RNP Chapter 281 Agreed
Chapter 281 Agreed
"Master, I can do a Chinese style, but the layout needs to be changed. Please listen to my ideas and see if it is feasible."
Master Kuai nodded and said, "Give me a rough idea first, and I'll calculate it for you."
"okay.
Master Kuai, my idea is to build a two-story building with green bricks and large tiles on the north side.
The length should be close to the yard. There should be a kitchen, toilet and bathroom on the first floor. It would be best to build a bathtub so that you can take a comfortable bath.
There is also a storage room, which makes it convenient to store things.
In addition to these necessary things, you also need a living room and a dining room. If the location is suitable, you can build two guest rooms so that when guests come to your house, they can stay.
The second floor is simpler, with two bedrooms, both slightly larger. There are no wardrobes in the rooms, but space is separated for wardrobes and a place to store quilts.
The other side can be made into a study, which can be made a little bigger, with bookshelves, desks, tea tables, and various cabinets.
The windows upstairs and downstairs are slightly larger, so the lighting is better.
The first floor uses water-polished marble slabs, and the second floor uses... Please wait a moment." Bai Baoshan got up and went into the house.
He took out two pieces of floorboards that had been collected from someone else's house from the space and handed them to Master Kuai.
"Master Kuai, the floor on the second floor, can you see if this is okay?"
"This is...hiss...Phoebe? You...you used Phoebe for the floor? No, it's not new?
You…” Master Kuai didn’t say anything, and the two apprentices beside him took a look and took a breath.
Although it is not yet at the point where every inch of golden nanmu silk is worth its weight in gold, it is not bad either.
Bai Baoshan poured a cup of tea for Master Kuai. "Master Kuai, do you think it's okay?"
"Okay, this board is well maintained, but you have to think about it. If you use this thing as a floor, you have to take care of it frequently and maintain it. Although it doesn't cost much, it will waste people's time."
“It doesn’t matter, just use it.
Please calculate how much this set costs.
Oh, by the way, you have to have someone clean up the yard. You are the boss, so you can make a flower garden. And dig a small pond here so I can raise some fish."
Master Kuai took a sip of the tea, tasted it and was stunned for a moment. This is good tea.
"Well, okay, the house is easy. If you want to build a toilet in the house, you have to dig a cesspool, and the water from the kitchen and bathroom needs a place to drain. You have to contact the street office, which is also easy. We will do it for you when the time comes.
As for the furniture, do you want us to do it, or do you have other ideas?"
"Master Kuai, since I've given it to you, just take care of it yourself."
Master Kuai raised his hand, and the apprentice beside him took out a notebook and a small cloth bag from his arms.
Master Kuai opened the cloth bag and saw something. It was an abacus made of golden nanmu, the kind that was shiny and glossy. It was gleaming with golden light and it looked like an old item. In the eyes of some people, this thing was much more valuable than gold. Even Bai Baoshan was dazzled when he saw it.
Master Kuai closed his eyes and thought for a while, then opened his eyes and looked at the notebook again. This was what the apprentice had memorized, and he began to use the abacus. "Okay, the house. A blue brick and tile house is easy. Water-polished marble slabs are difficult for others to make, but they are no problem for me.
Since we are making blue bricks, we have to use prefabricated panels, which is also no problem.
You will provide the flooring for the second floor, and you will choose the materials for the furniture in the room."
"Just use the best materials."
"The best material I have?" Master Kuai looked up at Bai Baoshan, then looked at the two wooden planks on the table next to him, and nodded.
"The best material I have here is golden nanmu, which can be used to make home furnishings. When the time comes, I will apply dark oil on it, and people who don't look carefully generally can't tell that it is golden nanmu. I will also paint the floor for you. It's better to be low-key these days.
But then again, it’s not cheap.”
"Please give me a price first. I have a little money here."
"How about this, let's build the house first, and then we can talk about the furniture based on the house."
"Okay, calculate how much it will cost."
“It’s not expensive, a two-story house with blue bricks and tiles, and you want a connecting room, which is a little troublesome, but it can be done.
I’ll calculate it for you…” After saying that, he started calculating quickly, pinching it with his hands from time to time and recording a number with a pencil.
Calculate it again using an abacus.
"The total cost of the entire second floor is 2 yuan. Although it is a bit expensive, don't worry. I will use all golden nanmu wood for the rooms. For some places that are prone to wear, I will use ironwood or sandalwood." Master Kuai put down the abacus and said.
"Not expensive." Bai Baoshan nodded.
If what the old man said is true, in a few decades, no one will sell you a door made of golden nanmu, let alone 4300 yuan, even if you add two zeros to the end.
There is also a whole house full of golden nanmu.
This wave is not a loss.
For some people, 4000 yuan is too expensive. With so much money, they could just buy a small courtyard house. However, Bai Baoshan only built a house.
But compared to the value, this house is still a good deal.
"Master Kuai, here are 300 yuan for your deposit, and yuan for other expenses. Please keep them in mind and deduct them from here. I will not take care of lunch, so you can arrange it for the workers. But it can't be too bad. Meat is hard to buy, so you can buy some braised sausages and pork heads, which will always give people something to eat."
"The boss is very open-minded. San'er, I've received the money. Lao Si, give the boss a receipt. Take this 300 yuan. I'll give it to you for future purchases. No matter what you buy, keep a record of it."
"Don't worry, Master." The two disciples said in unison.
Nowadays, the most important thing for a craftsman is reputation. If his reputation is ruined, he has no point in making a living.
Although the reputation of the Kuai family is not as loud as it used to be.
But they have been here since the early Ming Dynasty, and the Kuai family is the orthodox one in the capital, while the Lei family is just a bunch of idiots who came from the south.
In the old Beijing, all the serious families who make furniture and build houses would look for the Kuai family. Only those who come from outside to do business would look for Yangshi Lei.
The department in charge of construction in the Qing Dynasty was called Yangshifang. In addition, Lei was the chief manager of Yangshifang, so he got the name Yangshilei (is this new knowledge?)
At that time, the Qing barbarians had just settled down, and Yangshi Lei's ancestors started making exquisite and beautiful workpieces and furniture. The barbarians who were used to living in remote areas were surprised and liked these exquisite objects when they saw them.
So the Lei family was put in charge of the style house.
From that generation on, the Lei family became prosperous, and they became officials, and skilled craftsmen from all over the country began to gather around them.
Yangshi Lei was not a fool. He thought that he would be at a disadvantage if he did not learn so many skills. So he began to learn and integrate the strengths of various schools.
This is also the ability that enabled the later generations of Yangshi Lei to secure the position of the chief steward of the Yangshi House.
The Old Summer Palace is good, everyone knows it is good, and it was also designed and supervised by Yangshi Lei.
Not to mention other things, just the heads of the twelve zodiac animals would almost make their brains burst if they were placed around the world, not to mention those things that were damaged or not taken out.
But afterwards, Yangshilei began to decline.
Plus, after the cleanup, things became even more closed, mainly because not many people like those delicate things.
Things are not durable if they are small, and besides, isn’t it true that everyone’s furniture is used for decades?
So the Lei family gradually disappeared.
The suppressed Kuai Ye slowly recovered.
Bai Baoshan sent the three masters away, closed the door and looked at Qiao Yun who was a little confused.
"What's wrong girl?"
"Brother, where did you get so much money?"
"Well... little girl, don't be so curious. Just think of it as me suddenly becoming rich. Don't worry, this money is all clean. I didn't embezzle it."
Bai Baoshan rubbed the little girl's head.