Early the next morning, Cao Shuo had the carpenter delivered him a drawing of the furniture.

At the same time, Cao Cao's army had left Qi County and was rushing back to Xudu.

Cao Shuo's soldiers, led by Sima Yi and Wei Yan, were following Cao Cao.

In Xu Capital City, in addition to Fire Dance and Lingyun Pavilion, there are still some things that he needs to deal with, and these days are rare days for him to be idle.

For several days in a row, Cao Shuo practiced swords, danced halberds, and watched Zhen Mi train those two Daqin women.

In addition, he just went to Mrs. Ding to say hello, and occasionally did not forget to go to Mrs. Bian's residence.

Four or five days passed before I knew it.

Cao Cao's army has not yet returned to Xudu, and there is no news of the fire dance that went to find Deng Zhan and Zhu Ao.

Cao Shuo's residence.

He flipped and moved like an ape on the horizontal bar.

Zhang Chunhua looked up with his little face and looked at Cao Shuo's dexterous churning with envy.

"Do you want to try it?" Jumping off the horizontal bar, Cao Shuo asked Zhang Chunhua.

"I can't!" Zhang Chunhua said: "Daughter's family, you can be like a son, climb on the pole and pretend to be a monkey." ”

"Why not?" Cao Shuo winked at her twice: "Make the meat stronger, and when you grow up enough to sleep, I will be comfortable when you rub it." ”

Zhang Chunhua rolled his eyes: "Childe is becoming more and more immodest now!" ”

"Why!" Cao Shuo said seriously: "Both men and women have to grow up, and they have to go through this hurdle when they grow up, I just say hello to you in advance, so that you can be mentally prepared." ”

Pouting, Zhang Chunhua said angrily: "Can Childe not be like this?" I was still a child. ”

Cao Shuo folded his fingers and calculated: "You are almost eleven, and a woman can get married when she reaches twelve, and there will be a year and a half at most." I'll tell you, I've been looking forward to that day for a long time, so you just accept your fate. ”

Zhang Chunhua is full of black lines.

Childe is becoming more and more shameless, and his speech is more explicit than before......

Just as he was joking with Zhang Chunhua, a guard came over.

The guard clenched his fists and said, "Childe, the carpenter has brought some pieces of furniture that have been made. ”

"Let them come in and have a look!" Cao Shuo commanded.

The guards withdrew.

Zhang Chunhua asked, "What kind of furniture did Gongzi ask the carpenter to make?" ”

"You'll know when you see it." Cao Shuo grinned at her, touched her head and said, "Go and call Zhen Ji and the others, I want them to take a look." ”

"God and Shinto, what's so strange!" Zhang Chunhua muttered and instructed the maid standing aside, "Go and invite Sister Zhen, Sister Jia and Miss Wang." ”

The maid retreated.

"Lazy girl, let you go, and leave the matter to the maid." Cao Shuo said with a smile.

"Didn't you learn it from Childe?" Zhang Chunhua said: "If you can stand here and call someone, who will make a special trip?" ”

Cao Shuo was speechless by what she said.

He once said that if you can earn money while lying down, who will stand up and do things.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Chunhua actually extended that sentence.

The maid first went to invite Zhen Mi and Jia Pei, and then went to Wang Yan's room to invite her out.

The three women came to Cao Shuo, and Zhen Mi asked, "Gongzi asked us to come over, what do you have to say?" ”

"Nothing, just some furniture for you to see." Cao Shuo smiled slightly.

At this moment, a group of servants carried a few pieces of furniture into the courtyard.

Behind the servant was the lead carpenter who had been here a few days ago.

Seeing Cao Shuo, the carpenter bent his waist and said, "Childe, do you see if these furniture can still catch your eye." ”

In addition to a bed, there are two chairs, a dining table, a wardrobe and a desk.

Seeing these furniture, Zhen Mi and the others were full of amazement.

Cao Shuo walked up to the furniture, touched the surface with his hand, and said to the carpenter: "The furniture you make is never painted? ”

lacquer, which first appeared in the Hemudu period.

By the Western Zhou Dynasty, it had been widely used in the lives of the common people.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the lacquer mixing process was quite developed, and the courtyard pillars, plaques and some furniture would be painted with lacquer.

"Childe didn't say it, we thought it was ......," the carpenter said worriedly, bowing his head.

"What kind of wood do you use?" Cao Shuo asked.

"Willow." The carpenter said, "The texture is hard, much better than the sycamore......"

"Willow!" Cao Shuo smiled slightly: "Pine, cypress, acacia, elm, and cypress are the trees of the five yin. Don't plant mulberry in front, don't plant willows in the back, and don't plant ghosts in the courtyard to clap their hands. Mulberry willow and poplar trees are also shade trees. You make furniture for me out of yin wood, do I still have to thank you? ”

What Cao Shuo said is a feng shui saying that only appeared in later generations.

The carpenter had never heard of this, and he knelt on the ground in fright, "Puff Tom" and said, "Childe Mingjian, I really don't know what Yin Mu is......"

"Actually, it's nothing." Cao Shuo said: "It's just that there are some sayings that these kinds of trees are planted at home or made into furniture, and the house will be restless. ”

Falling to his knees, the carpenter trembled.

Cao Shuo said: "Get up, you don't know, I don't blame you." The furniture was carried away, and the wood was found to make it. Remember, paint! ”

"What color paint does Childe want?" When the carpenter stood up, his legs were still shaking.

"Varnish." Cao Shuo said: "As long as the primary color is fine." ”

The carpenter answered, stood up and was about to leave, when Cao Shuo stopped him again: "Remember, except for those few pieces of wood, don't use sycamores." The sycamore wood is too soft and prone to insects! ”

"Don't worry, Childe!" The carpenter retreated.

The servants stepped forward one after another and carried out the furniture that had been placed in the courtyard.

"What Childe said, what Wuyin Wood, where did you know it?" Seeing the furniture being carried out, Zhen Mi asked Cao Shuo.

"Ben Gongzi is well-read, he knows 5,000 years before, and 5,000 years later." Cao Shuotian said shamelessly: "What is it just five yin wood? ”

Jia Pei and Wang Yan both pouted, and Zhang Chunhua rolled his eyes at him.

Only Zhen Mi smiled sweetly and said to Cao Shuo: "We all know Childe's skills, those furniture just now, if it weren't for Childe saying that the wood is not good, we must have thought it was excellent." ”

"The furniture is ok." Cao Shuo said: "It's just that the polishing is not good, and the burrs will hurt the hands, so I asked them to brush the varnish after making it." ”

Cao Shuo didn't worry about the need for ventilation after painting.

The lacquer at the end of the Han Dynasty was made of gum gelatin, with no pungent taste, only a light fragrance of resin, which was different from the chemical paint of later generations, and rarely contained harmful substances.

Just wait for the paint to dry, and you don't need to dissipate the smell at all.

The last piece of furniture was moved out by the servants.

Zhang Chunhua pouted and said with some disappointment: "I thought I could use new furniture today." ”

Cao Shuo smiled at her: "Don't worry, just wait for two or three days." ”

He also instructed the servant who carried the furniture: "Tell the carpenter to change the pattern and apply varnish to another wood." Send me 10 sets of each piece of furniture. ”