He bought two beams of 8x8, cut into four pieces of 3 meters. Total: 104 lei, including cuts. He loaded them into his Skoda, the wood resting on a red cloth to protect the upholstery. As he drove home, the beams rolled slightly against each other, making a sound like oars in oarlocks.
Vasile stopped laughing. He looked at the beams, then at the roof. “Gicu, from the lumber aisle? Gray hair, missing a thumb?” grinzi lemn 10x10 6m pret dedeman
Gicu spat sideways into a bucket of bolts. “You building a house or a coffin?” He bought two beams of 8x8, cut into four pieces of 3 meters
“Cut? But they’re beams.”