ghost craftsman

Chapter 21 Luban Ruler

Then Li Chengze saw me with a sullen face, and tremblingly said: "Little brother, now is not the time to be brave, something will happen, why don't you... go to your master?"

To be honest, I really don't know what to do, mainly because it's the first time I'm messing with this kind of thing, but I know the character of my master very well. Since he said he couldn't come, he would never come, so he said: "I'll try again." the last time."

After saying this, I picked up the toolbox and dug out the Luban ruler from the inside. This Luban ruler is also called the ban ruler, door ruler, and eight-character ruler. It is the most traditional architectural ruler in China. It is used to control the size of furniture and houses. , use the Luban ruler to control the size and avoid the resonance frequency band of this wave, so as to achieve the effect of breaking bad luck.

And this Luban ruler in my hand belongs to my brother. It is made of high-quality golden nanmu and has a very light fragrance. It is about 1.44 zhang chi long (45.6 cm in centimeters), 0.24 zhang chi wide, and thick. 0.09 Zhazaochi, engraved with eight characters on the front, wealth, illness, separation, righteousness, official, robbery, harm, and original, and under each character, four small characters are engraved, a total of 32 characters, used to distinguish between good and bad.

These 32 characters are distinguished by color, and are usually arranged according to a rule of one white, two black, three green, four blue, five yellow, six white, seven red, eight white, and nine purple. The unit is based on the folk size, one inch, six inches, and eight inches are auspicious.

In layman's terms, the size of doors and windows should fall in the position of one inch, six inches, or eight inches. This is a good door and window. Once it does not fall on this size, it can only explain two problems. One is that the carpenter has not learned the craft Fine, the second is that the carpenter deliberately fiddled with the size.

Of course, this is the most conventional Luban ruler. Later, the Luban ruler was improved, and on the basis of these 32 characters, Fengshui theory was added, and the size of the characters was slightly changed, but the change was not large. Because of this, Luban ruler also has a new name, Fengshui ruler.

Don't look at this small ruler, if you really want to explain it, you can't finish it in three days and three nights. The things contained in it can be said to be the crystallization of Chinese wisdom for thousands of years, from carpentry to Feng Shui. One is not included.

Closer to home, I took the Luban ruler and did not dare to hesitate. First I found a stool and stood on it to measure the size of the window head and the wall. , the small character 'Liuhe' means harmony and happiness, and Liuhe represents the four directions of heaven and earth, which is auspicious.

I also measured the dimensions of the other places on the window, and they were all very good, either falling on one inch or six or eight inches. Judging from this size, fanning the window is auspicious and does not cause any harm.

This made my face more and more ugly. Neither Wugenshui nor Lu Banchi have tested the reason, but there is a strange sound of rubbing mahjong in this new house, which can only explain one problem. The carpenter who did it is better than me , This is also impossible, I am a rookie who has just entered the industry, and the other party is an old master.

At that moment, I smiled awkwardly at Li Chengze and said, "I guess I don't have that ability anymore."

His face relaxed, "Little brother, how about...you can invite your master, don't worry, you will be indispensable for the red envelope."

I thought about it, and in the current situation, even if I were asked to try again, I probably wouldn’t be able to find out why, and I didn’t reject his proposal, so I said I would go to the master, considering that the place where the master lives is a little far from the village. Li Chengze offered to drive me there.

I didn't refuse either, and he drove straight to the village where the master lives at a very high speed.

When I arrived at the village where the master lived, it was already 9:[-] in the evening. Li Chengze said that he was afraid of being scolded by the master, so he dared not enter the village. In desperation, I had to enter the village alone.

When I found the master, he was sitting at the Eight Immortals table, eating noodles. When he saw me coming in, he just glanced at me, didn't speak, and continued to eat noodles with his head down.

I walked over, first knelt down in front of him and kowtowed three times, then stood up and called out respectfully, "Master."

He hummed softly, and then said nothing.

I smiled embarrassingly, the master is like this, he has a cold temper and rarely pays attention to others, but I still said cheekily, "Master, I have encountered difficulties, the boss would like to ask you to go over and take a look, in terms of price It's up to you."

He put down the chopsticks in his hand, and said in a neutral tone, "What? Do you think being a teacher is like someone short of money?"

I shook my head vigorously, and quickly said, "It's not like that."

In fact, I always thought that the master was short of money, otherwise, I would not have lived in a mud house for a long time, and the clothes on my body were in tatters. I once asked my brother this question, and my brother said that the master is a miser. I have a lot of money, but I just don't want to spend it.

The master listened to my words and said nothing. He picked up the chopsticks and continued to eat the noodles. I wanted to talk, but seeing that the master's face was not right, I didn't dare to speak, so I had to stand by and watch the old man finish eating the noodles. I watched the old man finish the noodle soup, and finally watched the old man pick up the few noodles that fell on the table, put them in his mouth, and started to eat.

"Master, those noodles are dirty!" I hurried over to stop him.

He glared at me and said softly, "The noodles are not dirty, it's your eyes that are dirty."

I didn't understand what he meant, and was about to speak, when I heard the master say, "What you see is not necessarily what you see, it is very likely what others want you to see, just like what you want to see." To find out whether the noodles are really dirty, don't use your eyes, but your heart, to feel the source of the noodles and how the noodles are made. Otherwise, you can only stay on the surface of things in this life, and it is difficult to become a master .”

After all, the master grabbed his crutches, got up slowly, picked up the empty bowl, and limped towards the kitchen. Seeing that he was going to wash the dishes, I hurried over and took the empty bowl from the old man. Said: "Master, I will wash it for you."

This time, the old man didn't refuse me, but stared at me meaningfully for a while, then stopped talking, turned around and walked towards the coffee table.

When I came out after washing the dishes, the old man had already brewed a pot of tea. While drinking the tea, he was staring at the door, as if he was looking at something.

I didn't dare to disturb him, so I stood beside him until he called me, "Chuanzi."

I hummed and quickly said, "Master."

"Why do you study art?" he asked me.

I thought about it, and told him the truth without hiding anything, "My family has no money for me to study, and I study art for money."

He nodded, "That's right, for money, it's a very philistine reason, but it's very realistic, then why do you think the master learns art?"

This, I really don’t know, and I’m not in the mood to ask, the main reason is that I still remember the affairs of Li Chengze’s family, so I hesitated a few words, and didn’t say anything. I have to say sorry right away.

(End of this chapter)