When we returned to the Patriarch's Temple, the little Taoist priest kept pouting, he was angry.
"Xing'er, why aren't you happy at all?" the old Taoist said with a smile, one less thing on his mind.
The little Taoist priest said angrily: "Master, as Taoists, what's the use of learning from carpenters? Are we Taoists worse than carpenters?"
"There is nothing worse. Who can say that? We can't do without the Dharma Land of Wealth Couple when we practice Taoism. Master is not capable. Apart from teaching you some basic methods, I can't leave you with anything else. Nowadays, the way of the world
It’s different. You can’t even make a living with the Taoism taught by Master. If you learn some crafts, you will have a skill to support your family in the future. I don’t ask you to carry forward our sect in the future, I just ask that you can settle down and live in the future.
Please be a good wife and give birth to a few more cubs. When you visit Master's grave in the future, you will bring them to lively. Master is most afraid of loneliness." said the old Taoist.
Hearing what the old Taoist said, the little Taoist was so anxious that he burst into tears: "Master, please stop talking, please stop talking."
"Okay, master, I won't talk anymore. You should learn the carpentry skills from the new master." The old Taoist lovingly stroked the little Taoist's head.
In this way, the little Taoist priest packed up everything at home early every morning, hurried to Xiao Dajiang's house, practiced his crafts at Xiao Dajiang's house, and then went to school with Xiao Hongxia. Then after school, he went to Xiao Dajiang's house to practice his crafts for a while.
, then returned to the mountain.
The old Taoist priest's health has always been good, and the days seem to pass by silently like slow water.
"Choose hard materials for the frame material and leg materials, choose soft materials for the board panels, the seats must be made of hardwood, and the cabinets must be made of good materials. Choose fabrics and leg materials first, leave good materials on the door drawers, and make the sides and backs together, and the bottom of the inner frame
After removing the remaining materials, a good door can be opened for forty years, a good cabinet can be stored for three hundred years, movable tables and chairs are difficult to make, and hardwood needs to be sheathed tightly..."
Being a good carpenter is not an easy task. There are many skills in just selecting materials. Xiao Dajiang did not hide his secrets and taught the little Taoist master one by one the skills he had learned with great difficulty. The little Taoist priest except
To practice basic skills, you also need to memorize a carpenter's formula.
"The new house of the fourth family will be built tomorrow. If you have a holiday tomorrow, come with me. Come here early in the morning." Xiao Dajiang said as the trail leader was preparing to go back to the mountain.
"Yes," the little Taoist priest said.
Mounting beams is a good job for carpenters. Mounting beams means wine, food, and a red envelope.
The fourth child on the beam is called Xiao Laosi. Xiao Laosi’s two cubs have reached the age of marriage. Xiao Laosi has five children, the two eldest are sons, and the next three are all girls. There are seven in the family.
The whole family was crowded into a house with three rooms. If the eldest and the second eldest son came back to ask for their wives, they would have nowhere to live. Over the years, Xiao Laosi saved some money and built a house.
Before dawn, the little Taoist got up early in the morning and said, "Master, today the fourth family is going to the Liang Dynasty. I will bring some good food back for you later."
"Yes, you remember to listen to your Master Xiao in everything. It doesn't matter whether you bring some food for me to eat or not. Master won't be able to eat many things," said the old Taoist.
"I know." The little Taoist priest nodded.
When the Taoist priest rushed to Xiao Dajiang's house in the dark, the lights were on in Xiao Dajiang's house. Xiao Dajiang had prepared everything and was wearing better clothes. Hongxia also got up and saw the Taoist priest.
Chirping non-stop.
"Brother Daochang, when the beam is raised, you will also go up, right? If you go up to sprinkle sugar, you should sprinkle it towards me. Don't hit me on the head with glutinous rice cake."
Xiao Dajiang smiled and said: "There are people in this room, where can Chang Xing find your people? Be careful and don't get stepped on by others. You are so good, daddy will bring some back."
"I don't want it. It's better to pick it up yourself." Hongxia shook her head.
There is also a folk custom of "stealing beams" when building a house. The "beam" is the superstructure that dominates the entire house, that is, the top of the main room. There is a Tai Chi diagram painted in the middle and the Eight Diagrams beams painted on both ends. It has a special meaning in architectural folk customs.
It has a very high status and is commonly known as "the material of pillars." There are only four kinds of materials that can be used as beams: chun, camphor, catalpa, and fir.
Most of them.
The tree shape should be tall and upright, preferably one of the three trees in a canopy. The branches should be small and few, and the thickness of both ends should be about the same. The beam tree cannot be grown in the forest at home, nor can it be bought, but must be "stealed"
Only in this way can the host's family become prosperous and prosperous. Therefore, one must carefully observe in advance that a certain tree in a certain mountain is the ideal beam tree for his family. After the roof trusses are erected, an auspicious day will be selected for the host's family.
Invite a few people who have been agreed in advance to accompany the carpenter, and after having a good meal and wine, set out to steal the tree at midnight.
Xiao Dajiang and the Taoist priest rushed to Xiao Laosi's house, where everything was ready.
"Are everything ready?" Xiao Dajiang asked.
"Everything is ready." Xiao Laosi said.
Liang Mu has long been valued, and Xiao Dajiang has also gone to see it. It is a fir tree, and the material is very good.
A group of people came to the mountain with torches. Xiao Dajiang placed three animal sacrifices beside the tree, burned incense and paper, led the host to bow to the beam tree, and recited: "A cedar tree is green and green, and the owner uses it to make beams."
"Three axes to the left will give birth to a noble son, and three axes to the right will give birth to the number one scholar."
There are also things to pay attention to when cutting down a tree. The tree should fall upwards. When the tree fell, Xiao Dajiang sang: "Cut it down fast, grow it up fast, and congratulate the Lord for its prosperity and wealth for generations to come."
If the tree cannot touch the ground, just cut it off to a suitable length from the middle, cut off the tail and remove the branches and leaves. Set off the firecrackers, lift them up and leave. Of course, you must leave the gift money for the tree on the stump. Although it is called "stealing"
Tree, in fact, the owner of the tree has heard about it for a long time. After the firecrackers go off, he will come to collect the gift money.
The little Taoist priest has been following Xiao Dajiang. He doesn't understand what's going on here, and he can't get involved.
The wooden horse has been installed in the main hall of the new house of Xiao Laosi's family. Xiao Dajiang used an ax to trim the beams into shape. A Tai Chi diagram was drawn with a cinnabar pen in the middle, and the beam openings were opened at both ends.
When the beam was opened, Xiao Dajiang and Xiao Taoist were one in the east and the other in the west, holding axes and chisels in their hands. They sang while cutting the beam.
"Going east with a chisel in hand, Lord Dong asked me to open the mouth of the beam. The mouth of the beam was opened eight cents thick and eight cents wide. Congratulations to Lord Dong for his descendants to become court officials." Xiao Dajiang sang.
The little Taoist leader immediately sang: "You drive to the east and I drive to the west. The mules and horses are whining in front of the door. People ask me what my name is? Congratulations to my boss for returning to the top."
The figures of the two hexagrams of Qian and Kun should be painted on the edges of the beams at both ends. A red cloth is tied in the middle of the beam. It cannot be placed on the two high stools, and no one can cross or ride on the beam to play. Otherwise, this will be announced.
The beam was scrapped and a new beam was sought from scratch.
