Chapter 34
Although it is indeed possible to buy vegetables and dumplings, the effort is still not proportional to their efforts.
After thinking about these things clearly, Zhou Xiaoyuan looked around again and found many problems. She could only lower her head again and look at the things on the ground.
"Why is it not enough? But I'll come find it, you just say it."
"Not those tools."
After Zhou Xiaoyuan finished speaking, she squatted down without paying attention to the other party's gaze, and quickly used an ax to completely dismantle some unusable items.
After piecing together the necessary tools, he shoveled away the mud in the corners bit by bit, revealing the yellow mud underneath.
"Nini, give me some water."
"What are you going to do, mother? Are you going to play in the mud like those kids?"
Of course, Zhou Xiaoyuan couldn't really play with mud like a child, but when she saw the dry yellow mud on the ground, she finally lifted up her sleeves to soften it little by little and knead it evenly.
Since she was just repairing the courtyard wall, it didn't need to be completely clean. When she stood up, she looked around again.
"Is there any straw in the house? Mix it in to make it stronger."
"Are you trying to build a wall?"
Zhou Xiaoyuan nodded helplessly, then used an ax to cut off the overlong straw and knead it into the yellow mud again.
Nini also understood what she was going to do. She squatted down and wanted to reach out to help, but was grabbed by a yellowish hand.
"Little ancestor, you can't dirty your clothes. There is no extra hot water for you to take a bath now. Just sit here."
"But my mother is too tired to squat on the ground alone, so Nini wants to help."
When Wu heard this, she could only roll up her sleeves and reach out to help mix the yellow mud.
I finally mixed it up and was just about to ask
When I asked what needed repair, I saw Zhou Xiaoyuan removing a large piece of wood with a wooden board and walking quickly towards the door.
Imitating her movements, he walked forward quickly and discovered that a large hole had been punched in the earthen wall next to the fixed door panel.
This is nothing. I don’t know how they did it. There are actually many large and small potholes, making the flat wall completely pitted and unsightly.
"Look carefully, first take out the yellow mud to a similar size, and then stuff it into it bit by bit."
"These are simply not enough."
"Of course, but at least the door can be repaired first."
Otherwise, if someone makes trouble again, they won't even have the door to protect themselves.
Wu nodded, and then quickly filled in the soil as Zhou Xiaoyuan said.
But for some reason, the loess that was obedient in his hands couldn't stick to the wall when it came to his own hands.
After trying again and again, the last bit of soil fell to the ground, and Wu couldn't help but let out a low cry.
"Why can't it succeed?"
"You are too anxious. I have failed many times and I am still filling in the gaps."
But the biggest problem is that the soil is not sticky enough. It should be too much water.
Looking at the dirt in her hands that was more like thin cement, she shook her head and carried the dirt to the place where she was just now.
"If that's the case, how about adding some plant ash?"
"There should be quite a few under this stove. I'll get them."
Zhou Xiaoyuan nodded to Mrs. Wu, and then smiled helplessly with her daughter who came forward again.
"What's the matter, are you bored?"
"Only mother and aunt are working here, Nini is not happy."
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If she doesn't do something, she will be thrown away, and she doesn't want to be thrown away.
Thinking of this, she wanted to squat down and grab the yellow mud.
Zhou Xiaoyuan wanted to stop her, but her hands were already covered with yellow mud and she couldn't move at all. She could only yell at the child to stop.
"No, don't do it."
"Mom! You promised Nini that you wouldn't drive me away."
When did she say she didn't want the child and was she thinking wildly?
Zhou Xiaoyuan sighed, but still reached out to wash her hands in the basin, and gently held her in her arms.
Patting the thin back again and again, he waited until her mood calmed down before letting her look at her.
"Why do you say I will drive you away? Mother has never said such a thing."
"This, this is what grandma said. She said that those who don't work will be driven away and starved to death outside to be picked up by wolves."
After finally calming down, tears gathered in her eyes again because of fear, and she carefully grabbed Zhou Xiaoyuan with both hands.
Seeing the child's appearance, Zhou Xiaoyuan could not possibly be angry, and kept spinning around in the courtyard with her arms in her arms.
"There are no them here, only mother and aunt. We will not abandon Nini."
"Then why don't you let me work? I can do anything."
If she heard this from someone else's child, she would think that child was sensible enough, but when she heard it from Nini's mouth, she only felt heartbroken.
He gently placed the person back on the table before tapping his small nose with his hand.
"Of course I don't want Nini to get cold because of her dirty clothes, and then drink that bitter potion."
"But mom is also making mud, and she will also make her clothes dirty and wet."
"Little fool, my mother and aunt have several pieces of clothing. How many do you have?"
When Nini heard this, her little face wrinkled up and she wanted to count on her fingers, but was stopped by Zhou Xiaoyuan.
"Those are all in their place, but here we only have underwear. I don't have time to buy anything else, and I can't even afford it now."
"I would have forgotten if Mom didn't tell me." Nini nodded heavily, and then wrinkled up miserably, "But I also want to help, Mom, let me do some small things, okay?"
Zhou Xiaoyuan naturally didn't want to agree, but after seeing the child's wrinkled face, she finally nodded.
At this time, Wu moved out a large pot of plant ash and placed it next to the kneaded loess.
"Then wait for my mother to teach you how to sing, and you can cheer Aunt Wu and me up."
"What's cheering? It's also considered helping with work?"
Zhou Xiaoyuan did not answer directly, but took the wooden shovel Wu found from the depths and dug out other loess with difficulty.
When a small pit appears in the yard, pour everything into it and add water little by little to mix.
"mother!"
"Cheer up, just hearing Nini's voice will make you full of energy and you won't feel tired at all."
"Anything like this?"
Mrs. Wu looked at Zhou Xiaoyuan and wanted others to stop teasing the child, when she heard the other party's serious voice.
"Of course. Some things cannot be solved with brute force. They have to follow certain rules. I will teach Nini now."
Knowing that he could help, the little guy clenched his hands and looked seriously at Zhou Xiaoyuan, who was still busy.
After finally finishing part of it, she raised her head and took a breath.
"Mom, do you want a drink of water before singing?"
"No, we'll drink after we finish the yard."
After all, the yard was destroyed
In this way, I'm afraid there won't be much water left to drink.