Starting Off With A Blacksmith Workshop - Chapter 15

Chapter 15: Table Knife

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“I’m so annoyed. If you have any ideas, hurry up and tell me.

I’ll try to get myself into top shape in three days, and then we’ll start building that competition knife.”

Li Zhenhua said to Guo Shugui, who was still laughing.

Guo Shugui said mockingly.

“Haha, I know something that you can definitely sell.

Want to know?”

After saying that, she looked at the anxious Li Zhenhua in front of her and waited there. However, as she looked at him, she realized that something was wrong. Li Zhenhua looked at her as if he wanted to bring her here.

Guo Shugui quickly expressed his thoughts.

“Hehe, it’s like this. You know our Green Real Estate. Some of the houses we sell are hardcovers nationwide.

As for this house, we often bought everything in the house.

It was the kind of place where you just had to bring your bag and clothes in.

In such a house, the kitchen naturally had to prepare all the cutlery. Therefore, we would also prepare all the cutlery.

Just like that, there were four knives in a house. Even if you were to mass-produce a thousand knives, it would only be 250 houses.

“Just focus on making them! Leave the sales to me.”

As Guo Shugui spoke, he patted Li Zhenhua’s chest.

When Li Zhenhua heard that the thing that had troubled him so much was actually resolved so easily by Guo Shugui.

He couldn’t help but sigh in his heart. Channels were really king nowadays!

“Then… I’ll leave the sales to you. I…”

“Hua Zi, don’t worry about building…”

At this moment, the two of them felt like close friends. At this moment, Liu Xiaodong, who was watching from the side, felt a little bored.

“Why don’t the two of you exchange your wines and get married? Look at how disgusting the two of you are.

“What, are you two planning to shoot!”

Li Zhenhua and Guo Shugui had originally looked like they appreciated each other, but after being interrupted by Liu Xiaodong, they felt that something was wrong.

“Get lost. Call your number. Why don’t you leave?”

It’s been a long time, but I haven’t seen you stop calling.”

Li Zhenhua retorted. Liu Xiaodong naturally didn’t agree and immediately started to admit defeat.

“I’m done now. The last one. Wait for me. I’ll come over and help immediately. I’m still useful, Brother Hua.”

Li Zhenhua ignored him and walked straight to the storeroom. Guo Shugui followed behind.

Liu Xiaodong continued to make his last call.

Li Zhenhua walked into the storeroom and picked out the raw materials.

Guo Shugui stood at the side and watched Li Zhenhua choose.

“Guoba, I plan to make some patterns on this dining knife and make it look good. Do you think it works?”

Li Zhenhua searched for a long time but did not find any suitable materials. Then, he thought of something and asked Guo Shugui.

“A pattern? What pattern? Is it a pattern like a Damascus knife?”

Guo Shugui asked in confusion.

“Yes, how about that.”

“Does that make it more difficult? Will it be too troublesome?”

Guo Shugui continued to ask, not that he had any objections to the pattern.

“It’s fine. Anyway, I just have to fold and forge a few more times. Since I’m going to sell it to your family, I can’t make it too bad.”

At the very least, it has to show that this knife is indeed good. It has to be a little different to make it easier for you to talk, right?”

Li Zhenhua explained to Guo Shugui that it was really a matter of forging a few more times for him.

Hearing this answer, Guo Shugui stopped talking.

For this knife, the more beautiful it was, the more it reflected their taste in selling houses.

However, there was one thing. The accompanying cutlery would not match.

A set of knives and forks consisted of spoons, forks, knives, and more.

Guo Shugui first felt that something was wrong, but then he felt that it was actually not bad. It might have an unexpected effect when the time came.

Guo Shugui suddenly realized that Li Zhenhua had straightened his back and put back the materials he had just taken out.

“Huazi, what’s wrong? Why did you put it back? Aren’t you going to work on it anymore?”

Li Zhenhua’s behavior puzzled Guo Shugui. Wasn’t everything fine just now? Why did he put the materials back in the next moment?

Li Zhenhua immediately replied to Guo Shugui’s question.

“Sure. This job can let me practice and earn some money. Of course I have to do it.”

However, I realized that the ingredients here were a little inappropriate to make a table knife.

The materials I have here are all for farming tools. It might be okay to make a kitchen knife.

Cooking a table knife was not going to work. He had to get the iron out. The rest was spring steel, bearing steel, and so on.

Let’s find a place. Let’s buy some good steel.”

Guo Shugui also understood what was going on. No wonder Li Zhenhua stopped picking materials.

“You can’t use these for the material of the knife?”

“It’s not that it can’t be used, but it’s not very good. I plan to buy some 420 and 430 steel bars.

He also had to buy some acid for acid washing. He also had to prepare a 220V to 24V transformer that could be used for electrolysis.

‘Ouch. That’s a lot to prepare.’

Looks like I’ll have to go shopping and borrow a car again.”

As Li Zhenhua thought, he listed out what he had thought of.

“Brother Hua, you’ve really mastered a lot of things. This is electrolysis and acid washing. Even blacksmiths are about to master such professional knowledge now.

If it were me, I wouldn’t be able to learn it. I would only be able to play. If I were to do it, I wouldn’t be able to learn this knowledge.”

Guo Shugui also had a fundamental change in his profession as a blacksmith.

Initially, he only thought that blacksmiths were just using hammers to smash iron. But now, he realized that he really couldn’t become a blacksmith with less professional knowledge.

“The things that modern blacksmiths have to master are indeed much more than before.

Modern blacksmiths hardly relied on the blacksmith’s shop anymore. Most of them now chose to go to the hardware factory.

Of course, there are still some who do it alone, but not many anymore.”

Guo Shugui listened quietly without any impatience.

He had always maintained a curious heart about what interested him.

“Then let’s go and buy the materials. I can go back and get my equipment.”

I’ll also shoot some material. I’ll cut it into a promotional video for your blacksmith shop when the time comes.”

Li Zhenhua listened to Guo Shugui’s urging and sighed. This young master was really impatient.

Moreover, he did not have the mannerisms of a young master in the rumors. It felt really comfortable to interact with him. He did not have the arrogance of a young master.

“There’s another problem!” Li Zhenhua said.

“What?”

“How? That’s a problem. I’m nothing. I’ll borrow a tricycle.

How are you and Fatty going to leave? The two of you better not bully that little monkey. My heart ached when I saw it.

It must be hard for such a young child to have to bear such pressure.”

Guo Shugui’s originally happy face immediately fell when he heard Li Zhenhua mention the little monkey.

This journey would always been an unforgettable pain for him.