After hauling a truckload of materials back, the two of them plunged into work again.
Goggles and work belts were all required. The two of them dressed up and drew pictures together. The planting box was really not small, almost two meters wide and about five or six meters long.
It should be about fifty centimeters tall.
"What are you going to do?"
Zhang Chi thought that after drawing the drawings, we had to start quickly. Who knew that Lao Xu took the drawings and ran towards the construction site.
The house that Zhang Chi and Melika now live in is next to the future cowboy dormitory. Once the house is ready, they will move to the new big house.
This vegetable garden cannot be built too far away from the big house. Otherwise, when cooking, there will be no green onions, and you will have to ride an electric donkey to run hundreds of meters. Wouldn't that be causing trouble for yourself?
Therefore, the place where the vegetable garden is built must be not far from the new big house.
Once you have decided on a place, all the materials you bought must be piled here. You can't run back and forth when the time comes, as that will waste time.
Lao Xu walked forward without looking back. As he walked, he said to Zhang Chi: "Don't show it to the carpenter? You don't think the thing you painted can last for how many days, do you? The small thing is okay, but
You really have to ask someone about such a big planting box, otherwise it will be filled with soil and it will be fine at first. After a few days, you will find that there is no force in the middle of the box and the entire board will be squeezed open. Isn't that the end...
”.
Zhang Chi seemed right when he heard it, so he said to Lao Xu: "It's true, let's go together."
The two went to the construction site together and found the carpenter.
When the master got the drawing drawn by Zhang Chi, he thought at first that the two people had written the numbers wrong. After confirming it, he looked at Zhang Chi strangely.
"I said, Boss Zhang, there is absolutely no need for you to build such a big box. My suggestion is to build smaller ones and multiple ones. Then it will be convenient for you to assemble them for your own use. To be honest, you are sure to do this for such a large wooden box."
No, there must be at least a few fixed anchor points in the middle, and the sides must also be strengthened..."
After seeing the drawings, the carpenter master gave new suggestions. The master's suggestion was to make the box into a small square piece, about 1.5 meters long. Anyway, the two of them grow vegetables for their own food, so a few planting boxes are just enough.
That's enough. If it's really not enough, you can add more boxes.
It's not that difficult anyway.
For men around here, such work is not difficult. Americans in the city may rarely work now, but in the countryside, men are just tool men. They repair cars, repair water pipes, change light bulbs, in short.
Small chores at home are usually done by men.
Simple carpentry work like this is not a problem.
"change?"
Lao Xu asked Zhang Chi.
Zhang Chi nodded: "Change it, listen to the master's advice."
Zhang Chi was not stubborn. After hearing the advice from the carpenter, he felt that what he said was right. He took it for granted at the beginning.
Making the box too big is actually not a good thing.
When the master heard what Zhang Chi said, he smiled, took the pen off his ear, and drew on Zhang Chi's original design.
While drawing, he also said to Zhang Chi: "When you are doing it, you must make reinforcements in these two places. You can't do it sideways like this, otherwise your strength will not be distributed on the entire board. You have to do it crosswise like this.
In this way, the force will be more even. As for the foundation, my suggestion is not to do it. Then use a piece of water-proof cloth to separate the ground from the water in the planting box. Otherwise, the foundation will still be a bit troublesome.
After all, you have to bear the weight...".
Lao Xu said: "We originally thought that the foundation should be empty. If we bury dozens of centimeters of soil, the foundation will probably leak out in a few days."
"That's it. Your materials must also be surface-treated, otherwise..." The carpenter is quite careful.
Lao Xu said: "Don't worry about this, we bought this kind of material."
The carpenter finished his words with a smile. He felt that there was nothing to do, so he went to work. After turning around and walking a few steps, the master stopped again and said to the two of them: "The best thing to say is, don't worry about the important parts."
Use nails or mortise and tenon joints directly, there is no trouble, just do it simply, one end is grooved and the other is holed, we should all have seen this thing before.
"I know, I know, you are not a big man, how can you give back to your mother-in-law and mother-in-law?" Old Xu looked at the carpenter and said with a smile.
The carpenter didn't say much and turned to work.
Zhang Chi and Lao Xu returned the same way and began to discuss what to do next.
Aunt Lu's wife, Master Chen, passed by and saw the two of them discussing. After about half an hour, he came back to take a look and found that the two of them were still discussing.
So they came together.
"Master Chen".
Zhang Chi saw Master Chen coming, so he opened his mouth to say hello, and continued to discuss with Lao Xu how to do this job well.
Master Chen stretched his head curiously and watched the two of them draw things on the paper in a decent manner. After looking at it for a while, he said: "You two have the skills to draw this. The box is almost ready."
Zhang Chi said: "Lao Xu is not enlightened. He said that I would look better this way, but he just didn't agree."
The two argued about how to make the slot. Lao Xu's suggestion was that a normal slot would be enough, with holes drilled in one and wedges made in the other.
Zhang Chi's idea is to use a 45-degree angle to connect it like this, and then press a square pin on top. In this case, the interface will not be loose at all, unless the pin falls off.
"What do you think, Uncle Chen?" Zhang Chi wanted to get support from Old Chen.
How can Lao Chen be a fool? Can a fool be a professor? Even if he didn't understand the ways of the world before, he definitely understands now.
"I think you should ask the carpenter. I'm not a carpenter. It's really hard to say which method is better. I think Mr. Xu's plan is simple and easy to operate. But your idea is indeed solid and each has its own advantages.
, and each has its own shortcomings."
My dear, it's as if I didn't say it at all.
There was no other way, so the two had to go back and disturb the carpenter.
The master glanced at it and said: "If you have time, follow Mr. Zhang's plan. If you don't have time, follow Mr. Xu's plan. After all, this method is very labor-saving."
The carpenter didn't have time to spend with these two people, so he glanced at them and answered directly.
Do the two of them have time? Lao Xu really doesn’t, but Zhang Chi does.
So the two returned to the place and began to do what Zhang Chi wanted.
The two of them worked very carefully. They took down the material and then carefully drew various lines on the material with a pen.
Thanks to the large number of machines here and all types, any machine they can think of can be easily made.
While he was busy, Zhang Chi's phone rang.
When he saw it was an unfamiliar number, Zhang Chi thought for a moment and answered it.
"George".
Hearing the voice, Zhang Chi knew that this was a staff member of the town. He was said to be a staff member, but he was actually just a part-time employee. He got some money, but not much. He usually had a formal job. He said he was a volunteer and he also got some money.
Say no, people really don’t rely on this to support their families.
"Hello, I am".
"Let me inform you that there are no floats for this year's town festival."
"Ah, why didn't you do it again?" Zhang Chi didn't quite understand. He had already started designing.
To be precise, Melika has already begun preparations.
For small town festivals, no one puts a lot of effort into making any earth-shattering plans. In fact, everyone just finds a time and a reason to get together to eat and have fun. You just need to bring some snacks.
As for floats and the like, they are just ordinary cars with some things hung on them. If you think they look good, even if you tie two bears on them, it doesn't matter to everyone.
It was said very well two days ago, but now it's notified that it won't be done anymore.
"It's not that I don't want to do it, but there are really no people in the town. Even Kimberly's small bar has begun to close these days. Where can we hold festivals in the town?"
This person said a little melancholy, because the small town festival is a big festival for him, and he used to be busy and spent two or three weeks preparing for it.
Now that he suddenly couldn't do it today, he was a little disappointed.
There was nothing that could be done about it. Almost all the men and women in the town went into the mountains to look for cattle.
Even if you want to do it, what should you do?
There is no one left, so who can we show it to?
Zhang Chi did not expect that the tradition of a small town festival that lasted for decades and nearly a hundred years after grazing cattle here would suddenly be interrupted this year.
Put down the phone.
Lao Xu asked: "Why, the town's festival celebration can't be held?"
"What should I do if there is no one? I really didn't expect that no one is home in the town now," Zhang Chi said.
When Lao Xu heard this, he smiled and said: "You don't seem to go out often. Now this town is like a town without people. If you go to Folsom, it will be really lively. Many outsiders come here to look for cattle. Even the security
It’s a lot different all of a sudden.”
"Forget it, it's none of my business anyway. I just saved the time of making the float." Zhang Chi said with a smile, then carefully continued to draw on the material with a pen, and then sent it to the cutting machine at hand.
, cut off the unnecessary parts.
The two pieces of material were connected together. Zhang Chi took them together, put one at his feet, held the other in his hand, and then used a wooden hammer to knock the material on his hand inward.
Winter winter winter!
After a few clicks, the two pieces of material were joined together.
Seeing that Zhang Chi was about to cancel the pin at this time, Lao Xu immediately stopped him: "No, wait until the frame is ready together, don't make it difficult to adjust when the pin is sold."
Hearing what Lao Xu said, Zhang Chi put down the wooden pin in his hand and continued to open the next piece of material.
At the beginning, Zhang Chi's work was still awkward, but what the two of them could come up with was simple and could not be simpler in the eyes of carpenters. It was not difficult. The only thing to pay attention to was to be careful.
You can do well if you put your heart into it.
At this moment, both Zhang Chi and Lao Xu were very attentive, so although the work was done slowly, the effect was still quite good. There were occasional small mistakes, but the flaws were not concealed.