Chapter 31: Two Little Guesses
The air quality in Hongsongtun is very good, it may be that there are many trees and there is no pollution, so there are many negative oxygen ions, especially in the early morning when you stand in the yard and breathe the light air, which makes people feel relaxed and comfortable......
"Ling'er, if you don't wash your face quickly, what are you looking at there? Can the world drop bread? Min'er saw Ling'er open her arms and tilted her head slightly, as if she was waiting for something to fall.
"Huh? Here it comes. "Ling'er's heart, people are feeling it, right? I really don't know how to appreciate it, of course, she doesn't dare to say it even if she borrows a few guts from Ling'er.
"Cousin, this hand towel is new, use it for you, and you will use this when you come in the future." Min'er took a new muslin and handed it to Xiang'er.
"No new ones." Xiang'er was a little cramped and refused to reach out to pick it up.
"Alas, Sister Xiang'er, you just take it, it was unconditional before, but now you have to pay attention. You'll have to use your own handkerchief, and if you don't want this new one, you'll have to use ours. Ling'er knows that women and men in this era don't use the same hand towel, but basically few farmers have their own special hand towels. So she changed Min'er's point of view after discussing it with Min'er many times, in fact, she just exaggerated the idea that everyone sharing a hand towel might be cross-infected or something, and the girl who loves beauty naturally accepted her point of view.
"Okay" Xiang'er took the novice towel, and found that the handkerchief was made of fine cotton, so she couldn't help but look up at the two sisters, and lowered her head after finding that they were the same.
After breakfast, Zhao He was still playing with building blocks in the house. Now that the project in the village has started, Zhang Qiang and his wife will not go to her house and go to work there. Zhang Qiang was in charge of the scene, Aunt Zhang was responsible for taking the women in the village to cook for everyone, and Erya sometimes came over and sometimes went to see the excitement.
"Sister, I remember that there is a big vat with a broken hole in our house, where to put it?" Ling'er searched outside for a long time and didn't find it, so she ran back.
"In the backyard, it's covered with hay, what are you looking for?" Min'er thought for a while, and then remembered that the big vat was in the corner at that time, and there was a lot of water in it. Originally, he wanted to dig out the water, but Zhao He ran out of the back door, and it took a long time to get the people back, and then Zhang Qiang and the others came back with the grass on their backs, and they had no choice but to find a broken cover to cover it.
"Sister, if we want to make straw paper, we have to use it, where is it, you can take me there." Ling'er is not in a hurry, this bubble will take seven days, and it will be winter now, and it will be over as soon as it freezes. It didn't smell good, and if it was left in the house, it would have to kill a few of them. Thirty years have passed, and the smell still makes Ling'er feel unforgettable. Who made you fall inside? People will be haunted by bad luck, right?
When a few people came to the backyard to find the big tank, they found that the broken lid had fallen into the tank at some point, and the grass on it had fallen into a lot. Ling'er saw that the grass on it was estimated that the grass on it was too heavy and crushed the already very worn cover, Min'er looked at it and said loudly:
"Alas, the grass is soaked and blind." Min'er cleared the grass on it and found that the grass in the tank was soaked, and the smell was really bad.
"Really? That's great, sister, get up, I'll take a look. Ling'er pulled Min Kai away and went up to see it herself, and it was really good that it was soaked.
"What do you say? How disgusting is this, okay? "Min'er loves cleanliness like her mother, although it is not clean, but it is almost the same.
"Sister, there are many processes to make paper. This first process is the bubble, and now you can move on to the next process, if there is some hemp or something in it. Ling'er said very pitifully.
"The lid is made of hemp sticks, and it can't fall off if it's a wooden plank." Min'er quickly added when she heard that she was going to be numb.
"Sister, you are really a genius, you have directed the labor scene unconsciously." Ling'er said that she also learned Uncle Benshan's classic moves, and Min'er looked at her funny appearance, and she was a violent tremor.
"What do you look like? Not like a girl at all. Wang Xiang'er looked at the sisters and snickered together.
"Sister, you are light, it's over when you're stupid." Ling'er sighed in her heart, this sister has no sense of humor at all.
"What now?" Min'er said with a smile.
"All that's left is to take it out and heat it up in lime-filled water." Ling'er tried hard to recall, she only knew a general process, but she didn't know much about the specific details.
"How can there be such a big pot?" Min'er was worried, when she heard someone shouting at the back door:
"Sister Min'er, Ling'er, are you in the backyard?" It sounded like Yang Lan'er's voice.
"Here, you wait, I'll open the door for you." Ling'er shouted and ran to the back door.
After a while, Yang Lan'er followed Ling'er in, and Min'er introduced Wang Xiang'er to her, and said to Ling'er:
"What now? Even if you have such a big pot, you don't have a stove? Min'er motioned for everyone to come out with her, the smell was really not good.
"What do you want the cauldron for?" Yang Lan'er didn't understand what they were talking about.
"We wanted to try our hand at making our own straw paper, and now we urgently need a cauldron that can make a fire." Ling'er was also very worried.
"I know that Murakami's workshop uses a cauldron with 12 seals." (12 seals: the diameter of the pot is 120 cm.) In fact, this mark in the northeast refers to the distance between the thumb and index finger fully opened, so I estimated that it should be about 10 centimeters, so I calculated it as 10 centimeters. Yang Lan'er is very concerned about the workshop, and her mother said that they will all go to work when the workshop is completed.
"That can't be used, you can't cook anymore after cooking this ingredient." Ling'er knew as soon as she heard that it wouldn't work, in fact, it was best to go straight up and down the kind of iron bucket type. She didn't know why, but she saw it like that back then.
"Isn't that a small pot and a small pot fine?" Wang Xiang'er is also familiar with Ling'er now, and the two sisters always lead her to talk, so she is not so afraid of talking now. But after saying that, he immediately lowered his head, and his voice was not loud.
"yes, how stupid am I? Cousin, thanks to you, I wouldn't have thought of it. Ling'er said a little exaggeratedly, in fact, she had thought of it a long time ago, but she just felt that it was too troublesome, but it was just to encourage Wang Xiang'er.
"Then let's start preparing, the old pot in the barn is just right to be used." Min'er said, everyone went to the warehouse to get the pot, their strength is small, and one person can't take it. This old pot was left behind when Aunt Zhang moved, and it is a pot with 6 seals.
"Let's rack the pot in the backyard." Ling'er watched the three of them carry the pot together and commanded. At this time, she wanted to see Zhao Zhongxiang very much, uh, no, she wanted to see Zhao Shu.
It took a lot of effort for a few people to move the pot to the backyard, but it was only into the backyard, and a few people were completely out of strength, you must know that the ancient pot was a real iron pot.
"You wait, I'll go to Huzi, and a few of them will be watching the excitement in the workshop." Yang Lan'er sat on the ground and gasped, and was about to stand up as she spoke.
"Take a break, I'll go." Ling'er didn't let her get up and ran out by herself.
"You said I asked him to come, by the way, let him bring a few energetic ones." Yang Lan'er instructed Ling'er loudly. Don't look at the tiger who is the king and hegemon among the children in the village, but he is afraid of this Yang Lan'er, and he doesn't say that she has a lot of interests, as long as she says that she won't play with him, he will immediately become accustomed to it since he was a child.
"Brother Huzi, Sister Lan'er asked me to come to you." Ling'er didn't run a few steps before she saw a group of boys playing with stones, and she saw Huzi at a glance.
"What's the matter?" Huzi looked at Ling'er a little wary, as long as Yang Lan'er looked for him, it was generally fine. He himself couldn't understand that he was so afraid of her at first glance? Of course, he won't admit it.
"She just asked me to come to you, and said to bring a few energetic people to find her with me." Ling'er won't say it first, if he doesn't go, she won't be able to do it, but if he gets to her house, he won't have a chance to refuse.
"Erdan, dog, baby, you three come with me, you few play first." Huzi commanded with a very strong posture, and then ran home with Ling'er.
"What are you asking me to bring someone for?" When Huzi looked at the cauldron on the ground, he was immediately blindfolded, is this going to cook? Then he won't.
"Will you hold the pot? I'm going to put this pot over there. Yang Lan'er looked at Huzi with a little suspicion, but Huzi suddenly shouted as she expected:
"Cut, I thought it was a big deal. Isn't it just a branch pot? I'll put it up for you in a moment. "This tiger just can't stand Yang Lan'er's suspicion, this is her experience over the years.
A few boys carried the pot to the designated position without much effort, and then dug the pit and dug the pit, went out to pick up the stones, and went home to get the yellow mud and the yellow mud. It was quite organized, and it was obvious that the girls agreed that it was right to come to them, and that it would definitely not work if they were to do it themselves. Not to mention whether you have the strength or not, you don't know how to build a stove, even if you put the pot on the rack, you can't use it. After almost an hour, the cauldron was set up, and Huzi brought firewood to boil it, and the water in the pot boiled in a while.
"How? I said yes. Huzi stood proudly beside Yang Lan'er, raising her chin slightly, looking invincible.
"It's okay, what is Ling'er doing now?" Lan'er winked at Ling'er and said.
"What's the matter? We're not a handyman. As soon as Huzi heard that there was something else, he immediately jumped up.
"We're experimenting with making straw paper, do you want to learn it?" Ling'er hurriedly said, he can't learn anyway, it's okay to do some work.
"Really? Let's do it, let's say, what are we doing? As soon as Huzi heard the spirit, the children's exploration psychology is very strong.
"Take out the contents of that vat and put it in this cauldron." Ling'er said, and put the lime powder into the boiling water with Min'er, and Xiang'er and Lan'er took a long wooden stick to stir it there. The four boys first shook the contents of the vat with wooden sticks, and then began to fish them out and put them in the pot, and in a short time they had enough ingredients. When Ling'er said that it was okay, the four of them all ran to the river behind them to take a bath, and they didn't care if it was cold now. In fact, it is autumn, and it is very cold in the morning and evening, but it is extremely hot at noon. The river was cold, but the sun was shining, and the boys ran back after a quick wash, not playing in the river.
"I'll come on, look at your little energy." Huzi saw that Yang Lan'er's forehead was a little sweaty, so he snatched the wooden stick.
"You're so strong, don't make a hole in the pot." Yang Lan'er said angrily.