"Master, this bridge is so magically designed, how did the designer come up with the idea of integrating this cold steel and cement with the Yellow River."

"All designers have a strong ability to control beauty and life scenes, aren't we carpenters? In the past few days, I have seen the folding furniture you made, and I have combined the furniture with the living scenes of people in the city, and this piece has developed well, and it may be a trend in the future. ”

"Master, do you mean you can focus on development?"

"Ah Fang, I think we need to do new furniture, such as sofas, coffee tables, and your newly developed folding furniture, but we can't lose tradition. Now that you've set up a factory, think more about your future development. Take the two new apprentices as an example, they are both responsible people, I think Shi Fang is more meticulous in his work, more patient, and can be cultivated more in the traditional aspect. Shi Yong works efficiently, so he can try more new furniture and dare to innovate! ”

"Master, I made a note of it."

At this time, Zhang Feng parked the car and rushed over, side by side with them: "How about it, spectacular." This bridge is the first bridge on the Yellow River, designed by the United States, German profiles and components, we Chinese construction, at that time it was still the Qing Dynasty, the three countries built together. This is the first bridge built by introducing foreign technology in the entire northwest region, and it is also a miracle in the history of human bridge construction. When I was a soldier, I heard that the province was planning to turn him into a cultural relic for protection, but I don't know if it is now. ”

"My God, the Qing Dynasty has been seventy or eighty years now, and it hasn't been repaired in the middle?"

"No, what are you doing repairing him, the steel structure is so strong, you look at the big rivets, they are all red-hot rivets directly, firm and ruthless."

"The Germans are really good!"

"Western-style things are as good as Western-style, and Chinese-style things are unique as Chinese. You see, our old-fashioned mortise and tenon furniture has been inherited for hundreds of years. ”

"Yes, Master, I see that there are many records in Wang Shixiang's book that have been passed down from the Ming Dynasty, and they have been passed down for hundreds of years."

"It's up to our generation to die." Master Liu Gen said earnestly.

"Speaking of the Ming Dynasty, we really have Ming Dynasty things here. Let's go, let's cross the bridge first to find a place to eat, and after eating, go to the opposite Baitashan Park to see, the white tower in this park was built by a eunuch who guarded Gansu during the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Really?"

"Well, not only the Ming and Qing Dynasty buildings, but also many antique buildings built in the fifties, my uncle should be more interested."

"Well, in ancient times, most of the houses were wooden structures, and carpenters and bricklayers were not separated, let's go and have a look."

The three of them got off the Yellow River Iron Bridge and walked to a beef noodle restaurant, which happened to be noon, and the noodle eating queue arrived at the door, and those who did not have seats squatted at the door with noodles to eat.

"You go find a seat, I'll go and line up for some noodles."

"Brother Feng, it's not easy for you to make money, how can I let you invite us to dinner, or I'll come."

"Oh, it's still not a brother, my uncle is here, I have to do my best to be a landlord. It's not easy to make money, and a bowl of noodles can still be afforded. ”

"Alright then, Brother Feng, thank you." Yang Liufang saw that there were still more people in line, so he didn't argue with him anymore.

"Brothers, you're welcome, go and wait for a seat."

Yang Liufang saw that the table was about to be finished, so he waited with the master next to him, and when the guests left, he asked the master to sit down first and clean up the table by himself.

"Master, please forgive me for the inconsiderate hospitality. Here, beef noodles are a daily staple food, and there are many people queuing up when it comes to the meal, and the store has no time to clean up. When I first came, I wasn't used to seeing people squatting at the door to eat, but now I'm used to it, and I'm willing to eat in the shade outside the door in summer. ”

"Ah Fang, you and Master are polite. But it's lively, and it's better than our hotel business. ”

"Yes, Master, Xizhou City is an industrial city, rich in oil, steel, and minerals, and there are many scientific research units, so it is quite rich here, and it should be counted in the national ranking. It's just that the suburbs and the countryside are poorer, but they are getting better quickly. ”

While the two were talking, Zhang Feng brought two bowls of noodles over.

"Brother Xiao Yang, you have three more plates of beef to bring with me."

"Okay."

"Uncle, today we are eating a big bowl of beef noodles with beef and eggs, here it is called 'meat and egg double flying'."

"Well, I didn't understand it at first, but then I learned about this way of eating. At first, I didn't know how to order, but now I can order Xizhou dialect. ”

"Uncle, do you want to eat garlic?"

"Eat, the last time I ate noodles, Ah Fang said that you often talk about eating noodles here, don't eat garlic, the fragrance is less than half!"

"Yes."

The three of them chatted, ate three bowls of meat and eggs with soup and noodles, burped out of the beef noodle restaurant, and walked to Baitashan Park not far away. After buying the ticket, enter the park, when the autumn leaves are beautiful, yellow and red leaves are mixed, the warm autumn sun shines, the autumn grass on the ground is gentle and swaggering, compared to the turbulent Yellow River not far away, here is a quiet and leisurely scene.

Walking through the mountain gate and entering a group of classical buildings that look like a temple, Yang Liufang asked Zhang Feng: "Brother Feng, are these all from the Ming Dynasty?" ”

"No, no, except for the White Tower, which was mostly rebuilt in the fifties on the ruins and ruins of ancient buildings."

"Well, repairing the old is as good as the old, it looks like I still hired a special Gu Jian family." Master Liu Gen answered the phone while looking up at the carved beams and painted buildings, flying eaves and arches.

"You see the bucket arch that supports the eaves of this Baihua Pavilion, composed of many small components from bottom to top, and only the mortise and tenon joints are used between them, and the eaves fly out so much, it is all up to him to transfer the weight to the support column, of course, from the landscape, it is also very exquisite."

"Master, do you still use this to build a house now?"

"It's too complicated, and besides, it was not allowed to be used by ordinary people in ancient times. It is generally used in palaces, altars, temples, pavilions and other buildings. You see there are many floors here, and the more floors there are, the higher the level of the building. ”

"Oh, there is so much more to be paid attention to."

This is the first time that Yang Liufang has seen so many real ancient buildings since he was born, and he was deeply shocked to listen to the master's explanation of ancient architectural knowledge. Passing through the ancient buildings such as the Hundred Flowers Pavilion, the Zhuchun Pavilion, the Peony Pavilion, and the Xiyu Pavilion, you are full of interest. Originally, Yang Liufang wanted to let the master sit on the ropeway, but the master thought that he should be old and strong, and wanted to climb the mountain with them, and the three of them went up the stone steps, and finally Yang Liufang panted and helped the master to the top of the mountain.

"You can see all the Xizhou City here." Zhang Feng, who came out of the army, still has good physical strength, and he will tell them as soon as he comes up.

Yang Liufang helped the master, turned around, sure enough, the Yellow River iron bridge under the mountain was clearly visible, the Yellow River was not so wide, and then looked at the railway station in the distance, and the buildings on both sides of the river made the city vibrant. It should be a wholesale market, and Boss Chen and Boss Zhou must still be busy inside. Yang Liufang's thoughts were flying, and at this moment, he liked the city even more.

The three of them looked at the city under Baita Mountain for a while, sat on the top of the mountain and rested for a while, until the autumn mountain breeze blew and felt cool, then they went down the mountain, crossed the Yellow River Iron Bridge, found Zhang Feng's car, and sat on it and drove towards the railway station together.

Yang Liufang bought food for Master to eat on the road in the store near the train station, bought a platform ticket, and kept sending Master on the train. When he got off the bus, he left the phone number of the factory for the master, so that the master and Abba and Auntie could call in time if they had something, and the two of them left reluctantly. On the way back to the factory, Zhang Feng took out a large unity sheet and put it on the middle seat.

"Brother Feng, this is today's fare."

"Oh, that's too much, man."

"No, you've invited us to noodles."

"Okay. Then I'll take it. ”

"It must be accepted. Brother Feng, how are you doing? How much is live? ”

"It's okay, in addition to finding some casual jobs by myself, our chief often asks me to pull the building materials work of the supply and marketing cooperative, which is much stronger than in the previous two years. Recently, I was going to move to the Yellow River Market behind the supply and marketing cooperatives to wait for work, so that I would be close to the supply and marketing cooperatives. ”

"Well, yes, so we can take care of each other."

"Oh, it's mainly you who take care of me."

The two chatted all the way, and it was already 7:30 when they returned to the factory, and Yang Liufang left Zhang Feng to have dinner before letting him drive back. In the evening, he separated the three classical furniture books "Appreciation of Ming-style Furniture" and "Ming-style Furniture Research" by Wang Shixiang, as well as "Chinese Furniture" by An Siyuan, which he had bought before, and prepared to hand them over to Shi Fang and Shi Yong when the next day started, and let the two of them develop in different directions according to the master's advice.

The next day, Yang Liufang still got up at 5:30, and the four apprentices and workers were almost all at this time.

"Daga, Xiaoga, in addition to paying attention to safety and protection, I have nothing to explain to you, if there are not enough people, you can tell me, I will let Brother Shi continue to recruit people for us."

"With their help in polishing, it's okay for the time being."

"Okay, let's get to work. Shi Yong, Shi Fang, come here. ”

"Master."

"Master."

"According to your character, your master also wants to let you develop in different directions in order to develop the business in the factory more comprehensively in the future. Shi Yong, you work fast, high efficiency, you can make new furniture, you take these two books, it's okay to flip through them, if you don't understand, you seem to ask me. Shi Fang, you are careful and patient, and you will make Chinese antique furniture in the future. You can take these three books of classical Chinese furniture and learn from your ancestors from time to time. Whether you are making modern furniture or classical furniture, the basic skills of carpentry must be solid. From today onwards, you will have to learn the basic carpentry skills of opening boards, blanking, making mortise and tenon joints, and planing boards. ”

"Thank you, Master, we will study hard."

"Okay, let's get started. You two start by dotting, pulling lines, and opening boards. The two put away the book, came out and found a log, and according to the requirements of the willow side, opened it into a 3-centimeter board. After all, I have been in the factory for more than two years, and these works have been done well.

After breakfast, Yang Liufang asked them to learn planboard, and asked Shi Yong to use the planer, the planer only needs to be steady and pay attention to safety, Yang Liufang told him for a while and didn't care about it anymore. He asked Shifang to learn how to use a hand planer, from the posture of holding the planer, to the lunge standing, and the use of the Japanese style without a handlebar.