Time Travel Article: Tool Man Rejects Plot

Looking back at Mingyue, after finishing her meal and cleaning up the dishes, she officially packed her luggage and moved into her new home.

Uncle Gu and the others did not follow, they just helped to move things over and put them in place.

Afterwards, the space was left alone for Mingyue and her niece.

This is the first time that Gu Mingyue owns her own house, whether in her previous life or this life.

When I first came here, I lived in the original owner's house.

Because there was a plan to build a new house, I didn’t have much sense of belonging.

But when she stood in front of the house she had built herself...it turned out that she could also have a home.

At this moment, she seemed to understand the Chinese people's obsession with buying houses.

She took Little Stone's hand and said to him, "Let's go and take a look at our new home."

The two of them walked around the yard first.

The entire yard plus two tiled houses is about 120 square meters.

According to the current rural housing land demarcation standards, small households with less than three people are not allowed to apply for housing construction area exceeding 90 square meters.

But when the village accountant came to measure the land, he deliberately measured more.

It's not just her who is special, but everyone in the village does this.

Maybe it's what is called convenience for others and convenience for oneself...

If you don't say anything to me today, I won't say anything to you next year when we build a house and divide the area, and we all understand this.

As long as it's not too excessive, the villagers will turn a blind eye.

In addition, Gu Mingyue's house is next to a wasteland and will not affect others, so the actual area is dozens of square meters larger.

The two walked along the gravel path to the left side of the yard, where was the washroom.

At the beginning, Gu Mingyue compared it with the modern version of dry and wet separation design.

She asked her elder brother to divide the bathroom into two partitions for her.

Place a washbasin rack and a wooden rack outside for washing.

Hang towels on the horizontal bar of the washbasin rack, place the washbasin on the shelf, and place the foot basin underneath.

She drew the design of the wooden shelf and asked Brother Gu to make it, which was in the style of a multi-layer shelf.

There are some toiletries on the shelves, such as towels, toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, soap, etc.

The bathroom floor is all smoothed with cement, so there is no need to worry about dirt splashing when sprinkling water.

Going further in, there is a wooden barrel which is specially used for bathing.

There is a wooden cork under the wooden barrel. When you have used up the water, pull out the cork.

You don't have to pour the water yourself; it can flow along the shallow ditch left on the wall into a stone puddle at the back.

That water won't go to waste.

Including the water used for washing vegetables at home, it will be poured into this puddle, which can be used to irrigate the land and flush the toilet at the same time.

The toilet is diagonally behind the washroom.

I can finally say goodbye to the "terrifying" toilets of the past.

Build a slope with cement and flush the toilet after using it.

The back of the toilet is connected to the backyard vegetable garden, which is clean and does not interfere with composting. As for the smell?

In the countryside, all kinds of smells are inevitable and very common, so just get used to it.

There is a well in front of the left side of the bathroom. She always thought there would be an old-fashioned pressurized well. She asked the well diggers, but they didn't know either.

Gu Mingyue guessed that it probably didn't exist yet, so she could only install the old-fashioned cradle, which is the windlass.

The second brother was worried that she couldn't lift the water, so he built the handle of the rocker into the bricks and fixed it on all four sides.

When drawing water, just tie the bucket to the windlass rope and throw it into the well, then turn the handle to easily draw up the water.

Now the wellhead was covered with a manhole cover, and Gu Mingyue took the opportunity to say to Xiao Shitou, "You are not allowed to run over here by yourself, otherwise if you fall in, you will never see your aunt again."

In order to curb the little guy's curiosity, she deliberately opened the manhole cover and held him in her arms to look inside, "Do you think it's very deep?"

There was no fear in the little guy's eyes, but mostly curiosity.

Seeing this, Gu Mingyue put him on the ground and picked up the wooden barrel, "Auntie will test how deep it is inside for you."

As he said this, he threw the bucket down. There was a "gulp" sound, and soon the bucket sank.

"See? If you fall, your aunt won't be able to reach you."

Little Stone then hugged her legs in fear and said, "I'll be obedient. I won't go."

He glanced at the well again with regret, "The bucket is lost, it can't be found."

Gu Mingyue pointed to the handle of the windlass and placed Xiao Shitou's hand on it, signaling him, "You shake it."

Little Stone looked at the handle in confusion and tried to shake it, but it didn't move at all.

Seeing this, Gu Mingyue put her hand on his little hand and said, "Come, auntie will shake it with you, and let you feel how heavy the bucket is."

Then he started shaking the handle.

In order to make it look more realistic, she pretended to be very strong, and Little Stone followed suit, his little face turning red.

The handle that Brother Gu installed for her is actually very labor-saving.

As long as you keep turning, the bucket will be able to be shaken up quickly.

However, in order to deepen Xiao Shitou's memory, Gu Mingyue deliberately let go of her hand when the bucket was raised.

The windlass rope turned quickly, and "plop"....the bucket fell into the well again.

She pretended to be sad and said, "Ah, aunt is so useless."

Little Stone was a little anxious at first, but when he heard this, he quickly comforted her, "Aunt, it's okay, I'll try harder this time and I'll definitely be able to get the bucket up."

In the end, the aunt and nephew seemed to have put in a lot of effort to shake the bucket up.

Gu Mingyue wiped the sweat from her forehead and felt that pretending to exert effort was more tiring than actually exerting effort. Pretending is also a technical job.

Fortunately, the effect was very good. After this incident, Xiao Shitou still felt a lingering fear when he looked at the handle.

She said seriously, "From now on, whether you are at home or outside, if you come across a well or a river, or anywhere with water, you can go there with your aunt and you. Don't respond to anyone who calls you. Remember that?"

Little Stone agreed obediently.

Gu Mingyue doesn't know how to raise a child, she just judges others by her own standards.

In her previous life, she was not outstanding in either study or work.

Her brain capacity is limited and her reaction is slow, so she really needs to think about a problem for a while before she can understand it.

But if the other party uses examples during the explanation, she can react quickly.

Therefore, when she was getting along with Xiao Shitou, she always applied the methods that she could understand at the time to Xiao Shitou.

Fortunately, the little guy is easy to take care of. As long as he understands, he will remember it.

There is a jujube tree planted on the right side of the gravel road.

Not only her family has it, but many families in the village, including those on both sides of the road, have it.

They are all branches of the jujube tree.

When these date trees bloom, they are not only beautiful, but the fruits they bear are also very sweet.

Speaking of which, it will be time to pick dates in a few days.

These dates were once one of the few snacks available in every household in the village.

In the past, people dried the dates, and whether they were eaten dry, soaked in water, or cooked into soup, they were enough to eat for the whole winter.

I did think about sending it to the town to find a market, but after asking, I found that the price was very low.

In addition, the journey was long and transportation was inconvenient, so the villagers felt it was not cost-effective and stopped trying.

From then on, every year after the dates were picked in the village, they were distributed to each household according to the population.

Thinking of this, Gu Mingyue thought of Master Yang.

We can borrow his car to transport it to Harbin, where there should be demand.

Even if she doesn't need it, she can collect it herself.

As long as you use this name, store them in a space, and then release them in winter when there are no fruits, the price will definitely double.

She can make a profit here, and the village can exchange money for food...

The idea seems more and more feasible. I have to discuss it with my eldest brother later, Gu Mingyue said to herself.

To the right rear of the jujube tree is a utility room, which contains various farm tools and two large vats.

She specifically asked her eldest brother to find them, one to store sauerkraut and the other to be used as a water jar.

In fact, there is a small water tank in the house, and this big one is reserved for storing water in the future.

If there was enough space at home, she would buy two more.

A shed was built next to the utility room, with piles of firewood and corn stalks stacked high. It was estimated that they would be enough to burn until winter.

It is worth mentioning that Dandan’s nest is also here.

This angle allows you to have a panoramic view of the entire house, making it convenient for Dandan to conduct daily inspections.

There is also a backyard at home, which is a private plot of land.

Not big. Gu Mingyue didn’t plan to raise pigs. She only raised two hens there.

On the other side of the plot there was an area surrounded by a wooden fence, which was the cellar.

Almost every household in the Northeast has a cellar, and during the winter, they rely on the food stored in the cellar to survive the winter.

The excavation was more than three meters deep, and it was not convenient to go down with small stones.

But Gu Mingyue was already thinking about what to store.

I don’t know if she’s sick, but she gets inexplicably excited whenever she thinks about stocking up…