A touch of ingenuity Yaoqin biography

On a rare and relaxing time, Yi Yao, Qin Mo and Zhang Bin played happily all day in the Heiquan community.

The three of them mingled with the workers, and through chatting with the workers, Yi Yao gradually gained a deeper understanding of the craftsmanship of bamboo weaving.In history, the bamboo weaving industry mostly existed in the form of workshops, and the bamboo weaving craft can be passed down from generation to generation relying on the 5000-year-old master-student relationship in China.

There are very strict conditions for apprenticeship and apprenticeship. A long time ago, after apprentices completed their studies, they would not immediately establish themselves. They usually had to accompany the master for several years or even ten years. During this period, all the achievements of the apprentice belonged to the master. , It can be regarded as repayment, which is very similar to the three-year apprentice and two-year service in the cross talk world.

There are many kinds of bamboo for bamboo weaving. There are more than 200 varieties of light bamboo, water bamboo, gangly bamboo, and moso bamboo.

After in-depth understanding, Yi Yao also found that the weaving process of bamboo weaving is also very complicated.

Bamboo weaving process has three kinds of material processing, weaving and finishing. Although each process looks simple, the complexity of the actual operation process is hard to imagine.

This not only requires craftsmen to have a proficiency level beyond that of ordinary people, but also to have a reasonable judgment on the state of bamboo strips through years of accumulated experience, so as to improve the yield of finished products.

In the process of weaving, there are actually very strict requirements on what materials are suitable for making tendons, and what kind of rafts are suitable for weaving.

The ribs are used as the bottom, and the bamboo is woven. Two inches are used for the head and neck, five inches are used for the second neck, and one foot is used for the three necks. After that, the edges must be locked.

And there are also very clear requirements for the height of the seams. Take common back baskets as an example.

After seaming, it is necessary to experience the relief of the last stick to round and straighten the opening of the bamboo woven product to make the whole look more beautiful.

Seeing the workers skillfully operate, how a piece of bamboo is processed and how it becomes the final bamboo woven product step by step, Yi Yao has never felt such a warm and comfortable feeling.

In an increasingly impetuous social environment, craftsmen use their busy handicrafts to convey the tranquility and indifference of a worldly master.They are busy but full, 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 various bamboo products.

Next to the wooden house, Yi Yao and Zhang Bing's realization was attracted by the skillful skills of a worker who broke bamboo strips.

The man was over 50 years old, but he could not see any decadent temperament. The chopping knife in his hand was extremely sharp. He slapped the bamboo in the middle of the bamboo, and grabbed the sides of the bamboo with both hands and pulled it hard. The seven or eight meters long The bamboo splits into two in an instant, and accompanied by the beautiful sound of bamboo tearing, the whole process is smooth and capable, which is simply pleasing to the eye.

Destruction is to divide the bamboo into slivers of the same size with a chopping knife. Some slivers need to be a few millimeters in size, so the craftsman's proficiency is very high.

"Squeak-la-wow-"

Batching, withdrawing, pulling, and rowing, a set of movements, only took more than ten minutes, and a seven or eight-meter-long bamboo has been processed into a bamboo strip of the same size. The whole process is full of rhythm, and the bamboo craftsman The benefits are even more refreshing, just like enjoying a traditional drama.

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

Yi Yao and Zhang Bing squatted next to the stripper, and before they knew it, the whole morning had quietly flown away.

Seeing the rise, Zhang Bin took out his mobile phone and took pictures of the whole process of the stripper breaking the strips.

At noon, Old Uncle Zhang cooked bamboo rice. A simple grill was set up next to the wooden house. Everyone was eating bamboo rice while grilling meat. The comfort and fulfillment could not be felt in city restaurants at all.

"Are you still angry? Come and eat a piece of meat. Only when you are full will you have the strength to be angry. You don't know that being angry consumes energy."

Yi Yao rushed to Qin Mo's poverty, 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 get together sooner or later, but she had worked hard for so many years, and suddenly faced with this result, she felt a little unacceptable for a while.

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

The boss from the south also ate rice in bamboo tubes. He looked like he was in his thirties.

The owner's name is Zhao Defa, and he came to Heiquan Community this time to investigate the technological process and production scale of bamboo woven products.

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

Seeing his stupid look, Yi Yao and the others felt that there should be nothing wrong with this transaction.

In the afternoon, Qin Yanshan and Lao Zhang accompanied Zhao Defa to continue the tour, while Yi Yao and Qin Mo went to the mountain.Originally they wanted to call Zhang Bing, but Zhang Bing went to the strip maker in the morning with his mobile phone and continued to shoot his videos.

When eating at night, Yi Yao felt that old Uncle Zhang's expression was not right. After asking, he found out that Zhao Defa had kept the price very low. If he sold it at his price, the theoretical point would be very low.

The problem now is that Qin Yanshan has no more orders. If he wants to maintain the basic operation of bamboo products in Heiquan community, Zhao Defa must negotiate this business.

But according to the price Zhao Defa requested, 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 we have to choose low-quality bamboo to reduce the cost of raw materials, or... we have to lay off employees and start from the labor cost."

Obviously, these two methods are not what Qin Yanshan wants to see.

"Old Qin is very stubborn. If he is asked to use low-quality bamboo as raw materials, he would rather lose his job than agree."

When Uncle Zhang said this, the implication is that the only way to go is to control labor costs.

But this group of craftsmen are all old people who have worked with Qin Yanshan for many years. Most of them rely on this craft for a living, and they don't want to add pressure to their children.Some are widowed and lonely, and the job is to be self-sufficient.

Except for some children with good conditions who regard this job as a hobby, most of them do it for their livelihood.

To lay off staff is equivalent to losing other people's jobs, which Qin Yanshan naturally finds it difficult to accept.

Although Zhao Defa refused to give in on the price, fortunately he planned to stay in the Heiquan community for two more days and make a decision after a thorough investigation.

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

"Mr. Zhao, can you think about the price again? We are really embarrassed by the price you mentioned." Seeing that there was no one around, Yi Yao chatted with Zhao Defa.

Zhao Defa put down the high-quality bamboo weaving in his hand, sighed and said: "Business is only done when it is suitable. The price I give is already my bottom line. If you can do it easily, I will find it difficult to do it. The current bamboo weaving market is in a recession. , I have no choice."

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

In the evening, Qin Mo and Yi Yao lived in the wooden house. Lao Zhang didn't know if Zhang Bin had prepared a place for Zhang Bin when he came, so he had to let Zhang Bin live in Lao Zhang's house first.

Because of the price, Qin Mo and Yi Yao stayed up all night, thinking about how to persuade Zhao Defa.

Qin Mo frowned: "I don't think this Zhao Defa is a lecherous person, I have nowhere to use my energy, what a fuck."

Yi Yao pushed Qin Mo, "What the hell are you doing again? If you continue like this, I think you're really going to become a bustard."

Qin Mo chuckled: "I can't help 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..."

When Yi Yao said this, Qin Mo immediately regained his spirits: "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 by ourselves?"

Yi Yao knew what Qin Mo meant, but he still didn't dare to agree: "If we could do it, we would have done it long ago. Although there were some sales of bamboo woven products as welfare money in the live broadcast before, it is too risky to make bamboo woven products alone. You You know, the Reading TV platform doesn’t even have a category of bamboo products, so I dare not do it blindly.”

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

Yi Yao: "I just gave hope to the Heiquan community, and let them experience despair."

Yi Yao's words were very sincere, and this was what Yi Yao was most worried about.It's not impossible to try bamboo products, but the risk of trying is completely beyond Yi Yao's control.

She knew that if she was willing to do it, it would definitely boost the market price of the craftsmen in the Black Spring community, but what about after that?

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

It is beyond Yi Yao's imagination to create a market for a category based on its own operations.

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

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

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

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