Before reaching the shop, I heard knocking sounds.
I tilted my head and looked inside. The stove in the room was burning brightly and the bellows was whirring.
People say that there are three kinds of suffering in the world: punting a boat and grinding iron to grind tofu.
These three industries are really in dire straits.
Standing at the door, I looked inside.
In front of the iron case, the blacksmith was shirtless and wielding a sledgehammer vigorously.
I stood at the door and shouted: "Master!"
However, the sound of the hammer was too loud, and I shouted for a while but there was no response.
Ji Canghai couldn't hold his breath. He raised his legs and was about to go in, but I stopped him.
Even though it is just an iron shop, it has its own rules.
There was a lot of noise inside, and the blacksmith might not have noticed someone coming in.
When Leng Buding turned around, he would definitely be shocked. The red-hot iron on his hand could easily hurt someone.
Furthermore, if you enter quietly, you will inevitably be suspected of stealing from your master.
However, there are fewer and fewer people who can abide by such rules.
But this is the person introduced by Sun Qilin, and most likely he is also a master on the ground.
If you break the rules, you will be hated by others.
Fortunately, after a while, the blacksmith master slowly turned around.
When he raised his head, he was stunned for a moment, then showed his white teeth.
"Oh, why don't you please join us?"
I think he is about the same age as me. Is he called Lao Bai at this age?
I didn't beat around the bush and asked directly: "Are you Master Lao Bai?"
"I am Xiaobai, and Laobai is my father."
I looked around and said, "Please recommend me."
"My dad is out."
He threw the poker in his hand onto the chopping board and slapped his chest loudly.
"I can beat anything my dad can beat!"
After hesitating for a moment, I asked: "Can you make the magic weapon?"
"For example, the peach wood sword."
Xiaobai's eyes flickered on the faces of us.
Suddenly, he turned around and took out an iron rod about three feet long from the case.
"That thing is probably about this long?"
Seeing me nodding, he stretched out two more fingers: "About this wide? It has edges on both sides."
"There should be a hilt at the back."
…
Later, he was almost muttering to himself.
Tsk.
I looked at the sign at the door and couldn't help but ask, "Are you sure you can make it?"
"Hi!"
Xiaobai held the stick upside down and said with a smile: "A carpenter is almost the same as a blacksmith, but the appearance is different."
At this point, I have no other choice.
"When will it be ready?"
Xiaobai grinned: "Anyway, I don't have much work now. I do all this stuff myself."
"I guess I can come out tomorrow."
"Okay, just use lightning to strike jujube wood and make it for me."
Xiaobai was stunned for a moment, then nodded immediately: "Okay!"
"You guys need to pay a deposit."
"How much?"
Xiaobai took the abacus and calculated: "One thousand yuan."
"What the hell? Is it so expensive?"
Xiaobai chuckled: "Guaranteed it's worth the money."
However, I don’t have much money on me, and Ji Canghai is even poorer than me.
In the end, Chen Jiayan and I had to work together to get the deposit together.
After leaving the door, Ji Canghai looked back at the signboard again, his words full of worry.
"Is this person reliable? Why do I look like a fool?"
As soon as I smacked the flower seeds, I felt a little worried.
To be honest, he looks like a liar to me too.
I couldn't help but smile bitterly: "It's better to treat a dead horse as a living horse."
"Let's see tomorrow
knew. "
I barely slept that night, and the next morning I didn't even have time to wash up, so I went straight to the Baijia iron shop.
For safety's sake, I specially carried a schoolbag to avoid mishaps on the road.
It was not until ten o'clock in the morning that the door of the iron shop slowly opened.
Xiaobai stood at the door and stretched, then turned his head and saw me.
His eyes widened: "So early?"
I secretly cursed: Nonsense! If I endure this any longer, I will soon become a mummy. Can I not be anxious?
"Is the stuff ready?"
Xiaobai rubbed his eyes: "Do it, it's done."
I was overjoyed and couldn't contain my excitement: "Hurry, hurry, hurry."
I couldn't wait any longer and went straight into the blacksmith shop.
Xiaobai really didn't lie to me. He took out a wooden sword from under the counter and placed it heavily in front of me.
"for you."
I looked at the thing that looked like a kitchen knife in front of me and fell into deep thought.
"Do you have any misunderstanding about swords?"
Xiaobai chuckled: "The shape doesn't matter, as long as it's easy to use!"
I picked up the wooden sword excitedly. The moment I picked it up, I suddenly felt something was wrong.
Although this thing is ugly as hell, it feels like jujube wood, thick and heavy.
I weighed it in my hands and it felt very heavy.
Definitely a good thing.
"Tsk"
The stinging pain in my hand made me look at this sword that looked like a kitchen knife again.
I put this thing in front of my eyes and took a closer look. The burrs on it were not polished off.
It looks extremely rough.
What makes me suspicious the most is the lines on the wooden sword.
Yesterday I specifically told him that what I wanted was lightning-struck jujube wood, which must have been struck by lightning.
This kind of wood is naturally strong in yang energy, making it the best material for making utensils.
The most obvious characteristic of lightning-strike jujube wood is that the entire wood will be covered with black lines that resemble spider webs.
Because it was struck by lightning, the lines will not be very regular.
The sword in my hand is covered with black patchy material.
It looked like it had been burned by fire.
"How about it?"
Xiaobai looked at me with a hint of pride: "Let me just say, ironworkers are about the same as carpenters."
I looked at this strange weapon in my hand and suddenly felt that it was hard to explain...
