Portable Space: Dressing Up as a Little Brother

Xiao Yu'er and the others were preparing to go home after eating morning food at Grandpa's house.Shen Yun and Shen Qing also went back at this time.Before they went back, they had made an agreement with Father and the others, saying that they would come to Xiaoyuer's house to help in the next two days.

After sending Shen Yun and the others away first, Xiao Yu'er's family was ready to leave.Although Grandpa and Grandma hoped that they would stay for a few more days, they also knew that their family was relatively busy recently, so they let them go home.Grandpa also told Shen Daniu that a few people will come to help in a few days.Let them not worry.

Xiao Yuer and the others bid farewell to their grandfather and their family, and embarked on the road home.When they got home, they were ready to start building the workshop.

After returning from his grandfather's house, after a few days of preparation, Xiao Yu'er's house started to build a workshop.In Shen Yun's family, the eldest uncle came over, while in Shen Qing's family, everyone came over.In addition, the two uncles also came, but the eldest cousin who just got married didn't come together.Xiao Yu'er and his family had almost come to see their relatives, so they notified the chosen candidate.The folks in the village would go directly to the foot of the barren mountain to help out the next day, and some young husbands in the village came to Xiao Yu'er's house early in the morning of the next day, planning to come and help with the cooking.

Xiao Yu'er's workshop started working in such a hurry.Because there are more people who come to help, the progress is also very fast.The foundation was already dug on the first day.The wall was built from the next day.Because most of the houses in Shenjia Village are built of stones, there are special people in the village who level stones and build walls.Of course, as long as there are a few people directing, other people can also help together.

The cooks cooked it at Xiao Yuer's house every day, and then sent it to the foot of the mountain for the workers to eat.Fortunately, the recent weather is good, no rain.It's just a little cold, but I still sweat when I work, so it doesn't have a big impact.

Xiao Yu'er's family probably won't be selling any more vegetables recently, and they will keep them for eating. They will also borrow the village chief's ox cart to go to the town to buy some chickens, ducks, food and wine.As for pork, the family does not plan to buy it. I have raised two pigs this year. One was originally planned to be sold before the year, and the other was prepared to be killed during the Chinese New Year.But now there are so many helpers in the family who have to eat, and it will cost a lot of money to buy pork.

I just thought of killing a pig first, so I don’t have to buy meat, and I can eat it during the Chinese New Year if I can’t finish it.The other one was not killed years ago.Keep feeding, next year there will be a lot of things that need helpers, and pork will be needed at that time, so I will kill it at that time.There are only a few hens still laying eggs left in the big chickens raised in the ear room of the family.Fortunately, the first batch of chickens in Houshan have already started laying eggs, so there are still enough eggs to eat.

In this way, with the concerted efforts of the villagers and relatives, after more than half a month of busy work, the wall was almost built.This time, the workshop was built relatively large, because there must be a room for storing fruits, as well as rooms for sorting and washing fruits, removing pits, peeling, etc., and cleaning can’t always be done in the yard outside, otherwise It's troublesome when it's raining, so you need a room too.

There is also a room dedicated to boiling preserved fruits. There must be two big ones in this room, so you can only come in time if you are busy.There must also be a room to store the dried fruits. Usually, they are taken outside to bask in the sun during the day, and they have to be taken back and put away at night.In the end, there must be a room for temporary storage of preserved fruits and finished products.In this way, there must be at least six houses, and all of them must be large houses.

In addition, there must be a few rooms for people to live in. If the work starts at that time, there will be fruits and preserved fruits here, so people must be guarded.So someone has to live here at night.So two more bedrooms have to be added.

In the end, there must be at least eight houses.In the end, the members of the Shen family decided to get ten houses out, and it would be easy to turn around by then.That is, the workshop needs to be relatively large, so it took more than half a month and 20 days to build the walls.After the wall is almost built, there are still a lot of stones and other materials left.This was specially prepared at that time, mainly to surround the road up the mountain.

The wall was not as long as expected, because the barren hill bought by Xiao Yu'er's family was next to Maofeng Mountain.Over there, we only need to plant a circle of thorns or get wolfberry trees, so as to block the small animals coming from Maofeng Mountain.Generally, large animals will not come here from the deep mountains.

And if you want to go up the mountain from the village, there is only one road.So as long as the road coming from the village is surrounded with the workshop, then other people who want to go up this mountain without permission have to find a way from Maofeng Mountain.

After the wall was built, a gate was left at the intersection where the bullock carts could pass through.The wall on the side of the workshop basically encloses the land at the foot of the mountain bought by Xiao Yuer's family.It is mainly used as a yard for drying preserved fruits.This yard doesn't need to be done much, as long as it is leveled and then tamped as much as possible.

There is also a gate on the wall of the workshop that can pass through the carts, mainly for the convenience of pulling preserved fruits, or the entry and exit of carts and people when others come to sell fruits.

After all the courtyard walls were built, the work of the masons was almost done.Now another group of people have changed, and they are about to start putting beams on the house.In fact, the upper beams before the roof of the house is a more important thing.Therefore, every time we go to the upper beam, we have to choose an auspicious day, and then invite neighbors and relatives to have a drink and a banquet.

Most of the relatives and neighbors of Xiaoyuer’s family came to help this time, so there is no difference between eating at other times, and there is no need to notify.It is to choose the auspicious day of Shangliang, and then steam the Baba. In fact, it is steamed by mixing flour and yellow grain powder.The method of steaming is a bit like making steamed buns, which are also small pieces, and red dots are added after steaming.

When the time comes for the beam to be erected, a mat is laid on the ground first, and then such cakes and some copper coins are sprinkled from the top of the beam to the bottom.The guests, especially the children, picked it up below, as long as they picked it up, it was theirs.Children are most fond of going to see other people’s beams. Not only can they pick up cakes to eat, but they can also pick up copper coins if they are lucky.

However, generally the host family will make more cakes, and if there are any younger children who have not been snatched, they will be distributed to them in the end.Finally, if there are more, the neighbors will also ask the neighbors to take some back to eat.

When Xiao Yu'er's house was being built, Shen Yun also brought the children over.They didn't go back after they helped to fix the beam.So I stayed and planned to help Xiao Yuer cook at home when the workshop was capped and when the barren hills were opened up.

After the beams were installed in the workshop, everyone began to cap the house.Another ten days have passed, and the workshop is almost done, only the last bit of finishing is missing.Shen Daniu said to the blind date at dinner on this day: "Recently, thanks to everyone's help, our family's workshop can be almost done so quickly. Our family is going to do follow-up regulation and tidying up first. , you can go home and rest for a few days, you haven’t rested much during this time, and you are tired.”

After speaking, Shen Daniu raised a big bowl of wine to respect them all, and then the others said: "Daniu, don't be so polite. If we don't come to work with you, we will go to the town to find work. Now you can earn money without leaving home, everyone is very happy. In the future, if there is still work to do, just leave it to us, and keep it for you to do it obediently. You know us, work I will work hard." Everyone drank the wine in their bowls as they spoke.

Shen Daniu was also very happy after hearing what they said.He said: "The wages for this period have been calculated, and I will give them to you later. Eat and drink more now. In a few days, we will start working again. When the time comes to open up barren hills, I also need to find someone. I will definitely look for you first. If anyone of you may not be able to come at that time, you can also let me know in advance. Now it is almost the twelfth lunar month, and there are many people going out for weddings at this time of year! "

Everyone laughed when they heard it, and it was true.Later, two people really came over and said that they were going to visit relatives, and they might come two days late, but they would definitely come to help.

After eating, Shen Daniu gave them all their wages, and the amount was calculated with them during the day.Do the calculation after the meal, because I am afraid that someone will get dizzy from drinking and the calculation will not be clear.

After seeing off the folks, only the uncles, Shen Yun and Shen Qing are left in Xiao Yu'er's house.Everyone has been sorting out the remaining garbage, and cleaning up the ten houses, and then made two gates with wood, which are the gate into the mountain and the courtyard gate of the workshop.

After finishing all this, I went to the villagers to borrow some hoes and sickles for the relatives who came to help.People who came to work in the village asked them to bring their own hoes and sickles.

Because the barren hills opened this time are mostly bushes and weeds.So I cut down the shrubs first, and then the weeds.After finishing these, the roots of the trees left in the soil should be dug out to die in the sun.Otherwise, when the fruit trees are planted, other miscellaneous trees will grow and compete with the fruit trees for nutrients.In this way, the workload is relatively large, but fortunately there are many people.

Everyone was busy for about ten days before finishing the whole mountain.Shen Daniu gave them everyone's wages so that they could go home and have a good year.After waiting to finish these, the time has come to the twelfth lunar month.Everyone has to stay at home and prepare things for the New Year.