools after drying. ”

It's easy to draw a circle, and it's not difficult to cut a ball, but the difficulty is that each piece of wood has the same width and different arcs, but it is a complete circle when put together.

It is unknown how many years of knowledge have been hidden in this period.

After introducing these, Ye Lao's cigarette was also finished, and Lu Zi'an smiled and waved his hand at the camera and walked over.

Take out two one-meter-high drum rings from the wall, separate them at a certain distance, and fix them on the ground.

During this time, Ye Lao just stood aside and watched, occasionally helping the handle, and Lu Zi'an did all the other things himself, obviously, he was already very proficient in these.

The various materials they had dragged out before were spread on the ground, and Lu Zi'an picked up a few barrel-shaped pieces of wood, not wanting to directly side by side.

Then I carried the bucket to the side, dipped the brush in some glue, and glued the two pieces of wood together evenly and carefully.

Ye Lao looked at it happily, in a very good mood.

Especially when he saw Lu Zi'an just brushing and taking the wooden blocks, he didn't even need to rummage carefully, and he felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

What a man who was born to eat this bowl of rice, he thought to himself.

Lu Zi'an used a drum ring to hoop all these barrel-shaped pieces together, and finally became a barrel shape without a cover and no roof.

The drum barrel he hooped out was complete and exquisite, and it was rare that it was so big, and it was the first time he had practiced it, but there was no sign of tension at all.

The round shape that is glued out has no gaps, and I don't even know how Lu Zi'an did it, but the edges are very consistent.

You must know that even if it is Ye Lao himself, it is inevitable that there will be subtle mistakes and omissions, and after the hoop is finished, he always has to see it.

Ye Lao specially stepped forward to take a closer look, rubbing his fingers against the smooth cross-section, and groaned in his heart: It seems that you can save a sawing process......

He was very satisfied, but his mouth said, "It's okay." ”

In the past few days, Lu Zi'an also knew his temper, and he didn't care, so he checked it carefully, wiped the overflowing glue with a rag, and then groaned: "In this weather, the glue will dry quickly, I'll polish it again in the afternoon." ”

"Hmm. ”

After Ye Lao left, Lu Zi'an patted the drum barrel that came out of the hoop, and his face was bright: "Don't look at the glue used, it must be very strong, the reason why you can't use nails or other methods is because it will affect the sound quality, and you will shoot it in the afternoon." ”

The picture stopped at the scene where he stretched out his hand, and Shen Mange looked depressed: "Why is it gone?"

"That's it, isn't this to my appetite!" Zou Kai was very depressed, standing on the chair at the back and shouting: "One day with a knife in hand, kill ......"

"Kill, kill, I'll kill you first!" Qu Dodo kicked him in the chair and glared at him, "Why did you come up again?"

A room of people looked back at him silently, and Zou Kai coughed a little embarrassed: "It's not, what's that, I miss Brother An...... That's right!"

He couldn't be straight, and he raised his head with a strong chest: "I miss Brother An!"

Qu Duo was about to say two words to him, but Shen Mange said in surprise: "Ah, I received another one." ”

Even Zhuo Peng couldn't help but be a little excited: "Hurry up!"

The second video is obviously in the afternoon, because after Lu Zi'an turned on the camera, he wiped his sweat: "The sun is a little dry, let's go under the eaves to do it." ”

He stepped forward to check it first, and after making sure that the glue was dry, he carefully lifted the drum ring with Ye Lao and unloaded it.

With such a large drum barrel, it naturally takes a lot of effort to polish it.

Fortunately, both of them are proficient, and it is quite easy for one to guard one side.

"Huh. Ye Lao polished and found something strange, and couldn't help but look up at Lu Zi'an: "What kind ......of knife are you using?"

The cut surface was delicate and smooth, and there were no even knife marks, as if it had been finely polished, which greatly reduced the workload, and he only needed to polish the details of the joint.

"Oh, the clear knife method. Lu Zi'an didn't care, and said with a smile: "I used to be a carpenter, so I used the old method, it doesn't affect it, right?"

"This ...... Nature does not affect. Ye Lao's rough hand rubbed the surface of the drum barrel, and his expression seemed to be surprised and happy.

In fact, the drum making process is not too complicated, except for the leather is a little difficult to handle, and even other processes are considered easy.

However, they are not fast enough to make a drum, because the requirements for knife skills are not particularly high in this line of work, which leads to the fact that they do not particularly care about knife skills when making wood chips.

In addition to using knives, Ye Lao used more planers and saws.

But no matter how well the planer is planed, it is also faceted.

So the grinding time is even more than all the other processes combined, if he also has this knife technique......

A gleam appeared in Ye Lao's eyes: Wouldn't that be a great reduction in working hours?

Lu Zi'an didn't know what he thought, so he turned the drum barrel and checked it all, and when he was sure that there was no problem, he patted it lightly: "Okay, I'll turn it to the front and start skinning." ”

With a bang, the two straightened the drum barrel, and the skin was about to begin.

After soaking in cold water, the cowhide has become soft and elastic, and after being carefully dried, while it is soft, hemp rope is used to pass through the opening of the edge of the cowhide, fixed, stretched, and taut.

After the cowhide is fixed and tightened, it is time for the most critical part.

Timber sound.

There is a folk saying that "don't beat the drum diligently", and the key to the sound of a drum is whether it is accurate when skinning.

"I used the old way to set the drum sound. Ye Lao glanced at Lu Zi'an: "Open the box." ”

Lu Zi'an stepped forward and opened the wooden box next to him.

But it was not a treasure, but two very smooth cobblestones, which, judging by their volume, should weigh tens of kilograms.

Seeing Ye Lao stretching out his hand, Lu Zi'an hurriedly said, "I'll move it." ”

Ye Lao is old after all, don't flash your waist.

Ye Lao didn't fight with him, and let him move the two stones to the drum surface.

The cobblestone fell to the surface of the drum, but it did not sink too much, and it had to be held on to prevent it from falling.

"Look at it. Ye Lao pressed the round stone down a little to make it more close to the drum surface, but his hands began to slowly turn the two stones.

Strangely, every time he turned, he would beat the drum and listen.

The already soft cowhide becomes softer and more elastic after being rolled back and forth by the cobblestone.

Ye Lao turned around for a while, and when he knocked again, his eyebrows stretched: "Listen." ”

At this time, the cowhide has become strong and loose, and when gently tapped, the sound quality is more mellow and the echo is wider.

"It's done, let's move. After Lu Zi'an moved the cobblestone down, Ye Lao said slowly: "This trick is called Double Dragon Ball, which my master taught me." ”

Many people outside make drums, and they will only use the method of death and stretch hard, but no matter how they stretch in the end, there is still a limit, how can this method be proper.

Some are even covered up like that, and no matter how the drums are played, they are not as beautiful as his.

Lu Zi'an paused on the cobblestone, smiled and nodded: "This method is quite interesting, I'll try it on the other side later." ”

"Hmm. Ye Lao had the idea of cultivating him, so he naturally would not refuse: "What about the bamboo baskets?"

"Here. Lu Zi'an took the bamboo basket on the side, and it was full of cut bamboo baskets.

Ye Lao glanced at him, reached out and picked up one, and put it under his eyes to look at it carefully.