Chu Ying saw that the time was about the same, so she went to cook rice, cut a piece of the marinated meat given by Lu Meng, cut it into thin slices and put it on top of the rice. The strength to work at the master's house is all about to eat at the master's house, and Chu Ying added cut bamboo shoots to it, which can be regarded as claypot rice.

Chu Ying turned over the dried bamboo shoots outside the door and let them dry again. "Uncle Qi, let's start dinner later. Why don't you take a break? Chu Ying looked at Uncle Qi and Brother Wang who were sawing wood to make planks.

"No, let's finish it quickly, it's almost winter, and there are still a few adjacent houses to repair." Chu Ying later learned that if there was any problem with the house built by Uncle Qi in the future, Uncle Qi would come to repair it for free.

"Okay." Uncle Qi works diligently and has good craftsmanship, and the attic and bamboo roof that Chu Ying said before have been solved.

After the meal, Uncle Qi asked Brother Wang to put the wooden strips on the roof by hand, and when it was almost dark, Uncle Qi used a few pieces of bamboo to demonstrate to Chu Ying.

Uncle Qi fixed the wood at the eaves as a baffle, and chiseled a row of tongues and grooves on the side of the wood to the roof, so that as long as the bamboo pieces were inserted into it, they would not fall down.

"When the bamboo pieces on both sides are paved, you take a large piece of bamboo and put it in this place at the top of the house, and then insert it into this trough on both sides of the roof left and right, just do it, so that it will not leak, you can add straw on it if you don't worry." Chu Ying looked at the slot that Uncle Qi pointed to.

"Understood. Thank you Uncle Qi very much, how much money do you need in total? "Uncle Qi hugged Chu Ying first, and let Wang Qiyuan below. Descend the stairs next to it by yourself.

"I brought the window, and the other timber came from you, so I made a roof, a layer and a door, and you can lay the bamboo pieces of the roof yourself, and charge one and a half dollars." And this ladder, you can use it when the time comes. Carpenter Qi put the tools away.

"Okay, Uncle Qi, you wait."

"Uncle Qi, there are also a few places in my house that need to be repaired slightly, and when the other houses are finished, you will have time to visit."

"Okay." Chu Ying gave Uncle Qi money, and Uncle Qi left in a hurry. said that he was going to the nearest house to repair before it was dark.

"Don't worry about Uncle Qi's work, Uncle Qi is afraid that it will snow when the time comes, so at this time of year, he will go to every house to tinker. Uncle Qi is very responsible. Chu Ying looked at the rough but sturdy ladder that Uncle Qi had left behind.

"Eun, I also think Uncle Qi is very good. Brother Wang, you can help me hand over the bamboo chips, I am small, I will lay on it. ”

"It's better for me to be on it, by the way, you can't get it to me, so be careful." Wang Jiyuan handed over, Chu Yingpu, finally laid all the bamboo pieces before dark, and put larger bamboo pieces on the ridge of the roof.

"It's finally good. Brother Wang, rest for a few days, I'm very tired these days. ”

"No, although these bamboo whips will not dry up if they are watered in the soil, they still have to be planted as soon as possible, I am fine, I am used to doing farm work, but you, have a good rest tomorrow." Then I'll go first. ”

Chu Ying looked at the late autumn Brother Wang who was also working hard and took off his shirt, sweating a lot. When the chestnuts are collected, they must be brought to Brother Wang.

Chu Ying still slept in the original house, and the newly built wooden house had to be put on wooden sections and planks tomorrow. Looking at the wooden house where I lived, I felt that it was still very kind, although there were a few leaks in the roof and a few broken wooden walls, but I still loved this house very much.

With the new house, I feel that people are also energetic, and things are more emotional, Chu Ying got up early and put the wooden section on the ground, and flowed out a small road to convection of the air.

The door of the house is facing the previous wooden house, the window faces south, Chu Ying dug a 10-inch wide hole in the northeast corner to pass through the wood to the outside, and left a place in the northeast corner that is 3 steps wide and 4 steps long to pile up soil, make a slope towards the wooden wall, and then spread the front and back bamboo pieces on the slope.

At the bottom of the bamboo slices, a V-shaped piece of bamboo is placed to catch the water left from each piece of bamboo, and the bottom of the V-shaped is facing the small hole that has just been dug. Chu Ying wanted to add a bathroom here, originally wanted to build it outside, but she was afraid that she would catch a cold when she bathed in winter.

When this part is done, the other wood sections are also placed, and Chu Ying comes out to see the wood.

"You woke up early today. Let's do it together. Wang Qiyuan half-squatted to match Chu Ying's height, and the two of them each held one side of the saw and slice the log into planks. This job is still very laborious.

By the time the planks were almost sawn, Wang Qiyuan and Chu Ying were already tired. Chu Ying put the plank on the wooden segment, which could just get stuck in the middle of the two logs superimposed.

"Brother Wang, bring some chestnuts back." Chu Ying called Wang Jiyuan, who was going home for lunch.

"Chestnuts?" Chu Ying pushed out the back basket of the previous house. "Take this basket with you. There are still in the woods inside, but there will be a few bad ones. ”

"Then we have to collect the chestnuts quickly. In a few days, it will be troublesome to snow in winter. "Chu Ying doesn't have a calendar and doesn't have any concept of time, but it's really getting cold these days, and Chu Ying has already put on a thinner winter coat.

"I didn't have a place to put it at home, so I thought about building a house, and now that the house is almost there, I'll go and pick them up in the afternoon."

"Alright, I'll come in the afternoon. I'll carry this basket back. Chu Ying nodded and continued to go back and lay the planks. By the time Brother Wang came, Chu Ying was already so busy that she forgot to eat.

"Chu Ying, if you have something to help, you have to say, your chestnuts will be bad on the ground." When Chu Ying came out of the house, she saw Aunt Wang carrying a basket on her back, two more in her hands, followed by Wang Liyuan and Wang Qiyuan.

"Aunt Wang, why are you here?" Chu Ying hurriedly wiped her hand on her body.

"If you want to help, you don't say anything, do you think you can do it alone?" Wang Liyuan doesn't seem to be so hostile to herself.

"It's not a lot, so I thought I'd come by myself." Before a few people could say a few words, Aunt Wang took the tongs and prepared to pick up chestnuts.

Chu Ying also carried the basket on her back and went together. Aunt Wang is not only a good hand at farm work, but also picks up chestnuts one by one. There are more than the three of Chu Ying and the Wang family brothers and sisters.

"In the past, we used to go to the mountains to look for these mountain goods, but later the eldest son of the Tang family was arched by a wild boar and couldn't ...... Even if they are injured by wild boars, there will be fewer people who go. The boar was very vicious, especially when the little cub was there, and rushed over like crazy. ”

Chu Ying and the four of them slowly picked it up in a row, so that they would not miss the chestnuts and avoid repetitive work.

Aunt Wang is also a talkative person, Chu Ying listened to what Aunt Wang said, and knew everyone's awe and fear of the mountain in the south.

In autumn, the strong men of the village will go to the mountains to hunt for game together, but they dare not go into the depths of the mountain, there are wild boars in it, and several hunters also say that they have encountered bears, and now everyone only picks wild vegetables and chops wood at the foot of the mountain.

Moreover, a few years ago, some hunters who went together to kill bears for their money, went to 5 and came back 4, and the 4 people who escaped never entered the mountains again.

"Don't go into the mountains if you have nothing to do, the hunters in the village have to go together, you still stay at home, didn't you see the Xu family's troublemakers go to the mountains to play, and when you come back, you're so scared that you won't go again?"

Chu Ying and the Wang brothers and sisters looked at each other and smiled, they originally wanted to go to the mountains to find some game, but now it seems that they can only enter the mountains when they are full-fledged.

With the help of Aunt Wang's family, the chestnuts that originally took a long time to pick up were finished in two days, and the newly built house was also piled up with most of the chestnuts.

"Aunt Wang, take some more."

"No, I took 3 back baskets yesterday, there are enough at home, you can dry or grind powder when you have time, or it will be bad if it is stuffy."

"Take some more, you've helped me so much." Chu Ying said for a long time before Aunt Wang asked Wang Yuyuan to carry a basket.

"Okay, you can clean it up, the house has just been built. Here we go. Chu Ying looked at the chestnuts that were almost piled up in the room, and felt very fulfilled in her heart.

Chu Ying used the wood left over from building the house to fold the base of the bed in the same way as building the house. Lay a wooden board and mattress on it, the mattress is a fine linen cloth, Chu Ying is used to sleeping on the plank bed and does not feel uncomfortable.

Then I took the quilts, pillows, and clothes from the previous house. The previous house was used as a kitchen, and it was not far away.

Chu Ying was busy lying on the big bed she made and turned over a few times, happily kicking on the bed. I finally have my own bedroom, although it is full of chestnuts, I have been busy with work for the past few days, and my body is a little smelly.

For the sake of her bathroom, Chu Ying could only drag her tired body up, pick up the stone axe and drag the wood outside in, the house itself already has two sides, as long as two more walls are stacked, it doesn't need to be very high, and the upper part can be paved with bamboo chips.

Chu Ying still folded the wood with mortise and tenon joints, because the rest was mostly shorter wood, which could just be made wide. Chu Ying used the dovetail tenon from the Qi carpenter's side on the bathroom door, and when she was almost busy, Chu Ying was so tired that she didn't have the ** to take a bath, so she peeled a few chestnuts and ate them and fell asleep.