Chapter 180 Playthings

After returning to her small room, Zhao Chunhua first took a smooth and solid wooden board and gently spread the rabbit skin she had peeled off earlier on it. Then she picked up the cutting scissors beside her and slowly and carefully removed excess fat and other parts along the edge until the entire rabbit skin was in a neat and beautiful rectangular shape.

Each one was worked on so carefully until a total of six works of the same specifications were completed.

When all the rabbit skins were trimmed properly, the remaining scraps were not ignored.

Instead, she collects it all in a small shallow basket and stores it away - because these tiny parts can still be used to make small objects such as gloves or pockets in the future.

The next task is to piece these rectangular furs together in a specific order: three pieces horizontally and two rows vertically, like squares on a chessboard, connected in sequence to form a larger coverage area.

At this moment, a slight but clearly audible murmur suddenly came from the stroller not far away, attracting the attention of the young woman who was busy working.

Realizing that her newborn baby had woken up, Zhao Chunhua immediately put down the tools in her hands and quickly walked to the child, gently holding him in her arms and gently caressing and comforting him.

As a mother, no matter how many important tasks are waiting to be completed, you must immediately stop everything and pay attention to and take care of your baby when he/she calls you.

Use the spare time to spend the wonderful time with your children every day.

After some intimate interaction and comfort, seeing that Xiao Shitou seemed more energetic, she took out a straw cup filled with warm water and let him drink a few sips of water to moisten his throat.

After all, it is not advisable to eat immediately after waking up, but you should first replenish your body with some water.

After the child slowly finishes drinking a glass of water, the mother begins to guide the baby to move his limbs and do some basic exercises.

At this time, the sky outside was gray and accompanied by drizzling rain, making it seem particularly cold and damp.

Just as she was about to leave the room, a gust of cold wind blew in, and the mother who was standing at the door couldn't help but shiver.

"It's quite cold outside, are you cold?"

Zhao Chunhua quickly turned around and used her body to try to block the discomfort caused by the cold air for the little stone in her arms.

Although the baby's palms felt warm, she was still worried that the child would catch a cold.

So she turned around, opened the drawer, and carefully took out a cotton vest.

This is a soft and lightweight cotton vest specially designed for babies in this kind of weather.

Wearing this vest will not restrict the baby's free movement, but can effectively isolate the cold air from invading the body, bringing enough warmth to the child.

Considering that wearing too many clothes may restrict the baby's freedom of movement, choosing clothes that are neither too thin nor too thick is the best choice.

After making sure that the child had not exposed any part of his body that should not be exposed, Zhao Chunhua gently placed the dressed baby back into the bamboo stroller, ensuring that he had enough safe space to carry out his favorite exploratory games while also preventing him from leaving his mother's sight and causing any accidents.

At this time, there is still some time before the actual evening, and in fact the sun has not yet completely set.

However, due to the continuous rain outside the window, the entire sky was unusually dark and gloomy, as if it had already entered dusk, making the natural light in the house particularly dim and depressing.

In order to dispel the gloomy atmosphere in the room and add some brightness and warmth, Zhao Chunhua lit two candles on the left and right sides of the door of the room. The flickering flames instantly made the surrounding environment softer and more intimate.

The rabbit skins have been carefully processed and neatly stacked in a corner of the table, waiting for the next step of use.

Zhao Chunhua sat down and began to collect the remaining fur scraps together, trying her best to piece together these scraps of different shapes and sizes into large pieces of felt that could be used again, in the hope that she could continue to make more cold-resistant items or other practical tools in the future.

The little stone in the bamboo cart seemed a little bored after enjoying its own world for a while.

Feeling that it was almost time to feed the child, Zhao Chunhua got up and walked to the stove, picked up a smooth, round wooden spoon and a clean, simple wooden bowl from the kitchen utensil rack, and used half a bowl of rich, fragrant and nutritious pork rib soup to make some soft glutinous rice flour that was easy for Xiao Shitou to swallow and digest.

When a bowl of food made with love is served, the air is filled with tempting aroma.

Suddenly, the sound of "Wang Wang" interrupted the peace.

It turned out that the family's puppy, a little fellow named Bubai, had sneaked out of its kennel at some point, and was wandering around the kitchen, barking excitedly at its owner.

It was obviously attracted by the rich aroma of the freshly made pork ribs soup. Although it couldn't see where the specific pieces of meat were, the puppy's keen nose was enough to make it eager to try.

At this moment, the lively and cute Xiaoshi actually treated the dog as a temporary toy. He kept reaching out to touch and stroke the dog and even tried to pick it up, causing the little guy, who had a gentle nature but did not seem willing to be the focus at the moment, to hum slightly as if begging.

Faced with such a situation, Bubai could only stare at Zhao Chunhua not far away with his eyes wide open helplessly. His eyes seemed full of confusion and a request for help: Why did I become a toy in the hands of a child?

However, when he saw the brightly colored toy ball tied with a strong rope for playing and pulling thrown to the ground by his owner, all his previous dissatisfaction suddenly disappeared, and was replaced by the innocent mentality of a child again. He immediately jumped for joy and happily interacted with the little stone. The two of them pushed and shoved each other, chasing and playing, creating an extremely harmonious and happy family atmosphere in this small and cozy house.

Then, Zhao Chunhua slowly walked to the stove. She blew gently and slowly extinguished the fire that was still flickering with a faint light, letting the residual heat continue to simmer the ribs in the pot to make them more flavorful.

The charcoal brazier in the house had now been moved to the main room and placed under a specially designed small-legged table that was slightly smaller than an ordinary square table.

The design of this table is very unique. There is a recessed space in the middle, which can accommodate the brazier steadily; the remaining space is for people to put their feet on it to keep warm.

The floor of the house is made of bluestone. In order to prevent the heat from the brazier from directly burning the ground and causing cracks, Zhao Chunhua specially found a discarded old wooden board and placed it under the brazier to serve as insulation.

This not only keeps you warm but also protects the good ground from being damaged.

The main material used for heating at home in winter is actually the wood that has not been completely burned during the cooking process, which is the so-called half-burned firewood.