To make an electric guitar, you naturally need to understand its construction.
Now that Liang Feng has chosen his own path, Liang Liang has no choice but to impart all his knowledge to him.
Liang Feng's academic performance was only average to begin with, and the chances of him getting into a top high school after graduating from middle school were slim, let alone going to university.
In his previous life, he didn't even graduate from middle school before he started working.
I doubt I'll ever get into university in this lifetime.
Starting a business as early as possible is the best of the worst strategies.
While the wooden boards were still being glued together, Liang Liang asked him to fetch Xu Mei's electric guitar and explained its structure and function to him piece by piece.
But this only applies to what can be seen with the naked eye; the internal structure of a guitar body can only be explained during the manufacturing process.
Liang Feng held a notebook and carefully recorded what his brother had taught him.
"To make a qualified electric guitar, the first thing is to select the materials. The most common woods here are linden, maple, mahogany, water chestnut, paulownia, ash, poplar, northern elm, walnut, and red pine. All of these woods can be used to make electric guitars. It can be said that there are quite a lot of woods in Northeast China that can be used to make electric guitars. Of course, there are some other woods that can also be used, but we haven't figured them out yet. Whether they can be used to make electric guitars will require you to experiment with them yourselves in the future."
After his younger brother wrote it down in detail, Liang Liang continued, "When choosing wood, it should be free of knots, rot, and rot. The planed surface should look clean and smooth. The area should be large enough for a guitar body. If one piece of wood is not large enough to make the body, another piece of wood will have to be glued on. The wood should be 2.3 centimeters thick after being planed with a planer. Have you written all of this down?"
"I've got it!"
"That's all for today. You might not be able to digest everything if I go on too much. Let's continue tomorrow!"
At this point, the piece of wood had been glued together. Liang Liang used a piece of cardboard with the shape of the piano body drawn on it to press onto the wooden board to draw the shape of the piano body. Then he used an electric saw to cut out this shape.
As Liang Liang got to this point, he heard a faint motorcycle engine sound outside, guessing that Ban Ya had ridden it around and was coming back.
He put down his work and walked out of the building.
Ban Ya rode his Honda 100 out for about an hour and came back.
Liang Liang checked the odometer; he had driven over forty kilometers.
"Wow! Brother Ya! You rode forty kilometers in just one hour?"
"How far do you expect to drive a brand new car? If you drive it too hard and the engine burns out, it'll be a waste of money."
That seems to make a lot of sense.
"It's still quite a while before dinner, I'm going out for a walk."
Liang Liang rode his motorcycle out of his house onto the county road to the south, heading east to Heidao Township. There, he bought more than ten kilograms of various seafood at a small market by the roadside.
Since the tiger lives by the sea, it is naturally not allergic to seafood.
Then we returned.
By this time, my mother had already prepared several dishes through frying, stir-frying, and baking.
Liang Liang cleaned the seafood he bought, and then used a gas cylinder to boil water to rinse the clams.
The next program is about eating.
There's not much to describe about dinner; it was just a casual chat while eating.
Ban Ya was a heavy drinker, and he and Liang Bentang were having a great time drinking together.
After learning that Ban Ya was still single, Liang Liang's mother started arranging for him to meet potential partners.
Liang Liang was utterly speechless.
It's not that Ban Ya can't find a partner, it's just that he doesn't want to. Several young girls in his nightclub are constantly giving him "autumn spinach" (a euphemism for sexual advances).
"Mom! Here's my plan: when Ban Ya goes back tomorrow, I'd like you, Dad, and Qiu Qiu to go to Lianwan City for a few days. We can't go far, but it would be embarrassing if we never went to Lianwan City. I have a dance hall and a school there. You can stay there, and during the day, Ya Ge can take you around to see the famous historical sites of Lianwan City. In the evening, you can watch some songs and dances at the dance hall. That shouldn't be a problem, right?"
"I agree! I agree wholeheartedly!" Liang Qiuqiu was the first to express her opinion. Going on a trip was naturally the happiest thing for her, and only a fool would object.
Liang Bentang did not express his opinion, but going out for a trip is not an unacceptable thing.
Anyway, his family didn't have any land this year, so they kept a small plot for their own food.
"What should we do with our pigs?" Mother blurted out, a topic that really spoiled the mood.
"You see, things are really messed up! I told you after the New Year not to keep these squeaky things, but you insisted on keeping them and now you're in trouble!"
After the New Year, under Liang Liang's strong opposition, the chickens, ducks and geese were eliminated from Liang's yard.
Keeping these animals around makes them squawk all day long, and when you let them out, they leave a yard full of chicken and duck droppings.
If they are not released and kept in captivity, the enclosures where they are kept will still have a certain odor.
If these things are present, don't expect a newly built house to be bright and clean.
Therefore, Liang Liang resolutely eliminated these common species found in farmyards.
However, the pigs were kept by the mother, who built a pigsty on the street outside the Liang family's courtyard and raised two white pigs there.
Now these two pigs have become a problem.
"How about we just kill these two pigs?" Liang Liang tentatively suggested a solution.
"What! Why kill a dog that weighs only a little over 100 pounds? What will we eat for the New Year if we really kill it?"
The pork, weighing over 100 pounds, was smelly and definitely not tasty.
"Why don't we just sell it? We can buy a ready-made one for the New Year and slaughter it. The meat will taste just as good, won't it?"
"That would cost an extra hundred or two yuan."
Look at their mindset, a hundred or two hundred yuan is nothing to them.
"How about this, Auntie, you go and do your thing, and I'll feed your pigs for a few days."
Just then, Xu Mei, who had just entered Liang Liang's house, overheard the question and gave a reasonable answer.
Liang Liang said he would take her to Gao Xing's house to practice that night, so she finished dinner early and came over.
"Then it's settled! Xu Mei will feed you for a few days," Liang Liang quickly agreed.
His decision to send his parents out for a stroll was well thought out. They had spent their entire lives working the land and never had the chance to travel. It would be such a pity if they didn't go and see all the beautiful landscapes of our country!
The reason for leaving Ban Ya behind this time was to let him take his parents' younger brother and sister to Lianwan to broaden their horizons.
This year we'll go to Lianwan, next year we'll go to Andong to see the Yalu River. I'll try to take them to one place a year. If we can't see all the mountains and rivers in the south, can't we at least see all the mountains and valleys in the north?
You did a good job, little girl. I might consider rewarding you with a kiss.
Liang Liang's mother glanced at Xu Mei but didn't say anything. This little girl was quite reliable in handling things.
The only question now is whether Liang Feng will go or not.
Liang Feng hesitated, but only for a very short time.
"I'll stay home and learn to make guitars from my older brother. I'll have plenty of time to go out and about in the future."
Liang Liang approved of Liang Feng's decision, believing that young people should be tough on themselves.
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