Xiuse Farmhouse

Chapter 6

After Baishou was cleaned up, Wanwan was picking up grass in the yard. He walked over with a bow and arrow and a long knife on his back. Wanwan looked at him strangely: "Where are you going?"

"I want to go to the mountains to hunt some more things and sell them in the market tomorrow so that I can exchange them for some money."

"When will you be back?"

"It might be late, what's wrong?"

"Oh, I want to fence the yard." Although the fence is not good for the animals, it looks more homely, and there are no animals at the foot of the mountain.She also had to build a chicken coop, and she couldn't do the heavy work.

When Baishou saw that his daughter-in-law needed help, he put the tools back without saying a word, and came out with a short knife in his hand: "Then I won't go out, what do you think?"

Wanwan looked strangely at the knife in his hand, the blade was bright, and it should be used frequently, as well as the bow and arrow and the long knife just now, why didn't she see where it was put, walked to the main room and looked, it turned out to be hanging on the On the wall behind the door.

Then Wanwan told Baishou his initial idea.

Enclose an open space in front of the yard as a yard, and then build a chicken coop next to the house that can shelter from wind and rain.

Knowing Wanwan's thoughts, Baishou had an idea in his mind: "I'll go and chop some bamboo and come back, you wait for me at home."

As soon as she heard the bamboo, she wondered if it was the place she went to in the morning, maybe she could go to see if there were any wild vegetables, and immediately followed: "I'm going too."

Baishou thought for a while, but it wasn't far anyway, so the two walked towards the other side of the mountain one after the other.

It didn't take long to arrive, and it really was the place where Wanwan dug zheer vegetables in the morning.

Baishou chops bamboo, and Wanwan looks for wild vegetables by the ridge.

After cutting more than a dozen taiban bamboos, Baishou tied them together with ropes, so that it would be convenient to drag them home. After searching around, he couldn't find any Zheerian vegetables, so he was a little disappointed.

"I dug the Zheer vegetables here this morning, but unfortunately they are gone." She was a little frustrated.

"It's okay, don't we have leftovers at noon, let's eat that at night. If you want to eat meat, I will go to the mountain to hunt a pheasant and come back later." Baishou comforted her.

"Forget it, I don't want to eat pheasant." At least I don't want to eat today.

When the two returned home, Baishou untied the rope, Wanwan moved the stool to the middle of the yard, and watched Baishou curiously start making the fence.

He first cut the bamboo into small pieces, then cut them into two halves, and then cut them into many thin and soft bamboo strips, and weaved these bamboo pieces together, with a distance of one chopstick between each.Bamboo strips are weaved up and down, and each piece of bamboo is [-] centimeters long, which is not very high.

Baishou explained to her while weaving: "I only made the fence so high. If you want, you can plant some flowers beside it, so that you can see it from the outside. It's very beautiful. If the fence is higher , you can’t see it, and this thing is not solid, it’s a pretty picture.”

Looking at Baishou with bright eyes, this man is actually quite smart, and he is so thoughtful.

Then she started drawing circles in the yard, marking where the fence would go.

Baishou weaved a total of four fences. After weaving the fences, he took out his tools and began to dig in the places where the lines were drawn. The bamboos were all sharpened. He dug a shallow trench and put the fences in. Fill it with soil, it will be stronger, although it is not expected to block things, but it must also withstand wind and rain.

After a short while, Baishou dug a shallow ditch in the yard, looking at him enviously, he is so strong man!

She was still helping when putting up the fence. Seeing this, Baishou worked harder. He must make a satisfactory yard for his wife.

After enclosing the yard, it was really interesting. Wanwan was very satisfied, and then Baishou started building the chicken coop again. Considering that he might catch live pheasants in the future, he decided to build the chicken coop a little bigger.

This time I found four wooden stakes. Bamboo is too easy to break, and it is not as strong as wood. First, I used a knife to dig four and a half meters high holes, then put the wooden stakes in, and filled in some soil. Firstly, I moved a big stone next to the wooden pile and started piling. After driving to a certain level, I started to fill the soil again. It was true that the wooden pile was already very strong, and then I started to make the second one, and so on, until the four wooden piles were completely fixed. .

Wanwan walked over and gently shook the wooden pile, it was very strong, just like the foundation of modern house building, she looked at Baishou in surprise, her man is really not ordinary smart, if he is in modern times, he can still be an architect Bar!
Embarrassed by Wan Wan's gaze, Bai Shou blushed a little, lowered his head and continued weaving bamboo.

The man herself is actually quite shy. She walked over and squatted beside him and looked at him with a smile: "Aside from doing this and hunting, what else do you do?"

Baishou blushed even more, lowered his head and said in a nasty way: "I can still cook and do farm work." She glanced at her again: "There are many more."

Wanwan thought it was quite amusing to tease him, and looked at him with his chin propped up, and said with a smile: "What else is there?"

Feeling uncomfortable being watched by his daughter-in-law, the black face with hundreds of heads turned red in the dark at this time, his eyes wandered around, embarrassed: "I, I forgot for a while."

Ha, Wanwan burst out laughing in his heart, he was so frightened by her that he forgot what he would do, and, no matter how embarrassed this man is, how red his face is, and how low his eyes are, look at the The action didn't stop at all.

It's really good, it's a work material!
After Baishou finished weaving the fence, he weaved all the cut bamboos side by side, and finally put the bamboo on the wooden stakes, which became the roof of the chicken coop, and then spread grass on it, and pressed things, Another layer was laid, and finally the woven fence was tied around the wooden stakes on three sides, leaving only a door on the fourth side, so that a chicken coop was built.

Wanwan was happy to lay some hay in the corner of the chicken coop, then took his pheasant in, and closed the door, the pheasant had a new home, and he seemed happy that he didn’t have to be tied up anymore, wandering around in the hen coop .

Baishou just stood aside and looked at his daughter-in-law with a smirk.

When Wan Wan finished his work, he said with a chuckle, "Actually, you don't need to spread grass, and it won't die of cold."

"It's cold, what if it rains?" In fact, she didn't know whether to lay grass for it.

After finishing all this, it was getting dark, Baishou felt that today was very happy, the two of them finished dinner with the leftovers at noon, and Wanwan only ate a small bowl and then did not eat.

After eating, she remembered the couple who fell into the river a few days ago and rescued her. They should thank her for saving her, so she discussed with Baishou: "Brother Yang saved us that day, why don't you go call tomorrow?" We sent some things back, and we sent them over, which is also a thank you for their life-saving grace."

Baishou was silent for a moment, and finally said: "I'll go, you are at home."

"How can this be done? Going together will show sincerity. Besides, I am in good health now. Wouldn't it be misunderstood if I don't go?" Wanwan looked at Baishou and said seriously.

Finally, under Wanwan's insistence, Baishou had no choice but to agree.

After boiling hot water, Wanwan washed his face and went back to his room to rest. After waiting for a while, Baishou did not come in, and then he heard the sound of a stool being moved outside.

She couldn't fall asleep anyway, so she got up and put on her clothes, put on her shoes and walked lightly to the door. Baishou was indeed sleeping on the wooden board. There was nothing on the wooden board, no quilt or pillow on her body. Lie on the bed with his body bent sideways, presumably there is no extra quilt at home.

Wanwan has mixed feelings in his heart!

One is because of the poverty of this family, and the other is the ultimate reason for Baishou's reluctance to get close to him.

(End of this chapter)