Although I looked like I was in my sixties last year, it was rare that I was healthy and I soon walked up to me.

"Well, okay, come when I put the camera in place." Lu Zian responded with a smile: "This is Mr. Ye, he is already sixty-seven years old, but he is very energetic!"

With a slight shaking of the camera, it finally froze on an open space on the front floor.

While adjusting the camera, Lu Zian said with a smile: "For today's shooting, I have actually been waiting here for a few days. The preliminary preparations have been basically completed. Today I will work with Mr. Ye to do something very interesting."

After saying that, he took a step back and smiled at the camera: "I hope it won't disappoint everyone."

He walked into the house and carried it with Mr. Ye several times before he could lift all the parts out.

Taking advantage of Mr. Ye's rest, Lu Zian wiped his sweat and walked to the camera with a few pieces of skin carefully.

Turning the skin, everyone could see it more clearly: "Look, this is the best cowhide. After shaving, shaving, shaving, and several processes, it was dried again, but there were no scars!"

The cowhide in front of the camera is somewhat translucent and delicate, contrasting with the rising summer sunshine, with a fine luster.

"Cowhide also has requirements for scalpers. Not only should the cow hair be shiny, even, and dense, but the inner layer should not have knife injuries caused by slaughtering." Lu Zian grabbed two pieces of cow leather with both hands and shook it gently, with a relaxed and pleasant smile: "Can you tell? There is one piece here that I made."

The two leathers have the same texture and similar size, especially without knife mark damage. Except for the slight differences in shape, there is no difference at all.

However, Lu Zian had never thought that anyone would answer. He raised the cowhide in his right hand with a smile, turned around and put it down: "But mine is just dry and cannot be used. We need to use it. Soak it in clean water. The skin must be soft and elastic before it can be used."

Old Ye sat tilted on the old rattan chair, watching him with a smile, with a curiosity about the camera and a faint sense of pampering.

It feels warm as if looking at your own child.

"Hurry up, I'll do it after smoking!" Old Ye shouted at the top of his throat.

"Okay!" Lu Zian also replied at the top of his voice and continued to introduce to the camera.

"I believe everyone can see that we are preparing to make drums." Lu Zian picked up a small drum and gently tapped his fingertips.

A crisp sound.

"When making drums, we first choose cowhide. Of course, we have done this step." Lu Zi'an picked up the wooden block next to him: "This is a barrel-shaped piece of wood made from sawed boards. Each curve is different. The best chunmu is found in the mountains and forests here, and the materials are taken locally."

He took it closer: "After going down the mountain, you have to use a bend to break the blank while it is wet, and then use different tools to make it into barrel-shaped wood chips. It looks simple, but it is rare that this arc shape cannot be measured with a ruler."

It is simple to draw a circle, and it is not difficult to cut a ball, but the difficulty lies in the fact that each piece of wood has the same width and different arcs, but it is a complete circle when put together.

It is unknown how many years of knowledge have been hidden in this.

After introducing these, Old Ye finished smoking. Lu Zian smiled and waved his hand to the camera and walked over.

Take out two one-meter-high drum rings from the wall, separate them at a certain distance, and then fix them on the ground.

During this period, Old Ye just stood aside and watched, occasionally helping with the help of Lu Zi'an. Obviously, he was already very skilled in these things.

The various materials they had dragged out before were laid all over the floor. Lu Zi'an picked up a few barrel-shaped wood chips, and he didn't even think about it and placed them together side by side.

Then I took the bucket beside me, dipped some glue with a brush, and glued the two pieces of wood together evenly and carefully.

Old Ye looked at it happily and was in a very good mood.

Especially when I saw Lu Zian brushing and picking up the wooden blocks, without even needing to search carefully, I felt a lot of emotion in my heart.

He is really a man who is born to eat this bowl of rice. He thinks so in his heart.

Lu Zi'an used a drum ring to tie all these barrel-shaped wooden pieces together, and eventually became a barrel-shaped without a cover or a top.

The drum he tied out was complete and exquisite. What's rare is that it was so big that it was his first time to practice, but there was no sign of being stretched out at all.

The round shape that was glued was not a gap, and I don’t even know how Lu Zian did it, but the edges were very consistent.

You know, even Mr. Ye himself will inevitably have minor mistakes and misses. After tying the bucket, he always has to saw it.

Mr. Ye walked up and looked carefully, rubbing his fingers at the smooth cross-section, thinking in his heart: It seems that it can save a step of sawing...

He was very satisfied, but said, "It's okay."

After getting along these days, Lu Zian also knew his temper and didn't care. He carefully checked it, wiped the overflowing glue with a rag, and then pondered: "This weather, the glue will be dry quickly. I'll polish it in the afternoon."

"Um."

After Mr. Ye left, Lu Zian patted the drum that was hooped out, and was full of energy: "Although the glue is used, it must be very strong. The reason why you can't use nails or other methods is because it will affect the sound quality. You can take photos in the afternoon."

The scene stopped when he reached out his hand, Shen Mange looked undepressed: "Why is it gone?"

"That's right, this is not a pleasing to my appetite!" Zou Kai was very depressed and stood on the chair next to the end and shouted: "One day, kill the knife in your hand..."

"Kill, kill, I'll kill you first!" Qu Duoduo kicked his chair and stared at him: "Why are you here again?"

The room was looking back at him silently, and Zou Kai coughed embarrassedly: "No, that's it, I miss An Brother...yes!"

He was not straightforward and raised his chest with anger and raised his head: "I miss An Brother!"

Qu Duoduo was about to say a few words to him, but Shen Mange said in surprise: "Ah, I have received another one."

Even Zhuo Peng couldn't help but feel a little excited: "Hurry up!"

The second video was obviously in the afternoon, because Lu Zi'an turned on the camera and sweated: "The sun is a bit sunny, let's do it under the eaves."

He went up to check it out first, and after confirming that the glue had dried, he carefully lifted the drum ring with Mr. Ye and unloaded it.

Such a large drum barrel will naturally take some effort to polish it.

Fortunately, both of them are familiar with each other, and it is quite easy to guard the other side.

"Huh." Old Ye polished it and found some strange places. He couldn't help but look up at Lu Zi'an: "What kind of knife are you using? Why are you..."

The cut surface is delicate and smooth, and there is no trace of knife left. It seems to have been polished carefully, greatly reducing the workload. He even only needs to polish the details of the stitching.

"Oh, I used the method of clearing the sword." Lu Zian didn't care and said with a smile: "I used to be a carpenter, so I used the old method, so I won't affect it, right?"

"This... will certainly not affect it." Old Ye's rough hands rubbed the surface of the drum, his expression as if surprised and happy.

In fact, the drum process is not too complicated. Except for the skin being a bit difficult to handle, other processes are even easy.

However, they are not quick to make a drum, because in this industry, they do not have very high requirements for knife skills, which leads to them not paying much attention to knife skills when making wood chips.

In addition to using knives, Mr. Ye used more planes and saws.

But no matter how well the plane is, it has a section.

So the polishing time is even more than all other processes combined, if he also has this kind of knife technique...

A gleam appeared in Old Ye’s eyes: Wouldn’t that work hours be greatly shortened?

But Lu Zian didn't know what he had, so he turned the drum and checked it all, and then patted it lightly: "Okay, I'll turn it to the front and start skinning."

With a rumbling sound, the two of them straightened the drum and began to wear skin.

The cowhide soaked in cold water has become soft and elastic. After carefully wiping and drying, use a hemp rope to pass through the openings on the edge of the cowhide, fix, stretch and tighten.

After fixing the cowhide and tightening it, it reaches the most critical link.

Ding drum sound.

There is a folk saying that "drums should not be beaten frequently." On the one hand, the sound of the drum is the key to whether the drum sound is correct when covering the skin.

"I use an old method to determine the drum sound." Old Ye glanced at Lu Zi'an: "Open the box."

Lu Zian stepped forward as he spoke and opened the wooden box next to him.

But it is not a treasure, but two very smooth boulders. Judging from the size, they should weigh dozens of kilograms.

Seeing Old Ye reaching out his hand, Lu Zian hurriedly said, "I'll move."

Old Ye is old after all, so don’t shiver.

Old Ye didn't argue with him, letting him move both stones to the drum.

The rock fell to the drum surface, but it did not sink too much, so it had to be held to prevent it from falling.

"Look at it." Old Ye pressed the round stone down a little, making it closer to the bulging surface, but his hands began to slowly turn the two stones.

Strangely, every time he turned, he would beat the drum face and listen.

The already soft cowhide becomes softer and more elastic after being rolled back and forth by the boulders.

Mr. Ye turned around for a while, and when he knocked again, his eyebrows stretched out: "Listen."

At this time, the cowhide has become soft and loose. When you tap it gently, the sound quality will be more rounded and the echo will be wider.

"It's done, move it." After Lu Zi'an moved the round stone down, Old Ye slowly said: "This move is called Double Dragon Rolling Ball, my master taught me."

Many people outside make drums, but they only use deadly methods to stretch them hard, but no matter how they stretch, they are still limited, so how can this method be done properly.

Some of them are even covered up, and no matter how much the drums are, they are not as beautiful as him.

Lu Zi'an's eyes paused on the rock and nodded with a smile: "This method is quite interesting. I'll try the other side later."

"Well." Old Ye had the idea of ​​cultivating him, so he naturally would not refuse: "Where is Zhuzi?"

"Here is here." Lu Zian took the bamboo cubes on one side, and it was full of chopped bamboo crocks.

Old Ye glanced at him, reached out to pick up one, and took it under his eyes and looked carefully.
Chapter completed!