MTL - A Mouthful of Sky-high Fried Rice, Lao Tang Apprenticed on the Spot-Chapter 247 Bamboo Kitchenware

  Chapter 247 Bamboo kitchen utensils

   "Hundreds of years?"

  Zhao Jinmai stuck out his tongue: "That is to say, the painting is still there after the person is gone?"

   "It can be passed on from generation to generation!"

Li Yi smiled and said: "Dry for a thousand years, wet for ten thousand years, the black bamboo threads in this bamboo painting are all painted with carbon powder, as long as they are not damp, let alone a hundred years, it is possible for a thousand years, but it is only theoretical. "

   "No wonder it's so expensive!"

  Zhao Jinmai looked at the bamboo painting and was amazed.

  Liu Yifei at the side glanced at Li Yi and asked, "How do you know about this kind of bamboo painting?"

  Li Yi smiled: "Because I can do it too!"

   "Can you weave bamboo paintings?"

  Not to mention Liu Yifei and Zhao Jinmai, even the hotel manager on the side was taken aback.

   "Is it weird?"

  Li Yi smiled and said, "Aren't I allowed to have other hobbies besides cooking?"

   "Of course it's allowed."

  Liu Yifei said something with a smile, and then asked in surprise: "But why do you know how to weave bamboo? Does the chef even have to learn this?"

   “Bamboo is the most common kitchen material.”

  Li Yi said with a smile: "Before humans invented pottery, they had already learned to use bamboo to make kitchen utensils, such as bamboo baskets, bamboo baskets, bamboo tubes for cooking and so on.

  The cultural relics pottery pots unearthed in the Neolithic Age are pottery made of bamboo and rattan bodies by pasting pottery mud on the inside and outside of woven bamboo baskets and firing them.

  Then humans combined pottery pots and bamboo baskets to create the most primitive pots and steamers, and became the first civilization and country to use steam for cooking.

  Bamboo was very common in previous kitchens. Steamers for steaming food, baskets for storing grain, baskets, baskets, rice sieves for sifting rice, dustpans, and fences for scooping rice were all made of bamboo. "

  Listening to Li Yi's description, Liu Yifei was thoughtful: "I remember that when my grandma scooped up rice when she was young, she used bamboo fences."

   "It is most commonly used in the Yunnan-Guizhou-Sichuan area, where rice cookers can be cooked, and then steamed. In the past, when people scooped up rice, they used bamboo fences."

  Li Yi said with a smile: "Bamboo is the most important natural tool material in domestic food culture, bar none.

  In the wild, it can set up traps to catch small animals, or make pits to catch large animals.

  In the water, it can be used as a simple fishhook, and can also be woven into bamboo nets to catch fish, and woven into bamboo cages to catch shrimps, crabs, and water snakes. When fish and shrimps are caught, they can also be put into bamboo baskets made of bamboo to keep them fresh.

  Therefore, the driving force for human beings to play with bamboo weaving is the desire for food. "

  Liu Yifei listened fascinated: "I didn't expect the relationship between bamboo weaving and cooking skills to be so deep."

   "It's not that bamboo weaving has a deep relationship with cooking, it's that the vast majority of human craft development is to make oneself eat better."

  As Li Yi said, he asked the hotel manager who was stupefied: "I would like to ask, where is this Mr. Geng's home? I want to visit."

  The manager of the hotel was stunned by his talk, and he was taken aback for a moment before responding: "Oh, Mr. Geng's home is in Liangshan Village, Youfang Town, and everyone in the village knows his home."

"OK, thanks."

Li Yi thanked them, and explained to Liu Yifei and the two: "I plan to go to Teacher Geng's house tomorrow morning. We are going to go fishing this time. I want to weave a fish basket for use. Teacher Geng must have cooked fish baskets." Bamboo shreds, I'll go buy some."

   After explaining, he went to the program group and told them the plan.

  After the program team came out, the itinerary was planned and arranged by Li Yi. He determined the content, and the program team was in charge of filming.

  Liangshan Village is just to the south of Yangzhong City, not far from the urban area.

  The director team calculated the time and agreed to Li Yi's plan.

  So, the next morning, Li Yi and his party went straight to Liangshan Village.

  The hotel manager didn't talk nonsense, Geng Yuexin's name was well known in Liangshan Village.

   After Li Yi and his group came to the village, they asked people casually, and found Geng Yuexin's home.

  Geng Yueshen's house is not small, and there are bamboo and bamboo strips piled up everywhere. In the yard, there are more than a dozen men of different ages, who are breaking bamboo to obtain materials, roasting them to remove knots.

  Hearing the commotion outside, Geng Yuexin greeted her from the back room.

  He is about seventy years old, but he walks steadily and looks good.

  When Li Yi saw him, he took the initiative to say hello, and explained his purpose with a smile: "Mr. Geng, we are filming a program and would like to interview you. Is it convenient for you to accept the interview?"

  Geng Yuexin was very calm, and agreed with a smile.

  He himself is often interviewed by the media, and he is no stranger to facing the camera.

   "In 1994, I established this bamboo weaving research institute at home, just to study bamboo weaving."

   After Geng Yueshen invited Li Yi and his group into the back room, he talked about his bamboo weaving experience: "Two thousand years ago, there were nearly one hundred students in my institute, all of whom came to learn bamboo weaving from me.

   But now that technology is advanced and mechanization is popularized, the number of students here is decreasing.

  In fact, these bamboo weaving products sell very well, and orders are placed every day, and there are so many orders that they cannot be received.

  But there are not enough manpower to do it, and the supply exceeds the demand. "

  While talking, he took out his favorite work and showed it to Li Yi and the others.

   Seeing the lifelike portraits of ancient emperors in the emperor scrolls woven with bamboo silk, Liu Yifei and Zhao Jinmai were both amazed.

  The quality of this bamboo weaving work is not comparable to those hanging in the hotel!

   "This is not what I am most satisfied with. What I am most satisfied with is the "Dream of China" that I took for the award. I won the Golden Wheat Award, and I am the only one in Zhenjiang."

  Geng Yuexin obviously enjoys the feeling of introducing his achievements to outsiders, and speaks with enthusiasm.

  Li Yi admired the works displayed by Geng Yuexin, and kept nodding.

  From the works displayed by Geng Yueshen, it can be seen that his bamboo weaving level should be able to reach the level of [Bamboo Weaving Master], and he is only one step away from establishing a school and stepping into the realm of a family.

   But for this step, Li Yi was stuck in the dream space for seven years, and finally got through by luck.

  Geng Yuexin didn't know that he would have to endure it for a few years.

  After admiring the works, Li Yi made a request to Geng Yuexin: "Mr. Geng, I want to buy some bamboo shreds that you have processed here. Can you give me some?"

   "Bamboo silk?"

  Geng Yuexin was a little surprised.

  He has seen many media, and many of them bought his bamboo weaving works.

   But it was the first time he saw someone coming to buy bamboo shreds.

   "Why do you buy bamboo shreds?"

   He was puzzled and asked, "Are you going to make it up yourself?"

"right."

  Li Yi smiled and nodded.

   "Oh? You also know how to weave bamboo?"

  Geng Yuexin became interested: "Didn't you say it earlier? Come, come! Come with me!"

   As he spoke, he brought Li Yi to the operating room, and brought out a bunch of processed bamboo threads for Li Yi.

   Divided into categories, there are everything.

   "These are all processed bamboo threads, try it."

  Geng Yueshen said with a smile: "It's been a long time since I've had anyone come to communicate with me. You can do it freely, and I'll learn how you young people weave now."

  Seeing that he was in high spirits, Li Yi smiled and didn't say much.

  After returning to reality, it was also the first time for him to weave things with bamboo silk, just to practice his hands and restore his body memory.

   "Then I will make a fool of myself."

  Li Yi picked out a few pieces of bamboo thread in front of him, and then began to weave them.

   At the first few strokes, his fingers were still a little stiff.

   But as he gradually found the feeling, his speed also greatly accelerated.

   Gradually, his ten fingers began to fly up and down, and even brought out an afterimage.

   And the bamboo thread in his hand quickly turned into a piece of bamboo paper with a pattern, which is dense, compact, and extremely smooth, and the speed is as fast as 3D printing.

  The camera took a close-up of his hand, and the pattern on the bamboo paper gradually became clear, and it could be seen that it was a girl's face.

  First the neckline, then the neck, then the chin and lips.

  When the lower half of the girl's face appeared in the painting, Zhao Jinmai suddenly shouted: "Eh? Sister Yifei! That's you!"

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  (end of this chapter)