The little dog carefully put the white flour into the digging urn, and used the wooden pier to cover it thoroughly, and then under the tree in front of the door, the big leaves on the outside of the maize peeled off, carefully opened one by one, put the thick, super tough ones into a pile, and put the softer, thinner ones into a pile, after finishing up, the little dog breathed a long sigh of relief, entered the simple stove room that had been set up next to the small temple, took out a piece of sorghum flour dumplings, ate a few bites, and stretched his neck to drink a few sips of spring water, turned around and climbed up to the roof of the small temple with the pile of larger, thicker leaves.

The roof of the small temple has already been repaired by the little dog with one piece after another coarse tiles, for these coarse tiles, the little dog has almost half a month, every day after selling vegetables, he trotted all the way to the bricklayer where to help, do not want a salary, the condition is to those who do not care for the standard of ugliness or broken corners of the coarse tiles, the old bricklayer has heard of this little dog, knowing that he is a sensible, hard-working and filial piety and righteous child, immediately agreed to his request, When the little dog finished almost all of the old bricklayer's work for a while, the old bricklayer wanted to give him some good tiles, but the little dog didn't want to live or die, and still pulled away the defective waste tiles as promised.

Taking advantage of the fact that the rainy season had passed, the little dog rushed to repair the roof of the small temple before the snow, and by the way, he also used the remaining really broken and some serious tiles to simply build a stove fire, and now, the little dog finally realized the separation of the kitchen and the bedroom.

In front of the roof of the small temple, there was originally a long eaves stretching forward, and there were four long wooden pillars supporting below, which was also the appearance of all temples. This is also the reason why the puppy has been thinking about this place, he has long wanted to dry some things on it, such as radish strips or wild vegetables in summer, which can be left for winter to eat slowly.

He now slowly went up, carefully guessed the edge, and laid the coat of those maize on it layer by layer, and dried it, so that after the skin of these maize was dry, they could be used as the material of straw sandals.

While waiting for the skin of those maize to dry, the little dog twisted the remaining inner layer of corn into a rope, one by one, gradually growing up, he carefully knitted the flexible skin of those maize into a cushion little by little, the cushion was thick, soft, and emitted a burst of maize fragrance, he spread them one by one on the tree stumps he carefully picked up, and those tree stumps became comfortable seats.

He even knitted a rather thick and soft mattress, which he carefully laid out on the wooden bed in the inner room of the small temple, which was a very strong and beautiful piece of furniture that the little dog had worked hard in the old carpenter's house.

Then he took out a piece of the original old step block, although the fabric is shabby, the color is also very simple, but it is very large, at a glance it is the cloth that the big family hangs outside as a shelter pavilion, the little dog did not spend much money, so he bought that large piece of cloth, because this piece of cloth is exposed to the wind and sun, there is no longer a look, if you make clothes, it must be neither strong and ugly, so the little dog thought of using it to make a comfortable straw bale bed for the prince.

The so-called "straw bale bed" is the worn-out fabric, folded in two layers, and then sewn into a pocket, and then filled with reed flowers, fluffy grass or some maize whiskers, these items inside are all very soft and fluffy, to be filled very, very full, so that when lying down, it will feel supportive, but soft, is an excellent substitute for cotton mattresses.

The puppy has no cotton yet, and for a while, he can't afford to buy so much cotton to make a thick and comfortable mattress for the prince, but this method is also given to him by the "second master", saying that it is a mountain family, the land is scarce, and almost all poor people will install a "straw bale bed" like this to spend the cold nights in autumn and winter.

When he laid out the mat made of maize, and placed the straw mattress on the wide bed, and spread a thin layer of coarse cloth cushion, he put a pillow with a soft corn shell on it, and then he breathed a long sigh of relief, and when he was done with all this, it was already dark, and the little dog turned around and went to the stove, and after a few bites of food, he immediately ran towards the old carpenter's house, and he promised the old carpenter tonight to help him peel the maize, and promised that he must do it. Although Xia Gouzi was already tired and wanted to fall to sleep on the grass floor between the stoves, he still washed his face with the cold spring water, woke up, and immediately went to the old carpenter's house in good spirits.

While talking with the old carpenter and his wife, the little dog inquired about the future arrangements, and finally in the middle of the moon, he skinned a large pile of maize, and the old carpenter said to the little dog:

"There is a head in the corner of the wall to see the maize straw, you will take it when you go back in a while, and I made you a small bed, how good is it that you always sleep on the ground, I understand your feelings of preparing accommodation conditions for the prince, but if you yourself have been cold for a long time and have a cold, how can you repay the kindness of the prince?"

The old carpenter sank for a moment, and just when the little dog thought he was finished, the old carpenter said something to the little dog as if he had made up his mind. It seems to be a casual decision, but it seems to be a deliberate decision:

"By the way, it's almost September 9th, the Double Ninth Festival, if you don't dislike it, come to my house, anyway, you are alone, come to be a companion for our old couple, and bring a little anger to my daughter who is inconvenient to go out! The four of us had a lively Chung Yeung Festival! ”