When it was rare to relax, Yi Yao, Qin Mo and Zhang Bin played happily in the Heiquan community all day.

The three of them mingled with the workers, and through chatting with the workers, Yi Yao gradually had a deeper understanding of the craft of bamboo weaving. Historically, most of the bamboo weaving industry existed in the form of workshops, and the bamboo weaving craft could be passed down from generation to generation relying on the enduring master-apprentice relationship of 5,000 years in China.

Apprentices have very harsh conditions for entry, apprenticeship, and apprenticeship will not immediately stand on their own after learning a long time ago, but usually have to accompany the master for a few years or even more than ten years, during this time all the achievements of the apprentice are owned by the master, which is regarded as repaying the favor, which is very similar to the three-year apprenticeship and two-year service in the cross talk world.

There are many kinds of bamboo, and there are about more than 200 varieties of light bamboo, water bamboo, rigid bamboo, moso bamboo, etc.

In-depth understanding, Yi Yao also found that the weaving process of bamboo weaving is also very complex, common weaving, car flowers, parquet, beads, springs, etc.

There are three kinds of bamboo weaving process: material processing, weaving, and finishing, and although each process looks simple, it is difficult to imagine the complexity of the actual operation.

This not only requires the craftsman to have a super-ordinary level of proficiency, but also to have a reasonable judgment on the state of the bamboo strip through years of accumulated experience, so as to improve the yield rate.

In the process of weaving, what materials are suitable for making ribs, and what slivers are attached to the requirements for weaving actually have very strict requirements.

The tendons are the bottom, the slivers are braided, the head and neck are divided into two inches, the two necks are divided into five inches, and the three necks are divided into one foot, and then the hemming is also carried out.

And the height of the lock edge also has very clear requirements, take the common back basket as an example, the small back is one foot five inches high, the middle back is one foot six inches, and the large back is two feet high.

After the hemming is locked, it is necessary to experience the relief of the last stick, and the opening last of the bamboo products is round and straight, so that the overall appearance is more beautiful.

Watching the workers skillfully operate, how to deal with a piece of bamboo and how to become the final bamboo product step by step, Yi Yao has never felt this kind of warm comfort.

In an increasingly impetuous social environment, craftsmen use their busy handicrafts to convey the tranquility and indifference of the world's masters. They are busy but fulfilling, tired but happy, as if all the impetuous noise in this world has nothing to do with them, what they have to do is to process the bamboo in front of them into all kinds of bamboo products.

Next to the wooden house, the skillful skills of a broken worker attracted Yi Yao and Zhang Bin to realize.

The man is already in his fifties, but he can't see any decadent temperament, the chopping knife in his hand is extremely sharp, the chopping knife is gently patted in the middle of the bamboo, both hands grasp the sides of the bamboo and pull hard, seven or eight meters long bamboo instantly split into two, accompanied by the wonderful sound of the bamboo tearing, the whole process is smooth and capable, it is simply pleasing to the eye.

Destruction is to divide the bamboo into grates with a capillary knife, and some slivers need to be a few millimeters in size, so the craftsmanship of the carpenter is very demanding.

"Squeak-la-whoa-"

Batching, withdrawing, pulling, drawing, a set of actions, it only took ten minutes, a bamboo seven or eight meters long has been processed into a size of the grate, the whole process is full of rhythm, the income of the carpenter is even more physical and mental smooth, just like enjoying a traditional drama.

Speed, accuracy, precision, rhythm, the concentration, technology, and proficiency required for the entire processing process have reached the level of superbness.

Yi Yao and Zhang Bin squatted next to the carpenter, and before they knew it, the time of the morning had quietly flowed out.

Seeing the rise, Zhang Bin directly took out his mobile phone to film the whole process of the craftsman's breaking.

At noon, Uncle Zhang made bamboo rice, and a simple grill was set up next to the wooden house, and everyone was eating bamboo rice while roasting meat, which was comfortable and fulfilling, which was completely unfelt in a city restaurant.

"Still angry? Come and eat a piece of meat, and only when you are full can you have the strength to be angry, you don't know that anger is very energy-consuming. ”

Yi Yao was poor at Qin Mo, Qin Mo rolled his eyes and turned his head to look away.

In fact, Qin Mo also knew that Zhang Yan and Ni Dasheng would have to come together sooner or later, but she had worked hard for so many years, and she was suddenly a little unacceptable in the face of this result.

Qin Mo didn't really resent Yi Yao, but Zhang Yan even had to go through Yi Yao to tell herself about this kind of thing, which made her feel aggrieved.

The southern boss also ate bamboo rice, the man looked like he was in his thirties, he was not tall and a little short and fat, and his Cantonese looked a little funny under his sharp voice.

The boss's name is Zhao Defa, and he came to the Heiquan community this time to inspect the technological process and production scale of bamboo weaving products.

Previously, Qin Yanshan's bamboo products were mainly sold to the southern market, and Zhao Defa also accidentally saw Qin Yanshan's bamboo products in a friend's factory, and gradually came up with the idea of cooperation.

Looking at his stupid appearance, Yi Yao and several people felt that there should be no problems with this transaction.

In the afternoon, Qin Yanshan and Lao Zhang accompanied Zhao Defa to continue the visit, and Yi Yao and Qin Mo went to the mountain. Originally, they wanted to call Zhang Bin, but Zhang Bin took his mobile phone and went to the craftsman in the morning and continued to shoot his video.

At dinner in the evening, Yi Yao felt that Uncle Zhang's expression was wrong, and when he asked, he knew that Zhao Defa had pressed the price very low, and if he sold it at his price, the theoretical point would be very low.

The problem now is that Qin Yanshan has no extra orders in his hands, and in order to maintain the basic operation of bamboo weaving products in the Heiquan community, Zhao Defa's business must be negotiated.

But according to the price demanded by Zhao Defa, they had to save costs elsewhere.

"The cost of bamboo weaving is difficult to control?" Yi Yao didn't know how to do it, so he could only ask Lao Zhang.

Lao Zhang frowned: "Either you have to choose low-quality bamboo to reduce the cost of raw materials, or ...... You have to lay off employees and start with labor costs. ”

Obviously, neither of these two methods is what Qin Yanshan wants to see.

"Lao Qin is very stubborn, let him use low-quality bamboo as raw materials, he would rather smash his job than agree."

Uncle Zhang said this, and the implication is that there is only one way to control labor costs.

But these craftsmen are all old people who have followed Qin Yanshan for many years, and most of them rely on this craft to eat, and they don't want to increase the pressure on their children. Some are still lonely and elderly, and they do this job to be self-sufficient.

Except for some children who have good conditions and regard this job as a hobby, most of them do it to make a living.

If you want to lay off employees, it is equivalent to losing someone else's job, which is naturally difficult for Qin Yanshan to accept.

Although Zhao Defa refused to back down on the price, fortunately, he planned to stay in the Black Spring community for two more days and thoroughly inspect it before making a decision.

Yi Yao can see that Zhao Defa still recognizes traditional handicrafts, and every time he picks up the fine bamboo weaving on the shelf, Zhao Defa can't put it down.

"Mr. Zhao, can you think about the price again, the price you said, we are really a little embarrassed." Yi Yao saw that there was no one next to him, so he chatted with Zhao Defa.

Zhao Desa put down the fine bamboo weaving in his hand, sighed and said: "Business, only if it is suitable, it can be done." The price I gave is already my bottom line, you do it well, I will do it hard. The current bamboo weaving market is sluggish, and I have no choice. ”

Yi Yao was about to speak, but Zhao Defa went elsewhere with a direct excuse.

At night, Qin Mo and Yi Yao lived in a wooden house, Lao Zhang didn't know that Zhang Bin was coming, so he didn't prepare a place for Zhang Bin, so he could only let Zhang Bin live in Lao Zhang's house first.

Because of the price, Qin Mo and Yi Yao didn't sleep all night, thinking about how to convince Zhao Defa.

Qin Mo frowned: "I don't think this Zhao Defa is a horny person, I have nowhere to go, it's really fucked." ”

Yi Yao pushed Qin Mo: "Why did you make an old mistake again?" If you continue like this, I think I'm really going to become an old bustard. ”

Qin Mo smiled: "Isn't there anything I can't do about it." ”

Yi Yao glanced at the night sky outside the window, "Wait and see, now I can only hope that Zhao Defa can raise the price by himself." Big deal......"

As soon as Yi Yao said this, Qin Mo immediately came to his senses: "What's the big deal?" ”

Yi Yao sighed: "It's a big deal not to do his business." ”

Qin Mo looked disappointed and asked Yi Yao: "Yi Yao, we really can't do it ourselves?" ”

Yi Yao knew what Qin Mo meant, but he still didn't dare to agree: "If we can do it, we would have done it a long time ago, although there was some sales of bamboo products as welfare funds in the previous live broadcast, but it is too risky to make bamboo products alone." You know, the reading platform doesn't even have the category of bamboo weaving products now, so I don't dare to do it blindly. ”

Qin Mo refused to give up: "Yi Yao, what are you worried about?" ”

Yi Yao: "I just gave hope to the Black Spring community, and then let them experience despair. ”

Yi Yao's words were very sincere, and this was what Yi Yao was most worried about. It's not that bamboo products can't be tried, but the risk of trying is completely uncontrollable.

She knew that if she was willing to do it, she would definitely make the artisans in the Black Springs community cheer up the market for a while, but what about after that?

The reading platform does not even have the category of bamboo woven products, which means that at least in terms of platform business strategy, the official does not have any support for this category.

If you want to make a category market by relying on your own operation, the difficulty is not something that Yi Yao can imagine.

If the result was really like that, Yi Yao was worried that even Qin Yanshan would not be able to hold on. Yi Yao didn't want to, and he didn't dare to let Dao Qin bamboo weaving, an intangible inheritance craft, be broken because of his own intervention.

The wedding of Zhang Yan and Ni Dasheng has been scheduled, and the wedding banquet will be held at the China World Hotel in Beijing three days later.

In those days, Zhang Yan called Qin Mo a lot, but Qin Mo didn't answer.

Two days before the wedding banquet began, Zhang Yan suddenly appeared in the Heiquan community.