Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 97 Carpenter's Workshop
When they returned home at night, the father and son chose to conceal the incident in Chenwan Village. They just said that they had encountered an unreasonable person, and the delivery process was generally normal.

"Mom, you and Dad will go to the warehouse to collect the goods tomorrow, and we will go to work."

"I know. Let's wait a few days for the land at home. Making money is more important." The mother was very happy today. She prepared an extra meal for the father and son and bought braised duck specially.

The father and son earned 180 yuan a day, plus the more than 40 yuan from the sports car in the morning, a total of more than 200 yuan.

My son has to go to work tomorrow, so I'll go buy some meat and have a family dinner in the evening.

"Have you notified them for me? I'll have to call again tomorrow if we need anyone."

"I've been notified. Erhu's mother even talked to me for a long time and asked you to take care of him more." She had a smile on her face.

The man is capable, and the son is capable too, and her reputation in the village is growing.

Now my son has found another way to make money, so isn’t it just around the corner for him to get rich?

In their view, earning two hundred yuan a day is already a huge sum of money, while growing cotton only makes six or seven thousand yuan a year, and that only requires good sunshine.

In years with many rainy days, the price of cotton drops sharply and it is difficult to make much money.

If your son doesn't want to farm, you don't have to let him do it. It's also good for him to concentrate on his side business.

Whether it was fishing or collecting food, her son did it all by himself, and she felt happy when she thought of it.

After dinner, Qin Dahe went to the scrap collection place at the entrance of the village again.

"Grandpa, do you have any steel springs?"

"Take a look for yourself. I have collected them all in a pile here." The rag collector took the cigarette and let him look through it himself.

The place where the ironware is stacked is a separate shelf, which is filled with all kinds of things. When the price of iron is high, it is taken away for sale.

Don't be fooled by his appearance as a rag collector. He makes a lot of money. If he's lucky, he can make one or two thousand yuan a month.

Qin Dahe went in and searched slowly. If you want to make a crossbow, you can't just use an ordinary spring.

It must be made of steel and not easily deformed. He plans to get two crossbows for winter use and put one in the car just in case.

After searching for a long time, I found that only a bicycle spring was usable. The other materials were too poor.

He simply took another one off the old bicycle and made a crossbow with two springs, which was almost enough to shoot through a rabbit.

When he found a dozen straight steel wires at the bottom of the shelf, the kind that were elastic and would not bend, his eyes lit up.

This thing can be used as a float, but it is too heavy, so you can only use it as a large float.

"Grandpa, how much are these steel wires?"

"These are three yuan per pound, sold according to the price of steel." The rag collector smiled. The boy from the Qin family is very capable. He can sell these worthless things casually.

Qin Dahe weighed it, too lazy to weigh it, and was sure it was less than a pound, so he just took three yuan and put it on the table.

"Grandpa, please leave some thick iron sheets for me."

"You want the tattered ones too?"

"At least a 30x30 one, I want them all." He is going to prepare to weld his own motor tricycle next, and also wants to modify his father's big tricycle to increase its cargo and passenger capacity.

Anyway, no one cares about this in the countryside, so let's make more money in the next two years.

After returning home and putting the steel wire away, he called Erhu and Tiedan and went to the old carpenter's house together.

Silly boy went to collect rabbit traps. He is now the breadwinner of the family and has no time to play around with the three of them every day.

It was just past seven o'clock when the three of them went over to the carpenter, who was drinking tea at the door. It was so cold, he was really pretending to be cool.

"Grandpa, we are here."

"Daha, how long have you three not been here? Haha." When the carpenter saw the three of them, he thought of how naughty they were when they were little, and couldn't help but smile.

"I came to see you. Hey! Where's Yanyan?"

"Inside the house." The old carpenter didn't care whether he was here to see him or not. He turned around and shouted towards the big house: "Yan Yan, Da He is looking for you."

"We want to borrow your carpentry workshop to make two crossbows." Qin Dahe expressed his idea. This thing is very dangerous and he must tell the carpenter.

"Crossbow?" the old carpenter frowned. "This is no joke."

"I know, make two for hunting rabbits in winter." He didn't tell the truth either.

I came here today to make a wooden handle and try to install the crossbow first. I will get the spring and put it on later.

As a veteran in machining, this kind of work.

At this time, Yanyan also came out. Seeing his beautiful eyes, she wondered why the brother hadn't come to see her for several days.

"Yan Yan, we're going to the carpenter's room to work, come over and chat with us."

"I'm coming." She didn't want to stay in the house anymore and wanted to join in the fun.

The four of them walked to the carpenter's room, and Qin Dahe began to look for his target.

Hardwood is used to make the crossbow trigger to fix the spring so that it will not deform.

"Yan Yan, what kind of hardwood does your dad have? Get me some good ones." He no longer treated himself as an outsider.

"Yes." Yanyan thought of something, her eyes lit up, and she quickly went to the innermost part and took out two wooden boards that were almost the size of a bench.

"Here, jujube wood."

Erhu and Tiedan's eyes bulged. Yanyan is really a spendthrift. Jujube wood is an iron tree. They don't have much of it. They have to go out of town to buy some.

Qin Dahe took it with satisfaction and looked at it, then looked up at the little beauty and smiled, just like when they were little.

"Thank you, girl."

Yanyan's face suddenly turned red. Qin Dahe had never called her a girl before.

"Erhu, get some bamboo to make skewers. They should be thin and straight. You should also prepare some crucian carp floats for winter."

"Tiedan, I'll draw the ink line and you cut it. Get both crossbows out tonight."

The two of them responded. Everyone has been using these things since childhood, so they are naturally familiar with them.

Qin Dahe took out the blueprint he had drawn and began to compare and observe which part of the wooden board was suitable.

Then he skillfully took out the ink fountain from the small secret compartment on the side of the carpenter's workbench and began to draw lines on three sides.

"Don't cut it wrong, there are only two boards." Qin Dahe was a little worried, but he was not very good at using a saw, so a cutting machine would be more convenient. Unfortunately, there was no such machine here.

"Don't worry, I'm an old hand." Tiedan smiled, fixed the wood on the operating table, then stood on a bench and started sawing the wood.

There are no power tools here, they do it all manually, and it's impossible for one person to do it.

Then Qin Dahe began to pick nails. After searching for a long time, he found that they were all black wrought iron nails.

"Brother, please arrange some work for me too." Yanyan followed for a long time and found herself a little depressed because she had nothing to do. When she was a child, she could still lend a hand.

"Go get me some nails, thinner ones."

"Okay, I'll get it for you right away. My dad never uses this." Yanyan skipped out.

Qin Dahe smiled and shook his head. The little girl's thoughtfulness was almost written on her face. It seemed like she was doing well, but he wondered if she would change after getting married. After Tiedan cut off the rough outline of a crossbow arm, he immediately got to work. He used a chisel to carve a wooden groove, leaving two holes on either side for reinforcing with wooden wedges.

The crossbow to be made this time is not the conventional one. Instead, two springs are used instead of bowstrings, and the angle is made smaller to increase the pulling force, that is, a small crossbow.

Don't underestimate the two small steel springs; the arrow that is ejected has amazing force.

After cutting the grooves, he started to repair the wooden blank. The wood that Tiedan cut was full of burrs and had to be repaired.

Another big arm came out and continued the previous operation.

His movements certainly couldn't compare to a carpenter's, but doing this was also considered a profession, and he did the work just like a master craftsman.

Yanyan looked at Qin Dahe who was focused, as if she used to watch her father working, focused and serious.

Then two more sections of the shaft came out and the repair continued along the grooves that had just been opened.

"Tiedan, get two more wooden wedges. They need to be five centimeters long, with the ends about the size of a ballpoint pen."

"It's done. I'll know what you want just by looking at it." Tiedan smiled and started polishing the wood with sandpaper.

They have been playing with this since they were young and know that it needs to be polished, otherwise it will look ugly.

Then comes the step of making grooves for the crossbow arrows, half a centimeter deep will do.

He also had to install the trigger under the upper arm, and his craftsmanship was a bit poor.

"Grandpa, can you do me a favor? I'll give you a big pork elbow later." This is a double entendre. The big pork elbow is what the son-in-law should bring when he visits his family for the first time. It is a big pork leg, carried as a whole.

"Hey, you are really shameless now." The old carpenter laughed and slapped the table.

Looking at his daughter standing prettyly by the Qin Da River, glancing at him from time to time, the old carpenter could only come over to help.

He asked both of them to stand aside and watch, took a look at the blueprint, and started working on the switch slot below.

First, two wooden triggers were made with recoil devices on them.

"Dahe, use fine sandpaper to polish this accessory."

Screw the long screws on both sides of the upper arm and use them as fixing devices for the spring.

Then take the polished trigger and install it and lock it in place.

Then he directly pulled the spring, which was different from the last step of installing the spring that Qin Dahe had imagined.

"The spring must be installed first, and then trimmed according to this tone. Otherwise, the two springs of the crossbow will be unevenly stressed, and my good wood will be wasted." As he said this, he picked up a chopstick, placed it on the rough crossbow, and fired it directly.

"Dang!" The chopsticks actually stabbed into the hard mud ground.

"Go buy some more disposable chopsticks, soak them in water, and then sharpen them to use as crossbow arrows." As he said this, he started making the crossbow mechanism.

Even Erhu stopped what he was doing, and the three of them stared in amazement at the old carpenter who was busy working.

After the two crossbows were made, he also repaired the minor details.

"Come and get it in three days."

"Not now?"

"If I take it home now, it's useless after just two days. I need to soak it and paint it. If the shaft is deformed after that, I need to bend it again."

Qin Dahe twitched the corner of his mouth. What did the three of them learn when they were young? Compared to what they learned now, it was rubbish.

"By the way, can you help me make this? Use a thin ten-centimeter jujube wood for the bottom and bamboo for the top. Combine the two types of wood together to form a thirty-centimeter-long wooden stick." Qin Dahe licked his face and asked for help again.

The fish float should be light on top and heavy on the bottom so that it will stand up quickly, but he doesn't know how to do it. It depends on whether the master chef can make it.

"For fishing?"

The three of them nodded in unison. It was cold and they couldn't catch big fish, so they relied on this float to catch crucian carp.

The seven-star float can also be used for fishing, but they plan to go to Sancha River, so they need a long rod and the seven-star float cannot be seen at all.

"Ce, there are so many things to do. Remember to send the fish over when the time comes." The old carpenter curled his lips. The little guys are already adults, but they still love to play so much.

He took out a wooden box, and when they saw the row of knives inside, they were immediately dumbfounded.

A carving knife, a very small one, with a blade almost as wide as a skewer.

I saw him taking the rough bamboo sticks made by Erhu and starting to trim them, then using the remaining jujube wood to quickly cut out twelve-centimeter short sticks, and then polishing them with sandpaper until they were very smooth before stopping.

Then he carved jagged mortise and tenon joints on the two sticks, which simply amazed them.

This kind of sticks of a few millimeters can be engraved. The old guy had hidden a lot of skills in the past. They even joked about becoming his apprentice.

His craftsmanship is really good. He can carve a mortise and tenon in half a minute. His hands are like rulers, and he can fit the two sticks together accurately.

"You guys take care of this. Just apply 502 on it and connect it."

As soon as the three of them saw 502, their admiration for him immediately faded a lot. He had said at that time that a good carpenter does not use nails or glue.

"Look at the hell, I'm only willing to help you for my daughter's sake, don't get out of here." He glared at the three idiots, feeling lucky that he could do something.

"Yes, Grandpa is awesome." "Grandpa's cooking skills are unmatched."

The three of them flattered for a while, and finally Qin Dahe was the one to do it. The other two were as clumsy as pigs' trotters.

After gluing, you need to use sandpaper to remove the glue, and a thin spliced bamboo stick will be ready.

"The craftsmanship is impeccable. I'm even going to use pure bamboo skewers."

"Bullshit! I support my family with my craft, so of course I have it." The old carpenter said proudly.

The three of them chuckled. These ten short floats were their fishing tools when the weather got cold.

He made ten of these short floats at night, and later he could use solid reeds to make the float bodies.

By the time the three of them left, it was already ten o'clock. They had indeed delayed other people's rest time tonight.

His big boat is still drying in the sun, and he finally has the chance to enjoy some leisure time.

"Girl, have you made up your mind?" After the three people left, the old carpenter looked at his daughter.

"Just talk to Mom." Yanyan wanted to be tough, but was afraid of ruining things, so she could only say something ambiguous.

"The little guy is really capable." The old carpenter looked at Qin Dahe who was walking away and nodded slightly. He was a good match.

Everyone has seen what he has done during this period. He is a man who can make money and has a decent personality. No girl would feel wronged if she married him.

"I don't have much old wood, so don't take it randomly next time." Seeing the discarded jujube wood on the workbench, he began to feel distressed again. Such a small amount of wood was bought by someone from other places.

Now that there is no online shopping, it takes a lot of effort to buy rare things.

"They are not outsiders. They just need a little. I will give you whatever you want."

"Get out of here, get out of here. You haven't even started yet but you're already turning your elbows outward. Keep the little money you have on you and don't show off in front of me." The old carpenter glared at his daughter.

At that time, the money for self-funded college education was tens of thousands. Now, if I ask him for the money, it would be a shame.

(End of this chapter)