A Farm Girl Traveling Through Time: Raising a Stunning Husband

Hearing her speak so confidently, Gu Zhou began to doubt the story she had told before. If what she said was true, how could she, a woman who rarely left her room, know so much.

The method she described was very similar to the toilet dug in Lijia Village, but there were some details he didn't understand.

Shen Wu looked up at the firewood. With years of experience in fire-making, she could almost tell whether the buns were cooked by the fire and the steam.

She stopped talking, stood up to wash her hands and came back to lift the pot.

Gu Zhou also paused, thinking that some things could be understood slowly. He turned around to wash his hands and help her make the buns.

"Stay away, be careful not to get burned." Shen Wu dipped the chopsticks in water and started to lift the bun from the edge.

Because the skin was thick and there was a cloth under the steamer, nothing stuck to it and the buns rose up as soon as you lifted the lid.

She took the basin from Gu Zhou's hand and used chopsticks to pick up the buns one by one and put them into the pot.

“Such…such shiny buns.” Although there is no chili, the steamed buns are still shiny with oil because of the fried fillings.

Shen Wu looked at it and felt that he still had to find some chili peppers. He didn't know if they were available in this country or era. Tofu buns with red oil tasted better.

The two of them quickly took out two pots of buns. Gu Zhou first put the buns aside to dry, while Shen Wu added another pot of water to boil. They soaked the used cage cloths in the water and rinsed them with cold water while waiting for the pot to boil.

After cleaning the water in the other pot and brushing it several times, Shen Wu put some water in it. Thinking that there was still some space today, she hesitated and asked: "Do you want to put more water in? You can drink some too."

Gu Zhou put the cooked buns that were on the chopping board into the backpack, gathered the clean cover cloth and said without turning his head: "No need"

"Okay... then I'll be the one who feeds the two children, and we'll eat buns as usual." She put two scoops of water in to boil, then covered the lid and came to help Gu Zhou.

"You are smart to let them air dry before putting them out, but this way the buns won't be too hot." Shen Wu couldn't help but praise him when she saw his operation. In the past, she was only concerned about making sure the buns were still hot when they went into their mouths, and completely forgot how bad they would look.

"I am just copying them. I saw those bun sellers doing this when I went to town before, to prevent the buns from getting stuck and broken when they are not sold out."

Shen Wu helped to spread the dough, and the two of them quickly served the last pot of buns.

The buns were just put in place, and the water for cooking porridge was boiling. Gu Zhou was closer and put the rice into the pot before her.

Now there was nothing to do, so Gu Zhou followed her to the yard. Although it was dark, he could still see. He saw her pointing to the southwest corner.

"That's what I thought. Although it's a bit of a nuisance to tie the chickens here, we have to make cages for them before winter. That corner is where I want to build a toilet. We only need to build two sides using the courtyard wall, and then use bamboo to make a roof. As long as it can't rain in, it won't collapse when it snows, and it won't be cold when it's windy, it'll be fine."

“You said you needed yellow mud.”

"That's right. I see that our family used yellow mud mixed with straw to build the house. Straw is not necessary, but yellow mud is best. I don't know if it will be enough to dry the yellow mud bricks. If it's too late, we can just cut bamboos. It will be as thick as my arm."

Shen Wu's speech was a little disjointed, and he had to pause to organize his voice before continuing: "Um... cut it longer, and then weave the bamboo strips together. I'll dig a small hole in the ground and we'll put this in. Finally, we'll just cover the inside and outside with yellow mud."

He had never seen yellow mud bricks being made, but he knew that the tiles used by the men in the town to build houses would not be produced in a day or two.

"I don't think it's possible to dry the bricks. It's raining a lot since autumn. Fortunately, it's sunny these days, but it will rain again in a few days."

Gu Zhou was silent for a while and then continued: "How about this, after lunch today, let's take the opportunity to dig yellow mud. I know a place. My father and I went there when we built the stove at home. The villagers also went there to dig. It happens to be in the woods. Let's go there to work while the weather is hot. There are many shades and it's not hot. After we come back, we will go to weed the fields. We can finish weeding the fields in this afternoon."

Shen Wu thought his idea was good and quickly agreed: "Okay"

Thinking about the large amount of yellow mud used, he was a little worried about whether the two of them could bring it back: "Let me first say that the amount of yellow mud may be a bit too much, how about we borrow a donkey cart?"

Gu Zhou shook his head: "It's difficult to go into the woods with a ox cart, and it's better to carry people out by hand. It's a bit difficult, but I'm here. When our house was renovated before, it was done by my father, the villagers and I."

"Should we ask the villagers for help?" Shen Wu asked.

Gu Zhou was silent for a while before he spoke: "I'll do it first, and we'll talk if it doesn't work." After that, he seemed to realize something and warned her seriously: "Don't tell the villagers that you have been to the forest in the back mountain. The village requires children not to enter the mountain. We have to be more careful in the future."

It’s not that Gu Zhou is too cautious, it’s mainly because there are all kinds of things in this woods, not to mention wild boars and wolves. I heard that some people have even seen wild tigers and leopards. The village has strictly prohibited entering, and although no one has seen any during the times he went there, it’s best not to let the villagers know, otherwise they will have to trouble them again.

"Row"

Shen Wu nodded seriously.

"Then let's get some back tomorrow, as much as we can. I'll dry the yellow mud boards first, which only requires four or five pieces. The rest of the yellow mud will be used to paste the walls and paint the excavated manure pits."

"Think carefully about what else you need, and I'll prepare it all when the time comes." Gu Zhou's words implied that he wanted to take on all the work.

Shen Wu definitely disagreed, and first used her identity as an older sister to persuade him: "We are a family now, and we should work together."

As for what's missing, there's nothing, just a piece of wood.

"Wooden board? What do you want that for?" Gu Zhou was confused. Do you need wooden boards to dig a toilet?

"It's used as a manure pit cover. It would be bad if someone fell in. Besides, it can also prevent odor."

"Indeed..." Gu Zhou could already imagine what a toilet looked like based on her description, but why was it called a toilet? He didn't quite understand.

"Then I'll go look for it then. It's better to find it as soon as possible, in case it rains and I get delayed." Gu Zhou immediately decided to pay attention to where there are wooden boards from today on.

"By the way, I will draw the lines tomorrow and you can take a look at the range then."

As he spoke, Shen Wu motioned for him to go back to the kitchen to wash his hands. The smell of buns was very strong and the two stoves were out. It was time to open the pot and get the buns.

There was rice porridge in the other stove, which was easy to cook because it was ground into small pieces. However, she did not put much firewood. After opening the lid to make sure it was cooked, she stirred it, put it on and covered it again to keep it steaming with the residual heat.

You can drink it when the two children wake up.

The two of them processed the buns as quickly as possible, cleaned the pot, made sure that everything in the kitchen was cleaned up, soaked what needed to be soaked, kept the old dough well, turned off the stove, and after packing the buns, they hurriedly carried the basket on their backs to Grandpa Li's place.

It was getting light, and the two of them went to the gathering point as usual, one behind the other.