PFC Chapter 212 What a Great Mother-in-Law
Chapter 212 What a Great Mother-in-Law
When Li Erhan saw that his daughter brought so many people with her, he thought about the issue of accommodation for the night.
There is no place for the eleven trees to live here.
However, opposite the eleven trees, there is a forest with tall trees. However, the branches of these big trees grow upwards close to the trunks, without any branches that extend out to the side, so it is impossible to build a tree house on the trees.
However, the space below is available.
Moreover, there is only a road between here and the eleven trees, which can accommodate two carriages running side by side.
This road was reserved for renovation to become a main road starting from the south gate of Taohuayuan to the village they have built now.
If I sleep on the floor, it is already late autumn and the weather is cold, so sleeping on the floor is absolutely impossible.
Li Erhan thought of simply laying the beds one by one, without the shelves at the head and foot of the beds, and connecting them together to form a large bunk bed.
Two more straw huts were built, with the men sleeping on one side and the women sleeping on the other.
After thinking of this idea, he called his son, grandson and a few other young men to come and help.
After Han Shunde came with a large team of people to build houses, he talked with Li Lanzhen for a while.
Then he saw the place where Li Erhan and his men had prepared accommodation for the people brought by Li Lanzhen, opposite the eleven trees.
So, he called everyone over and started helping here.
Han Zhaoxiong came over here and prepared to build a straw hut. He measured the place first.
Then it was decided that men and women would live in two separate straw huts, with a distance of three meters between them.
Two straw huts were built, the women's side was bigger, and the men's side could accommodate ten people.
Li Erhan asked the young men to move a lot of wood from the carpentry room.
These are the logs they usually turn into boards and square timbers and store in the carpentry shop.
The simple bed made by Li Erhan has four legs that are more than half a meter high and are covered with boards. Each bed is two meters wide and three meters long.
After Li Erhan and his sons made a bed.
Let everyone see what it is like. All the people who are working come to watch and praise it after seeing it.
Li Lanzhen also came over and her eyes lit up when she saw the bed.
She said to Li Erhan.
“Dad, when my yard is finished, please make me a bed like this.
I put it in the yard, spread a mat on it, let it bask in the sun, do some needlework, and come back to rest. It's great!"
When others heard that Li Lanzhen wanted one, they all said that they would put one under a big tree in the yard at home so that their children could play on it. That was great!
Li Erhan laughed, his daughter is really smart!
Han Zhaoxiong and his men built a simple shed there.
Surround it with straw mats and then secure it, leaving a door facing the road, with a straw mat hanging on the door.
On the ceiling, there are many wooden sticks as thick as men's arms placed vertically, covered with straw mats, a layer of thatch, and then straw mats, and then pressed with stones or slabs.
In this way, a simple temporary residence was built.
Finally, the bed made by Li Erhan and others was carried in and connected together, and a large bunk bed was completed.
Everyone said that this kind of bed was sturdy and easy to use, so Li Erhan and his father and sons started making the bed frame.
Several people came over and started figuring out how to install it. They were all mortise and tenon structures, and once they found the trick, they installed it quickly.
When a group of people work together in this way, the process becomes much faster.
Li Lanzhen thought about it and realized that among the people she brought with her, there were mostly women and fewer men.
Here, Silver Fox and his three secret guards, as well as Shuisheng and Han Mingxiang will probably have to live here as well, old man, a total of seven people.
Four people can sleep in one bed, and two beds are enough for men.
On the women's side, there were eleven people including Tiehua, plus Lingjiao and Zhihua, a total of thirteen women.
However, Xiao Zhihua probably won't sleep here. She will definitely stick to me and sleep in the tree house.
Thinking of this, he said to Li Erhan.
“Dad, it will be enough to build five such beds in total.
Put two on the men's side and three on the women's side."
Li Erhan looked up and said with a laugh.
"Okay, girl, Daddy knows, it's almost over."
The eleven trees were also busy.
The three wild boars and the silver fox brought back a lot of pheasants and rabbits.
That’s all, enough for Xue Nizi and the women to clean up for a while.
Li Lanzhen found that there were more and more people now, and the kitchen was cluttered, which was very inconvenient.
She saw that Han Zhaoxiong and a few others had already built a simple thatched hut.
Just call him.
"Zhaoxiong, come here for a moment."
Li Lanzhen pointed to an open space next to the kitchen and said.
"Let's build a simple thatched shed over there to use as a storage room. Look at this kitchen, it's so cluttered that you can hardly step foot."
Han Zhaoxiong followed her and stuck his head into the kitchen. Wow, the floor was filled with things.
Usually they go out early and come back late, so they never come to the kitchen. When it’s time to eat, they line up in front of six big pots to get food, and then eat at the table.
He said with a chuckle.
"Okay, Auntie, I'll arrange it for you. It will be ready in a moment."
Li Lanzhen laughed and pointed at him with her finger.
"You've been acting weird all day. Hurry up and get to work. When you're done, we'll eat."
There were two people left to finish the work of building the shed over there, and everyone else came to the Eleven Trees kitchen to build a storage room.
Li Lanzhen came over to see how the dinner prepared by Xue Nizi and the others was going.
Two pots of stew, braised wild boar meat cubes, with potato cubes, sweet potato cubes, and vermicelli.
When they ate vermicelli for the first time, everyone was amazed at its smooth and chewy texture.
Later, Li Lianzhen told them that this could be done. It could be made with sweet potatoes or potatoes.
He also said that when there is a bumper harvest of sweet potatoes and potatoes next year, he will teach everyone how to make vermicelli.
Everyone was so happy at that time!
Thinking that this thing can be exchanged for money, everyone is working hard.
After the house is built and we settle down, we will start working in the fields in the spring of next year. The most important thing is to plant more sweet potatoes and potatoes.
Knowing what they were thinking, Li Lanzhen was very happy.
Poverty is not scary. As long as you are diligent, use your brain, and work hard, you will have cornmeal pancakes, braised pork, and all the good things in life!
There was a pot of pheasant soup. Li Lanzhen stuck her head out to take a look and saw that there were probably six pheasants stewed in the pot.
Li Lanzhen took out a dozen wild ginseng roots, washed them and threw them into the pot.
I took more than 20 big red dates from the space, washed them and threw them into the pot. Let’s boil them to nourish everyone.
A full pot of braised rabbit meat and pheasant meat, as well as potato cubes, sweet potato cubes, and dried wild vegetables.
In another pot, there was a full pot of fish soup, which had turned milky white.
All the dishes were cooked with seasonings that Li Lanzhen took out from the space, so they tasted delicious!
I saw two large wooden basins of mixed wild vegetables on a table next to me.
There should be wild garlic and onions dug from the mountains, as well as red dried chili powder that she took out from the space.
Xue Nizi must have poured melted lard on it.
It should taste good!
I saw that Han Zhaoxiong and the others had already put up the frame of the utility room, and it would be complete after just adding the roof.
She thought that she would come over in the evening and fill up the storage room.
The first thing to do is to take out food. With so many people, a lot of food is consumed every day. Then there is salt, candy for the children, and other miscellaneous things, all of which are placed here.
It would be nice to have a utility room so that if I see that something is missing, I can just come and put it down in the evening.
Li Lanzhen thought it was very funny. She felt like a thief while feeding everyone.
It’s as if I were a conch girl, quietly putting down delicious food, drinks and useful things for everyone every day.
Thinking of this in her mind, she chuckled.
Xue Nizi looked at Li Lanzhen standing there and laughed.
Also laughed out loud.
"Mom, are you happy? You found your youngest son and his wife, and brought so many good friends with you!"
Li Lanzhen looked at her and said with a smile.
"Yes, I am very happy. Seeing you become more and more capable, I am even happier. Our second son has really married a good wife! I, an old woman, have also got a good daughter!"
The people around also burst into laughter.
Xue Nizi's mother, Mrs. Wu, looked at Li Lanzhen with gratitude.
He looked at his daughter again and thought.
My daughter married into a good family. I never expected that after fleeing famine, her mother-in-law became even worse!
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