Chapter 8 Borrowing Jingwei
Thinking about it, Yu Shaobai laughed softly: "Miss, please come out." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
The girl turned her head and pointed to the green bamboo in the garden, "There are thousands of bamboo poles in the garden." ”
When Yu Shaobai heard this, he thought about it for a while, and said, "The family has ten thousand books. ”
The girl was slightly stunned, her eyes showed a hint of surprise, but she said: "I'm not very satisfied with this, let's have another one, listen to it, Gongzi strokes the qin, and the mountains and rivers reflect the crown jade." ”
Hearing this pair, Yu Shaobai was a little embarrassed, this was praising the man's face like a crown of jade, he thought about it for a long time, and said: "The beautiful woman appreciates the bamboo, and the small buckle firewood opens the golden lotus." ”
The girl smiled when she heard this, she didn't expect that this little guy still had some ability, and was praised by Yu Shaobai as a golden lotus, this girl was in a good mood.
"I wonder what Miss thinks of this?"
The girl nodded and asked Yu Shaobai to go in with her and choose bamboo.
As soon as he walked into the Zhuqiao Garden, Yu Shaobai finally saw the new height of the miser, the whole garden had no fallen leaves, and there were no dead bamboos.
"What are you doing with this thing? Is it for someone? ”
Yu Shaobai, who was busy chopping bamboo, shook his head when he heard this, "I plan to sell it for money." ”
Hearing this, a trace of disappointment flashed in the woman's eyes, in her opinion, it is really insulting for a scholar to come out to pursue money instead of reading the books of sages.
However, Yu Shaobai naturally didn't care whether this girl liked it or hated it, he had now chosen a bamboo and said goodbye to the girl, and he obviously felt that this girl didn't seem to be as enthusiastic as before.
Holding a section of bamboo, Yu Shaobai walked on the way back, and when he saw a carriage coming, he hurriedly dodged.
"Stop!"
There was a coquettish shout from the carriage, and the carriage suddenly stopped, and the face of a beautiful woman poked out of the side of the car curtain, "Ah! Go get the little guy over there! ”
The coachman nodded, got up and ran to the back.
Before Yu Shaobai could react, he was mentioned by the big man, this face was not up or down, it was quite embarrassing, he had been mentioned in the air all his life.
When he came to the carriage, the man's hand was loosened, Yu Shaobai fell to the ground, the sedan chair was crooked, and his buttocks sat on the ground, grinning a little.
"Madam, the people have been arrested."
When the beautiful woman saw that the little doll in front of her was handsome and sitting on the ground with a pitiful appearance, the anger in her heart disappeared a little, and she asked aloud, "Young man, where did you get this bamboo?" ”
Hearing this, Yu Shaobai looked up and saw that this lady was in a good posture, and she was still sitting in a carriage, she should be a figure with a head and a face in the village, and it was not easy to complain out loud, "This bamboo was obtained in the bamboo garden of the rich man Li's house, not stolen, it was his family's cousin who let me in." ”
"Fei'er? I thought it was a housemaid who didn't know what to do, but since Fei'er agreed, it wasn't stealing, and you could go. ”
That girl's name is Fei'er? Listening to this woman's tone, it seems that she is also from the rich man Li's family, so it is no wonder that she will stop herself.
Watching the carriage go away, Yu Shaobai picked up the bamboo knots on the ground and rushed back to his home.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw that the sister and brother were carrying buckets to fill the water tank, he put down the bamboo knots and picked up the buckets, "In the future, you don't need to do these things, just do the third brother." Carrying this bucket, Yu Shaobai's fifteen-year-old body felt a little struggling, let alone these two little dolls.
The two sisters and brothers glanced at each other, and Xiao Wu suddenly saw something in the yard and said in surprise: "Third brother, did you really get bamboo?" ”
"Your third brother never brags, he said that he would naturally get it, is there still a rag in Ah Lian's house, it doesn't need to be big, you found it, by the way, is there wine at home?"
Ah Lian shook her head and said, "There are some cloth corners, but there is no wine." ”
Hearing this, Yu Shaobai was a little embarrassed, no wine is for nothing, so he could only ask: "Does Ah Fa Daddy drink?" ”
"Don't drink it. Now even eating is a problem, where is the money to buy wine, the old village chief likes to drink, he makes his own fruit wine, third brother, do you want to drink? ”
Hearing Ah Lian's words, Yu Shaobai patted her head with satisfaction, "When the third brother makes a lot of money, you can buy whatever you want." ”
"Really? Then my new clothes. ”
"Third brother, and Xiao Wu, I also want new clothes."
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Running out of the courtyard gate, Yu Shaobai came to the village chief's house in one breath, knocked on the courtyard door, and saw a male baby, who should be the village chief's grandson Zhang Yang.
"Who are you looking for?"
Listening to the little guy's milky appearance, Yu Shaobai smiled and said, "Is your grandfather at home?" ”
The little guy put his finger to his mouth, "Shh~"
Yu Shaobai looked at him with a mysterious look and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?" ”
"Grandmother and grandfather are arguing in the house, be quiet, grandmother is very fierce."
Hearing this, Yu Shaobai was slightly stunned, are the children of the Ming Dynasty so precocious, how can eleven or twelve-year-old children be like human spirits, thinking about their own days, the most unforgettable thing in childhood was Ultraman fighting little monsters.
"Do you have something to do with your grandfather?"
"Yes."
"You wait a while, and grandfather should come out after he kneels for half an hour."
Looking at the little guy who turned around to pee and play with the mud, the corners of Yu Shaobai's mouth twitched a little, this little guy couldn't help but know too much, the old village chief ...... He's not going to be kneeling on the washboard.
A quarter of an hour later, Yu Shaobai heard the sound of the door opening, turned his head to look, and saw the old village chief with a red face, rubbing his knees and walking out, and smelled alcohol from afar.
"Yo, isn't this Yu Saburo? Came back from town. The old village chief sat staggered in front of Yu Shaobai, looking at the palm prints on his old face, which made Yu Shaobai a little speechless, it turned out that in ancient times, they were not all "great men".
"Village Chief, I'm here to ask you to borrow some wine......
Before Yu Shaobai finished speaking, he was covered by the village chief, and he only heard: "Be quiet, but don't be heard by that mother-in-law." ”
Seeing Yu Shaobai nodded, he let go of his hand.
"You are young, why don't you learn well, what kind of wine do you drink?"
Yu Shaobai explained: "Village chief, you misunderstood, I don't want wine to drink, I want to make a thing, I heard that you brew your own fruit wine, so I came to borrow some wine, don't worry, when I make money, I invite you to go to the town to drink good wine." "Good guys, this is another blank check.
But as soon as he heard the good wine, the old village chief looked back at the mother-in-law's room and said in a low voice: "Actually, there is still some wine, but I can't let my mother-in-law find out, otherwise I can't help but beat her, which is not good." ”
(Hit her?) Please, old village chief, can you knock the dirt off your knees first)
"Village Chief, where is your wine?"
The old village chief leaned into Yu Shaobai's ear, and suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed: "Little guy, do you want to eavesdrop again?" ”
Yu Shaobai turned his head to look, and the little guy with an innocent face was standing behind him, and it turned out that there was still a scene of eavesdropping.
"Grandmother! Grandfather, he was going to teach others to drink! ”
The little guy opened his mouth and shouted, Yu Shaobai looked stunned, and the old village chief's red face turned pale for a moment, and he heard the roar of the Hedong lion from the house: "Old thing, you want to be angry with the old lady!" ”
Looking at the old woman who walked out of the door with cloth shoes in her hand, Yu Shaobai could only glance at the old village chief sympathetically, turned around and ran out of the courtyard gate.
"Ahh Don't hit ......."
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Coming out of the village chief's house, Yu Shaobai came to the broken bridge not far away, and sure enough, he dug out a jar of fruit wine in the hole, the old village chief, don't worry, I won't let you beat you in vain.
Now bamboo, liquor, cloth, cotton are available, the difference is feathers, this is not bothersome, Ah Fa Dad is a hunter, went to his house, just in time for his father to slaughter game, Ah Fa and his mother are still busy in the field, Yu Shaobai took some poultry feathers, and Uncle Li also sent him some fat meat before leaving.
Back at home, everything was ready, Yu Shaobai put everything in the study, Yu's mother stood at the door of her room suspiciously, a little worried about her son's strange behavior, this is bamboo, and wine, there will really be something wrong, thinking of this, she called Ah Lian to say a few words, and saw Ah Lian walk out.
In the study, Yu Shaobai was busy concentratingly, and when he saw the sparrow today, he thought of an ancient Chinese toy he had made in high school-Drinking Bird, but Yu Shaobai gave it a more mythical name - Jingwei.
Drinking bird is a kind of toy bird full of mystery, it is said that as long as a little water is put in front of it, it will swing tirelessly, the ancient Chinese toy "drinking bird" similar to the state of the perpetual motion machine once made the great scientist Albert Einstein also amazed, so this toy is also called "Einstein's surprised toy".
Yu Shaobai used mineral water bottles, alcohol, catheters and gauze at that time, but now the conditions are limited, Yu Shaobai can only use local materials, hoping that drinking birds can be made.
However, the silhouette of this drinking bird is a problem, and there is no mineral water bottle, so I can only find a few gourds outside, which are used as the bird's body, and then wrapped in cloth and sewn. In the gourd, he put a bamboo pole that was opened, poured a little fruit wine, stuffed cloth and cotton into the end of the gourd, made it into the shape of a bird's beak, fixed it with a rope, and then used the wire and bamboo pole as a support, that is, the legs of the drinking bird.
A piece of bamboo, a little fruit wine, and some ordinary cotton can make a tireless bird. It sounds simple, but it's not easy to keep it moving. Although he used to be a drinking bird and was very successful, he now uses something completely different. In order to recover the bird from his memory, he had to overcome many difficulties. For example, it is difficult to grasp the balance of drinking birds, and it is difficult to determine the amount of fruit wine to be added. The initial attempt was very unsuccessful, with some of the initial birdies lasting very short and some of them not moving at all. In order to solve these problems, Yu Shaobai had to experiment repeatedly, find a pattern, and create a balance.
After a series of failures, Yu Shaobai mastered some production tricks. To make the bird move, one is to grasp the amount of fruit wine in the bird's body, too much will make the body too heavy, too little will not be able to drive the body to swing. The second is to find the balance point of the bird's body, and the best fulcrum can ensure the bird's free movement.