Rebirth: My 80s

Chapter 72 Hand-made molds in the 70s
Li Jiankun's dormitory room 307 is right next to the entrance of the corridor.

This guy ran for a long distance, raised his head, and looked around.

In the wooden window, heads were moving.

It really is!
Damn it, Peking University’s intelligence system, when did it become so awesome?

Li Jiankun raised his eyebrows and strode away.

there is always a solution to a problem!

But just after walking five meters, I suddenly paused and thought of something.

"What day are you coming today?"

Swish!
Pulled out the newspaper from the liberation bag, it was a new product just bought from Master Niu.

5 month 10 number.

"Hey, don't you think this is a coincidence?"

Li Jiankun raised the corner of his mouth and suddenly felt light-headed. On this day, today... was not suitable for fighting.

Don't waste your saliva.

Get out first!
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Upstairs, bedroom 307.

Having just sent away their tutor and the people from the Disciplinary Inspection Department of the Student Union, the Three Musketeers were so anxious that they stamped their feet and scurried around the room like headless flies.

"It's over, it's over. Brother Kun has caused a big problem. Who can bear it if speculation takes the hat off?"

Wu Yingxiong was still a half-grown child after all, so he almost cried.

Hu Ziqiang gets angry just thinking about it!
"Made, relying on your crafts to earn some living expenses is called speculation?

“Is the pigeon market tacitly allowed in the capital?
“Why can’t we do what those vendors can do?
"Who stipulates that college students cannot be craftsmen? Craftsmen in rural areas are still allowed to go out to work!"

Gao Jinxi sighed, worried.

These days, the boundaries of many things are actually very blurred. If you say it's reasonable, you can say it's okay, but if you say it's illegal, you can always find a reason.

It just depends on whether anyone can follow you online.

Now that this matter has been brought to the Disciplinary Inspection Department, I'm afraid it will be difficult to let it go easily.

Didn't look at their instructors and department heads who came in person.

"Jiankun, Jiankun, come back quickly!"
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It was impossible to go back. Li Jiankun didn't plan to go back to Yanyuan today.

He has never been willing to push for things that he could do without lip service.

As we walked all the way to Wudaokou, I was still thinking, how could the discipline inspector know about this?

He is like a little transparent at Peking University.

He is only somewhat famous in his own family.

But even the classmates in the dormitory next door have only seen him draw pictures, so what do they know?

The disciplinary inspection team came to investigate and someone apparently reported it.

Damn it, what kind of bastard?
It's not easy to figure it out now. He didn't think much about it. He will find out tomorrow.

Looking up at the sky, I saw that it was almost time to close the stalls at the Pigeon Market, so I thought of a place to go.

Suddenly I realized that I was missing a lot of things, including bicycles and watches. It was really inconvenient not to have them.

You have to find time to purchase it.

Wood Art Old Lane.

When he arrived outside the Xu family's earthen courtyard, Li Jiankun didn't go in. He took out the front door and clicked it, then squatted in the corner and waited.

It's not that there's no one inside, Xiao Tao is there.

It's not good to get in.

These days, the trend is not open. For example, you can see couples on the street, but they must be separated by at least one person's distance when they walk together. If you go too far, it depends on whether the red armband will chase you away or whether it will accuse you of immorality.

"Eh? Master Xiao Li!"

Uncle Xu appeared with a bamboo basket on his back and a surprised expression on his face: "Didn't I just come to explain?"

Yes, I told him this morning.

"changed."

Li Jiankun grinned and stood up to talk: "I think it's better to get things done today."

"Oh, then come in, come in quickly, why are you squatting here?"

Old man, don't say one thing with your mouth and think another in your heart.

If you really want to come back and see me and your little granddaughter, a man and a woman alone, in the same room, will you feel a little bit in your heart?
"Sir, are you back? Brother Jiankun is here too?"

A cheerful figure emerged from the room.

Li Jiankun was not empty-handed this time. When he passed by Wudaokou Shopping Mall, he picked up two kilograms of eggplants, which cost a dime, and three kilograms of tomatoes, which cost 4 cents a kilogram.

There are also three kilograms of Guoguang apples, which are not first-class but relatively cheap at 2 cents per kilogram.

Just give me the money, it will be used as his accommodation fee for one day.

It's okay, neither of the Xu family cares about it.

But when I heard that he wanted to stay here at night, Uncle Xu was really shocked.

Xu Tao almost laughed out loud.

Li Jiankun scratched his head and said: "The thing I want to do is very laborious. I won't be able to do it for a while, and I have to work all night long."

It is also true.

But if he can go back to school, he can do it in several times.

Chen Yajun was not in a hurry, oh no, we can wait anyway.

"Oh……"

After lunch, Li Jiankun rolled up his sleeves and started working.

Grab a big dustpan and go look for dirt outside the door.

Unlike in later generations when people in the capital wanted to plant some flowers, they had to buy soil online. Good loess these days can be found everywhere, and it’s so fat!
After a while, two dustpans were brought back.
Uncle Xu still has one item that has not been carved yet, so he is working on it in the main room.

After Xu Tao finished washing the dishes, she came over with a smile, squatted next to her, held her chin with her little hand, and watched the excitement.

"Brother Jiankun, what are you doing with all this soil?"

"Make a mold." "What is a mold?"

"...You'll know when it comes out."

In fact, the best solution is to use sludge, but obviously we don't have that condition. If you want to make some sludge these days, you may have to go to the military industrial unit in Zhongguancun.

Li Jiankun specially made dry loess, which only has one layer of road surface.

Ask Xu Tao to help get the bamboo sieve, swish, swish!
Sieve out the stones.

After this process is completed, the fine loess is poured with water, just like cement.

Soak first.

After returning to the house to get a wood carving, Li Jiankun took out a paintbrush from his liberation bag, dipped it in some white paint, and carefully drew dividing lines along the side of the wood carving.

Surrounded in a full circle.

Then he began to wrap it in mud, covering only half of the wood carving along the dividing line.

"Xiao Tao, go and light up the fire in the stove."

"Eh!"

The little girl has a unique sense of participation.

After a while, Li Jiankun sat behind the earthen stove, placed the wooden sculpture half covered in mud on the tongs, and baked the mud.

It's okay if the wood carving smokes, as long as it doesn't burn. Just throw it away after use. It's a disposable tool.

After the mud was hardened, Li Jiankun returned to the yard and wrapped the other half of the wood carving in mud.

Return to the kitchen and continue baking.

This stage only lasts about an hour.

Next, you need some technology.

The main reason is that nylon film is not available these days, so we can only use nylon paper brought from Wudaokou Shopping Mall instead.

Too thick.

Not compliant.

"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

Li Jiankun took the whole roasted lump and tapped it lightly on the wooden threshold. When it was slightly loose, he put it on the ground and broke it left and right.

"Eh~"

Xu Tao's eyes were bright.

I got two "hollow bowls", which together look exactly like wood carvings.

Uncle Xu, who was rushing to work, also stopped and took a look, but he still didn't understand what he was going to do.

Li Jiankun put the two yellow clay molds on the square table in the hall, took out the nylon paper and a knife, and asked Xu Tao to find a rag.

After cutting out two pieces of nylon, sprinkle some water into the mold to cover it.

Then he took the rag and wiped it with skill to make the nylon fit as tightly as possible without wrinkles.

This car wrap artist is a thief.

"Xiao Tao, where is my iron bucket?"

"I'll get it!"

Cua!

Li Jiankun took out a small wool brush from the liberation bag.

When the iron bucket is brought up, pry open the lid, and use a small brush to evenly brush the latex on the nylon.

One layer of brushing is done.

and so on.

The latex collagen dries fairly quickly. When it is still wet, apply the second layer.

Repeat this three times.

For the last time, Li Jiankun applied a thick layer of latex to the edge of the yellow clay mold that had not been brushed before, that is, the stem.

"Crack!"

Pick up the flap that has not been brushed with latex and press it neatly.

This is basically the shape, wait for the latex to dry.

During this period, using the same steps, Li Jiankun began to pack up the second wood sculpture.

three hours later.

"Snapped!"

In the main room, Li Jiankun took a small hammer and smashed the yellow clay mold he had made for the first time.

Xu Tao was surprised to see it.

How come something you worked so hard to make is destroyed again?
But soon, the little girl jumped for joy.

I saw Li Jiankun taking out a piece of yellow translucent gel from the mud.

And when you pick it up and open it, it looks like a wood carving.

Hollow in the middle.

It's as if the wood sculpture has shed a layer of skin.

"Brother Jiankun, is this the mold?"

"Well, it's done. I'll use a knife to cut one side and dig a hole underneath to make it easier to fill in the plaster and pick up the goods later."

Before Xu Tao could say anything, Uncle Xu put down his tools and came over, surprised: "Is this a plaster statue?"

"Uncle, what a good insight." Li Jiankun said with a smile.

"Hey! I know about plaster statues, but I really don't know how to make the mold. I thought the craftsmanship was very advanced, but I didn't expect that it could be made using local methods!"

The old man was shocked.

At the same time, a question comes to mind:
If there is a mold, then add some plaster water, pour it in and slosh it, and you will have a plaster statue in minutes?

Why can't there be one hundred and eighty in one day?
(End of this chapter)