The atmosphere relaxed a little, and Lin Yan also figured it out. Just as she was about to speak, someone beat her to it.
"Shui Hua, who gave you the courage to come here and cause trouble? Come back here."
It turned out to be Azu, the water-born mother-in-law, and the head of the water-born family. Her words held great weight.
As soon as she saw Mrs. Shui, Shui Hua immediately withered and did not dare to confront her.
But she didn't want to leave just like that, so she still said weakly: "Auntie, Shuisheng doesn't want to go hunting. He is so old. He can't go out. He will starve to death in the future."
Mrs. Shui ignored her daughter, first smiled at Huahong and Lin Yan, and said slowly: "I'm sorry, it's Shuihua who is ignorant. Don't take it to heart. This is my gift to Lin Yan."
Mrs. Shui brought a pair of leather clothes, pure white, which looked good at first glance.
"Really Lin Yan?" Huahong reached out and touched it, in disbelief. "Who would give such a good thing away? You have a little girl at home, about the same age as Lin Yan, why don't you keep it for your own use."
Mrs. Shui said cheerfully: "This is specially made for Lin Yan. Without her, the tribe would not be able to settle down. Everyone would be busy running for their lives. How could it be like this?"
Mrs. Shui thanked Lin Yan from the bottom of her heart, and specially asked her family to pick out the best leather and make a set of clothes for her.
Shuihua didn't know about this, and when she saw such good clothes, she said unhappily: "Auntie, Shuiduo is just over two years old, give these clothes to Shuiduo."
Shui Duo is a water-born little girl, and she is loved very much by her family.
Since I started learning, all the little babies in the tribe have nice names. There was no surname before, but now there is one. The whole family changed their names together.
The Shui family used to have everyone with any name, but later Mrs. Shui decided that everyone should take Shui as their surname.
Mother Shui glanced at Shui Hua and said, "I'll make 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 can't always Take advantage of Lin Yan."
"Lin Yan, put it on quickly and see if it's the right size. 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 right, no need to change it."
Seeing that her daughter was so invisible, Huahong hurriedly said: "Mr. Shui, I 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." Mrs. Shui looked at Lin Yan happily. The more she looked at it, the more she liked it. She wanted to take it home.
"Splash, water creature, come home."
Before Shui Sheng left, he said to Lin Yan sheepishly, "I am the one who caused you trouble."
Seeing a quarrel ending in this way, people couldn't come back to their senses.
"Mr. Shui is sincere, I thought it was just for show." Ye Zi looked stunned, "This dress is so well made, there will never be another one like it in the tribe."
"It's just that the clothes are so good that people don't dare to accept them." Hua Hong couldn't believe that Mrs. Shui gave away such good clothes.
"Only those big families can get such good leather."
Huahong touched the clothes and then looked at her daughter, "Do you really accept it?"
Lin Yan nodded, "Aunt Shui sent me a gift out of kindness, why don't you accept it. When I make some good things, just give some to Aunt Shui's family to express my gratitude."
Lao Hei was also there. Lin Yan's eyes lit up when he saw him, and he hurriedly walked to him and said, "Whenever you have time, burn a batch of bricks for me. I want to repair the house."
"I packed up the brick kiln today and made bricks with rough wood."
"Okay, you can burn some more and renovate your home as well." Lin Yan couldn't let Lao Hei Hei work either.
"I'm going to help bake the bricks." Huahong said hurriedly. With the food at home these days, she also had time to do other things.
Ye Zi also said hurriedly: "I'll go too. Just let Mu Shi take the two children to feed the mice and rabbits in our family. We can work together to make it faster."
"You all go and do your work, I'll stay and look after the house." Aunt Maomu, Mrs. Mao, followed.
Lao Lin took his son to bake bricks together.
Living together is convenient. Several families can work together much faster than one family, and they can also take care of each other.
After dinner, all the brick-burners left, leaving only Mu Shi, Ye Ya, Mao Mu, and Lin Yan in the house.
Mu Shi was busy making baskets and kept working.
Aunt Maomu is busy knitting straw sandals. The straw sandals she makes are getting better and better. Many people like them and exchange them with her.
Lin Yan and Ye Ya were pulling weeds in the yard. The grass was just right for the pikas and the rabbits, so it wasn't wasted.
Nowadays, every household is raising rats and rabbits 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 rats and rabbits.
After seeing the benefits of pika and rabbit breeding, no one is willing to leave it behind.
Pikas reproduce very quickly and can give birth to a litter in three months. They are the main source of food for every family.
After ten days of busy work, the brick-making good luck has returned. Several families gathered around and listened to Lin Yan's instructions on how to repair the house.
Seeing everyone's expectations, Lin Yan didn't give in, "First level the ground in the house, then get some river sand, dry it, spread it on the ground, spread the bricks on top, and finally use river sand to spread the bricks." Just fill in the seams.”
"This is great. The room is flat and clean." Ye Zi immediately praised it.
Others also agreed. Now the house is full of land and has not been tidied up. 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 baskets to dig river sand. Lin Yan looked at the yard with less than half of the weeds and felt deeply sad. This body was too small and couldn't do anything.
It is really tiring to pull grass and feed the pikas every day. She needs to strengthen her physical exercise.
Three days later, everything was ready and the flooring began.
Mao Mu and Lin Yun had the best skills, so they laid the bricks while the others did the work.
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 also became proficient, and they paved the brick floors for Ye Zi's family. After five days, all the houses were paved with brick floors.
They also built fire pits in the two rooms on the left and right, this time much smaller than the original ones. A straw mat is spread on the kang, and it is perfectly fine to sleep like this in hot weather.
When the cold season comes, you can light up the kang and you won’t be afraid of the cold anymore.
Lin Yan also planned to build a room on the west side of the yard to use as a kitchen. The stove and table were built in it, and the floor was paved with bricks.
The stove has a chimney that leads outside, so there is no need to smoke the people in the house.
The table was made of bricks in a square shape, with a stone slab placed on top as a tabletop.
During this period, Lao Hei, Hua Hong, Ye Zi, and Lao Lin burned another batch of bricks.
These bricks are large square bricks, not so red in color, and are used to pave the yard.
The five yards were connected together, and the work was done together. The yards were paved in a few days.
After passing five houses in a row, the yard was clean and smooth, and it suddenly changed.
Other companies also learned from Lin Yan's family, and a month later, they all had the same layout.
