Reading: Beginning as the Dean of the Academy

Chapter 23

Lu Ban Jing.

Su Le looked at the "Luban Sutra Fragments" in his hand with some surprises.

He has heard the title of "Lu Ban Jing" before. It is said that it was written by Lu Ban, the carpenter's grandfather. It describes in detail the construction of houses and logging, the construction of beams, the exquisite shape of houses, and the avoidance of bad luck. It even exorcises evil spirits , The secret method of yin and yang and five elements.

Su Le was also very curious that such a miraculous book had been drawn into fragments by himself, so he began to read it.

"It's amazing, it's amazing."

After reading it briefly, Su Le was extremely impressed by Lu Ban's craftsmanship.

This fragmentary volume records some carpenter's skills, in addition to some yin and yang and five elements breaking evil techniques.

A flying wooden bird, a running wooden horse...

"Skillful craftsmen, the wisdom of the ancients is no small matter."

After closing the book, Su Le regained consciousness and returned to the room, where the "Luban Sutra Fragments" was placed in front of his desk.

Looking at "The Fragments of the Luban Classic", if he didn't have any carpenter's tools at hand, he really wanted to start making some gadgets now.

"When you are in an emergency, you can't help yourself. This is because you don't have enough mood, and you need to meditate."

Su Le suddenly woke up, a scholar is honored and disgraced without being surprised, although he is not yet at this level, but he has to cultivate his character.

Pick up a pen and practice calligraphy.

Practicing calligraphy can cultivate the mind.

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The next day, Su Le went down the mountain to the Xinhua Bookstore and found some books related to woodworking. There are some carpentry skills in "Luban Sutra Fragments", but they are not comprehensive. The most important thing is that the tools used by modern carpenters are also very different from those of ancient people. Take a round hole as an example. Ancient people had to work for a long time, but modern people You can do it with an electric drill.

"Carpentry Fundamentals"

"Advanced Carpentry"

"A Complete Collection of 29 Mortise and Tenon Techniques"

"Woodworking Carving Design Encyclopedia"

Flipping through these books, "whether" deduction came to mind again, Su Le chose to deduce without hesitation, because very few rumor points are needed to deduce these books.

It took a total of twelve points to spread the text. After deducing these books, Su Le had a lot of information about carpentry in his mind. He absorbed it.

Of course, it is one thing to master the theory, but it is another thing to actually make it by hand, which requires Su Le to practice a lot.

With a complete theoretical system of modern woodworking, Su Le knew what tools he needed, and went to the hardware store to buy many tools, but he couldn't find the most important plane.

If you can't buy one, make one yourself.

"Little brother, you are a carpenter."

"That's it."

The owner of the hardware store was a little puzzled when he heard Su Le's answer. If it's true, if it's not, then it's not. How can it count?

"There are not many carpenters these days, especially young carpenters like you, little brother, there are very few of them."

"Boss, what's the matter with you?"

Su Le listened to the boss's words, and from the boss's expression, he could tell that the boss must have something to do.

"It's a little bit of a problem. There is a family who wants to build a coffin. The wood the family chooses by themselves needs to find a carpenter to make it."

Build a coffin?
Su Le smiled, he just became a carpenter, but he didn't intend to make coffins for others, let alone come to build coffins, he didn't have the time.

"Boss, I can't take this job. I should hire some old masters."

Building a coffin is not an ordinary job. There are many taboos and particularities. It is also described in the remnants of the Luban Sutra. Even though it may be a feudal superstition, Su Le still chooses to keep it at a respectful distance.

It is already a very mysterious thing to become the dean of the academy, let alone touch this.

"You can't find those old craftsmen. Isn't cremation promoted now? Those old craftsmen have signed a guarantee. If anyone asks them to make a coffin, they have to report to the civil affairs department. If this report is made, they will have to be cremated. "

Su Le understood that although the higher authorities promote cremation, there are still many traditions that the Chinese people cannot accept for thousands of years, so they thought about secretly burying them.

Civil affairs can't stare at every household, the most important thing is that even if the neighbors have hatred, they won't report it to the higher authorities.

In the eyes of many people, reporting this is as immoral as digging someone's ancestral grave. More importantly, if the deceased is not peaceful, who knows if he will turn into a ghost to take revenge.

The dead are the greatest, which is the common cognition of the Chinese people.

The civil affairs department couldn't watch from door to door, so they came up with such a way, if you want to be buried, you need a coffin. It is estimated that in addition to these master carpenters, the coffin shop must have said hello.

"Little master, that family is willing to pay 1 yuan, and now it only costs 4000 yuan to buy a coffin in the market."

"Boss, I can't earn this money."

Su Le still refused, 1 yuan to build a coffin, the price is indeed relatively high, but Su Le didn't want to go into this muddy water.

"Little master, don't refuse, sit with me in the backyard and have a cup of tea. It just so happens that it will take some time to adjust the tools you want."

The boss smiled all over his face, and pulled Su Le towards the backyard. Su Le did not refuse. The boss asked the shop assistants to go to the warehouse to get the few tools he asked for. It really took some time.

This hardware store is a self-built house, and the backyard is across the corridor. After Su Le followed the boss into the backyard, he saw the fir logs placed in the backyard, and smiled meaningfully at the boss.

"Little master drinks tea."

The boss smiled, walked to the tea table in the backyard and started making tea, but just as the water boiled, several people came in in a hurry.

"Old Huang, this is the master carpenter."

The first person who came in was a middle-aged man in his fifties, and his eyes immediately fell on Su Le. Besides him, there were two middle-aged women.

"Master Su, let me introduce you. These are the family I told you want to build the coffin."

"Master Su, my name is Zhong Min. These two are my younger sisters. I want to build a coffin for my father and his old man. I rushed over immediately after Boss Huang sent me a message. Master Su, I would like to offer 1 For ten thousand yuan, the timber has already been bought.”

Su Le looked at Zhong Min, and asked curiously, "Boss Zhong, what is your father's current situation?"

"My father was seriously ill and hospitalized."

"Since you are hospitalized, why are you rushing to build a coffin? Is it an incurable disease?"

Zhong Min looked a little embarrassed, and replied helplessly: "Master Su, this is my father's own request. He thought that he might not be able to make it through. He said he wanted to see his own coffin before he left. My father chose the wood himself. , even the style is drawn by himself.”

Saying that, Zhong Min took out his phone and clicked on the picture. Su Le looked at the coffin in the picture, but a strange look flashed in his eyes.

He had seen the style of this coffin in "The Fragments of the Luban Sutra".

It seems that the old man of the Zhong family is not simple.But apparently the old man did not tell his younger generation this information.

Su Le got a little interested, stood up and walked to the firs, and said to the owner of the hardware store, "Boss, please bring me the ax I picked."

After receiving the ax handed over by the boss, Su Le didn't smudge, and directly chopped the ax on the wood.

Sawdust flew all over the place, and the furthest one flew more than ten meters away.

"Boss Zhong, it seems that you have to spend a lot of money, and arrange a big meal."

Su Le looked at the direction where the sawdust was flying, and put down the axe. Zhong Min thought that Su Le had agreed, and quickly promised: "As long as Master Su is willing, every meal of fish is guaranteed."

"I didn't agree, but the meal still won't go away. How about this, Boss Zhong, call your father and tell him what's going on here."

Zhong Min was puzzled, but he still did what Su Le said, called his father, and his wife answered the phone. He asked his wife to tell the story, and after a while, he heard his wife tell him on the phone. He was even more confused about his father's words.

"Sawdust... The sawdust is about ten meters away, what's the matter, why is Dad asking this?"

"Good wine and good meat... ah... good good, I get it."

After hanging up the phone, Zhong Min said to Su Le: "Master Su, my dad was very excited after answering the phone, and said that we must treat you well."

Su Le's reaction to Zhong Min's father was no exception at all, if it wasn't for this reaction, he would be surprised.

It's not that he cares about a meal of wine and meat, but that the rules are like this, and he can't break the rules.

After drinking and eating, Su Le left with tools.

"Old Huang, I saw you laughing all the time during the meal, do you know what to order?" Zhong Min waited for Su Le to drive away, and asked the owner Huang of the hardware store doubtfully.

Boss Huang chuckled and said mysteriously, "There are some things that can't be said too clearly, but I can tell you one thing."

"Thirty years ago, my sixth uncle was invited by the master to build a coffin. The red candle was lit. My sixth uncle went down with the first axe, and the sawdust flew more than ten meters away. When the sixth uncle saw this, he wrapped the ax in a red cloth and smiled. Go out the door and leave."

"The next day, the host's family specially bought chicken, duck and fish meat and invited my sixth uncle to come to visit. The old man in the host's house passed away after more than ten years."

Zhong Min gasped, his expression was a little excited, he understood.

"You mean, my dad..."

"You can't say it, it's good to know some things, don't say it." Boss Huang stopped Zhong Min's next words, and at the same time sighed: "This Master Su seems to be a real person."

"Old Huang, why haven't I heard that there is a sixth uncle in your family?"

"When my sixth uncle was learning art from a teacher, the teacher asked my sixth uncle what was behind him? My sixth uncle replied that there was no one behind him."

"Hey, there is another name for this craft, it's called Queyimen."

(End of this chapter)