Su Ruyi reached out and gestured with the size again. The basket should not be too big. It will be hung in the future. The load-bearing capacity of the basket and the load-bearing capacity of the pole must be considered.
The ones placed on the ground can be made into large baskets, such as those for holding cabbage and radishes. You can make them later when the elder brother becomes proficient. The cost of the small baskets in the front is low, so you can practice casually.
She gently wrote the dimensions on the paper, picked up the paper and checked it carefully. It was OK. Although the lines were not very smooth, at least she could see what it was, and all the necessary details were marked.
Lu Duotian was lying on the bed. When he saw Su Ruyi come in, he sat up with his hands.
Although his face is not good now, and he looks extremely anxious at first glance, but at least he is not numb. In the past, he had a look of despair.
Dalang hurriedly stepped forward to support his father and pulled a ball of old clothes behind him.
"Brother, why are you sitting up? Your sternum is fractured. You'd better lie down and rest to get better quickly."
The past few days have been chaotic, and he didn't even take care of the family's injuries. Yesterday, he even let him drag his broken bones and legs around. It was also a dereliction of duty on his part as the head of the family.
"It's okay. You can't be so squeamish. I've eaten well these past two days and I don't feel the pain in my chest anymore. Maybe it's not a broken bone."
Su Ruyi thought to herself, she hadn't eaten much in the past two days, so she only ate a piece of chicken. The whole family ate it together. People in ancient times were too squeamish.
If I can go to Tongzhou this time, I can buy something and come back to make up for my eldest brother, so I can weave and make baskets for her as soon as possible.
She unfolded her painting: "Brother, look at it, can you still see this picture?"
Lu Duotian took a look and thought the painting was very good. He didn't expect that his younger brother and sister were still capable.
"understand."
"The basket is made into a square shape, which is convenient. I also marked the size..."
Su Ruyi was afraid that she would be inaccurate in estimating the unit of length, so she showed Lu Duotian again with her hand.
It is one foot five long, one foot wide and twenty inches deep. With a big mouth and a small belly, I am not afraid of being too heavy and crushing the basket.
Lu Duotian was silent for a moment. This was a little more complicated than he thought, but it was not something that couldn't be done. If he thought about it more, there would be nothing he couldn't do.
"Look, I'm using rattan wood pieces to make the frame. Can I use wheat straw to weave the body into it?"
"Okay, as long as it's strong, it doesn't matter what material you use...that's what people say."
"Okay, then I will start thinking about it today. Dalang, if you have nothing to do recently, go get me some canes."
Dalang: "Okay!"
Su Ruyi advised: "Brother, your health is important. I won't stop you from moving, but remember not to do too much. Just move once a day. If you move too much, it would be fine if you keep it for a hundred days, but it will be fine after just one move." If you can’t take care of it during the year, that would be bad.”
"I know, sister-in-law, I know it well. Well, I heard you are going to Tongzhou..."
Su Ru noticed that he had a strange look on his face. He remembered that last time he said that he was going to the town to find work, which made him want to kill himself. He quickly smiled and said: "Yeah, I have never been to a big place in my life. Let's go and see it." Look, after all, you are now the head of the Lu family, so you can’t have no knowledge at all, right?”
Lu Duotian murmured: "Yes..."
"Brother, please take good care of yourself quickly. Only when you take good care of yourself can you work, and don't think about anything else. You may be the one to take charge of this house one day."
Lu Duotian remained silent. It was a joke to let a lower-ranking woman take charge of the house when there was a man in the family. Now that he had regained his composure, he secretly thought to himself that if he learned the skill of weaving baskets, he would be able to raise a child. We have to survive this family, so it’s not like we can’t take over the matters of being the head of the family.
He was either dissatisfied with his siblings or unreasonable. He didn't want others to laugh at the Lu family.
But this matter has to wait, at least until his sternum is healed.
Su Ruyi returned to the yard and scribbled on the paper again. Dalang stood next to her and watched, but this time he didn't understand what the third aunt had drawn at all.
After Su Ruyi finished the painting, she was very satisfied. She measured the length with her steps in the yard, mumbling to herself, and admired the big man next to her. An adult is an adult, and the things he does are always mysterious. Yes, children can’t understand it.
After determining the size, Su Ruyi thought about it for a while. Although this shelf was simple, she couldn't make it herself, so she still had to leave it to a carpenter.
But you can't go to Carpenter Li in the village. In such a small place, if every household wants to buy something, the whole village will know it the next day.
There will always be people curious about what she does with this weird shelf she created. When the time comes, not to mention outsiders, her own family members will also be curious about where the things went.
How could she explain?
So we might as well build this rack in Tongzhou. The place is so big that no one can afford to be curious about others.
She folded the blueprint carefully.
"Dalang, I'll go back to the house and take a rest. You can look at the egg."
"good."
Dalang was in a good mood.
He felt that it was really good now. Sure enough, the third aunt was no longer angry and the family was getting better.
He ran back to the house and dug out the sugar packet from under the mattress. Lu Duotian leaned against the bedside and looked at the drawings carefully, thinking about how to do it, and reminded him loudly: "Da Lang, save some food."
"I won't eat it, I'll give it to Dan'er."
Lu Duotian said: "That's okay, but you can't give him too big a piece of food, or he may get a throat jam."
"I know, I'll hit him with rocks and eat him carefully!"
After saying that, he happily walked out the door.
He used to take care of Dan'er, but he was a little annoyed with him. He couldn't walk, talk, and didn't do any work. His mother was still the fierce third aunt, and grandma was still so protective of him!
Dalang and the other children in the family were very aggrieved and unconvinced.
But he doesn't feel that way now. He feels that Dan'er is quite pitiful. He can't walk or talk on his own. He should take more care of him. He is the eldest brother.
Moreover, the third aunt would also praise herself.
Deep down in his heart, Dalang hoped that this third aunt would always be like this and never change back again.
The seeds cannot be dried in the sun for a while and cannot be planted in the ground.
Su Ruyi circled around the walnut tree in the yard.
My mother-in-law said before that the walnuts are mature when they turn yellow, but now these walnuts are still very green and I don’t know when they will mature.
So selling the walnuts for money will have to wait until later.
I hope that day will come soon, she also wants to eat walnuts.
She went to collect the vegetables manually. The vegetables in the field were all ripe.
However, she only dared to put away the beans, tomatoes and peppers because she found that the cabbage and lettuce she had pulled out before now only had a nest left and no more growth.
In the evening, I asked my second sister-in-law to help me mend another pair of shoes. This pair has been cleaned and will be suitable for wearing in Tongzhou tomorrow.
Su Ruyi cooked the rice in the evening, and as expected, there were two bowls of rice. Everyone ate happily. It felt like a festival, so happy.
Mrs. Zhang was a little worried about the food, but she didn't say anything. During the day, she even recognized Su Ruyi's status as the head of the family and did not refute her face.
After dinner, Mrs. Zhang asked, "When will you go to Tongzhou?"
"tomorrow."
