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!"

Looking at the bamboo painting, Zhao Jinmai 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, "Are you not allowed to have other hobbies besides cooking?"

"Of course it's allowed."

Liu Yifei said something with a smile, and then asked in amazement: "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 made of pottery made of bamboo and rattan by pasting clay 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 the kitchens of the past. Steamers for steaming food, baskets for storing grain, baskets, baskets, rice sieves for sifting rice, dustpans, and fences for scooping rice are 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 a bamboo fence."

"It's most commonly used in the Yunnan-Guizhou-Sichuan region, where Zongzi rice is cooked, which needs to be boiled first 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 traps to catch small animals, or make traps 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 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 most of the technological development of human beings is to make ourselves eat better."

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

The hotel manager had already been dizzy by his talk, and he was stunned 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, early 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 party came to the village, they asked people casually, and found Geng Yuexin's house.

Geng Yueshen's house is not small, with bamboo and bamboo woven 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 was about seventy years old, but he walked steadily and looked 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 the Bamboo Weaving Research Institute at home to study bamboo weaving."

After Geng Yueshen invited Li Yi and his group into the back room, he talked about his bamboo weaving experience: "In two thousand years, 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 is 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.

Both Liu Yifei and Zhao Jinmai were amazed to see the lifelike portraits of ancient emperors in the emperor scrolls woven with bamboo silk.

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 awards. I won the Golden Wheat Award, and I am the only one in Zhenjiang."

Geng Yueshen obviously enjoyed the feeling of introducing her achievements to outsiders, and spoke with enthusiasm.

Li Yi admired the works displayed by Geng Yuexin, and couldn't stop 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 sect and stepping into the realm of a family.

But at 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 she would have to endure it for several 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 come 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 on! Come with me!"

With that said, he brought Li Yi to the operation room, and took out a pile of processed bamboo shreds for Li Yi.

Divided into categories, everything.

"This is all processed bamboo shreds, try it."

Geng Yuexin smiled and said: "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'll make a fool of myself."

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

In 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 patterned bamboo paper, dense and smooth, and the speed was 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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