The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Chapter 10 Make a coffin with a live tail!

"I don't have the carpenter's tools, so I can't do this job!" After entering the main room and hearing the conversations of the people, Song Yingkui took the initiative to pick up the words of the eldest son of Liu Sanye.That's the best reason to say no.

"It doesn't matter. Our Liu family will buy you a set on the street, right? As long as you can do the job well." Liu Sanye's eldest son felt that there was something to be said for this matter, and quickly made a promise to Song Yingkui.

"His uncle, and the Liu family's nephew, Kui Wa really can't take over this matter. Don't say whether he will do this job, just say that our Song family and Ding family belong to the same village, so we can't take this job." Song Tianshun quickly took over the right to speak, fearing that his grandson would accept the job as soon as he said it.

"If the work is finished, you can give me this set of carpentry tools, and I will take over the work of making birthday materials and four grand master chairs. But after the work is finished, my wages will be covered by tools, and you will pay for the expensive wages of others." Song Yingkui, who was standing in the main room, sang against his grandfather and said that he would take this job.

The reason why he changed his attitude was naturally thinking about the set of carpentry tools that the Liu family wanted to buy.Just kidding, a random set of carpenter's tools is worth more than normal money anyway.My family is so poor that it is not easy to buy a set of tools by myself.With carpenter tools, you can make some simple utensils by yourself. For example, if you are in the tofu business, you can make many small tools you will use by yourself.

"Where are you talking nonsense? Hurry up and get up outside, the adults are talking, what are you interrupting? Are you up to it? Don't say whether you can do the job or not, just say how will you see your Ding's father when you are finished? A man in Zhuangzi, if he doesn't look up, he will look down." Song Tianshun immediately became angry when his grandson decided to take over the work of the Liu family.Not only did he train his own grandson, but he even expressed his practical concerns.

"His grandfather has a guest! Are you talking loudly?" It was Song Yingkui's grandma, Jiang Shi, who was talking. She was working in the kitchen, but she had good ears. When she heard her old man start arguing, she quickly stopped her and walked into the main room with a cane.

After the old lady walked into the main room, she ignored her old man, but turned to look at her grandson standing in the room.He opened his mouth and asked, "Kueva, can you make buckets?"

Because of her eye disease, grandma usually stays in the yard to do some work within her capacity, and she is not very talkative. It is strange that she ran into the main room to talk this time.

"Make two barrels."

"Third aunt, the barrels made by Kuiwa in your family are better than those made by the old carpenter. My mother-in-law can use them with her hands, and she always praises her craftsmanship." The eldest son of Liu Sanye probably felt that the Song family didn't believe it, so he quickly opened his mouth to help Song Yingkui explain.

Hearing the Liu family's words, Jiang's originally dull eyes seemed to suddenly brighten, and he stared at his grandson seriously for a while.Then he asked, "Kueva, did you do it alone?"

"Grandma, I did it by myself."

"After studying with Ding Degui for a month, Kuiwa will be able to make barrels. It seems that our Song family is going to have a carpenter. Buckets are a carpenter's job, and the doll is capable." Hearing the grandson's affirmative answer, Jiang praised her grandson repeatedly regardless of the presence of outsiders.

"Third aunt, your Kuiwa is very smart. Ding Degui brought him to work at my house, but he didn't teach the doll well. When I saw that I was doing important tasks, I always avoided the doll to do it, and I was afraid of learning some of his skills. Your Kuiwa learned all the skills secretly, and everyone in our family can watch it. As for Kuiwa, it is really the material for carpenter. Ding Degui taught his son Shi Jin, and he hasn't taught it yet. Your Kuiwa will do it as long as he looks at it." Liu San. The eldest son, along with Grandma Song Yingkui, also began to praise Song Yingkui, and by the way told the inside story of what they saw.

"Kuiwa, can you catch the job? If you can catch it, grandma decides, and you can do it." Seeing that outsiders are very sure of her grandson, Jiang turned her head and supported her grandson.

"Ding Degui has almost done the work, and I can do the rest." Now that he has won the support of his grandma, Song Yingkui hastily made a promise.I didn't expect my grandma to be a woman with big ideas.

"His grandma, Kui Wa has offended Ding Degui by taking this job, and I'm afraid I won't be able to learn from him in the future." Song Tianshun became anxious when his old lady decided to let his grandson take over the job.

"Carpentry work is done. It's not like he is a carpenter in the world. Why are you afraid of offending him? Besides, we, Kuiwa, can help pay his wages. If you offend him, you will offend him. Anyway, even though we are in a village, our family is not in his honor. You find him to be a bullock cart and push around. Don't you think that our family has no money to pay him? People's livelihood is their own struggle!" Jiang said firmly in support of Sun. If the son takes over the job, he doesn't care about his old man's thoughts and concerns.

With Jiang's support, the matter was finally settled.The two agreed that tomorrow the Liu family would go to the street to buy tools for the carpenter, and the day after tomorrow Song Yingkui would take his third uncle Song Xueliang to the Liu family to do the rest of the work.

When Song Yingkui came to Liu's house again with his third uncle, Song Yingkui was quite emotional.More than a month ago, he was still working here as a small helper, but now he is a serious carpenter.

There really wasn't much left to do with the Liu family's coffin, and it took four days for Song Yingkui to work until there was only one wooden wedge left to beat.

At this point, the work of making the coffin is considered complete.Yes, the coffin cannot be completely finished, and a live tail must be left.Before leaving, Grandma Jiang secretly explained this.Without Jiang's explanation, Song Yingkui would have committed a taboo.

The last wedge left was put in by the carpenter when the person using the coffin was about to install the coffin after death.Before the carpenter hits the wedge, he still needs to receive a toast and salute from the master.If it is marked in advance, doesn't it mean that the coffin has been completed and can be moved in?

After finishing the coffin, I promised Liu's family that they still had to make four chairs.The Liu family has samples of Taishi chairs, so it's not too difficult to do.And it's not as elaborate as making a coffin.Song Yingkui reckoned that in three to five days, he and his third uncle would be able to go home with a set of carpentry tools.

Only now can I say that this job is cost-effective. With this set of tools, there are many things that can be done.For example, the ox cart that is urgently needed at home can be arranged on the schedule after returning home, and one can be made like the ox cart of Dafang.If you can still find wood, it is not impossible to make a few more cabinets and tables.

(End of this chapter)