Fang Yun took the winter bamboo shoot, peeled off the layers of skin, and said: "This requires peeling off the outer shell, so you can eat the core inside."

"Well, you see, the inside is white. Cut off the hard parts and you can eat the soft parts. Stir-fried meat or stewed chicken are very fragrant. They can also be dried or pickled and can be eaten for a long time.

time."

"There are still some winter bamboo shoots left after peeling them off. Are there many of them in this bamboo forest? Why don't we go dig more tomorrow and bring back more," Mrs. Li said.

Others also echoed, "Yes, yes! This thing is so easy to store, we can get some more and dig them up in the mountains."

"I think it's okay. Let's go with the men tomorrow. They chop bamboo and we dig winter bamboo shoots."

"Okay, it's settled."

"..."

Before dinner at night, the bamboo frame was almost one-fifth of the way around. It should take two days just to tie up the frame, and then we have to tie up the straw curtain, which will take a little longer.

After all, the area of ​​​​50 acres is still a big project even if it is only fenced on three sides and does not need to be fenced on the mountain wall.

This is just an emergency now. After the house is built, they will go to the mountains to pick up more stones and slowly build a stone wall around it.

But you can't accumulate enough stones in a short time, so let's make do with it for now.

In this way, it took everyone two days to build the fence. During this period, the old man and the women kept putting up straw curtains, covering the side facing the country road first.

Don't be in a hurry on both sides, you can take your time.

Then they built three large sheds using bamboo and straw curtains, with thatched roofs on them.

One shed was used for grazing cattle, another shed was used for cars and luggage, and another shed was used as a kitchen with five large stoves built in it.

They still live in tents so that they don't have to worry about sudden freezing rain and getting their luggage and livestock wet. It also makes them much warmer when cooking.

Another two days have passed, and the Chinese New Year will be the next day.

Now fifty acres of land has been surrounded by a ten-foot-high bamboo and grass wall. There is a door left in the southeast direction. Walk a hundred feet to the left and you can get on the path. Go right and you will find the slope going up the mountain.

Now from the road over there, when you look here, you can only see the fence, not the inside. The shed they built is the same height as the fence, and it can't be seen from the outside.

The pool has also been surrounded and built with stones and grass and mud.

It is half a foot high, so adults can see inside, but children can't see anything.

They also made a fence gate out of bamboo, which was relatively high and tied with a rope out of reach of the children to ensure that they would not get in through here.

As for climbing the wall into the pool, the children are not that stupid. At least the young and ignorant ones cannot climb up. The sensible ones have been warned by their families and know the danger inside.

Everyone listened to Jiayin's suggestion, got a thigh-thick bamboo, split it in the middle, and opened the bamboo joints inside. It was directly connected to the small waterfall, and the water flowed along the bamboo.

Everyone is very happy with this little tip. In this case, there is no need to go to the pool to fetch water all the time.

The pool can be used as a storage tank.

Of course, men can still go to the pool to carry water in buckets, and it will fill up faster once they are filled.

Women and the elderly can use this to wash clothes and vegetables.

Then they dug a ditch to allow the used water to flow outwards without accumulating water.

The bamboo doesn't need to be kept there all the time. When it's not in use, you can pull it down a little, and the water will flow directly into the pool. When you use it, lift it up and catch the water.

Everyone is also diverging their thinking, thinking that after the house is built, they can use this method to divert water to the yard.

Anyway, there are a lot of bamboos on the mountain. When the time comes, we will pick them up section by section, so that we don’t have to run out as soon as we use water.

You can start saving those thick bamboos now.

In the past few days, everyone has cut down a lot of bamboo, most of which are relatively thin.

The bamboo forest was very big, and they couldn't cut it down in one piece. They only cut several trees at a few intervals. You couldn't tell if you didn't look carefully. It was just not as dense as before. The area of ​​the bamboo forest had not shrunk.

The women also dug a lot of winter bamboo shoots.

According to the method taught by Fang Yun, dry or pickle the winter bamboo shoots.

The weather has been very beautiful these past few days and it has not rained.

However, they felt that it had rained in the village in the distance. They had seen dark clouds coming from there before, but they dispersed not far away.

Before we got here, the sky cleared up and it must have rained over there.

On New Year's Eve, Fang Yunping arranged for several people to drive to the county seat early in the morning.

They inquired and found that, like the other side in Qiyang County, the market here would be closed starting from the afternoon of New Year's Eve, and those businesses would not open until the fifth day of the lunar month.

So you have to buy the things you need as soon as this morning, otherwise you will have to wait until after the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

There is no need to buy food, they still have a lot of it. The lard is gone, so we need to buy more lard and seasonings.

Lard won't spoil after being cooked, so you can still eat it later.

As for pork, if you have it, buy another pig. They have shot a lot of pheasants in the past few days, so they are not very hungry for meat. But it is the Chinese New Year after all, so they should eat more good ones.

They didn't know that those pheasants were caught by Jiayin from a distance and thrown there. Otherwise, how could the pheasants run into the bamboo forest and have no place to hide?

People all stay in the woods and bushes.

I have been eating winter bamboo shoots and stewed pheasant these past few days, and everyone thinks it tastes great.

Now just wait for the house to be built, this day will become more and more promising.

After the people came back with the pork and suet, everyone started working in the afternoon.

Those who boil lard boil lard. Those who make food make food.

They placed several shelves made of bamboo and a long wooden table in the temporary kitchen. They can place prepared food or freshly washed vegetables.

Unlike before, you could only put it in a wooden basin or on the ground, and you had to squat down to cook.

Nowadays, stoves are built with stones, with shelves, tables, and stools made of tree stumps placed next to them, making it much easier for people to cook.

People who went to the county town today also bought some drinks. During the Chinese New Year, men also have a drink.

It's not like being on the road now. It's obviously cold and you can drink to warm yourself up, but you don't dare to drink even a drop of alcohol for fear that you won't be able to react if you encounter danger.

Now that we have reached our own territory, and it is so close to the county seat, I don't think there will be any bandits and bandits coming suddenly.

Moreover, the villages on both sides are quite far away, so you don’t have to worry about people from other villages coming over to steal your money.
Chapter completed!