Back to the era with space supplies

Chapter 375

After finishing his meal in a hurry, Si Ningning went to check the condition of the duck down. Sure enough, as Huo Lang said, it was wet and nothing could be seen from the surface, but the smell was not as pungent as yesterday.

Yes, the fishy smell is still there, but it is not as exaggerated as yesterday.

It should be that the proportion of lime powder added is wrong.

This ratio has to be recalculated later.

Making up his mind, Si Ningning shook his head, his gaze scanned the backyard, and finally landed on the snakeskin bag that was drying in the sun yesterday evening.

She took the snakeskin bag, rolled up the mouth of the bag and stretched it open, then reached out to scoop up the duck down in the basin.

Gather the duck down together and hold it up, press off the excess water as much as possible, and then put it into the snakeskin bag. Si Ningning didn't stop until the duck down in the basin was almost scooped up.

I asked Huo Lang for a thin hemp rope to tie up the mouth of the snakeskin bag, and Si Ningning gave the dripping sack to Huo Lang, "Find a sunny and ventilated place to hang it up, and wait until it dries. "

"it is good."

Huo Lang took the snakeskin bag to the front yard.

The small courtyard is surrounded by bamboo forests, only the front and back yards have a little sunshine, and compared with the back yard, the front yard has more sunshine.

Huo Lang adjusted the bamboo tripod supporting the clothes-drying pole, moved it to a sunny place, took off the clothes-drying pole and put the snakeskin bag through it, and then put the clothes-drying pole back on the tripod.

A large bulging bag that was still dripping water was hanging in the middle of the withered, yellow and thin clothes pole. It was so strange at first glance.

At present, there is no equipment for drying and drying duck down, so this method can only be used.

Si Ningning put her palms in front of her eyes and kept her eyebrows in line. She stood at the door of the main room and took a look. When Huo Lang entered the room, she followed her into the room, "I just took a look at the rabbit skin and found that the color has faded a lot? "

"Yes, the leather will be softer after soaking for another two days, and it will be ready to be put on the shelves by then."

"On the shelves?" Si Ningning let out a "huh".

She should have glanced at the process of making the leather a long time ago, so she knows the general idea, but this "launching" really confuses her.

The support Huo Lang had planned for a long time, and now he took it out to show Si Ningning, it was a rectangular wooden frame.

Huo Lang turned into an interest teacher, and slowly guided Si Ningning, "The soaked leather is tough, like rabbit skin. It's not too big when spread out, but after it's stretched, it's not too big. The area should be enlarged by at least two-thirds of its original size."

While Huo Lang was talking and making gestures, Si Ningning soon understood that it was similar to how a silkworm farmer washes the cocoons and stretches the stripped and washed silk.

After the silk is stretched and dried, it can proceed to the next step, which is spinning into a thread.

The same is true for rabbit skin. Only when it is fully developed can it reach the stage of cutting and garment making, and the leather at this stage can also be called finished leather.

Think about it too, if the toughness of the leather is not developed, how big is a piece of semi-finished rabbit skin?If you want to make a suit of clothes, why don't you need a dozen or twenty pieces of leather?
Si Ningning took out his notebook and continued to add to the page he wrote last night.

When she was writing, Huo Lang bowed and looked at her.

Si Ningning's handwriting is beautiful and neat, and there are separate wavy lines under the important parts, which makes people feel very clear at a glance.

Huo Lang watched it silently for a while, until Si Ningning finished writing, he said in a slightly hoarse voice: "I went to the town a while ago, and I heard that there are places for the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. Do you want to go?"

Although he was asking, but when Si Ningning gave a ignorant "hmm" and looked up, he reached out and touched Si Ningning's white and tender cheeks, and said:

"Although you have brought a lot of changes to the three teams, I always feel that with your talent, it is a shame to be here."

Si Ningning didn't think it was unyielding, but Huo Lang was one of her own, so she didn't tact with Huo Lang. After thinking about Huo Lang's "Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University", she asked:
"This quota is not easy to get, right? You have it? Is the school far away?"

If it's not far away, Si Ningning thinks it can be considered.

After all, the times are advancing, and she needs to get a solid diploma, otherwise she will be eliminated by society sooner or later.

Huo Lang was depressed for a moment, and returned to his usual appearance in just a moment, smiling at Si Ningning tenderly, "If you want to go, I can find a way to get it. Even if the school is not close, of course it's not too far away... If you go, I can see you later."

Huo Lang talked to himself for a long time, Si Ningning obviously noticed his strangeness, looked up at him, and then gave him another look:
"How far is it? And I just asked, but I didn't say that I was going. What do you think you are doing? It seems that I have to go."

Huo Lang froze, rubbed the broken hair on his forehead, and asked in a little shock: "You, don't you want to go?"

If the other team knew that Qing had heard the news, he would have to grab a spot if he broke the lead. Why would it be different when he came back to her no matter what happened?

Si Ningning shrugged flatly: "Hmm, I don't have any special ideas."

"Why?" Huo Lang asked, and at the same time told Si Ningning what happened in his heart just now, hoping to hear her opinion.

Si Ning fell into thought with a long "huh", and replied after a while: "Whether it is for local children or educated youths, reading is very important, but what you need to understand is that in the current situation, some People are desperate to get places, and their focus is on the urgency to 'get out of here' rather than studying."

"As for me, I am an educated youth, but I have a certain thirst for knowledge in literature and knowledge. I will not use this position as a medium to get out of here, and..." Si Ningning glanced at Huo Lang, and said with a smile : "I'm leaving, what do you do?"

Hearing this, Huo Lang was actually happy in his heart, but he thought that Si Ningning was so good, if he stopped here because of him, he would feel uncomfortable just thinking about it.

"I just subconsciously felt that if you go to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University, the nearest school is in Han City. Whether it is far or not, even if you have a car, you can't see you all the time. I feel It’s kind of bad for no reason.”

Huo Lang sighed slightly, and expressed his feelings frankly. Before he could add anything else, Si Ningning asked:
"Do you know why?"

Huo Lang shook his head, and in the next second there was a sudden "boom" on his forehead, and Si Ningning knocked on it.

Huo Lang was puzzled and withdrew his hand to touch his forehead, and saw Si Ningning opened his round eyes with a ghostly look and shouted:
"Because you fell in love!"

Si Ningning wanted to run after knocking, but Huo Lang had already grabbed her wrist first and grabbed her, "I'm serious, you're making a fuss, right?"

He reached out to Si Ningning's waist with his big hand and scratched it lightly a few times, and Si Ningning's hilarious begging voice came from the hall: "No, hahahahaha, no, no!"

"Okay, okay, it's mine, my fault, stop scratching, stop scratching!"

There was a lot of fuss, and finally Si Ningning sat down on the edge of the bamboo bed under the shade of the trees in the backyard, and Huo Lang poured her cool scented tea.

Si Ningning held the bamboo cup, squinted his eyes while swinging his legs, and drank tea with a muffled laugh.

Life is really carefree and free!
It reminded her inexplicably of the time when she was very young and still at her grandma's house...

how to say?

I can only say that the feeling of being cared for and loved by others is really good...

Si Ningning thought about it, and couldn't help laughing again.

Huo Lang propped his hands behind his back, and sat beside Si Ningning in a half-reclined position. Hearing her clearer and crisper laughter, he finally couldn't help turning his head, "What are you laughing at?"

"It's nothing." The bamboo cup covered half of Si Ningning's face, she restrained her smile, but her eyes, which looked like a newborn deer, winked mischievously at Huo Lang.

Thinking of the topic just now, Si Ningning knew that if she didn't make it clear, Huo Lang would definitely have a lump in her heart. She pondered for a while, then suddenly put down the bamboo cup and said seriously:
"If it were me, I wouldn't want to be a stumbling block to hinder your progress, so I understand your thoughts. But Huo Lang, even if studying is very important, then the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University may not be the only way out."

"The lion is dormant. I always feel that we will not always be like this. One day schools, shops and everything will restart."

Si Ningning took a sip of tea, looked softly and turned his head to look at Huo Lang, "I said that I don't have a clear idea about the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University, because I am willing to wait for that day to come, I want to witness that day, and I believe , that day is not too far away.”

More than half of 73 has passed, and the college entrance examination will be restarted in 77, and it will take less than four years to complete the calculation.

After restarting the college entrance examination, the next stage is to liberate the economy. When the world culture develops rapidly, she has to prepare in advance. As for the past few years...

Si Ningning still wants to be salty fish for a few more years, but now he is busy with small things every day to enrich his life.

Huo Lang couldn't refute Si Ningning's words, and after being silent, Huo Lang sighed euphemistically: "It's all a matter of temporary disappearance, you haven't thought about it, what if you have to wait five or ten years?"

Si Ningning laughed and shook his head, "I'll give myself five years, even if I can't wait, I will only be 25 years old after five years, and I can still find other ways out. Oh, Huo Lang, trust me, I will definitely wait!"

"good good good good."

Holland sighed helplessly.

Si Ningning has the advantage of memory, she knows that she can wait, and after receiving Huo Lang's response, she also plans Huo Lang's way forward:
"At that time, you will take the college entrance examination with me, do you hear me? After we get the diploma certificate, we will set aside a month to go to the places we want to go. After that month has passed, we will work on our own The job, the job that should work, the family that should take care of the family."

"Okay, I'll listen to you. But the most urgent thing is, I still think I should marry you home first."

Si Ningning blushed a little, and used the excuse of drinking water to cover her blushing face. She slowed down and glared at Huo Lang deliberately, "Then why don't you fill up the oil? Where's the cabinet? How are you doing?"

"The prototype is ready, and it needs to be polished before it can be assembled. After it is assembled, it will be fine to paint the paint color later." Speaking of this, Huo Lang asked Si Ningning again, "What color do you like? ? I'll go to the county to see if I can buy it later."

"Don't look back. When do you think you're going, bring me with you? I'll see for myself what I like, and last time I said I would bring a kitten to Academician Liang. I'm busy these days. I didn’t even go to see the kittens in the warehouse.”

Huo Lang tentatively asked: "Okay, I'll take you with me. You usually have to go to class, so wait until the children go home next weekend?"

Si Ningning nodded, "Yes!"

She was crazy in front of Huo Lang, saying that the wind was the wind, and the rain was the rain. She just mentioned that there were cats in the warehouse, but she didn't go to look, and she couldn't sit still right now.

She raised her head and finished drinking the scented tea. Si Ningning stuffed the bamboo cup into Huo Lang's hand, lifted her small bag on the bamboo bed and straddled her body. She patted Huo Lang's shoulder with her hand, like a prince rewarding a courtier. Generally speaking:

"Comrade Huo Lang, the heavy task of making leather is in your hands! I have other things to do, so I'm leaving today!"

After all, before Huo Lang could ask to stay, he had already jumped out of the backyard.

The bamboo grove "whirled and rustled" and a charming wind blew, and the shadows of the trees fluttered back and forth, silently covering up the helplessness and pampering in Huo Lang's eyes.

Huo Lang played with Si Ningning's cup in place for a while, then got up to wash the cup by the well and put it back in the main room. He groped around in the room, digging and searching, and found some old sandpaper that he had used before.

After tidying up a little bit, Huo Lang sat in the courtyard, holding a cabinet door between his legs, holding the small piece of sandpaper in his big hand and slowly polishing it on the cabinet door.

It's a bit of a struggle, but it's better than nothing.

Huo Lang is busy here, while Si Ningning has already arrived at the production team warehouse.

She was cleanly dressed and had a bag on her body. As soon as she stepped into the yard, Zhao Hongfa knew what she was doing here.

"Oh Si Zhiqing, you only came to see the cats, right?" Zhao Hongfa smiled and pointed the way, "It's in the room where the rice bran is kept, probably behind the door. There have been a lot of people coming to the warehouse these two days. The big cat is running around with kittens in its mouth!"

"Thank you Uncle, I'll go and have a look!"

"Go, go, hahaha."

Si Ningning went into the house to look. There was a nest made of grass handles behind the door. The straw in the middle was pressed into a smooth semicircle, and he knew that there must have been cats resting here before, but they are not here now. .

Si Ningning searched in the house, but at last he heard kittens meowing behind the bag of rice bran, and found them.

The dozen or so rice bran bags packed in the warehouse are all brought back from the threshing room of the brigade in four seasons. Right now, except for the outermost bag, which is open, the other rice bran bags are all bulging behind one another.

The kittens crawled around in the crevices underneath.

Si Ningning couldn't catch them, so he could only squat down to look for them.

It was probably because Si Ningning was a stranger, with such a big body, and one of them was staring at them so closely. The kittens were a little scared, and they all hid in the gaps and "heh" at Si Ningning.

Si Ningning was immediately happy, "Oh, you're quite energetic!"

It was almost lunch time, no one came to the warehouse, and Zhao Hongfa was not busy with work, so he went into the house and squatted beside Si Ningning, poking his head out to look at the kittens.

The few big cats stayed with Zhao Hongfa the longest, in other words, it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were raised by him.

The big cat got close to Zhao Hongfa, and so did the kittens. Zhao Hongfa stretched out his hand and tapped the ground, while calling out to the kittens with a "tsk tsk tsk", and some kittens responded with soft "meow meow".

Si Ningning thought, if she hadn't been squatting beside her, maybe those kittens would have come out.

While looking at the kittens, Si Ningning asked Zhao Hongfa, "Uncle, are these kittens weaned?"

"Uh, this, it should be broken. This morning I saw them clinging to the mother cat to nurse, but a few days ago, a big cat came back after catching two sparrows, and they also ate happily."

Si Ningning asked in surprise, "Sparrows? They?"

The corners of Zhao Hongfa's mouth curled down, and he nodded seriously, "Isn't it? These cats couldn't walk safely in those few days. They have grown a lot these days, and they should be weaned, and the mother cats are not willing to go back. I'll wait."

"Educated Youth Si, you don't know!"

"Huh?" Si Ningning looked up in confusion, "Uncle, what happened again?"

"Oh, this is not really interesting." Zhao Hongfa waved his hand, stood up and lit a cigarette, took a sip, looked around and finally sat on the threshold, "Didn't the other production teams come to us to learn technology before?" ? The other production teams started working after learning it, and the second team didn’t know what was going on. They said they followed the instructions to cultivate mushrooms, but moldy spots grew in the boxes!”

"Mold stains? That means the sterilization work is not thorough." Si Ningning added after thinking about it.

Zhao Hongfa was choked by the dry smoke and coughed twice, and said: "You know what you know, but those people must have not taken it seriously when they learned it. It didn’t work, it’s not... two days ago, I came back to learn again.”

Si Ningning nodded, and asked again: "Captain willing?"

"I have already accepted other people's rations before, how can I refuse? I can't refuse." Zhao Hongfa laughed happily, and added: "But you know our captain's temper, and there must be a few words of scolding." .”

Si Ningning laughed out loud when he heard this.

Yes, Zhao Hongbing has a very hot temper, and with the two guns and the rabbit farm going on a while ago, which one in the team is not so busy that he hits the back of his head with his heels?At this juncture, the second team did all these white jobs again, if Zhao Hongbing didn't scold a few words, it wouldn't be his style.

"The country speaks rough, how do you say something? If you want to get things done, you have to be thick-skinned, this is the one from the second team?" Zhao Hong trembled and shook his cigarette, and suddenly changed the subject while talking, "But having said that , Si Zhiqing, I'm afraid you will make another contribution!"

"what?"

Si Ningning was dumbfounded again.

Zhao Hongbing had already given her the reward for cultivating mushrooms, so there's no reason why she didn't learn it. If she came back and learned it again, she would add another skill, right?
If that's the case, she really feels ashamed!

(End of this chapter)