Chapter 18 Building a Bath and Stove 4
"Ouch, my old bones hurt so much."
Miao Miao struggled to turn over on the "bed".
"Aren't you in pain?"
"Pain"
"Then why don't you call it?"
"Hehe, is it called like that?"
Xiang Wen lay sideways and looked at Miao Miao with a slight smile. At this moment, the sky is faintly bright. There was still the last light of the fire on the ground.
Miao Miao was embarrassed and sat up. "I'll go prepare breakfast, and you can lie down for a while."
So he got up and added some firewood to the fire, and took a grain of breadfruit from one side and put it on the fire.
"Do you want a conch?"
"No, just eat breadfruit."
Xiang Wen turned over and lay flat with his hands behind his head.
The faint scent of breadfruit spread out in the cave, and the entire third floor was brightly lit by the fire, warm and fragrant.
I can't help but sigh that even if this is an uninhabited island, as long as there are people, there will be fireworks in the world.
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"Then you lie down, eat first when cooked, and I'll feed the pigs first."
"No, let's go together."
"It's a good road, I can do it alone."
"No, I won't."
Xiang Wen suddenly became coquettish like a child.
God knows how deep his attachment is to her, just like the little tail that when we were children, wherever our mother went, we had to follow her.
"Oh well. Do you want to get up and eat? ”
"Right now."
Xiang Wen sat up.
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The two of them had a simple breakfast, and then went up the mountain to feed the pigs together. By the time we got down to the mountains, the sun had already jumped above the sea level.
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"Go ahead and try to finish your work today. The remaining two are relatively simple and shouldn't take much effort. Xiang Wen is full of confidence.
At that moment, the two of them reconciled the mud and added grass.
Xiang Wen first coated the entire base built yesterday, including the base of the bath, with a thick layer of mud. Then at the mouth of the stone mortar stove, two long stones are vertically shelved, leaving a hole according to the size of the stone mortar.
Then apply another layer of mud. Wet your hands with water and smooth the surface over and over again.
The other one with an iron can to boil water was also quickly prepared. The only thing that has changed is that the stove is left, so that the ventilation in the stove is better and more conducive to fire.
"Alright." Xiang Wen finished the last touch and straightened his waist.
"You hand me that bamboo pole." This is a hollow bamboo pole, and Xiang Wen erects it on the cliff wall and the bath where the water drips, and the water droplets flow down the bamboo pole into the bath when used in the future.
Miao Miao took a bamboo knot that was about the same size and stuffed it into the hole specially reserved in the lower right corner of the bath.
"It should be about the same now."
"Is it going to dry like that?"
"Ignite the fire and speed up the drying."
"Wait, I'll wipe the bath first, it's dirty inside, and it's hard to wipe it when it's dry."
Miao Miao took a piece of trouser leg cloth that she had torn off earlier, wrung the water, and wiped the mud on the surface of the bamboo in the bath.
"That's it, you can make a fire."
Xiang Wen climbed up to the third floor, carefully removed the fire left in the fire in the morning, and lit fires at the three stoves.
"The fire is burning brightly."
"Hmm. In the countryside, I love to listen to such auspicious words. We're going to be thriving. ”
"Hmm. Inherit your good words. ”
Even if you know how prosperous this place is at this time, no one wants to puncture this beauty.
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"You sit down and rest for a while, and I'll clean up the rest."
Miao Miao pulled her mind back to reality.
"Then I'll pry some conch in, and I can have lunch."
"Okay."
Miao Miao neatly stacked the remaining stones in the corner of the first floor, and moved a few pieces of bamboo up to the third floor. On one side of the third floor are sun-dried grass, rattan and firewood.
Next to the firewood pile were a few grains of breadfruit.
"Hey, it's a mess, I need to find some time to clean it up."
Miao Miao glanced at the date written on the wall and thought thoughtfully.
"Miao Miao, I'm back."
"Oh."
"What do you see?"
"No, you can help me bring some water in the tin can, and wash the mud on the first floor."
"Okay."
Xiang Wen glanced at Miao Miao, and her mood seemed to be low again. But if she doesn't say it, he won't ask, silent companionship is the best support.