"Why did Grandpa make another rocking chair?"

"I'm planning to make a few soft rocking chairs. The ones I made before were too cold in the fall and winter, and the wood wasn't very strong."

One of them was assembling a rocking chair with a pure mortise and tenon structure, while the other one, who was confused about how to assemble the chair because there were too many parts, started putting cotton covers on it.

First put a thin layer of cotton on the seat cushion, armrests and chair back, just make sure they are not prickly.

Then put a lot of cotton on the seat cushion, a thick layer, and also put thick cotton on the back of the chair.

These thick cotton covers can be removed for hot weather.

"Is this how Grandpa does it?"

"Yes, Mumu did a great job."

Su Mu looked at the wrinkled cotton cover he had put on, and then he carefully straightened it out, making it look much better.

After everything was assembled, Su Mu lay on the rocking chair and tried it out. It was so comfortable and soft underneath.

Su Mu gave Su Dingguo a thumbs up: "Grandpa, you are awesome! The rocking chair is so comfortable that I don't even want to get out of it."

"Hahaha, as long as Mumu likes it." Su Dingguo laughed heartily.

In the blink of an eye, the weather has gradually turned colder.

"Second brother, third brother, let's go dig winter bamboo shoots!" Sumu felt that the temperature was right and it was a good time to dig winter bamboo shoots.

"Winter bamboo shoots? My dear sister, do you still have bamboo shoots in winter?" The third brother ran to Sumu curiously.

"Yes, they are all buried in the ground."

"Little sister, how many hoes do you need to bring?" Su Zhiwu was choosing in the tool room.

"One for each person."

"it is good."

A big backpack and a small hoe, with a small pile of goods jingling and clanging, each person went up the mountain with a hoe and a backpack.

"Little sister, can bamboo shoots in winter also grow into bamboos?" the second brother asked in a deep voice.

"Most bamboo shoots in winter will not grow into bamboos. Over time they will rot in the soil and become nutrients for bamboos."

A group of people were walking on a path in the mountains.

"Little sister, little sister, isn't this the way to the bamboo forest?" the third brother shouted.

"There are few winter bamboo shoots in that bamboo forest, and they are hard to dig. Let's go to the bamboo forest over there, where there are more winter bamboo shoots."

"So that's how it is." The second brother nodded when he heard this.

The leaves of other trees have all fallen off, but the bamboos in the bamboo forest are still tall and straight, with a deep green color.

Su An picked up the hoe and tried to dig around the bamboo roots. "Why is there nothing here?"

I don’t know how to evaluate Su Mu. If you say he is not smart, he still knows to dig at the roots of the bamboo. But if you say he is smart, he still digs at the roots of the bamboo.

"Digging winter bamboo shoots is like treasure hunting. You need to know the map where the treasure is hidden."

Su Mu scanned the ground and saw a bulge with a crack.

"Look, that's where the treasure is!"

"Where is it?" Both of them came forward to observe.

"There must be winter bamboo shoots here because there are cracks in the bulge." Su Mu started to dig with the hoe. The soil of this bulge was quite hard.

After a few strokes, a few bamboo shoot shells leaked out.

"Got it! Got it!" Several people were excited. This was the first winter bamboo shoot they had dug up.

Su Mu was also very surprised. She didn't expect to find it! After all, she wasn't a particularly skilled worker. If she didn't find it, she knew it would be a bit embarrassing.

"Hurry, let's continue." Under the gaze of these excited people, the winter bamboo shoots slowly revealed their full appearance.

"Yes! These winter bamboo shoots are so big." Su Mu stamped his feet excitedly.

"There are really bamboo shoots in the soil in winter! They grow on bamboo shoots."

Think about it, they have never come to dig once in these years, they have missed a lot!

"These winters have been such a waste!"

"We were so naive. We had seen other people selling bamboo shoots in winter, but we had never thought of digging them ourselves."

Cut the winter bamboo shoots from the bamboo shoots and you will get a complete winter bamboo shoot.

"Don't feel sorry. Many people make a living by digging winter bamboo shoots, which requires a lot of skills."

Many people suddenly become interested and want to dig winter bamboo shoots, but if they don’t know the skills, they won’t be able to dig many bamboo shoots in a day, and their effort will be wasted. Digging winter bamboo shoots is a strenuous job.

My grandparents might have thought the same way in the past. A day’s worth of bamboo shoots would not be enough for a family meal, so it would be better to get something else that was more valuable.

"I'll try it too." The two brothers happily went out to look for bulges and cracks.

Su Mu dug down along the bamboo shoots. If he followed the bamboo shoots that were half-lying down, he would probably be able to find winter bamboo shoots.

"I found a bulge!" The third brother started digging.

Su Zhiwu looked around and saw no bulge. He walked further and finally saw a bulge. He started digging!

"I found it!" The second brother had already dug out the winter bamboo shoots, while the third brother was still digging with great effort.

The second brother's move is called catching up from behind.

The third brother looked at his own pit, and then at the winter bamboo shoot in the second brother’s hand. Although it was not big, it was still a winter bamboo shoot!

"Second brother, how did you dig it out so quickly? Why don't I have it yet?" Su An was puzzled.

Su Mu put down the half-digging hoe and went to Su An to see what was going on.

Su Mu glanced at the bamboo that Su An had dug: "Third brother, your bamboo shoot must be very deep, you need to keep digging."

"Little sister, how did you know that?" The third brother widened his eyes. Little sister is now at the age where she can tell how deep the bamboo shoots are?

Su Mu smiled, he was not that powerful: "Third brother, look at this place." The second brother also came over to listen.

"The bamboo roots are made up of sections. If the bamboo roots are shallow, the winter bamboo shoots will be shallow. If the bamboo roots are long, the winter bamboo shoots will be deep."

Su An looked at his bamboo and found that it was indeed very long.

"Brother San, keep going, it will come out soon. I can already see its vague shape."

"Okay!" Su An was motivated.

After digging a few deep holes with the hoe, I saw a big bamboo shoot.

"Second brother, look, my bamboo shoots are much bigger than yours!"

Su An excitedly held a bamboo shoot and walked to Su Zhiwu's bamboo shoots.

This wave is called "A blessing in disguise".

"Although you dug them out earlier than me, my bamboo shoots are bigger than yours! Hahahahahahahahahahaha" The third brother laughed wildly while holding the winter bamboo shoots in one hand and putting the other hand on his waist.

As a result, the bamboo shoot accidentally fell to the ground and rolled down the slope. Su An hurried to chase it. Fortunately, there was a flat bottom, which also indirectly shows that this winter bamboo shoot is really round.

It perfectly illustrates what it means when happiness turns to sorrow.

Watching Su An picking up the winter bamboo shoots and coming up again, Su Zhiwu smiled silently.

"Whatever, my bamboo shoots are huge!"

Su Mu ignored their bickering and continued digging her bamboo shoot pit.

"Little sister, didn't we dig up a winter bamboo shoot here? Are there any left?"

"Yes, second brother, look at this bamboo shoot. You can find winter bamboo shoots by following this bamboo shoot downwards."

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