Chapter 32: The Bamboo Raft
The mountain behind the panda base is a protected area, and the entire Cuijing Lake is now home to Ji An and the old man, plus a panda and a dog.
Sitting on a bamboo raft in such a large "swimming pool", Ji An thought it was quite interesting, and he had the idea of making a bamboo raft by himself.
However, the two machetes that fell out of the old man's fishing tackle bag made him unable to understand, and asked, "Why are you going out fishing with a knife?"
Chen Weiguo picked it up: "Eating guy, of course, you have to carry it with you." Without waiting for Ji An to speak, Old Man Chen continued: "Do you know how to cut bamboo? This is a necessary vocational skill in our base, and everyone must master it. ”
Seeing Ji An nodding, the old man handed over the machete, pointed to the 8-meter-tall, adult-calf-thick purple bamboo next to him, and asked him to cut one and try it.
Thinking that since it was the professional skill of the base, Ji An took the base-specific machete with the edge bent outward, resembling a broken sickle. He hadn't cut bamboo, and the reason why he nodded his head was that he felt that cutting bamboo was just a knife, how difficult could it be?
The base employees who were watching the live broadcast smiled heartily.
Old man Chen didn't lie to Ji An, chopping bamboo is indeed a necessary professional skill for the panda base, and both researchers and breeders are required to master it. However, this bamboo is really not easy to cut.
Ji An swung his knife and slashed at the bamboo, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw the old man take two steps back, he kept an eye on it, and retracted his strength a little.
"Duh"
The machete hit the bamboo, the machete flew out, and Ji An rubbed his numb wrist with bared teeth. Thanks to the strength I just received, otherwise I wouldn't have thought about using my wrist this week.
Looking at the bamboo, the skin of the bamboo was broken, leaving a cut a few millimeters deep.
Old man Chen pulled away the corner of his mouth and smiled, picked up the machete that flew out, and without saying anything, he found a purple bamboo 5 or 6 meters high and thick arms to prepare for the demonstration.
Ji An interrupted, pointed to his thick bamboo and said, "Why don't you cut this one?"
"Your one is too thick for a raft. (cough...... )
Ji An: "Then you still let me cut it?"
Chen Weiguo: "Didn't I let you try it first?"
Don't talk so much nonsense, look at it, this is the secret knife technique of our panda base.
I'll just demonstrate it once, and how much you can comprehend depends on your understanding. ”
Ji An rolled his eyes at the old man.
The old man did have two brushes, the bamboo with a thick arm, and the first knife cut through half, pulled out the machete stuck in the broken bamboo, changed the direction, and was still in the same position. After only three cuts, the bamboo slowly fell to the ground.
In fact, the trick is very simple, the knife edge should be cut diagonally down into the bamboo. First, it is easier to follow the bamboo fiber, which is more labor-saving, and secondly, it is easier and easier to raise a knife to chop down than to hold a knife and swing horizontally.
"See, there's another one there, try it yourself, and you can make a bamboo raft by cutting 20 of the same thickness." Old man Chen pointed to another machete on the ground and said. He was not idle, the two of them worked together, and they could fish for a while if they made a bamboo raft early.
Old man Chen can cut three knives, Ji An has to cut more than a dozen times, no way, he has hardly used a knife, he doesn't feel it in his hands, and he can't cut it accurately, and in the end, the bamboo is broken like a dog has gnawed, and he finally knocked down one.
However, he has good physical strength and can maintain this rhythm and intensity for a long time, but the old man can't, and he let out a breath, and his speed slows down significantly.
Zizhu Forest, the boy who cut bamboo, someone in the live broadcast room ridiculed: "Zhang Xiaofan in Zizhu Forest, are you okay?"
"Xiaofan, where is Baguio?"
"I'm Lu Xueqi. ”
Ji An ignored them and continued to chop his bamboo.
The cut bamboo was placed next to Dayu, and when Ji An walked back for the fifth time, he shouted angrily: "Dayu! That's not for you to eat!"
Previously, Dayu ate the snacks given to it by the old man, and emptied the backpack by himself, as a fat man, how could his mouth stop?
There was a burst of laughter in the live broadcast room, and many panda fans began to like this big fat panda with a round head and a round brain.
Hearing the voice, Dayu stopped talking and looked at Ji An with round eyes and puzzled.
After looking at each other for a moment, Ji An sighed: "Forget it, you continue to eat, I'll just cut two more." ”
Dayu's mouth resumed chewing, crunching and crunching......
Before 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Ji An wiped his sweat, and he and the old man finally got together twenty. This is also Dayu temporarily full of food before barely making up.
After the old man finished counting, he asked Ji An to cut one more and come back, and then divided the one into three equal parts, each about 1.5 meters long.
Bamboo rafts are not just tied together, so that the raft is soft, untenable, and needs to be fixed with a "skeleton".
The three "skeletons" are separated from the front, middle and back, and the bamboo row is placed vertically, and the twenty bamboos are all tied to the "skeleton" with ropes, Ji An and Chen Weiguo started work together, Dayu and Fat Tiger are curious onlookers on the side.
At about half past three, the bamboo raft for two people was officially completed, and the old man Ji An worked together to move the bamboo raft into the water. Chen Weiguo jumped up and tried it, found it very stable, and asked Ji An to come up together.
The two of them were still fine, Ji An turned his head and hooked his fingers, and the fat tiger also jumped up.
From the previous tree house to the current bamboo raft, Ji An found that what he did was a sense of accomplishment. As he was inflating himself, the old man suddenly stared at him with wide eyes in horror and looked behind him.
As a fat da, no matter how smart it is, it is impossible to understand the principle of buoyancy, Dayu saw that Ji An, the old man, and the fat tiger were all on the bamboo raft, and it stepped on it with heavy steps.
Ji An only had time to look back and catch a glimpse of a huge black and white figure, and the next moment, the world was spinning, and the two of them and a dog all fell into the water.
The fat tiger swam back to the shore in a dog planing style, climbed up, Ji An and the old man wiped off the water stains on their faces, and helplessly looked at Dayu who was throwing his ass dry on the shore.
"Hahaha, this fat panda is so interesting. ”
"Oh my God, it shook up, and its fat flesh simply shook. ”
"Look at the innocent look in the fat eyes, the little brother is probably going to be injured, right?"
"It reminds me of the big white, and it must be soft to fall asleep on its stomach. ”
"KKKK~ The old man has a water weed hanging on his head. ”
Director Mei of the office laughed, not only because of relief, but also because the bamboo row was overturned, Ji An and Chen Weiguo became soup chickens, and the reward immediately came.
The water on the shore was not deep, and when it reached Ji An's chest, he and Chen Weiguo flowed back to the shore.
It's cooler now, but there's no way to catch fish. In addition to being helpless, the two of them were helpless.
The big bear seemed to understand something, and ran over to arch Ji An with a big head, Ji An rubbed his thick head, and swallowed tears into his stomach: "It's okay, it's not your fault, it's that our bamboo raft is not big enough." ”
Old man Chen also smiled bitterly.
The clothes were soaked, and the two could only go home, they lifted the bamboo raft out of the water and put it into the bamboo forest next to it, anyway, no one stole it, and they would use it again next week.
An old man and a young man were shirtless together, with wet clothes hanging on their shoulders, and returned to the base with Dayu and Fat Tiger.
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