A Farm Girl Traveling Through Time: Raising a Stunning Husband

Shen Wu thought about going to town tomorrow, so he decided to make some food to taste at noon.

She first kneaded some dough and put it in the sun to rise, then went back to look at the nanzhu juice cooking in the pot and confirmed that it still needed to be simmered for a while, so she decided to do something else first.

When Gu Zhou came out after changing his clothes, he saw her wandering around the yard: "Where should I put my clothes?"

Shen Wu came back to his senses: "Oh, give this here. I plan to put several sets together to rinse and dye them later. Just put them together. By the way! If you are free, please help me find a backpack. I will see how to fix it later."

"Okay," Gu Zhou replied and put the clothes where she had put them, then went back to his room to get the backpack.

Shen Wu first went back to the house and took his own set to the yard, then he filled more than half a basin of water and put all the clothes in it to soak.

In modern times, she also has experience in plant dyeing. Sometimes she crushes everything and boils them for dyeing, and sometimes she uses flowers and plants for steam dyeing. The steam dyeing method is a bit advanced for them in modern times, so choosing the boiling dyeing method is the safest.

Dyeing also requires alum to fix the dye. At that time, I didn't know if that thing existed, and I had never been to a pharmacy to buy it, so I could only use the method of boiling and dyeing multiple times. Anyway, black would fade to gray, which was not much different from this era.

After soaking all the clothes, Shen Wu continued to soak the clothes in the basin of water, fearing that some spots were soaked inside.

"That's it." Gu Zhou took out the bamboo basket from the house and beat it. There was a layer of dust on the bamboo basket because it had not been used for a few days. It was covered with dust just by carrying it for a short distance.

"It's okay, don't fight. I'll take a look first. When you need to repair it later, just go to the river and wash it clean."

Shen Wu took the backpack and carefully checked it. The damage was mostly on the bottom and sides, and the top was a little torn. The bottom part might have been torn because it carried too many things in the past, and the sides were similar. The overall integrity was still good, and it could be carried after a little repair.

The dye water in the pot was still boiling. Shen Wu went over to stir it and felt that it was ready for clothes. She returned to the yard and asked Gu Zhou to help wring out the clothes. Then she took the wrung-out clothes to the kitchen.

Gu Zhou was curious about how she did it and followed her.

Shen Wu asked him to help hold the other two sets while she boiled and dyed one set of clothes.

To be honest... it's a bit awkward to use the cooking pot to do this, but there are no other pots at home and the clothes are clean, so there's no problem.

One set of clothes was put into the dye water first, and then stirred with a wooden stick to evenly dye it. After seeing that all the clothes had been dyed in a light color, Shen Wu asked Gu Zhou to hand over another set.

"Please give me another set, I'll go down a little more"

Take the second set and do the same, and after all the clothes are dyed evenly, take the third set.

After finishing all three sets, Shen Wu reduced the heat and used low heat to cook to avoid burning the bottom. She couldn't watch it here, so she had to go to the back mountain and use low heat to be safer.

"I have to go to the back hill, do you want to help me?"

Gu Zhou thought for a while and said: "Okay, I'll go tell my younger sister and then we'll go out."

The two of them separated at the kitchen door. Gu Zhou told his little sister that they were going out, and Shen Wu went to find a cloth bag and a machete.

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Shen Wu took him to the back mountain and used branches to beat the grass as usual.

The first time Gu Zhou saw her go into the mountains, she was beating the grass on the ground with a branch. This time, he was very curious and asked, "Why are you beating the grass?"

Shen Wu continued as he walked: "Well, I was afraid there might be snakes in the grass, so I used branches to explore the way ahead."

So that's how it is. Gu Zhou finally understood.

Shen Wu took him to the bamboo forest again: "Today I trouble you to help me because I want to cut a few bamboos to take back, and then get some bamboo shoots to prepare food to sell tomorrow, and finally see if I can find some new food with the help of your experience."

"How many?!" Gu Zhou was very surprised at the amount she wanted: "What do you want so many for?"

"I want to make a baby chair for your little brother. In the future, you don't have to bother Gu Wei to watch over you when you do anything. Just put the child on the chair."

"A baby chair? What's that?"

Gu Zhou had never even heard of what she was talking about, but when he thought about the story she told, it became clear that there must be such things in her place.

Shen Wu walked around to look at the bamboo to be cut down, and answered his question by the way: "Well, how to explain this? It's a chair for a baby to sit on before she is five years old. Then I will see if I can make a bamboo wheel or a wooden wheel for her to put underneath, so that she can learn to walk slowly in the future."

Her explanation surprised Gu Zhou: "There is actually such a convenient thing, is it simple?"

"It is simple, but a little troublesome. Let me make the main body first when I get back. It should be done in two or three days. I need to study the wheels, just like the wheels on the ox cart. I need to see how you make the wheels, and then I can install them when the time comes."

Gu Zhou was so grateful to her that he could only work harder to help her.

"Let's take this one. Please cut a big one, and then the straighter and smaller one next to it. I'll go dig bamboo shoots."

After Gu Zhou confirmed the two bamboos she wanted, he started to work with a machete from the roots upwards.

It was difficult to cut the big bamboo and it was a bit laborious, but fortunately he was already very familiar with using the machete and it wasn't difficult at all.

Shen Wu lowered her head and dug the soil with a wooden stick. The ground was very hard and digging was difficult. She used all her strength to dig out a small piece of soil.

How long will it take to dig out enough for 30 buns!!! When she has enough money, she will order a long-headed shovel, which will be more than enough for digging bamboo shoots.

While digging bamboo shoots, she looked up at Gu Zhou's position and saw that the bamboo was about to be chopped down, so she reminded him: "Don't chop the last bit, just find a safe place and step on it!"

Gu Zhou heard her words, stopped and replied, "I know."

He stuck the machete into the soil and kicked the bamboo where it was about to split. The bamboo, which was already about to fall, fell to the ground.

After finishing the biggest bamboo, it’s time to deal with the smaller one. The smaller one is very easy to cut through with just a few cuts and it will fall directly to the ground.

After Gu Zhou finished his work, he came to help Shen Wu. Seeing that she was still there without moving, he wanted to help.

"Okay, then you help me get the machete and I'll dig with the knife." She didn't refuse anyone who came to help. She wanted to finish early and go back to cook. It would be a waste of time to refuse now.

Gu Zhou went back and got the knife and handed it to Shen Wu. Shen Wu inserted the front end of the knife into the soil and threw the soil out. After a few strokes, a bamboo shoot pit appeared.

She cut the bamboo shoot with a knife and put it aside, then lowered her head and made several holes with the knife: "I'll do it here. Can you please see if there is anything edible nearby? If there is, please help me pick it up and I'll show you how to cook it."