"They don't have a particular patriarchal here. It is only a custom here that women are not allowed to serve at the table, and because there are many people, the table cannot sit down, so the women solve the problem of eating directly in the stove house. Every spring and autumn, there is a large gathering in the village, when all the villagers eat, drink and play on the square, both men and women. ”

Back in the room, while they were drawing up a plan of action for the next day, they listened to Tong Yue introduce them to the customs and customs here.

"Their side is characterized by bamboo weaving, bamboo carving and embroidery. Further southwest, the third place we are going to, is the same as their people, but the habits are very different, and the specialties are different. There were silver mines in the early years, so life was much better, and most people made silver jewelry. Including the girls in our village, if they want to get married and have children, they need to customize silver jewelry, and they all go to them to place orders. ”

The bamboo forest in the mountains has sufficient oxygen, Chen Yixin woke up from a sleep, and felt that the whole person was very comfortable, and there was a relaxed atmosphere from the inside out.

"Therefore, in ancient times, hermits lived in the mountains, and there was no problem in living in this unpolluted air for many years, and living to be eighty or ninety years old. ”

Zhang Qixiang next to him was also twisting his arms and legs, and he made a deep breath very exaggeratedly.

"Then you have to have a family property, if you come to live in the mountains, let you live here until you are a hundred years old for the rest of your life, and you have to do everything yourself, are you willing?"

Zhang Qixiang thought about it seriously: "Then forget it, let me be polluted in the red dust, at least live happily." ”

As soon as he said this, the others burst into laughter.

The youngest son of the village chief, a nineteen-year-old man, came to take them out. After finishing junior high school at Yamashita and not being admitted to school, he came back, and now he is learning a craft with Ah Gong.

On his way to lead Chen Yixin and them to find Ah Gong, he passed by a bamboo building.

The bamboo building is one floor shorter than his house, and the location is also a little second, and there is a sewage ditch at the door, although it is not stinky, but it definitely doesn't smell good.

"Ah Yun, Ah Yun is not there?"

"My sister went to the mountains. A seven or eight-year-old girl came out to answer, and when she saw Chen Yixin and them, she shrank into the door.

"Ah Yi, tell your sister, I'll send her something over at night. ”

Ah Yi nodded silently and watched them leave.

"Ah Yun is my fiancée. The young man smiled shyly, "She and I are going to get married this year." ”

"Congratulations, if it's convenient, give me a call, I'll have a wedding drink. ”

Tong Hao patted him on the shoulder: "My home is not far away, if you want to welcome your relatives, you can also call me." ”

The young man smiled shyly and nodded: "Then I'll call my brother then." ”

Chen Yixin gave Tong Yue a look, Tong Yue pursed her lips and nodded and smiled.

Zhang Qixiang on the side jumped out and stabbed Tong Hao's arm.

"Brother, call me along, I'll take wedding photos for you. ”

Generally speaking, their weddings rarely invite outsiders to attend, Zhang Qixiang is embarrassed to speak directly, but he is particularly curious about the process and etiquette of ethnic minority people's marriage, and he definitely doesn't want to miss such an opportunity.

Chen Yixin was not very interested in these, and all her attention was on the utensils in front of her.

Many people may think that bamboo things are just like that, just play with them casually, or use them as decorations, and the more important utensils are not worthy of bamboo.

But these bamboo products with fine workmanship and carved patterns are different, which can already be regarded as works of art.

"Zhang Qixiang, come here. Chen Yixin shouted without replying.

Zhang Qixiang was filming the bamboo building outside, when he heard the cry and carried his baby camera into the house.

"Come, you are a professional, you give the staff and staff officers, how to visit to get better results. ”

Although the bamboo ware is exquisite, it is not specially designed, and it is just a set of random put together.

"These are just made, and they haven't been polished through the last process. If you like it, I'll grind them out with my grandfather in the past two days. ”

Chen Yixin was taken aback, such a beautiful thing is not a finished product, so what does the finished product look like?

"I'll take you to the storeroom. Ah Gong has a set of utensils that have been handed down by Ah Gong's Ah Gong, which is very beautiful, and we are reluctant to use it. ”

When the warehouse is opened, the light through the cracks is projected into the room, and there is no dust flying in the air, and the whole warehouse is clean as if it has been washed.

A wooden frame is made of bamboo strips, on which are placed sets of utensils. From the cup for drinking water to the bowl for eating, as well as the bamboo rice for steaming rice, the toothpick box, and the ashtray, these were obviously added later, and the color of the pulp is different.

But the whole set of dishes, chopsticks and tableware is fine to the carvings on it are vivid.

Zhang Qixiang was like picking up treasures, patting them one by one, and not a single bamboo stick was missed.

"Oh my God, this craft is worth a lot of money on the shelf. ”

They have also been to the county's handicraft factory, and the things that come out of the assembly line are beautiful, but they have no soul.

After leaving the warehouse, I went to the workshop behind to find my grandfather.

There are several men in it doing their work, from young to old, all doing their own things meticulously.

Ah Gong sat in the patio and carved a cup.

"Grandpa is helping me make wedding utensils. ”

Although he had to do the initial embryo shape himself, the last step of carving and polishing was done by Ah Gong himself.

Because it is used for marriage, the carved pattern is the totem of their worship, representing the meaning of marriage and reproduction.

Zhang Qixiang's love for these handicrafts can be seen by everyone, and in the next few days, he took the two children of the village chief's family out at dawn every day. Let the other party take him to photograph various characteristic handicrafts and architecture. The daily remuneration is not much, ten or twenty yuan a day, and by the time they leave, it will be several hundred.

Chen Yixin's goals are different from Zhang Qixiang's, she pays more attention to people's livelihood, and will chat with Tong Yue with the women, help them pick vegetables in the field, and watch them do laundry, cooking, and handicrafts.

A lot of data and information that I want to know was grasped and recorded by Chen Yixin in these three words. Tong Yue was initially puzzled why she did such a thing every day, shouldn't she find someone to ask directly?

When the expected time to leave came, she saw Chen Yixin's notebook and realized what the other party had done.

Seeing her expression as if she had suffered a major blow, Tong Hao was still a little worried and asked her privately what was wrong. Tong Yue only looked at him with a complicated expression, saying that she had never felt stupid, but now, she doubted whether the university she studied was real or fake.

Tong Hao didn't understand, touched his head suspiciously, shrugged his shoulders, didn't care about her anymore, and turned his head to do his job.