Yang Liufang excitedly tried the machine saw, like fiddling with a big toy. The flatness of the cut wood, as well as the smoothness of the planed surface, are much better than by hand. It's just that this one is brought by a gasoline engine, and when it is strained, the gasoline machine will make a "sudden" screeching sound, and there is white smoke, and it emits a strong gasoline smell. But fortunately, I don't have to do coolies anymore, and with the help of this machine, it seems that my two sets of furniture can be completed in advance.

It was only after trying it that I found out: Brother Afu was still unloading with Zhang Feng. He stopped to help them, and when he arrived at the car, he found that the unloading had been completed, Zhang Feng was holding a new set of work clothes and was about to jump out of the car, and Yang Liufang took it over. Ah Fu half complained and half jokingly said: "You are really good at picking the time." ”

The three of them walked into the room and saw the goods piled all over the floor, and they were extremely excited, because this was all money in the future.

"Brother, how much is the needle and thread?"

"200 sets."

"I think there is less of it, and before the arrival of winter, the demand for needlework and thread on the Loess Plateau is bound to increase."

"Oh, if the demand is high, I'll make a trip if it doesn't work."

"Brother, that's not worth it. It's okay, maybe I didn't predict it right. ”

"When I pass by the neighborhood with a sports car, if it doesn't work, I'll bring it over." Zhang Feng said.

"Okay, that's for the best."

The three of them discussed, and when it was time for dinner, they stewed half a chicken, fried a bacon and celery, and the rice was still steamed too much, although the three of them ate it with their bellies open, there was still left, and it seemed that they could only eat fried rice the next day. Zhang Feng had to go back at night, so that he could go to the market the next day to continue to wait, and they didn't stop him anymore, sent him out of the door, and watched Zhang Feng drive away until the two went back.

"Brother, you still have 3270 left, I'll give it to you."

"No, brother, you can help me deposit it in the bank. The village elders told me a sentence that I think makes sense. ”

"What?"

"Say yes: As soon as a person exceeds a hundred, he will be congested (color)."

"Well, yes, that makes sense, I'll put mine in too."

"By the way, Brother, I may not be able to go home during the Spring Festival. On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, Wang Shan got married, and I must pull the second set of furniture to the newlyweds' maiden home before the sixth day of the first month. So I have to go back, and I have to ask you to help me bring some money to Abba and Grandma. ”

"Oh, why do you want to go so far! Besides, if you have me with money, am I not the son of Abba and Auntie? ”

"Yes, yes, of course, so we both have to go back to one."

"yes, I'll show you something good."

"What? "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", isn't this mine? ”

"Yes, when I slept in your room, I saw two books of the Three Kingdoms on the shelf, so I took one and read it, but I didn't expect to be fascinated by it the more I looked, so I took it with me when I left, and I took it with me when I was fine."

"Well, brother, we didn't go to much school, so it's better to read more! You see, I am making furniture now, and I also learned it from books, not because the master did not teach well, but because I left by mistake before I had time to teach. ”

"Alas! How many times have I told you, your master and mother have regretted dying. By the way, I've already written to them, don't worry. ”

"Brother, you still have a heart, I haven't written to my hometown until now. I'll write when I'm free. Also, when you go out with Wang Shan in the future, when you return on the day of the sale, remember to give him some money, whether it is for carriage and horse expenses or labor expenses, you have to give a little, and usually bring some small gifts or something. ”

"How much?"

"I don't have a fixed number, anyway, it's ten dollars and twenty at a time. I usually bring him a few packs of cigarettes or something. ”

"I've got it."

While the two discussed, they sorted out their things, and when they sorted out their work clothes, Yang Liufang asked Ah Fu: "Brother, why are you buying this?" ”

"Oh, I wanted to help you do some work when I wasn't in the countryside."

"Oh, no need, brother, how can I let you suffer this. I suggest you give this set of overalls to the village chief Stone, he can help me with my work. ”

"Okay, listen to you."

The two boiled water to wash their feet, lay on the bed and talked until late before going to bed, nothing more than the shortcomings of the parents in their hometown, and the harvest or something.

In the night, sandstorms were blowing, and the northwest wind was wrapped in sand and stone like a torrential rain knocking on the windows and crackling with horns. Yang Liufang and Li Tongfu were both woken up, and they didn't care about wearing their clothes when they got up, and hurriedly moved the table saw indoors against the wind and sand, because they were not protected, and their mouths and noses were full of dust. Li Tongfu had never seen this formation, just like when Yang Liufang first encountered it, while spitting dust and coughing, he finally eased up, so he asked in surprise: "What kind of demon wind is this?" ”

Yang Liufang also came to his senses for a long time, and told him about the first time he and Wang Shan went out to the back trip to Wangqing River and encountered a sandstorm and were blocked on the road for a day and a night.

"I didn't expect him to be so experienced as a son of an official?"

"Yes, I think if I had gone out by myself, it would have been over, and we might not have seen each other."

"Phew, don't talk nonsense."

"So, brother, Wang Shan, we have to use it."

"Well, really."

The two of them washed with water again, and after this toss, they were indeed sleepy. In addition, when encountering a sandstorm, Yang Liufang thought that the village chief would not come, so he simply turned off the alarm clock and wanted to be lazy and have a good sleep.

Early the next morning, someone banged on the door. Yang Liufang turned over and continued to sleep, Li Tongfu got up, put on his clothes and went over to open the door, and when he opened the door, he saw the grizzled stone village chief.

"Brother Shi, why are you here against the sandstorm, oops! Ah Fang said last night that you wouldn't come. Come in, come in. Brother, brother, get up, Brother Stone is here. ”

Yang Liufang got up after hearing this. I didn't care about wearing my clothes and ran out. "Okay my brother, don't come here if you see the sandstorm! Look at the dirt. ”

"Go back, it's cold, don't freeze. I'm afraid of delaying you, so I didn't scrape much, and when I went out, I was about to stop, and the road was splashed with sand. ”

"Okay, Brother Shi, don't talk about it, the livestock have been sent to the village?" Yang Liufang asked as he dressed. Although the words just now were half reproach and half caring, I had a new understanding of Brother Shi in my heart, this village chief is a person who keeps his word.

"Well, I did."

"Brother, hurry up and make a fire to boil water for Brother Shi and let him wash it."

"Okay, I'll go." Li Tongfu promised to boil water.

"No need, let's work, while it's dirty, let's do some heavy work, and it's not too late to sweat and wash again."

"That's okay, Brother Shi, it just so happens that my brother bought you a set of work clothes, you finish your work, take a shower and change into him."

"Oops, spend that money!"

"It's fine, it doesn't cost much. Brother Shi, let's make some materials today. I got a big dick, you see. As he spoke, he took him indoors to see the machine saw.

"What's this?"

"Machine saw, with it, we don't have to pull the big saw, the most difficult thing is to get that willow segment up and push it to the sawing machine."

"Oh, what about that?"

"Yes, I've tried. It just so happens that my brother is here, if the third brother doesn't come today, let's have a day today. ”

"Okay."

"Brother, let's eat hard vegetables today and get more rice."

"Okay." When Li Tongfu agreed, Yang Liufang and Shi Village Chief had already begun to carry the machine saw.

Put the table saw in the right position, Yang Liufang asked the village chief of the stone village to find a broom, clean all the original materials, and find some rags to wipe the dust away. Then the cleaned wood was taken over, the dots were laid, the lines were drawn, the gasoline engine was started, and the saw was started.

Yang Liufang and Shi Village Chief cooperated with each other to plane the good material with a planer on the table saw, and the effect was really more uniform and flat than that of manual work, and there was almost no need to level it, and the effect was very good, which was the charm of the machine.

They also laid the planed wood, laid a good point, drew a good line, and opened the mortise and tenon joint for the wood, which was as fast and good, but like the board of the warped case, the supporting legs and other heavy boards, they still needed Brother Shi to help support, but it was much easier overall. Before the meal, even the mortise and tenon of the big bed has been opened, if there is no machine saw, it will take two days to open only one bed's mortise and tenon.

After breakfast, the three of them worked together to open a large piece of wood, and despite the help of a machine saw, the three of them only opened six logs. It's not time to finish work yet, and everyone who is tired sits on the ground and doesn't move. It was still the stone village chief who got up to boil water, and Li Tongfu also struggled to get up to get food. After the village chief finished boiling the water and freed up the stove, Ah Fu stewed the potatoes and chicken nuggets in the pot haphazardly, and sat aside to rest.

Labor! It can bear fruit, but it can also be exhausting.