Chapter 648 Cutting the Window Strips
After watching the horses and talking about things, Lin Hui and others said goodbye.
They come here for work, not for tourism, and there are many things waiting for them to deal with.
You must know that many people from their crew came over, and every day of delay cost a lot of money.
It just so happened that Zhang An had no intention of keeping guests, so he happily walked out with a few people.
After Lin Hui and his party left, Zhang Jianwen stayed.
"Uncle, why were you trying to persuade me to agree to them just now?"
With no one else around, Zhang An naturally asked directly.
If Zhang Jianwen hadn't spoken just now, he would have planned to reply directly to the other party.
“Because they paid a lot of money. If we in the village can earn this money, we must not give it to outsiders. And before I came, Director Lin told me that as long as we Their filming here went smoothly, and they will help us shoot a promotional video for free. They have given such benefits, so why don’t I say a few good words to them?”
Zhang Jianwen was not embarrassed and directly told Zhang An about his private deal with the other party.
For Lin Hui and his team, filming here requires the help of the villagers here for many things.
In addition, he also wanted to sell to the landlord in Changqing Village to save face. He has traveled all over the country for so many years and knows that in this era of strong folk customs in the mountains, sometimes it may be better to have a good relationship with the locals than to spend money directly. Money is better.
Zhang Jianwen obviously didn't think too much about it. It's just that the opponent gave him too many benefits. He was short-handed.
"I think you should think about it carefully. It's easy to get paid for their job and it's not laborious to do."
What Zhang Jianwen said in the last sentence is true. This job is different from usual. Compared with the farm work that everyone does, it is not too easy.
I originally thought that other people in the village could take over this job, but I didn’t expect that they didn’t like it at all. They immediately felt the meat in their mouths. If they just let it go, he would not be able to bear it, so he Will open his mouth to persuade Zhang An.
"Okay, let me think about it for a moment."
Seeing that the old uncle was about to sell himself out, what else could Zhang An say.
After Zhang Jianwen left, Zhang An went home and drank tea. He spent a long time explaining to these people, which made his mouth dry.
When he arrived in the backyard, he discovered that Yan Qian had come and was playing in the backyard with little Siqi.
Now that all the brothers, sisters, uncles and maidens in the village have gone to school, there is no one to play with the little guy.
Now that Yan Qian is here, it is much happier to have someone playing with him than alone.
“When did Sissi come here?”
Zhang An smiled and greeted the little girl.
"Brother Zhang An, I've been here for a while. Is this the wooden sword you made for Qiqi? It's so beautiful."
Miss Xiaoyan is the only child in the family. During this time in the village, I became closer to Zhang An, my elder brother.
"Yes, you like it, how about I make one for you."
Seeing the little girl's tone of voice, Zhang An said with a smile.
“Really? Thank you, Brother Zhang An.”
When the little girl heard what Zhang An said, she immediately became as happy as a child.
So Zhang An spent some time and made another wooden sword for the little girl.
Considering that Miss Xiaoyan is a girl, Zhang An narrowed the wooden sword a little, and then used a plane to push it a lot thinner. At first glance, it was clear that it was a women's sword.
After Miss Yan got her own wooden sword, she started playing with the little guy in the yard.
The big one and the small one were fighting each other with wooden swords and had a great time.
Zhang An smiled and shook his head when he saw this, and then continued to do his work.
Seeing that the morning was almost over, he didn't do much serious work here, he just went to have fun.
"Brother Zhang An, you can come to my house for dinner tomorrow."
At noon, Miss Xiaoyan had had enough playing with the little guy, and she shyly said to Zhang An when she was about to go home.
“Ah, what’s the matter?”
Hearing Miss Xiaoyan's invitation, Zhang An stopped what he was doing and asked curiously.
"Because tomorrow is my birthday, I want Brother Zhang An to come with you."
The little girl mustered up her courage and looked at Zhang An with great anticipation.
"Okay, we will go there to celebrate Sissi's birthday tomorrow."
Zhang An did not disappoint the little girl and agreed very readily.
"Then I'll go back first."
After receiving Zhang An's reply, the little girl immediately ran home happily.
Seeing the little girl jumping around like a child, Zhang An couldn't help but shake his head.
He has been thinking about what reason he would use to send the big centipede away.
Now it seems that the little girl’s birthday is just the right excuse to use.
"Tomorrow is Saturday, let's go to Sissi's house for dinner."
At noon, Su Ying came back from school, and Zhang An told the family about this.
"Ah, why are you going to Qianqian's house for dinner?"
Hearing this, Su Ying was a little confused and didn't know what Zhang An meant by this.
"Tomorrow is Sissi's birthday, and she has already invited her over. We must go."
Zhang An said with a smile, and little Siqi nodded along with her. , for a foodie like him, although he doesn’t know what a birthday is, he knows that there must be something delicious.
"Okay, but let's see what gift we should prepare."
Su Ying nodded, but she couldn't go empty-handed when someone invited her over.
"Leave this to me, so you don't have to worry about it."
Zhang An gave his wife a look that said she was relieved that I was with her.
In the afternoon, after spending half a day, Zhang An finally cut all the wood.
The preparation work is basically over here, all that is left is to start assembly.
At night, Zhang An entered the space. Not long after, the huge centipede died silently and unconsciously.
Zhang Any's purpose in raising them was to prepare the main medicine for Miss Xiaoyan.
So during the entire raising process, Zhang An didn't have much interaction with them, and he didn't even give them names.
Because he is worried that there will be too much interaction and he will be reluctant to start when it comes time to develop.
Although he doesn't like centipedes, snakes and other things in his heart, once he keeps them for a long time, he will become fettered.
Especially when the little centipedes grow to a certain extent in the space, their intelligence will improve. Although they are not as smart as the little tigers, they will still show it.
So during this period, every time he came over to check or feed, he stopped paying attention.
Even so, Zhang An still felt a little bit reluctant to give up at this moment.
But when he thought about the chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep he raised, he immediately felt that he was thinking too much.
When he slaughtered chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep, he had no such thoughts in his mind. Especially when he thought of Miss Xiaoyan calling him "Brother Zhang An, Brother Zhang An" during this period, and her happy smile when playing with his son, Zhang An no longer hesitated.
Then he shook his head and threw all the distracting thoughts out of his mind.
Fortunately, in this space, he could make the big centipede die without any pain.
After sending the big guy away, Zhang Ancai looked for a wooden box in the space to hold it.
But the wooden boxes he had made before were too small. This big thing was more than one meter long and could not fit in at all.
Zhang An had no choice but to make a suitable wooden box on site.
The next morning, Zhang An got up and started rummaging around the house.
“Dad, is there no rebar left in our house from last time?”
After searching in the side room to no avail, Zhang An had no choice but to ask his father.
For safety, well-made windows need to have window strips inserted, so that when you open the window, you are not afraid of being entered.
Rebar is undoubtedly the most suitable material for making window strips. It is hard and not easily deformed. There is no need to worry about being pried open with tools.
“It’s gone a long time ago. There were only a few left. Last year when your second uncle’s house was remaking the windows, I came here to use them.”
Zhang Jianguo thought for a while. , and then said to Zhang An.
The remaining rebar at their home from the last time was all leftover from when they built a new house and hired Carpenter Lin to come and build the doors and windows.
At that time, Zhang An was worried that there would not be enough, so he bought some more. Although there was still some left after all the windows were finished, there was not much left.
Last year when Zhang An went to the provincial capital, his second uncle Zhang Jianjun had already used it when he was renovating the windows at his home.
"Okay, I'll buy some later."
Although the windows haven't been assembled yet, Zhang An doesn't like the feeling of cramming, so he still has everything ready Take action again to save yourself the time when you are short of this or that.
Steel, like cement, is sold in Hongyan Town, so Zhang An doesn't have to go to the city.
Driving to the entrance of the town, I found a steel seller before entering the town.
"Boss, do you have eight-round rebar?"
Zhang An walked in and found the boss, and asked directly.
"Yes, yes. How much do you want, little brother?"
As soon as the boss heard about the business, he immediately came to greet him happily.
"I bought them to make window strips. There are five windows in total. Here are the dimensions. Take a look and help me cut them."
Zhang An took out the data he had prepared. , handed it to the boss’s hand.
“Okay, let me take a look.”
The boss is more familiar with this kind of thing than Zhang An, because there are too many people in rural areas who buy rebar and install window strips.
After half a payment, the boss calculated and gave a rough amount based on the dimensions and gaps Zhang An brought.
After hearing this, Zhang An felt that there was no problem and simply agreed.
Then the boss took him to the place where steel bars were stacked to select materials, and then cut them into strips.
Although the eight circles of rebar are less than one centimeter in diameter, it would be extremely troublesome to take them back and cut them with a hacksaw.
It just so happens that the boss has an electric grinding wheel here, and it can be cut in a few times, which is very convenient.
If the boss had told him that there was no electric grinding wheel, Zhang An would have turned away and gone to another shop.
Zhang An paid the money, packed the cut steel bars, and was ready to go home.
"Zhang An, wait a minute, wait a minute."
But as soon as he started the car, he heard someone calling him from behind.
If he hadn’t opened the car window, he might not have been able to hear it.
"So it's Brother Five. Where are you going back this early in the morning?"
Zhang An stretched out his head and saw that the people calling him from behind were brothers Yang Laowu and Yang Laoliu from the village, so he spoke Say hello.
"My uncle's youngest son got married. We have been there for two days and caught the train back this morning. I originally thought of walking home, but I didn't expect to meet you."
The reason why the Yang Laowu brothers called them Zhang An was simply because they wanted to hitch a ride back.
In the village, there are many people who think the same as them, especially those who go to the market every time.
In the entire Changqing Village, Zhang An is the only one with a car, so many people in the village have long known about Zhang An's license plate number and the appearance of his car.
But Zhang An doesn’t care, they are all from the same village, so it’s okay to take them along when it’s convenient.
“You came here so early to buy steel bars?”
When passing by the carriage, Yang Laoliu saw the steel bars cut inside and asked after getting on the carriage.
“Yes, the sheepfold in my house has been built. Now we just need doors and windows. I’ll buy some window strips and go home and beat the windows.”
When digging the foundation for the sheepfold a few days ago, Yang Laoliu also went to help, so Zhang An was relatively polite to him.
“It’s better that you are good at doing it yourself. You can pick up whatever you need and make it.”
The Yang Laowu brothers are very envious of Zhang An, who is good at carpentry. .
In the village, carpenters are the most popular, and even masons who can build houses are far behind.
After all, carpentry can be done by just one person, but masonry requires a group of people to build walls.
Especially everything from doors and windows to cabinets, as small as seats and benches, and even the longevity materials that everyone will need in a hundred years, all need carpenters to make, so carpenters have a high status in the village.
"Hahaha, what's the point? Everything is just a matter of learning Chinese characters. Just learn from a master and you'll be good at it."
Zhang An thought the same way before. , and later after learning the craft from Carpenter Lin, I realized that it didn’t seem to be anything special.
“Hey, not everyone is like you and can learn from Carpenter Lin.”
Speaking of this, Yang Laoliu sighed even more.
Others might not have thought about it that much, but he was different.
Because many years ago, he went to find Lin Carpenter and wanted to learn from him.
But Lin Carpenter has a weird temper and has no intention of accepting him.
And he was not the only one, other people in the village also confiscated it.
Over the years, looking at the whole village, Carpenter Lin has only taught Zhang An other than his own son, and it was Carpenter Lin who took the initiative to teach him.
After such a comparison, Yang Laoliu's heart is quite complicated.
"That's okay. Anyway, in today's society, science and technology are becoming more and more advanced. In the future, many things can be done with machines, and it is not so cost-effective to spend so much time learning this."
Zhang An naturally knew what Yang Laoliu was thinking, so he comforted him.
But this is true. In the past few years, carpenters can still be popular. In a few years, many furniture and other items will be directly produced by factories, and you can buy them directly with money.
Although carpenters at that time could still build some things by themselves, many people found them too expensive and would rather buy cheaper factory products.
(End of this chapter)