A female supporting character who travels through time and has a spatial ability becomes the darling
Chapter 20 Decorating a New Home
After wiping her hands, Yun Shu opened the window to let in some fresh air. The two girls sat at the door watching the sunset for a while, planning to go inside and set up the 'furnishings' once the room had cooled down.
Later, Yun Shu suddenly seemed to remember something and ran into the room, rolled up all the bedding and piled it under the back window, exposing the entire kang mat as much as possible.
After finishing these tasks, Yun Shu told her friends, "Quickly lift up the bedding, otherwise the rattan mat will keep out the cold and the bedding won't dissipate heat, and we won't be able to sleep tonight because it's too hot."
That makes a lot of sense. The autumn heatwave is still quite intense. The young people, who didn't have much survival experience, immediately decided to obey.
As the heat subsided, Captain Xie brought along the man who had been pulling the electrical wires when he went to visit his wife's mother. They were busy again, pulling wires, connecting them, fixing them, and installing light bulbs.
Just as dusk was falling, the slightly yellowish light in Yun Shu and the others' room was successfully turned on.
It's certainly not as bright as the various lamps of the 21st century, and it's even a little dim, but it's better than the best and worst of them, and definitely better than a kerosene lamp.
Perfect, now I don't have to clean the house in the dark.
The group thanked Captain Xie repeatedly, and once the room was finally cool, they plunged back into their hard work.
……
Yun Shu probably had the most belongings among them; she brought two large packages with her when she went to the countryside, and also carried a military overcoat on her back.
Later, she went to the county town to pick up three large packages mailed from home, and also bought a lot of daily necessities, so packing took Yunshu the most time.
First, open the two large wardrobes and fold and hang the clothes and pants according to thickness (thickness) for winter and summer, since they can all be worn.
The main problem is that spring and autumn in Northeast China are quite unpleasant, with temperatures fluctuating almost year-round. For example, right now, during the day when it's hot, you just want to wear shorts and a t-shirt and lie on the kang (heated brick bed) and not go anywhere, because you'll be covered in sweat with the slightest movement. But at night, when the sun goes down and the autumn wind picks up, you have to put on a long-sleeved jacket.
Not long after the autumn harvest, the Northeast will gradually get colder, with temperatures dropping from 20 degrees Celsius to around 30 degrees Celsius, a span of almost 50 degrees. This means Yun Shu needs to prepare thermal underwear, sweaters, long johns, and cotton-padded clothes.
The light clothing...cannot be put away for the time being.
The two wardrobes were about 80% full. We'll need to buy more later, and then the large camphor wood chest will come in handy.
After tidying up the clothes, I placed the washbasin and towel rack next to the wardrobe, with three compartments, one for each of the washbasin, laundry basin, and foot basin. Then I added two towels for drying my face and hair, and placed a cup, toothbrush, toothpaste, and soap. That should be pretty much it.
Laundry detergent and shampoo were placed on the shelf in the corner, since they are not used every day, so they are not placed in the open to take up space.
There were also scissors, a hot water bottle, two aluminum lunch boxes, balls of yarn and fabric, and some snacks that had been bought.
Recalling the traces of life in her rural hometown, Yun Shu sighed and felt that she still needed to ask Carpenter Wang to make some more wicker baskets and small baskets.
After all, when things are placed like this, the odds and ends look a bit messy, and I belatedly realized that I still had a lot of things I hadn't bought.
Sure enough, just like buying supplies at the start of the school year, it takes at least a month to buy everything.
……
Xie Guotao had already placed the dish rack on the stove. He would deliver the blue bricks tomorrow, and he also helped secure the large iron pot. Yun Shu only needed to arrange the bowls, chopsticks, oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar on it.
Even if she doesn't want to cook, no one can guarantee that there won't be a day when she needs to cook, so the necessary things still need to be done.
The large water tank was placed between the stove and the shelf, making it convenient to fetch water and preventing it from disturbing Yunshu's sleep from being above her head.
A small square table and stools, big enough for two people to eat, were placed under the front window. A thermos was on the table, and there were two enamel cups and a kettle on the tea tray. Yun Shu didn't like eating on the kang (heated brick bed), she felt that too much crumbs would fall. If there was a kang table, she would only use it to write, read, or put some odds and ends like yarn balls.
The two thick quilts that my mother mailed have been placed in the kang (heated brick bed) cabinet. Whether you lay them on the floor or use them as a blanket, they should be very warm.
Yun Shu's personal clothing was placed in the lower compartment, and the flashlight was placed near the pillow at the end of the kang (heated brick bed). With this arrangement, most of the existing items were tidied up.
After resting on the kang for a while, Yun Shu took a sip of water and caught her breath. Then she started fiddling with the hemp rope and scraps of cloth, thinking about how to fix the two curtains and the dust cover on the kang.
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Curtains are easy to make. Although Yun Shu's overall skills are not as good as the people here, she still knows some handicrafts.
She didn't watch all those videos of craft enthusiasts on Douyin (TikTok) for nothing.
Measure the dimensions, cut the fabric with scissors, fold one end shallowly to create a one-centimeter-wide sew, then thread a wire through the sewed gap, and then wrap both ends of the wire around the nails nailed to the window. Stretch it taut, and a simple but practical curtain is done.
After completing the other one in the same way, Yun Shu got off the kang (a heated brick bed) and began to think about how to make a dust cover.
Their single rooms have excessively high ceilings, almost four meters including the roof, making it impractical to nail rags to the roof to prevent dust from falling.
The main problem is that she can't reach it.
So the only thing to do was to find a way to make a bed curtain similar to the ones used in university dormitories in later generations. This would be convenient for both keeping out dust and hanging mosquito nets.
Yun Shu studied it carefully and finally decided to give up on making a simple version using the kang music cabinet. After all, the kang music cabinet is about 20 centimeters shorter than the kang, and if she used the kang music cabinet as a support, her head would most likely be covered by the mosquito net, which would not be able to prevent mosquitoes at all.
So after taking the measurements, Yun Shu went to ask her best friend for help. The two girls worked together to assemble a rectangular frame with bamboo strips, measuring two meters by two meters by one and six-tenths meters, with the bamboo strips missing at the bottom. They then moved it left and right with a heave, and placed it on the kang (a heated brick bed).
It's just right; it can accommodate the kang (heated brick bed) cabinet and also cover the entire space on the kang.
The two-meter by two-meter mosquito net fits perfectly, and the four corners against the wall are secured with nails, making it so sturdy that it won't wobble. Yun Shu only needs to stretch a piece of cloth over the top of the frame and then secure the mosquito net inside to effectively prevent dust from settling in. The small space created by the mosquito net also gives Yun Shu a great sense of security.
There's no way around it, she just likes the feeling of being alone in this small space.
The two girls tucked the mosquito net under the mat on the kang (a heated brick bed), sat on the kang, and looked through the white gauze at Yun Shu's newly renovated little room. They were both very happy.
Lin Jingshu also particularly liked this method of hanging mosquito nets, so the two of them hurriedly went out before it got completely dark and made another rack for Lin Jingshu as well.
The two female educated youths worked hard, but didn't think to ask the male educated youths next to them for help. Helpless, Jiang Xiucheng and Chen Ming, who had already finished tidying up, could only watch dumbly from the side.
Several times, seeing the two girls' small frames swaying as they carried the heavy frame, Chen Ming and Jiang Xiucheng couldn't help but want to come up and help, but they were still deterred by the two girls' stubborn voices saying "No need, no need".
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