The two machines started work together, and the rumbling sound spread throughout the calm Chujiazhai, and it was done in the evening, and the speed was indeed first-class If the fast mouth is dug manually, it is all the people in the village who dig together, and one noon and one afternoon can't be done. However, the cost of these machines is also quite scary, two or three hundred units an hour, and ordinary people really can't afford to afford them.

When leaving, Chu Jiaqiang gave each of them a bottle of jujube wine. He made a lot of these wines later, and not long ago Ye Caiping took them out to try it, and the color was very sweet. The taste is very good, the degree is low, and children can drink it.

At lunchtime, Chu Jiaqiang took it out to cheer up, who knew that Li Jianmin and others liked it as soon as they drank it. I heard that this has many effects, so I asked Chu Jiaqiang to sell a little to them on the spot. Chu Jiaqiang will naturally not be stingy with these jujube wines, just give the money. It should be in response to the sentence that someone usually says: talking about money hurts feelings!

There was nothing to do this day, Chu Jiaqiang had just come back from the research institute, mainly because Ding Lao called him over to talk about some things, and he was going to enter the mountain tomorrow, so that Chu Jiaqiang could get ready

Back in the old house, Ye Caiping was holding a few woolen threads and learning to knit sweaters and towels from Mrs. Wan. Late autumn will be coming soon, will winter be far away? She studied with Mrs. Wan for two days, and finally got started.

"Learned?" Chu Jiaqiang asked with a smile, when he first learned, he knew that Ye Caiping was crazy about learning.

"What kind of eyes do you have? After two days of study, I really thought I was so stupid! By the way, send me out tomorrow, and my mom will let me go back. You've been playing long enough this time, and you'll have to go into the mountains tomorrow anyway. Ye Caiping first angrily scolded Chu Jiaqiang, and then told Chu Jiaqiang about going home.

"Oh, that's fine! Let's talk about it tomorrow! We had a car and the town was not far away. Is Grandpa going back? Chu Jiaqiang finally asked, Ye Caiping's grandfather also came over two days ago, and he has been playing chess with Wan Lao, and the two of them also have the same smell and call them confidants, and the level is about the same.

"Grandpa won't go back, he's happy now! It is estimated that you won't drive him away, the environment here is good, and there are people who accompany him to fish and play chess. Ye Caiping was also a little depressed. She asked just now, and was immediately impatiently dismissed. What did he say about his grandson-in-law's house, and no one dared to say anything after living in it for a year and a half.

"Oh! Also, how about we get two swings here at the longan tree at the door? Ye Caiping asked suddenly.

Chu Jiaqiang was slightly stunned, making a swing? He really didn't have that idea before. No one in the village was idle enough to mess with that kind of thing.

"Hmmm! Good! Do whatever you say! "Chu Jiaqiang doesn't care, making a swing is not a big project. However, if you want to sit comfortably and look beautiful, you have to design it.

This is the ancient Qingming Festival custom in China. Swing, that is, pulling the leather rope and moving. Its history is very ancient, the earliest called Qianqiu, and later changed to a swing in order to avoid taboos. In ancient times, the swings were mostly made of tree branches and then tied with ribbons. Later, it gradually developed into a swing with two ropes plus pedals.

In ancient times, swinging was only seen around the Qingming and Cold Food Festivals, and it was only limited to the use of red men and green women in wealthy and aristocratic families.

The origin of swings can be traced back hundreds of thousands of years ago to ancient times. At that time, our ancestors had to go up to trees to pick wild fruits or hunt wild beasts in order to make a living. In climbing and running, they tend to grasp the stout creeping plants, rely on the swaying and swinging of the rattans, and climb trees or cross ravines, which is the most primitive form of the swing.

As for the later swings with ropes hanging on wooden frames and pedals under them, they existed in northern China during the Spring and Autumn Period. In "Art and Literature Gathering", there is a record of "Northern Mountains, Swings are used for play on cold food days". At that time, the rope that tied the swing was for the sake of sturdy, and it was usually made of animal skin, so the word "leather" was used as the side of the word "leather".

Speaking of which, in ancient times, swings were actually women's games. After swinging, it is mainly a game for women in the palace and leap or a carnival of traditional festivals. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was in the palace, swings were prevalent: Tang people were high and boundless "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty" cloud: "Those who swing are also thousands of autumns." Han Wu prayed for a thousand years of longevity, so the harem has more swing music. "Swinging was mainly for physical fitness at the time. The Tang Dynasty court called the swing a "half-immortal play." Wang Renyu of the fifth dynasty said in his notes "The Remains of Kaiyuan Tianbao": "In the Tianbao Palace, to the Cold Food Festival, the swings are erected, which makes the palace Bing generations laugh and think it is a feast. The emperor called it a half-immortal play, and the citizens of the capital called it. ”

Just do it, Chu Jiaqiang doesn't like to procrastinate. He went into the house and found a rope the thickness of his thumb and two planks. These ropes are the ropes of the rural baskets, which can bear the weight of hundreds of catties. It is more than enough to make a swing, and it is not a big problem for Zhou Fucha to sit on it. The planks are leftover from the original construction and are very thick.

"Aren't these planks too thick?" Ye Caiping glanced at it, and then asked.

"I'll go to my father-in-law's house and help make it thinner, and then drill a few holes." Chu Jiaqiang had already planned it.

"Why, if you're really going to make a swing, I suggest you make one with a backrest chair, it's absolutely comfortable. Sleeping on it at noon is sure to be a great treat. Zhou Fucha suggested.

Chu Jiaqiang and Ye Caiping's eyes lit up, Li Quan and others also nodded, Zhou Fucha's suggestion was good.

"Okay, just do that. But he still has to trouble the wood man, and he will do this thing in the village. "It can be said that in terms of carpentry, the wood man has a monopoly on the business in the village.

Ye Caiping put down her work, hurriedly went back and took out her hand, and searched the Internet for the design drawings of various backrest chairs used for swings. Chu Jiaqiang smiled bitterly, with her attitude of fishing for three days and drying nets for two days, I don't know if a sweater can be knitted before next spring.

After choosing, Chu Jiaqiang entered the photo into his mobile phone, and then went to find Mu Gong. Mu Gong's family has been very nourishing recently, and many tourists have placed orders for him to carve some small handicrafts and so on, plus Chu Jiaqiang's work there has not been completed, as well as the handicraft production in the village.

In short, it's just too busy.

Mu Gong glanced at the picture a few times, and then nodded: "One hundred yuan a piece, come and get it at half past three in the afternoon." ”

His words have always been so concise, Chu Jiaqiang has long been surprised, and he did not continue to disturb his work, chatted with his family for a few words and left.

In the afternoon, Chu Jiaqiang went to pick it up on time. The two chairs are ready, and the shape is the same. But it looks more aesthetically pleasing because there are some engravings on it.

After going back, Chen Wu and others also hurried to help. The two swings were done, and one was occupied by Ye Caiping first, and the other was snatched away by Zhou Furong. Chu Jiaqiang was busy with himself, and in the end, he only had to read the words, which was really depressed.