It was already past four in the afternoon when we came out of Uncle He's house after dinner.
He Hongjun didn't want to stay with the educated youth any longer and had already found an excuse to leave halfway.
He Gang stayed on the grounds that he was asked by his uncle to help the educated youth settle down.
"Captain He, we don't have any furniture in our room. I'd like to trouble you to show us the way so we can get some furniture."
Yang Xiaoyong politely made this request to He Gang. Bai Guoguo turned and looked at He Gang. She also wanted to buy some cabinets or something in her room.
"I also want to build a wardrobe for my room, and I also want a cupboard, a table, a chair, and a bench!"
Bai Guoguo counted a long list of furniture names with her slender fingers as if she was telling a jingle, which made He Gang couldn't help but smile.
"No problem. I'll take you to Uncle Zhao's house, the furniture maker, to see if he has any ready-made furniture. If not, you can go to another brigade to exchange it, or wait for him to make it."
He Gang looked down at the cute whorl of hair on the head of the girl he liked, and felt an itch to touch it, but he knew that he couldn't do that for the time being, so he had to calm down.
Li Dongyang and Wang Qiuyu also politely thanked Captain He for his hard work. He Gang nodded indifferently, turned around and walked ahead to lead the way.
Uncle Zhao, the carpenter, lives not far from the educated youth site, and is also near the foot of the mountain.
"It's right in front. Uncle Zhao used to make furniture for people all year round, so he built his home at the foot of the mountain. It's convenient to transport wood from the mountain, and the land here is also larger.
But for over a decade now, I've only been serving the members of the team. If anyone needs anything, they can bring some food, eggs, or other things to exchange."
He Gang pointed to the yard not far ahead and introduced it to a few people, actually he was mainly talking to Bai Guoguo.
"This place doesn't seem far from our educated youth compound. Wouldn't that be very convenient when transporting furniture?"
Bai Guoguo sighed happily, thinking that it would be very convenient for her to ask Uncle Zhao to buy her some small things in the future.
"Bai Zhiqing is right. It will save us a lot of effort to move the furniture later. I've been so busy all day. I wish I could just fall asleep right now!"
Yang Xiaoyong was also deeply touched. So many things happened that day. He was physically and mentally exhausted and just wanted to have a good sleep.
"Then let's go quickly, change quickly and rest, I'm almost exhausted!"
Bai Guoguo couldn't agree more. He met two troublesome educated youth and had to live with them for more than two years. Just thinking about it made him tired.
"This is it. I'll go knock on the door. Uncle Zhao, Uncle Zhao, are you there? I'm home, and there's an educated youth who wants to trade something with you."
Seeing that the two were chatting enthusiastically, He Gang took the opportunity to interrupt their conversation and knocked on the wooden door of Uncle Zhao's house, calling out for help.
"Who is it? Come on, come on, what are you making all this noise about?"
Bai Guoguo and his companions saw a man with a gray beard, about fifty or sixty years old, wearing a black patched cotton jacket, limping and limping to open the door.
"Uncle Zhao, I brought a few educated youth to your house to exchange some furniture. They are new here and there is nothing in the house!" He Gang put down his hand that was knocking on the door and explained.
"Hello, uncle. We are the educated youth introduced by the team leader. We would like to come to your place to exchange some furniture." Bai Guoguo greeted the old uncle with a smile.
"Hey, hey, hey, okay, Gangzi, you guys come in too. We have some ready-made food at home. If it's not enough, you can fight for what you want later. It won't take much time!"
Uncle Zhao felt comforted when he saw that this new female educated youth from the city did not look down on his disabled legs and was so polite.
So he happily invited a few young people into the yard.
Uncle Zhao is indeed a carpenter. He built the back house on the south side of his house into a big shed.
There are also many finished furniture, including wardrobes, cabinets, chests of drawers, large benches, small benches, tables, chairs and everything else.
In addition, there are all kinds of carpentry tools such as chisels, axes, machetes, planes, saws, ink fountains, pencils, large triangles, rulers, etc.
There are also special platforms for turning wood boards, a large table for carving wood, a large number of wood carving tools, and some large and small carving knives.
From these tools, we can tell that Uncle Zhao might be a professional carpenter, and the kind with unique skills.
Otherwise, ordinary carpenters would not be able to use such fine carving tools.
The last time Bai Guoguo saw these carving knives was when he was filming a video on the inheritance of intangible cultural heritage in his previous life. He saw them in the home of a wood carving expert!
What's more, in the corners of the shed, there are two intricately carved and vivid stained glass windows.
The only difference is that the patterns on it are not traditional flowers, birds, fish and insects, but patterns of some classic revolutionary model operas.
One of the panels is carved with a scene from The Red Lantern, and the other is carved with a scene of the White-Haired Girl grinding a millstone.
"Uncle Zhao, did you carve these two stained glass windows? They are so lifelike, and the subject matter is so good. You can tell at a glance that they are both red and professional. It really is true that there are masters among the people!"
As soon as Bai Guoguo saw the two windows, he couldn't move his feet, and a string of flattery came out of his little mouth.
"Hahaha, the little girl really knows how to appreciate things. She's worthy of being an educated youth from the city. Uncle has a set of furniture here that someone else ordered. The family made an engagement and then broke off the engagement. If you need it, you can use it first."
Uncle Zhao was very happy to see someone appreciate his work.
He waved his hand and said that there was a new set of furniture in the warehouse. If Bai Guoguo liked it, she could use it first. He didn't even mention how much it would cost.
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