Chapter 71
After having lunch, Da Ya and her four younger sisters held a small carving knife in their hands. Under the guidance of their father, they held a piece of useless wood and were learning to carve.
There was Ye Shiqi, a baby who was only a few months old, and the fourth baby, the two of whom were the youngest. Acer was afraid that the two daughters would hurt their hands, so he kept telling them to be careful.
"Hongji, aren't you kidding? If you let such a young baby learn, what can they learn? You can't play with knives." Dad Hongji scolded Hongji for his lack of consideration as a father.
"Oh, these losers learned it in vain. Do you think they can really learn it? If they learn it, it will only bring benefits to others. Hmm, if they get it, they will become disabled, and it will be worthless by then."
When Mrs. Lai saw that there was no one else in the yard at the moment, and she didn't hold the door open, she said it without any scruples.
Ye Shuzhi and Ye Shuzhen said they wanted to study in the morning, but with so many people there all morning, they went back to their room to work as female celebrities. At noon, they had lunch and got used to being lazy again.
In fact, they heard that Da Ya and such a small baby were imitating their elder brother in the yard. They walked out of the room regardless of their father saying that the elder brother was talking sarcastically to their mother.
"Brother, do you still have a carving knife?"
"Yes, brother, you promised to teach us."
Acer was told by his father, and he felt that his father was concerned that the children were too young and had been injured, so he said this. He felt disgusted by what his mother said and was unwilling to refute it.
When the two sisters asked, he pointed at the tool box and said: "There are a few smaller carving knives there. If you want to learn, just take a useless piece of wood and learn to carve like them!"
"Brother, don't you have a piece of wood with a picture painted on it? Carve that for me!" Ye Shuzhen felt that to learn this, she must carve the finished product. If she was the first to carve it, she would show off to her sisters at night.
"Yes, brother, you can't carve out the appearance with just a piece of carving without any painting on it." Ye Shuzhi felt that her wedding day was getting closer and she had to learn carving quickly.
Acer listened to the words of the two sisters and said to them:
"How can you succeed in learning sculpture one day or all at once? Look at your brother and I, who have been learning sculpture for so long, and I have just sold finished products for the first time. You just started to want to carve what I painted. Isn't that right?
You're ruining my wood, it's already been ordered, you can't mess with it."
Lai listened to the words of his two daughters and did not refute them. He also listened to his son and wasted what others had already ordered. If he could not hand over the finished product to others, it would be wasted money.
"You two, listen to your brother. This is the basis for our family to make money. Just learn like those kids and learn slowly."
Acer's father also said: "Listen to your big brother, we must have commitments as human beings, especially those in our industry. After receiving the deposit, we must deliver the goods. You want to play it aside."
Ye Shuzhi and Ye Shuzhen pouted and wanted to say something after their eldest brother said it, but were scolded by their mother. Their father also supported their eldest brother.
They were unwilling to say anything, but they didn't dare to say anything. They went to the scraps on one side, found a piece of wood, and carved it with knife after knife.
They all heard what the eldest brother taught the children just now, but with the carving knife in hand, they couldn't carve a single point. They felt that this job was not easy at all, and they saw that the eldest brother had other tools besides the carving knife to carve out the work.
The shape of the wooden Buddha is carved out.
I usually don't pay attention to how my brother carves. I only know that carpenters use many tools to shape a piece of furniture.
The two sisters Ye Shuzhi and Ye Shuzhen looked at each other and then at the silly dolls. At this speed, they probably couldn't carve anything in a day.
Acer asked the children to learn, just to let them learn basic skills. He did not expect them to be able to carve a toy. In order to prevent the children from hurting their hands, carving also requires other tools, and he did not teach them.
In each profession, in addition to the master teaching the apprentice, the apprentice also needs to understand, listen and witness by himself. Only with long-term experience by the master's side can he learn to master it one day.
Ye Shiqi saw the wood in her hand. She didn't have a very sharp carving knife in her hand. She held the carving knife in her small hand and couldn't make any marks with a single cut.
She also looked at the four sisters who seemed to be very serious. She also knew what the two aunts were thinking, and they wanted to learn it in one step.
Ye Shiqi knows that not every craft can be learned at once. If someone thinks that he can learn it in one day, he will only daydream.
She didn't know how to carve randomly, so she used her knife to gently draw a small wooden figure in the small piece of wood, and then cut out the excess wood of the small wooden figure one by one.
Time passed little by little, and in the afternoon someone came into your yard. They saw their family working in the thatched house, old and young, except Mr. Lai, who was sitting there eating melon seeds and drinking tea with a leisurely expression.
A thoughtful person figured it out: Acer wanted to pass on his carving skills to his two sisters and his dolls.
The village adults who had just come in said hello to the family and didn't say much. They let their children play here and asked them to watch their carvings and learn from them.
How do those children understand the thoughts of the adults? After hearing the instructions from the adults at home, they felt that all the girls in the family were learning sculpture. Some of them were boys and thought it was easier for them to learn than the girls.
Some girls also saw that the daughter of this family was also learning, and they also thought about it. In addition to learning needlework from the adults, they also learned sculpture like the girls of this family.
In the afternoon, more and more children from the village came into their home and gathered around to watch them outside their home workshop.
Too many people gathered around and the light was not good. Acer could only ask the children not to block the light, but did not drive them away.
Mrs. Lai disliked so many people coming here, but many of the adults of these children had given deposits to her, so it was difficult to drive them away.
Father Hongji understood the thoughts of the adults in the village. The villagers refused to allow these children to watch here and only asked them not to make any noise. As for whether they could really learn the craft?
This depends on the ingenuity of these children. Even if it is a member of the family, it depends on how talented and intelligent he is, how much he can learn from the master, or whether he is better than his master. All this depends on his personal qualifications.
At night, with the help of his father, Hongji finished carving five wooden Buddha statues. He also had time to carve two animal model toys.
Among the appreciative eyes of the villagers who paid deposits to pick up the items, there were also other villagers who paid deposits and decided to pick up the items tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and some who had not thought about it before and saw the finished Bodhisattva statues that had been painted. Some people also
Pay deposit.
Acer feels very accomplished today and is ready to put away these two animal toys.
"Brother, put these two wooden animal statues in my room." Ye Shuzhen wanted to grab them.
Chapter completed!