I remember that in 2000, Lao Wang in the village died of a sudden myocardial infarction because of drinking. Lao Wang was only 49 years old, even less than 50 years old. Lao Wang was also a carpenter. The two people who were drinking with him, one was a carpenter, the other was a carpenter, and the other was a bricklayer. Their families were very sad when they learned that. But at that time, they had not said that a table of people had accidentally lost money because of drinking, so their family quickly arranged a funeral. Because of an accident, Lao Wang didn't customize the coffin. Lao Wang is a tall man with a height of 1 m 85. Generally, the finished coffins in coffin shops are not suitable for him, so he must make one now. The carpenter who drinks with Lao Wang is always the shopkeeper of the coffin shop.
But this Lao Wang once had a conflict with the coffin shop owner because of the carpenter business. I also drank this time because Lao Wang wanted to tell Lao Wang that there was a carpenter project that he wanted them to work together. But during the dinner, Lao Wang was not satisfied with his reward, and Lao Wang did not give in because of his age. During the dinner, the two had an argument on this matter, or it may be because of the strong alcohol, and Lao Wang had a heart attack. But this old man seems a little different. When Lao Wang didn't have a suitable coffin, the lion spoke. A coffin that was originally 1000 yuan rose to 2000 yuan, and he also said it would take five days to get it. The old Wang family was so angry that they said they would smash the coffin shop. Later, everyone in the village opened it, but there was such a coffin shop in Shili Baxiang.
Lao Wang stayed in the ice coffin for five days. When the pipe came, the family carried Lao Wang into the pipe, only to find that the original 6' 3 coffin was surprisingly small. Although Lao Wang's body will expand, it is not so small, and the whole family looks very small no matter how it is placed. Later, the old man suddenly said, "NND, reduce it to 6 feet 1". This is really an old family. Since then, the old man's notoriety has spread in the village, so that later, the old man's son can't find anyone in the village.
From the above story, you should know why carpenters can't be offended. If you want the house to be comfortable at last, you should wait on the carpenter. After all, carpenters are the only skilled craftsmen who can't get rid of the wind and rain. Masons and blacksmiths do manual labor. This carpenter sells brains and skills, so let's treat the carpenters around us well so as not to be uncomfortable when we get old, don't you think?
There is a big square table in my home, where guests from home usually eat. No matter how many times my floor has been made in recent years, it is important to pad one leg of this generous table, because it is not as long as the other three legs.
Why are the four legs not the same length? Because in the process of building this table, my father had an argument with the carpenter. My impression seems to be that when building the table, my father put forward some design suggestions, but the carpenter disagreed with his father's suggestions. I remember the carpenter said, it's up to you, or it's up to me. In the end, the two of them had a bad time.
According to the rules of our hometown, this square table can't be repaired when it is finished, and it can't be rebuilt until the next generation gets married. There is no way but to use it in the end. My father will laugh every time he uses this table in recent years, and then he will say to me, please find someone quickly.
A carpenter is what we call a carpenter. In the past, the wooden furniture in the homes of ordinary rural people was made by carpenters.
Masons usually use stones as raw materials to build related items, such as stone tablets, stone troughs, grinding discs and so on.
A blacksmith is a craftsman who works or forges iron. The hoes, sickles and shovels used in the countryside are all made by blacksmiths.
In the past, in rural areas, there was little or no furniture sold in general market towns. All the furniture needed was wood provided by our family and built by carpenters nearby. Chairs, tables, long tables, beds, doors, cabinets, coffins and other necessities at home depend on carpenters.
So carpenters used to be red, which led to some arrogance. If you are not careful, you may offend the carpenter. However, if the carpenter is offended, if there is a gap in the door at home, if the bed is uneven, it will have a serious impact on life. Some influences cannot be easily changed afterwards, and they can only be endured silently. For example, as mentioned above, my desk looks like this.
Even now, carpenters still enjoy high treatment. I have an uncle on the construction team. He is in charge of carpentry in the construction team. His salary is much higher than others in the construction team, and there are often other construction teams trying to dig his corner.
Although masons and blacksmiths can't offend in the end, they don't have much influence on life like carpenters. After all, some of the things they make can be replaced by other things, and some are not often used.
I heard from the old people in the village that it was another version. It is said that carpenters know how to use Luban. Before they begin, Master will teach their disciples a spell to deal with those wicked people. So most people ask carpenters to work and dare not offend them easily. They are all delicious and polite.
Legend has it that a carpenter, when building a house for others, was resentful because of his host's poor hospitality, so he cast a spell when building a house. After the house was finished, the carpenter went home.
The carpenter had nothing to do for the first few days. Half a month later, when the family goes to bed every night, they always hear a woman crying at the door in the middle of the night. The man came out bravely and didn't see anyone. He just went back to lie down and heard the woman crying again. In this way, for a month in a row, I almost scared my family crazy when I heard a woman crying at night.
The master told the neighbor about it, and the neighbor asked him, if you think about it carefully, did you offend the carpenter? The master thought for a moment and said that it was possible that the carpenter only ate one meal of meat when he was working in his house. Maybe it was poor hospitality and the carpenter held a grudge.
Neighbors advised him to take a gift to the carpenter's house, apologize and see what the carpenter said. The master was no longer stingy, so he spent a lot of money and bought a lot of food and clothes for the carpenter.
The carpenter said nothing but that you should go home. It's nothing. Maybe the wind blew into the tree in front of your house and made a noise. Since then, I have never heard a woman cry.
Before the 1960s, farmers had to grow crops to support their families and depend on the weather for food. Without any financial resources, if they know a trade in the countryside, it will be a great thing, among which carpentry is the most enviable occupation.
In the countryside, many people need carpenters. Children need carpenters to get married, players need carpenters to build houses, and carpenters are needed to make coffins when the old man dies. Old people in the village often say that hunger won't kill craftsmen, and carpenters used to be very popular.
I remember when my second sister got married, I asked two carpenters in the village to give her a dowry, that is, beating some wardrobes, cabinets and boxes with wood.
At that time, I was in the second grade of primary school, that is, in the 1980s. At that time, the conditions at home were not very good. If there is something delicious at home, I must have guests at home or on holidays. Since I invited a carpenter to my house as a dowry for my second sister, my mother has cooked many delicious foods every day. These things are usually reluctant to take out and eat. Of course, I was always happy then.
At that time, if a carpenter was willing to teach you the craft, it was really a smoke from the ancestral grave.
In rural areas, carpenters, masons and blacksmiths, why can't they offend carpenters the most? Is there anything in this?
Let me give you a brief explanation. First of all, the "home" made by carpenters, the home where you live now and the home after a hundred years are all designed and made by carpenters. Can you be happy if you offend a carpenter's family? Can you live comfortably?