When Yang Liufang and Li Tongfu returned to the carpentry courtyard, the head of Shitou Village had already returned to the village to bring water to the villagers. The three of them unloaded the goods and equipment together, and Yang Liufang began to try to assemble a spray painting equipment by himself.
He asked Li Tongfu to help him boil a pot of hot water. After the water boiled, he immersed one end of the snakeskin tube in the boiling water until it became soft and soft. Then he quickly put the softened snakeskin tube on the air pump under the pressure gauge. On the air nozzle, according to the principle of thermal expansion and contraction, the snakeskin tube was easily put on. However, he was in a hurry and did not wear gloves. Li Tongfu's hand was burned by the hot snakeskin tube and several blisters were caused. After the snakeskin tube has cooled down, it has been firmly buckled on the valve, so it is already very strong. But just to be on the safe side, he used a pipe hoop to tightly tie the rubber pipe and the air nozzle together. I tried it, but it couldn't be pulled apart even if I pulled hard.
Compared with connecting the snakeskin tube to the air pump, it is much more difficult to modify the spray gun at the other end. He first tried to remove the air tube of the air pump and connect it to the snakeskin tube. Then he took apart the spray bottle used for washing glass and removed the tube. Plugged in, but can't connect. He just discovered a problem. It turned out that the watering can also relied on pressure, so he wanted to simply connect the watering can to the snakeskin tube directly. I just broke a watering can, but luckily I had the foresight to buy an extra one at the time. This time they lit the snakeskin tube directly with fire, resisted the pungent smell of plastic paste, and welded the snakeskin tube directly to the lid of the watering can. Then they used an awl to poke open the air outlet at the welding joint. Use the cowhide glue you made yourself to seal the entire lid. After the glue dries, pull it hard and it feels quite strong.
After everything is ready, add water to the pot, then cover the lid of the watering can, let Wang Shan step on the air pump to full pressure, Yang Liufang holds up the watering can and presses the control handle on the handle, and a uniform and powerful water mist will come out. The three people worked hard on the renovation, and it was already midnight before the renovation was completed. Looking at the results, they were so excited that they didn't feel sleepy at all.
Due to staying up late the night before, the three of them slept in for the first time. It wasn't until three o'clock in the morning that the three young people got up to boil water and wash themselves. It was almost ten o'clock, so I had lunch and breakfast together. After the meal, Wang Shan and Li Tongfu decided to go to nearby villages to see if they could sell some goods. Spray painting requires two people, and the village chief Shitou is not here, so Yang Liufang can't do it alone, so he can only work on a new project, the furniture of the old horse dealer's house.
Wang Shan and Li Tongfu walked around a small village wrapped in their coats and sold a few pairs of socks and a few pairs of gloves. After leaving the village, we sat on the carriage and walked along the Yangguan Ancient Road. In early winter, the Yangguan Ancient Road was sparsely populated. Occasionally, one or two pedestrians would cross their arms, shrink their necks, and wrap themselves tightly with woolen scarves. Just when they were bored, a carriage that was larger than theirs drove towards them. Since they were traveling against the wind, the smell of mutton mixed with the slight smell of blood mixed with the slight smell of blood made Li Tongfu, a southerner. Suddenly he coughed.
"Ahem...Brother, what did he pull? It's so choking!"
Wang Shan was not surprised: "Brother Fu, these are the herdsmen from the Qinghai side who came to Xizhou to sell their skins."
"Oh, let me tell you, why is it so fishy?"
As they spoke, the two cars crossed and came together. Unlike Wang Shan and Li Tongfu who wrapped themselves tightly in coats and scarves, the herdsmen in the car wore sheepskin jackets and held wine bags in their hands. They smelled of milk and wine mixed with the smell of cattle and sheep, and their faces were flushed. Li Tongfu asked Wang Shan to stop the car. He didn't know how to address him, so he sat in the car and asked directly: "Brother, are you going to sell your leather?"
After hearing this, the other party also pulled the reins, stopped the car, took a sip of wine, and raised the wine bag, which meant: "Take a sip?"
"Thank you." As he said this, Li Tongfu took out a cigarette and handed one to the other party. Wang Shan might have been sitting for a long time and it was cold, but he was not polite. He jumped out of the car, took the wine bag, took a trembling sip, thanked him, and returned it to the other party.
"Where are you from?"
"Customs."
"Is it so cold over there?"
"Yes, so I slaughtered a batch of cattle and sheep in advance to avoid being unable to sell them when winter comes and the roads are blocked by heavy snow."
"Oh, where do you sell the leather on this car? How do you sell it?"
"They are all sold to tanneries, no matter how big or small, they cost 5 yuan each."
5 yuan? So cheap, Li Tongfu thought calmly. He had some knowledge of the prices at some tanneries in Wenzhou, and knew that a piece of whole cowhide would cost about 20 yuan when purchased, and could be sold for 30 yuan after it was cooked. When a leather shoe factory or garment factory makes leather shoes, leather jackets, belts or leather bags according to their parts, the price will be more than ten times higher. At this moment, he had the idea of wanting to do the leather business.
"Brother, my home is in the south. Where do you live? I am also in the leather business. If I want to buy leather, how can I contact you?"
"Well, we herdsmen don't have any fixed residence. We live outside the customs in winter, and in spring we have to drive our cattle and sheep to find water and grass."
After hearing this, Li Tongfu felt a little resentful, and thought that he should go back and discuss with his brother. If he started a leather business, it would be much better than selling some needles and threads every day. The two drove the carriage forward and met several more herdsmen driving their carriages to sell their skins one after another. After driving around the next village, they drove the carriage back after dark.
Back in the carpentry courtyard, Yang Liufang had already prepared dinner and was waiting for them. A new Eight Immortals table had also been assembled. Because the outside of the house was already full of furniture, the table was placed directly in their bedroom. While eating, the two of them talked about leather.
"Brother, looking at the overall acquisition cost and our sales cost, it is indeed a good business."
"I'm just saying, I just don't know how to calculate the transportation. After all, it's several thousand kilometers, and it's not worth the small amount of transportation."
"And we don't know where Wenzhou's leather comes from. We can't rush this matter. You can find out more when you go home during the Spring Festival and we can make plans."
Village Chief Shitou rushed back overnight again. Men from the northwest are always so honest. Yang Liufang looked at his livid face and quickly got him a cup of hot water. Village Chief Shitou took it and warmed it, then put it aside and started working. One morning, they cut out the materials for the plan together and planed the boards. After breakfast, after Wang Shan and Li Tongfu went to the countryside, the two began to spray paint on the furniture with their own modified spraying machine.
Yang Liufang tried it himself first. After sweeping it over and over, there were always times when the spray couldn't come out. He wanted to try to make the paint thinner. When he unscrewed the lid of the pot, he forgot that there was air pressure inside, so he used red paint. It burst out and sprayed all over him. If he hadn't used a towel and a plastic sheet to block his eyes, the red paint mixed with cinnabar would have burned his eyes.
When the village chief Shitou saw it, he quickly fetched water, poured hot water from the stove, and asked Yang Liufang to wash it quickly. Several basins of blood-like water came out in succession. After washing it, he was still frightened. Yang Liufang added some warm water to the mixed paint, stirred it again, and tried it again. It felt better than the last time. Just continue to dilute it until the paint mist is evenly sprayed, and then let the village chief Shitou do it.
It was the first time that Village Chief Shitou did it, and the spraying was not very uniform. Fortunately, the paint was thin and needed to be sprayed multiple times. The two struggled all morning and finally achieved some results. But the two people who inhaled the paint mist lost their appetite for lunch. The operation continued in the afternoon, but in the evening there were signs of poisoning, and the two began to feel nauseated and vomited.
After Wang Shan and Li Tongfu found out, they drove more than 20 kilometers to the Hanwangchuan Health Center regardless of their fatigue. They were given intravenous fluids for two consecutive days before they recovered. It turned out that they did not use professional respirators and inhaled unfiltered paint mist.
After lying in the health center for two days, Li Tongfu made a trip to Xizhou to buy respirators. When Boss Chen and Boss Zhou heard about it, they closed the shop and asked Zhang Feng to drive up to see him, bringing a lot of bags with him. A large box full of gas masks. It happened that Qin Jiajun was discussing something with Zhang Feng, and after hearing about it, they also followed him.
The infusion room of the small rural health center was crowded with several people. Yang Liufang was very touched. In this strange place, there is nothing more heart-warming than the care of friends.
