wind and rain scissors shop

Chapter 14-14. Forging scissors in front of experts
Zheng Yuanxin strode ahead, not noticing that Tian Erya was frightened and stood there.When his wife saw it, she turned around and pulled Tian Erya: "Why don't you leave?"

Tian Erya tremblingly pointed at the women pulling the bellows: "Why do they have so many scars on their faces and bodies?"

Zheng Yuanxin's daughter-in-law's face was pulled down, and she said sharply: "I just told you, don't talk, don't inquire. You remember. Here, you control your mouth, and if you don't say a word, you will cause less trouble for yourself. Did you hear me?"

Tian Erya shuddered: "I heard it."

"Go quickly."

Zheng Yuanxin walked under the wall and bowed to the old man lying on the couch: "Second Uncle."

The old man opened his eyes, glanced at Tian Erya who was following him, and closed them again: "What's wrong with this?"

"She is Tian Erya who was stunned by the fourth bride's bride. Father is afraid that she will go out and cause trouble and embarrass the Zheng family, so let her fight here for the time being."

"Your father really has no sense. All the ironware is placed here, and the charcoal fire is burning on the stove. If a little girl who has not left the cabinet has sparks on her face and cannot get married, wouldn't she ruin her life? I won't accept it. You go back."

Zheng Yuanxin was in a dilemma: "My father has already sent a message to let her stay here."

The old man stared: "Your father Zheng Zongde's words are effective, but mine is not, is it?"

Yuanxin's daughter-in-law smiled: "Second uncle, Tian Erya's family is also a blacksmith. She followed her father to forge since she was a child, and is familiar with the process of blacksmithing. She will quickly adapt to the environment here."

"Oh? You also blacksmith at home?" The old man glanced at Tian Erya, "What iron tools are you good at?"

Yuanxin's daughter-in-law grabbed Tian Erya who was in a daze: "Quickly tell Second Uncle what iron tools you can hit."

Tian Erya came to her senses and quickly replied, "I can sharpen scissors, sickles, and shovels."

The old man asked impatiently, "Do you have ears? I mean what kind of iron are you best at hitting? Could it be that you are good at hitting scissors, sickles, and shovels?"

"Scissors, I am best at forging scissors." She thought about it and added, "My scissors are very good, and people who use them say they are good."

"What a big tone!" The old man sneered: "I have forged scissors all my life, and I dare not say that my scissors are good. Here comes a country girl who thinks nothing of herself, and she speaks wildly. Don't you know how to forge scissors?" Scissors? Make one now and show me."

"Okay." Tian Erya looked around, looking for iron materials and idle iron furnaces.

The old man pointed: "The iron stove in the east is for my personal use, and I will lend it to you now. You can use the iron materials and tools on the side as you like. My old man will learn more and see what good scissors you can make. "

Zheng Yuanxin's daughter-in-law saw that Tian Erya was really walking towards the iron furnace, so she hurriedly pulled her: "My second uncle is best at making scissors, and the scissors he forged are our Long Shunhe's signature. No matter how good your forged scissors are, they can compare Get him?"

Tian Erya's cold sweat dripped down: "I'm playing a trick in front of Lu Ban—I've shown off my abilities, what should I do now?"

"Hurry up and apologize to Second Uncle, saying that you exaggerated your skills, and just let him scold you."

"But, I've already blown out the cowhide, how can I get it back?" Tian Erya scratched her head and said cruelly, "Let's do that! I've been making scissors with my father and brother since I was sensible, and the craftsmanship is not bad. Where to go."

Zheng Yuanxin's daughter-in-law saw that she was ready to show off her skills with full confidence, and shook her head helplessly. This girl's personality is too twisted, and she won't look back if she doesn't bump into Nanshan. She will cry later, just wait and see!

Tian Erya walked towards the mountain of iron materials, took out a piece of iron materials and threw them into the stove, and fiddled with the coal in the furnace with the pliers, the flames shot up higher than before.She squatted down again and pulled the bellows.

The old man was watching her every move, squinting at Zheng Yuanxin: "Her technique is very skilled, and the fire is also good, much better than you. You should practice hard."

Zheng Yuanxin was a little embarrassed: "I was practicing."

"Your fart practice is just beating with a hammer for half an hour in the morning and evening, and the raw melon eggs outside are better than what you can make with iron." After he finished cursing, he sighed again and said earnestly, "Boss, I know You are busy, and you are in charge of a big business at home. However, the Zheng family must inherit the Zheng family's unique craft of forging scissors. As the eldest son of the Zheng family, you have to firmly grasp every process of forging scissors. "

"En." Zheng Yuanxin responded casually, watching Tian Erya turn over the red-hot soldering iron in the fire with pliers, I have to admit that her movements are somewhat more skilled than myself.

The old man muttered: "Boss, you have to pay more attention to blacksmithing in the future. I think you have to practice for at least three hours a day. I know that it is hard to keep on guarding the stove and hammering wrought iron with a sledgehammer. You Now that we are living a wealthy life, we don’t want to be burdened by it anymore. However, we have to ensure that our Zheng family’s forging scissors are exquisite and handed down from generation to generation. Think about it, if our Long Shunhe’s scissors are all from our Zheng family. The family cut it out one by one, it sounds so exciting."

Zheng Yuanxin was a little impatient to hear him repeating the cliché: "Second Uncle, our family has a big business now, unlike when you were a child, the family only ran a knife and scissors shop, and we all relied on our own iron. Now, we buy ready-made iron from outside. The scissors and steel knives are just processed at home.”

"Fart! Can the iron tools made by other people be the same as the ones made by oneself? There are 72 processes in our Zheng family's forging scissors, and none of them is missing. The scissors you bought from outside, you know it is How much pig iron, how mature iron? How much carbon material is in it? If you don’t stare at a pair of scissors and start from testing iron and steel, how can you guarantee that it is the real material? You can guarantee that it will be used for a long time , the blade won't collapse or curl, and the shear shaft won't be damaged?"

"Second uncle, I really want to do exactly what you said. Someone bought a pair of scissors from our family. After using it for a year or two, the blade will not collapse or curl, and the scissor shaft will not be damaged. How can the scissors made by our family be sold? Go? Why is Long Shunhe's business still booming?"

The old man couldn't help scolding: "What kind of nonsense are you talking about? I think you and your brothers are all blown away by your father's theory of bullshit businessmen. The art of making scissors. You have broken your conscience and forgotten your ancestors."

Zheng Yuanxin also felt that he was going too far, so he quickly rounded up: "Second uncle, I'm not saying that we don't care about the skills handed down from our ancestors. The skills handed down from our ancestors have to be learned and improved. We Zheng family members keep this in mind. Heart."

"Don't lie to me. Several brothers in your family have not done this business. Boss, you can still make some iron, but most of your energy is wasted on housekeeping! Look at your generation! What are you doing? Does anyone still want to inherit the craftsmanship passed down from their ancestors?"

Zheng Yuanxin lowered his head: "There is no other way. Our family now has over [-] acres of paddy fields in Waizhuang. I am the eldest son, so I can't help but deal with these things. Fortunately, the second son runs Long Shunhe, and he is very interested in forging The process of scissors is also memorized."

(End of this chapter)