Yin Xiuxuan returned home and told his mother about the boy's ceremony one by one. Although Yin's mother didn't know whether the name was good or not, she was happy to know that her son had a name. She just said that Yin's father would come back later to celebrate.
As the only stonemason in the village, Father Yin's craftsmanship is praised by everyone. Whether it is carving, making stone tools, or prospecting and quarrying, he is a good hand. These days, he has a job and needs to go to the mountains to collect stones, so
I went out early and couldn't come back until evening.
Seeing the sun going down, Yin's father returned home and heard that Yin Xiuxuan's name was mentioned. He recited it several times but couldn't think of a reason. Then he asked Yin Xiuxuan the names of other people and then praised him: "The name Xiao Xuanzi is well received.
They are more knowledgeable than their names, so you should thank the clan leader properly when you see him in the future!"
After hearing this, Yin's mother also felt that what Zhang's father said was reasonable and nodded in agreement. Only Yin Xiuxuan didn't know why and remained the same. She just took the initiative to find a semi-waste stone after dinner and started to practice carving. This was what Yin's father had given him since he was six years old.
The homework he assigned.
Father Zhang once said that there are three basic skills of a stonemason, one is carving, the other is quarrying, and the third is blacksmithing. The so-called carving is to carve rough stone into various styles, or decorations, or utensils for use;
Quarrying involves going up the mountain to explore and collect the required stones; as for blacksmithing, it is one of the tasks of a stonemason that few people know. During the day, a stonemason quarries or carves, and at night he has to practice various iron tools, so a stonemason can also
Counts as half a blacksmith.
However, Yin's father once said that between the ages of six and nine, Yin Xiuxuan's body had not matured. He only needed to learn sculpture every day, and the other two subjects had to wait until Yin Xuan reached his age.
As for the things Yin Xuan carves, he can carve anything he can think of, including flowers, birds, insects, fish, calligraphy, paintings, and words. In the past, Yin Xuan only picked some simple patterns or words to carve, but this night, on this stone, he carved
It is full of words, but there are four words "What virtue and ability". If you look carefully, you can see dozens of words "Yin Xiaolan" carved very neatly on the corner.
That night, Yin Xiuxuan finished carving, and Yin Xiuxuan's father told Yin Xiuxuan to start learning from him about quarrying in the mountains. He also gave Yin Xiuxuan a set of quarrying tools and asked Yin Xiuxuan to start training his own quarrying iron parts. Yin Xiuxuan has been studying carving for three years.
Seeing that his father wanted to teach him two other basic skills, Yin Xiuxuan, who was originally a bit lazy, happily agreed.
The next day, Father Yin and Yin Xiuxuan went up the mountain to quarry stones. On the mountain, Father Yin told Yin Xuan his common sense of walking in the mountains and experience in prospecting for stones for many years, and asked Yin Xiuxuan to quarry the stones himself and carve them himself. Return
At home, Yin's father taught Yin Xiuxuan one by one the methods and precautions for tempering iron parts.
Yin studied metaphysics very quickly and very hard. Within one year, he mastered what Yin's father taught him. Whether it was quarrying rocks in the mountains or forging iron parts, he was able to do it well, although he was still a little behind compared to Yin's father.
It's lacking, but it's just experience.
Over the past year, Yin Xuan has grown taller and is almost as tall as a young man. Although his figure is not as strong as Yin's father, he is very well-proportioned and his muscles are slightly bulging, showing his energy. Friends of the same age in the village saw
I was amazed at Yin Xuan's transformation.
Even Yin Xiaolan always compares who is taller than Yin Xiuxuan every time she sees her. But in the end, she finds to her dismay that she cannot compare to Yin Xiuxuan. Whenever this happens, Yin Xiuxuan always looks at the girl pouting out of the corner of her eye.
She looked cute and naive, but when Yin Xiaolan turned her head to look at him, he quickly turned his head away.
Seeing the changes in Yin Xiuxuan over the past year, Yin's father felt that Yin Xiuxuan was basically qualified as a blacksmith, so he encouraged Yin Xiuxuan to go up the mountain to quarry stone alone.
One day, Yin Xiu
Mi finally found a few pieces of white marble that were enough, but a problem arose. The stone was a little bigger, and even Yin Xiuxuan's strength, which he had honed over the years, was not enough to transport it back to the village in one piece. It was almost dusk, and it was difficult to return to the village.
It was getting dark. In the end, Yin Xuan decided to spend the night on the spot, and quarried the stones overnight and made them into blanks. After the weight was reduced, it was easier to transport them back to the village.
For those of his peers in the village, spending the night on the mountain was unimaginable, but for Yin Xiuxuan, who had followed his father up the mountain for a year and gone up the mountain alone many times, it was nothing.
Yin Xiuxuan first used tools to clean out the surrounding soil, took out a drill and drilled a blast hole at the selected location, and then took out the gunpowder he prepared from his backpack and put it into the blast hole. This gunpowder is an ancestral recipe passed down from Yin Xiuxuan's family, and it can be used very accurately.
The ignition time and power are calculated, and after being treated with a secret recipe, it can be waterproof and moisture-proof to a certain extent. It can be said to be the most precious treasure of the Yin family masons.
Yin Xuan lit the fuse and immediately ran away for more than ten feet, muttering: "Five...four...three...two...one."
As soon as the word "一" was spoken, a violent explosion was heard. Thick smoke suddenly rose from the place where the gunpowder was buried, and countless gravels flew up, making a loud crackling sound on the mountainous area.
After the smoke cleared, Yin Xiuxuan ran over to check the quality of the stone. When he saw that the stone had been lifted out intact, a proud smile appeared on Yin Xiuxuan's face.
After gathering the required stones, Yin Xiuxuan began to look for a place to stay tonight.
For Yin Xiuxuan, although he is also sleeping in the mountains and forests, there are natural differences. The top one is that there is a cave. Firstly, he is not afraid of wind and rain, and secondly, there are no mosquitoes. In addition, there have never been wild beasts in this forest, so naturally he is not afraid of any wild beasts suddenly breaking into it.
's home.
Yin Xiuxuan searched his memory and remembered that Yin's father once told him that there was a cave somewhere in this mountain forest. Carrying the stones on his back, Yin Xiuxuan went to the place he remembered.
Fortunately, Yin Xiuxuan remembered clearly. When the sun was about to set, Yin Xiuxuan found the cave, packed his things, and took out the prepared dry food and started eating dinner.
While eating dinner, Yin Xiuxuan was thinking about how to deal with the stones and carve something. Suddenly, there was a "hissing" sound in his ears. Yin Xiuxuan walked to the entrance of the cave and looked out. In the afterglow of the setting sun, he saw a long strip at the entrance of the cave.
The object is sliding.
"Snake!" Yin Xiuxuan was shocked.
Although there are no ferocious beasts in the mountains and forests of Yinjia Village, there are still snakes. Yin Xiuxuan has also seen Father Yin's method of dealing with snakes, and has dealt with them himself. I remember that time I encountered a venomous snake. Under Father Yin's guidance, Yin Xiuxuan
Slowly, he took out a long steel drill and inserted it into the snake's seven inches. At that time, Yin Xiuxuan's four-year carving skills came into play, and his hands were quick and accurate. The snake finally became a delicious meal for the father and son.
, and it can be regarded as a great supplement.
Originally, Yin Xiuxuan should not be surprised to see snakes. If he is lucky, the dinner can be more generous. But if the number of snakes is increased from one or two, to three or four, what about five or six, dozens or hundreds! Yin Xiuxuan is now
Faced with this problem, what he faced was not one or two snakes, but a large one. Hundreds of snakes looked at Yin Xiuxuan spitting out their words, and Yin Xiuxuan couldn't help but stop being frightened.
Seeing so many snakes, Yin Xiuxuan gave up his plan to continue dinner early. He took advantage of the dim sunset to take a closer look and found that the snakes had surrounded the cave. Unless Yin Xiuxuan immediately grew a pair of wings, he could not escape.
Yin Xiuxuan's mind moved, and he slowly took out a prepared brochure bag from his bag, tore it open with a bang, grabbed a handful of yellow powder from inside, looked in the right direction, and sprinkled it on both sides, leaving only
A narrow passage opened in the center, and then several bamboo tubes were dropped in the center and then slowly retreated into the depths of the cave.
Those snakes seemed to have identified Yin Xiuxuan. Every time Yin Xiuxuan took a step back, they took a step forward. Just like this, Zhang Xuan retreated into the dark cave. These snakes also slithered along the passage where Yin Xiuxuan had not sprinkled yellow powder.
Yin Xiuxuan looked at this situation and kept making secret calculations in his mind. When he saw that these snakes were almost entering the bamboo tube area, he took out a fire bag and threw it on the ground.
Although the snakes seemed to be spiritual, they were not as good as humans after all. Seeing Yin Xiuxuan's movements, he didn't know why. He just slid forward blindly, wanting to swallow the thing in front of him.
When Yin Xiuxuan saw this, he felt at ease. He took out a long iron drill from his backpack and held it in his hand. He counted slowly: "Five...four...three...two...one."
As the word "一" came out, a series of explosions were heard. It was the bamboo tubes that Yin Xiuxuan placed at the entrance of the cave.
It is said that Yin Xiuxuan's bamboo tube is also a method handed down from his ancestors, but it is used when quarrying materials are in a hurry. The bag that Yin Xiuxuan just tore open was made by Yin's mother to prevent him from mosquitoes. In addition to various herbs, it
, and realgar powder, so these snakes only enter the hole from the center.
The sound of the explosion was accompanied by snakes flying all over the sky, but most of these snakes were just in pieces. A burst of thick smoke slowly dissipated, and the snakes that were alive but stunned by the explosion were gradually recovering. Yin Xiuxuan saw the opportunity
, stepped up in a few steps, waved the iron drill in his hand, aimed at the living snake and inserted it within seven inches.
In just a few breaths, there were five surviving snakes that became Yin Xiuxuan's victory. After scanning for a week, there were still three snakes far away. Yin Xiuxuan wanted to attack these three snakes before they recovered, but it backfired.
Before he could rush forward, three snakes swooped towards him.
When they met on a narrow road, the brave would win. Yin Xiuxuan suddenly felt boundless courage, and he still waved the iron hammer and stabbed it into the nearest snake.
"呲"
The iron drill ### snake was seven inches long. Yin Xiuxuan had no time to shake off the snake on the iron drill, so he thrust it into another snake.
"呲"
Yin Xiuxuan successfully killed another snake, leaving the last one, which was also the most dangerous snake. This snake had already jumped ten inches below Yin Xiuxuan's feet.
"Hmm~"
With a muffled groan, Yin Xiuxuan finally stabbed seven inches into the snake at the moment it bit his calf, but it was a step too late. The venom spewed by the snake's teeth instantly poured into Yin Xiuxuan's body.
For a moment, Yin Xiuxuan felt a sharp pain like a needle when his calf was penetrated, but after a while he felt nothing on his leg. He felt bad, so he moved slowly with his hands and quickly tore off the strip of cloth from the hem of his clothes and bit it.
Wrap the calf tightly around the upper part of the wound; then take out a dagger from the bag, slash the bite area, and cut a wound. Squeeze the wound with both hands until the black blood is drained out and the bright red blood remains.
Finally, he took out a handful of herbs and put it into his mouth, chewed it a few times, then spit a handful into his hand and pressed it on the wound.
After finishing this series, Yin Xiuxuan felt dizzy. Suddenly he heard a scream, and then with hazy eyes, Yin Xiuxuan saw several figures appearing in front of him, seeming to say something, and then Yin Xiuxuan completely fainted.