The Old Technology That Is Fading: A Sigh Of "Cotton Maker"
Lao Peng, 47, is a native of Xiangxiang.
Cotton bomb
At the age of 16, he learned this skill with his father and picked it when he was 18 years old.
12 years ago, Lao Peng and his wife came to Zhuzhou and opened a quilt shop in the south edge of the community to make a living.
9 at 5 o'clock in the morning, Lao Peng got up early and took out 29 years of catapult with him. He stretched his strings and poked for a while. He heard something wrong and adjusted his tune. Then he tried to play with the boxwood mallet until his voice was clear and sweet.
In the processing shop, fine cotton wadding can be seen everywhere. Lao Peng seems to be dyed with frost all over the body.
Cotton wool
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"Doing this job is only busy from 10 to December in a year."
Lao Peng took off the mask and dusted the cotton wadding on his body.
Recently, the weather changes greatly, the guests are more, the busiest time, every day needs to play 16 hours cotton, busy even has the lunch time not to have, has been going to work until evening eleven two o'clock.
Nowadays, the down quilt is very popular in the market, and the hand quilt quilt is shrinking. In order to remain competitive, the processing price can not be too high, resulting in a slight profit.
"Old quilt renovation, processing fees are calculated according to the size of the quilt, such as guests own cotton, a quilt 2M x 1.8M processing fee is 20 yuan, making a bed of the same new quilt will only cost about 300 yuan."
Lao Peng said.
Fortunately, many of the old residents still like handmade quilts. "There are many repeat customers. Some people rush to come from Hexi."
Lao Peng said that in the past two years, business is becoming more and more difficult. The price of cotton is rising, and the cost of playing cotton is naturally high. Some guests are hard to accept.
"The money earned is barely enough to live on. The original more than 30 quilt shops have only 2 left, and some handicraftsmen who rely on hand to shoot cotton to support their families have made another way out."
Many people advised Lao Peng to go to Guangzhou to earn money, but Lao Peng thought that although this skill was not popular, he had worked hard for more than 20 years, but also had feelings. Only his two sons were unwilling to learn this craft again.
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