Holding the bowl, he quickly chased after him and asked, "What do you need the bamboo tube for?"
"Fill some water and make some fun little gadgets for Xin'er to play with."
"Fresh bamboo cannot be used directly. Like bark, it needs to be processed to ensure it lasts longer and won't crack, deform, or mold."
"Is that so?" She thought that cutting it open from the bamboo joint would make it usable.
"I have a few bamboo tubes at home, you can take them and use them first."
"Then I won't stand on ceremony, how many coins each?"
"What do you mean by a few coins each? It's just a few bamboo tubes."
"How can that be? I can't just take your things for free. After all, you spent time making them."
Yang Tianyun patted the bamboo: "If you feel bad about it, give me this bamboo. You don't know how to use it anyway."
Xiao Yunying thought the other person was right: "That works too."
Yang Tianyun carried the bamboo back to his own home, greeted his mother, and gave her a few bamboo tubes with lids.
"Brother Yang, do you have any wooden planks at home? Thin ones, I'd like to make a few small things."
Aunt Yang said, "We don't have much else at home, but we have plenty of timber. Whatever you want to make, just have Tianyun make it for you."
Xiao Yunying didn't stand on ceremony. Thinking about it, it made sense. Since there were no tools at home, she might as well let Yang Tianyun make it for her and then send him more delicious food to thank him later.
He picked up a small stick and drew a pattern on the ground: "The wooden board shouldn't be too thick. The circle in the middle needs to be hollowed out. Carve some shallow grooves on both sides of the ring, and make the inside serrated, not too sharp, but fine and dense. Make the wooden handle a bit long, just long enough so that it doesn't touch the lid when put into the bamboo tube. It's a bit troublesome. Can you make it, Brother Yang?"
"It can be done, but what exactly is this thing?"
Yang Tianyun scratched his head, wondering what it was for.
Xiao Yunying smiled and said, "It's something for children to play with. If you're interested, Brother Yang, I'll make it and you can play with it too."
Aunt Yang laughed loudly: "How old are you? Still playing with children's toys."
Yang Tianyun was embarrassed by his mother's laughter: "I didn't say I wanted to play."
Xiao Yunying said, "You can play anytime, no matter how old you are. Even if you're seventy or eighty, you still have the right to find happiness."
Aunt Yang laughed even louder: "Yes, Yunying is right. You've gone to all this trouble to make one for my Tianyun too, so he can be happy too."
Yang Tianyun couldn't stand it anymore: "Don't listen to my mother, she's just teasing me. How many do you want?"
"Let's make four, one for each of the children."
No fighting or grabbing, everyone gets a share.
"Okay, this is simple. I'll bring it to you once it's done."
"Thank you, Brother Yang."
Xiao Yunying returned home. The door wasn't locked, so she pushed it open and went inside. She saw four children sitting neatly outside her house.
Judging from this, I'm really worried she'll run away.
"Mom, you didn't lie to Xin'er, you really will be back soon."
"Of course, Mother promised Xin'er."
Luo Xin held a bamboo tube in her hand: "Mom is so amazing, she just chopped the bamboo tube and brought it back."
Upon hearing this, both Luo Chen and Luo Yang frowned.
They said they were going up the mountain to cut bamboo, but they came back with bamboo tubes instead. Does this mean they're not going to hide themselves from them?
Xiao Yunying tapped Luo Xin's little nose: "Mom isn't that amazing. Fresh bamboo can't be used directly. This was taken from Grandma Yang's house."
The two brothers relaxed their brows at the same time; it turned out they had misunderstood.
"Is that so? Then, Mother, can we make bubbles now?"
"There's still one small thing missing. It'll be ready once Uncle Tianyun finishes it."
"Then Xin'er will wait a little longer."
Xiao Yunying took the bamboo tube into the kitchen and told Xin'er to wait outside, using the excuse that she shouldn't be disturbed.
He took four long tubes of water from the supermarket, poured them into a bamboo tube, and sat inside for a while before coming out.
"Alright, now we just wait for Uncle Tianyun to bring the things."
Luo Li curiously opened a bamboo tube and smelled it, but Xiao Yunying quickly warned, "This smells fragrant, but you can't drink it, or you'll get diarrhea."
Luo Li put the lid on: "You said it's for fun, not for eating, why should I drink it? I'm not stupid."
Xiao Yunying: ...What was that child's tone? Was he looking down on her? He probably was!
Did he forget about mouthwash?!
Don't be angry, don't be angry. She's already seventeen. It would be beneath her to not get angry with a five-year-old brat!
She had already warned her; if she drank any more, it wouldn't be her problem.
Perfect timing! She also wanted to know if she would actually blow bubbles after drinking bubble water!
Xiao Yunying ignored him and turned to Luo Xin to continue telling her story.
Yang Tianyun was making something for Xiao Yunying for the first time, and it was for a child, so he made it with extra care.
After carving the shape, the inside and outside were smoothed with a grass shavings (a rough and segmented grass that is dried and stored, and soaked in warm water to restore its straightness when used; in ancient times, without sandpaper, grass shavings were used to polish small and delicate wooden products) to prevent splinters from pricking the child's hands.
Brush on a layer of tung oil and let it dry, and the item is ready.
He handed the gift to Xiao Yunying, and when he saw her dip the round end of the wooden handle into the bamboo tube, then put it to her lips and blow out a string of bubbles, he was so surprised that his mouth dropped open.
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