Rebirth of the Legend of the Red Age

Chapter 42, Timber Trading, Main House Completed
The price was agreed upon, and after Wang Li and his son looked at the timber inventory, they asked the timber boss to find a transport truck to load the timber first, while Wang Li and his father went home to get the gold.

After completing the gold delivery, the father and son pressed the wood on the car and returned to the garden of the courtyard house, and placed all the wood in the warehouse against the wall of the garden.

After seeing off the driver and the vehicle, Wang Li's father gave Lai San's friend 20 yuan and said: Thank you for the information you provided, but I hope you won't spread the news that we bought so much wood.

The man promised: Uncle Wang, don't worry, Lai San and I are neighbors and I won't tell anyone.

After saying that, he took the money and left happily.

Wang Li said to his father: "It's nothing, actually. He doesn't know what kind of wood we traded, nor how much the trade cost. I only know that we bought a lot of wood to repair the house, so it's okay even if he spread the news."

After transporting the wood, Lai San and Wang Li's father went back to rest.

Because today is Sunday, Wang Li did not go to class. Instead, he hid in the warehouse to study the wood he had pulled back. He looked like an old rogue seeing a beautiful woman and was almost drooling.

After all, he and his grandfather had studied carpentry for such a long time, so he had a special feeling for wood, especially good wood.

He spent the whole afternoon hiding in the warehouse studying the properties of the wood and analyzing what each wood could be used for. He even went back to his room to get a small notebook, where he calculated and listed the uses of each type of wood.

It is worth mentioning that during this period, he cleaned the golden nanmu beam and 6 red sandalwood trees he had discovered, peeled off the carbonized matter on the surface, revealing the wood pattern of the wood itself, and the fragrance of the wood also wafted out.

Wang Li's design is to use these seven pieces of wood, the large golden nanmu as the beams of the second floor of his main house, and the six red sandalwood as crossbeams and roof supports.

In this way, the roof of the second floor of his main house is a herringbone shape, and combined with the height of the main house's walls, the interior space of the main house will appear tall and bright. At the same time, the fragrance of precious wood can also have a calming effect on repelling insects.

If you can live in that house, it would be like an emperor. Time passed quickly while Wang Li was practicing martial arts, going to school, and building a house. When winter was about to come, the Wang family relied on Wang Li, a strong man, and Wang Li's father, Lai San, two middle-aged and young people, three strong laborers to finally complete the roof of the second floor of the main house and the first floor of the kitchen.

The seven pieces of wood found in the original courtyard were also used on the roof of the main house. In order to strengthen the house and bear the weight of these pieces of wood, the main house used a lot of steel bars and cement, making the house stronger and heavier.

The windows of the main house do not have so many window frames according to Wang Li's modern habits, but try to put larger glass. The wood used is also precious mahogany, which is both beautiful and durable. After being painted with a layer of natural tree varnish, it can be used for many years.

The weather has started to get cold now, but it is not particularly cold staying indoors, which shows how good the cooling effect of this house is.

The construction of Wang Li’s house has been temporarily suspended because the Chinese New Year is just one month away.

This was the second New Year that Wang Li's family celebrated after moving to Kyoto, but this New Year had a special significance because when they celebrated the first New Year, their family had just moved to Kyoto and had no relatives there. They were still adapting to life in Kyoto, so they spent that New Year in a perfunctory manner.

This year was different. First, after Wang Li's family invited him many times, Lai Sanhui brought his sister to Wang Li's house to celebrate the New Year. Second, the third courtyard house was completed and topped out, which was a very important event in the past. Finally, he got to know the families of Zhang Fang and Li Ren, and accepted Zhao Qiang's son Zhao Gang as his apprentice, strengthening his relationship with Zhao Qiang.

In short, the Wang family plans to have a big celebration this year. After New Year’s Eve, on the first night of the new year, they will invite Zhao Qiang’s family, Zhang Lei’s family, and Li Hu’s family to have dinner at their home.

Wang Li's family of three is very attentive in preparing New Year's goods. Now they start to buy some rare New Year's goods in the market and stock up.

In order to get meat, Wang Li and his father went hunting in the mountains before the New Year. The hunting results were very good. They hunted a bear that did not hibernate, two deer, and some wild pheasants and hares.

Thanks for the recommendation and collection. I wish you all a good mood every day.

(End of this chapter)