Time Travel Article: Tool Man Rejects Plot

While patrolling the yard, I was planning what to buy in my mind...

I haven't planted anything in my private plot yet. I'll find time to ask my sister-in-law what I should plant in this season.

Find Uncle Guan and ask him to help go up the mountain to find some thorny shrubs, and then plant a row of them at the foot of the wall.

Although we are now next to my uncle's house and in the center of the village, we still have to keep safety in mind at all times.

After walking around the yard, I took Xiao Shitou into the house.

Not wanting to recruit more people to her house, she only built one room on each side, which was just enough for her and Xiao Shitou to live in.

The two rooms were each connected to a stove, with only one pot in it, and the other side was empty because my eldest brother did not buy one.

It seems that the stove matches the iron pot stored in her space, so she will find a chance to take it out.

There was an octagonal table in the middle of the room. She always felt that if she didn't keep her balance well while sitting on the long bench, she would easily fall.

So she asked her second brother to make a few single stools for her.

As for the long benches, she used one to place the washbasin for washing hands while cooking.

Put the rest in the utility room and take it out again when there are not enough seats for guests at home.

He also made two small stools and two large wooden basins for picking vegetables in the house.

There is also a separate door in the house that leads directly to the backyard, mainly for ventilation from front to back during the hot summer.

If it rains, it is convenient to go to the backyard.

There is a smaller water tank next to the eight-immortals table and a cupboard on the other side.

The cupboard has three layers, the top layer has double doors for storing plates, bowls, etc.

You can also store leftovers. Nowadays there is no such thing as overnight food, only not enough to eat.

There are two long drawers in the middle of the cupboard for chopsticks, spoons and other small items.

The lower layer is hollow and contains jars, bottles, and pickled vegetables.

I have to say, my second brother is really good at carpentry work.

The patterns carved on the cupboard are so lifelike that you can't tell they are amateurish.

There were no professional carpenters in the village, and Gu Mingyue thought that she could let her second brother develop the skill of carpentry.

This way you don't have to go out to the fields, and you can exchange work points for people who come to make furniture.

I'll ask my second brother if he's willing tomorrow.

There is a long table opposite the water tank, which serves as a shelf for cutting boards, vegetable bowls, etc.

Then we came to the east room, where she lived.

There is a stove in the middle of the floor of the house, which can be used to boil water for heating in winter.

Even if a kang or fire wall is built, a stove is still indispensable in the cold Northeast.

You can dry clothes, cook, and roast sweet potatoes. Slurp, thinking of this, Gu Mingyue is looking forward to the arrival of winter.

The east room is larger than the west room. In order to make rational use of the space, it is also divided into two partitions of different sizes.

There are two large wardrobes on the other side of the small partition.

The reason for placing the wardrobe inside is to prevent the smell from cooking in the outer room from coming into the house and staining clothes.

There are also two floor-standing cabinets here, which are used to store quilts, bed sheets, fabrics, etc.

Next to the wardrobe was a sewing machine, and next to it was a desk, on which were some books and the brushes and ink she had always loved.

It’s not very professional, but it doesn’t affect her interest in practicing calligraphy.

Brother Gu helped her make three storage racks, large, medium and small.

The big one is placed in the room with the small stone.

The one in the middle is in the bathroom.

The small one was placed at the base of the wall in her room and she used it as a shoe rack.

Walking out of the small partition is the main house.

What catches the eye is the kangqin placed at the end of the kang.

The wooden boxes I bought from the scrap collection station were originally intended to be used as kang cabinets.

However, my sister-in-law put it in Xiao Shitou's room to store toys.

As for this kangqin, my sister-in-law specially asked a craftsman to make it for her.

Kangqin is not a musical instrument, it is actually an upgraded version of the kang cabinet.

In the Northeast, when a girl gets married, people pay more attention to her family and will carefully select a kangqin as a dowry.

Of course, the sister-in-law is not using this to urge marriage, it’s just her way of expressing her thoughts.

She didn't want Mingyue to move into the new home alone, so she did her best to help Mingyue buy everything for the house.

Including the furniture, many of which even Gu Mingyue herself had not thought of, such as cupboards and floor cabinets.

But the eldest sister-in-law would ask the second brother Gu to do this and that for her.

It can be said that he cares about her more than his own son.

Gu Mingyue didn't want to disappoint her sister-in-law, so she didn't refuse.

The kangqin is as wide as the kang in the room and its height is almost close to the ceiling.

There are two sections in total, with four cabinet doors on each section.

The cabinet doors are inlaid with pink peony-patterned ceramics, a work of art.

If the craftsmanship is not good, the pattern will be very dull.

But the peony flowers on the kangqin given to her by her elder sister-in-law were lifelike and vivid.

The section above the kangqin is used to store bedding.

Here in the Northeast, people usually sit on the Kang when visiting other people.

Generally, each family would only have a kang table and a few cushions on the kang.

When you get up, you will put away the bedding, which not only makes the house look clean and tidy, but also prevents it from getting dirty.

The lower layer of the kangqin is mainly used to store underwear, seasonal clothes and valuables.

There is a lock buckle on the outside, and the surprising thing is that even the lock on it is a lock that matches the kangqin, which is exquisite and practical.

The bottom layer of the kangqin also corresponds to four small drawers equipped with small pull rings, which are used to hold needles, thread and other miscellaneous items at home.

The level of care put into the kangqin can be seen from the various details.

No wonder my sister-in-law asked someone to find a master. With such skills, there would probably be many people coming to him for help.

In fact, what she is most satisfied with in the house is the windows.

In contrast, the house used to be pitch dark as soon as the sun went down. Now the windows are clean and the room seems exceptionally bright.

Today's windows are in the shape of squares, but that doesn't affect the feeling of comfort when looking at them.

There are two half-person-high floor-standing cabinets opposite the kang, on which are placed thermoses, fruit plates, mirrors and other items.

There are some food in the cupboard.

The finer flour, rice and malted milk in the house are all stored here by my sister-in-law.

There is also a kangqin in Xiao Shitou's room, but the pattern on it is roses in a vase.

I heard my sister-in-law say that peony represents prosperity and wealth.

Roses represent good luck and happiness.

Because the rose blooms every month and all year round, it is called Catharanthus roseus.

Four seasons make up a year, and Ping (Ping) has the same pronunciation as Ping, which also means peace in all four seasons.

I guess my sister-in-law asked her specifically because she was worried that she didn't understand. It's hard for her to remember all this.

There weren't many things in the small stone house, except for the kangqin, a few cabinets, and a desk.

This is the general framework of the new home.

She thought she needed to clean up, but her eldest brother predicted it in advance and cleaned up so well that she didn't know where to start.

Nowadays, the wooden beams in many houses are suspended in the air.

She was originally worried that the beams of her house would be smoked black like those of other houses.

She never expected that her elder brother and his friends would weave a curtain for her out of sorghum stalks.

The walls of the room and the kang mats are all covered with this kind of purely handmade curtains.

The same was true for the beams in the house. God knows how moved she was when she saw this.

This thing takes a lot of time and effort, and it is easy to cut your hands. She said why did my uncle and his family have so many wounds on their hands before...

Alas, the debt of favor is hardest to repay.

There is no point in thinking too much. I can only look for opportunities to repay you later.