Going through ancient farming to engage in infrastructure construction

Chapter 61 61 Warmth
Hua glanced at the happy Yaohu, and persuaded in a low voice: "Mum, it's rare for the leader to be so happy, don't mention it, and talk to Xiaoqing quietly later."

"Okay," Shan'am put the bowls and chopsticks back on the table, and suddenly remembered something, "When you are at home, watch her a bit, and don't let her get into Xiaoqing's bamboo shed."

Hua nodded and asked Yaya to wash her hands and eat food.

Everyone washed their hands and sat around on the stone table. Mu Ya also came out of the cave, took a look at Yao Xiaoqing, and sat down next to Big Ah Mu.

Yaohu picked up a pancake and handed it to Yao Xiaoqing, and said with a smile, "Let's eat."

Yao Xiaoqing quickly took it with both hands, "Father, you can eat too."

"Okay." Yaohu smiled and took a piece of pancake. Everyone saw him pick up the pancake before they began to eat.

Yao Xiaoqing put a bunch of yams into his mouth. After eating, he felt soft and delicate. It tasted better than the ones from the previous family. Isn't it 01:30?Glancing at the yams and beans in the basket, I thought about it while eating, plant some yams, and some yams and beans, and try which one will yield faster results.

After everyone had eaten, Yaohu said to Yao Xiaoqing, "Xiaoqing, sleep for a while, let's go to work first."

Yao Xiaoqing shook his head, "Go down and wait for me first, I will go down the mountain soon."

Yaohu nodded, and a group of people went down the mountain with the stuff.

Yao Xiaoqing went into the bamboo shed and took out a bundle of thin rattan leather ropes prepared in advance, wrapped them around the wooden sticks, tied a wooden stick two or three feet long at each end as a horizontal thread, and tied a thin rope around the stick. Make a vertical line on the stone spear.

Looking at the two things in his hand, he muttered to himself: That's all I know, whether it will be successful or not depends on your dexterity.

She pulled out two pieces of bamboo and opened the door of the bamboo shed. She saw Muya standing in the yard and saw the door open. She turned her head and looked outside the fence.

Seeing her guilty look, Yao Xiaoqing secretly reminded himself to be careful of this girl.

Hua caught up with Yao Xiaoqing at the gate of the courtyard with a bamboo tube, told her what Shan Amu heard, and said angrily: "Xiaoqing, I see that she and Da Amu often whisper, will they get along with you?" Like a fire raccoon?"

Yao Xiaoqing is not afraid of other things, but she is afraid that she knows where the salt comes from, and the small Yaoshan tribe cannot afford the revenge of those big tribes.

"You tell Uncle Shui and Uncle Chong, everyone, keep an eye on her, and don't let her enter the bamboo shed where I sleep."

Hua nodded and said, "Okay, I will tell them, we will leave someone to watch her when she is at home."

When Yao Xiaoqing arrived at the foot of the mountain, he called Yao and Hu to the place where the stones were piled up, built a square house model with stones, and explained it to them.

After hearing this, Yaohu and the others looked around the model for a while, and nodded to express their understanding.

She pointed to the stone wall with a piece of bamboo and said to them: "Father, the courtyard wall is simple, as long as it is built horizontally and vertically, there will be no problem. The house is more complicated, because there are doors and windows. You should first build the courtyard wall to practice your hands. After you have successfully built the courtyard wall, it should be no problem to build the house."

She erected the bamboo piece, "Also, you must pay attention when you build it. The wall must be as straight as this bamboo piece, otherwise it will collapse."

Yaohu nodded attentively and said, "Xiaoqing, is the courtyard wall the same as the one on our mountain, leaving a courtyard gate?"

Yao Xiaoqing nodded, handed the rope to Yaohu, pulled it out about three meters long, and said to him: "The gate of the courtyard should be at least this big, with a pillar in the middle and doors on both sides, so that it is convenient for people to go out when there are many people." .”

Yaohu nodded and said, "Okay, first teach us to dig the foundation you mentioned."

They walked up to the mark Yao Xiaoqing left yesterday, and she drew a half-meter-wide position with a piece of bamboo, handed it to Yaohu and said, "Father, you dig the foundation first, and the width will be as I drew. The depth of this digging is two pieces of bamboo."

Yaohu looked at her and said, "We dug it up for you to have a look."

Yao Xiaoqing nodded and directed everyone to dig out a foundation nearly half a meter wide and one meter deep.

"Yes, just dig down like this." Yao Xiaoqing handed the horizontal and vertical lines to Yaohu, and demonstrated how to use them. "The ones tied with two wooden sticks are called horizontal lines, which are used to measure the length of a straight line." , the vertical line is to prevent you from crookedly building the wall when you build it.”

Yaohu nodded, "Okay, if there's anything you don't understand, Father will call you."

Yao Xiaoqing smiled embarrassedly, "Father, the gods have taught me a lot, and I can't remember many more, so I can only rely on you to figure it out."

Yaohu looked at her and thought of Muya, and felt that his daughter was too sensible and obedient, so he rubbed her head distressedly, and smiled lovingly: "Xiaoqing is not afraid, if not, let's find a place with many caves, you Go play for a while too."

Seeing Yaohu's loving and tolerant smile reminded Yao Xiaoqing of her father in her previous life, a warm feeling surged in her heart, she nodded heavily, then turned and walked towards the kiln.

When we arrived at the kiln, we sealed the mouth of the kiln with clay, took half a bucket of water, and poured a small half of oyster ash into the bucket with a wooden shovel. After meeting the water, the oyster ash bubbled like lime and gradually melted into the water. Turned into white mortar.

Yao Xiaoqing stirred it with a wooden stick, picked up the wooden shovel and put three and a half shovels of gravel in it. After stirring, he carried it to the side of the stone pile, moved some stones, and used the reconciled mortar to build a half-meter-high wall. For high stone walls, after it dries, you will know how good the cement performance of oyster ash mortar is.

Shan Amu took Ah Su and two women to the foot of the mountain, and saw Yao Xiaoqing sitting on a rock in a daze, and stepped forward with a smile, "Xiaoqing, Ah Yun went to collect food, I picked out two boxes of taro , where do you think it should be planted?"

"Just plant it where it was planted last time. Remember to sprinkle some plant ash on the taro, dig the furrows higher, and mix more humus in it. Remember to cut the wormwood back home and let it dry."

"Okay." Shan Amu responded and turned to look at Asu and said, "Asu go back and pick up the ashes."

Yao Xiaoqing followed a few people to the taro field, and saw that some of the three-row taro planted last time had sprouted.

"Amu, in a few days, go to the latrine to pick up some manure and fertilize these ridges of taro."

Shan Amu nodded with a smile, "Okay! Go and play!"

Yao Xiaoqing looked at her and laughed, "Why do you all ask me to play today? I'm not Yaya."

Shan Amu was amused when he heard it, "It's not good to let you play!"

"Okay, then I'll go play."

Yao Xiaoqing returned to the stone wall with a smile, feeling that she was almost done.He lifted his foot and kicked the upper stone hard, and the stone stuck together and remained motionless.With more effort, she kicked the wall to the ground, and the stones and mortar still did not disperse.He picked up a stone and smashed it for a while before he knocked one of the stones away.

Yao Xiaoqing nodded in satisfaction: No wonder outdoor experts say that oyster ash is an important traditional building material along the coast.Oyster ash is used in everything from building walls and bridges to building houses and ditches.

(End of this chapter)