Mrs. Liu was not willing to listen to Chen Wanbai, so she stretched out her hand to take off her clothes, "Show me where you are injured."
That's a wolf! The more Ms. Liu thought about it, the more scared she became, and she didn't dare to think about it at all.
"Mom, I picked up that wolf!" Chen Wanbai raised his voice.
After hearing this, Ms. Liu stopped moving and looked at Chen Wanbai's pulled-off coat with some embarrassment.
"Mom, aren't you anxious? Why didn't you tell me earlier."
Chen Wanbai put on his clothes, "Do I have a chance to tell you? You heard that you were a wolf and didn't say anything." He just came up and took off my clothes, which is much scarier than a wolf."
"Ahem, you kid, what are you talking about?" Mrs. Liu glared at her, "Eat quickly. It's all cold."
Chen Wanbai curled his lips and muttered, "That's right." He picked up the chopsticks and continued eating.
"Then tell me how you picked up this wolf? What a good thing, I saw that the meat is fresh."
Chen Wanbai swallowed the food in his mouth , said: "I was walking on the road and heard something moving in front of me. When I went over to take a look, I found a wolf lying motionless on the ground. I didn't dare to go over, so I climbed to a tree nearby and looked at it for a long time. If he didn't move for a moment, he was probably dead. "
"I stepped forward and saw that it was indeed dead. I touched it and it was still a little warm, so I guess it was from recent injuries. I lost the fight."
"The wolf lost weight, but I thought it would be worth it if he still had two pounds of meat, so I cut off a few big pieces and brought them back."
Mrs. Liu nodded, "Then you are really lucky. In time for the big gathering tomorrow, I will take you to the temple to worship."
Chen Wanbai cooperated, "Okay, okay."
The mother and daughter chatted for a few more words. After finishing the meal, they packed away the dishes and went back to their rooms to rest.
Early the next morning, Chen Wanbai was awakened by the sound of cows braying one after another. She opened her eyes drowsily and heard the calf outside mooing like it was dying, and then she remembered that she had not fed the cow.
She rubbed her eyes, got up from the bed, put on her coat and walked out of the room.
Mrs. Liu happened to open the door, saw Chen Wanbai, and asked: "What's wrong with the cow? Is he hungry?"
"Mom, please sleep a little longer. , I'll go take a look."
As soon as Chen Wanbai entered the woodshed, he saw the calf spinning around in circles, pawing the ground with its hooves. When he saw Chen Wanbai, he bared his teeth and grinned.
Chen Wanbai took a few steps back in disgust, worried that the calf's stinky saliva would splash on him, "Okay, okay, stop barking. I'll take you to eat grass right now. Just shut up." Your cow's mouth."
After getting a response, the calf stopped digging. Chen Wanbai led it out of the woodshed and to a grassy field at the foot of the mountain.
Little calf oneWhen he got to the grass, he lowered his head and gnawed the grass, chewing it so happily. The reins were shorter, and when the grass in one place was eaten up, the calf pulled Chen Wanbai to another place.
Only then did Chen Wanbai realize that he needed to get a longer rein, wear a nose ring on it, and build a cowshed.
Fortunately, I didn’t feed the little calf last night, otherwise it would have made the woodshed stink.
Chen Wanbai looked at the calf eating happily and had already planned today's work in his mind. When the cow was full, he took it home and tied it to a camphor tree nearby.
She patted the calf's neck and said, "Be good and call me again when you are hungry. If you are not hungry, don't scream."
After that, she went to wash up.
After washing up, Liu's breakfast was ready and he was calling her over.
As soon as she entered the kitchen, Mrs. Liu put a bowl of steaming porridge into her hand: "Eat quickly, it's getting cold quickly today, and it will get cold soon."
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Chen Wanbai took the porridge and picked up a chopstick of pickles.
"Mom, we have to build a shed for the calf today." She said while eating.
Mrs. Liu nodded: "Do you want Mom to help?"
Chen Wanbai shook his head and said with a smile: "No, Mom, you are busy with your work."
After breakfast, Chen Wanbai wiped his mouth and started to work.
First of all, Chen Wanbai chose the open space next to the toilet. They all smelled the same anyway, so it was convenient to scoop out feces next to each other.
After clearing away the weeds and rocks, she went to the back of the house to find suitable wood.
There is a lot of wood piled behind the house, most of which were cut by Wan Chaogui before, and some small tree trunks and bamboos were cut by Chen Wanbai himself.
She selected four hard and thick camphor logs from the wood to use as supports for the cowshed.
The camphor wood was a bit heavy. Chen Wanbai thought for a while and shouted to Mrs. Liu who was sitting in front of the door: "Mom, come and help me."
Mrs. Liu heard the shouting. , put down the handkerchief in his hand, walked back, and asked as he walked: "What's wrong?"
"Mom, help move to the toilet." Chen Wanbai was already standing at the root of the camphor tree. , signaling Liu to move to the other end.
The two of them worked together to move four pieces of camphor wood to the toilet.
Mrs. Liu wiped the sweat from her forehead and asked, "Xiao Bai, do you want my mother to help you? How long will you have to work alone?"
Chen Wanbai was still He shook his head and refused: "Mom, I will call you when I need help. I will still do the rough work. You just need to take good care of your hands and concentrate on embroidering the handkerchief."
Mrs. Liu Although her embroidery work is not particularly good, she can always embroider some new patterns, which has won the favor of the wealthy people in the town. But how can rich people like those coarse fabrics?Good silk cloth and silk cloth.
If your hands are rough and peeling, those fine fabrics will be easily scratched. Ms. Liu now mainly does laundry and cooking at home, so it is not easy for her hands to get calluses.
Chen Wanbai continued to be busy. She dug four holes with a shovel, erected the camphor wood pillars one by one, and fixed them with soil and stones to ensure that they were firmly inserted into the ground.
Then, she found a few longer wooden boards from the wood pile to use as the beams of the cowshed. To secure the boards to the tops of the four wooden posts, she used a traditional mortise-and-tenon construction, inserting the boards into pre-cut notches.
In order to increase the stability of the cowshed, Chen Wanbai added several diagonal braces at the four corners of the frame to support the entire structure. She used vines to wrap these diagonal braces tightly between upright columns and beams to ensure they would not come loose.
Next, she laid some thinner wood across the posts to create a frame.
Finally, Chen Wanbai tied the top of the frame with long split bamboo strips and tied it with vines, and then covered it with a thick layer of palm leaves, and a rainproof roof was ready.
The door of the cowshed is simply pieced together with several wooden boards, and a simple door bolt is made of rope to facilitate opening and closing.
In order to make the calf live more comfortably, Chen Wanbai also spread a layer of dry straw on the ground.
Ms. Liu walked over and took a look at the appearance of the cowshed, and nodded with satisfaction, "Xiao Bai, your cowshed is well-built."
Chen Wanbai smiled. Laughing, "Mom, this is the only skill I have. Let's make do with this for now. When we hire someone to build a house next year, let's build a better cowshed together."
Nothing to do. Chen Wanbai will also make some soil embryos and put them in the sun around the house, dry them, and then store them in preparation for building a house next year.
After a whole day of work, we built a cowshed. Chen Wanbai sighed, his work efficiency was too low.