When the supply and marketing cooperative got off work, the counters and furniture had not yet been installed. Li Tongfu asked Yanhua to go home from get off work, and the three of them helped Yang Liufang and the workers he brought to install the remaining furniture and counters.
It was already nine o'clock in the evening when the work was over. In Xizhou in mid-October, the temperature difference between day and night is large. It was already very cold at this time. The five of them found a nearby beef noodle restaurant and each ordered a large bowl of "meat and eggs" "Shuangfei", I finished a big bowl of beef noodles with soup and noodles, and my body felt warm. Qin Jiajun had worked hard all day. Yang Liufang was worried that it would be unsafe for him to drive late at night, so he did not let him send him back. Instead, he found a simple hotel nearby and spent the night here with the workers he brought.
The next day, Qin Jiajun got up early, first sent Yanhua to the supply and marketing cooperative, and then came to the hotel to pick up Yang Liufang and prepare to send him back to the factory. Yang Liufang asked Qin Jiajun and the workers to finish beef noodles for breakfast before returning to the furniture factory. When he arrived at the furniture factory, he began to study folding dining tables and dining chairs. In fact, these things were not unfamiliar to him. When he was an apprentice with the master, he knew about the "top chair", a model of ancient furniture, and in Wang Shixiang's book I have also seen and studied it repeatedly in "Appreciation of Ming Style Furniture" and "Research on Ming Style Furniture", but I have never started to do it.
The folding furniture made today is different from the antique ones in that it does not require armrests and does not require complicated mortise and tenon joints. The purpose is to have a dining table for eating in the small space where people live, which can be put away after meals without affecting the flow of people. However, its basic principle is the same as that of "top chairs".
Yang Liufang was thinking and gesticulating in front of a wall with a piece of wood. He wanted the dining table and dining chairs to be folded up and placed against the wall after they were made, taking up as little space as possible. After several attempts, he finally figured it out. Now, put the legs of the "top chair" under a tabletop, and connect one side to the tabletop with a hinge, so that when the tabletop is lifted up, it can form a horizontal plane with the crossed legs. Place it against the wall and occupy up to 20 centimeters of space, so that There are enough passages for pedestrians to pass. The dining chair adopts the same principle, and he creatively adopts a three-section folding structure. The back of the chair can be folded in the direction of the chair surface, so that after folding, it forms a plane with the legs of the chair, which is also nearly 15 centimeters thick.
Thinking of this, Yang Liufang began to try to make the first "top chair", because compared with the three-section folding chair, the table only has two folding sections. The chair can be made according to his own imagination, and the table is no problem. He took the wood, made dots, drew lines, punched holes on the machine saw, and made the shaft. In about two hours, the material for a three-fold dining chair was ready. After he carefully assembled it and tried placing it against the wall, it turned out that just as he had imagined, this dining chair was perfect for saving space. Yang Liufang handed the chair to the spray-painting workers and began to paint the other chairs himself. When the workers came to pick up the chairs, they complained that the manual air pumps were too tiring now. Now that the power is on, they should buy a set of large air pumps early so that they can use dual spray guns and two people can work at the same time.
Yang Liufang was indeed too busy during this period and forgot such an important thing. Fortunately, the worker reminded him in time. Yang Liufang agreed immediately, and he couldn't wait for Zhang Feng or Qin Jiajun to deliver food, so he decided to go to Xizhou to buy power tools tomorrow. Thinking of this, he sped up and rushed out the materials for tomorrow's chairs and tables before leaving get off work today, so that the workers would still have work to do even if he was away. Yang Liufang found that even though the roads were repaired, every trip to Xizhou was still as difficult as before. It was still a bumpy journey involving donkey carts, hitchhiking, and buses. It would be nice if there was a phone to contact Li Tongfu. What do I need? Just make a phone call and save yourself the hassle of going back and forth. He decided that when he went to buy a gas pump this time, he would ask someone to see if they could install a phone, and the supply and marketing cooperative would also install one. This would make communication easier and save time on traveling back and forth.
Yang Liufang set out early in the morning on the donkey cart used by the head of Shitou Village to haul water. When he set off, Yang Liufang looked at his watch and it was 5:00 in the morning. When he arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, it was already 10:00 in the morning. It took him 5 hours on the road. If it takes five hours to make furniture, with the current work efficiency of their factory, a single sofa will be completed.
"Brother, why are you here?" Li Tongfu, who had just received customers at the door, asked when he saw Yang Liufang getting off the bus and walking towards him.
"Brother, I'm here to buy power tools and update the machinery and equipment in the factory. The efficiency is indeed too low now. By the way, I have a very important matter to discuss with you."
"what's up?"
"Brother, let's install a phone in the factory and in the supply and marketing cooperative. This way, if the factory needs anything or there are customers ordering orders here, we can communicate better and save the hassle of running back and forth and wasting time on the road. .”
"Oh, installing a phone is a good thing, but I don't know if it's expensive to install a phone?"
"Let Brother Qin go to the post and telecommunications office this afternoon and ask if this installation phone should be under their control."
At noon, Qin Jiajun returned from delivering goods, and Yang Liufang told him about asking him to consult with the supply and marketing cooperative about installing telephones in the factory.
"It should be possible to apply for a supply and marketing cooperative. Our factory is a private enterprise. I don't know whether we will install it. When I was in the army a few years ago, some leaders wanted to install it at their homes. I went to the post and telecommunications office to pick up people and asked them. They said that the phone number was not You can install it if you want, and it costs about 5,000 to install one in the leader’s home. It’s not like anyone can install it if they want. They have to rely on connections.”
"Let's ask first. If it doesn't work at the factory, let the village come forward to issue a certificate. The village's red seal should also work."
Near noon, another foreman came with a customer to buy building materials. Wang Shan was now used to cooperating with the foreman to trick the owners. He and Li Tongfu had already reduced the price to the maximum extent, and even gave away all the profits they deserved. 2%. Although my conscience is a little uneasy, it is not at least that bad. He would issue a feed order according to the amount calculated by the foreman, although based on experience he felt that it would not be necessary to use that much. After two days, Qin Jiajun was able to load the goods according to the bill of materials alone. Although he did not understand the price, he was clear about the freight and the load capacity of the truck he drove.
When Qin Jiajun came back in the afternoon, he had already inquired from the post office. Supply and marketing cooperatives and factories applied for installation according to enterprise units. The initial installation fee for each phone was 5,358 yuan, the monthly rent was 18 yuan, and local calls were 1 yuan/minute. Long distance is 2 yuan/minute.
"How's it going, brother?"
"It's too expensive! The installation fee for two phones only costs 10,700." Li Tongfu blurted out.
"The price is expensive, but brother, if we turn the time wasted on the road into furniture and sell it, we can earn back the two sets of sofas. Overall, it's worth it."
"Yes, then it's up to you, let's pretend."
"Okay, brother, when you're done, go get an electric planer and a large air pump that can use dual spray guns, load them directly into the car, and take me back while you're not busy."
