pasture leisure

Chapter 310 Do Things Seriously
After dragging a load of materials for the pickup truck back, the two plunged into work again.

Goggles and work belts are all necessary. The two of them are well-dressed and drew a blueprint together. The planting box is really not small. It is about two meters wide and about five or six meters long. It must be about fifty centimeters high.

"What are you going to do?"

Zhang Chi felt that we had to hurry up after drawing the blueprint. Who knew that Lao Xu would run towards the construction site with the blueprint.

The house Zhang Chi and Melika live in is next to the future cowboy dormitory, and they will move to the new big house as soon as the house is finished.

It is impossible for this vegetable garden to be built too far away from the big house, otherwise, when cooking, there will be no green onions, and then you will have to ride an electric donkey for hundreds of meters. Isn't that causing trouble for yourself?

Therefore, the place to build the vegetable garden must be not far from the new big house.

After deciding on a place, the purchased materials must be piled up here, and I can't run back and forth when the time comes, that would be a waste of time.

Old Xu walked forward without looking back, and said to Zhang Chi as he walked: "Don't show it to the carpenter? You don't think that the things you draw can last for many days, do you? Small things are okay, but You really have to ask someone about such a big planting box, otherwise the soil will be filled in and everything will be fine at first. After a few days, you will find that there is no force in the middle of the box, and the entire wooden board will be squeezed open. Isn’t that the end... ".

Zhang Chi seemed to be right when he heard it, so he said to Lao Xu: "It's true, let's go, let's go together."

The two went to the construction site together and found the master carpenter.

When the master got the blueprint drawn by Zhang Chi, he thought at first that the two men had written the numbers wrongly. After confirming it, he looked at Zhang Chi strangely.

"I said, Boss Zhang, there is absolutely no need for you to build such a large box. My suggestion is to build smaller ones and multiple ones. It will be convenient for you to assemble and use yourself. To be honest, you must do this kind of big wooden box. No, there are at least a few fixed anchor points in the middle, and the sides also need to be strengthened... ".

The master carpenter gave a new suggestion after seeing the drawings. The master’s suggestion was to make the boxes into small square pieces, about [-] meters long. Anyway, the couple grow vegetables for themselves, and a few planting boxes would be enough. It should be enough, if it is really not enough, you can add more boxes.

It's not that difficult anyway.

For the men in this neighborhood, this kind of work is not difficult. Americans in the city may seldom do work now, but in the countryside, men are just tool people, such as repairing cars, repairing water pipes, changing light bulbs, in short Small jobs at home are usually done by men.

Simple woodworking like this is not a problem.

"change?"

Old Xu asked Zhang Chi.

Zhang Chi nodded: "Change it, listen to my master."

Zhang Chi is not stubborn either. Hearing the advice of the carpenter, he felt that what he said was right, and he took it for granted when he started.

It is not a good thing to make the box too big blindly.

The master heard what Zhang Chi said, so he took the pen from his ear with a smile and drew on Zhang Chi's original design draft.

While drawing, he said to Zhang Chi: "When you are doing it, these two places must be made of reinforcing ribs. They can't be placed sideways like this, so that your force can't be distributed to the whole board. You have to cross them like this. In this way, the force will be more even, and the bottom, my suggestion is not to do it, and then use a piece of water-proof cloth to separate the ground from the water in the planting box, otherwise, the bottom is still a bit troublesome. After all, you have to suffer..."

Old Xu said: "We thought that the foundation should be empty. If we bury dozens of centimeters of soil, the foundation will be leaked in a few days."

"That's it, and your materials have to be surface-treated, or..." The carpenter was quite careful.

Old Xu said: "Don't worry about this, we bought this kind of material."

The carpenter finished his words with a smile. He felt that there was nothing else to do, so he went to work. After turning around and walking a few steps, the master stopped again and said to the two: "It's best, don't worry about important things. Using nails, directly using mortise and tenon joints, there is no trouble, just do it simply, slot one end and open holes at the other end, we should have seen this thing.”

"I know, I know, you are not very old, how can you still be a mother-in-law?" Lao Xu looked at the carpenter and said with a smile.

The master carpenter didn't say much, and turned to work.

Zhang Chi and Lao Xu returned the same way and began to discuss what to do next.

Aunt Lu's wife, Master Chen, passed by and saw the two discussing. After about half an hour, he came back to check and found that the two were still discussing.

So they came together.

"Master Chen".

Zhang Chi saw Master Chen coming, so he opened his mouth to say hello, and continued to discuss with Lao Xu how to do this job well.

Master Chen stretched his head curiously to see the two people drawing something on the paper in a decent manner, and after watching for a while, he said: "You two have the skills to draw this, the box is almost ready."

Zhang Chi said: "Old Xu is not enlightened. He said that I would look better this way, but he just disagreed."

The two debated how to make the slots, and Lao Xu's proposal was to use normal slots, with holes drilled on one and wedges on the other.

What Zhang Chi thought was to use a 45-degree angle to connect it, and then press a square pin into it. In this case, it is impossible for the joint to loosen unless the pin falls off.

"What do you think, Uncle Chen?" Zhang Chi wanted to get support from Old Chen.

How can Lao Chen be a fool? Can a fool be a professor? Even if he didn't know much about human affairs before, he must understand now.

"I think you should ask the master carpenter. I'm not a carpenter. It's really hard to say which method is better. I think Mr. Xu's plan is simple and easy to operate, but your idea is indeed strong, and each has its own advantages. , and each has its own disadvantages."

Dude, that's not what you said.

There was no other way, the two had no choice but to go back and disturb the carpenter.

The master glanced at it: "If you have time, follow Mr. Zhang's plan, and if you don't have time, follow Mr. Xu's plan. After all, this method saves labor."

Where did the master carpenter have time to spend with these two people, he glanced at them and gave the answer directly.

Do you two have time?Lao Xu really doesn't have one, but Zhang Chi does.

So the two returned to the place and began to follow Zhang Chi's idea.

The two of them worked very carefully. They lowered the material, and then carefully drew various lines on the material with a pen.

Fortunately, there are many machines here, all kinds, and the machines that the two of them can think of can be easily made.

While he was busy, Zhang Chi's phone rang.

Seeing that it was an unfamiliar number, Zhang Chi thought about it and still answered it.

"George".

Hearing the voice, Zhang Chi knew that this was a staff member of the town. He said that the staff member was actually just a part-time worker. He got some money but not much. He usually had a formal job. If he said he was a volunteer, he also got some money. Say no, people really don't rely on this to support their families.

"Hello, I am".

"Let me inform you that there is no need to make floats for this year's town festivals."

"Ah, why didn't you do it again?" Zhang Chi didn't quite understand, he had already started designing.

To be exact, Melika has already started preparations.

In town festivals, no one puts much thought into making any earth-shattering plans. In fact, everyone just finds a time, finds a reason, and gets together to eat and make a fuss. You just need to bring a little snack.

As for floats and the like, they are nothing more than hanging some things on an ordinary car, you think it looks good, even if you tie two bears on it, everyone doesn't care.

I said it well two days ago, why is it notified now that I can't do it.

"It's not that I don't want to do it, but there are really no people in the town. Even Kimberly's small bar has been closed these days. How can we hold festivals in the town?"

This guy said it a little sadly, because the festival in the small town is considered a big festival for him, and he used to spend two or three weeks preparing for it.

Now he suddenly couldn't do it today, and he was a little disappointed.

There was no other way. Almost all the men and women in the middle of the town went into the mountains to look for cattle.

Even if you want to do it, what should you do?
If there is no one left, who will I show it to?

Zhang Chi didn't expect that the tradition of small town festivals, which had lasted for decades and nearly a hundred years, would suddenly be interrupted this year.

Put down the phone.

Old Xu asked: "Why, the town's festival is canceled?"

"What should no one do? I really didn't expect that there are no people at home in the small town now," Zhang Chi said.

Old Xu said with a smile: "It seems that you don't go out often. Now this town is like a town without people. If you go to Folsom, it will be a lively place. Many people from other places come to look for cattle. Even the police All of a sudden, it was much worse."

"Forget it, it's none of my business anyway, I just saved the time to make floats." After Zhang Chi said with a smile, he continued to draw on the material carefully with a pen, and then sent it to the cutting machine at hand , Cut off the unnecessary places.

The two pieces of material are ready for joints, Zhang Chi holds them together, puts one at his feet, and holds the other in his hand, and then uses a wooden hammer to knock the material on the handle into it.

Boom boom boom!
After a few clicks, the two pieces of material joined together.

Seeing that Zhang Chi was about to sell it at this time, Lao Xu immediately stopped him: "No, the frame will be ready later, and it will not be easy to adjust when it is sold out."

Hearing what Lao Xu said, Zhang Chi put down the wooden pin in his hand and continued to open the next material.

At the beginning, Zhang Chi still made crooked things, but in the eyes of the carpenter, the things that the two of them could come up with were simple things that could no longer be simple, and there was no difficulty. The only thing to pay attention to was to be careful.

You can do well with your heart.

At this moment, Zhang Chi and Lao Xu are both very attentive, so although the work is slow, the effect is quite good. There are occasional small mistakes, but the flaws are not concealed.

(End of this chapter)