Golden Fishing Village

Hearing his question, Ao Jinfu took out the small porcelain bowl beside him. There was half a bowl of small worms in it. They looked a bit like maggots, also white, but longer.

This is the rice weevils. They look a bit disgusting, but they are delicious and nutritious.

Half a bowl of worms were slowly wriggling together. It looked very disgusting, but Lao Ao didn't feel that way. He quickly picked up the bowl and said, "Afu, thank you."

"You're welcome. Wait, what are you thanking me for?" Ao Jinfu was stunned and then got angry. "This is the worm I found with great difficulty. Don't thank me. I won't give it to you!"

"If you don't give it to me, I'll grab it myself." Ao Muyang said.

Ao Jinfu shouted, "You can't snatch it, give it back to me."

Old Ao laughed shamelessly, "Why should I give you back the bugs I snatched with my own ability? Besides, you are such a young man, why do you eat this?"

Ao Jinfu said angrily, "You are older than me!"

Ao Muyang said, "I am not eating it for myself. You know that your brother Yang is getting married soon. After marriage, I will have a child. The child will wet the bed. I am saving it for him to eat."

"Oh." Ao Jinfu nodded in agreement after hearing what he said.

Bullying an honest person does not give him a sense of accomplishment. Seeing that the young man was fooled by himself, Old Ao felt embarrassed and put down the bowl again.

Ao Jinfu scratched his head and asked, "Brother Village Chief, aren't you going to take it back and dry it for my eldest nephew to eat?"

Ao Zhiman said, "Your brother Village Chief is teasing you, but if you want it, you can take it away. Fuwa has nothing to do these two days, so he went to the mountain to find bugs. He has eaten several meals."

How could Old Ao have the face to really snatch someone's snacks? He said vaguely: "It's okay, I'll go to the mountain to look for it myself tomorrow, let's look at the style of furniture first."

They mainly agreed on the big items such as cabinets. Things like wooden barrels are simple. The grandfather and grandson usually play with wooden barrels at home. There are many new wooden barrels in the yard, so you can choose any one.

The only wooden barrel to choose is the dangling barrel. This kind of wooden barrel is not prepared by the man's family, but the dowry of the fisherman's daughter when she gets married. It is specially used for storing and washing women's items and future children's items such as women's underwear and baby diapers.

Ao Zhiman made one for Lu Zhizi. He explained, "I know people don't use the kimono nowadays, but it's a custom after all. Teacher Lu's family didn't prepare a dowry for her, so I'll do my best to make it look like that."

Ao Muyang smiled and said, "Okay, Master Man, I thank you on behalf of Ah Zi."

Ao Zhiman said, "Why thank you? Although Fuwa didn't go to school in the end, Teacher Lu spent a lot of effort to get Fuwa to school. We can't forget our roots and remember it in our hearts."

The kimono barrel has been used for a long time. The old man doesn't usually make this kind of wooden barrel. This time he made one for Lu Zhizi as a dowry, and he made it very carefully, like a work of art. The whole is oval, looks short and fat, and the surface is painted with a layer of powder, with engraving and carving, and inlaid with many carvings.

After choosing the wooden barrel, the next step is to order the style and style of the cabinets.

Before the popularization of electrical appliances, these items were the main furniture for fishermen. Many families had a few boxes and cabinets in addition to beds, tables and chairs. Therefore, whether the boxes and cabinets were built solidly and generously, and whether the styles were fashionable and gorgeous, became a sign of testing the wealth of a family.

Because the boxes and cabinets were large in size and were displayed in a conspicuous position in the room, the fishermen put a lot of thought into the exterior decoration of these furniture and tried their best to display them.

Ao Zhiman has already made a set of boxes and cabinets. The largest and most eye-catching one is the wardrobe, which is tall and wide, a head taller than Ao Muyang. The whole set has double doors, and a large mirror is embedded on one of the doors. Old Ao went over to look at it and found that his nose hair was a little long, so he tilted his head and plucked it.

Seeing that he kept tilting his head, Ao Zhiman thought he was looking up at something, but the old man looked at it and saw their big nostrils.

"Ahem, village chief, what color do you think this wardrobe should be painted in? I think red is festive, gold is generous, green is environmentally friendly, and white is fashionable..."

Ao Muyang thought for a while and said, "Red, just for the festive look."

This wardrobe has basically taken shape, with a simple style, auspicious clouds and flower and bird patterns on the outside, and a large round brass piece in the middle of the door seam, so that the whole looks like the official uniform of Qing Dynasty officials.

The wardrobe uses a hidden lock with a brass keyhole. Old Ao opened the door and took a look. There are three layers inside, upper, middle and lower, and a pair of drawers, all made of solid wood, which is very practical.

Ao Zhiman also specially matched two boxes for the wardrobe. One is a cabinet head box placed above the wardrobe, which is half a meter high. Its length, width and depth are consistent with the wardrobe, forming a harmonious whole.

Looking at this old-fashioned wooden box, Ao Muyang recalled some of his childhood life. His mother had a cabinet box as a dowry. He still remembered that because the box was placed high and he couldn't reach it, his parents would hide the delicious food in it, so that he could only watch from a distance and not play with it when he was a child.

In addition to the wardrobe, there is also a cupboard among the large items. It is 1.2 meters tall and 2.5 meters long. It has four layers in total. It can be used as a cupboard or a vegetable cabinet, and it has complete functions.

Ao Zhiman opened the cupboard and let him take a look. There are inner doors inside the outer door. There are four doors on the first layer. There are hollow flowers and plants on the doors, which can be used as ventilation holes.

Four characters are carved in the middle of the four doors, spring, summer, autumn and winter. There are flowers and plants of the season around each character, and the workmanship is also exquisite.

After looking at the cupboard, Ao Muyang said sincerely: "Mr. Man, your stuff is well made. It's much better than what you buy outside."

The old man was not proud. He said: "I dare not say anything else, but the durability is definitely better than the goods from the factory. There is a lot of moisture and humidity in the village. The furniture outside is said to be solid wood, but it is all plywood and the like. How could I not know? It is not durable at all!"

After looking at two large cabinets, there are also small cabinets. There are ten sets of cabinets in total.

The whole set of boxes is dazzling, and Old Ao is overwhelmed. At this moment, he is completely impressed by the old man. He is impatient to look at it. How much effort must it take to make it?

In addition to the cabinet, he also made a brand new dressing table for Lu Zhizi. It is of the same style and beautiful. There is even a pick stick on the top, with a glass lampshade on it, which can be used to light oil lamps or electric lamps.

Ao Muyang was so moved that he took a whole incense pig to send to the old man after returning.

In return, Ao Jinfu gave him the half bowl of rice worms.

Lao Ao thought this was a good deal and happily took the rice worms back home.

Rice worms are rich in protein and fat, so they don't need to be fried in oil, just roast them in the fire.