Erwa was stunned for a moment, then began to recite silently.
"A pagoda is dark, thin at the top and thick at the bottom. One day it will be turned over, and it will be thin at the bottom and thick at the top!"
A glimmer of light suddenly flashed in Erwa's eyes, and he recited silently. He seemed to understand the meaning of it, and said silently: "Master...Master, I understand, I will definitely not let you down."
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At this moment, he already understood that there is no distinction between high and low for anyone and anything. All humble feelings are imposed by oneself. Everyone has his own position and value. As long as he learns a craft, with the help of Shule Tang Army
Not necessarily less than those soldiers who went into battle to kill the enemy!
"Come and help me blow the bellows." Chen Shoucheng was very pleased to see that his second son was so smart. He pointed to an iron stove next to him and said. According to his intelligence, as long as he uses it in his studies,
It will take less than three years to start training. (Note 1)
Pulling the bellows is a process that every blacksmith must go through. These famous blacksmiths are often ordered by their masters to pull the bellows when they were young apprentices. First, the master is to hone their will and cultivate their ability to endure hardship. Second,
Come on, there are some things and some unique skills that cannot be taught in an instant. As the saying goes, after becoming an apprentice, the master will starve to death. If learning from a master was so simple, then the craftsmanship would not be so mysterious.
Therefore, those apprentices who learn from a master often do not learn much in the first three years, that is, they just do odd jobs. As for whether they can fulfill the master's mantle in the future, it depends on the apprentice's hard work on the one hand, and on the other hand
The master is willing to hand over the cooking skills to his apprentice.
However, Chen Shoucheng will certainly not hide anything at this time. He is already nearly half a century old, and to put it bluntly, he is already half dead. What else is there to hide or tuck in? Chen Shoucheng has no one at his knees.
He only had one married daughter. He was worried that he had no apprentice to pass on his craftsmanship, so the governor sent him such a clever apprentice. It was too late for him to be happy, so how could he deliberately create difficulties?
However, as the old saying goes, you have to love what you do. If you want to do something good, you must first fall in love with this job. Bellows are the most tiring, but it is a shortcut to understand the blacksmithing industry. When to do it?
Bellows no longer has any resentment, and a breakthrough in his studies is not far away.
Although Erwa didn't know what Chen Shoucheng was thinking, he walked to the iron stove without hesitation, found a horse, sat down and turned on the bellows.
The squeaking sound activates the steel fire in the furnace, and the crackling sparks rush towards people's faces. There is also the annoying black smoke, which always looks for gaps and gets into your mouth and nose when you are most careless.
, choked and made people cry.
Erwa didn't want to be looked down upon by his master, so he wiped the tears from his eyes and continued to pull up.
The forged piece, heated by the bellows, weighed forty or fifty kilograms. It had been burned red by the furnace and was now easy to hit on the iron pier. Chen Shoucheng found a medium-sized one and struck it with the hammer at hand.
The sound of ping ping ping pong sounded so pleasant. Erwa was immersed in it, and the speed of pulling the bellows naturally slowed down.
"Don't stop, keep pulling!" Chen Shoucheng glanced at him, but the movement of his hands did not stop.
I saw him holding a small hammer in his right hand and iron pliers in his left hand. After hammering, the forging had already taken shape. While turning over the iron materials, Chen Shou gave instructions: "The most important time for us to do blacksmith work is to work.
Distraction. These forgings are all made from the same mold. As for how they can be hammered into shape, it all depends on the hands of the blacksmith."
Chen Shoucheng kept hammering, and the heavy square iron forging was gradually smoothed and turned into a round iron rod.
Erwa didn't dare to be distracted anymore and only concentrated on pulling the bellows. What kind of thing should this be? Looking at the prototype, it couldn't be a weapon, right?
As the saying goes, there are three major hardships in the world: blacksmithing, punting, and grinding tofu. Regardless of the blacksmith's glory, a sharp blade can be made by just hammering it. But have you ever thought that every time a fire is lit in a red furnace?
Is it when the temperature is high? The craftsman will sweat profusely just by pulling the bellows, and sweating profusely by just swinging the hammer. How much strength and magnanimity is required to swing up and down the sledgehammer weighing dozens of kilograms.
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However, what things in the world do not need to be simple and easy? How can we gain anything without effort?
This is true whether you are a farmer or a craftsman.
Chen Shoucheng began trimming the iron rod. While moving the forging, he gently hammered the iron rod with a special small hammer. After about a while of drinking tea, a thick and round iron rod was finished.
Chen Shoucheng put the round-handled forging into the nearby sink. With a "squeak" sound, a burst of white smoke suddenly floated up and spread outward in circles.
"This is quenching. This is the last step in our blacksmithing process."
Chen Shoucheng picked up the forging with iron pliers and looked at it and said: "Look at this forging. It was crooked and uneven before. After the master hammered it, it has undergone earth-shaking changes. This person also needs to be like this. Sometimes you have to
Be tough on yourself, beat yourself up more now, and you will suffer less in the future.”
After saying that, Chen Shoucheng put the silver gun on the shelf beside him: "Don't you like to dance with guns? With the gun head attached to the barrel, it becomes a serious long gun. Well, this gun can be regarded as
It’s a gift from the master.”
"Master!" Erwa's face turned red with embarrassment. Logically speaking, since he worshiped Chen Shoucheng as his master, he should give the master a decent apprenticeship gift. But now, instead of giving out the gift, he also accepted the master's gift.
Gift, this, this...
"Take it as the master tells you. In the future, the master's mantle will still be waiting for you to pass on!" Chen Shoucheng said with a slight smile: "You have to remember that in this life, people don't ask for anything else, but to have a clear conscience.
Yu Xin. The thing that we blacksmiths are not afraid of the most is suffering. If you can endure the pain of blacksmithing, you will not be panicked no matter how difficult things are in the future!"
"Yes, master, I understand." Erwa had already stood up and responded in a deep voice.
"A pagoda is dark, thin at the top and thick at the bottom. One day when you turn it over, it will be thin at the bottom and thick at the top!" Chen Shoucheng laughed and said: "In this world, no one should look down on anyone. One day, if you turn it over, it will be thin at the bottom.
Come on, the top is rough! One day, turn it over, the bottom is thin, and the top is thick..."
A line of muddy old tears flowed from the corners of Chen Shoucheng's eyes, and he recited silently.