The ups and downs of life in the Siheyuan

Measure the dimensions, draw the drawings, and select suitable wood from the pile of logs stacked in front of the house.

Place all the stools against the wall and add stoppers to the tabletop to convert them into workbenches.

The first thing to make was a wooden box bed similar to a tatami.

The length, width and height of the box are made according to the dimensions of 60*60*30cm.

A total of 9 pieces were made, and the length and width were exactly 1 meters.

Instead of making a bedside, make a three-door wardrobe.

This design is relatively simple, mainly splicing wooden boards, and the connection uses a T-shaped mortise and tenon structure.

Brush on the slightly yellowed vegetable glue and the connection is quite strong.

Before 10 o'clock, all the wooden boards for the 9 boxes were completed.

After cleaning up the debris in the house and preparing to assemble it, I heard a knock on the door.

The visitors were three members of He Yuzhu's family. He Yuzhu was carrying a large iron pot from a farmhouse.

"Brother Motoko, I've wanted to come over for a long time. My sister-in-law said you came back late yesterday and couldn't get up in the morning."

Yu Yu supported Tian Xiujuan and shouted as soon as she entered the house.

He Yuzhu put the pot on the ground, took a stool, wiped it with his sleeve, and handed it to his wife.

"Brother, you've done a great job, especially this outhouse, it's very bright."

Li Yuan was busy pouring water for them, while He Yuzhu looked around and sighed loudly.

He Yuyu had already begun to wander around, and he could only hear her constant exclamations.

Especially when I went up to the second floor and saw the original wooden floor, I immediately lay down on it and started rolling around.

Li Yuan put the boiling water in front of the two of them, and then placed the finished wooden boards against the wall.

Tian Xiujuan touched the big table and chairs with her hands.

"Motoko, this table looks crudely made, but it looks good in your room and is very comfortable."

"Sister-in-law, you are flattered."

"Not to mention, your house is short of furniture. Once it is all furnished, it will be comfortable to live in.

Apart from anything else, if you tidy it up like this, this outhouse will look a lot taller.

Today our family came over to warm your house and prepared a big iron pot for you."

He Yuzhu said and walked towards the kitchen.

"Sister-in-law, please sit down for a while." Li Yuan stood up and walked to the kitchen.

He Yuzhu put the pot on the pot table and tried it just right.

“Your kitchen is nice, although it’s a little small, but fortunately it’s separated from other rooms.

The smoke is discharged directly outside the house, so there is no trouble of frost in winter.”

He bent down and entered the storage room, and Li Yuan handed him a flashlight.

There were only two empty water tanks inside and nothing else.

"What's on your back wall?"

He Yuzhu pointed to two square bricks near the top, with two large holes on them.

"Hey, have you ever heard that walls have ears?"

"Huh? Where did you get this?" He smiled obscenely.

"What are you thinking! It only leads to the outer wall.

Master Su carved two bricks with ventilation holes on them, directly replacing the original bricks."

"What a good idea. In this way, you don't have to worry about holding your breath in this storage room."

When the two walked out of the kitchen, rainwater also came down from upstairs and was chattering to show off to Tian Xiujuan.

"Daughter-in-law, what do you think?"

"Good".

"Should we transform it like this?"

Tian Xiujuan was a little moved, but after touching her belly, she gave up the idea.

"After the child is born, when the child is a little older, we can change it again."

"Hey, look at my brain, children are important!".

Li Yuan took out five eggs and a chicken from the temporary cupboard, and also took out a Chinese cabbage and four or five potatoes from the cellar.

He Yuzhu picked some fresh vegetable leaves from the window sill and made a sumptuous lunch by himself.

The four of us ate and chatted, finishing all the food in one go.

He Yuyu touched his stomach and said, "It feels good. Today's food is so delicious."

"Hey! What do you mean, you mean that I usually abuse you?"

When He Yuzhu heard what He Yuzhu said, he glared and shouted back.

He Yuyu rolled his eyes, "Do you have meat every day? Do you have fresh vegetables? Do you have eggs?"

"Didn't your sister-in-law also plant vegetables in the flower pot?" He Yuzhu continued.

He Yuyu turned around and hugged her, not even bothering to answer.

Li Yuan and Tian Xiujuan watched with smiles as they listened to the two bickering.

Seeing the expressions of the two of them, He Yuzhu also became happy.

"Motoko, what are you doing?"

"Make a bed".

"Ah! Why are they all wooden boards?"

"You'll know later", Li Yuan did not explain.

On the stove, melt the vegetable gel and start piecing together.

He Yuzhu helped, and Tian Xiujuan moved the stool to a place where the sun shined, watching the two of them working with a smile.

In less than an hour, all nine boxes were assembled.

Li Yuan stacked the boxes and placed them next to the stove, waiting for the glue to dry.

Li Yuan brought a basin of hot water and He Yuzhu asked while washing his hands.

"These are just a few wooden boxes. You don't see any shelves. How come they are beds?"

"Guess", Li Yuan pretended to be mysterious.

Tian Xiujuan was thoughtful.

"Motoko, are you going to put 9 boxes together into a big bed?"

"That's right! My sister-in-law is smarter."

"That's not right, Motoko, you are not farting to unbutton your pants, it is unnecessary."

Li Yuan smiled but didn't answer.

Before anyone could say anything, Xiao Yu poked her head out from the railing upstairs.

"I know, it's used to store things."

Li Yuan gave a thumbs up to the upstairs, "The rain is great!"

After receiving the praise, He Yueyue retracted his head from the railing.

Tian Xiujuan actually thought of this too.

"Motoko has a great idea. This way, there will be a lot more small cabinets for clothes.

Some clothes that are not used temporarily, such as clothes for changing seasons, can be placed in these cabinets without taking up any cabinets."

He Yuzhu slapped Li Yuan hard and said, "You educated people are full of tricks."

The few chatted for a while, and He Yuzhu took them to leave because he was afraid that Tian Xiujuan would be too tired.

After sending a few people away, Li Yuan started making customized bookshelves.

Because it was an object placed in the living room, Li Yuan made it very carefully, so the speed was also slow.

Starting today, Li Yuan goes to work during the day and comes back at night to make the furniture and cabinets needed for his home.

The reason why I didn’t buy the furniture I saw at the flea market last time.

It's that he doesn't want to be reported when the wind blows.

Make some furniture that conforms to the habits of future generations. Even if it doesn't look as exquisite as those furniture, it is worse than being strong.

At the same time, it is also in line with the ethos of this era: self-reliance, hard work, and adequate food and clothing.

As for those expensive furniture, there are many ways to obtain them.

In his system space, most of the space is not equipped with shelves, but is prepared for the furniture.

The machinery factory has processed 500 sets of card wrenches, and Lu Xingyu sent them all to the head office.

The response is said to have been good.

Now Li Yuan is making another kind of wrench.

On the four sides, reduce some wrench models, and then add two sizes of Phillips screwdrivers and slotted screwdrivers on each side.

This design becomes a shape similar to a regular hexagon.

There are 6 types of wrenches in the six corners, and 4 types of screwdrivers are welded on the 4 sides.

Each screwdriver is no longer than 1.5cm.

In order to increase the strength of the screwdriver, it is specially annealed.

The new design surprised Lu Xingyu, and he valued Li Yuan even more.

He put down Li Yuan's hand-made (hand-made) new card wrench.

"Li Yuan, our wrench boss likes it very much, and it's basically all digested internally.

"We are used to using adjustable wrenches with large heads, but suddenly we got a wrench that is compatible with various common types of nuts and screws, and they all couldn't put it down."