Fujia Nanshi, brother and sister

When Jiang Bai came back from fetching water, Fu Cheng was talking to Shizi Zhang in the west room. When he saw himself, he flew out like a bird, standing in the winter sun and smiling at himself.

In an instant, Jiang Bai seemed to have been beaten by someone, and the image rushed towards him. A little boy, also in such a hurry, flew from the room of Fujiaban to the yard, and yelled brother hissingly.

"Brother Si, Dad taught me how to play the drums, brother Si, can you do it?"

A little boy...so small, so small that Jiang Bai really wanted to hug him.At that time, Fucheng hadn't shaved the round inch, and there was no mother to take care of him. Dad was busy with work, and his hair was always messy.Others don't care about him, I'll come.

"Brother." The grown-up Fucheng appeared, replacing the face he had when he was a child, "Look at Wangcai and Wangcai, they were all bought by the whole family, don't call them."

"I'm Rhubarb and Erbai!" Zhang Yiliu shouted, holding the tough paper in his hand without stopping.

Jiang Bai moved his fingers and pulled the junior brother over: "Don't listen to him, what the senior brother said is right, and everyone else is wrong. Dogs are called Wangcai."

"Yeah!" Fucheng smiled while washing his hands, deliberately didn't wipe his hands after washing, and splashed water on his senior brother.Jiang Bai ignored them at first, and started to fight back, splashing water on the ground while playing, and the two dogs circled passionately around them, thinking that there was something delicious to eat.

The long-lost excitement ushered in the dilapidated small courtyard.Only Zhang Yiliu yelled at him because he thought it was noisy, and then Jiang Bai took Fucheng into the house and continued to make a fuss.Fucheng sat down muttering: "You can't even laugh twice... Shizizhang, how many days do you have to pierce a lion's head?"

Zhang Yiliu concentrated: "How many days? Heh, in terms of speed, I have to work quickly. It's no problem to tie three a day. I will do your lion head well, and I will produce two a week. The hand-tied lion heads come from the factory. Each one has its own characteristics. Especially the flexible joints, how much space should be left for the eyes, ears, and mouth is all in the heart of the lion head piercing craftsman."

"One day... 3?" Fucheng's eyes were unbelievable, "3... can it be used? Or will it break after being tied?"

"Bullshit! Is it called a lion's head if it breaks after piercing? A lion's head has 1300 knots. After it is done, a person must be able to stand up to be qualified." Zhang Yiliu assumed the posture of piercing people with bamboo strips, thinking for a while The willow tree pit in my house, forget it, "Go away, continue to cut, and finish cutting the bamboo for the other lion's head."

Fucheng sluggishly went to work next to him, and Jiang Bai continued to work hard with the pile of flash materials.The red, yellow, blue, green, and white glitters are mixed together. It is more difficult to pick out one by one to avoid wrong colors, than to peel bamboo.

By the afternoon, the lion head frame in Fucheng was completely tied up.The round and high top of the skull, the large frame is very majestic, and because it is one size larger than the average lion head, it is more ferocious.On the top of the head is a 2mm bamboo bandage lion horn, which is sharp and facing straight ahead. The lion's mouth is wide and wide in a W shape. An insider can tell at a glance that this is an authentic Foshan lion dance.

Eye sockets, lion nose, jaw... and flexible lion ears, with complete facial features and smooth structure.Jiang Bai couldn't help reaching out to touch it. This is the skeleton of a southern lion. No nails and screw caps, let alone metal, are used entirely with bamboo, paper, and a pair of superb hands.

"This is called the Southern Lion." Zhang Yiliu said, sweating profusely and his hands covered with paste.

Jiang Bai touched the intersection of the circle and the frame, there was not even half a string, it was all glued with tough paper. "Only paper?"

"Don't you understand?" Zhang Yiliu sneered, "The lion is a paper art. Besides bamboo strips, it is paper. The tough paper must be boiled by yourself, using high-quality glutinous rice pulp and hemp pulp. Glutinous rice, all of you You know, few people know the original pulp of flax now. It is all flax, which is made by beating by hand. It also needs to be mixed with fiber materials, and finally a light, soft and tough paper can be produced, which is pasted with paste and durable. .”

"Just use paste, is it strong?" Jiang Bai picked up the lion head frame and couldn't help sighing, "It's so light."

"Nonsense, can it be light? It's all from the hollow bamboo body and a few thin sheets of paper." Zhang Yiliu washed his hands, "The lighter the better the ancestor's craftsmanship. Who doesn't know that nylon ropes and fiber buckles are strong ? But these hundreds of pieces of bamboo, thousands of nodes, use those unsinkable? I'm not bragging, a lion's head circle frame is done, without materials, I can make it weigh less than 6 catties. If it exceeds this number, I give you the name Lion Zhang!"

"You should keep your name for yourself, I believe." Jiang Bai tried the weight carefully, and it really didn't sink.At this moment, what he held was not just a lion head, but the crystallization of wisdom of hundreds of years of lion dance craftsmen.

Lion Zhang is in charge of the lion head, and the Fujia class is full of intensive training.The preliminaries were chosen by Liao Chengming, and Qiu Li and Qing Rang went into battle in person to correct the rhythm of the Lion and Drum Team one by one.The Big Head Buddha is even more difficult. It looks like a funny character, but in fact it needs solid work. Xu Jun also acts as the logistics department, serving water and meals for everyone.

Liao Chengming was sweating profusely, and he was not optimistic about this messy small team.The sense of rhythm is not good, the two cymbals are slightly higher, and Li Cong can't match the drum beat.The girl was responsible for beating the gong, which was serious but not strong enough.

"Rest, rest for a while." Liao Chengming yelled to stop, "Qiu Li, Qing Rang, get off the pile and drink some water."

Qiu Li and Qing Rang jumped off the pile one after another, wearing the old Fujia class uniforms. "Jiang Bai and the others haven't come back yet?" Qiu Li asked, "We practiced so hard that they ran out to hide?"

"They went to find... Shizizhang." Qing Rang was out of breath, Qiu Li had a small frame and was 10 centimeters shorter than himself, so it was still tiring to perform a set of movements.He was really worried for Jiang Bai, Fucheng's physical condition was too unsuitable to be a lion's head, getting on a stake was like holding an unstable factor.

The pile arrays used in the high pile competition are arranged uniformly across the country, each pile has a number, and the height and span are all uniform.The two shortest ones are No. 1 and No. 2, with a height of 1 meters, and are used for pile formation.Only these two pedal discs have a diameter of 2 centimeters, and the rest of the footholds are all 32 centimeters. With such a small disc, how to jump and how to step on it is all printed in the lion's tail head.

The spirit is highly concentrated, and the physical exertion speed is accelerated.A lion head weighs 15 catties, plus Fucheng... Qing Rang can no longer imagine how much pressure it is.

"I also want to find Lion Zhang, maybe it's fun." Qiu Li turned over, "Let them practice piles, and replace me."

"Who said they wanted to find Lion Zhang?" Just as Qiu Li finished speaking, Jiang Bai came in, followed by Fu Cheng.

Fucheng's fingers were all covered with bandages. He was not injured when he cut the bamboo. He didn't pay attention when he stretched Zhang Yiliu's paper. blood.Only then did I understand why my father didn't let me participate in the lion's head piercing. The sliced ​​bamboo was faster than a knife.

"Me, me, me!" Qiu Li volunteered, "I'll go tomorrow, you guys come to practice lion?"

"You go?" Jiang Bai threw a woven bag over, "Look for yourself."

Qiu Li picked it up very lightly. "What?" He opened curiously, "Damn, my eyes! Let Rang! My eyes are blind!"

Everyone gathered around, the woven bags were full of flash materials, a mix of various colored flash papers and large flash pieces.

"Don't you want to work at Shizizhang's place?" Jiang Bai rubbed the acupoints at the corners of his eyes. He was blind and saw that everything was shiny and haunted. "Now pick out a red piece that weighs a pound, and then eat."

Qiu Li blinked and looked at Qing Rang blankly.Why?Bring water again?Just do it?

"Choose, I'll help you." Qing Rang didn't dare to refute, and went to get the chair.

That night, Qiu Li and Qing Rang were so confused that they didn't want to mention Shizi Zhang again.It is more comfortable to practice.

In the next two weeks, Jiang Bai repeated the three things of reviewing, practicing lion dance, and picking flash films. When his back was tired, he went to lion dance for exercise.On Saturday, they went to Zhang Yiliu's house to help. Wangcai and Wangcai had already become familiar faces.

Dogs are better than cats. Dogs can use the whole family bucket to feed their feelings, but cats are different.Looking at his newly added scratches, Jiang Bai bought another plain chicken for Wangcai and Wangcai.

After the lion circle frame was completed, Zhang Yiliu started to enter the second procedure. Jiang Bai listened to his nagging while cleaning the flash materials, only then did he realize that this simple pasting process is divided into three parts, called three pastes.

"Clumsy, go, replace your senior brother!" Zhang Yiliu ordered.

Fucheng looks for Jiang Bai wronged. "Brother, go, he said I was clumsy."

"Don't listen to him, you are lively, you are not stupid." Jiang Bai began to think about how to move the hole, went to pick up the scissors, and cut the gauze into a satisfactory shape according to Zhang Yiliu's instructions.

Then start to stick from the lion's nose.

"From the nose of the lion to the head, the forehead, the horns, the top of the head, and the ears." Zhang Yiliu turned on the blower.After the first layer dries, he selects the tough paper by himself, spreads it carefully, dips in the paste with a small wool brush, and sweeps the tough paper lightly and evenly.

Wait until the surface is cool, then lift it up with both hands, and stick it on the gauze that Jiang Baipu just pasted.

When doing this process, Zhang Yiliu didn't even take a breath, and it was steady and steady.

Jiang Bai and Fu Cheng watched from the side, not daring to take a breath.The tough paper is so thin that it is almost transparent, and it is soft and difficult to handle after being covered with paste, let alone peel it off.The map of Fucheng was fresh, and I tried to pick up a piece with my fingertips, and immediately poked a hole.

"Heh, you still want Pu Shi with such a little work?" Zhang Yiliu only looked at him, laughed at him, but didn't stop him, "This process is called Pu. The technique is delicate, the process is exquisite, and you need to be patient. Many factories now There is no need for tough paper, but quick pictures, all gauze, and cardboard confetti mixed in... Corrupting students, you are not worthy of being a lion."

After speaking, use another soft new brush to gently attach the tough paper, smooth it, and sweep out all the air bubbles and wrinkles.The brush has a fixed direction, and it must follow the direction of the bamboo strips.

"It's all paper, it's all paper, you can't stick any plastic or satin, it's all paper made by yourself. The forehead must be high to look good, domineering, and there must be enough space inside so that people will not suffocate. And this size, It is determined by the bottom frame and the back circumference, the standard size is from 2 to 5, and 3 is enough, you are good, boy, you can catch up with 5." Zhang Yiliuxu said in a babbling manner, his hands kept moving, and he did it. Brush it again, three layers in full, then turn over the lion's head, and brush the inside, another three layers.Finally, pick out golden paper from the flash materials selected by Jiang Bai, repeat the steps just now, level off one by one, apply paste, spread on the tough paper, and level off again.

There is no sloppy, meticulous, and it will stop after completing 6 layers.

"Okay..." Zhang Yiliu put down the soft brush and took a step back, "These two lion heads are waiting to dry..."

"Master Zhang!" Jiang Bai's eyes were quick and his hands were quick, and he helped him steady.

"It's okay, it's okay." Zhang Yiliu shook his head, "I'm old, I've stood for too long, my legs don't move, and my legs are numb. I'm really old, I have to accept my old age. I used to be a lion, and I didn't feel tired after a few pricks a day."

Fucheng hurriedly supported him. "I don't think you are old, do you want to dye your hair? I'll shave you an inch!"

"Get out." Zhang Yiliu slapped Fucheng on the head, he didn't dare to use all his strength because he was concerned about the willow tree pit in his own house.

After another week, when Zhang Yiliu tied up four lion heads, the school entered the final exam week.For liberal arts, Jiang Bai went all out, and tried not to hand in blank papers for science, but starting from the multiple choice questions, the difficulty obviously exceeded his abstract understanding ability.

Can't understand the question.

Choose blindly.Jiang Bai filled in C. Anyway, Fucheng said he was hesitant and chose this.

After the last exam, the school is on holiday, and the martial arts students can't stay, so they clean up the school immediately.Jiang Bai took his juniors back to Fu's class, full of worries.

Today, January 1th, there are only two weeks to prepare, and the game will start on February 18nd.

"Brother." Fu Cheng snatched a pear from Qiu Li, "Here, try it, it's sweet!"

Jiang Bai opened his mouth and held it in his mouth. "Well, it's sweet...Qiu Li, your pears are pretty good, bring a few more boxes next time."

Not only did Qiu Li lose the pears in his hand, Jiang Bai also picked out several boxes empty-handed, and looked at Qing Rang blankly.

Qing Rang shook his head, what can I do?Fu Yu said that Jiang Bai had scooped up her peaches for more than ten years, and he didn't give him a cent.

"Wait." Fucheng grabbed Jiang Bai again, "Senior brother, do you know what day is coming soon?"

"I know." Jiang Bai smiled, "Your birthday is 123, right?"

Fucheng was taken aback. "123 farts, tomorrow is your birthday!"

own birthday?It was Jiang Bai's turn to be stunned, as if... yes.Looking at the faces of the three juniors in front of me, the little boy asking for the light appeared again, not one, but three, they ran forward with themselves, laughed and jumped high, they were not very big, they all called themselves seniors, Take yourself running through the fog and into a storefront.Jiang Bai was surprised that he had seen the appearance of that store before, it was near Fucheng's house.

"Brother, when you make money yourself in the future, you must buy it for me!"

Jiang Bai nodded blankly.Since the accident, celebrating my birthday has become meaningless to me, like celebrating someone who has nothing to do with me. I didn't expect to forget that my birthday is January 1th.

So, tomorrow, I will be a... adult?

Good adulthood.