Era: Craftsmen in the Siheyuan

Chapter 45 Carpentry (seeking further reading)

When Xu Deyong entered the front yard, he heard Xiaobangjie crying for his mother.

The third aunt's eyes flickered, with a meaningful gossip smile on her lips.

Xu Deyong pursed his lips and said, "Third aunt, what's going on?"

The third aunt lowered her voice and said with joy, "The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are quarreling."

"Hey, tell me." Xu Deyong complimented in a very interesting way.

Then the third aunt started talking vividly.

The matter is very simple. Mrs. Jia Zhang dislikes Qin Huairu for having nothing to do at home, and nags her endlessly, wanting her to go out and find some work to supplement the family income.

But Qin Huairu, a young daughter-in-law from a rural area, is not good at sewing. She can't even paste matchboxes. After all, they have a worker like Jia Dongxu in their family, so she can't carry big bags.

Qin Huairu also endured it for a long time, but finally couldn't hold it back anymore. Don't you know what's wrong with you?Why do you have the nerve to talk to her!

The most difficult thing in the world to deal with is the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Jia Dongxu was not at home, so the aunt tried to persuade him, but it was of no use.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law quarreled for a while, but in the end Qin Huairu lost to Jia Zhang and retreated.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk..." Xu Deyong shook his head and said: "It's not natural for this man to raise his wife, and it's not like this Jia Zhang family, he hasn't been working all the time."

"No." The third aunt agreed: "I don't know what's wrong with Jia Zhang. If you can find a suitable job, who wouldn't want to make more money."

Xu Deyong blinked, Jia Zhang wouldn't let himself be irritated, right?
He won’t take the blame!

Saying goodbye to the third aunt, Xu Deyong wandered into the middle courtyard. At this time, Jia Zhang had already carried the little stick into the house, and the little stick was howling in the house.

Compared to his mother and grandma, Xiao Bangge definitely likes his mother. Grandma made his mother angry, so it would be strange if he didn't cry.

Xu Deyong greeted the eldest mother, who sighed and went back to the house.

For an aunt who has gynecological diseases and is unable to give birth to a child, she has an inferiority complex and has been playing the role of a good person in the hospital, with a weak sense of existence.

When Xu Deyong returned home, it was only after four o'clock. There was no mobile phone or TV, and it was not much fun to listen to the mineral radio.

He looked around the house with his hands on his hips. The furniture in the house was always old, but not valuable at all. They were all made of poplar, pine or something like that.

The appearance of mahogany and huanghuali in this house is just a guess. The old lady in the backyard couldn't keep all of them. After all, when Jia Zhang married in, she was already the "ancestor" of this courtyard.

Xu Deyong finally cast his gaze on the dilapidated windows.

Well, it’s up to you to make enough food and clothing by yourself.

He had long disliked the window. One piece of glass was broken and was covered with paper. The other piece was also cracked and he was reluctant to replace it.

He pulled out the tool box left by his grandfather from under the bed. There were two saws, one for rough sawing of large materials and one for fine sawing of small materials.

Unfortunately, I don’t have a raffia saw, so I can’t cut it into the nice-looking shape I want. I’ll go to a commission store tomorrow to see if I can buy an old one.

Find a small file and re-file the teeth.

He also found a whetstone and sharpened the plane and chisel again.

There is a saying: "Three years to use an axe, one year to plan, and three days to learn to be a carpenter."

The remodeler is a craftsman who turns logs into sheets. In the era before electric saws, the remodeler cut the basic wood and then the master carpenter processed all kinds of exquisite furniture.

Xu Deyong does not have a chainsaw or a table saw, so he can only rely on handwork.

Starting from logs, it was built purely by hand. This was the first time he had done this. After all, the tools in his previous life were not too convenient.

He took out a charcoal pencil and a wooden ruler and measured the various dimensions of the windows.

The window is the simplest one. It is just a frame and is completed by connecting four pieces of wood.

It sounds simple, but if you don’t know how to do it, you won’t know where to start, especially starting from logs.

After making preparations, he took out a suitable piece of wood from the corner of the wall, sawed it and made it into a simple and strong wooden bench, which was equivalent to his working platform.

The remaining wood is then sawn into short sections according to the size of the window frame.

Then use the ink fountain to play the thread, fix it on the bench, open the saw and break the wood into long strips.

Thanks to Xu Deyong's strong, durable, and steady hands, his lack of skill in breaking down wood was offset by his strength, otherwise this job would be really difficult.

The first time, I waited stumblingly to break the wood into strips, and then the rest came easily.

Use a plane to smooth the surface of the long strip of wood. "Tsk, tsk, tsk..."

Rolls of shavings fell.

Liu Guangfu came back from playing outside and was immediately attracted to this guy. He went to a "two-part" primary school and only had one class at noon, and then went out to play wildly in the afternoon.

"Brother Deyong, what are you doing?" he asked curiously.

Xu Deyong smiled and said: "Make windows."

Liu Guangfu looked at it for a while and felt confused.

He put his hands in his pockets, his eyes suddenly lit up, he bit his lip and said, "Brother Deyong, can you help me make a top?"

Xu Deyong raised his head and looked at the sky, ready to call it a day. Hearing this, he said, "Making a top? That's okay. Do you have steel balls?"

"I have steel balls." Liu Guangfu grinned, stretched out his hand from his pocket and said, "I picked this up on the street today."

No matter what happens to him in the future, he is still only an eight-year-old child, and his father with bangs like this is quite miserable!
Xu Deyong nodded and said: "Okay, help me carry the planed wooden strips into the corridor, and then sweep the floor."

You can be easy to talk to yourself, but you will get something if you put in the effort.

"it is good."

They were all tasks within his ability. When Liu Guangfu heard that Xu Deyong was willing to make a spinning top for him, he immediately agreed to do it.

Xu Deyong naturally kept his word, found a thin locust wood, sawed off a small piece of smooth top, found a hand-cranked wood drill, pulled the wooden pole and drilled a small hole in the middle.

Then he used a chisel to cut the wood into a tapered shape. Xu Deyong's hands were strong enough and he could easily cut it into the desired shape, so he made the top as neat and beautiful as he could, and finally carved the word "福" on it. .

Liu Guangfu was sweeping the sawdust while seeing the top taking shape, and his mouth almost opened with a smile.

At this time, Xu Nan came back from outside with a smile on her face. When she saw the door like this, she was stunned for a moment and said: "Xiaoyong, what are you doing?"

Xu Deyong said: "This window is so old that it has cracked. I am going to make a new one and replace it with two pieces of glass. The house will be brighter."

"You do it?" Xu Nan asked.

Xu Deyong said innocently: "Ah, I have made several window frames. Carpentry is very simple."

Xu Nanshi: "..."

Yes, do whatever you like, it doesn’t cost anything to do it yourself.

She glanced at Liu Guangfu and said, "Then I'll go cook and you can take care of it."

Then he entered the house.

"Bring the steel ball here." Xu Deyong stretched out his hand and said to Liu Guangfu.

"Oh." Liu Guangfu was a little afraid of Xu Nanshi. He didn't say a word before, but now he heard Xu Deyong speak and immediately agreed to send steel balls.

Xu Deyong placed the steel ball on the drilled hole, knocked it in with a chisel, and a top was ready.

Find a wooden stick and tie it with a hemp rope or cloth strip, and you can whip it as hard as you like, especially on the ice. You can whip it from east to west, from south to north.

At this moment, Xu Deyong was startled by a loud shout.

"Liu Guangfu, what are you doing here!"

Liu Haizhong's face was full of majesty, and he strode over with wide eyes.

Liu Guangfu was frightened and stammered: "Dad, I...I asked Brother Deyong to...make a top and sweep the floor."

Liu Haizhong said sternly: "I know how to play every day. What if you can use this energy in studying and still fail every exam? Get out of home right now, or I won't beat you to death later."

Well, if the top is not whipped, I will be whipped instead. This is unlucky for the child!
Liu Guangfu gave Xu Deyong a pleading look and ran back home like a mouse meeting a cat.

Liu Haizhong looked at Xu Deyong with a slight smile and said: "Deyong, you can also do carpentry. I didn't know you had so many abilities!"

Xu Deyong smiled and said: "I understand a little bit, and you can laugh at it, second uncle."

"Yeah." Liu Haizhong snorted and said, "Second uncle, I have to tell you, if you want to do carpentry, just do carpentry. Don't make gadgets to coax children to work. Children should put learning first."

Xu Deyong narrowed his eyes and said calmly: "Second uncle, are you teaching me a lesson?"

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　　Thank you brothers for every support
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(End of this chapter)