My village can't be like this

Chapter 214
It took a lot of work, and finally the bamboo bed frame was finished.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Erye made a bamboo fence and put it on.

The bamboo fence was made very quickly, and Zhang An sat and watched the old man weave it with the strips he had made.

It didn't take much time, and a green bamboo mat was laid.

Mr. Zhang didn't do much with the strips used to weave this bamboo mat.

Instead, it is used directly after being scratched with a knife, so the bamboo mats produced are very thick, and the weaving speed is also very fast.

After installing this bamboo mat, a large bamboo pergola bed is considered complete.

But I can't lie on this bamboo bed, because the bamboo mat has not been treated much.

Now there are many burrs on it, and they will definitely get stuck into the flesh if you lie on it.

If it is someone else, it may be finished after polishing.

But Second Master Zhang An is not finished here, there is still a process that has not been completed.

Anyone who slept on a bamboo bed when they were young has experienced that the feeling of being caught in the bamboo bed is really uncomfortable.

Or it will be really painful if the burrs on the bamboo bed are accidentally stuck into the flesh occasionally.

No matter how much you use sandpaper to polish it, there will be one occasionally, and you will be tricked if you are not careful.

When Zhang An was a child, he saw his second grandfather made a bamboo bed, and he didn't feel like his back was pinched or his flesh was pinched when he slept on it.

And playing on the bed casually will not cause burrs to pierce the flesh, because the bare bamboo mat needs to be put on two layers.

On the first floor is the rough thing that was put on it just now, and a bamboo mat that is more delicate than a summer mat will be put on it later.

The bamboo bed is not complete until the two bamboo mats are placed.

Originally, Zhang Erye only planned to make the bamboo bed first, and then weave bamboo mats tomorrow.

But at this moment, it was not dark yet, and Zhang An's fourth grandfather happened to come over to visit.

So the two old men did what they said, picked up the bamboo and started to prepare the strips together.

As for cutting strips, anyone who grew up in the village can do it. Of course, most people can only make up some simple things.

In the past, when Zhang Jianguo was digging the dung and Shau Kei, Zhang An often helped with the work.

Seeing the two old men starting to fight, Zhang An wanted to help.

After all, in Zhang An's view, this kind of work is just to draw a strip, which is simple.

But after seeing the strips drawn by his two grandfathers, Zhang An found that things were different.

Because the strips drawn by the two old men are thin and thin, just like twine.

It is completely different from the one used for the previous bamboo fence. The bamboo strips drawn this time can be said to be exquisite and delicate.

So Zhang An, who originally planned to get started, now chooses to be a primary school student obediently.

This job is not something he can do now, he can cut the thinnest strips.

But it can be subdivided into six to eight strands by the old man. He still can't handle such a uniform and thin strip.

The two old men did not open their mouths to teach him how to row, because this can only be done by accumulating experience and years of practice.

After all, the two of them have been doing these things for decades, and practice makes perfect is no joke.

Because the required strips are very thin, the processing speed is very slow.

It took two or three hours until ninety o'clock in the evening to divide the remaining bamboo into strips on the ground.

Although it was already very late, Second Master Zhang didn't plan to stop, he had already done this, and it wasn't too late to do it for a while.

On the stove at home, Zhang An's second grandmother had already cooked a pot of sour soup.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Erye began to cook the strips in the sour soup.

That's right, it's just put it in and cook it from the beginning to the end, and then take out the bundle of strips to dry.

After Zhang An looked at it for a while, he walked over to help.

There is only one side of the fire stove in Zhang Erye's house against the wall, and the other three sides are just enough for the three of them to stand together.

It took a lot of time to draw the strips, and now it will take a lot of time to cook the strips.

Zhang An reckoned that it would take less time to lay bamboo mats tomorrow.

While cooking the strips, Zhang Erye told Zhang An why he did this.

Boil the strips in the sour soup, and it will be soft and firm.

The bamboo fence made in this way will be softer, and it will not hurt people or trap meat when sleeping.

And after cooking in this way, these strips will not be so easy to split and have burrs in the future.

When it's dry, just rub it with sandpaper.

Another point is that the bamboo strips cooked in this way can be preserved for a long time, and it is not easy to rot and produce insects.

Anyway, after one night, Zhang An did learn a lot.

Looking at the simple bamboo craftsman's work, there are so many tricks in it.

Of course, people who generally sell bamboo beds will not make such troubles.

In this day and age, the price of ordinary bamboo beds is not cheap anymore.

If you do this with Mr. Zhang, wouldn't the price be several times higher.

Zhang Erye himself is willing to spend so much energy because it is for his own family.

For the things I use, it’s always right to make them finer, and it’s comfortable for me to use.

It wasn't until very late that Zhang An left Zhang Erye's house and went home to sleep.

But at two or three o'clock in the middle of the night, there was a burst of firecrackers in the village, and Zhang An, who was soundly asleep, was woken up just like that

Firecrackers are generally not easy to set off in the village, unless it is a holiday, or there is something important at home.

But now that there is no festival, and it is midnight, Zhang An knew immediately that someone in the village must have passed away.

The sound of firecrackers is more used to inform everyone that whoever has a funeral and needs to come to help.

After all, as the old saying goes, you can't get red things without being invited, and white things come uninvited.

Generally, when encountering such a thing, the host will not come to invite people, but everyone will come to help on their own initiative.

Because it is taboo for many people to wear sackcloth and filial piety when they go to other people's houses. In everyone's opinion, it is very unlucky.

After Zhang An woke up, he got up and went out, wanting to see whose business it was.

If it is a close relative of your own, you should start now.

If it is a neighbor in the village, then get up and go tomorrow morning.

After all, it's not very convenient for me to go there now, not to mention other taboos.

It's fine to go after getting up tomorrow morning, and it will be convenient for others at that time.

"Xiao An, go back to sleep, the old lady of Li Heping's family has left."

When Zhang An went downstairs, he met the mother who got up, and she should have gone out to see it.

"Hey, it's a good thing for the old man to go away. Not only the old man himself suffers, but Li Heping and his family suffer too."

Hearing what his mother said, Zhang An was a little emotional.

The old lady of Li Heping's family has been hanging her last breath since a while ago.

Everyone thought that the old lady was only a few days old, but who would have thought that it would take more than half a month to hang herself.

Not only is the old lady living a miserable life, but the little ones in the family can only watch over her.

The next morning, after Zhang An got up, he changed into black and green clothes before going to the door to help.

At this moment, many people from Li Heping's family have come, some are relatives close to their family, and some are folks from the village.

Zhou Yang came earlier than Zhang An, and he and Zhang Jianzhong were undoubtedly in charge of the kitchen.

At this moment, I have to start helping to count the menu and see what dishes I need to buy.

And when he went to buy vegetables, Zhang An would definitely be expropriated.

In the past, when there was no car, people would go to the village in a horse-drawn carriage.

He is the only one with a car in the village now, and he will definitely go shopping with him later.

Zhang An originally wanted to help move the tables and benches, and those guys who served the wine.

Unexpectedly, being assigned the task of a driver, Zhang An was also happy to relax.

When it was time to eat at noon, Zhang An didn't even get the job of serving the dishes.

I can't help sighing that this era is still good, everyone is vying to help, very loving.

When I encountered such a thing when I arrived, there were not many people who helped, and I had to find the person who served the dish.

Because there were not many people in the village, most of the young people went outside.

Zhang An originally wanted to attend the ceremony, but at this moment their family has not opened a reception desk.

But when the reception desk was opened, Zhang An was no longer needed to attend the ceremony.

Because Zhang Jianguo has already followed, and Zhang An is not married yet, so there is no need to accompany the ceremony alone.

And even after Zhang An gets married, their family only needs to take one copy of this kind of thing.

Because Zhang An is the only child in the family, it must be considered a family.

It's just that after Zhang An gets married, the attendant will have to write Zhang An's name.

In the remaining few days, Zhang An's family went to help, and Zhang An followed everyone to do chores.

See where there is something that needs someone to do, and take the initiative to help.

After several days in a row, the matter of Li Heping's family was finally over.

After several days, the silkworm eggs Wang Fang put in the silkworm plaque had hatched, which was several days faster than Zhang An thought.

Although she was busy helping Li Heping's house a few days ago, Wang Fang did not forget these little guys.

Check several times a day because once the eggs hatch, they are fed mulberry leaves.

Newly born silkworms can eat in about two to three hours. If they are not fed, they will starve to death soon.

Moreover, the mulberry leaves fed at this time must not only be fresh and tender, but also have to be chopped to facilitate their eating.

As these young silkworms grow up day by day, they need to eat more and more mulberry leaves every day.

Zhang An is not worried about picking up the nearby mulberry leaves, but his old mother wakes up early every day.

When Zhang An woke up, Wang Fang had picked the mulberry leaves back.

Sericulture is different from other livestock, and a large pile of forage can be cut and stored.

Mulberry leaves are not good, try to feed them on the same day and pick them on the same day.

Because silkworms will have diarrhea after eating mulberry leaves that have been stored for a long time, otherwise people would not say that silkworms are difficult to take care of.

In the afternoon, Chen Ze came to Changqing.

Originally, Chen Ning planned to be with him, but today he didn't just come to play.

Because I still have to go to Su Ying's house to help fulfill the duties of a matchmaker.

So he decisively rejected the younger sister who wanted to come with him.

He didn't want Chen Ning to know that he was working as a matchmaker.

Otherwise, Chen Ning would have to laugh at her for a long time in the future.

"Auntie, I'm here."

Chen Ze came over, first said hello to Wang Fang who was cleaning up the mulberry leaves, then took out an envelope and handed it over.

"Thank you, Xiao Chen, tell auntie what you want to eat tonight, and auntie will make it for you."

Wang Fang opened the envelope, and inside was a piece of red paper with Su Ying's birthday on it.

After getting this thing, Wang Fang finally felt relieved.

In this way, she will be able to find someone to match Zhang An and Su Ying's horoscope in the next few days and see the day.

"Auntie cooks whatever you want, I like to eat whatever you cook, and I don't pick at all."

While talking to Wang Fang with a smile, Chen Ze looked at Zhang An, as if asking why you didn't show anything.

"Well, our great hero should indeed be rewarded."

Zhang An pondered for a moment, then spoke.

"How about I give you the whole old turtle soup? Just caught a few big old turtles a few days ago."

The few soft-shelled turtles captured by Zhang Tie and the others have now given birth to many offspring in the space.

Looking at Chen Ze's age, Zhang An thought about stewing one and giving him a supplement.

"Go, go, what old turtle soup, buddy, I am young and strong, how can I use that thing, tell Li Hongbin about this."

Chen Ze rolled his eyes, this guy thought he didn't know why Laobietang was used.

Besides, he is now in his 20s, in the prime of his youth, and he hasn't even gotten married yet, so why use that thing.

"How about some crayfish? I brought some cases of beer over today."

Chen Ze thought of the crayfish he ate at Zhang An's house last year, and he missed it after so long.

"Now there is a restaurant in the old street, which also serves crayfish. I went there with my friends once, and it was not as delicious as yours."

"No problem, I'll get you a beggar chicken later, and cook a pot of crayfish. Are these enough?"

Chen Ze wanted to eat lobsters, this matter was not too simple, he could catch half a bucket of lobsters in a short time.

"Enough is enough, I can't finish eating these."

Hearing Zhang An talk about Beggar Chicken, Chen Ze was quite looking forward to it.

He has only seen this stuff in novels and TV, but he has never tasted this stuff in real life.

Originally, Zhang An wanted to let the baby army go out to catch shrimps, but today they are not at home.

So even if Zhang An didn't want to go out, there was no one to order him right now, so he could only go out with a bucket.

Chen Ze looked very interested. He had long wanted to experience the fun of catching lobsters.

When he came here before, Zhang An always called those children to catch them.

He is a man in his 20s, and he is too embarrassed to play around with others.

When he arrived in Tianbali, Chen Ze was like a child, looking here and there for a while.

"Zhang An, see if this one will work."

Chen Ze excitedly picked up a small finger-sized crayfish with tongs and showed it to Zhang An.

"I said big brother, can you be a little promising, this shrimp is too small, you can eat it."

This person has never been caught before. All the dolls in the village know that they want to catch the big ones.

"Well, it's about the same size as this."

Zhang An picked one up from the ditch and handed it to Chen Ze to have a look.

The length of this lobster is about ten centimeters, especially the pair of large pincers are longer than the shrimp caught by Chen Ze himself.

(End of this chapter)