The daily farming life of the black-bellied young lady

Chapter 24 Renovating the Kitchen
After Chu Ying gave the money to Ah Qi, she asked Ah Qi to help move the large water tank to the kitchen. The water tank was as big as three of them hugging each other, and when it was placed in the kitchen, it suddenly became a little crowded.

Sending Ah Qi away, Chu Ying cut the firewood scattered on the ground into similar lengths, placed them against the wall where the clay stove was built before, and continued to build another firewood until the pile reached a height beyond her reach. Chu Ying didn't take a rest until all the firewood was cut and piled up.

The place where the firewood piled up was vacated, so Chu Ying went to the woods behind to cut some longer and straighter logs, and inserted the logs into the dug holes. Chu Ying wanted to make a shelf for placing salt, dried bamboo shoots and cattails root.

If it is just scattered on the ground, it will take up too much space.After the four logs were fixed on the soil, Chu Ying moved the rice pot into a rectangle formed by the four logs about 1 meter in length and about 30 cm in width, and moved it to the side near the rocket stove, so that it would be much more convenient to take the rice .

Chu Ying cleaned one of the small water tanks, moved it to the side of the rice pot, and then poured the rice from the sack into it. Chu Ying picked up some of the rice scattered on the ground and put it in the bowl.

Put the lid on the small water tank filled with rice, and Chu Ying used another piece of wood to measure the position on top of the rice tank, leaving a place for the rice to be taken when the time comes.At the measured height, use a stone ax to chisel some places on the four pieces of wood, and then fix the horizontal pieces of wood to the four vertical pieces of wood.

After the 4 horizontal pieces of wood were tied, Chu Ying put wooden strips in the vacant place in the middle, and fixed them with ropes, so that the first side was ready, Chu Ying took out some dried bamboo shoots hanging on the beams Place on the first level of the shelf.

Chu Ying also built two floors up and put the salt on the shelf.Although the shelves are relatively empty now, there will be many things to fill them in the future.The previously marinated fish and bamboo shoots could not be heated, so Chu Ying was not placed on the shelf near the rocket stove.

Chu Ying moved all the clay pots on the east side to the middle, and then made two shelves. Chu Ying didn’t make the shelf a big one. First, the way she tied it would not be so strong, and second, the pots were of different sizes. , Chu Ying is not good at layering.

Now I have made two shelves, the one next to the wall is higher on the first floor, Chu Ying moved the tall clay pot to the bottom of the shelf.The first shelf on the outside was not that high, so Chu Ying moved the medium clay pot to the bottom.

The other smaller clay pots, Chu Ying, are placed on the upper layers, and the middle layers should be placed in sight.After all the clay pots and the dried bamboo shoots hanging on the beams of the house were put away, Chu Ying felt that her kitchen had doubled in size all of a sudden.

There are no more scattered and piled things on the ground, and they are all stored against the wall. Only the chicken coop still takes up a lot of space. You can move it out when Chun Chu Ying opens. Now that the weather is cold and it will snow, Chu Ying should go first. It's better to keep it.

Seeing that the sky was almost getting dark, Chu Ying slapped her head and remembered that the morning clothes hadn't been washed yet. Chu Ying was already a little tired from busy work. Chu Ying cooked the rice first, and then washed the clothes. The five fingers are gone.

Chu Ying tied ropes to the shelves and the beams to form a straight line. Chu Ying cooled the wrung clothes on top. The clothes would dry faster if the room was warm and the stove was burning.

After all the work was done, Chu Ying was too lazy to eat, but the big belly would not allow Chu Ying to do this.Chu Ying saw that there was only half a piece of cured pork hanging outside the house, so she had to go to the city before it snowed to buy some pork to marinate or smoke. It takes so much salt to marinate, but I just don’t know if I can smoke it well.

After the meal, Chu Ying used the copper lid she bought last time as a drill for shoes to drill two holes on one side, one finger apart. "Put the sliced ​​bamboo in the middle of the hole, and then use a needle and thread to pass through the two holes to fix the bamboo.

Chu Ying held the bamboo handle and looked at the copper lid below, which was the same as the ladle used to hold old wine, but only bigger than the palm of her hand. Chu Ying put a small amount of turpentine picked last time in the copper lid, and cooked it with cooked rice. The embers of good water heated the resin in the small copper pot.

Chu Ying split a small bamboo with a section at the bottom with the section cut off from the top in half, and then tied it up with a thread. It looked like the original section, but the pine resin poured in would solidify and the bamboo would be cut. The knots are disassembled to allow the resin to become a candle.

Chu Ying has never done it, but the basic idea is this.After the meal was finished, the turpentine in the small copper pot had already melted. Chu Ying rubbed out a candle wick with a thread, held the candle wick in one hand, and slowly poured the turpentine in the small copper pot with the other. In the bamboo knot.

The bamboo joints are relatively small, and there is not much turpentine, and the turpentine is poured out just a little away from the mouth of the bamboo joints.Chu Ying blew on it with her mouth, hoping it would cool down quickly.Chu Ying put the candle wick on the bamboo joint and placed it vertically on the shelf.

After tidying up the dishes and chopsticks, Chu Ying carried her Tang Pozi back to the bedroom.When I put out the fire, I took a special look at the bamboo on the shelf, hoping that it would take shape so that I could have a candle for myself.

Chu Ying thought about going to the city tomorrow to buy some cloth to make clothes and sacks. She had already bought enough clay pots, so she didn’t need to buy any more. Chu Ying fell asleep after thinking about it. When she woke up, it was still dark. No matter how bright it was, Chu Ying continued to fall asleep again, and the biological clock formed during the days of slaughtering pigs had not yet been adjusted.

It was almost noon when she woke up again, Chu Ying hurriedly got up to wash her face and brush her teeth, but she was a little anxious, and she was rubbing her teeth without biting down on the branches, and she accidentally rubbed her gums to leave some blood.

Chu Ying put on winter clothes and clean autumn clothes, put some chestnuts in her pocket, and went out with a basket on her back.There was a hurry along the way, but Grandpa Li hadn't come back from the city yet, so Chu Ying had to wait at the entrance of the village with other people who were also late.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and some people have gone to the city to do New Year's goods. When Grandpa Li comes, the car is full of things and people. "Miss Sakura is going to the city?"
"Yes, Grandpa Li, you have to pay 80 Wen for the five trips before, so you can take it." Chu Ying gave Grandpa Li the last bus fare.

"It doesn't need to be so much, just pay 12 coins for a trip of 60 coins as before."
"You have worked so hard to come to my house to carry things. I have to give you the money. If you don't charge me next time, I will be embarrassed to ask you to help me carry things."
"Okay then." Grandpa Li is not easy, Chu Ying heard Han Da said that Grandpa Li's family has only one daughter who is waiting for a baby, and this daughter is still an old woman, so she is very spoiled, and now it's time to get married What's more, the requirements are quite high, because there is only one daughter, so he can only marry into the family. For this dowry, Grandpa Li continued to do the ox cart business as long as he was old.

Chu Ying watched Qin Zhong's shop, so she waited outside for a while, but seeing that some people came to exchange the broken chestnuts, and seeing Qin Zhong who was a little dizzy from being busy inside, Chu Ying felt that she was sorry for Qin Zhong. Yes, the chestnuts must have gone bad over time.

I don’t know how bad the chestnuts at home are, but fortunately, I have brought 40 baskets of the 30 baskets of chestnuts at home. If the remaining 10 baskets are broken, there is not much loss, but I have to hurry up and grind the chestnuts into powder when I go back. .

(End of this chapter)