In the afternoon, the family went to work on the dry land, and the fox naturally brought the thirteen, and when he went out, the fox Xiaomei took a cloth and covered it.

Fox Fence Xiang looked puzzled: "What are you covering it for, open it, it can be dried in two days at most on this day." ”

"In the afternoon, there is no one at home, in case there is a wind, dust falls, or leaf residue or something, it will be washed in vain." The sun was big on this day, but a few black clouds were floating around in the sky, and it would not rain, but it looked like the wind was about to rise.

The family took the house and picked up the dry land. The soil was very dry and not moist at all.

It's time to water!

Like last time, Fox Dayou and Thirteen carried water, Wei Sanniang watered the vegetable patch, and Fox Fence Xiang and Fox Xiaomei scooped water.

Because he didn't know if Thirteen had done this job, Fox Dayou repeatedly told him to go slower, and he didn't say that he wanted Thirteen to help, but this person insisted. Since that one meal and one life, Thirteen has not asked for one thing and one favor for the fox family as usual, but the fox is still thinking about how much he has taken advantage of their family, so he excused himself and allowed him to follow the vegetable field.

Thirteen carried two buckets full of water and shook them, swinging while walking the water, and when he walked to the vegetable field, the bucket of water was almost half swung out. Wei Sanniang looked at it silently for a while, and it was hard to say anything.

It's a pity that the fox Xiaomei suffered, and when the thirteen picked the past, she walked quite slowly, and came back with two empty buckets in the blink of an eye, back and forth more than ten times, and then the speed of coming and going was faster, but unfortunately the water still had to swing out, and the tired fox Xiaomei's hands were sore. In the end, I couldn't help but say to him: "You can't go slower." Don't you look at how much water comes out? ”

Knowing that he didn't do well, Thirteen couldn't fight back, so he stood there and scratched his head in embarrassment. Even if he still has some eyesight, he saw Hu Xiaomei shaking his arms and guessed that her hands were probably sore, and then picked up the bucket again, so he took the initiative to take the scoop in Hu Xiaomei's hand and scoop it herself.

Fox Xiaomei was so happy that she just stood aside to rest.

After watering the artemisia on the dry land, it is not dark yet, and I can go back and clean up and have breakfast and dinner. Hu Xiaomei didn't do much work later, and Cui Sanniang and Hu Dayou went home happily.

And Thirteen volunteered to pick up the house, and also took the hoe carried by Wei Sanniang and put it in the bucket. He picked up the bucket. Walk in front with your head held high. The cuffs were rolled up, the pants were already short, and they were pulled up, and a pair of cloth shoes on the feet were wet and blistering on the ground. A thick layer of mud stuck to the soles of the shoes.

Look at Hu Xiaomei's family of four. Only Fox Otomo carried two empty buckets on his shoulders. Wei Sanniang, mother and daughter, all followed behind empty-handed. The four of them were clean, and the shoes were covered with mud from Wei Sanniang standing in the ground, at least the uppers were dry.

Those who don't know still think that their family will call thirteen slaves!

Fox Dayou looked at Fox Xiaomei speechlessly. Wei Sanniang also glared at her.

Fox Xiaomei shrugged innocently. said, what's the matter with her?

Fox Lixiang patted her on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "Second child, you are also ruthless." ”

Fox Xiaomei's eyes widened, what do you mean, it's Thirteen who wants to help with the work, and what does she care.

Fox Dayou didn't want to go, and when he got home, he took a set of his own clothes and gave it to Thirteen: "Your clothes are dirty, wear me this." ”

Thirteen hurriedly excused himself: "No, I still have a change of clothes there, you brought me a set of clothes last time, I can't ask for this." ”

"I look at your clothes are shorter, my clothes are made wider, and the cuffs are pulled up when you put them on, and you just fit them on." The more Thirteen refused, the more Fox Dayou felt sorry, and wanted to give him another set of clothes to wear, but he didn't have any money, so he could only help him like this, if he had plenty of money, it would be nothing to send Thirteen a set of clothes. Thinking about it this way, Fox Dayou decided that if Fox Xiaomei's duck feather business started, he would have to find a chance to repay the favor of Thirteen in the future.

The two of them were polite in the hall, and they heard the fox Xiaomei outside shouting loudly: "Daddy, the pig runs out." ”

It turned out that the door in the pigsty was a little broken, and the fox didn't have time to repair it these days, and the pig didn't know how to arch the door open, and when the fox Xiaomei came out, he saw that the fat pig was arching mud under the corner of the eaves.

Seeing someone come out, it was not afraid, and swaggered to the middle of the yard, I don't know if it is an evil door, the fat pig does not want to enter the pigsty today, and the fox Dayou took the pole and drove it into the pigsty for a while. Fox Xiaomei helped, the fat pig still shook his head and seemed to want to rush out of her, but the fox Xiaomei was scared, she didn't forget how terrible the wild boar in the mountains was, although this pig is not so ferocious, regardless of the rampage, it can also knock people away.

In the end, Wei Sanniang threw something on the ground, and while the fat pig was picking up and eating, Fox Dayou and Thirteen worked together to drag the fat pig into the pigsty.

After a busy while, it was dark again.

Fox Xiaomei was lucky, two consecutive sunrises and big sun, the duck down bought back was almost dry, and the duck down began to be processed after drying.

The processing procedure is more troublesome, it is necessary to use soapy water and soda ash for degreasing and cleaning, then wash it with water, pack it in a muslin bag after drying, put it on the steamer and steam, steam it twice in a row, disinfect and sterilize, so that the duck down made will not get sick and cause allergic reactions when worn on the body. Especially for some people with delicate skin, children, if the clothes are not cleaned, it is easy to get contaminated with skin diseases.

But in this era, there is no soap and soda ash, and even if there is soap and the like, she can't afford to use it. Therefore, Hu Xiaomei finally decided to do it herself, if she can succeed, she can save a lot of costs in the future.

On the third day, after breakfast, she went out with her back on her back.

She remembers that the book records that the earliest manufacture of soap was to burn beech wood into ashes, and then drip lanolin fat, after the beech wood was burned into ashes, there was alkali, which could react with oil and wash clothes cleanly.

She doesn't know what woolly beech wood is, but she can find hardwood instead. And soda ash can naturally be made with plant ash.

Fox Xiaomei searched for a long time on the mountain and didn't find a hardwood that matched her heart, and it couldn't be a live green wood, because it couldn't be burned through. The dry trees were not as hard as she had thought, they were either twigs or dead trees, empty and loose in the middle.

She climbed over and over the hills, from the front to the side of the mountain, and from the side of the mountain to the back of the mountain, and when it was near noon, she heard the cry of the fox in the woods looking for her.

Fox Xiaomei came out for an hour or two and didn't go back, Wei Sanniang was worried, so she asked Mu Xiu's fox fence to come out to look for someone, and it happened that Fox Dayou came back from selling bean curd. So Thirteen went up with him into the mountain.

Since that day Thirteen went to the farm with them. Thirteen will come back with Fox Dayou every day, help their family do this and that, no matter the work in the field at home, he will not hesitate to take over, and the people in the village have been talking about how their family and Thirteen are so close for the past two days.

When Tang Daming saw it yesterday, he asked Hu Dayou: "Why do you run to your house every day?" ”

Everyone in the family got Hu Xiaomei's instructions. Don't make a splash about the down jacket until it's officially sold. Therefore, the fox Dayou only said vaguely: "...... Look, he's fine. He's willing to help me with some work, and we'll take care of him for two meals. ”

Thirteen had helped Hu Dayou's family work before, and Hu Dayou rented an acre of dry land. I wasn't at home in the morning, so it was understandable that there were many people working. So, some people talked about it, but they didn't think it was anything.

At this time, seeing Thirteen following the fox fence to find herself, Fox Xiaomei was not surprised at all. Putting his back on the ground, he sat under the tree and said dejectedly: "Go back, I can't go back if I haven't found anything." ”

If you can't find a hardwood you like, you can take a piece of wood and count it.

"Isn't it just a piece of wood, as for you to find it for two hours?" Fox Fence doesn't believe it.

Fox Xiaomei glanced at him, said the request for the tree she was looking for, and gave him the knife: "If you can, then you can help me find it." ”

"Is that a problem?" The fox fence glanced at her, picked up the knife and walked into the woods. While walking, Thirteen saw that the fox fence had gone away, and the fox Xiaomei was still sitting in place and did not move, and her feet moved, I don't know whether to keep up with the fox fence or guard the fox Xiaomei here.

Fox Xiaomei was amused when she saw him in a hurry, got up and patted the dust on her body, and followed the fox fence with her back.

After going around in the forest, he still didn't find a suitable tree, and the fox fence was also a little discouraged, complaining to the fox Xiaomei: "Second sister, can't you just find a piece of broken wood?" Does it have to be a good piece of wood, or does it have to be dry? ”

Only the wood of a tree that has just died has not been exposed to wind and rain for a long time can not decay. Look at the large forest full of dense trees, how can there be any trees that have just died?

"Isn't that embarrassing?"

"Since we are going to sell it, we have to do it well, otherwise we can sell it at a good price."

"You're just imagining it, who knows if you can wear it or not?" The fox fence said impatiently, then pointed to a tree in front of him, and said, "Okay, just it, don't look for it." ”

Fox Xiaomei's eyebrows twitched, the tree in front of her is just the size of a person's embrace, not a decades-old tree, but at least a dozen years, the tree is thick and strong, the branches on the top are intricately knotted, at this time in winter, most of the leaves are withered, and you can clearly see that the bottom few branches are also the size of Fox Xiaomei's small waist. She only had a kitchen knife with her, how could she cut it. The smaller ones had to climb up the branches, which branched diagonally from the main trunk and crossed the air to entangle with the branches of another large tree.

Just thinking about standing on it is terrifying, who dares to go up?

Even if the fox fence dares to go up, Fox Xiaomei will not allow it, in case something happens, Wei Sanniang will not be able to uncover her skin!

Hu Xiaomei shook her head resolutely.

The fox fence is in a hurry, this doesn't work, that doesn't work, so they can't find it when it's dark!

The two sisters and brothers said yes, I said no, the argument was not, and in the end, it was the thirteen on the side who opened his mouth: "What kind of wood are you looking for?" ”

"Dry hardwood, the middle can't be bad. It would be best if you could find beech wood. ”

Thirteen nodded, took the knife in the fox fence's hand, and said to the two, "You wait for me here, I'll look for it." ”

Fox Xiaomei didn't know if Thirteen was denying what Maoshan beech was, but thinking of the last time he helped Fox Dayou cut bamboo chips, she felt that he might know a little about the things in the forest.

The two of them each found a piece of land to sit down, and Fox Xiaomei asked how the fox fence was doing in the school recently, and the two sisters and brothers chatted without a word, and in a quarter of an hour, Thirteen came back with a short log. (To be continued......)

PS: Double 11 is coming, have you gone shopping happily............