The verdant green hills, the bamboo grows in pieces, a beam after a beam, a ridge after a ridge, the bamboo forest is pine, after the wind, the bamboo rises and falls, and the pine is comparable.

The bamboo forest is not only the scenery, but also the inexhaustible resource of the mountain people, a treasure, the utensils that can be seen in the mountain people's homes, almost all can see the shadow of bamboo, covering the daily life of the mountain people.

Therefore, a craft was specially born, that is, the craftsman in the mountainous area. Passed down through the generations, the master craftsmen have accumulated a wealth of experience and explored complex techniques, with a bamboo in hand, there is nothing they can't make.

Bamboo can be cut into slivers, can also be cut into strips, after fire, but also enhance toughness, become able to bend and bend, after cooling, fixed into a shape to be turned and bent, no longer change, because of this characteristic, the brush can be made almost anything.

The best bamboo is the one whose cyan skin has just been transformed into golden, and the bamboo has the best maturity, the thickest flesh and the toughest toughness.

The knife that the mountaineers came to cut down the bamboo, like a sickle, has a curved arc, the inner side is the blade, and the whetstone is sharpened quite sharply, and the front end is hooked, which can not only cut the bamboo, but also cut shrubs and thatch, which is quite practical, perhaps because of this, it is called "the thatched sickle".

The master craftsman has a special knife, unlike the sickle with a curved arc, narrow and straight, the blade is sharp, and the back of the knife is very thick, which is convenient for squeezing out the bamboo fiber.

The bamboo is cut horizontally into slivers, longitudinally cut into pieces, and then thinned into strips, the thinnest is called silk, to be cut into silk and slivers that can weave items, not a sliversmith, no slivers, can not do. Bamboo strips, bamboo strips, bamboo silk, and bamboo pins have different uses, and they can be mixed to make practical utensils.

There is no special requirement for cutting bamboo slices, and they are not particular, as long as they are cut into slices, and ordinary people can master some skills by cutting them a few times. I didn't master this technique until I was about fifteen or sixteen years old, because it took some strength to match the skill to produce skill.

If it is a whole bamboo, the slight end of the bamboo is used to find the middle position with a sickle, and with a strong wave, the knife edge is cut in, and the bamboo cracks along the fiber texture. Then lay flat on the ground, step on one side of the opening, grab one side with your hand, lift it hard, "crackle", like the sound of fried beans, the whole bamboo will be split in half.

The strength should be enough, the force should be fast and even, and the crack of the bamboo should be felt quickly, and if there is a deviation, the process should be adjusted with skillful strength. In this way, it can be split into two halves of equal size and neat and uniform edges.

If the strength is not enough, the feeling is not timely, and the adjustment is not timely, there may be different sizes, or the middle is deflected, and a bamboo may be wasted. The hardness and toughness of the fiber are not enough to be cut in this way, so you must find the bamboo that is fully grown and the surface is already golden.

The smaller the bamboo slices, the more skillful and skilled they must be. A long piece of bamboo, with the bamboo green facing upwards and the bamboo yellow facing downwards, is lifted and grasped at one end in the hand, and the other end is placed on the ground. Under its own weight, the bamboo pieces will naturally bend downward.

In the middle of the knife to cut a crack, both hands respectively grasp the two pieces of the split, while a little force to press down, while quickly and evenly force, to both sides of the pull, the operation is to suddenly press a shake and pull, it is naturally divided into two halves.

Bamboo bed bamboo chair, is the most common in the mountain people's home, no one does not have, a few bamboo beds, a few bamboo chairs, placed in the house, is a typical configuration in the mountain people's home, convenient for their own use, more convenient to receive visitors.

The bamboo bed can not only sit and lie down, but also stack items, dry clothes, after retrieving, it is generally stacked on the bamboo bed first, and then folded one by one and put into the closet. Dried products are sometimes placed directly on top and then taken out to dry the next day.

The size of the bamboo bed, generally just adults are lying down, a piece of bamboo to take the appropriate position to cut out a suitable size of the opening, leave a piece of bamboo green, simmer on the fire while roasting and folding, become a right angle and wait for it to cool and set, the mouth is pierced into a bamboo pole, the four feet and the frame of the bamboo bed are done.

Evenly fix a row of bamboo pieces on the frame, then cut the bamboo into bamboo strips, make a pin with bamboo, wear the bamboo strips one by one, put together a plane, knock the bamboo pin tightly while fighting, put it on the bamboo piece of the frame to fix, and make a bamboo bed.

Lightweight and convenient, it is often used to cool off outside the house on midsummer nights. Some families also made reclining chairs, which were also made of bamboo, similar to today's rocking chairs.

The recliner can lie or rock, I had one in my family when I was a child, it can be folded and folded, and the angle of reclining can be changed by adjusting the card slot, which is particularly comfortable, so it is particularly popular, and every time we are competing among our four sisters.

There are many mosquitoes in the countryside, and I haven't seen mosquito coils at that time, or there are mosquito coils but no one buys them, so it's not cost-effective to spend such money.

Rural people have the wisdom of rural people, and pile up the deflated grain that is dug up during the drying of grain, and make a fire to smoke it, which is used to drive away mosquitoes. Inside the house, the "fire cage" is loaded with "fire feces", and after the fire is lit, it is covered with a piece of "dry cake", which is smoked to repel mosquitoes, not only will not choke people, but also has some fragrance.

Mosquitoes in the mountains are not so easy to deal with. This alone is not enough, mosquito nets should be installed on the bed, and pu fans should be prepared in the field, not only to repel the heat, but more importantly, to repel mosquitoes.

In the middle of summer in the mountainous countryside, in the night sky, the stars are shining, so bright and so deep, attracting countless curiosities and reverie. Lying on a bamboo bed or recliner, I often pestered my father to ask this and that, learned a lot of celestial knowledge, and heard a lot of mythological stories.

The knowledge and stories gained from my father will soon be bragged and flaunted in front of my friends, and each time I will proudly add "my father said", "my father said" is the mantra of the ignorant children of childhood, as long as it is said by the father, they think it is right, and they all believe it.

At that time, the conditions were difficult, the materials were scarce, there was no cement to pave the ground, and of course there was no financial strength to buy it. The "harvest field" is actually a flat field, unlike now, where every house is open and hard in front of the cement field.

The more industrious families only dug up some sand from the nearby river and laid it on the "threshing field" to make the ground hard and smooth, so that it is convenient to dry the rice. In case of rain, after being soaked in rainwater, the "harvest field" often becomes muddy and difficult to walk.

Therefore, the "harvest field" cannot directly dry the rice, but use the "drying mat", and pour the rice on the "drying mat" to dry. Each field is more, so the "harvest field" is relatively open, often can spread more than a dozen beds of "drying mat", the narrow position at the door of the house, but also choose another open area to open up the "grain field".

"Drying mat" is made of bamboo strips, bamboo strips are about a finger wide, thin to maybe only one millimeter, pieces of bamboo strips in the fingers of the master craftsman, quickly alternately compiled, while also using a special flat long iron sheet to push, so that the splicing is fine and tight.

The last edge is locked with a brown rope, and after it is made, a section of brown rope is left in the middle of one end for binding. It looks like a patchwork of squares, slightly aesthetically pleasing and full of charm.

The "sun pad" takes advantage of the toughness of the bamboo, which can be rolled up and spread out. A "drying pad" is very wide after being spread out, generally one zhang wide, two zhang long, neat and neat rectangle.

It can also be rolled into a slender cylinder, tied tightly with brown rope, and carried on the eaves and placed in a row to avoid dew or rain. Because it is made of bamboo, it cannot be damp, otherwise it is easy to erode.

During the rice harvesting season, every morning as soon as the sky is bright, the farmer will carry the "drying mat" from under the eaves and spread it out on the "threshing field", and then pick out the rice that has not been thoroughly sunburned from the home, or the rice that has just been harvested from the field, pour it on the "drying mat", spread it into a thin layer, and use the sun to dry it thoroughly.

Wait until the sun goes down, then collect the rice, put the sun-dried into the warehouse, and collect the unsun-dried in the basket, and pick it up to dry it in the next day. The basket is also made of bamboo strips, and the harvest of the year is in the basket, waiting to be handed over to the "tire" of the government, waiting to be sent to the grain station for purchase.