Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 129 Building a Woodshed 2

The two people and six dogs ate the delicious multi-grain beef jerky and vegetable noodles with relish, and burped with satisfaction after they were full.

"It's so comfortable! After a tiring day, I can eat a bowl of hot noodles and die without regrets!" said Lu Chuan.

Xu Han tapped Lu Chuan's arm and said, "What are you talking about! Go wash the dishes."

Lu Chuan smiled and went to wash the pots and dishes.

The dried sweet potato leaves are really delicious. Because we didn’t pick many before, Xu Han dried the cut sweet potato vines and covered them with oilcloth. We will pick more next time when we have time.

At night, Xu Han and Lu Chuan were weaving a thatched roof in the house. Xu Han knew how to do this, as the original owner had done it many times before.

The two of them worked until midnight before they finished weaving all the straw mats needed to cover the roof.

The next day, after getting up and having breakfast, the two of them continued to build the house. Yesterday, the supporting frames on the roof had all been fixed, and they were tightly attached to each other, and they were already very sturdy.

However, if they added thatch directly, it would still be easy to leak in the later stage, so the two of them went to dig yellow mud on the hillside behind.

Cut the thatch into pieces, add it to the yellow mud, stir it evenly and step on it with your feet to make it more sticky. Spread the mixed yellow mud on the roof, and then cover it with thatch.

The yellow mud is wet, just enough to stick to the thatch. When laying the thatched roof, you must stagger it and press it against each other, otherwise it will leak easily in the later stage.

The roof is covered with a thick layer of thatch, and now the top is completed. The next step is to block the gap between the courtyard wall and the firewood shed with bamboo.

It was time for lunch before everything was done, so Xu Han took out the food from the space and ate it directly as usual.

After they finished eating, they continued working. Now the only thing left to be completed was the front wall. They spent the next period of time blocking this wall and also made a bamboo door for easy entry and exit.

Because this is used to store firewood and charcoal on a daily basis, the door is made very large to avoid being blocked from getting out when trying to get firewood.

After I finished everything, it was already mid-afternoon. I had originally thought I could finish it in an afternoon, but it took me a whole day and a half. I was careless and thought it was too simple.

The original doghouse has been demolished, so now the dogs have no place to live.

So Xu Han and Lu Chuan used the remaining bamboo to build a larger doghouse for the dogs nearby.

The previous kennel felt a bit small for the six puppies, and now the puppies are getting bigger and bigger, and it seems that there is no more room for them. It’s a good opportunity to get a bigger one for them.

This time, the dogs' house was moved next to the woodshed.

A larger doghouse was built along the same length. The bricks and tiles purchased earlier were used to build the doghouse. Since there was a plan to rebuild the doghouse in advance, these things had already been bought and piled aside.

The doghouse was built directly on the stone slabs without digging the foundation. After all, it is not very high or large, so it should be no problem for people to live there for decades under normal circumstances.

First, two walls were built with bricks, leaving space for the door. The other two walls did not need to be built separately. The height was about 1.2 meters, and then the beams were built.

The beams are slanted, with one side higher than the other, to prevent water from dripping when it rains. After it is built, the tiles can be directly installed.

The doghouse was built with bricks, not a lot of them, but enough for six adult dogs to live in, so the whole construction process was quick and smooth.

After it was built, Xu Han took the dogs' cotton nests and other things into it, and the dogs happily ran around the house.

While it was still light, Lu Chuan repaired the bluestone slabs that had been removed from the firewood shed and laid them back down to avoid mud when it rained later.

Xu Han went to the kitchen to prepare today's dinner. She simply fried a few home-cooked dishes, and served them with porridge, steamed buns and pickles.

After dinner, the two continued to weave straw mats. The weather was cold, and the place where Corn lived was a little leaky!

While there is time at night, I quickly weave the straw mats and hang them directly on the wall to block out some of the wind.

The next day, after breakfast, Lu Chuan went to cut down the trees he had chopped down before. He had to trim the miscellaneous branches, which would be used as firewood, and the thick trunks would be used for burning charcoal.

Xu Han went to make straw mats for the corn. After finishing the straw mats in the backyard, she used the remaining straw mats to cover the pens for chickens, ducks and geese.

After finishing, I went back to the front yard and took out the wine I had made earlier.

The wine has almost fermented, and a layer of grape skins has floated on it. Today Xu Han needs to fish out and discard the grape skins, and also filter the wine.

First, take out the grape skins and place them on the strainer. Then place the strainer directly on a new jar, and the filtered wine can flow directly into the jar.

When filtering the grape skins, you need to squeeze out the moisture inside the grape skins. Xu Han puts on gloves and squeezes it out directly, which is faster.

After all the grape skins are removed, continue filtering the wine in the jar. There are also grape seeds that have settled in the jar! They also need to be filtered out.

After filtering everything out, the wine was reduced by one-fifth, which was a huge reduction in volume.

Move the filtered wine to the cellar and it will taste better after fermenting for a period of time.

After finishing all this, it was already time for lunch. Xu Han locked the gate and went to the woods to find Lu Chuan to have lunch together.

When Xu Han arrived, Lu Chuan had already processed a lot of branches. Xu Han's task this afternoon was to transport all the branches back home, dry them and use them as firewood.

Xu Han called Lu Chuan over, asked him to sit on the ground and rest for a while, drank a glass of water and poured some water for him to wash his hands, then took out today's lunch from the space.

Today's lunch was chicken stewed with mushrooms, shredded potatoes with vinegar, beef soup and rice.

I did a lot of physical work this morning, so of course I had to eat well. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have enough energy and eating poorly would hurt my body.

After lunch, Xu Han put the branches into the space and began to transport them home. The branches she brought back were placed directly outside the yard to dry in the sun.

After the branches are dried, they are packed up and stacked in the firewood shed to prevent lack of firewood when it rains.

The firewood temporarily stored in the previous woodshed was almost used up, and no more firewood was put in after it was used up.

In this way, Xu Han made many trips back and forth throughout the afternoon before he finally managed to transport all the branches back home.

Now the open space at the door is piled with tree branches and bamboo branches, enough to burn for a while.