The most indispensable thing near Zhao'an Village is yellow sand. After the men went to the mine in the morning, Bai Ling led the women in the village to scoop up the sand not far away.
Although it is not too easy to haul sand, there are simply so many of them that they do not need much sand.
Bai Ling not only asked them to remove the sand, but also removed a lot of loess from the river. Finally, it was all piled into a pile and transported to the village.
Although everyone didn't understand what Bai Ling was trying to do, in their minds, Bai Ling was a fairy who descended to earth and the reincarnation of gods and Buddhas. The gods asked them to do their work, so they just did it.
But there is always curiosity that cannot be resisted.
"Miss Bai, we have been scraping sand and soil since morning. What are we doing?" Erzhu's daughter-in-law looked at the piles of sand and soil in front of the house and thought it was very annoying.
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If she didn't ask clearly, she felt very uncomfortable.
Naturally, she was not the only one who was curious. When she asked, everyone looked at Bai Ling eagerly, hoping to hear the answer from Bai Ling's mouth.
Being looked at by everyone with expectant and confused eyes, Bai Ling couldn't help but smile.
"You don't know anything and you just work like this for a long time?"
No one asked, Bai Ling just assumed that they knew! Who would have thought that they really just listened to her words.
So she gave it a try and said, "Just do as I say later. I'll give you a surprise when it's done."
Although everyone still didn't understand what Bai Ling said, it was a good thing to hear what she meant!
The good thing Miss Bai said must be a real good thing. Although everyone still didn't understand what they were going to do, their eyes were bright and their hearts were full of expectations. Naturally, they became more energetic when doing work.
Granny Wu watched from a distance, and although she didn't say much, the smile on her face became more and more kind. She was not idle either, and started busy boiling water and cooking rice.
Everyone is busy working, how can she be idle?
Tieniu is even more sensible. When Bai Ling is busy, he only needs to give him a book of medical skills and he can read it for a day.
If he encounters something he doesn't understand, and if Bai Ling is busy, he will write it down one by one and ask her again when Bai Ling is free.
The loess chosen by Bai Ling is very sticky, and there is a lot of sunshine here during the day. The wooden boards left over from the previous house construction had already been made into molds by Shangguan Yu and others. Therefore, under Bai Ling's command, a large number of adobe bricks were made.
It was produced quickly.
Taking advantage of the opportunity when the adobe was not completely dry, Bai Ling asked everyone to stop and rest. He also helped Granny Wu to prepare the meals, and then served some to the men with Granny Wu and Tieniu.
In just one afternoon, the adobe was completely dry.
Bai Ling checked it and thought it was OK, so he said to everyone: "Everyone, work harder and try to build it as soon as possible. When the men come back, the safekeeping will surprise them."
Since the village was preparing to mine charcoal, they have brought some back one after another. However, they don't seem to have a way to burn a fire pit, so they just burn some in the stove to keep warm at night. It is warm, but it is also choking.
The most important thing is that it is not safe enough.
That's why Bai Ling came up with this idea of a fire kang.
Once the adobe was made, it was much faster to set up the fire bed. Although the women in Zhao'an Village had no experience in setting up the fire bed, they were all very agile. In addition, they thought that Bai Ling would be able to finish it in the end.
If the men are surprised when they come back, they are all very motivated.
It is said that men are the sky above women, but since Miss Bai came, they realized that women are no worse than men!
Not only can they do things the same as men, but if there is danger, men may still rely on them to save them!
With Bai Ling guiding them and their abundant manpower, a fire pit was quickly completed.
Seeing this, Bai Ling asked them to continue building the next one.
It is said that the more people there are, the more powerful they will be, and the more people can do the work faster, by the time evening comes, most of them already have a heated kang set up in their homes.
As for those who don't have it, they are not disappointed. Anyway, they have mastered the method. If everyone works harder tomorrow, everyone will have it by then.
However, no one knew the purpose of the prepared fire bed yet, so when Bai Ling asked them to stop and rest, no one left, but all looked at her.
Bai Ling raised her head and looked at the sky. It had begun to cool down slightly at this time, and the fire pits that had been built before were almost dry. She then divided the people into two groups, one group was responsible for cooking with Granny Wu, and the other group started cooking.
Use low heat to slowly heat the kang.
When it was almost done baking, he ordered someone to spread straw mats on top.
"Sit on it and see how it feels?" Bai Ling said and motioned for a few people to sit on it and try it out first.
Now everyone can really feel the benefits of the fire kang.
Seeing that they were all extremely happy, Bai Ling turned around and went elsewhere.
At this time, the sun has completely sunk below the horizon, and there is only a trace of afterglow shining on the horizon that has not completely dissipated. Shangguan and the others should be back soon.
"Miss Bai, you must be hungry after a long day of work, right? Just wait a little longer and the meal will be ready soon." Seeing Bai Ling coming over, a woman was frying the vegetables in the pot with a shovel and said to her with a smile.
Then I heard a noise outside. It was Shangguan Yu who had returned with the men in the village.
Because Shangguan Yu told them that they were not in a hurry about coal mining at the moment, they stopped for a while today and continued to spend the rest of their time on hunting.
"The leader of the village said that if we come back so late, the family may have already prepared food, so we will basically catch them alive today. If you can't finish eating, you can feed them first."
"The leader of this village is the leader of the village. He is really thoughtful. No, I can smell the fragrance of rice from so far away."
"Our harvest today is indeed not small. Even if we want to eat it now, we won't be able to finish it."
The men were more or less carrying some living things in their hands, and pheasants and hares were flying around wildly while they were talking. Not to mention how lively the scene was.
The cooks over there were better, but the women who had just experienced the beauty of the hot kang became very upset when they heard the noise outside.
If it wasn't for the purpose of showing off to these men, they would probably be reluctant to come out right now!
"What do you mean by that? It's just a matter of filling our stomachs. What Miss Bai is taking us to do today is a big deal!"
"Even though you are working hard outside, we are not idle at home either!"
"Oh! It's such a pity that you are not at home. You must have never imagined how Miss Bai could have such a wonderful idea. It feels so uncomfortable!"
The women showed off their achievements and did not forget to praise Bai Ling. Seeing them all looking in high spirits, Bai Ling also stood quietly aside and smiled silently. (To be continued)