When Zhang Fan returned home, he saw the carpenter in the village coming to his door.

A month ago, Zhang Fan ordered a lot of things from him, all kinds of furniture, such as sofas, tables, stools, beds, wardrobes and so on.

All the wood is still a good mahogany material that Zhang Fantuo helped buy.

The carpenter just helped with the processing, and Zhang Fan gave 50,000 yuan just for the processing fee. This matter has also been hotly discussed by the villagers.

It is said that the mahogany cost three or four hundred thousand, plus the processing fee, is almost five hundred thousand.

The amount of money spent on those furniture really surprised many villagers, after all, they only built a building for hundreds of thousands. There are 500,000 yuan, and the building has been renovated quite well.

However, in the eyes of tourists, it is nothing.

They have a wide range of knowledge, and in the outside city, some high-end furniture, a set of hundreds of thousands, or even millions. All the furniture in your room is only four or five hundred thousand, which is really nothing.

What they appreciate more is the craftsmanship of the carpenters in the village. The kung fu is really amazing, and it is very exquisitely done. Just provide a sample and he will be even more satisfied than you think.

Tourists feel that the processing fee of 50,000 yuan is already cheap for Zhang Fan.

Before that, there were constantly tourists ordering some sofas and the like at the carpenter's place, so that the carpenter who was about to lose his job before could regain his vitality, and his monthly income was as little as 20,000 or 30,000 yuan.

The carpenter is very powerful, not only the workmanship is unique, but also the wood selection for customers is also genuine, never shoddy. Those materials that do not perform well, he will tell customers in advance.

It is precisely in this way that it has won the trust of the majority of tourists, and the orders have never been broken.

"It's all done, Xiao Fan, when do you want to move over?" The carpenter knew that Zhang Fan's villa was going to move in in the next few days, so he rushed to work almost every day and finally finished it in advance.

All the furniture, thirty or forty pieces in all, took a lot of his energy.

Although it was hard, he was still happy. It's not that I earned that 50,000 yuan, but I rarely come into contact with such good wood. A good carpenter wants to make better materials.

This is the same as jade carvers, their wish may be to be able to carve a piece of peerless jade by hand in their lifetime.

The mahogany that Zhang Fan bought, although it is not a very top-notch wood, is also the best material that a carpenter can come into contact with. In the past, he used fir wood, pine, and ebony wood the most, and the highest grade was probably camphor wood.

"So soon, then I'll find someone to move over first!" Zhang Fan was slightly happy.

He went with the carpenter, looked at the furniture, and was quite satisfied, classic and unconventional, and the style was not as outdated as others imagined.

"Your craft is getting better and better. ”

It is no wonder that in recent months, carpenters have received a lot of orders and simply have no time to rest. This has been done a lot, and the craft has become more and more proficient.

"It's still good for this sour branch wood, the color, the wood grain, and the smell are not comparable to other woods. The carpenter laughed.

Seeing that Zhang Fan was satisfied, he was also very happy. These pieces of furniture are his masterpieces. Because the material is good, I also put a lot of care into it. Almost a month of hard work has been devoted to making these things, can it be bad?

There is a clear difference between the sapwood of sour branch wood, the sapwood is yellow-white to yellow-brown, and some tree species are tan. Heartwood orange, light reddish-brown, reddish-brown, purplish-red, purple-brown to black-brown;

Its growth rings are inconspicuous or slightly distinct. Loose porous or semi-annular porous timber, single tube pores, a few radial double tube pores or dilute tube porosity, containing dark gums, sediments or invading fills. Axial parenchyma wings, polywing-like bands, ring tube bundles and wheel boundaries.

The reason why it is called sour branch wood is because it has a sour smell, or sour fragrance, when it is first opened.

Although the carpenter is good at workmanship, he does not know much about the history of ancient furniture.

In fact, the sour branch is the main raw material of mahogany furniture in the Qing Dynasty, and the furniture made of sour branches, even after hundreds of years, as long as a little lacquer is moistened, it is still as new as possible, and the excellent quality of the sour branch wood has long attracted the attention of the world.

There are two types of sourdough wood, dark red and light red, and there is generally a high quality of "oil", and the texture is both clear and varied.

These that Zhang Fan bought were light red. Zhang Fan doesn't like crimson very much, but in fact, the quality of crimson is higher.

"It's a pity that I haven't seen the kind of black sour branch you said Xiao Fan. "The carpenter is a bit of a pity.

According to Zhang Fan's introduction, there are actually three types of sour branches, namely black sour branches, red sour branches, and white sour branches. Among the three kinds of sorrel trees, black sorrel wood is the best. Its wood is hard and polishes well. Some are very close to rosewood, but most of them have a coarser grain.

In addition, it is generally believed in the market that the darker sour branches are of good quality, while the lighter red sour branches are not as good as the darker ones. It is precisely because of the difference in the price of raw materials between the two that some manufacturers will dye the lighter red acid branches and "make" them into dark colors.

Of course, Zhang Fan himself doesn't know much about how to distinguish those woods, so in order to avoid buying fakes, he simply takes light red sour branch wood.

Only a professional can know that the authentic red acid branch heartwood is orange-red-brown, purple-red-brown, and dark purple, and the wood is hard and heavy, usually sinking in water, and those with purple-black stripes and landscape patterns and grease are the best, making them an excellent material for making furniture and handicrafts.

"Those are the leftover materials, do you keep them first, or do you have other ideas?" asked the carpenter to Zhang Fan again.

He pointed to the few planks outside, which were left over from making furniture. The rest of these have also been asked by tourists, and they see that the wood is good and want to discuss it with the carpenter.

But these ownership rights are Zhang Fan's, and the carpenter can't claim it himself.

Zhang Fan didn't care much about the rest, and saw that the carpenter liked it, so he said generously: "I'll send it to you! Anyway, it's useless for me to carry it back." ”

The carpenter was stunned, he knew very well the value of these woods, but they were not simple red acid branches on the market.

He heard that there are two kinds of sour branches: old sour branches and new sour branches. And these that Zhang Fan found back are relatively rare old sour branches, and it is precisely because of this that they are so expensive.

The new sorrel wood is the wood that has just been cut down. The old sour branch wood has a history.

No matter what it is, once it has a bit of historical precipitation, it will be expensive, and that's how antiques come from.

"That's not appropriate, or I'll pay for it, how much Xiaofan says. ”

Zhang Fan rolled his eyes: "Are you burying me! What kind of money are you talking about? Just take it as one of your rewards! Just do it, you decide how to deal with it." ”

Ignoring the tangled carpenter, he began to direct the furniture to be moved.