Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 31 Tiangang Bracelet
Gu Zhao didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

He never expected that the trees in the forest behind the village were actually small-leaf red sandalwood. He remembered that the villagers would go to the forest to cut some branches and twigs to chop firewood and take them home to burn for cooking.

"No wonder the steamed pancakes have a delicate fragrance. It turns out they use red sandalwood as firewood." Gu Zhao stroked his chin. "Were emperors in ancient times so extravagant?"

Thinking of this, Gu Zhao's eyes lit up.

"I remember that the material used in our family's furniture making was not small-leaf red sandalwood, right?" Gu Zhao asked.

Gu Qi said unhappily, "Small-leaf red sandalwood? Why don't you use huanghuali?"

Seeing that Gu Zhao was rarely interested in his business, Gu Qi explained, "Small-leaf red sandalwood and huanghuali are too expensive and too scarce. We have to rely on snatching to get them. We also make them, but we basically make them into ornaments to match other furniture. The occasional piece of furniture we make is always the treasure of our store.

The materials we use to make furniture are all imported from abroad, and the wood we use is basically black rosewood, big-fruited red sandalwood, as well as red rosewood and black rosewood. "

"I remember there were also things like wenge and rosewood," Gu Zhao asked. "Is there a big difference between rosewood and huanghuali?"

"Goldfish and sharks are both fish. Do you think there's a big difference?" Gu Qi shook his head. "Wenge and rosewood are both cheap woods, used to make affordable furniture. We don't use them at home."

"Oh." Gu Zhao nodded, not quite understanding, and then asked a question that almost made Gu Qi jump up and down, "What if I have a way to find a large amount of small-leaf red sandalwood?"

Gu Qi looked at Gu Zhao with a burning gaze, and then asked, "You haven't transferred the money to the other party yet, right?"

Gu Zhao, “…”

"The other party didn't seduce you to go abroad to Siam, Shan or India, right?" Gu Qi's eyes were filled with worry. The old Gu family had only one son for two generations, and he only had this one son.

Gu Zhao was speechless, "Are you so sure that I was deceived?"

"Whether it's huanghuali or red sandalwood, demand has always outstripped supply. The suppliers are fixed, and even the buyers rarely see new faces." Gu Qi said, "Unless you increase the price, new entrants won't be able to get the goods."

"If someone comes to you and says they can provide a large amount of small-leaf red sandalwood, don't hesitate, they are 100% a liar." Gu Qi said affirmatively.

Gu Zhao chuckled, then suddenly asked, "Does our factory have a bead-making machine?"

"Yes, we also sell bracelets, so of course we have machines." Gu Qi asked, "Why, do you want to try it out? I remember you didn't like these things before?"

Gu Zhao nodded, "I like it now. Take me around tomorrow."

"Sure." Gu Qi had no objection. This was his family's business, and he was very pleased that Gu Zhao was so attentive. "Go to the office tomorrow. The factory still has some in stock. I'll pick out a piece of small-leaf red sandalwood for you, and Dad will personally carve a string of beads for you."

Gu Zhao asked, "Can you engrave on beads?"

"Of course you can, but it's best not to carve it. The grain of red sandalwood itself is already very beautiful." Gu Qi said, "No matter what you carve, it will be superfluous."

"Carve a Tiangang Talisman on the bead." Gu Zhao sat up straight and said excitedly, "Just use a shallow layer, and then I will fill it with cinnabar!"

Gu Qi looked at Gu Zhao with a speechless look, "If you want to carve a magical instrument, why not use peach or jujube wood? Why do you have to use small-leaf red sandalwood?"

"Is there peach wood and jujube wood in the factory?" Gu Zhao asked.

To be honest, he was also a little curious about why Taoist wooden instruments were generally made of peach wood and jujube wood. Are these two types of wood really different from other woods?
If possible, he would also like to try out the difference between using peach wood, jujube wood and small-leaf red sandalwood to make ritual instruments.

"Of course not." Gu Qi shook his head. "Our family doesn't deal in religious instruments. If you want to use peach wood, Lao Li next door makes solid wood furniture. He does have walnut wood in his factory. Can we use that?"

Gu Zhao lay back on the sofa. "Both the Siberian Tiger and the Land Rover you drive are tigers. Why don't you just use the Siberian Tiger?"

"Hey!?" Gu Qi raised his eyebrows.

At this moment, Li Man and the nanny came out of the kitchen carrying food, "It's time to eat!"

……

The next day, Thursday.

Li Man went to inspect several stores, while Gu Qi took Gu Zhao to a furniture factory in the suburbs. In addition to the office and operation room, the largest area of ​​the factory was the warehouse, which was divided into a raw material warehouse and a finished product warehouse.

Gu Qi took Gu Zhao to greet the masters first, then took him around the warehouse, and finally took out a piece of small-leaf red sandalwood from a small warehouse at the back of the raw material warehouse where a card was required to be swiped.

"Is it so strict?" Gu Zhao asked.

"The wood in this small house is more valuable than all the wood outside. Do you think it needs to be so strict?" Gu Qi took a piece of wood and led Gu Zhao to the operation room.

Gu Zhao thought about what he had just seen in the small warehouse. There were not many things, and they seemed to be just ordinary wood. He had no idea that these were the kings of wood, huanghuali and red sandalwood.

"If you want to try it out, there are rosewood and black sandalwood over there, you can play with them."

When he arrived at the operation room, Gu Qi pointed to some leftover scraps nearby. These things would be made into small pendants or the like, either given away or sold. He did not forbid the factory masters from taking some away occasionally.

However, Gu Zhao was not interested in this. "Let me watch you make beads. How many strings can you make with these?"

"Didn't you say you would make two skewers? One for me and your mother." Gu Qi snorted, "You asked me to make something for me, and you think you can do it?"

"But I drew a talisman for you and consecrated it!" Gu Zhao said confidently, "I have practiced successfully with my grandfather, and the consecrated magic weapon can make you live a hundred years and be free from all diseases!"

Gu Qi chuckled, but didn't say anything.

As people from the vicinity of Guangzhou and very close to Hong Kong, they all believe in the theories of Feng Shui and destiny to some extent. This is one of the reasons why Gu Zhao has been practicing Taoism with his grandfather since he was a child and occasionally talks about supernatural things, but Gu Qi and his wife have no objection.

At this time, Gu Zhao talked seriously about drawing talismans and consecrating them. Gu Qi thought that this was a good thing and the child's filial piety, so he stopped refutation.

It’s just a piece of small-leaf red sandalwood!

After that, Gu Qi did not ask any workers for help. Except for occasionally asking Gu Zhao to lend a hand, he handled everything by himself.

Cutting, drilling, grinding...

After polishing all the beads, Gu Qi picked up three of them and said, "Only one bead should be carved for each string, right?"

"Yes." Gu Zhao nodded repeatedly, then took out a Tiangang Talisman and spread it out, saying, "Two will do."

Gu Qi didn't say anything, just glanced at the talisman paper, then put on his glasses, sat aside with the beads and started carving.

Gu Zhao came to watch and saw that Gu Qi used the small hole as the horizontal axis and changed the position of the knife on the surface of the bead. Lines soon appeared on the surface of the bead.

After a moment, a Tiangang Talisman took shape, forming a circle on the surface of the bead, filling it. At first glance, it felt like the surface of the bead was covered with Taoist runes, full of a mysterious artistic beauty.

"It's really beautiful!" Gu Zhao exclaimed.

"I've learned the art from a master," Gu Qi said proudly. "I've learned Yin-Yang line carving, relief carving, flat carving, and round carving. Your red sandalwood intaglio line carving is too easy, isn't it?"

"Dad is awesome! Now it's my turn!"

As Gu Zhao spoke, he took out the cinnabar and brush that he had prepared long ago from his schoolbag, dipped the brush lightly, and began to draw the talisman. At the same time, the magic power in his body flowed through the brush, injected into the cinnabar, and then merged into the rosewood beads.

The father and son worked together in perfect harmony and quickly completed the three beads with the Tiangang Talisman painted on them. They then strung them together with other beads to make three bracelets.

"Three skewers?" Gu Zhao asked.

"You have one!" Gu Qi said unhappily.

Gu Zhao chuckled and said, "Is that all?"

Gu Qi nodded, "Just polish it a little bit and it's done."

Feeling the spiritual power faintly emanating from the three bracelets, Gu Zhao was also very excited. These bracelets used a lot of cinnabar, and the effect was better than the Tiangang Talismans drawn on yellow paper.

Tiangang bracelet is done!
(End of this chapter)