Chapter 16 Preparations

Lian's made dinner, and the family continued to work after dinner. Su Lao Er measured the size according to his daughter's request, broke some bamboo strips for his son to continue to break, and he began to weave baskets. Knowing that girls are used to hatch chicks, they don't need to be beautiful and practical. It took more than a quarter of an hour for a basket with a diameter of one meter and a height of twenty centimeters to be ready.

When Su Lao Er was working, Su Yu watched from the sidelines, and he admired his father so much. It's one thing to know in memory, it's another to see it with your own eyes. In the past, Su Lao Er had learned the craft for a few days with an old craftsman, but he didn't expect the craft to be so good. A few bamboo sticks dangled a few times in his hand, and it would be good to have no more than a basket, if you work hard in modern times, it is absolutely no problem to be an Internet celebrity or something.

"Dad, you have such a good craft, why didn't you make it up and sell it in the town before?"

"What kind of craft is this, who in the countryside doesn't know how to make a basket, the big guys can almost all things, and they can't afford to sell them in the town, and they are lucky to buy a few in that shop, and there are a lot of baskets sold in the town, not to mention the delay in time, how can you go to the dock to carry a big bag, and it is easy to get thirty copper plates a day."

Su Yu was silent, she forgot, most of the ancient people were diligent, think about it, it is indeed the case, everyone in Wangjia Village has a basket, but the craftsmanship is uneven, but for home use, it doesn't matter whether it is good or not.

"Dad, if you have time to weave a bamboo cabinet for me, I'm not in a hurry, I'll talk about it when I'm busy with things at home, and I'll tell you what to do when the time comes."

"Okay, when you're done with the house, Dad will do it for you."

Su Lao Er is not ambiguous, as long as the girl is happy.

After the Lian family finished cleaning up, he followed Su Sheng to break the bamboo strip on the side, and when he heard the conversation between the father and daughter, he couldn't help but say angrily to Su Lao Er.

"You're used to her."

Su Lao Er smiled, and hurriedly lowered his head to weave the basket in his hand.

Su Yu felt that he was a light bulb, and quickly picked up the two baskets he had made and entered the house.

The basket that has just been braided is a little damp and has little impact, and on the way back from buying eggs today, I saw a dry thatched field on the side of the road. Su Yu went home and cut a large bundle with a sickle, and now put it all in the house, picked up a handful of thatch and began to rub it, just rubbed it for a while and his hands hurt hotly, and when he looked down, his hands were red and red.

Strange to say, her skin is very white, not at all like she grew up in the country, but she has been malnourished for a long time, and her white is full of yellow gas, which looks inconspicuous.

Alas! If only there were gloves.

After kneading a small half bundle of thatch, a pair of hands were cut by the thatch several shallow openings, and Su Yu didn't care about it, so he spread a thick layer of thatch in the basket. Put the eggs one by one in the basket and lay another layer of thatch on top.

Lian opened the door with his feet, took a bamboo basket in his hand, saw that there was no kneaded thatch on the ground, and didn't care about anything else, so he took his daughter's hand and looked at it, it was really the same as he thought.

"Fish, your hand."

Su Yu quickly withdrew his hand.

"But it's just a few small cuts, okay mother."

Lian's eyes were red, and her voice was much higher than usual.

"How can it be okay, don't do the rest, leave it to your mother."

"I'm really fine."

"It's still strong, your hands can't do rough work, your mother's skin is rough and thick, and you're not afraid of hurting your hands."

It's no wonder that the Lian family was nervous, when she was in the old mansion before, Su Yu only needed to do the work with her hands, and she couldn't look at it with one hand, which looked miserable, so even if it was Mrs. Su, she only let her do some light work, which was not distressing Su Yu, but afraid of rumors in the village.

Su Yu explained for a long time that the Lian clan just didn't listen, and he didn't need Su Yu to teach, so he picked up the thatch on the side and began to knead it.

"You go and do something else, just do the rest."

After making trouble for a long time, Su Yu had to give up, and it was the first time he saw such a hard side of his mother, and his heart warmed, and he couldn't help but step forward and hug Lian's.

"Mother, you are so good to your daughter."

"Silly girl, you are my daughter, my mother is not good to you, who is good. Okay, don't be lazy and go to work, you can't go to sleep if you can't finish today. ”

Su Yu grinned and went to the side to code the eggs, this work did not take time at all, and when the basket was made, with the help of the Lian family to knead the thatch, Su Yu was also done.

The room is full of baskets on the floor, the room is already small, except for the way to walk, in the innermost part of the room is only enough for Su Yu to lie down and sleep, the kind that is difficult to turn over.

The basket must be covered with cotton wool or quilt, their family has no more than one quilt for one bed, but they take out their cotton wool and cover it on the basket, leaving a quilt pad half to cover half, but a bed of cotton wool only covers two baskets, and the next six baskets must be at least three.

"Big brother, you take out your cotton wool and give it to me for a few days, and then I'll return it to you."

Su Sheng responded and went back to his room, took the cotton wool and handed it to Su Yu, the Lian family was busy with his daughter, so he naturally knew what the girl was struggling with, so he went back to the house and brought all the cotton wool and quilt.

"Here, cover the basket."

"Mother, this won't work! You bring all the quilts and cotton wool, how do you sleep with your father at night? ”

"It's not cold now, isn't there still two straw mats at home, I'll put it on with your father, just take out the clothes at home and cover it."

"I'll leave the cotton wool, take the quilt back, and cover the remaining two baskets with old clothes, in case you and your father catch a cold, asking the doctor to grab the medicine is a lot of money, and it can't be worth it."

Lian hesitated for a moment and didn't insist any longer.

It's not early now, a few people in the Su family rested, but the rest of the Su family didn't know, Su Yu slept for less than two hours, and spent the night in turning eggs and duck eggs, chickens and duck eggs added up to more than 700, including 410 duck eggs, 320 eggs, and a sore hand overnight.

When he woke up early the next morning, Su Yu was obviously in poor spirits.

"What's wrong with you, fish? Didn't sleep well last night? ”

"Mother, I'm fine, but I've flipped the egg."

"You kid, why don't you tell your mother that you have to turn the eggs at night, no, you eat and go to bed quickly, you don't have to get up tonight, my mother will do it."

"Mother, I have to do this, I have to feel the temperature, and I can turn it over to a certain extent, I can't tell you clearly, it's a bit troublesome."

Lian's thought about it when she heard it, she didn't feel sorry for her daughter, but when she heard her daughter say this, she was afraid that she would make a mistake when the time came, these eggs were all their belongings.