Reborn Great Nation Craftsman

Chapter 2 starts with repairing furniture

"No problem, no problem!

This room is too crowded, there is no way, the house is only this big, and there are so many children in the family! "The aunt also noticed Zhang Junping's gaze, and explained with some embarrassment.

The housing conditions in the 80s were normal.

For example, in Feng Gong's "Sneak Fun", a family of two generations and six people huddled together in two small bungalows. This situation is very common in Beijing.

In the TV series, Feng Gong and his wife sleep with their arms around a tree, which is regarded as a joke by many people.

Only those who have experienced it can realize how much bitterness is contained here.

Without the help of his aunt, Zhang Junping moved the Eight Immortals Table to the yard by himself.

"Auntie, there are two ways for you to cultivate!
One is what I just said, add a plug, there is no problem in using it for 20 years, you can give it three cents or two cents!
Another way, I will change this position for you, and change it to a chuck tenon, so that you will never shake again in your life!

You have to give at least fifty cents for this! "

"It's not bad for a lifetime?" The aunt expressed doubts about Zhang Junping's words.

"Auntie, I'm a college student at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, how much money can I lie to you?

Let's put it this way, with a plug, I can finish it in an hour at most, and if I change it to a collet tenon, I will have to work in half an afternoon! "

"Oh! You are a college student?

Otherwise, this college student is amazing!

Not only is he good at school, but he can also repair furniture!Much stronger than those two boys in my family!

Okay, aunt believes you, then you can change it to a chuck for me! When the aunt heard that Zhang Junping was a college student at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, her attitude changed immediately.

This year, college students are definitely popular, and everyone has a high degree of trust in college students!
"Okay, aunt, do you have any wood in your house? I need some wood! Not much, this is enough!" Zhang Junping gestured.

"Yes, there are quite a few in the kitchen. Well, they're all there. Pick them yourself!"

The wood that Auntie said was a pile of dilapidated furniture that I didn't know where to get.

It was dismantled by the aunt and used as firewood.

Zhang Junping was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't believe his eyes.

He walked over quickly, picked up a wooden support, and observed it carefully.

That's right!

Just the kind of wood you want.

What a sin!
Use the best Hainan Huanghuali furniture as firewood!
Never seen such a loser!

In a few decades, if my aunt knew that she had burned thousands of Hainan huanghuali per catty as firewood, would she smoke it?
"Aunt, I think this wood is very good, it's a pity to burn it!"

"It's a pity to have a pile of broken wood. My eldest son works at a junkyard, and they have a lot of such wood.

These logs have been burnt, but they are too hard to split! "

The corners of Zhang Junping's mouth twitched as he listened.

Use Hainan huanghuali as firewood, but do you think the wood is too hard to chop?

If auntie can still say such things 20 years later, Zhang Junping will definitely give auntie full marks.

Papa Ma also has to give a thumbs up to this pretending.

"Auntie, I think your family has a lot of people! There must be six people, right?" Zhang Junping asked casually.

"Where are six, nine people! Two sons, one girl, and two grandchildren!"

Good guy, three generations of grandparents, nine people live in three bungalows.

Beijing's courtyard houses are all regulated, and a house is about 11-12 square meters in area.

In such a small room, an average of three people live in one room, and the living environment can be imagined.

It's okay to say that the child is small, when the child is older, then...

Just thinking about it is suffocating.

Immediately, he burst into laughter, and he, a person who has not yet established a firm foothold in Beijing, actually worries about other people in Beijing.

Really free!

"Aunt, look at this, can you do this? Give me these wood, and I will help you build the Eight Immortals Table for free!

If you have anything else to fix, I'll fix it for you too! "Zhang Junping looked at his aunt with some anticipation.

"Oh, how bad is this?
It's just a pile of wood for burning a pot, how can you let it dry for nothing?

Take it if you want!

How much is the money to repair the table, aunt will give you! "Auntie waved her hand very grandly, indicating that the wood will be taken away and the money will be returned.

"Auntie, these logs are the material for cooking pots with you, but they are different in my hands!

When I go back and tidy up, I can make a Maza, which is convenient for me to sit on.

Even if it is sold, one can be sold for seven or eight cents!

So, don't be polite to me, it's still me taking advantage of you! "

"You little comrade, you are real!
Otherwise, how can you say that your craftsmen are delicious!
The rotten wood we use as a pot can become a treasure in your hands! "

"I'm used to it, and I feel distressed when I see such a good wood burning a fire!
Thank you, Mom, for your success!
I went back and made Maza, and I'll give you one! "Zhang Junping said to his aunt with a smile.

As a time traveler, a former carpenter and inheritor of intangible culture, it is understandable to use his ability to pick up leaks.

but.

He still can't do such a tasteless thing like eating it dry and wiping it clean.

"You Xiao Zhang, you are too real, then the aunt will not be polite to you!
You college students are different!
Do things in the air!

Aunt pours water for you! "

A pile of broken wood is exchanged for free furniture repairs, and you can get a horse for nothing. The aunt happily went to pour water for Zhang Junping.

After the matter was settled, Zhang Junping didn't stop talking, took the ax and slapped it a few times, tearing the Eight Immortals Table apart.

"Oh, why did you dismantle it?" The aunt came out with water, was startled by Zhang Junping's bold action, and almost threw the ceramic jar in her hand.

"Aunt, there is no way to repair it without dismantling it!

You are furniture made with old craftsmanship, it won't be damaged if you take it apart! Zhang Junping explained with a smile.

The chuck tenon is divided into four parts: leg foot, tooth head, tooth strip, and panel.

Legs are table legs.

The panel is the table top.

It only needs to be processed to make four additional tooth bars and four tooth heads.

It's easy to say, but it's not easy at all.

After measuring the size, Zhang Junping picked up the saw and cut off the tenons of the four table legs.

Zhang Junping's movements were very straightforward, and the aunt looked at it and shivered, "Xiao Zhang, why did you saw it off?"

"Aunt, this tenon doesn't match the modified chuck tenon!"

"Then if you saw it like this, wouldn't the table be shorter?"

"It's okay, I'll get you another piece later!"

"Take a piece, how can it be strong?

Let me tell you, you broke the table, you have to pay me for it! "

"Auntie, after I connect it, you can check it yourself. If it is not strong, I will pay you a new Eight Immortals table!"

"Okay! You said it! It's not strong, you pay me for a new one!" The aunt urged again.

Zhang Junping explained to his aunt that the work in his hand did not stop.

Find four pieces of wood, and first use a saw to cut them to the length you need.

Then use a plane to trim the cross-sectional size of the wood to the same size as the table legs.

Then start drawing lines on it.

Zhang Junping moved quickly, like magic, sawing off half of the table legs and one end of the wood, and using a chisel to cut out a tooth socket on it.

Finally, Zhang Junping put the two pieces of wood together, took out a wooden nail just made, and inserted it into the hole left by the pieces.

The two logs perfectly became one.

"Auntie, try it out and see if it's firm!" Zhang Junping said while hitting the ground a few times.

Auntie took the leg of the table in disbelief, and imitated Zhang Junping and beat her a few times on the ground.

There is nothing wrong with the splicing place!
"It's really strong, just like the whole root!
Unexpectedly, Xiao Zhang, you look very young, and your ability is really not small, much more powerful than those two boys in my family! "

"Haha, aunt, someone once said that a carpenter is not afraid of being long, and a blacksmith is not afraid of being short!

In fact, this is what laymen say!
We carpenters are also not afraid of short!

The technique I use is called nailing and tenoning. Not to mention your table legs, the pillars in the courtyards in the past were all spliced ​​by this method!

After hundreds of years, nothing happened! "

"This pillar is also connected?" Aunt asked with a look of disbelief looking at the pillar in the corridor.

"Of course, you think! How many courtyard houses are there in Beijing?

How many of these columns must there be?
Officials are okay, ordinary people, where can they get so many thick, long and straight pillars?
Only use spliced ​​columns! "

"Then why can't you see it at all?"

"Aunt, the pillars you see are all processed with special technology, so you can't see it from the outside!"

"Master Zhang, you know a lot!" The aunt exclaimed.

After finishing the splicing of the table legs, I started to process the tooth heads and tooth strips.

It took more than two hours to get it done.

After reassembling the Eight Immortals Table, and adding a plug in the eyes of the falcon, whose legs and feet are horizontally braced, the job is done.

"Aunt, this table has been repaired for you, check it out to see if it works!"

"Okay, the young man's work is very easy! It's done so quickly?" The aunt looked around, shook the table with her hands again, and smiled with satisfaction: "It's good, it's not shaking at all!
It's just... how do I look at it, is it a little awkward? "

"Haha, Aunt, you feel awkward because of this place!

I added tooth strips and tooth boards, which are not in the same color as the original table, so it looks awkward! "

The original Eight Immortals table was painted with a layer of jujube red paint, and the tooth bars and tooth plates added later were all primary colors, which naturally looked a little awkward.

"As soon as you say it, it's true!"

"Actually, this is a good solution, just buy some paint and brush it!
Your home needs ready-made paint. I'll scrape all the tables for you and repaint them. It's exactly the same as the new one! "

"Paint? Yes! There is paint at home, wait, I'll get it for you!" Aunt said as she turned to look for paint.

Zhang Junping just said it casually, but he didn't expect that aunt's house really had paint.

Come on, do it!

Who let himself pick up so many old mahogany materials and Hainan huanghuali materials for nothing?
Although they are all scraps, they are worth a lot of money.

What's more, although Zhang Junping didn't look carefully, he had already determined through a simple scan that many of this pile of tattered furniture could be repaired.

Disassemble the Eight Immortals table again, plan all the components with a plane, and plan off the paint on it.

Then use sandpaper to polish the various components of the Eight Immortals table.

If it weren't for the scraps of old mahogany and Hainan huanghuali, Zhang Junping would have lost a lot of this business.

Just a piece of sandpaper costs more than fifty cents.

Not so easy to buy yet.

(End of this chapter)