After passing through several production areas, the number of molds in the artifact shed was significantly reduced, and sometimes several artifact beds were empty. Naturally, the number of candidates also decreased. Where Wang Ge was now, there were only craftsmen and wanderers.

This was a bit of a watershed moment. Continuing forward, she counted silently, and passed twenty utensil beds before she saw a mold: it was a combination of wooden blocks, with a wooden square hoop holding them together. The insides were of various sizes.

There are nine equal wooden blocks in total.

Unfortunately, the material was on the other side. She walked out of the passage without going around it for a long time. It was not worthwhile to go back, so she gave up now and tried her luck when she came back tomorrow morning.

After walking for a long time, the utensil bed was all empty, so she gave up counting. Unexpectedly, there was a lonely straw butterfly resting on the utensil bed! Fortunately, the material was on this side.

Boom!

The drummers in this production area who were shivering from the cold finally sounded the first famous drum since the exam started. "Guzhixiang, Jiashe Village, Wang Ge ah sneeze... pass!"

None of the craftsmen here had ink, and each one recorded with a carving knife. Wang Ge happily bowed to several people and resigned.

This is her tenth organ!

Soon, several utensil sheds gathered together, like tributaries flowing into the sea, and merged into one main utensil shed that extended to the south.

No mold, no mold, no mold...

"Huh...huh..." Wang Ge was panting, short of breath and panicked. He couldn't wrap his face around it, and all the energy he had saved was exhausted. He stopped to take a breath more and more often. When she looked back, she also

I hesitate: Is it worth traveling so far just to see that piece of carp stone?

Then she affirmed to herself: It was worth it. She knew that she was almost at her limit. She would try her best tomorrow and might be able to get a medium craftsmanship, but she would definitely not have the energy to see Carp Stone again at that time.

The carp stone symbolizes the profound meaning of the craftsman who is not afraid of twists and turns and goes against the current to reach the other shore. She is not as skilled as she is and cannot reach the peak of the craftsman level, so she can only settle for the next best thing and go to take a look at it.

"Huh...huh..."

To see it! It’s best to touch it!

"Hoo, ho, ho..."

It's another production area, and there are still no models.

Isn’t this deceiving?

This time she was so tired that she couldn't close her mouth. She held the bamboo basket vertically and leaned against it for support. It smelled like firewood? The craftsmen and workers must have food to eat, but I don't know what they had to eat? There shouldn't be anything good.

Food. Do they have a hut? Where is it? She has never seen it.

Thinking wildly, she stood up again and continued walking.

Huh, huh...

It’s really a desperate race against the mountain!

Which hero made the damaging move? The carp and stone were erected so far away, with such a long road between them, and there was no model. Could it be that the candidates were deliberately misunderstood and gave up halfway?

There really are carps that have flown up here, and they don’t have the energy to jump, right?

Huh, huh...could it be that...she was the only fool...to walk such a long and unjust journey? Just to see a stone?

No, she had to rest! As soon as she lay down on the spot, when she saw Youyou coming over, she hurriedly put the basket under her head. Wouldn't it be unjust to be thrown out of the field as a fainting person?

"All the little cubs, none of them have long legs. How hard is it to walk here? Are they still fainting from exhaustion?" At the end of the utensil shed, a short and thin old man over fifty years old was drinking hot soup, complaining after every few sips.

After a few words, his short chin and beard poked out as he complained.

After a while, he looked up at the carp stone lonelyly and thought to himself: "I will be the examiner in Kuaiji County in my last year. From now on, I don't have to travel to various counties every year to guard this stone of yours."

The craftsmen waiting at the rear all lowered their heads and looked solemn, pretending not to hear anything.

This old man is Master Yao, the examiner of this year's Chuyi County Craftsmanship Examination.

The river is surging, the cool breeze is blowing, and the silhouette-like mountains are carrying a dome of stars, which makes the old man feel an inexplicable sadness. His voice gradually rises, and he sings: "The cypress boat is also flowing, and the current is also flowing.

If you are sleepy, if you have any hidden worries. I don’t have any wine, so I can swim with you. I have learned from my heart that you can’t do this. Oh, you are such a little...girl!" I almost blurted out "little bastard".

Wang Ge knew that the old man must be the examiner. She kept the exam rules in mind, put the bamboo basket gently on the ground, bowed her head and hugged it back. She didn't dare to say anything and only looked at the carp stone.

This boulder is several times taller than the one I saw in Prince Gong's Mansion in my previous life, but the shape is similar. You can see at a glance the majestic outline of the unruly carp leaping up from head to tail.

She really wanted to touch her, but unfortunately there was always Youyou staring at her.

While Wang Ge was watching the carp stone, the great craftsman Yao entered the hut where he was resting. There was a basket one and a half feet long and one foot wide placed with his luggage. There was a mud seal at the knot of the rope. Knock off the mud seal.

Open the case and find the second edition of the document inside, which is also sealed with mud. The mud seal has four words: It will be used as a prison tree.

As for Wang Ge, no matter which side of the carp she went around, Youyou followed her. The hot sweat on her body was blown into cold sweat by the river wind. When she decided to go back, Master Yao came over and asked her: "Specially

Are you here to see Lishi?"

He was followed by five craftsmen and two Youyou. Each of the craftsmen held a pen, Jane, and Youyou executed the lamp.

"Sir, yes." After Wang Ge finished speaking, he lowered his head and felt suspicious. It was such a big battle, and every question had to be recorded. Could it be that he was the examiner?

"Aren't you tired?"

"If you don't come, you'll be tired."

"Haha! Quite honest. Have you finished making the nine weapons?"

"yes."

"Tell me your place of origin and name."

"Yes. The candidates are Gu Zhixiang, Jiashe Village, and Wangge."

The five craftsmen recorded it together.

Wang Ge didn't dare to look any further and lowered his head again.

"When you come to the end of the utensil shed, you have to make a copy. I will make this model now, and you will copy it now. If you have copied it, you can go back the same way; if you fail, there is an exit over there, and you can leave from there."

"yes."

At this time, it was useless to lament whether he was unlucky or not. Wang Ge followed him honestly and came to the straw shed not far from the pottery stove. There were piles of wood, bamboo, wheat straw, wattle, hemp rattan, and several other things on one side of the shed.

The auxiliary materials are not in large quantities, but they are all available for carpentry. The format of the baskets for holding tools is the same as those given to candidates.

Master Yao chose bamboo material and cut it into bamboo strips. Then he looked at her dissatisfied: "Turn your back!"

"Yes." Wang Ge just wanted to take a rest. The smell of the soup coming from the pottery stove was too fragrant, so she walked away a few feet away and turned her back to watch the carps. As she looked at it, she suddenly felt that the stars all over the sky were like giant carps flying in the sky.

Splashing crystal water drops.

One day, when she Wang Ge and Wang Nan travel, she will surely be like a carp against the current, hitting the water with its huge tail, soaring straight up, into the sky, and splashing stars!

"Candidates, come here."

Wang Ge came back to her senses. When she walked back to the hay shed and saw the model pointed by the examiner, she secretly tightened her hands holding the silk basket.

Roll the lights!

Master Craftsman Yao: "I'll give you half an hour to make it, and this area will become famous for you."

"Yes." She put down the tool, first pretending to hold the bamboo cage lightly to observe, then put it on the ground and pushed it back and forth to express surprise, then pushed it to roll a few more times, then lifted it up again, as if wondering why its candle plate never fell over.

The expression of thinking.

It was time to pretend. She started to split the bamboo strips, first comparing the length of the outer bamboo ring, and then cutting out the other nine same bamboo strips. After the outer bamboo strips were ready, she used hemp rope and a wooden ruler to measure.

Out of the inner ring axis, the size of the candle plate.

Even if you are familiar with the production of rolling lanterns, and considering the performance time, half an hour is quite a rush.

In fact, Wang Ge thought too much, and Master Yao didn't look at her at all. After decorating it for her, he stared at the carp stone and looked up and down, as if it was the first time he saw the stone. His expression was even weirder, bitter and sour, sour and bitter.

There is no joy in switching constantly.


Chapter completed!