Chapter 498: Trying to pull a sedan chair

Fan Ming and Yaya saw that Zhang Taiping had the two horses ready, so they were busy wanting to sit in the sedan chair and feel it. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info full / this \ small / say \ net /

Zhang Taiping hurriedly stopped and said: "Don't be in a hurry to sit in first, let the horse pull the cart and run two laps to get used to it, and then see if there is anything wrong with it, and then sit on it when you get to the wheat field." ”

It was a slow downhill road from the house to the village, and the problem came out when the horses pulled the sedan chair down the slope. The car at the base of the sedan car forgot to install something to control the speed of the car, and now the speed of the car is getting faster and faster due to the downward inertia force when going downhill. Fortunately, Zhang Taiping pulled his hand behind to slow down the speed.

When the horse ran to the threshing field, Zhang Taiping wanted to stop, and then carefully checked the condition of some cars, this was the first time to test, to see if there was anything wrong.

I looked up and down, and there was only one problem, that is, there was a lack of something to control the speed, and I couldn't run downhill for the time being.

However, now he can still run on the flat wheat field, so he said to Fan Ming and Yaya, "Now you can go up." ”

The two girls, one older and one younger, happily entered the sedan chair, took off their shoes and put them on the edge of the car outside, where a special place was set up for shoes. The inside is paved with a bright red carpet, and it is very comfortable to step on, and you can stand, sit, lie down, and lean at will.

Zhang Taiping sat at the front of the car, pulling the reins of the horse, and driving the two horses.

Now another problem has been discovered, in order to control the speed, someone must be in charge, so a chair must be set up in the place where he is sitting for the driver. In this way, the chair will block the main entrance of the sedan chair, so the door of the sedan chair cannot be opened in the direction of the front.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Taiping made a decision, changing one door into two doors, and setting them up on the left and right, and the door in front of him needed to be sealed, but a small window could be opened on it.

Today is Sunday, and the children are all at home, and when they see such a novelty on the wheat floor, they come to watch, and even some idle adults come to watch.

Such a luxurious and beautiful horse-drawn carriage is not to mention a group of mountain people who have not seen much, even people in big cities will involuntarily admire such a scene.

Naturally, the people who built the pig farm in the east also saw the situation here, and they also came to watch it when they took a break.

When Wang Li saw it, he was directly shocked, touched the natural color of the red almond wood and said: "This horse-drawn carriage is simply so beautiful, where did it come from?" ”

Zhang Taiping corrected and said: "This is an octagonal sedan chair, but it is equipped with a movable base underneath, so that horses can be used instead of manpower." ”

"Is it a sedan chair?" At first, I just saw that it was pulled by two horses, and subconsciously thought it was a carriage, but now after being reminded by Zhang Taiping, I looked at it carefully, nodded and said, "It's really more like a sedan chair, but the octagonal sedan chair is not common, but it looks like a pavilion that can be moved." ”

Zhang Taiping also had such thoughts, so he did not object to his statement.

"You can't make this sedan chair, right?" Wang Li asked with a slight surprise as if she remembered.

Zhang Taiping smiled and said, "Why not? ”

"There's nothing to do." Wang Li laughed twice and said, "There is nothing to do, it's just a little unexpected, Zhang Yuanwai is not only good at kung fu, but also a carpenter, versatile!" ”

Zhang Taiping smiled and waved his hand and said, "What a versatile job, it's just that I learned a few carpentry jobs with my master a few years ago." ”

"Tsk, this is not something that can be made after learning a few hands, I think you are definitely a master."

In fact, Zhang Taiping has never been presumptuous in these tasks, and the statement just now is just a little modest, which is the basic performance of most Chinese after receiving praise.

"Do you have a full effect in making such a horse-drawn sedan chair? It's not going to be used in a car, is it? Wang Li looked at the horse-drawn sedan chair running slowly on the field and asked.

"That's not true, this sedan chair is going to be rented out."

"Lease?" Wang Li was a little puzzled.

Zhang Taiping explained: "Have you seen the main color of this sedan chair, all of which are festive red and golden yellow, and I am ready to use it as a car to welcome relatives." ”

"Hey! That's a good idea, but how much is it once? If it's appropriate, I'll introduce it to my friends, and it's going to be very popular to marry a bride with this. ”

Zhang Taiping grinned and said, "Ten thousand yuan at a time." This is the price he had in mind, and although it was a bit high, he believed that the rich would definitely be willing to spend it. And the price is high, not only can some people be discouraged, the sedan chair plays a protective role, but also can play a strange effect to make it a status symbol.

"Ten thousand dollars at a time?" Wang Li was really surprised: "You don't want to rob money, do you?" ”

The villagers who were watching were also frightened by this price, but they didn't say anything, although this price sounded ridiculous, but many villagers on the sidelines actually believed in their hearts that Zhang Taipingding's price would definitely work, and what he said in the past year was basically correct, which made many villagers have a kind of blind trust.

Zhang Taiping smiled and said: "There are more rich people in this world, as long as 10,000 yuan can make people beautiful, many people are very willing to pay this money." ”

Wang Li thought about it and felt that Zhang Taiping was telling the truth, there are too many rich people in society now. 10,000 yuan may be a lot of money for a person who works hard for a hard worker, but for a rich person, in order to add some light to his face, 10,000 yuan will be thrown out without hesitation, without blinking an eye.

"Can it be cheaper?" After a while, Wang Li asked.

Zhang Taiping asked strangely, "Could it be that you plan to get married?" ”

"I really plan to get married, I will be twenty-seven and twenty-eight years old in a few years, and if I don't get married, I will become an old man." Wang Li shook her head and sighed, but her face was full of joy.

"When are you going to get married? I still have to renovate this sedan chair, I don't know if CCB can catch up. Zhang Taiping asked.

"November 2nd, that is, the 28th day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, is an auspicious day of the zodiac." Wang Li replied.

The so-called auspicious day of the zodiac is a day when everything goes well. In the old days, the stars were used to calculate the good fortune and evil, and it was said that the six stars of Qinglong, Mingtang, Jinkui, Tiande, Yutang, and Si Ming were auspicious gods, and when the six days were on duty, everything was appropriate, and they did not avoid the evil and jealousy, which was called "the auspicious day of the zodiac". It generally refers to a good day that is suitable for doing things.

Zhang Taiping calculated the time but it was too late, so he said: "My sedan chair has just been made, and no one has used it yet, you are the first person to advertise outside, so I will give you a three-fold discount, how about three thousand yuan?" ”

"Good! Three thousand is three thousand. But the bride sits in a sedan chair, how can I, the groom, sit, not drive a car in front, right? It's a bit of a spoiler. Wang Li saw that the price was not expensive, so he agreed.

Zhang Taiping smiled and said, "Naturally, the groom also has something to equip with." In the next two days I plan to go out and buy a few more horses to come back, in addition to the horses to pull the cart, and the horses for the groom to ride. ”

"The groom rides a horse, and the bride sits in a sedan chair, which is a match."

This is the first business of the sedan chair.

Zhang Taiping is in a good mood, and Wang Li is also full of spring breeze. When you get married, you naturally need a wedding car, and the wedding car that picks up the bride must also be a good car, if you have a good car at home, you naturally don't need to worry about this, if you don't have a good car, you have to rent a good car, thousands of dollars a day is indispensable. In this way, it is about the same price as renting a sedan chair, but the sedan chair can be more festive and innovative. Spending the same amount of money to achieve a higher effect, he was naturally happy.

Zhang Taiping asked: "You're going to get married in a few days, and you're not at home to prepare and still run out to work?" ”

Wang Li made a helpless look and said: "That's no way, after getting married, you have to support your wife, and you have to raise children at that time, so now you have to hurry up and earn more." ”

Zhang Taiping could see that his family situation was good, so it was naturally a joke.

He asked again, "Have you taken the wedding photos?" ”

"This has been filmed a long time ago, if I found you here earlier, I would have come to you to shoot."

Zhang Taiping said: "It's a bit of a pity, but you can introduce your friends to take wedding dresses here." ”

Wang Li laughed and said, "Certainly, definitely!" I'm sure I'll be able to help you get the ad out there after I'm married. ”

An old man in a village looked around the sedan chair for a while, and then said to Zhang Taiping: "Handsome, your horse-drawn sedan chair can be regarded as a social fire when it comes to the New Year." ”

"She", ancient refers to the god of the land, from ancient times to the present, the fire of the community has the meaning of sacrifice and blessing. "Pipe and Riding Horse" said: "Fang Liuli, for the society." That is, a radius of six miles is a society. With the community as the unit, "the weapon sings, and the fire dances", so it is called the community fire. Shehuo is a kind of traditional celebration and carnival activity in China, and the specific form varies greatly with the region.

Whenever the harsh winter is over, the ice and snow are beginning to melt, the spring flowers are blooming, and the earth is recovering, the ancestors will kill pigs and sheep, and use the fruits of their labor to sacrifice to the "gods" and ancestors. At this time, the primitive ancestors who had been tired all year round had a chance to rest, and they were ecstatic, so they "dressed up", painted cinnabar on their faces, tied bird feathers to their heads, shouted and jumped wildly. This is the earliest social fire of mankind.

However, with the development of the society, the meaning of sacrifice in the community fire has almost dissipated, and people now purely use the community fire to celebrate. It is common to celebrate either a good harvest or an economic growth during the year.

Most of the elements of social fire come from mythology or history.

Generally, he plays characters in dramas such as "Broken Bridge", "Thief of Fairy Grass", "Picking Yellow Robes", "Tang Seng Learns Scriptures", "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea", "Bao Gong's Indemnity" and other dramas. To the accompaniment of gong and drum music with a strong rhythm, do a marching queue or a fixed-point performance at the venue.

For example, in the performance of the broken bridge, Xu Xian, the green snake, and the white snake sang the lines in the Qin accent, and made simple gestures. Dry boat, made of bamboo into the shape of a boat, and then with colored paper or colored silk sticky, there is a boat girl to drive the boat, walk broken steps, just like the boat walking in the sea, by an old man walking in front, holding a pulp board, do the boat like rocking. Running bamboo horses, using bamboo as a skeleton, tied into a horse shape (there is also a donkey shape), decorated with colored silk or colored paper, the performer's waist around the bamboo horse, just like riding a horse, men and women in pairs, formation shuttle galloping, jumping, duet, strong sense of musicality, rhythm distinct, warm atmosphere.

There are many kinds of social fire, and the main form that exists on the land of Qinchuan is Gao Xinzi.

Gao Xinzi, also known as Gao Tai. There are many types of cores, back cores, car cores, etc., especially "car cores". Generally, a small tractor or a small car is fixed with one or several wooden rafters or iron rods that are more than one foot long, and then tied into a lotus shape or other shapes of suspension at the top of the rod, which is the core platform. On the core stage, one or two or more children who play roles are fixed, dressed in theatrical costumes, doing simple movements or shapes, and performing subtle and thrilling actions in the process.

Shehuo is also developing with the society, from the earliest core to the next core, and then to the current high-tech core.

Now there are a lot of scientific and technological elements in the social fire every year, some of which are manifested in the lifter, and some are manifested in the elements of the social fire. For example, after the Shenzhou 5 was launched a few years ago, its model frequently appeared in the social fires for several years.

Although Zhang Taiping's horse-drawn sedan chair is not high-tech, if it is an artistic production, the main thing is that it is novel and atmospheric, and has the strength to attract people.

Zhang Taiping has nothing to reject this kind of lively thing, and it is also an advertising effect to use the horse-drawn sedan chair as a social fire to swim around the whole county. Especially Zhang Taiping thought that if Wukong was asked to wear a tiger skin vest to become the driver at that time, it would definitely attract people's attention.

So he asked, "Is there a social fire in the village this year?" ”

The old man said with a smile: "I heard that the county is going to stop the big trouble this year, and each town will organize a social fire team, and each village will naturally have a few social fires at that time." With such a good harvest in our village this year, it is natural that there will be a few social fires. ”

Zhang Taiping also came to be interested, it is not common to hold social fires like this in the county, and when the social fires from all over the county gather in the county, it must be a scene of thousands of empty alleys.

"I've heard that several villages are already preparing for this." The old man said, "You are also ready." ”

It was definitely some old people who prepared so early, and they had nothing to do, and a few people got together to study this, which is also a way to pass the time. And the older generation and even the previous generation have a kind of love for social fire.

Zhang Taiping was also a little interested in this, so he said, "Okay, I'm ready to prepare." ”

A group of little dolls went up one by one to experience the feeling of riding in a carriage, and by the time Zhang Taiping drove the horses back again, it was already noon.

The car is a bit uncontrollable when going downhill, but it's easy when going uphill. The black dragon and the red date pulled the wooden car sedan chair up the gentle slope in front of the courtyard without the slightest effort.

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