0p0 Chapter 176 The Collapsed Toilet
Chapter 176 The Collapsed Toilet
Xu Yuan carried a hoe and returned home with nothing in his backpack.
It was a wasted trip.
The radish seedlings are covered with snow and are probably frozen.
We can only wait for the sun to come out and melt the snow.
When I opened the gate, I could smell the aroma of the marinade at the door.
good smell.
Xu Yuan put the hoe and backpack aside and went into the kitchen.
After removing the stone slab covering the stove mouth, the fire inside was almost burned out.
When Xuyuan opened the lid of the rice steamer, the rice inside was already cooked.
The earthenware jar was filled with a strong aroma of meat, and Xu Yuan used chopsticks to pick out a piece of pig intestine.
The dish is fried with sugar color and then coated with soy sauce, making it bright and juicy. Just looking at the sheen makes you want to take a big bite.
It is soft and chewy when eaten, smooth and springy, the marinade is well matched, and the aroma of the Chinese medicinal materials is well blended.
This marinade package is edible, but dried chilies are not added to the package. The amount of dried chilies in the package is not enough to taste spicy at all. If you want spicy taste, you have to add it separately.
Xuyuan moved all the unburned firewood from steaming rice to the stove used for stewing braised food, and let it simmer over a low heat.
"Sister, we are back."
The sounds of many Japanese confectionery items were heard outside the courtyard gate.
The outer gate of the courtyard was not locked when Xu Yuan just came in. When Xu Zhi came back with a lot of Japanese fruits, he easily pushed the door open and walked in.
"Wow, it smells so good."
There are many fruits and you can smell a very fragrant scent as soon as you enter the yard.
"Big sister is making delicious food again."
Xuyuan came out of the kitchen door and said, "I'm back. How was the competition?"
"Hey, we didn't lose."
Xu Zhi laughed secretly at the side, "Sister, Xuanyu and Guozi are two clever people. Do you know what they wrote on the note?"
"Second sister~"
Many Japanese confectioneries were acting coquettishly on the side.
"What are you doing, you two little men?"
Xuyuan couldn't stand the tone and took a breath.
When Xu Zhi thought about the note he had just randomly pulled out of the basket and read what was written on it, he couldn't help but smile, "Hahaha..."
This made Xuyuan even more curious, "What is it?"
"Pfft, hahahahaha."
When Xu Yuan heard Xu Zhi say this with a smile, he couldn't help laughing as well. It was really great.
When Guozi and Xuanyu heard their two sisters' laughter, their faces turned red for a moment and they didn't know what to do. They stomped their feet in annoyance and ran into the kitchen to see if there was anything delicious.
One wants a big, fat chicken.
One wants a big, fat duck.
Absolutely.
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Zhuhou Village
The village was completely covered in snow, and everything was white.
The wheat planted in the fields has been covered with snow, but the villagers are very happy to see it.
Everyone says: "This year the wheat sleeps in the snow, and next year it sleeps on steamed buns as pillows." After being covered with snow, it can also keep warm, and pests and the like can be frozen to death.
Strange-shaped snowmen were piled up at the entrance of every yard, and the children in the village chased each other and played snowballs.
Ye Qiuer looked at her own toilet that had collapsed under the weight of snow and fell into deep thought.
The pillars around stood steadily, but the middle of the roof above collapsed and fell directly into the hole below.
There was already a pile of white snow in the squat toilet.
It seems that it is completely beyond repair...
"what!"
Ye Qiuer scratched her head and collapsed.
Why didn’t you bring the toilet with you when you swept the snow off the roof yesterday?
This is winter.
Going to the toilet becomes a problem.
"Qiu'er, come back and stop watching."
Grandma Ye stood at the door of the house, looking at her eldest granddaughter who had been standing at the collapsed toilet for a long time, and shouted.
Ye Man'er supported Grandma Ye, a little anxious, "Grandma, what should we do? It's impossible to build one in this winter."
"Why worry? It's not just our house that has collapsed under the snow in the village. Fortunately, it hasn't snowed in the past few days. Go to the corner of the chicken coop and try to dig. After all, there's so much wood ash on the ground. If all else fails, burn some straw and see if you can dig a hole."
When Ye Qiuer came back, she heard her grandmother's suggestion and her eyes lit up.
"Grandma, you can give it a try."
The chicken coop was built not far behind the house. It was big and had a roof. It was built when my father and grandfather were still alive. We planned to raise a lot of chickens at that time, but many of them were bitten to death by the Wong Tai Sin birds on the mountain, so we didn't raise so many. The shed was also made very sturdy, and we also raised a few geese, so no chickens were bitten to death anymore.
"Where's Dong'er? I don't think I've seen him much today?"
"I went to play at Haruhe's place."
Ye Qiuer knew that Chunhe was the same age as Dong'er. His elder brother and father were peddlers. They left the village not long after they moved there. Only Grandpa Lin, Grandma Lin, Aunt Lin and Little Sister Lin were left at home. Little Sister Lin was one year younger than her own Man'er and was a bold and aggressive girl.
"Then grandma, just go and lie down on the kang. It's warm there. Man'er and I will go dig." After Ye Qiu'er said this, she helped Grandma Ye into the house and felt the temperature of the kang. There was still some residual heat, but it was not very warm.
After helping Grandma Ye onto the bed, they uncovered the buckled iron sheet. It was Grandpa Wang who suggested that they could do this, as it would look better, but it would cost extra. Ye Qiuer agreed without a second thought, as if they had to replace it with the original stone slab, she was afraid that Grandma would sometimes forget to put it back.
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The two sisters carried hoes into the chicken coop, found the approximate location in a corner far away from the chicken coop, and started digging.
Sure enough, it is really hard.
Ye Qiuer put the straw stalks she brought with her on top, lit the match, and the straw stalks began to burn on the ground.
This lasted for a quarter of an hour, until the straw burned to ashes, and the soil could be moved using the hoe again.
The two sisters started digging. When they reached a certain depth, the soil underneath became very soft and their speed increased significantly.
When they reached Ye Qiuer's calf, the two men could no longer dig with the hoe, so they had to switch to a shovel. However, they only had one shovel, and the dug soil also needed to be brought up.
Ye Man'er was using a basket to collect mud, while Ye Qiu'er was digging slowly below.
The hole is not too big, and if it is deep, it should be about as deep as your waist.
When Ye Qiu'er got tired of digging, Ye Man'er would take over. They would take turns every once in a while or sit down to rest.
The chickens in the chicken coop clucked from time to time, and a few even came out to wander around, but most of them stayed in the coop.
Until Grandma Ye came over, "Qiu'er, Man'er. Eat first, and come back to dig later."
The two men stopped working and took off their thick outer coats to make it easier to work. They were sweating in the middle of winter, and when they put on their outer coats and left the chicken coop, they felt chilly.
It wasn't until I entered the house that I calmed down.