survival in the wilderness

Chapter 31
The atmosphere eased a little, and Lin Yan figured it out. She was about to speak when someone preempted her.

"Shuihua, who gave you the courage to come here and make trouble, go back to me."

It turned out to be Shuisheng's ancestor, Mrs. Shui, who is also the head of the Shuisheng family, her words carry a lot of weight.

As soon as she saw Mrs Shui, Shui Hua froze immediately, not daring to confront A Niang.

But she didn't want to leave just like that, she still said weakly: "Aniang, Shuisheng won't go hunting, he is so old, he won't go out, he will starve to death in the future."

Shui Pozi ignored her daughter, first smiled at Hua Hong and Lin Yan, and said slowly, "I'm sorry, it's Shui Hua who is ignorant, so don't take it to heart. This is my gift to Lin Yan."

Shui Pozi brought a suit of pure white leather clothes, which looked good at first glance.

"It's really for Lin Yan?" Hua Hong stretched out her hand and touched it, in disbelief. "Such a good thing, who would be willing to give it away? There is a little girl in your family, who is about the same age as Lin Yan, why don't you keep it for yourself."

Shui Pozi said cheerfully, "This is specially made for Lin Yan. Without her, the tribe would not be able to settle down, and everyone would be busy running for their lives. How could it be like it is now."

Shui Pozi thanked Lin Yan from the bottom of her heart, and specially asked the family to pick out the best leather to make a suit of clothes and send it to her.

Shui Hua didn't know about this, and when she saw such a nice dress, she said unwillingly, "Mother, Shui Duo is just over two years old, give this dress to Shui Duo."

Shuiduo is Shuisheng's younger sister, and is very much loved by her family.

Since I started learning, the little dolls in the tribe all have nice names.I didn't have a surname before, but now I do.The whole family changed their names together.

The Shui family used to have people with various names, but later Mrs. Shui decided that everyone should take Shui as their surname.

Shui Pozi took a look at Shui Hua, "I made another one for Shui Duo, this one is for Lin Yan. Don't be unhappy, Lin Yan is a great benefactor of the tribe, everyone is very grateful. This is our family's gratitude, we cannot always Take advantage of Lin Yan."

"Lin Yan, put it on quickly to see if the size fits you. If it doesn't fit, I'll change it for you."

Lin Yan gave Mrs Shui a big smile, "Thank you, grandma, I like it very much. It looks very suitable, no need to change it."

Seeing that her daughter was so invisible, Hua Hong hurriedly said, "Mrs Shui, you can't help it, this dress is too good, we can't accept it."

"This is for Lin Yan. She has accepted it, so don't refuse." Shui Pozi looked at Lin Yan cheerfully. The more she looked at it, the more she liked it, and she wished she could take it home.

"Shuihua, Shuisheng, come home."

Before Shuisheng left, he embarrassedly said to Lin Yan, "I'm the one who got you into trouble."

Seeing a quarrel ended in such a way, people couldn't recover.

"Mrs. Shui is sincere. I thought it was just for show." Ye Zi looked stunned. "This dress is really well made. There is no second body in the tribe."

"It's because it's so good that people don't dare to accept it." Hua Hong couldn't believe it, such a good dress, Shui Pozi just gave it away.

"Such a good leather can only be produced by those big families."

Huahong touched her clothes, then looked at her daughter, "Do you really accept it?"

Lin Yan nodded, "Grandma Shui kindly gave it to you, why don't you accept it. When I make something good, send some to Grandma Shui's house as a thank you."

Old Hei was also there, and Lin Yan saw his eyes light up, so he hurried to his side and said, "Whenever you have time, burn me a batch of bricks, I want to repair the house."

"I packed up the brick kiln today and made bricks with wool wood."

"Okay, you burn more, and fix up your house too." Lin Yan couldn't let Lao Hei Hei to work either.

"I'm going to help burn the bricks." Hua Hong hurriedly said, the family has food for the past few days, and she also has time to do other things.

Ye Zi also hurriedly said: "I'll go too. Just let Mushi take two children to feed grass for our pikas and rabbits. Let's work together, so it's faster."

"You all go to work, I will stay and look after the house." Aunt Maomu and Pozi Mao then said.

Lao Lin took his son to burn bricks together.

It is convenient to live together. Several families work together, which is much faster than one family, and they can take care of each other.

After dinner, all the brick burners left, and there were only four people left in the house, Mu Shi, Ye Ya, A Niang Mao Mu, and Lin Yan.

Mu Shi was busy weaving baskets, and the work on his hands didn't stop.

Aunt Maomu is busy weaving straw sandals. The straw sandals she makes are getting better and better. Many people like them and exchange things with her.

Lin Yan and Ye Ya were pulling weeds in the yard, and the grass was just enough to feed the pikas so it was not wasted.

Now every family has started raising pikas again. Before, they were busy building houses and had no time to take care of them.

Now that they have settled down, everyone has raised pikas by coincidence.

After seeing the benefits of pika breeding, no one is willing to give up.

Pikas reproduce very quickly, and can give birth to a litter of cubs in three months. They are the main source of food for every family.

After ten days of busy work, Brick Burning is back with good luck.Several families gathered together to listen to Lin Yan's talk about how to repair the house.

Seeing everyone's expectation, Lin Yan didn't hold back anymore, "Let's level the ground in the house first, then get some river sand back to dry and spread a layer on the ground, spread the bricks on top, and finally use the river sand to cover the bricks. Just fill the gaps."

"That's good, the room is flat and clean." Ye Zi praised immediately.

The others also agreed. Now the house is full of land, which has not been tidied up and leveled. They thought it was fine before, but after hearing what Lin Yan said, they immediately felt that the brick floor was better.

The adults took the baskets to dig the river sand. Lin Yan looked at the yard with less than half of the weeds and was deeply saddened. His body was too small to do anything he wanted.

It is really tiring to pull weeds and feed pikas every day.She is going to strengthen her physical exercise.

Three days later, everything was ready to start laying the floor.

Mao Mu and Lin Yun are the best craftsmen, the two of them will lay the bricks, and the others will help.

In less than two days, the three rooms of Lin Yan's house were paved with bricks, and they looked different.

Lin Yun and Mao Mu were also proficient, and they paved Ye Zi's house again. After five days, all the houses were paved with bricks.

He also built a kang in the left and right rooms, and this time the kang was much smaller than the original one.Straw mats are spread on the kang, so it is perfectly fine to fall asleep like this in hot season.

When the kang is fired up in the cold season, you won't be afraid of the cold.

Lin Yan also planned to build a room on the west side of the yard, which would be used as a kitchen, with a stove and table built inside, and the floor also paved with bricks.

The stove has a chimney built and leads to the outside, so that people in the house are not afraid of being smoked.

The table is a square made of bricks, and a stone slab is placed on it as a table top.

During this period, Lao Hei, Hua Hong, Ye Zi and Lao Lin burned another batch of bricks.

These bricks are large square bricks, the color is not so red, and they are used to pave the yard.

The yards of the five families were connected together, and the work was done together, and the yard was paved in a few days.

Five houses passed by in a row, and the yard was clean and flat, and it changed drastically in an instant.

Several other families also learned from Lin Yan's family, and after a month, they were all in exactly the same pattern.

(End of this chapter)