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Looking at the five pheasant eggs in the clothes pocket.

Xu Wenyan got angry just thinking about it.

When I was in Jixiang Village before, I bought two chicks from Wang Dongmei. They were about to be eaten in a month, but then these damn bandits came.

I don’t know which damn thing got such a good deal.

But it was not until now that Xu Wenyan understood why those refugees and bandits were so brutal. They moved all the way south from the northwest.

In fact, the war had already begun when the sister from the cloth shop said she wanted to move away. How could the refugees and bandits who had traveled thousands of miles to this auspicious village be kind people?

This also forced Xu Wenyan to be alert again.

This is ancient times.

It is a turbulent society, no longer a stable society where you will be thrown into jail if you fight.

This is not the peaceful world described in the novel.

At this point, Xu Wenyan was still feeling fortunate. If he had been preparing to take an official examination at that time, he might have been killed by Qian's army by now.

Xu Wenyan shook his head helplessly. Natural disasters, wars, and social unrest were not things he could control.

"Children, come and see." Xu Wenyan carefully spread out his clothes and showed off in front of the children.

"Wow, it's an egg! The uncle is so awesome." Rongrong watched carefully. For fear of breaking the egg, the other children just looked at it and didn't try.

Xu Wenyan directed the children again: "Xiaohua, go get the small basket, and Chen Dong, bring a handful of dry straw."

Xu Wenyan put a lot of straw at the bottom of the small basket, and then put a layer of cotton cloth on it. He placed five pheasant eggs on top and gently covered them with a piece of cloth.

Place the eggs in a place facing away from the sun, then lightly dip a little water in your hands and sprinkle it on the eggs. Roll the eggs at least three times a day when they are exposed to the sun.

At night, cover it with thick clothes and place it next to the stove, and wait until the sun comes out to continue drying it.

This is a tiring job as the eggs have to be monitored from time to time, because Xu Wenyan doesn't know how long the chicken has been hatching.

If the chicks hatch prematurely, they will be suffocated by Bubu.

Xu Wen gave this task to Wang Cuijuan and Rongrong. They were very careful. This was the key to the future source of protein, so they had to be careful.

As a peasant woman, Wang Cuijuan has been dealing with chickens all year round. Under Xu Wenyan's guidance, she also integrated her own techniques for hatching chicks.

After dealing with the eggs, you still have to continue working. After the wood of the main foundation of the house is fixed, use bamboo strips to insert back and forth through the small gap in the middle to further improve the solidity and warmth retention effect.

When this step is reached, the overall frame has been built, and finally the outermost layer needs to be coated with a paste mixed with yellow mud and thatch.

One layer inside and one layer outside.

Fortunately, there are many people here, so we can handle it for now.

The whole house has two floors, both of which are used to store things. Because the house is built large enough, it covers five small caves. In the middle of the house, Xu Wenyan built a kitchen, where he boils water and makes fire.

The main structure has been built, and the rest is just details. Zhou Jianye knows how to do all these tasks, so just let him lead the way in perfecting them. Besides, this house with a slope can also be well protected from rain.

Ten days had passed since Xu Wenyan finished digging the drainage ditches at both ends of the house.

Guyu.

It has been raining from time to time these days. Although it is not heavy, it lasts for a long time. Fortunately, the roof of the earthen house has been sealed.

After just over ten days, Xu Wenyan's hands were already covered with calluses.

Looking at the several baskets of vegetable seedlings that were not growing well piled on the first floor of the house, Xu Wenyan was troubled again.

The loess here is acidic. These days Xu Wenyan has been using lime powder to neutralize it. He used several bamboo baskets to experiment and finally found a more suitable ratio.

The reason why the reclaimed land has not been planted yet is because of this reason.

The weather today is much better than the previous few days. Xu Wenyan plans to renovate the vegetable garden today.

Because the house and the cave were still being completed, Xu Wenyan only asked Wang Dongmei and Rong Xiaoliu for help.

On the right side of the house, close to the ridge, Xu Wenyan planned to pave the entire area with stones to make a gravel road, because the earth kiln was there and the hole for loading coal was also dug there, so it was considered the main road.

On the left side of the house, an area of ​​more than one acre has been cultivated into land.

It's like a terraced field, one piece at a time; after all, it's just a small hillside.

Also, because the stove had been burning all these days, Xu Wenyan had stored up a lot of lime powder. He always had to be prepared before doing anything.

"Sister Dongmei, Xiaoliu, I will sprinkle the lime powder and you start turning the soil." Xu Wenyan was holding a small basket filled with grayish-white powder.

The three of them moved quickly. By the time Xu Wenyan had finished sowing a field, the other two had almost finished turning it.

It took the whole morning to finish turning over half of the land. During the break, Xu Wenyan planted the remaining seeds. The land that had been cultivated in the morning was enough for planting.

To be on the safe side, Xu Wenyan left two of all the vegetables and planted them in the house. This was also the last resort.

Xu Wenyan almost vomited from eating so much wild vegetables these days. After all, wild vegetables are just wild vegetables and they don’t taste as good as real vegetables.

In this way, it took another busy day to turn the soil and plant the seeds.

"Brother Chen, what are you doing?" After washing up, Xu Wenyan saw Chen Sanlin busy on the kang.

This is the first earthen kang in the house. The others are still under construction. The two of them moved out of the big bunk bed early.

Chen Sanlin patted the seat next to him, and Xu Wenyan went over and sat down.

"I'm making arrows. Didn't you see a pheasant a few days ago? When your brother Chen's leg gets better, I'll catch some pheasants for you to eat." Xu Wenyan looked carefully at the ground and saw that there were already more than a dozen wooden arrows standing there.

Xu Wenyan picked up one and looked at it carefully. The arrow body was polished quite smoothly. He would need to practice more if he wanted to hit the prey with this kind of arrow.

"Once our chickens hatch and grow up, we can add tail feathers to your arrows." Xu Wenyan held the arrow and wondered how to stick the feathers on.

If you use wire directly, the center of gravity of the arrow will definitely shift backwards.

"By the way, I don't know your birthday yet." Chen Sanlin stopped what he was doing and looked at Xu Wenyan beside him.

Xu Wenyan thought about it carefully. The ancients followed the lunar calendar. His birthday was August 15th, and he didn't know how to convert it here.

"August, I forgot exactly...what about you?"

"August..." Chen Sanlin murmured, "I'm from February."

"Doesn't that mean it's already over?" Xu Wenyan climbed onto the kang and lay down inside.

Chen Sanlin also put down the work in his hands: "Well, it's not my birthday."

"Then follow me from now on. I have to celebrate my birthday."

"OK."