Chapter 178: It's better to sigh to yourself
"It should be Laneige back. ”
The small talk between Fengyun and the witch was interrupted by the sound of hurried footsteps, and they both turned their heads in the direction of the door.
Sure enough, a moment later, Mulan Chi appeared at the door.
She held in her hands two purple bamboos taller than hers, and a large roll of string dangled around her arms.
"Yun, what do you think of the bamboo I bought, is it still suitable?"
As soon as Mulanozhi stepped into the door, she couldn't wait to ask Fengyun questions.
Fengyun's gaze moved back and forth on the two purple bamboos several times, nodded, and said, "Not bad." It is enough to make a sieve. ”
The bamboo chosen by Magnozhi is really good, very straight, with a smooth surface and no scars, and the most important thing is that the part between the two bamboo knots is very long.
"Yun, show me how the sieve is made. ”
Fengyun's affirmative answer made Mulan Zhi relax, took two steps forward, and handed over the bamboo in his hand.
"I'll start here. ”
Fengyun took the bamboo, leaned one against the table first, grabbed one, and pulled the knife from his waist.
Both Mulanzhi and the witch's gazes were cast on him, full of curiosity.
Instead of splitting the bamboo with a knife, Fengyun scraped it on its surface.
The bamboo skin is like purple snowflakes, splashing from the bamboo and scattering all over the ground.
"Cloud, what are you doing here?"
"If the bamboo skin is not removed, it is damp and easy to mold, and it is not convenient for the next processing. ”
Fengyun did not raise his head, while scraping the bamboo skin. An explanation was given on the side.
"Cloud. What you're going to do next......"
"Laneige. Don't bother with the clouds. You just have to watch from the sidelines. If there's anything you don't understand, it's not too late to ask him when the sieve is ready. ”
The witch interrupted Magnozhi, signaling it to stop interfering.
Fengyun moves very quickly.
After a while, he scraped all the bamboo skins in his hands.
Click......
The knife slashed into one end of the bamboo, slid quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the bamboo became two halves. The general size, the score is exactly the same.
The action is smooth, all in one go, and pleasing to the eye.
Both Mulanozhi and the witch couldn't help but nod secretly, more confident that Fengyun had made a sieve out of bamboo.
They could already see that Fengyun was very skilled in his movements, and it was clear that he had already made things out of bamboo more than once.
In the sound of cracked bamboo, the broken bamboo became smaller strips, two to four, four to eight. Eight changes to sixteen ......
At this time, Fengyun stopped moving. Didn't chop them more finely.
Mulanzhi and the witch's expressions shifted, and their attention became more focused.
They all sensed that Fengyun was about to make a new move.
They guessed correctly, Fengyun did have a new move.
He picked up a piece of bamboo, aimed the blade at one end, and slashed it in a direction parallel to the surface of the bamboo.
With a wave to the end, the bamboo slices become two thinner bamboo slices, especially the part close to the bamboo surface, which is even thinner than a few sheets of paper.
Fengyun left the part close to the bamboo skin, and threw away the thick one.
Next, he breaks the thin pieces of bamboo into narrower strips, and then splits them in half from close to the skin......
He kept repeating the same movements.
Bamboo strips became thinner and thinner, and later, it was no longer appropriate to describe them as bamboo strips, but they should be called bamboo silk.
To say that they are bamboo threads is not an exaggeration, but a true description.
By the time Fengyun finally stopped, they were no longer much different from hair.
Looking at those bamboo strips as thin as hair, whether it was Mulanozhi or a witch, their eyes were full of shock.
They were shocked by Fengyun's performance.
Splitting bamboo seems to be a very simple thing that anyone can do, but it is not an easy thing to do well.
It is even more difficult to achieve this level of wind and clouds.
Not only does it need to have enough stability, but it also needs to have excellent control over speed and power.
Fengyun split the bamboo into such thin bamboo threads that there was not a single break during the process.
What shocked them even more was that even if he split the bamboos finely, when they were split in two by him, they were of the same thickness on both sides, at least with their eyesight, they could not see any difference between them.
Just thinking about how much control it would take to do this, they couldn't help but be in awe of Fengyun.
Fengyun didn't notice their performance, and his attention was focused on making the sieve.
He chose a piece of bamboo, about four feet long, four fingers wide, which he had left behind.
He split it in two, removed the yellow part of the bamboo, then flattened it, bent it, head to head, and put it together, trying to form a circle.
In the beginning, it is not very far away, and there are places where it stands out.
He sharpened it with his knife and adjusted the strength of its parts, until at last it became a perfect circle.
He didn't stop there, carving a narrow groove near the bottom half of the finger of the bamboo piece.
The trench is trimmed, smooth, clean, and free of any debris inside.
He pulled out a small bone diamond from the small animal skin pouch that hung from his waist, which he had left over from the time he was making the scales.
Three rows of small holes were drilled at the ends of the bamboo slices with bone drills, four in each row.
After drilling the hole, he made the bamboo piece into a circle again and made the small holes at both ends of it.
Thread a thin thread through them, hold them in place, and a stable circle is formed.
Drawing his fingers over the finished circles, he picked up the hair-like bamboo strips and knitted them.
Fengyun's movements were very fast, so fast that an afterimage appeared.
Therefore, although the bamboo strip is very slender, it does not take long, and he still weaves a piece.
Look at the part he weaved. Both Magnolia and the witch looked at themselves.
They're also ingenious. In the entire Baicao tribe. They can definitely be among the best, but compared to Fengyun, they are still more than a notch behind.
Fengyun uses bamboo silk to become a screen, fine, neat, bamboo silk and the holes between the bamboo silk are of the same size, which means that their distance and angle must also be the same.
It is undoubtedly very difficult to do this.
After about half an hour, the sieve in Fengyun's hand had already entered the finishing stage.
He stopped weaving. Start working on its four sides.
When he finished processing the last bamboo thread, a round screen was already in front of Magnozhi and the witch.
Fine, smooth, regular...... They can't help but have an urge to grab it and play with it.
However, they still suppressed the impulse, because they still wanted to see Fengyun make the sieve sooner.
Fengyun picked up the circle made of bamboo pieces and put the sieve inside.
It's slightly bigger, but when it's pushed into the groove under the circle, it's just right, not big at all, not small at all.
Fengyun pressed the screen with his hand and found that it was in danger of falling off.
The bamboo used to make the sieve is too thin, even when he closes the edges. Its edges have been deliberately strengthened, but it is still not strong enough.
Fortunately, Fengyun had already thought of this.
He picked up a piece of bamboo. Cut into a thin strip, quadrangular shape.
Bend it, put it in a sieve and push it into the groove.
Embedded in the space above the screen and the groove, I pressed it by hand and pushed it completely in.
Fengyun pressed the screen with his palm again, and it only slightly concave downward, but there was no sign of falling off.
The bamboo strips help Fengyun to hold the screen and frame firmly together.
Fengyun lifted the sieve, checked it inside and out, nodded, showed a satisfied expression, handed it to the witch, and said, "Wu, the sieve is ready. Are you still satisfied?"
"Satisfied, satisfied, very satisfied. ”
The witch nodded repeatedly.
"When it is used to screen different medicinal materials, after sifting one, you can knock it down, so that the powder that sticks to it can be removed. If you are still unsure, you can rinse it in water to completely remove the powder. ”
"It's all made of bamboo, it doesn't take water, and after cleaning, hang it up, let it dry for a while, and don't delay its use. ”
Fengyun said what needs to be paid attention to when using the sieve.
He didn't want to have any problems because of improper use, which was contrary to his original intention.
"I'll write it all down. ”
The witch's expression was solemn, because she knew that Fengyun had done it with all her good intentions.
Originally, the witch wanted to try it out and see for herself how well the sieve worked, but was interrupted by the person who delivered the food.
In order to express her gratitude to Fengyun, the witch specially instructed the person who delivered the food to slaughter a brute beast fed with herbs and make it for him to eat.
On weekdays, even if some big tribe leaders and witches come to visit, they will not be able to eat the brute beasts fed with herbs.
They are the main ingredient used by witches to make special jerky.
Special jerky is one of the most important bonds that solidify relations between the Hundred Grass tribe and their allies, and it is very valuable.
The witch slaughtered a wild beast fed herbs for Fengyun to eat, which shows how much she values him.
After eating and drinking, Fengyun took his leave, and returned to the room that the witch had arranged for him to rest.
Neither the witch nor Maganji slept.
They used the medicine mills brought back by Mulanozhi to crush and grind the herbs.
In order to study medical skills, the witch placed a lot of medicinal materials in her residence, which was very convenient to use.
The powder is ground and filtered through a sieve.
The filtered powder is fine and uniform, which makes both the witch and Magnozhi very satisfied.
Picking out impurities by hand, no matter how patient you are, it can't be compared with the filtration capacity of a sieve.
After trying out the sieve, Mulanzhi and the witch still had no rest, they took out the processed animal skin, spread it out, took out a lot of paint, and began to draw Fengyun on the animal skin to make the whole process of making the sieve.
They are clearly prepared to pass it on to future generations as a precious treasure.
The drawing was drawn by the witch herself, and this drawing process, if Fengyun saw it, he would be very surprised. (To be continued.) )