A Farm Girl Traveling Through Time: Raising a Stunning Husband

Since there was no ruler here, she first made an approximate width as a standard, and then started cutting accordingly.

After chopping three bamboos using the same method, Shen Wu was so tired that he sat on the ground and gasped for breath.

It was almost one o'clock now. The sun was shining brightly overhead and Shen Wu was still working under the sun. How could he not feel hot and uncomfortable?

After finishing all these tasks, she was sweating all over and her clothes were soaked.

"I'm really tired. Oh my God, it's so hot and tiring. I'm almost dying of exhaustion."

Shen Wu sat on the ground and gasped for breath when he heard the courtyard door creak. He turned around and saw that it was Gu Zhou.

He was walking in with something in his bag: "I'm back."

"Hey," Gu Zhou responded, walked past Shen Wu, carried Shen Wu on his back and put the things in his clothes pocket into the vegetable basket. He didn't seem very curious about Shen Wu sitting on the ground.

The things seemed to have been dried in the sun, and when Gu Zhou put them down, they collided with each other and made a hollow sound.

Shen Wu thought it sounded familiar, but couldn't guess what it was. It was only when Gu Zhou turned around that he saw it was soapberry.

"It's soap beans! Did you go out to get this?!" Shen Wu stood up from the ground, trotted over, touched the soap beans, and thought to himself, just perfect, the things I had boiled and washed are now here.

Gu Zhou washed his hands and replied: "I just remembered you mentioned this, so I just went to do it since I had nothing to do after dinner."

Shen Wu put down the soapberry and thanked him: "Thank you, Gu Zhou."

Gu Zhou felt a little embarrassed by her thanks and didn't dare to look at her as she went towards his younger sister.

Shen Wu squatted down and prepared to continue, but thinking that he would have to let them take a bath and wear new clothes later, he decided to smash the soap nuts first.

The soap nuts are dry, so she first broke them into pieces and then used a convenient wooden stick to press them against the block and smash them. She used dozens of soap nuts and finally smashed out some.

Pick out the larger pieces and put them in unused rags at home, then tie them tightly with cloth strips, so that the dishes can be washed out.

The remaining broken pieces can be wrapped in a slightly better old cloth at home and used for bathing.

She cut the broken pieces into three pieces about the size of an adult's palm, one for each person to use when taking a bath today.

"It would be great if we had some soapberry. The thin skin can be used with soapberry." Shen Wu muttered to herself as she looked at the soapberry pieces, not knowing that Gu Zhou had heard her words.

Shen Wu suddenly smelled a very foul odor, and after sniffing left and right he found the source.

"My little brother is pooping!?!!" Shen Wu quickly stood up and walked over, covering his nose.

There was a large pool of strange-colored sticky substance on the gray-yellow diaper, which was emitting a pungent stench.

"Why does it stink so bad? He only pooped once in all the days I've been here?!" Shen Wu was shocked. Could there really be something wrong with this child?

Gu Zhou packed the things and put them in a small wooden basin to answer Shen Wu: "No, my little brother poops once a day. I used to wash it, but you were busy and didn't see it. Children's poop is so smelly. You go ahead and do your thing. I'll go to the river to wash it for him."

After saying that, Gu Zhou was about to walk out with the bag of crushed soapberries that Shen Wu had made earlier. When he was almost at the yard, he suddenly turned around and said, "By the way, what does the soapberry you mentioned look like?"

As Gu Zhou moved away from Shen Wu, the stench disappeared. Shen Wu put down his hand and thought about the appearance of the soapberry: "Uh... probably..."

Shen Wu really didn't know how to describe the appearance of soapberries to Gu Zhou: "Forget it, no need to bother. I just said that. Soapberries are also very good to use. You go and do your work. No need to look for them."

Gu Zhou saw that she didn't want to look for that thing and went to the river, "I have to go wash my little brother's diaper quickly."

Shen Wu continued with the next work, and there were only two upper and two lower ones left. She had originally planned to use thin bamboos to make the front and back supports, but she was afraid that it would be a problem to rely on only two bamboos to bear the weight, so she changed the lower supports to large bamboos.

After cutting two bamboos about 50 cm long under the scorching sun, Shen Wu was so tired that she broke into sweat again. It was too hot, so she pulled the things into the wooden shed where firewood was stored, piled up a seat with firewood and continued to work.

There are marks on the bamboo, so you know where to stop when you finish cutting and grinding.

She first determined the position of the first layer of the four main bamboos, and after comparing them to make sure there was no problem, she began to drill holes on them. A large hole needed to be opened on the inside of each of the four main bodies so that the load-bearing bamboo could be inserted.

Shen Wu used a bamboo to make a pattern, then placed it upright and drew a circle around it with a charcoal pencil.

After she drew all four bamboos at the same horizontal position, she started to chop them from the middle little by little with the machete. I don't know whether bamboo was easier to handle or the machete, but she could finish one in about five or six minutes.

Shen Wu chopped down all four and tried matching them with the load-bearing bamboo he had prepared. Because the opening was cut with a knife and needed to be repaired, it was still a little small when he actually tried to use it.

It’s good to be small. The main body and load-bearing structure have not been repaired yet. When they are repaired, it will be just big enough to fit in.

After finishing all these, Shen Wu rested for a while, saw the clothes hanging out to dry nearby, touched her own set and found it was dry, so she could put it on soon.

She went to the place where the bamboos were stored under the sun, took the big bamboos back to the wooden shed, and continued working.

After careful consideration, Shen Wu replaced all the main bodies with large bamboos, so that it would be easier to put bamboo strips on later. Obviously, if used in this way, there would not be enough bamboo strips to put on later, but Shen Wu still chose this method for safety.

Now all she has available are the 12 large bamboos that she has cut into joints, and the rest are small bamboos that can be held in one hand.

Continue with the previous work and complete all the repairs that need to be done.

Shen Wu had just started when Gu Zhou came back. The diaper had already been washed and he hung it on the clothesline.

"What did you do in the kitchen? There's so much steam." Gu Zhou just finished changing diapers and saw something strange in the kitchen.

"Kitchen?! Fuck! I boiled water!"

Shen Wu hurried in, and the water had already been boiled down by one fifth. She regretted and shouted with her hands on her hips: "Oops!!! I actually forgot!!"

This is fine. It has to be mixed with cold water anyway. I quickly turned off the fire and let Gu Zhou in.

"Gu Zhou!!! Come here!!!" Shen Wu said as he opened the lid of a pot and took a clean basin to scoop water.

"What's wrong?" Gu Zhou rushed over and saw her taking the basin to the pot.

"Come and get the biggest basin in your house so I can scald it."

Although Gu Zhou didn't know what she was going to do, he still went to get it.

Shen Wu scooped a basin of water, scalded it carefully, poured it out, and scooped water frantically. While scooping, he said: "Go take a shower later, just in time to put on new clothes. I touched the clothes and they are dry."

"Take a shower?!" Gu Zhou didn't understand why she was doing this.

Shen Wu nodded: "Now that my clothes are ready and the weather is nice, let's take a bath with warm water. I know you should use cold water, but you don't take a bath often. Using warm water can make your skin softer. It may feel a little steamy, but it will be very comfortable to rub."