Chapter 896: The Butcher of the Bird World, the Flatheaded Bird

"Dad, are you worried about being accused of being hedonistic?"

"yes."

"Dad, if you think about it, the relevant policies above have become more and more relaxed recently. It can be said that they have been in a state of change. Last year, even major events such as the college entrance examination were resumed. Now it is nothing for ordinary people to have a 'plaything'."

And I estimate that when the bathhouse opens this year, those bath masters will return to work. At that time, I can also experience the skills of the bath masters that you often talked about before. "

When Han Li said this, Father Han's face showed a look of nostalgia, but he immediately said with a smile.

"You brat, you are talking like this, as if you were never given a bath when you were a child."

"Dad, how old was I at that time? You were the one who rubbed me all the time when I took a bath. I just remember that it was so painful. I couldn't feel the enjoyment you mentioned at all, nor did I experience the feeling of being a putty in a bathhouse. ”

"Can you rub the mud off without pain? But if there is a bath master this year, and everyone likes to take the first bath, then places like Tsinghua Garden in Dongcheng, Yuhua Garden in West City, Tsinghua Pool in Nancheng, At places like Xinyuan in Beicheng, every Sunday I would have to line up under the stars, otherwise I wouldn’t even be able to touch the edge of the pool.”

While the two men were talking, Mother Han came out of the house after washing her face and changing clothes.

"I heard you two whispering about the bathhouse inside the house. If you didn't tell me about this, I would have forgotten that some time ago, the person in charge of Yuhuayuan came to our street office to find those who had retired and had changed jobs. The address of the massage master at the post. It is said that the younger ones can go to work directly, and the older ones are also given a salary to help train apprentices. "

"So, our son is right?"

"That's right, our son has been smart since he was a child, and he still can't tell from such a trivial matter."

When his mother said this, Han Li could only hold it in his arms, but after saying a few words, Han Li went to the kitchen to direct others to cook.

Han Li and his father continued to chat here while blowing the electric fan. Finally, they decided that they could go to the bird market and buy back any "playthings" they liked. Anyway, their family was not short of money.

It can be said that in the past two years, almost all the families in the forty-nine cities are not very short of money. Otherwise, there would not be a bird market popping up at the junction of Baita Temple and Fuchengmen. This is what makes people's lives rich. Find yourself some spiritual food and entertainment.

But when the situation is not clear, no matter what 'playthings' you buy can only be played with at home, and you must not do anything like those hard-core crops in the past, carrying cages or carrying birds outside for walks.

Let me mention here that "carrying a cage" and "holding a bird" are not the same thing. In the past, those die-hard farmers and rich people in Sijiu City had only two purposes for playing with birds.

First, the purpose of raising birds is to listen to sounds. In this case, birds such as larks, thrushes, and starlings are usually raised, and even small birds such as red-spotted chins and marsh tits (swamp tits) are raised. Inside the cage, those bird keepers enjoy walking the birds with the cage in their hands and showing off how many mouths their birds have learned and the sounds they can make. This is called carrying the cage.

Second, the original term "bird" was actually "eagle". At that time, hard-core farmers and wealthy people raised birds of prey, but most people couldn't afford to raise birds of prey, and because of their size, they were not suitable for carrying around at all times to show off. .

At this time, some people turned their attention to those small raptors, so cute and beautiful little guys like the red-legged falcon and tiger burla came into their sight.

However, the red-legged falcon is a southern bird that is not easy to raise here in Sijiu City. After years of screening, the most popular bird raised by "bird-raising" people became the tiger breech.

The tiger's nickname is: tiger's claw, tiger's pull, tiger's pull, etc. It not only can emit a pleasant singing voice, but also is known as the butcher of the bird world and the flat-headed brother among birds because of its character and powerful hunting ability.

Later, the tiger rabbi became a "teacher bird" and a "mouthpiece" for other songbirds, becoming one of the favorite "things" of many bird keepers.

It was not suitable for those hardcore farmers and wealthy people to wear leather arm muffs and leather shoulders when taking this kind of little guy out, so these people came up with the "Crutch" object.

The whole body of the crutch is divided into three parts, from top to bottom, it is divided into standing pole, vertical pole and poking head.

The first pole is usually made of jujube wood, and artificial scars are left on the tree branches to make the scars grow into specific patterns, commonly known as scar flowers.

There are many types of scar flowers, such as big flanges, toad mouths, shoulder-swallowing beasts, etc., and more detailed layouts include rotating dragons, auspicious clouds, marble patterns, etc. Anyway, they are just showing off in different patterns. Own objects.

The second pole, this is the place for the birds to stand. The most technical thing here is the swivel. The old saying in Sijiucheng is called the swivel ring. Its function is to prevent the birds from twisting back and forth when standing on it. He was strangled to death by a rope. This required a very high level of craftsmanship in an era without mechanization.

The third poking head, its function is to ensure that the entire "frame crutch" can be firmly and securely fixed in the soil or flower pots. Those places where birds can be placed temporarily or for a long time are generally made of copper and iron. , the shape has many shapes such as upside-down gourd, hosta stick and so on.

The fourth is to hold the cane. This doesn’t sound technically difficult. Isn’t it just holding it with your hands?

But the length of this crutch is similar to the "flag" that a woman holds in her hand after the death of an old man in the family. If you don't pay attention to "holding the crutch", it will become a woman's "flag-waving" posture. Others will laugh at this. A person's dignity and respect are all gone.

For those die-hard farmers who valued face more than anything else, this was absolutely unbearable. It was more painful than taking their lives.

For example: During the Republic of China period, many die-hard farmers were chased by their debtors. They would rather have their wives and daughters taken away to pay off the debts than give up these "things", and would rather starve than lack the food for "things". This was for face.

The most representative one is Mr. Lao She's "Tea House", which was performed as Mr. Song Erye in the drama in 1956. He would rather starve himself than let the bird starve, because the little yellow bird he raised ate less than himself. In his opinion, not letting the little yellow bird starve and continue to call was also a way to maintain his dignity.

(For various reasons, the guai has become rare at present and has reached the point of being lost.)