Rebirth 1982 Be the stubborn master

Chapter 50 Preparation
On the way, Lei Laoliu looked awesome, bragging there: "With Lei in my style, I can repair any courtyard house for you, and I guarantee that there will be no damage."

"Then please, Sixth Uncle Lei, I hope your craftsmanship can satisfy me."

When they arrived at the courtyard, the two went in. Lei Lao Liu looked around and sighed, "The yard is nice, which ones need to be repaired, I will go over and see how to repair them."

"It's this courtyard house."

"The whole courtyard?"

Lei Lao Liu was taken aback for a moment, but he still couldn't believe it.

"That's right, the entire three-entry courtyard needs to be repaired."

Lei Laoliu was stunned immediately. Du Kang came to him. He thought it would be good to have two or three houses, but now a family can do well if they have two or three houses. Many people can only build shacks outside.

In the end, you told me whether it was the whole three-entry courtyard, or the kind not far from Beihai Park. Standing on the roof, you might be able to see the White Pagoda of the Buddha Hall.

"What's the problem?"

"fine."

The two went in to check, and found that a standard three-entry courtyard house had everything it should have, and it was well preserved, which made him even more in awe of Du Kang. If he had the money to buy such a good courtyard house, how could it be an ordinary person?

After visiting the courtyard, Du Kang expressed his thoughts room by room, explaining the purpose of the room, the requirements for restoration, and the materials needed, etc. Lei Lao Liu wrote down one by one.

In order to restore the courtyard house to the greatest extent, the best materials are used, and the wood is mainly made of various precious woods.

Although he can't act like he's being taken advantage of, he doesn't want the best but the most expensive, but he still has to pursue not the most expensive but the best.

Finally, the two of them came to the main room and sat down. Lei Laoliu asked, "I don't know if there are any other requirements during the decoration. Please bring it up and I'll see if I can do it."

"You can restore it according to the original appearance. My biggest requirement is to keep the original appearance as much as possible. It must be antique and not look out of place. In addition, I want to dig a secret room underground in the courtyard. Is there any problem?"

"No problem, the place to store private items, I will find the closest people to dig and build, and I will never let others know."

"There's no need to keep this secret. I use it for drinks. It's okay for others to know. The most important requirement is that the temperature and humidity should not change too much, and it's better to ventilate."

Du Kang drew out the blueprint of the underground, not only the passage, but also several large secret rooms, and gave it to him to give him pointers to see if it would work.

"The secret room can't be built like this, dig three or four meters deep, humidity, temperature..."

Lei Laoliu was deeply in tune with this way, and explained the main points one by one. Du Kang continued to revise and finally determined the situation of the secret room.

The only thing he didn't understand was that Du Kang insisted on leaving an extra door in the secret room near the nearby courtyard, and he didn't know what he was going to do.

But Du Kang didn't say anything, so he couldn't ask more questions.

How did he know that the biggest purpose of building this secret room was to store drinks like Moutai, and to keep the drinks he bought for a long time, for the huge secret room next to him.

Of course, this is a secret and cannot be told to him, let him guess at random, anyway, he can't guess the reason.

But only these requirements made Lei Laoliu frowned, and said, "I can decorate the courtyard for you, but the request is too much. I don't have many people, only a few old buddies, and it's not fast."

"It's okay, what I'm after is quality, and the speed can be slowed down."

"And this window, I think some are made of Mingwa. This is an ancient technology, and no one knows how to make it long ago, so we have to find another way."

"Could it be that even you can't find Mingwa?"

"I do know that some people have Mingwa in their homes, but the quantity is not much. It is good to have a few dozen yuan, which is far from enough to supply the restoration of the three-entry courtyard house, so we have to find another way.

I know the workers who make Goryeo paper. If you want, you can use Goryeo paper to paste windows. Goryeo paper is made of cotton cocoons. "

"I'll help you find Mingwa. Besides, except for a few limited rooms where Mingwa is used, the others have to use glass."

Without even thinking about it, Du Kang rejected Lei Lao Liu's proposal.

He likes ancient style and ancient rhyme, but it is mainly for enjoyment, purely pursuing ancient style and ancient charm, abandoning enjoyment, he is full.

Since Du Kang said so, Lei Lao Liu nodded in agreement.

Silently calculating in my heart, how much work and materials are needed, and how much it will probably cost.

"If you want to renovate the courtyard house, materials and labor will cost about [-] yuan. I don't know what you think of the cost. If you agree, I will prepare materials and start construction. If it is too expensive, you can use cheap materials. The minimum cost is [-] yuan." about."

"It's only five thousand. I'm not short of this amount of money, but the ugly words are up front. If you hand over such a large amount of money to you, you can't cut corners, or don't blame me for not being sympathetic."

Lei Laoliu was shocked, and said, "This matter is on my shoulders. For the sake of my ancestors' reputation, I will not do such a thing."

The two discussed it properly, and Du Kang handed him 1000 yuan and asked him to prepare materials first, and talk about the rest later.

After thinking for a while, he handed the bunch of keys to him so that he could enter the courtyard for renovation.

Returning to Mujinxuan, Du Kang called Wang Hao and asked him to take the introduction letter from Mr. Luo to inquire about the situation of the exhibition, how to enter and what requirements there are.

I think about what to bring to the past. The carved Buddhist altar is a must, and it will be the focus of the future as the signboard of Mujinxuan, so it must not be missing.

There is also a ram horn lamp, which is the only one in the world with unique skills, which is undoubtedly a very good gimmick.

Even if others want to object, they can't find a reason to object, because no one else can make sheep's horn lamps.

He has to make a few more, big ones, small ones, and exquisite ones, and put them on display at the exhibition.

Then, what items are suitable?Du Kang decided to make a few utensils that could represent the craftsmanship of carpenters, such as the general case.

The general case is a kind of table case used by the generals when the ancient army marched and fought. It was folded into a wooden board when marching and opened to form a table case when used. It is very practical and convenient, hence the name "general case".

It can be completed by digging and sawing a whole piece of wood.

Who would have thought that a piece of wood can be made into a table case, it can be used as a table when it is unfolded, and it is a thin wood board when it is closed.

It is simply an ancient version of folding furniture. The ingenious use of traditional mortise and tenon techniques makes people convinced and amazed!
Others will be added later when I think of it. Now, of course, I have to hurry up and make it.

The items to participate in the Wubo Exhibition must be made by yourself, a master carpenter, and expecting those apprentices to compete with others, that is not a sign to smash Mujinxuan.

(End of this chapter)