Going through ancient farming to engage in infrastructure construction

Chapter 42 42 Rattan Straw Sandals
You must not have the heart of harming others, and you must have the heart of guarding against others. Yao Xiaoqing also feels that there should be a certain degree of precaution for those who have just joined in. This is related to everyone's life safety.

"Father, why don't we build another one next to my bamboo shed and make a few shelves to keep everything inside." Yao Xiaoqing said with gestures.

Yaohu stood up, "Okay, there are still some bamboos, let's build two more bamboo sheds."

Everyone went out to build a bamboo shed.

Yao Xiaoqing fried an omelette for the golden retriever and ate it, and saw it ran to the fence outside to hang it.Taking out a bundle of rattan and starting to tear the skin, Hua sat down and whispered, "Xiaoqing, I want to take Yaya to sleep in the shed outside."

"Okay! There is still an empty bamboo shed outside, you can live in it!" Yao Xiaoqing glanced at her and found that her eye circles were turning blue, "Hua, are you sick?"

Hua nodded, touched her lower abdomen and said, "Xiaoqing, my stomach hurts a little these days, and it will hurt every few days."

Yao Xiaoqing thought to herself: She might be coming to her period. The women here are unscrupulous, and it should be a common thing to have a stomachache during the period.

There is neither brown sugar nor ginger tea here, not even a warm water bottle, what can I use to keep her warm?

Yao Xiaoqing thought for a while, found a bamboo tube, poured some boiling water into it, and handed her the plug tightly.

"Hua, put it on your stomach, apply it for a while, and see if it makes you feel better?"

Hua hugged the warm bamboo tube and put it on her lower abdomen. After a while, she felt a little more comfortable in her stomach.

"Xiaoqing, it doesn't hurt much."

"Hua, you'd better not drink cold water these few days, and use the wooden basin I used to wash your feet to warm your feet before going to bed, it will make your stomach feel much better."

"I know Xiaoqing, you are so powerful, I used to be in pain for several days."

Yao Xiaoqing was sure that she had dysmenorrhea. Her father did not treat gynecology in her previous life, but she knew a few kinds of herbal medicines for gynecology: Codonopsis, Astragalus, Cuscuta, Lycium barbarum, Bupleurum, Motherwort..., thinking about getting some Motherwort for her to eat eat.

"When you feel pain in the future, use bamboo tubes to warm your stomach. I'll gather herbs and cook them for you to try."

"Yeah! I remember it." After changing the water twice, Hua felt a lot more comfortable in her stomach.

The two of them tore off a lot of rattan skin, tied the stripped rattan and put it aside for weaving.

Yao Xiaoqing took a few rattan skins and twisted them into ropes, and recalled the steps of grandpa's sandal making.

Sitting by the fire pit, I found four wooden sticks, each with a distance of about an inch, and hammered them into the soil with stones.

Take a piece of rope and measure the length of your foot, fold it a few times, wrap the rope into a heart shape, wrap the rope inward and down, and tie a knot at both ends.

One end is hung on two wooden sticks separately, and the other end is tied around the waist with a rope. Take the cane and cross the four vertical strands of rope up and down, and tighten it once a few times, leaving the rope buckle, and it will be tied quickly. a shoe.

Put the finished rattan leather shoes on the ground, step on them and tie the straps, and the ugly rattan leather shoes are considered finished.

Hua looked at her with a joyful smile on her face, "Xiaoqing, rattan can also be used to weave shoes?"

"That's right!" Yao Xiaoqing stomped on it a few times, and felt that the position of the fingers was a little looser, and other things felt good, "Hua, these shoes are much more comfortable to wear, and you can wear them both."

"Well! I'll help you make the other one first."

As Hua said, she picked up the rope Yao Xiaoqing had measured and put aside, and weaved it according to her pattern.

Seeing Hua's dexterous appearance, Yao Xiaoqing had to admire her, she has a good memory and bright eyes, and she is really good at manual work.

Seeing her clumsily making a shoe, the shoe she made after taking over is much tighter and more beautiful than the one she made.

Yao Xiaoqing helped twist a handful of rope, handed it to her and said, "Hua, you have to measure it according to your feet before weaving it."

Hua smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll make a pair for them too."

As soon as Yao Xiaoqing walked to the entrance of the cave, Shan Amu came in with the packed wild ducks and water birds, "Xiaoqing, hang them up, I called YY back to sleep."

Seeing YY playing with the golden retriever, Yao Xiaoqing reminded, "Shan Amu, YY is playing with the golden retriever, remember to wash her before letting her sleep."

"Okay, you said you'll get sick if you don't wash your hands."

Yao Xiaoqing looked at her cheerful look, and thought: It stinks if you don't wash your hair, feet, or take a bath!Why can't you smell it?
Shaking his head, he grabbed some salt from the jar, wiped the wild ducks and waterfowls, hung them on the tree branches, and marinated the offal in a small jar.

When they went outside to see Mufeng, they built bamboo sheds on the cliff on the left.

Dashi beckoned to her and said, "Xiaoqing, come and see, is the shelf you mentioned built like this?"

Yao Xiaoqing said with a smile: "Why are you so fast? Do you have enough bamboo and wood?"

She smiled and said, "That's not enough! We went down the mountain and brought some up."

Yao Xiaoqing saw that in the bamboo shed next to her, they tied several rows of wooden frames with small shrubs, and there were still two floors, and the middle floor was connected with mortise and tenon.

"That's right, Uncle Dashi, you are so powerful, you have built two bamboo sheds in just a short while."

"Hey!" Dashi smiled triumphantly, "Your father and Uncle Shui are making wooden doors, we have to close the thatched shed that holds the salt."

"Uncle Dashi, the room where the food is cooked doesn't need to be a door, it's bright and bright so you can see clearly, so you don't have to cook the bugs for you to eat."

Uncle Chong smiled and said, "Xiaoqing, we have eaten worms too, skewered them and roasted them over fire, they taste pretty good."

Yao Xiaoqing looked at the happy little old man, and couldn't tell that he was bitten by a poisonous snake just yesterday.

"Uncle Chong, how are you feeling today? Are you alright?"

Uncle Chong nodded, "Okay, when I wake up in the morning, I won't feel dizzy anymore, Xiaoqing is still the best."

Yao Xiaoqing looked at Uncle Chong's speed of digging buckets, and gave a thumbs up to praise, "Uncle Chong is also very good."

Pig also joined in the fun, "Xiaoqing, why don't you praise me?"

Yao Xiaoqing rolled his eyes and looked at him with a smile, "Brother Yi is extremely brave, and everyone loves him, and flowers bloom when they see flowers."

He was a little shy after hearing this, "How can I be as good as you said?"

"Haha," Dashi laughed and patted him, "Ah, tell Xiaoqing, what do you want her to praise you for?"

"Say it!" Mu Feng put his arms around his shoulders.

Xiong Niu also smiled and said: "Yes, Ah Zhu, tell me!"

"I don't care about you." She turned around and walked towards Yaohu.Everyone laughed with a "boom".

After the shed was built, everyone moved the jars of lard, sheep fat, dried mushrooms, dried meat, rock salt, and sun-dried fur to the shelves and put them away.

Yaohu installed the door and tied it with a rope. Everyone cleaned up the yard, extinguished the bonfire, and went back to the cave to rest.

Shan'am took a few pairs of straw sandals and said to them with a smile: "Xiaoqing taught us how to make shoes, everyone come and try."

(End of this chapter)