Reborn Little Carpenter

On the afternoon of the third day, when Qi Yue returned home with big bags, Wu Xiaoxi was shocked.

Wu Xiaoxi stepped forward and took off the things in his hands: "Didn't you say it would take a few days? Why did you come back at this time? What else did you take?"

"It's all for you to buy some food." With money, Qi Yue can finally satisfy his desire to buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, and buy. He wanted to bring some gifts to each of them, but he couldn't see anything else. Unfortunately, I went shopping around and bought some snacks like duck, marinated meat, dried fruit and so on.

Wu Xiaoxi took one after another, a little helpless: "You buy so much, it will be ruined if you can't finish it."

"It's okay, give some to uncle and uncle's family, they have a lot of family members." In fact, Qi Yue actually bought more than this, and gave some to Tian Tang's family when he came back.

The money owed to Tian Tang has been repaid long ago, but he can't forget the love that solved his urgent need at an urgent moment. Qi Yue now regards Tian Tang as his uncle and Tian Yuxing as his younger brother. side.

Qi Yue looked around: "Where are your parents?"

"Father went to the field." Wu Xiaoxi put the things in the main room: "Are you resting? Mother is washing wool."

"Drink some water," Qiyue felt a little thirsty along the way, "Where did you get the wool?"

Wu Xiaoxi poured him a cup: "Brother sent it, it feels soft to the touch, and looks warm. Mother and I thought about washing it and making it for the child to use as a quilt."

Qi Yue was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly remembered that his and Wu Xiaoxi's child was going to be born this winter, and he had to prepare and make all the things he needed by himself, unlike modern times where everything can be sold, and there is no air conditioner or heater. how cold.

Qi Yue put down the cup: "I'll go and have a look."

At the side door to the east, Liu Fang was squatting in the creek beating wool, and the wooden basin next to it and the stream water were full of wool.

Qi Yue was surprised: "So much?"

Liu Fang looked up at him and said with a smile, "Xiao Yue is back?"

Qi Yue: "I'm back, mother."

Liu Fang: "Your elder brother said that every family over there has a lot of them. When they collect fur, they collect some by the way, but the people here don't know how to deal with it. If no one wants it, they will send it to us. Let's see if it works. Can’t be washed and sewn into the quilt.”

Qi Yue nodded, this method is actually quite good, there is no cotton in this place, and the thick quilt covered in winter is filled with catkins, reed flowers, straw, etc. It is better to use worn-out clothes, which do not keep warm at all, and use wool to keep warm The effect is definitely better, but the taste is heavy.

The wool collected by Qi Laosan and the others was messy and dirty. Liu Fang picked out all the mixed things in it, washed it with plant ash several times, and bleached it several times before it became whiter, like a cloud.

But the smell is still there, Wu Xiaoxi said to Qi Yue: "Mother said that children's noses are sharper than adults, and they can smell a little bit." So soak the wool in running water, hoping that the water can carry the smell a little more .

Qi Yue rubbed his chin, according to what he said, water is better than wine: "Is there any wine left at home?"

Wu Xiaoxi shook his head, and thought for a while: "Uncle's house seems to have some left." The last time Qi Laosan came back and they had dinner at Qi Youfeng's house, they drank wine at the table, so there should be some left.

"I'll borrow it, you take out some washed wool and wring it out for water." After speaking, Qi Yue dug out a pile of food from the main room, took it to Qi Youfeng's house.

When he came back, Wu Xiaoxi had twisted a small pot of wool, and Qi Yue poured out the white wine in the pot, wet the wool, and rolled them up and put them in a cool place.

Wu Xiaoxi squatted aside and asked curiously: "Is this all right?"

"It takes a day, let's see it tomorrow."

Wu Xiaoxi looked at it several times: "Okay."

Waking up the next morning, Wu Xiaoxi ran over and smelled the pile of wool, and said in surprise: "It really works, the smell is much weaker."

Qi Yue came out with a round dustpan and spread the wool on it to dry: "Now it is covered by the smell of wine, whether it will work or not will have to wait until it dries."

Wu Xiaoxi: "Okay." He said so, but he was sure in his heart that this method would work, and ran to the creek to fish out the washed wool.

"Don't screw it up," Qi Yue stood in the yard and shouted, "Just take it here and dry it."

"coming."

After a morning of drying, the dried wool did not smell much, and the experiment was successful.

Wu Xiaoxi held the warm wool and rubbed it on his face: "So much wool has been processed, it can make two thick quilts, and two small ones, and the rest can be sewn into clothes."

Qi Yue shrugged, this is your handkerchief, you can do whatever you want, and then he didn't care, because he felt that his child was about to be born, and he, as a father, didn't prepare anything, that's terrible no.

Qi Yue ran to his half-open firewood shed and dug out some unused beams and pillars.

Yanhe Village is backed by a mountain. The cypress trees in the mountain are dense. The cypress wood has fine texture, firm quality and water resistance. The houses in the village are all made of cypress wood. Every family has some cypress wood. Yes, just pull it out and use it.

Qi Yue dug out this thing and planned to make a shaker first. After all, leaving aside other things, a shaker is necessary for raising children, and it can save adults a lot of energy.

The wool was being dried at the east end of the yard, and Qiyue did carpentry directly at the west end of the yard to prevent sawdust from flying onto the wool.

Wu Xiaoxi watched Qi Yue busy in the yard, and took the bamboo weaving outside under the eaves, weaving bamboo weaving while basking in the sun, occasionally standing up to rummage through the wool.

But there was too much wool, and the white wine used to deodorize was quickly used up. Qi Yougen went to the county town to bring back more than a dozen jars, and brought back more wool by the way.

Qi Yue looked at the mountain of dirty wool piled up in the yard, and helplessly supported his forehead, Wu Xiaoxi had already run far away, he really couldn't stand the smell.

Qi Yougen was also very helpless: "As soon as Youmin heard that there was a way to get rid of the smell, he asked me to take all these back. After all, they were all taken back with money, so it's a pity to leave them there."

Yes, it's a pity, but they use white wine to taste it!Is liquor free of charge?Very expensive, okay?

Over there, Liu Fang has already brought several nephews and daughters-in-law to pick and choose.

Seeing their neat movements and the shrinking pile of wool at a tortoise's speed, Qi Yue said, "Sanbo and the others probably robbed the farm?"

Qi Yougen had never heard of 'farm', but he could understand what it meant from Qi Yue's words, and then told him the unfortunate news: "Actually, this is only a small part of the warehouse."

Qi Yue's eyes widened: "How did the five of them pull back so many things?"

Qi Yougen gave him a funny look: "Of course they hired someone."

Qi Yue: "..."

"When are we going to pick this up?" Qi Yue looked at Wu Xiaoxi who had already hid outside the courtyard gate and was still covering his mouth and nose, and said distressedly: "Can't we change places?"

The big pregnant woman is the biggest, Qi Yougen nodded: "I'll send them all to your second uncle's house."

Qi Yue: "..." OK!

Then a group of people moved their positions with a huff.

Then, the wool is dried, sorted, and loosened. It is washed, soaked, and dried in the creek outside Qi Yougen's house in Qi Youwang's house.

Qi Youwang endured it for two days, and finally moved all the way to Qi Yougen's house with the help of a bench. Under the leadership of Qi Youwang, a group of hairy children all ran to Qi Yougen's house. After all, they were washed clean. White wool is much more fun than oily, dirty wool.

"Yuan Qi, don't keep touching the wool with your muddy hands," Qi Yue said, stopping the rambunctious kid again.

Qi Yuanqi raised his hands innocently: "Uncle, I have washed my hands."

Qi Yue: "You are not allowed to play after washing, your aunt and the others finally washed it clean."

Qi Yuanqi struggled and said, "I'll just touch it."

Qi Youwang came out to be a peacemaker: "It's okay, I'll let them turn the wool for me."

"Yes," Qi Yuanqi straightened his back, "I'll help grandpa."

Qi Yue was helpless: "The second uncle said so, I have become a villain."

Qi Yuanqi made a face at him.

Qi Youwang glanced at Qi Yue: "The yard and the room of my house are full of mutton smell now, making you treat this villain as wronged you?"

Qi Yue touched his nose in embarrassment, and handed the things on his hand to Qi Youfeng: "Try it, Uncle Er."

Qi Youfeng asked suspiciously: "What is this?"

"Crutches." Qi Yue clamped the wooden crutches he made under his armpit, and showed Qi Youwang a demonstration: "Walking will be easier."

Qi Youwang's eyes were full of surprise: "Let me try it."

Qi Youwang stood up holding his crutches, imitating Qi Yue and taking two steps: "It's interesting."

Qi Yue nodded: "I'll ask Second Aunt to wrap a few pieces of cloth on it later."

Qi Youwang walked back and forth a few steps holding the crutches: "Okay, I'll accept the crutches."

Qi Yuanqi watched hotly from the side, and ran over to hug Qi Yue's thigh: "Uncle, I want it too!"

Qi Yue doesn't like this: "Go, go, you don't need a cane because your legs are fine." "I want it!" Qi Yuanqi writhed in his arms, almost knocking Qi Yue over: "Okay, okay." OK, I'll do it for you."

The eyes of the nephews and nieces on the side suddenly lit up.

"Don't come over!" Qi Yue stopped them in time: "Everyone has."

"Yeah! Uncle is the best."

Qi Yue: Hehe.

Naturally, Qi Yue didn't have the time to make crutches for each of the group of little radish heads, and at the end each of them got a pair of children's stilts.

Although it was different from Qi Youwang's, the little radishheads who received the gifts were still very happy, and there was a riot in the yard of Qi Yue's house on the spot. Qi Yue was afraid that they would knock over the dustpan for drying wool and kill everyone kicked out.

The little radish heads dispersed, and the yard was finally quiet, but Qi Yue soon regretted this move, because the little radish heads brought more little radish heads.

Facing a group of star-eyed eyes full of longing, Qi Yue gave up struggling: "Go back and find your parents to get wood, and I'll make it for you."

"Yeah!" The little radish heads came in like a flood, and then dispersed like a tide.

Qi Yue hugged the waist of Wu Xiaoxi, who was gloating at his misfortune, buried his head in his arms, and said in a muffled voice, "I really hope our future children won't be as rambunctious as them."

Wu Xiaoxi's ears were red, and he reached out to touch his head, and gave an inaudible "hmm".

Qi Yue, who was hiding in his arms, secretly raised the corners of his mouth.