"You won't take this job?"
"Answer it, you must answer it!"
"You can find a partner! When business gets bigger, you won't be able to handle it. With a business as big as mine, you'll feel pressed for time, won't you?"
"Okay, I'll look for it when I get back."
"That's more or less the same. I reserved it for you. I only gave the carpenter from Master Ma Gua's place the kitchen work, so that's not much! However, if you think it's too much, you can share the doors and windows with Master Ma Gua."
Guan Tao thought about it for a moment and said, "Then let's give the doors and windows to Ma Gua's side! I can't afford to eat too much."
"good!"
Guan Tao only brought one assistant with him, and it took him a whole day to measure the dimensions.
A week later, all the cement walls were plastered, and Zhou Xiang took his second sister and future brother-in-law to plan the kitchen and bathroom together.
He pulled out the blueprint for the kitchen stove from a handful of blueprints in his hand. "Master Ma Gua, this is what the stove should look like. It's also cast in place, L-shaped, beautiful and space-saving. The top of the stove must be smoothed very flat. I plan to cut a large piece of glass and place it on top."
Pointing at the blueprint, he indicated the place in the kitchen where the stove should be built.
Ma Gua's hands were shaking as he took the blueprint. He had heard of gas stoves before, as some people in the county town also used them. They were all placed on an iron frame. It turned out that the design could be done in this way, with the gas stove placed between the sink and the workbench, which was convenient, clean and practical.
"Thank you, sister. Thank you, sister. I promise to do the work carefully."
"This is the bathroom blueprint. I believe you don't need me to explain it."
Ma Gua took another drawing, took a look at it, and nodded, "I can understand these."
"Okay, this time the septic tank must be dug bigger, with four compartments and three layers of filtration."
"Okay, there are a lot of people here and the queue is long, I understand."
Then came the carpentry work. When Carpenter Ma heard that all the doors and windows would also be made for him, he immediately bowed happily and said, "Thank you! Thank you!"
"Okay, this isn't the first time I've dealt with you guys, so don't be so polite."
He took out the cabinet drawings and explained to Carpenter Ma the space-saving principle of wall cabinets and vertical cabinets. As for how to hang the cabinets, whether to use iron hooks or their mortise and tenon technology, they figured it out on their own.
After reading the cabinet drawings, Carpenter Ma was so happy that he lost his mind. Then, after seeing the door drawings, he immediately gave Zhou Xiang a thumbs up and said, "This double door is so practical. I don't know how to thank you."
"I only charge for materials, not labor. I'm very realistic."
"You definitely can't charge for labor! I'm using the best wood, so just give me the lowest price."
"As long as you don't feel disadvantaged."
"Not a loss, not a loss."
Zhu Hang was completely bewildered. After sitting down in the shed, he couldn't help but ask, "How did you come up with all this?"
"Use your brain to think! You should study more! Don't give birth to a fool. Look at Wu Haotian, he loves to study."
Zhu Hang was sobered by the retort. Zhou Yu grabbed his hand and chuckled, "Don't ask her this kind of question in the future. You'll be so retorted that you'll question your life."
Zhu Hang gently pinched her round face, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"I thought you were used to your sister's devilish thinking?"
"Monster? That's a good word."
Zhou didn't want to eat dog food, so he quickly gave the space in the broken shed to the two of them.
She went to Guan Bo's blacksmith shop. Guan Bo was wearing thin clothes and standing by the fire, making arrow fences. When he saw her coming, he put down his work and asked, "What do you want me to do?"
Zhou Xiang handed him the last three drawings. "I want a stair handrail like this. Can you make it? If not, I'll make it out of wood."
The first picture shows the big iron gate of the wall. It also has an arrowhead fence, but with an arc on it.
The second picture is an ordinary iron door, which is the door at the top floor's staircase.
The third picture is a stair railing with an S-shaped pattern in the middle of the straight iron rod.
"Yes, yes, I can do it. My eldest brother will come to help me tomorrow."
"Okay." Zhou wanted to tell him the technique for making the bend in the stair railing, "You can make the elbow separately and weld it at the end. A lot of your ironwork will need to be welded, so you don't have to go to great lengths to bend it.
The two ends of this elbow are different heights. You should measure it. If you're not sure, make a few with different heights and use the one that works best for you. If you work with a welder, you might have more opportunities for collaboration in the future."
"Okay, I understand! I'll go measure the height angles of the stairs and the dimensions of the two iron doors."
Guan Bo put on his coat and followed Zhou Xiang to measure the length of the stairs and the height angle of the elbows.
Zhou Xiang called Zhu Hang again, "I've already explained all the designs and instructions. Come back to me when it's time for installation."
Zhu Hang nodded, "Okay!"
By the 28th of the month, the kitchen stove was dry, and the cabinets and all the doors were made.
Zhou wanted to watch the installation of the cabinets. She pointed out any mistakes and then plane and sanded them.
The cabinets were not installed until the evening.
"Okay, I'll install the door tomorrow."
Zhou Yu was on the day shift, and his father prepared dinner. Zhou Xiang ate the food his father had cooked and sighed, "Dad's cooking is still the best. Future brother-in-law, you should learn more. Although you can cook, the taste is a little lacking."
Zhou's mother scolded her, "How can you talk like that, kid!"
Zhou Xiang grinned at his mother.
Zhu Hang nodded seriously, "Okay, when I have free time in the future, I'll let Dad teach me."
The next day, the door was installed more quickly. The main door took some effort. After installation, the joints between the double doors did not fit together well. It took a long time to find the cause before the door was installed.
The installation of the gate attracted many nearby neighbors to come and watch. The new style of the gate made them curious. After the gate was opened, a small half was still left, and they came forward to observe and ask curiously.
Carpenter Ma opened the sub-door, which was only half the width of the main door, then closed it and inserted the upper and lower latches, and then everyone understood.
"This door is great! If you can't move something big in, just open the small door on the side. Normally, just open the big door on the right."
"Yes, it looks better than our ordinary two-door set, and it's more practical to use."
"Once this door is installed, the whole building will feel completely different. Judging from the speed, it should be finished soon."
"Well, this building's design looks like this! Not only does it not exist in the town, it probably doesn't exist in the county either."
Zhu Hang didn't care about these people's praise! He took the mandarin jacket master to the top floor and said, "The top floor is surrounded by the same kind of hollow flower wall outside my father-in-law's house."
"I'll get someone to build it right away."
Zhu Hang smiled. He wanted to design the top floor like the pavilion in front of his father-in-law's house, but unfortunately Master Guan Bo was not finished yet.
Half a month later, Guan Tao started to install the wardrobe and bed.
Zhou Xiang only looked at one room and then went home. "I'll come back after the doors on the first and third floors are installed."
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