52. The comb was made
There are many types of combs, and different combs have different ways to do it. No matter what kind of comb, you must first choose the material, that is, what material to use, and then find the tool to make the comb. Guan Lin has now chosen the materials, using bamboo. The tools were two knives, a machete and a multi-purpose knife, and a stone knife from Old Dock.
Haven't you seen it before? Guan Lin's unyielding strength came up again. As soon as he returned to the house with Dona, Guan Lin picked up the materials and looked at them carefully, looking at them several times. After reading it, put it on the ground, take out the **, click a few times, and chop the bamboo into several pieces, each of which is about the same size as the comb Guan Lin has seen. It must be cut to the size of a comb first, or how to make it a comb, it is difficult to wait for the comb to be done and then look at it, so that the comb must not be broken.
Facts have proved that Guan Lin's idea is not wrong, and it is very, very reliable. The comb must have been made by skilled craftsmen, and it must have something to do with the love of beauty, and as for whether it was invented by a man or a woman, no historical records have been found. But according to folklore, the comb was invented by a skilled craftsman named Helian next to Emperor Yan, that is, in the Neolithic period. This person is particularly fond of using his brains, in a civilized society, this is called a strong sense of innovation, he saw that the clansmen's hair was unkempt, very unsightly, and it was not convenient to work in war, so he used animal bones, imitated human fingers, made a five-finger comb, and dedicated it to Emperor Yan. Emperor Yan tried it and felt very comfortable, and immediately ordered Helian to make further transformations so that it could be promoted to the clansmen. However, it was at this moment that war broke out. A tribe in the north called Xuanyuan attacked Emperor Yan in a big way. In the end, Emperor Yan was killed, Helian became a prisoner and a slave, and Xuanyuan became the later Yellow Emperor.
It is said that even though Helian became a slave and did heavy work every day, he was still thinking about his comb. Do it often secretly. Eventually, he was found and put on death row. It was on death row that Helian was once again appreciated, a man who was a former craftsman and is now a death row guard. Peer, must be sympathetic, so he took a comb and secretly handed it to the Yellow Emperor's wife, but the Yellow Emperor found that his wife became beautiful the next day, and when he asked, he knew that he had used a comb. He Lian was immediately ordered to be released, but who knew that it was still a step too late, and Helian had already been killed. The Yellow Emperor expressed his regret at that time, and posthumously named Helian as the ancestor of the wooden comb.
Whether this folklore is true or false is unknown, but it is enough to show that the history of combs in China has a long history. Guan Lin did not live in that era, nor had she ever seen a comb, let alone a skilled craftsman. But what Guan Lin is doing now is to make a comb and make it according to the shape of the comb, which in the eyes of other clansmen, the comb was invented by the sister, just like Helian at that time, maybe this Helian is also a modern person who accidentally crossed over, who knows.
"How do you make a comb from bamboo?" Guan Lin picked up a piece of bamboo and thought. There are many teeth on the bamboo, and to make a comb is to make a lot of small teeth on it, and the size must be about the same, not big or small, or it must be uncomfortable not to use?
"So how do you make teeth?" Guan Lin fell into deep thought again. It is definitely not possible to cut directly with a knife, there will always be big and small, wide and narrow. What the hell is going to do, thinking about it, Guan Lin slapped his thigh, first drew the shape of a comb on the bamboo block, and then cut it with a knife, and then repaired it.
Guan Lin was also proud of her inspiration, she was still as smart as before, she was really a powerful person, and the girl couldn't help but praise herself in her heart.
"Goddess Lynn, is it hard to make a comb? What am I going to do? Dona on the side saw Guan Lin holding a piece of bamboo and bowed her head silently, kept gesturing with her hands, and patted her thighs, she was also anxious, but she didn't know what to do, and her heart was like a cat scratching.
"Yes, it's really hard to do, I'm thinking about how to make it easy to use, or I can't use it if I don't make it." Guan Lin thought too deeply for a while, and really forgot that Dona was also here, and smiled at Dona a little embarrassed, and then said: "But I have already thought of what to do in my heart." ”
Guan Lin asked Dona to go out and find a few small white stones, and took out a knife to repair the four sides of a few bamboo chips, so that she wouldn't stab her hands when she could do it. A few pieces of bamboo were repaired, and Dona came back with a few small stones in her hand.
Guan Lin put a piece of bamboo on the ground, took out another piece of bamboo as a ruler, and began to draw. It is better to say that it is a painting, and it takes a lot of effort to draw a trace on the bamboo piece below. I was expecting Dona to go out and find a white stone that can draw lines with a single draw, but who knew that what Dona got back was an ordinary white stone, a white stone that has always been very hard, Nima, next time I'd better find it myself, I know what I want!
That's it, Guan Lin still insisted on "painting", and after painting, she was tired and sweaty. Tilting her head to look at Dona next to her, Dona was also looking at Guan Lin with a serious face, probably saying in her heart, combs are really difficult to make, you see that the goddess Lin is tired like this.
"Dona, you also draw another one according to my example, today we will make at least two, one for you and one for me." After drawing one, Guan Lin handed the stone to Dona and asked Dona to draw one in the same way, thinking that you would try it too, and you would know what kind of stone to use next time.
Dona was painting, and Guan Lin was not idle, holding the painted bamboo pieces to make a comb. First use ** to cut along the line just drawn, of course, not to throw off the arm and cut the kind, but carefully cut along the line, after cutting, the general shape of the comb also came out. Guan Lin began to take the multi-functional saber and slowly polish it, and let Dona watch from the side when polishing, this is the most important step, if it can't be repaired, it can't be done, and it is a key step to determine the quality of the comb.
"If only I could find something to grind, it's still a little rough to the touch." Guan Lin took the comb polished with a multi-functional saber and looked at it carefully, looking and touching, thinking while touching. It looks like a comb, but it's still a little rough, if it can be sharpened, it will be perfect, the key is that there is nothing to grind now, Guan Lin sighed.
Guan Lin took the comb and combed her hair a few times, although it was a little rough, but as long as she didn't lean on the scalp, it still didn't feel obvious! Guan Lin, who felt good, handed the comb to Dona who had been staring at the comb, and Duo Na took it and learned to comb Guan Lin's hair on her head, but she just combed it a few times and hummed, Guan Lin looked at it, it turned out that her hair was knotted, it seems that her hair still has to be combed often, or you look at the knot at one end!
Guan Lin gestured to Dona, meaning to bring the comb. Dona watched as the girl took the comb back. I thought it was my humming that made Guan Lin angry and didn't use it, and just as she was about to speak, Guan Lin had already come to her side and combed her hair.
There are a lot of knots on this head, almost all over the head, and you have to open the knots while combing it, this is the hair that has never been combed, how messy, Guan Lin complained while combing. Dona hadn't finished combing her hair when Lan came in. It turned out that Lan came back from hunting, and when he heard that Guan Lin and Dona were in the house, he came over to take a look, and called for dinner by the way.