Chapter 19 Testing
The owner of Lufang sat in the middle of a row of wooden tables in front. On his right were the managers of the South Courtyard and several teachers who taught. On the left were the managers of the East Courtyard, the West Courtyard and the North Courtyard, which basically brought together all the senior figures of Lujia Lufang, Huanglong City.
The shopkeeper glanced at the quiet Xiumutong in front of him and said loudly: "Today is a test of what you have learned over the past year. You are the targets of the Lu family's focus on cultivating. You are all talents with the foundation and talent of wooden tools. Your level of hard work and talent ultimately determine your future achievements. I hope you will get the best results in three years of hard work."
As he said that, he turned around and nodded to the manager of the South Hospital, indicating that the test will officially begin.
The manager of the South Hospital stood up and said loudly: "Now start the test. I announce the content of this test. The test includes four parts, which test the speed of the engraved object, the speed of assembling object, the engraving level and the assembly level. The time for each part is one hour, and the test is four hours in total. You cannot rest in the middle. This is also a test of your physical fitness level."
"The points of each part are ten, and the four parts are 40. If you reach ten, it is elementary, twenty, the mean, and thirty, the higher, and the score will be recorded and archived. As a reference for future positions, the top three of the total score will be rewarded. The rewards are: first place, a set of special carving knives for the Lu family, the second place, a pill to improve body flexibility, the third place, and ten silver coins."
Although everyone already knew the reward situation, everyone was full of excitement when they heard the manager's personal announcement.
The manager of the South Court stopped for a moment and continued: "Any Xiu Mu Tong who does not have a total score of 10 will be disqualified. OK, now the first test will be carried out."
As he said that, he waved to the servants next to him, and the servants prepared the materials needed for the test and placed the same painting in front of each wooden kid. When everyone saw that there were ten animals on the painting, namely: rat, rabbit, cat, bird, dog, cow, monkey, tiger, fish, and shrimp.
The manager said: "You see ten animals in the painting. You must carve as many different small objects as possible according to the patterns in the painting within one hour. Each time you carve a qualified item, you will be one minute. Now you burn incense and start to start."
As soon as the words were finished, the wood-soft repair boy grabbed the knives and carved them. Some paid attention to quantity and speed, some paid attention to quality and meticulous craftsmanship, some carved the easy ones first, and some started to deal with the difficult ones first, and some took the same steps.
Lu Chong's movements were neither fast nor slow. He calculated the time. When the hour ended, he just completed nine small objects, and this time he scored nine points.
The other wood-cultivating boys have their own advantages and disadvantages, but the most one is only eight points, and Lu Chong is currently ranked first.
Next, the assembly speed was tested, and the servant put a picture for each person. This time, there were indeed ten structural diagrams: wooden house, wooden tower, wooden umbrella, wooden wheel, wooden boat, wooden building, wooden car (overturned), wooden bridge, wooden cow, and wooden horse.
The manager asked the servants to prepare the materials. It turned out that they were using a large pile of chaotic various wooden strips and blocks. This time, they were asked to select assembled wooden strips and blocks from these chaotic materials and assemble them into qualified small objects.
This is quite difficult. Not only does it require quick assembly, but it also requires familiarity with the situation of each component, otherwise it will be assembled incorrectly.
As a result, after an hour, most of the wood repair boys only assembled four or five pieces, and the best ones were assembled six pieces, but some were assembled only two or three pieces. Lu Chong was still the first, but there were only seven pieces.
The third test is to carve calendula, which is what everyone is most familiar with. Every wood-cultivating boy is very fast and his technique is very skillful. Some are faster to make blanks, some are faster to form, some are thicker and then thin, while others are carefully carved with each knife, and they are formed at one time, and even there is not much modification.
Some wood-building boys completed it quickly, some carved it slowly, some carved it only three or four layers, and some were working hard to complete it five or six layers.
Lu Chong quickly made the blank, and the flower sheets were formed quickly. The sixth floor was completed smoothly. At this time, more than half of the time had passed. Just when everyone thought he would end, they suddenly saw Lu Chong slid the carving knife downward and quickly made the blank of the seventh floor.
Many people were very surprised, and a few showed disdain. Lu Yun and the others were a little worried because they had never seen anyone among these wood-cultivating boys who could carve out seven layers of calendula chrysanthemums. Once the carving failed, the test would be zero.
Lu Zhi also stared at Lu Tong carefully, feeling indescribable. He was worried that Lu Tong would fail to carve, but also hoped that Lu Tong would really succeed.
When an hour ended again, Lu Chong also put down the flowers in his hand. After Lu Chong moved his hands away from the flowers, everyone's eyes were staring at it blankly, and their faces showed an unbelievable look.
Yes, within one hour, Lu Chong successfully completed a qualified seven-layer calendula chrysanthemum.
The big guys sitting on it also showed strange eyes and looked at each other, but none of them spoke.
The last test has begun. This test is the most difficult, not only because the mechanism piece of the wooden box must be carved first before assembly, which takes a lot of time, but also takes a lot of time to assemble. The learning of the wooden box of the machine only started half a year ago, so you can imagine the proficiency.
The wood repair boy, who had a poor carving foundation, only spent a lot of time in carving the machine film. The carving foundation was good, and the machine film was quickly carved. Because he wanted to pursue more levels, he was prone to make mistakes during assembly, which made him fussed.
Lu Chong kept carving various wooden box mechanism pieces. When there were already a lot of wooden blocks in front of him, he did not stop and start assembling them, but continued to carve. When there was not much time, Lu Chong finally stopped carving and slowly arranged the various wooden blocks in a sequence. Then Lu Chong stopped and closed his eyes, as if thinking about something.
The other wood-smiling boys had completed the machine wooden box in their hands. At this time, they all found something strange about Lu Chong. However, Lu Chong's previous tests were the first, and everyone had nothing to say now, just waiting for the final result quietly.
When the last moment was only the last stick of incense, Lu Chong opened his eyes. At this time, he took a deep breath and his hands were moving from slow to fast. When he reached the back, everyone could no longer see the movement of his hands, and only heard a crackling sound, and then a bang, a seven-layer mechanical wooden box appeared on Lu Chong's table.
No one spoke. After a while, a sudden shout of "Okay!" was heard, and everyone turned to look at the place where they were making their voices. It turned out that it was Lu Ping who was shouting. He saw Lu Tong's exquisite skills and forgot that there were still shopkeepers and others sitting on it, and shouted out uncontrollably.
The big guys above did not blame Lu Ping, but at this moment his face was a little solemn. The owner of the shop said to the manager of the South Courtyard: "Calculate the results."
So the manager of the South Court immediately arranged the recorded scores of the mailbox, and the results were soon obtained. The results of the top three were as follows:
First place, Lu Chong, 30, and higher.
Second place, Lutong, twenty-five points, average.
Third place, Lu Yun, twenty-three points, average.
Lu Chong and Lu Tong became one of the top three, and everyone thought it was normal. What was surprising was that Lu Yun actually achieved the third place, but everyone felt different.
Chapter completed!