Hua glanced at the happy Yaohu and advised in a low voice: "Amu, it's rare for the leader to be so happy. Don't mention it now and talk to Xiaoqing quietly later."
"Okay," Shan Amu put the dishes and chopsticks back on the table, and suddenly remembered something, "You should keep an eye on her when you are at home, and don't let her get into Xiaoqing's bamboo shed."
Hua nodded and asked Yaya to wash her hands and eat the food.
Everyone washed their hands and sat around the stone table. Mu Ya also walked out of the cave, glanced at Yao Xiaoqing, and sat next to Da Mu.
Yao Hu picked up a piece of cake and handed it to Yao Xiaoqing, smiling and saying: "Eat."
Yao Xiaoqing hurriedly took it with both hands, "Father, you can eat it too."
"Okay." Yao Hu smiled and took a piece of pancake. Everyone started eating when they saw him picking up the pancake.
Yao Xiaoqing put a bunch of cassava into his mouth. After eating it, he felt that it was soft, glutinous and delicate. It tasted better than the ones grown by his previous family. He glanced at the cassava beans in the basket and thought about it while eating.
Plant some, including some cassava beans, and try which one yields faster harvests.
After everyone had eaten, Yao Hu said to Yao Xiaoqing: "Xiaoqing, you take a nap, let's go to work first."
Yao Xiaoqing shook his head, "You guys go down first and wait for me. I will go down the mountain soon."
Yao Hu nodded, and a group of people took the tools and went down the mountain.
Yao Xiaoqing went into the bamboo shed and took out a bundle of thin cane bark ropes that had been prepared in advance. He wrapped them around the wooden sticks, tied a two or three-foot long wooden stick to each end to make a horizontal line, and tied a thin rope to
Make vertical lines on the stone spear.
Looking at the two things in his hands, he murmured to himself: That's all I know. Whether it works or not depends on your dexterity.
She pulled out two bamboo pieces and opened the door of the bamboo shed. She saw Mu Ya standing in the yard and saw the door open. She turned around and looked outside the fence.
Seeing her guilty look, Yao Xiaoqing secretly reminded himself to be careful about this girl.
Hua caught up with Yao Xiaoqing at the gate of the courtyard with a bamboo tube, told her what Shan Amu heard, and said angrily: "Xiaoqing, I see that she and Da Amu often murmur, will they get along with each other?"
Like a fire raccoon?"
Yao Xiaoqing is not afraid of other things, but she is afraid that she will know where the salt comes from. The small Yaoshan tribe cannot bear the revenge of those big tribes.
"Tell Uncle Shui, Uncle Chong and the others to keep an eye on her and don't let her enter the bamboo shed where I sleep."
Hua nodded and said: "Okay, I will tell them. We will leave someone to watch her when she is at home."
Yao Xiaoqing arrived at the foot of the mountain, called Yao Hu and others to the place where stones were piled, built a square house model with stones, and explained it to them.
After hearing this, Yaohu and the others looked around the model for a while and nodded to express their understanding.
She pointed at the stone wall with the bamboo piece and said to them: "Father, the courtyard wall is simple. As long as it is built horizontally and vertically, there will be no problem. The house is more complicated because it has doors and windows. You can practice building the courtyard wall first.
Once you successfully build the courtyard wall, it should be no problem to build the house again."
She put up the bamboo piece and said, "Also, when you are building it, you must pay attention. The wall must be as straight as this bamboo piece, otherwise it will collapse."
Yao Hu took note of it carefully and nodded: "Xiao Qing, is the courtyard wall the same as the one on our mountain, and also needs to leave a courtyard gate?"
Yao Xiaoqing nodded, handed the rope to Yao Hu, pulled it out about three meters long, and said to him: "The courtyard gate must be at least this big, with a pillar in the middle and doors on both sides. This will make it easier to travel when there are many people.
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Yao Hu nodded and said: "Okay, you first teach us how to dig the foundation you mentioned."
Several people walked to the mark left by Yao Xiaoqing yesterday. She drew a half-meter-wide position with a piece of bamboo. She handed the piece to Yao Hu and said, "Father, you dig the foundation first, and the width will be as I drew it."
The depth of this digging is two bamboo slices."
Yao Hu looked at her and said, "Let's dig it up and take a look."
Yao Xiaoqing nodded and directed everyone to dig out a foundation that was nearly half a meter wide and one meter deep.
"Yes, just dig down like this," Yao Xiaoqing handed the horizontal and vertical lines to Yao Hu and demonstrated how to use them, "The one with two wooden sticks tied is called the horizontal line, which is used to stretch the straight line to measure the length.
, the vertical lines are used to prevent you from skewing the wall when you build it."
Yao Hu nodded, "Okay, if there's anything you don't understand, I'll call you."
Yao Xiaoqing smiled sheepishly and said, "Father, the gods have taught me a lot, and there are many more that I can't remember. I can only rely on you to explore on your own."
Yaohu looked at her and thought of Muya. He felt that his daughter was too sensible and obedient. He rubbed her head distressedly and said with a loving smile: "Don't be afraid, Xiaoqing. If it doesn't work, let's find a place with many caves to live. You
Let’s go play for a while too.”
Seeing Yao Hu's loving and tolerant smile reminded Yao Xiaoqing of her father in her previous life. A warmth filled her heart. She nodded heavily, turned around and walked towards the kiln.
When I got to the kiln, I sealed the kiln entrance with clay, carried half a bucket of water, shoveled a small half of the oyster ash with a wooden shovel and poured it into the bucket. When the oyster ash met the water, it bubbled like lime and gradually dissolved in the water.
It turned into white mortar.
Yao Xiaoqing stirred it with a wooden stick, lifted up the wooden shovel and put three and a half shovels of sand and gravel inside. After stirring, he carried it to the stone pile, moved some stones and used the mixed mortar to build a half meter wall.
For a high stone wall, you will know what the bonding performance of oyster ash mortar is like after it dries?
Shan Amu took Asu and two women to the foot of the mountain. He saw Yao Xiaoqing sitting on a stone in a daze, and walked forward with a smile, "Xiaoqing, Ayun went to collect food. I selected two boxes of taro.
, where do you think it’s best to plant?”
"Plant it where you planted it last time. Remember to sprinkle some plant ash on the taro. Dig the furrow higher and mix more mulch into it. Remember to cut the wormwood and take it home to dry."
"Okay." Shan Amu responded and turned to look at Ah Su and said, "Ah Su will go back and bring down the ashes."
Yao Xiaoqing followed a few people to the taro field and saw that some of the three ridges of taro planted last time had sprouts.
"Amu, in the next few days, go to the latrine to pick up some manure and water to fertilize these ridges of taro."
Shan Amu nodded with a smile, "Okay! Go and play!"
Yao Xiaoqing looked at her and laughed, "Why do you all ask me to play today? I'm not Yaya."
Shan'am was delighted when he heard this, "It's not a good idea to let you play!"
"Okay, then I'm going to play."
Yao Xiaoqing returned to the stone wall with a smile, and felt that she was almost done. She raised her foot and kicked the upper stone hard, and the stones stuck together and did not move. With more force, she kicked the wall to the ground, and the stone and
The mortar still didn't spread out. I picked up a stone and smashed it for a while before breaking off a piece of the stone.
Yao Xiaoqing nodded with satisfaction: No wonder outdoor experts say that oyster ash is an important traditional building material along the coast. Oyster ash is used in everything from building city walls and bridges to building houses and ditches.