Reborn Craftsman

Chapter 492 Liu Xing's Plan

In a flash, it was more than six o'clock in the afternoon.

Seeing that he was hungry, Liu Xing put his books in his schoolbag, and then took Little Peanut and Qianqian to Dawei Restaurant for dinner.

Along with him is Tang Tang, who made an appointment at noon.

Because Qianqian is going back to Xiangxi to study, before leaving, it is natural to invite Qianqian to have a good meal.

However, Tang Tang didn't plan to go back with her. After getting acquainted with the environment of the Bamboo God Bamboo Products Workshop with Zhou Yan, she decided to stay and return to the crucian carp village during the Chinese New Year.

This made Liu Xing very gratified. After all, Tang Tang was his wife before his rebirth. Although the way of knowing him in this life has changed, he still hopes to continue his relationship and continue the road for the rest of his life.

What made Liu Xing depressed was that, as soon as the meal was served, his father called him, saying that he had something very important to ask him at the gate of the preserved egg breakfast shop, and he had to go back.

Liu Xing had no choice but to tell Tang Tang, Peanut, and Qianqian, and then left Dawei Hotel to see his father.

The gate of the preserved egg breakfast shop.

Father 'Liu Dageng' was smoking. When he saw Liu Xing coming, he quickly threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, and went to meet him.

"Dad, when did you learn to smoke?" Liu Xing couldn't help asking.

Before his rebirth, his father did not smoke.

I didn't expect that because of his rebirth, he would actually smoke. This is really unexpected.

"Don't ask me about the adults!" Liu Dageng checked the time: "To make a long story short, our family has approved the homestead in Qingshi Village for more than a year. The village chief Chen came to me yesterday and said that we are not going to build a red brick house. Then the government will take back the homestead, so I came back to remind you that you have time to find someone to build the red brick house, otherwise there will be no house to live in when you go back to Qingshi Village."

"No... Dad! You should be responsible for this matter! What is it that you leave it to me?" Liu Xing asked back, spreading his hands.

"Aren't you the only one in our family who has time? Your mother and I are very busy, so we don't have time to go back to Qingshi Village to build a red brick house." Liu Dageng said and patted Liu Xing on the shoulder: "This matter is decided like this. I have to go back to the brick factory for a meeting, so let's go!"

After saying this, without waiting for Liu Xing's consent, Liu Dageng disappeared on the street of the market on a motorcycle.

"Is this still my dad?" Liu Xing complained helplessly, but then his eyes lit up.

"Whoever said that red bricks must be used to build a house, this time I didn't use red bricks to build it, which made Dad's jaw drop!" Liu Xing smiled mysteriously, turned around and walked towards Dawei Hotel.

……

After eating, Qianqian took Ah Hu's big truck back to Xiangxi.

Although it was late at night, Liu Xing knew that with Ah Hu around, he would be safe along the way, so he wasn't worried at all.

I wanted to go to the Bamboo God Bamboo Products Workshop immediately, and talk to Zhu Xiuqing about using Nanzhu to build my own house. Who knew that just after returning to the preserved egg breakfast shop, Lin Bao brought the second batch of Lin family members who pulled bamboo bee stings.

Liu Xing had no choice but to pull out the bamboo bee stings for the Lin family.

It was busy until after eleven o'clock in the evening.

This made Liu Xing very speechless.

If it wasn't for Lin Yaotian's money.

He really wanted to drive away these annoying Lin family members.

But it's okay for him to complain in his heart, but he can't say it in front of the Lin family.

So he would still do what he had to do. Seeing that it was inconvenient to find Zhu Xiuqing so late, he went to sleep after taking a bath.

Liu Xing got up early the next morning, and after eating a bowl of rice noodles with Peanut, he took a large stack of design drawings and went to the Zhushen Bamboo Products Workshop to find Zhu Xiuqing.

Because it was still early, the gate of the Bamboo God Bamboo Products Workshop was empty, and there were not many people there.

But Zhu Xiuqing came, holding a broom and concentrating on cleaning.

Seeing this scene, Liu Xing couldn't help shaking his head: "Sister, good morning!"

"Huh? Why are you so early today?" Zhu Xiuqing smiled in surprise.

"I'll place an order with you!" Liu Xing casually sat on a chair beside him.

"Okay! How big is this order and how much is it worth?" Zhu Xiuqing immediately became interested when he heard the word "order".

"It's not that big, an order to build a new house for my family!" Liu Xing replied.

"Ah?" Zhu Xiuqing frowned.

"Why... you don't accept small orders?" Liu Xing couldn't help laughing.

"No, isn't half of the new house built with red bricks? If you build it with bamboo, won't you be afraid of being made fun of?" Zhu Xiuqing said.

"Who said that red bricks must be used to build a house? Is it stipulated by the state, or by you?" Liu Xing asked, spreading his hands.

"Is that true!" Zhu Xiuqing replied in embarrassment.

"Then it's over, here it is! Here are the design drawings of my new house, as well as the drawings for making parts!" Liu Xing handed a thick stack of design drawings to Zhu Xiuqing: "There are a lot of new designs inside. Bamboo parts, but they are very simple, I think the craftsmen of Bamboo God Bamboo Products Workshop should be able to make them, so I won’t follow the list, just keep an eye on it.”

"But this is for my family to use Nanzhu to build a new house, so you ask these craftsmen to give you some refreshments in terms of painting and handwork, especially the production of doors and windows, you must follow the design on the drawing, understand?" Liu Seeing that Zhu Xiuqing was listening carefully, Xing immediately added another sentence.

"Understood, it's just about the unit price of this production, how should I tell the craftsman who made it?" Zhu Xiuqing took the design drawings in his hand, and after looking at them casually, he asked out his doubts.

"Calculate the wages according to the point of labor first, and when the big order comes in the future, we will make it according to the piecework method!" After Liu Xing said this, he got up and left.

"Wait, this...there will be a big order to build a new house using Nanzhu?" Zhu Xiuqing was stunned and chased after him.

"Don't ask if you shouldn't, just concentrate on doing your own thing well!" Liu Xing smiled mysteriously at Zhu Xiuqing.

"Can you give me a little information first?" Zhu Xiuqing blinked her eyes.

"No." Liu Xing quickened his pace and left.

"This guy!" Zhu Xiuqing stomped her feet angrily.

But soon a smile appeared on her delicate face.

Because Liu Xing said that there was a big order, he would definitely not lie to her.

It's just that she was really puzzled as to where the big order came from.

But she believed that the answer to this mystery would be revealed soon, so after smiling, she went into the bamboo workshop to do her work.

……

Three days passed in a flash.

After class, Liu Xing did not stay in the No. [-] Middle School, but went back to the rented room directly, and made a smaller version of the golden bean steamer with Li Hu.

Since it is the first production, it is inevitable to encounter some technical difficulties.

But these problems are nothing to Liu Xing.

After talking with Li Hu in detail, everything was resolved one by one.

After all, the experience he gained decades after his rebirth was not for nothing.

Seeing that Li Hu didn't know much about the process of making the bamboo steamer in the miniature golden bean steamer, he picked up the bamboo knife and started to make it himself.

The making of the steamer was very simple for him, a reborn bamboo craftsman.

However, this reduced version of the golden bean steamer has a lot of steamers, reaching 108.

This is exactly the design of Zhangjia’s original golden bean steamer, so it cannot be reduced.

Seeing that Liu Xing's technique of breaking bamboo strips is very proficient, Li Hu couldn't help but stare blankly: "My God! Your technique is better than the old strip craftsmen in our village! It takes a long time to practice to reach this speed, right?"

"Hehe... I have inherited the Bamboo God's Seven-Star Bamboo-breaking technique, so I don't need to practice for a long time, I just need to understand the key techniques in breaking bamboo bamboo!" Liu Xing smiled: "This is a reduced version of the golden bean steamer. After you are familiar with the production process, I am afraid that in the future, you will mass-produce it in the Bamboo God Bamboo Products Workshop."

"Mass production?" Li Hu scratched his head in doubt.

"The inside story of this will be explained to you in detail when I have time. In a word, in the future, the reduced version of the golden bean steamer produced by our Zhushen Bamboo Products Workshop will be spread all over the country in the form of chain stores, and the reduced version of the golden bean steamer will be made , will be the unique skill of our bamboo god bamboo products workshop!" Liu Xing put down the bamboo knife in his hand and explained: "At that time, you will no longer have to worry about running out of work."

"That's great!" Li Hu smiled happily.

"Don't tell other artisans about this matter, even sister Xiuqing, don't reveal it for the time being, understand!" Liu Xing urged.

Once leaked, I'm afraid there will be trouble.

And Li Hu is not a big mouthed person, so it doesn't hurt to talk about it.

Of course, the most important point is that Li Hu has now participated in the production of the reduced version of the golden bean steamer. If he wants to hide it, he can't hide it, so it's better to disclose some information so that Li Hu can make the reduced version of the golden bean steamer with peace of mind.

"By the way, when will your wife and mother come to the market?" Liu Xing asked casually.

"The farm work at home is not finished yet! You don't know that the public grain that my family paid was returned, and my daughter-in-law cried at home for two days before she recovered. This time, she is probably drying rice on the rice drying field!" Li Hu smiled naively. replied.

"That's it!" Liu Xing laughed, and after looking at the time, he focused on making the steamer.

Before 2005, farmers with land in rural areas had to pay public grain, that is, agricultural tax.

Farmers with more fields pay more agricultural taxes.

Due to the huge base of farmers, this has created the iron rice bowl profession of collecting public grain.

Before 2005, there were at least half a million 'civil servants' collecting agricultural taxes across the country.

Most of these civil servants were born in peasants and know the sufferings of peasants, so when collecting public grain, as long as the quality is decent, basically they will not say much.

However, the civil servants who collect public grain in some places are a little wicked, not to mention embarrassing the farmers everywhere, and deliberately tampering with the scales that weigh public grain in order to enrich their own pockets.

However, there are still very few such civil servants, only one or two appear in a province or city.

And with the abolition of the agricultural tax on all farmers by the state in 2005, the good days of these civil servants who collect public grain are coming to an end.

Because there is no agricultural tax to collect, why does the country need them?
For them, there is only one way, and that is to be laid off and find their own way out.

The situation that Li Hu's wife and mother are currently encountering is likely to be a "civil servant" who is very particular about the quality of public food, but this is actually nothing, because the same thing probably happens every day across the country.

As long as you don't encounter 'civil servants' who deliberately make things difficult.

Before he was reborn, Liu Xing had encountered such a thing when he went to pay public rations with his parents. Thinking about it now, it seems like it happened yesterday.

"Huh?" The phone rang at this moment, interrupting Liu Xing's thoughts.

He took it out and saw that it was Deng Qi calling him, so he hurriedly walked out of the rental room and pressed the answer button: "Hello, I'm Liu Xing."

Deng Qi: "Are you still in No. [-] Middle School?"

Liu Xing: "Not in No. [-] Middle School, but renting a house near No. [-] Middle School. Is there anything you can do?"

Deng Qi: "I drove Sikong Lei and Liu Lao to the market, can you come back? If there is no car, I will pick you up now."

Liu Xing: "My motorcycle is right under the rented house. You don't need to pick me up. I'll be right back."

Deng Qi: "That's good, I'll wait for you at the preserved egg breakfast shop."

"Well, goodbye!" Liu Xing hung up the phone, and after saying something to Li Hu, he rode his motorcycle back to the market.

After all, he knew that this time when Deng Qi brought Liu Lao and Sikong Lei to the market, it was not just as simple as visiting him, but he also needed to find Dr. Zhao for a diagnosis.

This illness is undoubtedly the curse of the bamboo god that Liu Lao said.

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(End of this chapter)