Chapter 25 Bamboo Slips

Leaving Lin Tian with a bewildered face, Chen Yuan hummed a little song and walked towards Lao Wang's house. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Today, he is going to decompose the bamboo pole of the golden silk purple leaf bamboo and make a bamboo slip, which is used to engrave the sacrificial text of Cangjie.

As soon as I arrived at the door of Lao Wang's house, I saw Lao Wang's burly body, squatting on the ground in front of the door.

Just looking at the pair of dark circles on Lao Wang's face, he knew that he definitely didn't have a good rest last night.

Chen Yuan walked over with the golden silk purple leaf bamboo.

Lao Wang stood up abruptly and shouted excitedly: "Mr. Chen, you are here, the tools are ready for you, when will you do it?

Chen Yuan was moved in his heart, and knew that Lao Wang would not care about this, so he went straight to the point and said to Lao Wang: "Uncle Wang, how to use these tools, I still want you to teach them, wait for us to try a few ordinary bamboos first, and strive to get this thing done today." ”

Lao Wang asked: "The ordinary bamboo has been prepared for a long time, just wait for you to come over, start now?"

Chen Yuan nodded and followed Lao Wang to the side.

Lao Wang led him as he walked and said, "Wait a minute, I'll do it first, you can see first, if there is anything you don't understand, and then you can try it after you figure it out." ”

Chen Yuan nodded, this is what it should mean, he hadn't touched these at all before, if he wanted to start it immediately, it was impossible at all, and this golden silk purple leaf bamboo was just like this, if it was accidentally broken, where would he find it.

The two walked to the door of an empty courtyard, and Lao Wang said to Chen Yuan with a smile: "This is a place specially used to put carpentry tools in the village. ”

Pushing open the door, Chen Yuan walked in first, only to see that it was a square open space about five meters square, and there were neatly stacked processed bamboos in one corner, as well as various woods and bamboos.

Next to the wood, there is a small shelf, on which are placed several strange-looking iron knives, which are supposed to be used to process the wood.

There were several huge machetes hanging from the courtyard wall, and the head, half the size of his body, was not known for what it was used for.

Seeing Chen Yuan's curious expression, Lao Wang smiled, remembering that when he first came with his father when he was a child, he should have such an expression.

He walked into a room in the corner of the courtyard and came out with a few yellowed bamboo knots in his hands.

Walking to the shelf where the knives were placed, he took down a strange knife with a narrow blade and an arc-shaped blade, and said to Chen Yuan: "To make bamboo into bamboo slips, it must be boiled, baked at high temperature, and cut.

These are the processed bamboos, and now you only need to use this bamboo knife to cut the bamboo knots into bamboo pieces of the right size. ”

After Lao Wang finished speaking, he held a bamboo knot in his left hand, and held a bamboo knife in his right hand, and gently slashed the blade along the bamboo knuckle a few times, the action was smooth, without a pause, hesitation, and after a while, a bamboo knot with a thick arm was evenly divided into more than a dozen pieces, and the size was almost exactly the same.

Then, Lao Wang took another knife from the shelf, and it was also three or two strokes, and the originally uneven bamboo piece was trimmed smooth and smooth, as if the machine had polished it, and after that, drilling holes, threading ropes, every movement was smooth and free, and Chen Yuan was dumbfounded.

Half salary, a beautiful bamboo slip appeared in Lao Wang's hands, the size of the bamboo is uniform, the surface is smooth and delicate, like a small handicraft, seeing Chen Yuan looking at him with a look of surprise, Lao Wang said proudly: "Don't look at your Uncle Wang looks like a big old man, in fact, if you really want to talk about it, in this village, there is no craftsmanship that can be compared with your Uncle Wang." ”

Chen Yuan nodded again and again, this is not a compliment, without decades of persistence, it is impossible to have such exquisite craftsmanship as Lao Wang.

After Lao Wang smiled proudly, he said a little embarrassedly: "Mr. Chen, your precious bamboo, it's really difficult, a few days ago, I wanted to deal with it first, but whether it is boiled with water or roasted over high heat, there is no change at all, Lao Wang, I have no choice." ”

Chen Yuan thanked him: "Thank you, Uncle Wang, I'll familiarize myself with these steps first, and I have a way to deal with the bamboo." ”

In the next few hours, under the guidance of Lao Wang, Chen Yuan began to familiarize himself with the steps of making bamboo slips.

At the beginning, the bamboo pieces peeled out were of different sizes, and he hated it when he looked at it, but after Lao Wang demonstrated it a few times, the bamboo pieces peeled out also looked like it.

Of course, it is far from Lao Wang's natural craftsmanship.

After wasting dozens of bamboo knots, Chen Yuan looked at the final finished product in his hand and breathed a sigh of relief, although it didn't look very good, but at least it wasn't ugly.

Seeing that Lao Wang is easy to do and freehand, and doing it himself, I know that it is not so simple, no wonder the ancients said: It is easy to know and difficult to do.

After resting for a while, Chen Yuan planned to start dealing with the golden silk purple leaf bamboo, afraid that someone would disturb him, Lao Wang volunteered to help guard the door, this golden silk purple leaf bamboo is half cut off, if there is a little mistake in the process of going under the knife, then there is no way to make up for it.

Chen Yuan took out a palm-sized jade bottle from his arms, which contained the Qingling jade liquid that he won from a bet with Song Qingshu, this Qingling jade liquid was specially used to deal with wood spiritual objects, but I don't know if it is useful for this golden silk purple leaf bamboo.

When the cap of the bottle was opened, a scent of herbs and trees emanated from the bottle, and a drop was poured out, only to see that the green spirit jade was crystal clear, not at all like the secretion of insects, but a little similar to honey.

According to the method learned from the Moge book, the Qingling jade liquid was smeared on the golden silk purple leaf bamboo with a thin layer, and the remaining green spirit jade liquid was poured from the mouth of the golden silk purple leaf bamboo until the last drop of the green spirit jade liquid in the vial fell.

Finally, Chen Yuan put the golden silk purple-leaved bamboo that had been treated with Qingling jade liquid to the fire, baked it carefully, and turned it from time to time.

Next to the flame, the original invulnerable golden silk purple-leaved bamboo began to change slowly, wisps of gray smoke mixed with unpleasant smell, floating from the bamboo body, more and more, as time passed, the whole bamboo body began to become smaller and shorter at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The golden silk purple leaf bamboo body, the emerald green slowly deepens, the golden silk on the bamboo body melts away, as if it is infiltrated into the bamboo, and finally, the whole golden silk purple leaf bamboo is only left in a short section, and the whole bamboo body emits a warm luster, like an emerald. Chen Yuan reached out and touched it, it was not hot at all, and there was a cool feeling.

Looking at the processed golden silk purple leaf bamboo, Chen Yuan was a little stupid.

He entered a strange state, using a bamboo knife to peel the piece, then grinding, drilling, threading, in one go, the smooth and incredible, like a pair of skillful hands, guiding him step by step to perfection.

It wasn't until he heard the exclamation of Lao Wang in his ears that Chen Yuan came back to his senses, and at this time, the golden silk purple leaf bamboo had already turned into a roll of bamboo slips in his hands.

With Chen Yuan's "well-informed" vision, he couldn't help but marvel at the exquisite bamboo slips in his hand.

After the treatment of Qingling jade liquid, the appearance of the golden silk purple leaf bamboo has been completely changed, the whole bamboo slip in the light of the fire, exudes a charming brilliance, the bamboo pieces that make up the bamboo slips are crystal clear, not like bamboo, but like carved with the finest jadeite, the gold wire on the surface of the bamboo, completely infiltrated into the bamboo body, through the crystal bamboo pieces, you can see the golden stars inside, the rope through the bamboo is just a general grass rope, but on the bamboo slips, it is not simple at all, but reveals a simple atmosphere.

Chen Yuan and Lao Wang's eyes were fascinated by the perfect delicacy of the golden silk purple leaf bamboo slips, they didn't expect that there was a pair of bright eyes, the thief stared at the bamboo slip in his hand from the crack in the door, and there was a faint sound of swallowing saliva.