Chapter 110 Chayu Wooden Bowl
"How much is this bowl?"
"Fifty-one!" The shopkeeper answered immediately after hearing Sunuo's question.
Su Nuo was shocked. A bowl cost fifty yuan. She thought she could buy one for only a dozen or twenty yuan. But it did look good.
Fan Linlin looked at Su Nuo who was a little surprised and explained to him in a low voice.
It turns out that wooden bowls are the most common daily necessities for the people in the snowy areas, carrying the most simple life codes of the snowy people. The most famous wooden bowls in the snowy areas come from Zayu, and the wooden bowls here are Zayu wooden bowls. The craftsmanship of Zayu wooden bowls is also very complicated. It is very troublesome to make wooden bowls. In particular, the process of finding wood raw materials is extremely difficult. If you don't have the chance, it will be difficult to find.
It is even more difficult to find tree knots with good grains that can be used to make good Chayu wooden bowls. Sometimes three or four people spend one or two months searching in the mountains, and find hundreds of tree knots that can be used to make wooden bowls and carry them back together. The wooden bowl makers cut and scrape them into many triangular wooden blocks, and then boil them in clear water for three or four hours. They are then dried in the shade, made into blanks, finely ground to shape, and naturally colored.
From the raw materials to the completion of all subsequent processes, it is a test of the craftsman's adaptation to the raw materials' habits, and also a test of a maker's true level. Sometimes, the best raw materials can be ruined by a single process of the craftsman. "Only the Zayu wooden bowl artists know the hardships and regrets they experienced during this period."
Since ancient times, the people in the snowy area have had a feeling for Chayu wooden bowls, and they also have a sense of recognition that the wood raw material is the best. If it is not painted, the older it is, the more it will show its unique luster.
"I want two!" Sunuo wanted to talk about the price. But after listening to Fan Linlin's introduction, he had a deeper understanding of the origin of these wooden bowls. If you like something, the price is secondary.
Sunuo handed over a hundred yuan and bought two.
Fan Linlin had already bought a few for home, and now she and Deputy Company Commander An are using them for meals.
"This wooden bowl is so beautiful!" Su Nuo praised Fan Linlin with a smile.
"When I came here for the first time, I also took a fancy to it and bought two. I heard that it can be used for decades!" Fan Linlin said with a smile.
"It takes so long?" Su Nuo was a little surprised.
"Yeah!" Fan Linlin nodded, "Let's go quickly! The sisters-in-law might have gone to the vegetable market. There is a larger supermarket next to the vegetable market." "Okay!" The two of them quickened their pace and walked towards the vegetable market.
Those sisters-in-law were indeed in the vegetable market.
"Linlin, Sunuo. You're here! What did you buy?"
"I bought beef jerky!" Fan Linlin replied with a smile. "Sunuo bought a wooden bowl!"
Sunuo saw that there was still a lot of beef on the beef stall and walked over quickly.
"Little girl, how many pounds of beef do you want to buy?" The stall owner saw Su Nuo and said to Xuan Pu.
"I want four pounds of beef." Sunuo really has a special liking for beef. It's not easy to go to the street, and she can't always ask others to help her buy it. So she planned to buy four pounds and mix it with the cured fish and meat. It can also be eaten for a long time.
There were five pounds of beef. Sunuo paid the money and returned to the main force.
"Sunuo, you like beef so much!" Fan Linlin saw that Sunuo bought so much beef.
"Yes! This is my favorite dish since I was a child! I'll make you some cold beef on the weekend!" Sunuo has loved beef since he was a child, and now he can cook more than 20 kinds of beef dishes.
"Okay!" Fan Linlin immediately nodded in agreement.
This wooden bowl is really good. So I wrote it down! I also hope that more people can know its goodness.
(End of this chapter)
