klisemfg Chapter 154 A Lively Bamboo Weaving Learning Experience
Chapter 154 A Lively Bamboo Weaving Learning Experience
Bamboo is abundant in the Sichuan and Chongqing region, so its uses have been extensively developed.
Nowadays, there are quite a few people in every household who know how to weave bamboo.
This is not the case in later generations; many children no longer know this craft. Apart from a few families who have persisted, most have lost this craft.
Anyway, whatever you need for your home, such as bamboo baskets, mats, steamers, etc., you can just buy them on the street. They're cheap and easy to use.
Nowadays, most people who don't know how to learn are either genuinely unable to learn it, or they are simply too stressed out by life to have the time to learn it.
It's already good if there's one elder in the family who knows this craft. As long as there's one person who does, they can make whatever the family needs.
Since it can't be sold for money, people don't care much about this technology.
Moreover, since every household knows how to weave, naturally even if villagers could exchange things, no one would use bamboo weaving as a form of exchange.
But things are different now. Their village has produced a very promising young man named Lu Yuanqing.
He led everyone to raise pigs, and each family could receive more than 100 yuan a year, plus a lot of meat coupons.
Now they've gone to the city and gotten a bamboo basket contract from a bamboo ware factory to make money.
Although weaving bamboo baskets doesn't earn much money, even a small mosquito bite is still meat.
They won't mind.
Especially during the off-season, such as the Lunar New Year, when they don't have to work in the fields, they can earn some money by weaving bamboo baskets. No fool would do that!
However, they hadn't forgotten that the brigade leader had repeatedly told them that the quality of the bamboo baskets they handed in couldn't be compromised in the slightest.
This is only to be expected. The villagers aren't stupid; they would have done it even if Zhao Zhongcai hadn't told them to.
Moreover, Lu Yuanqing had helped them, and whether it was to make money or to repay Lu Yuanqing for his kindness, they wouldn't act recklessly in such a matter.
Because of the projects they were undertaking, the entire Shihua Village didn't rest after finishing their work each day. Every household was busy, and they were busy willingly, with smiles on their faces.
In the past, the young people in the village couldn't sit still and were unwilling to learn the craft of bamboo weaving. But now that this craft can be exchanged for money, they have all picked it up again. Even those who were unwilling to learn before are now pestering their elders to teach them.
They also wanted to learn this skill to make money.
Even if they couldn't learn it, they would still help those in the family who knew how to cut bamboo strips.
The whole village was full of energy and immersed in the joy of making money.
……
The Lu family.
A group of Lu family members who had never learned how to do it before, including Lu Yuanqing, were all called to Lu Guobin's house, who said he would teach them!
It's impossible to refuse the kindness of elders.
So, whenever they had nothing to do, Lu Yuanqing and his men would all move to Lu Guobin's house.
Lu Guobin's family now has a lot of semi-finished products piled up. As long as they are finished products, they are handed over to the brigade warehouse and inspected by Zhao Zhongcai and Zhou Ping.
Keep the qualified ones and record the quantity.
It's not up to standard. Take it back, disassemble it, and start over.
However, Lu Yuanqing is not responsible for these matters for the time being.
He's still learning how to weave bamboo baskets at Lu Guobin's house!
Well, Lu Guobin meant well.
Thinking that no one in the Lu family was teaching them this skill, he invited them to his home to teach him personally.
But Lu Yuanqing sighed slightly, thinking that he was probably just the kind of person who lacked talent.
Not only did he lack talent, he also couldn't sit still.
Not only was he restless, but the other members of the Lu family were also restless.
"hiss!!"
Amidst the quiet, perfunctory atmosphere, a hurried voice suddenly rang out.
Lu Yuanqing immediately put down the bamboo strips he was idly working on and looked in the direction of the sound.
What came into view was Cheng Xiaobao's frowning face, his little hands clenched together.
"What happened? Did you cut your hand?" Lu Yuanqing asked immediately.
Bamboo strips are easy to cut your hands.
Cheng Xiaobao is still young, and his little hands have never done hard labor, so he is naturally not comparable to veterans like Lu Yuanqing.
Originally, the three younger children weren't supposed to participate in this teaching activity, but kids just like to join in the fun.
"Mmm!" Cheng Xiaobao pouted, his little face looking utterly aggrieved.
"Stop studying, take your younger siblings out to play!" Zhang Panlan said with heartache.
The hand injury decisively dampened Cheng Xiaobao's curiosity. After snuggling up to Lu Yuanqing and acting coquettishly for a while, he dragged Lu Mingbei and his sister, who were equally uninterested, out to play.
After they left, Zhang Panlan glared at Lu Guobin and said, "You insisted on making them learn, they're so young, their hands are still so soft, they've really eaten too much!"
Lu Guobin felt extremely wronged after being scolded.
It wasn't him who called three kids along, was it?
He called over a few of Lu Yuanqing's older brothers, because they were curious and wanted to join in the fun!
He was about to say something in his defense, but when he met Zhang Panlan's glare, he shut his mouth.
A good skill can support a family.
In the past, we didn't need to say anything.
After all, there were no bamboo ware factories in their commune or the surrounding county.
Even if I learn this skill, it's only for the family's needs.
Once Lu Guobin had woven baskets and other similar items, he wouldn't feel anything even if he gave them to Lu Yuanqing and the others.
But now the villagers are clearly different, and he also knows a little about Lu Yuanqing's plans.
Establishing their own bamboo ware factory in the village is a big deal.
His nephew, Lu Yuanqing, is a capable man, and he now has complete trust in Lu Yuanqing.
If you say something like that, it will definitely come to fruition.
So in the future, with bamboo weaving skills, they will be able to truly support their families.
Therefore, this is why Lu Guobin took Lu Yuanqing and the others to teach them how to weave bamboo baskets.
Zhang Panlan couldn't help but roll her eyes.
Her husband was completely 'wishful thinking'.
Did they not see that Lu Yuanqing and the others were completely uninterested in his craft?
Are you blind? Didn't you see that, apart from Lu Mingnan, the others actually wanted to learn this craft properly?
Look!
Lu Yuanbo! There must be nails on that stool! He's been sitting there for half an hour, and his butt has been moving for half an hour.
Lu Yuanqing! He's usually incredibly efficient when he works, but now, with just a few bamboo strips, he's flipping and rearranging them back and forth. But looking at the results, half an hour has passed, and the semi-finished bamboo basket is still exactly the same as it was when he first got it.
Lu Mingdong!
Tsk, well, no need to say more.
Only Lu Mingnan was interested in this, and he was very adept at making it up.
The bamboo strips that had caused trouble for Lu Yuanqing and his companions became remarkably obedient in his hands.
Moreover, he was genuinely interested, and while knitting, he kept asking Lu Guobin all sorts of questions.
In other words, Lu Guobin was so engrossed in asking him questions that he didn't notice Lu Yuanqing and the other two, and was already distracted.
Thinking of this, Zhang Panlan rolled her eyes again.
The accountant in Yuanqing Village is a very capable person. Even if the village wants to build a bamboo ware factory in the future, he will be the one to contribute the most. So why worry that he can't support himself and has to make people learn this uninteresting bamboo weaving?
“If you don’t want to study anymore, go do your own thing and don’t worry about your uncle!” Zhang Panlan said softly as she sat down next to Lu Yuanqing.
These children are also filial. They clearly don't want to study, but because of Lu Guobin's kindness, they don't know how to refuse.
Lu Yuanqing's eyes lit up upon hearing this, "My uncle..."
Zhang Panlan rolled her eyes. "Never mind him. If you have nothing better to do, go ahead and do what you need to do. It's okay if you don't want to study!"
"Besides, I see that your Xiaonan is interested in this, so you won't have to worry about the baskets at home breaking and you not knowing how to weave them anymore, hahaha!"
Lu Yuanqing smiled, but his gaze fell on Lu Mingnan.
From the first day he came to Lu Guobin's house, he saw Lu Mingnan's curiosity about weaving bamboo baskets and was the fastest to learn. Lu Yuanqing was almost moved to tears at that time.
It is said that raising a child means worrying for ninety-nine years of life.
Lu Yuanqing didn't know when he started to care more and more about them.
When he finally realized it, that was when he accepted that Lu Mingnan was a poor student.
Because I personally tutored Lu Mingnan with his homework, I almost got so angry every time.
He's so stupid, what will become of him in the future!
It was then that he discovered that, in addition to worrying about whether they would starve to death, he had actually begun to care about their future.
She was worried about Lu Mingnan, this academic failure, and what would happen to him if he didn't study. She was also dumbfounded that she had thought so far ahead.
Regardless of his mood at the time, or how he comforted himself.
Anyway, Lu Yuanqing was extremely gratified to see Lu Mingnan now!
Every profession has its top performers, and Lu Mingnan has found a way out.
Lu Yuanqing wiped his eyes clean, smiled with satisfaction, and then decisively decided to entrust the important task of showing filial piety to Lu Guobin to him. He then quickly made a run for it with Lu Yuanbo and Lu Mingdong.
This damn bamboo weaving, let whoever wants to learn it learn it!