Reborn Great Nation Craftsman

Chapter 151 Old Redwood Canopy Bed with Moon Cave Door in Qing Dynasty

"To tell you the truth, Master Zhang, this canopy bed belongs to my family, and I slept on this bed when I was a child.

Only later...

Oh, it's hard to say!lets change a topic.

I originally thought that I would never see her again in this life, but I didn't expect to meet you here, Mr. Zhang. "Jin Ye said quite emotionally.

"It's really a coincidence that her mother opened the door for Qiao, and Qiao got home.

This is actually the bed that Jin Ye slept in when he was a child. It's nothing to say, Jin Ye, you take it away. Although the ornaments on it are gone, it's always a thought. "

"This...how is this so embarrassing?"

"Jin Ye, why are we so polite? In the future, if you think of something good, just think of me and order it.

Let's make a deal like this, I'll have someone clean out this canopy bed first, do some maintenance, and you will take it away later. " Zhang Junping said without a doubt.

"This... alright! Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for making things happen, and I will not be disrespectful!" Mr. Jin wanted to refuse, but when he saw the canopy bed, he thought of his happy childhood life.

Life was not easy at that time, not as good as when the Qing Dynasty was still there, but it was much better than now.

Thinking that the family property was almost sold off, Jin Ye wanted to take this childhood bed home even more.

Sleeping on it, dreaming is fragrant.

"Well, Master Zhang, I have another unfeeling request.

Didn't I just say I can help with furniture restoration?

I have a photo of this canopy bed in my hand. You hope Mr. Zhang can restore this canopy bed according to the photo. "Jin Ye showed a little embarrassment on his face.

After speaking, he was afraid that Zhang Junping would refuse, so he hurriedly said: "Well, I will definitely not let Master Zhang work for nothing!"

"Master Jin, you are welcome. It would be great if there is a photo of the canopy bed. Don't worry, I promise to restore the original appearance to Master Jin." Zhang Junping said happily.

As for Master Jin's not busy work, Zhang Junping didn't care.

All his thoughts were on restoring the canopy bed. With the photos as a reference, it would be much easier to restore it.

After talking for a while, Master Jin took his leave and left, agreeing to send the photos over tomorrow.

After seeing Master Jin off, Zhang Junping returned to the living room, put away the Fen Cai Guo Zhi Fu Shou Shuang Quan Bowl, and put it on the bookcase in the studio.

With more and more things in his hands, Zhang Junping wants to have a collection room of his own.

After putting away the pastel Guozhi Fushou Shuangquan bowl, Zhang Junping returned to the warehouse.

There was still some time before getting off work, so Zhang Junping dismantled the canopy bed from yesterday.

This is also one of the charms of Ming and Qing ancient furniture. All furniture can be disassembled, so that when it needs to be transported again, it will not be damaged by collisions due to its large size.

Many of the Ming and Qing ancient furniture bought by Zhang Junping now need to be repaired, and those that are not damaged also need to be maintained. In addition, the people who transported them before do not understand traditional furniture craftsmanship, so they have not been disassembled.

After the restoration is completed and a maintenance is carried out, except for a part of these furniture left for daily display, the rest will be disassembled and sealed up, which can also take up a lot of space.

Soon, the Hainan huanghuali canopy bed was dismantled into parts by Zhang Junping.

Putting the damaged parts aside, Zhang Junping called two apprentices and personally guided them to clean and polish the intact furniture parts.

"First use a wet rag to clean the dust on it, and pay attention to the fact that the linen cloth is slightly wet, that is, twist the linen cloth that is soaked in water until it does not drip. In addition, you must use warm water." Zhang Junping demonstrated it to them by himself. Then have them get their hands dirty and start dusting off the furniture parts.

The two apprentices took wet rags to clean up the floating dust on the furniture parts. Zhang Junping was not idle, and took out sandpaper to gently polish and clean the dirt on the furniture.

Wiping with warm water can only wipe off the floating dust on the furniture. After more than ten years of feng shui sun and rain, the furniture has long been covered with a thick layer of patina.

This layer of slurry is actually condensed dirt, which needs to be sanded off bit by bit with sandpaper.

Some people say that if you sand it with sandpaper, you will remove all the patina, no, the real patina has already penetrated into the wood interior.

All that is sanded away is the grime that has congealed on the outside.

After polishing, wax it again, and the furniture will truly show its own charm. The thickness of historical precipitation will not disappear because of polishing and waxing.

Of course, when polishing, you also need to be careful not to use too much force, otherwise it will damage the wood of the furniture, and then destroy the historical sense of precipitation on the furniture.

Zhang Junping didn't stop until he got off work.

Starting today, after dinner, everyone will have to work overtime for two hours.

The workers are divided into two groups. One group is carpenters such as elder brother-in-law who have already been trained. They will learn the application of tenon and tenon structure in the tenon and tenon showroom. The speaker is Zhang Junping.

Zhang Junping personally explained to them the application of mortise and tenon structure and deformation application.

Regarding this point, no one dared to question whether Zhang Junping was qualified to give lectures.

The mortise and tenon structure he made was displayed there, and even the four master craftsmen were amazed when they saw it. They had worked as carpenters all their lives and explained to the mortise and tenon structure for a lifetime, only to realize that there are so many mortise and tenon structures. Variety.

Zhang Junping said long ago that as long as he learns the application of the mortise and tenon structure, he will give them a salary increase.

So everyone is very motivated.

The other group are apprentices, all they have to do is to learn the use of traditional carpentry tools.

This group was divided into four groups, led by master Du and Zhao Jiazhu respectively.

What to do is also very simple, just take the scraps to practice.

Today I learned how to use an axe. Everyone has an axe in their hands, and there are more than a dozen pieces of broken wood.

What they have to do is to split the pieces of broken wood, not simply in half, but with an ax to cut out the prescribed shape and prescribed size.

Only by doing this step can you be considered qualified, and then start to learn how to use the next carpenter's tool.

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The next day, Zhang Junping came to the furniture factory early.

Originally, Zhang Junping planned to buy spring coils today, but he made an appointment with Jin Ye yesterday, and Jin Ye came to send photos this morning.

Therefore, Zhang Junping could only go to the furniture factory to wait for Jin Ye.

Mr. Jin came quite early. Zhang Junping had just finished spot checking the furniture parts processed yesterday, when Mr. Jin arrived.

Give Jin Ye to the living room.

"Master Zhang, this is a photo. Let's see if it can be restored to its original appearance." Master Jin took out the photo and handed it to Zhang Junping.

Zhang Junping took the photo, looked at it, and stood up excitedly.

The old mahogany moon canopy bed in the photo is so beautiful that the beautiful Zhang Junping is a little suffocating.

What makes Zhang Junping feel suffocated is that this canopy bed is a piece of mahogany inlaid with silver lacquerware.

This is the first time Zhang Junping has seen such a large piece of mahogany lacquerware inlaid with silver.

(End of this chapter)