The next morning, the family got up.
Li Yunze and Ye Mingxuan followed Yongchang and the others to cut down trees to make the gate.
Li Wenxiu took several children to dig the soil and prepare to grow food.
The other families are also busy in the fields, and they all want to plant food in the fields as soon as possible.
In fact, it is a little late to plant sorghum now, but it is too early to plant wheat. We are ready to try to see if we can harvest a crop of sorghum before planting wheat.
Ye Yutong dug the ground for a while and wanted to go outside for a walk. She hadn't taken out the sweet potatoes and potatoes yet.
But both mother and second brother disagreed, fearing that she would be in danger alone, so they asked her eldest brother and Ping An to accompany her in the afternoon.
She sighed and continued digging with the hoe.
Dayuan and Qiaoer followed behind them, picking up grass roots and stones.
Despite their young age, they worked very carefully and picked up all the debris they dug out.
Yongchang and Mantang were cutting down trees near the valley, while Li Yunze, Ye Mingxuan and Wencai dragged them back.
Wencai had learned carpentry before. Although he was not very expert, he could do some simple things. He was measuring the dimensions of the entrance.
Ye Mingxuan thought for a while and said, "Uncle Wencai, this entrance is too wide and not very safe. Do you think it can be made smaller? It's only big enough for a carriage to pass."
Wencai thought what he said made sense. There were many wild animals in the mountains. If a wooden door was built that wide, it would definitely not be strong enough and large wild animals could break it open.
He walked around the entrance and said to the two of them: "How about cutting down a few big trees and burying them on the left, then opening a small door on the right and making two horizontal blocks inside?"
"Uncle Wencai, we think it's good, so we'll do as you say." Ye Mingxuan said with a smile.
"Okay, let's cut down a few big trees now and fix them here, and then find some iron fences to plant outside. It will be safer then."
The five of them worked hard for a whole day to finish the entrance door.
The women and children at home were not idle either. They dug a large piece of land in one day.
Originally there were not many grain seeds, only a few kilograms per family, and most of them were wheat seeds. There were not many sorghum seeds. The ground was dug and planted.
Today's dinner was made by Ye Yutong, Xiaoli and Qiaoer. She used water from the space well. Everyone had been tired for a day, so drinking this water could relieve their fatigue.
The wild boar she killed last time still had a lot of oil residue left in it. She fried a large pot of wild vegetables with the oil residue and put some sorghum flour pancakes on it.
During dinner in the evening, Aunt Guilan looked at the oily wild vegetables in the basin and nodded her head.
He said distressedly: "Tongtong, why do you put so much oil in? You won't be able to survive in the future!"
Ye Yutong said with a smile: "Auntie, don't I feel sorry for you? You have been working for a day, how can you not eat some oil and water?"
Mao Dan's grandma looked at the pot of vegetables, twitched the corner of her mouth, and said with a smile: "Tongtong, you can take a few of them to play tomorrow, and I will cook. There are many of us, so you kids don't need to do it." live."
Ye Yutong suppressed a smile. She put in a little too much oil today, but most of it was smuggled out of space.
Seeing them distressed over some oil residue is funny and sad at the same time. They are all just making trouble.
Li Wenxiu smiled and pinched her face, "We only have this little oil residue. If you eat like this, it will be done in a few days. What will happen next?"
"Mother-in-law, Grandma Hu, aunts, and Tongtong are also thinking about everyone's health. I will go to the mountains tomorrow to see if I can hunt some game and come back for dinner." Li Yunze stepped forward to help his little daughter-in-law.
At first, everyone was just saying something funny, but after hearing his words, they burst into laughter.
The talented daughter-in-law joked: "Ping An, you know how to speak for your daughter-in-law at a young age. It's very good. He is a good young man."
Several women laughed again.
The corner of Ye Yutong's mouth twitched, but he was thinking in his heart, ladies and gentlemen, we are so young, are you saying this appropriate?
Li Yunze's face turned red when his aunts teased him, and he glanced at Ye Yutong. The girl's expression remained unchanged and she didn't feel embarrassed at all.
He felt that his Taoism was too shallow, and he was not as good as a woman who was a few years younger. He thought that he would have to practice his face in the future, at least not to blush just for a few words. That was too shallow.
Li Wenxiu looked at her son-in-law's embarrassed look and tried not to laugh. This child usually acted like an adult, speaking and doing things seriously.
Although he is very stable, he doesn't look like a child at all. Why does it feel so funny to see him like this now?
But she was the mother-in-law and couldn't make fun of her son-in-law, so she patted Xu Xianglan.
He smiled and scolded: "Look at what nonsense your aunt said? She really deserves a beating."
Xu Xianglan smiled and patted her face and said, "Blame me, blame me."
Everyone joked and laughed for a while before starting to eat.
Yongchang finished the cake in his hand and said to Wencai: "The gate has been repaired and the sorghum has been planted in the ground. Let's start making bricks tomorrow. It's best to build the house before winter comes."
Wencai nodded: "Okay, I'll make a few brick molds later so they can be used tomorrow."
He asked Li Yunze again, "Ping An, last time you talked about digging fish ponds, have you thought about where to dig them? We just happened to use the soil from the fish ponds to make brick embryos."
"Just stay close to the creek. From now on, we can divert the water from the mountains to the pond. It will be convenient for watering the ground then."
"Okay, let's dig there tomorrow."
Li Yunze said to them again: "Uncle Yongchang, Uncle Wencai, I will not make bricks with you tomorrow.
When I was cutting down trees yesterday, I discovered a plant that looked a lot like the food I saw in a book. I plan to take Tongtong and my elder brother to see it again tomorrow. "
As soon as everyone heard about eating, they immediately became energetic. Yongchang hurriedly asked: "Ping An, is it true? Where is it? Do you want to go with you?"
Li Yunze smiled and said: "Uncle Yongchang, no need, you can make brick embryos at home. I'm not sure if it is right. Let's go and take a look tomorrow."
"Well, you must pay attention to safety."
Everyone sat together and talked, then went back to rest.
Yongchang and Wencai went to the entrance to take a look. The newly made door was very strong, and they could finally sleep peacefully in the future.
The next day, just after dawn, Ye Yutong heard slight footsteps. It was Dayuan and Qiaoer going out.
She wanted to call the brother and sister to stop them and let them sleep a little longer, but they ran over there as soon as they got out of the cave. She swallowed the words that came to her mouth.
Mom, eldest brother, they are not in the cave either, they should have gotten up early.
She had no choice but to get up from the straw mat and walk to the stream to wash up.
Everyone got up very early. The pit had been dug very deep. There was a lot of soil piled next to it. The adults and children were mixing the mud there to make bricks.
Seeing that there was no one here, Ye Yutong took out his toothbrush from the space and rinsed his mouth.
She didn't go over there to help make the bricks, but was preparing to make breakfast.
In this way, something can be smuggled out of space and help everyone add some fuel.
