latelenovela Chapter 184 Guidance on Building a Shack
Chapter 184 Guidance on Building a Shack
Several people returned to the village all wet.
Xu Wenyan threw several clams and river mussels into the small river in the village. After they reproduced for a year or two, he would be able to catch clams and river mussels in the village river.
Seeing the people carrying large and small bags, Zhou Jianye and Chen Xingjie hurried forward to help: "Hey, how come you brought back so many things?"
"Hey, this is a river clam, right? I don't recognize this small one." Chen Xingjie picked up a big river clam excitedly. No man could refuse such a novel and big thing.
At this time, Xu Wenyan noticed that Zeng Guoqin's family was still helping with the work.
"Brother Zeng, you can take a rest now."
Zeng Guoqin heard the noise and later realized that Xu Wenyan and others had returned, and they brought back a lot of food. Zeng Hong swallowed and held her sister tightly with her little hand.
"Oh, sorry, we have to go now."
"Let's stay and have dinner together." Xu Wenyan stopped the family. How could they help with the work without providing meals?
"Huzi, Xiaoliu, take four bags of elm seeds to the military tent. Don't play for too long and come back immediately."
After giving the instructions, the two men left the yard, each carrying a bag on their shoulders.
Xu Wenyan's words made Zeng Guoqin feel a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, Captain Xu, I didn't mean to stay here on purpose." He was afraid that Xu Wenyan would think he stayed here on purpose to get a free meal, so he waved his hands again and again.
"Now that food is so precious, we won't eat it."
"Okay, okay, let's eat together." Xu Wenyan looked at the two little guys and stretched out his hand: "Come, help big brother with the work."
Zeng Yuanyuan smiled sweetly and held Xu Wenyan's hand with her little hand, leaving Zeng Hong standing there awkwardly. Xu Wenyan took the initiative to hold the little boy's hand, and you could see that the little guy's face turned red instantly and his little head lowered.
There was no other choice, the children had been taken away, and the couple had to help together.
"These river clams need to be washed cleanly. You should sort these small clams from the big ones." Xu Wenyan was going to process the elm seeds, and that family, Zhou Jianye and Chen Xingjie helped together to process the clams.
There was no rice here either, so Xu Wenyan ate the potatoes that Wang Zeren brought. After Xu Wenyan steamed the potatoes until half cooked, he crushed them, mixed them with elm seeds, kneaded them into balls, and steamed them together again. Each person ate two.
Add a large plate of cold watercress and the flavor will come out while you are still cutting it.
Just put the clams directly into the pot and cook them together with some shepherd's purse, salt and dried mushrooms.
Smelling the delicious aroma in the air, not only the two children, but also the two adults in the Zeng family felt their stomachs growling, and both the couple felt embarrassed.
The clam meat will naturally open when cooked. When you suck it into your mouth, it is full of freshness and fragrance. Then take a sip of the clam mushroom soup, it is so delicious that it will make you dizzy.
The two children are well-mannered. Even if they are very hungry, they eat slowly and don't fight or grab the food.
"Mother, Brother Xu's cooking is so delicious. He's even better than Mother."
Zeng Guoqin's wife Guan also smiled and said, "Well, I am ashamed of myself."
Seeing the little guys praising him like that, Xu Wenyan felt a little embarrassed and had to let them eat more.
As soon as the meal was over, Zeng's family went back to help, saying that they felt full and full of energy.
Xu Wenyan ignored them, packed clam soup in a dozen bamboo tubes, and went to the military tent. Chen Sanlin was helping with housework at home in the afternoon, so he did not follow them.
The wife said she wanted to be an independent man, and he can do it!
Xu Wenyan entered the military tent and saw Luo Sanyuan trying hard to eat the porridge but failed. Xu Wenyan felt exhausted watching and said, "You will have to eat for the whole afternoon if you eat like this."
Putting the bamboo tube on the table, Xu Wenyan joked.
"Now you're here, aren't you injured? It took a lot of effort." Luo Sanyuan propped himself up slightly.
"Would you like me to help you?"
Luo Sanyuan tilted his head and smiled: "How can this be so embarrassing."
"Oh, forget it." Xu Wenyan took the bamboo tube and distributed it to the other soldiers who were still lying down.
The soldiers who received the bamboo tube expressed their gratitude repeatedly, calling him "Brother Xu" and "Brother Xu" one by one, as cordially as they could be.
Although I don’t know what’s in this bamboo tube.
"Hey! Xu Wenyan, I'm just kidding, please help me." Luo Sanyuan didn't know that Xu Wenyan was so straightforward, he was just being polite.
"late."
Xu Wenyan opened the bamboo tube, and the fresh and fragrant aroma of the river clams inside instantly lingered around Luo Sanyuan's nose.
"You are still good to me, your brother."
Putting down the bamboo tube, Xu Wenyan also pouted like him before: "People like us who are alone are the most pitiful. There is not even anyone to visit us."
Luo Sanyuan just chuckled twice: "Oh, I'm just playing a joke on you." He endured the pain and picked up the bamboo tube, gulped down two mouthfuls, it was really delicious, he had never eaten anything like this before.
"What is this, Xu Wenyan, give me another can."
"I'll give you two cans." Xu Wenyan tapped him on the head.
Luo Sanyuan was not annoyed: "Hey, okay."
Without further ado, Xu Wenyan told Xiaoman to return the bamboo tube to him later, and asked him to send one to Wang Zeren, as he didn't want to see that old fox now.
He might ask me to help him with something again.
Many refugees in the countryside have already started building shacks, and Ermazi also told them the rules of the village, which trees can be cut down and which trees cannot be cut down.
When Xu Wenyan walked over, he saw the dilapidated shack they had built and shook his head.
"Is that what I taught you?"
If yesterday was group teaching, then today was individual instruction. Xu Wenyan just walked around and provided guidance if he saw something was not working.
"You need to use the same length of wood. Yours is this long and this short. Also, the stick must be at least five centimeters deep. Yours is too shallow. It will fall down if the wind blows. Are you still alive?"
Sometimes it was a problem with the wood, sometimes it was because the mud was too watery, and sometimes someone even picked nettles while picking leaves, and cried out in despair.
Xu Wenyan really couldn't understand how these people survived.
Unless you are extremely lucky, or have good physical fitness and are very durable.
Most of the refugees are alone, and some women live together. Everyone knows what will happen to a woman who is left alone during war.
Because all the people building the shack were women, the progress was much slower. Although they were not very strong, Xu Wenyan observed that they were all willing to work hard and no one in the team was lazy.
"Why did you pick such thin wood?" Xu Wenyan walked over with a frown.
When the four women saw Xu Wenyan, they were not as scared as they were when they saw other men. One reason was that he was dressed neatly, and the other was probably because he was good-looking.
The oldest woman, who was dressed in linen, stepped forward and said, "Captain Xu, we are all women. We can't carry a big piece of wood."
The woman was probably in her thirties. The faces of the four men were extremely dirty and no one knew what they looked like. They were wrapped tightly in clothes so their figures could not be seen. All that could be heard was their voices.
"It doesn't matter about the other wood, these three main wood must be replaced with thicker ones." Apart from this problem, Xu Wenyan's inspection results were the best among all the teams here.
The building materials he found were all the ones Xu Wenyan used yesterday, and it was obvious that he put a lot of effort into it.
After a little more guidance, Xu Wenyan also went back. Tomorrow was not only the day to collect bricks, but he also had to go to the mountains to collect more clams and river mussels.
I have to find time to go back to the shelter.
It's really busy.