Chapter 114: There are 360 professions, and every profession has its own top talent
Everyone in the village believes in Li Xiang's craftsmanship.
Because Li Xiang makes so many things and posts them online, such as drums and hairpins, and they are all made so well. It seems that he is very skillful, so his cutting can't be bad.
Soon, the whole village knew the good news. Not only did the elderly come to line up, but some children also came under the guidance of adults.
Grandmas and some aunts and grandmas also came. As they are old, it is inconvenient to wash their hair, so short hair is easier to manage.
"Thank you all for your kindness. Do you mind if I do a live broadcast?" Li Xiang said as he prepared the hair-cutting tools.
Everyone responded: "Don't mind, don't mind."
"You can live stream however you want."
"Live streaming is great. If it becomes popular, you can help us sell local specialties in the future."
Some people were curious: "Can this be broadcast live? Is anyone watching?"
"Oh, never mind. It's none of our business. We are glad to have a free haircut!"
Of course, some elderly people are more reserved and don’t want to be on camera, so they say, “Xiang, when it’s my turn, don’t point the camera at my face.”
Li Xiang was of course satisfied and said, "No problem, just aim at the back of the head when the time comes."
With this said, everyone's last bit of worry was gone.
Some elderly people who are in better health came to help out. Well, Li Xiang is providing free services to everyone, so how can he be busy alone? How can he handle it all by himself? Today is a sunny day, and it is almost the end of the year, so the temperature is still relatively warm.
Grandma sat in the crowd, chatting with the villagers in line, looking at her grandson with a smile from time to time, feeling relieved. She thought that the family had not been so lively for a long time.
The past few months since Li Xiang returned have been more lively than the previous decade or so combined.
Li Xiang placed chairs at the door and placed the hairdressing tools he bought on a small table. In fact, he didn't buy much, just a simple electric clipper, a long pair of flat scissors, a long pair of scissors, a plastic comb, a razor, a yellow hair removal sponge, and a blue apron. The total cost was no more than 300 yuan.
The hair dryer is directly used at home.
He pulled out a long socket cord from home and placed it on the table.
Not far from the table, there is a stove with hot water boiling on it. There is also a large bucket filled with cold water next to it. In addition, there are two stools, one high and one low, which are used for washing hair. There are also basins, towels, shampoo, etc., which are all shared.
We are all from the same village, we know each other well, and there is no infectious disease, so what is there to be particular about?
There were two enthusiastic old men who were responsible for boiling water and washing the hair in advance for those who were about to have a haircut.
The first person to try was one of Li Xiang's grandfathers. Li Xiang's great-grandfather had five sons and three daughters. Li Xiang's grandfather was the second and this old man was the fourth, so Li Xiang called him "Fourth Grandfather". In some places, people would call him "Grandpa", "Grandpa", "Grandpa", "Daddy", etc., which are all dialect names for grandfathers. Even within Sichuan Province, the names are different in different places.
As the saying goes: "Every ten miles you go, the winds and customs are different, and every hundred miles you go, the customs are different." Sichuan should be one of the provinces with the biggest differences, because there were many immigrants from Huguang to Sichuan. In fact, it was not just Huguang, but also more than a dozen other provinces, but the number of immigrants was relatively small.
The geographical features of Sichuan Province vary greatly, including plateaus, basins, grasslands, glaciers, etc. There is a saying that "Sichuan Province has a thousand faces". Different living environments will also lead to different cultural customs.
As for grandma, there are various names for her. Li Xiang's family calls her "grandmother". Of course, calling her grandma is also fine, after all, times have changed and Mandarin is used everywhere.
The "Third Granny" who lived in Li Xiang's house before was the wife of Li Xiang's "Third Grandfather". That Third Grandfather was the cousin of Li Xiang's Grandfather and ranked third in their lineage, so they were called "Third Grandfather" and "Third Granny".
The third uncle's family was in a bad situation. His son died young and his three daughters married out. Now the third grandmother is the only one left in the village. Today, the third grandmother also came. She wanted to cut her hair short because long hair is hard to take care of. It is too troublesome for the elderly to wash their hair in winter.
There are several others with the same "three" in their names, but they are not from the same branch. In rural areas, because there are many relatives, it is more complicated.
For example, Li Xiang used to call Li Jintang "Third Uncle" simply because there were three brothers in "Jin Yu Man Tang", Li Jinyu, Li Jinman, and Li Jintang, and Li Jintang was ranked third in their branch.
He is not a biological uncle. Li Xiang's father has dozens of brothers and sisters of the same generation, including cousins and cousins. Because there are too many of them, the relationship varies, and many of them are no longer "interpersonal".
If every family goes, they will have to pay a lot of money every year, which is too much to bear.
Li Yucheng is the child of Li Xiang’s “Fourth Grandfather”. This “Fourth Grandfather” is the real Fourth Grandfather because he is the younger brother of Li Xiang’s grandfather.
Although "Fourth Grandfather" was a few years younger than Li Xiang's grandfather, he got married and had children earlier, so Li Yucheng was older than his father.
There is no other way. When it comes to matters like marriage, apart from the matchmaker's words, it still depends on how sweet you are and whether you can coax a girl.
Li Xiang's grandfather was dull and had the worst life among his brothers. He got married relatively late. When Li Xiang was a child, he heard his grandmother and grandfather joke that his grandfather was a useless person. When the "third wife" first came, she was originally arranged for Li Xiang's grandfather, but she ended up falling in love with Li Xiang's grandfather's cousin.
Because Grandpa Li Xiang had a good relationship with that cousin, he accompanied them on the blind date, and who knew that they would fall in love with each other. There was no way to complain.
At that time, my grandfather laughed and said that if it had succeeded that time, you would have no problem.
Grandma said: "Then I should thank you too?"
Unfortunately, Grandpa had passed away many years ago, and Grandma San was left even more lonely.
Do women seem to live longer? Look, your grandmother and your third mother-in-law are both alive, but your spouse is gone.
While Li Xiang was cutting hair, he was secretly sighing in his heart. At this time, the popularity of the live broadcast room was slowly increasing, from a few hundred people at the beginning to two or three thousand people now.
Many fans liked the post and gave gifts, increasing the popularity of the live broadcast room.
One fan was surprised: "Oh my god, Brother Xiang can also cut hair?"
"This craftsmanship and posture look pretty good!"
“Is this the development towards omnipotence?”
Li Xiang took the time to glance at the live broadcast room. Although he was standing far away, he had good eyesight, so he responded to the camera and said loudly: "Thank you for your support! Thank you for your support! In fact, this is the first time I have cut hair for people. They are all elders in the village. The New Year is coming soon, and it is not convenient to go to the barber shop. I thought about giving the elders a benefit and giving them free haircuts."
"Brother Xiang is awesome."
"Thank you, thank you."
"Thank you all for your votes. Thank you Shu Jin for the love wave gun. Hey, who will give me a fairy wand? Thank you, thank you, but I'm not a fairy, I'm a man!"
Li Xiang interacted with fans for a few words and then continued to concentrate on sending his messages. After all, this was the real business and doing a live broadcast was just an additional thing.
If he is not online for a long time, his fans may forget about him, so he has to come online frequently to show his presence, and various gifts can also be an extra income.
Although he gave free haircuts to the villagers today, the income from the live broadcast is estimated to be tens of thousands, which has long covered the cost.
But no matter what, he is doing a good deed by giving free haircuts. His starting point is not to make money.
After one person's hair is cut, it's time for the next one. The next one has already washed his hair and is waiting on the side, working on an assembly line.
Li Xiang moved very quickly, and his hairdressing skills became more and more proficient as he did it more and more times.
Some elderly people wash their hair by themselves, thinking that they wash their hair well and comfortably, and are not used to others serving them. Some wash their hair at home and come here.
"Xiang's craftsmanship is great, and the shampoo he bought is also great. It makes my hair look so flowing after washing it." After an old man got his hair cut, he held a hair dryer in front of the mirror and fiddled with his hair, praising the artist endlessly.
Someone nearby laughed and scolded: "You old bastard, you have no shame. The little white hair you have left is still flowing!"
"What do you mean by white hair? This is called a full head of white hair, and there are even a few black hairs mixed in." The old man retorted unhappily, then looked at the man and said, "You are the only one who has the right to criticize me? You are bald, and I will ask Xiangya to shave your head into a big bald head, shiny and bright, like a light bulb!"
"Get lost, you don't need to tell me to get out! I'm just here to get my head shaved!"
"Let me touch it when you're done shaving!"
"Get lost, you have no respect for your elders!"
In fact, most people in the village are related. In addition to Li Xiang’s great-grandfather, there are some other families with the surname Li. If you go back a few generations, they are all one family.
Even the Jiang family is related to the Li family. It seems that there was an aunt in the Jiang family who married into the Li family, and then Li Xiang had a cousin who married a nephew of Jiang Jianguo.
Soon, fans discovered that Li Xiang had real talent.
The villagers who had their hair cut seemed to have a changed temperament.
Before the haircut, they were slovenly old men, old ladies, and old ladies, but after Li Xiang's "skillful hands", they all seemed several years younger and became a bit like the elegant and noble city dwellers. It's just that many people's clothes are too shabby or old-fashioned. If they change their clothes, they will be city dwellers.
The villagers also noticed it, so everyone was very excited. Some of them didn't want to get a haircut before, but when they saw this, they thought, wow, it's such a good haircut, so they ran over to line up.
Fans can see from the camera in the live broadcast room that the line waiting for haircuts is getting longer and longer, and many people bring their children with them.
There were fewer children before, but now there are more children, not only boys but also girls. They all obviously recognize Li Xiang's craftsmanship. Because children, especially girls, love beauty and are more picky.
A villager asked Li Xiang: "You said before that you would give free haircuts to the elderly, so do you charge money for children?"
Li Xiang laughed and said, "Why charge any money? It's all free, all free!"
The number of people online in the live broadcast room has now exceeded 10,000. Compared with such a strong flow of traffic, how much does a haircut cost? He can't charge too much for the villagers' haircuts, at most five or ten yuan, it's better not to charge.
Then, more people came, including Jiang Jianguo, who was in his forties.
Jiang Jianguo smiled and said, "I'm not an old man, so I came to join in the fun. Mainly because I'm too lazy to go to town."
Li Xiang said, "I promise to give you a handsome haircut!"
When Li Xiang cuts the little boy's hair, he will also design some styles, such as "carving" a lightning bolt or a cute cat's paw on the temples, which makes the children very excited.
When cutting girls' hair, no matter whether they have long hair or short hair, they all make it very beautiful, especially the bangs. Different hairstyles are designed according to different face shapes. After cutting their hair, the girls look in the mirror and they look so beautiful, like little princesses.
The kind that greatly improves your image.
Fans were surprised: "Oh my god, Brother Xiang is really good!"
A fan asked in the live broadcast room: "Brother Xiang, how much did you buy your scissors?"
Li Xiang saw it and replied: "The scissors are more than 40 yuan, two pairs!"
Everyone took a deep breath.
"Professional barber scissors are very expensive, right? You only have a few dozen dollars?"
One fan said: "What's wrong with a few dozen bucks? Can't Xiang Ge still get a nice haircut?"
“It can be seen that the quality of hairdressing has little to do with the tools used.”
"I went to a barber shop before and spent 588 to get my hair cut, but it still feels worse than the free one here at Xiangge's!"
"It is said that some Tony teachers charge thousands or even tens of thousands for a pair of professional barber scissors. The barbering fee is also extremely expensive, but the haircut is not very good, the kind that customers want to die for."
"Haha, that's called 'bad students have more stationery'."
"In fact, the saying "poor students have more stationery" is also applicable to other industries. Of course, 'if you want to do your work well, you must first sharpen your tools'. Our ancestors emphasized the doctrine of the mean. No matter what, there are both positive and negative opinions. This belongs to dialectical thinking in philosophy."
Fans were discussing this, and someone couldn't help but ask, "Brother Xiang, are you open to the public? How much would you charge if I went to get my hair cut?"
Li Xiang saw it and replied, "At least give me 30 yuan."
"Oh my god, what a reasonable price!"
"I'm really tempted, but it's too far. The fare for me to go there is seven or eight hundred."
"Those who are nearby can go, but those who are far away should forget it."
Some fans are really excited and want to come.
Luo Feifei came online and performed 10 carnivals, shocking the audience again. But some old fans were not surprised. This "number one aunt" was famous for being generous to Li Xiang.
Someone joked, "Auntie Bangyi, do you want to go to Brother Xiang to do your hair before the Chinese New Year?"
When this was said, everyone laughed, because "doing hair" is a joke, and a bad one.
The aunt ranked number one on the list was very cool and went offline directly, ignoring these people.
After a while, He Zhixiang also came, gave some gifts, and said hello to Li Xiang. Then after a while, Xu Xuan also came, and also quickly gave some gifts and left.
Lei Jiaming from Leijiagou applied for a connection, and Li Xiang chatted with him for a few words.
"My sister will be back the day after tomorrow, come to my house and play!" Lei Jiaming shouted and invited directly in the live broadcast room.
Immediately, the live broadcast room went wild: "What's going on? What's going on? Is this a blind date or something?"
"Brother, with your ugly appearance, how can your sister be pretty? But don't force yourself on us, Brother Xiang!" Some fans were worried. After all, boys have to learn to protect themselves when they go out.
Li Xiang is so handsome, his looks can crush those top young handsome guys, and he is also very strong, with martial arts that are rarely matched, he is good at various talents, and he can also cut hair. Some fans even think that it will be difficult for Li Xiang to find a wife in the future. What kind of beauty is worthy of him?
Although Li Xiang learned the "bright pearl dark" method, he only used it when sweeping the mountain, because the animals were very alert and could feel the powerful energy and murderous aura of Li Xiang, and would run away far away in advance.
Normally, Li Xiang doesn't use that skill. For example, today, he stood in the sun and gave villagers free haircuts. I don't know if it was because of the sunlight or something else, but Li Xiang seemed to be glowing. His face and hands were white and rosy, as crystal clear as jade.
Some people suspected that Li Xiang had turned on a beauty filter or used some special effects, but in fact, that was not the case. He didn't need a beauty filter. It would look too unnatural. He is all natural.
When Lei Jiaming heard his fans say this, he immediately became very angry and shouted, "My sister is so beautiful, stop talking nonsense!"
As soon as this was said, many female fans became worried, and even the number one aunt quietly came online again.
Thousands of miles away, Luo Feifei stared at the screen of her mobile phone and bit her lower lip gently. Suddenly, she felt a little sour and thought to herself, "Could this guy really be going on a blind date during the Chinese New Year?"
One fan shouted: "Is your sister beautiful? Then show us the photo!"
"You can't put up artistic photos, you have to put up photos of everyday life!"
"Go away. I don't want to talk to you anymore." Lei Jiaming ignored him and just said hello to Li Xiang, asking him to come and play when he was free, then he logged off.
After going offline, Lei Jiaming felt a little guilty, mainly because after hearing what Li Xiang’s fans said, he also felt that his sister did not seem to be worthy of Li Xiang.
But, the words have been spoken, and my sister is looking forward to it, so I can't back out, right? "Whatever, we have to let them meet. As for whether it will work out, that's none of my business. I can only create opportunities, and it all depends on their fate."
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