The sudden sound of footsteps behind her startled Shen Siyue, and the axe in her hand almost hit her foot.
Shen Siyue looked at him somewhat speechlessly, the anger in her eyes not too obvious.
Shitou glanced at the tree on the ground and said to Shen Siyue calmly: “If you cut it from there, it won’t be able to be used as a beam! Such a thick tree, what a pity!”
Forehead? ? ?
Shen Siyue was stunned, and couldn’t help but look at the big tree under his feet.
She just wanted to cut the tree off so that she could drag it back.
She really didn't think that much about whether she could get on the roof.
And she really didn't know much about the work of building a house, she just knew the general idea.
Shitou saw her standing there with a confused look on her face, sighed, walked over, and slung the rope that Shen Siyue had tied over his shoulders.
Then he turned to Shen Siyue and said, "Please pick up those branches!"
After saying that, without waiting for her to answer, he gritted his teeth and started dragging the tree.
Shen Siyue stared blankly at the moving tree, and the first thought that flashed through her mind was: Men are indeed stronger!
Then she reacted and quickly gathered together the messy branches she had cut, and tied them up with a random long branch.
Then he put it on his back and quickly caught up with the stone.
Seeing the frown on his face, I guess it would be difficult for him to drag such a heavy tree even as a man.
Shen Siyue walked beside him, hurriedly expressing her gratitude: "Thank you, thank you, thank you so much!"
"If it weren't for you, I probably wouldn't be able to get back home by the evening!"
Shitou held back his strength and squeezed out only three words from between his teeth: "You're welcome!"
Shen Siyue heard his voice, and shrank her neck after realizing it, and said as she ran forward: “I’ll send these back first, and come back to help you right away.”
Shen Siyue ran towards her own home.
After unloading the things on his back onto the ground, he quickly turned around to pick up the stones.
After the two of them worked together to drag the tree back to the house, Shitou helped Shen Siyue place the tree behind the house, and then he patted the debris on his hands.
Originally, he was planning to leave after Shen Siyue nodded.
But seeing her confused face, he thought for a moment and then asked, "What material are you going to use for the roof?"
Shen Siyue recalled the roof of the Shen family: “I saw that the Shen family used straw weaving, and I plan to use that too.”
Shitou said nothing after hearing this.
As soon as Shen Siyue saw his expression, she knew there might be some explanation here, and asked hurriedly: “Can’t we use straw?”
Shitou: "It's not impossible. The straw curtain is denser and lighter, so it's definitely better to use straw."
"As for the wheat grown in the village, you know that the amount planted each year is small, and the yield is not high. There is even less wheat straw that can be used after harvesting each year, so it is in great demand. Therefore..."
Shen Siyue actually didn’t know anything about building a house, she just got some information from the Shen family’s house and some memories of the original owner.
The roof of the Shen family's house is a mat-like ceiling woven with wheat straw. The top cannot be seen from inside the house, but from the outside of the roof, there is a layer of mud, and it must be the same inside.
But now she understood what Shi Tou meant.
He just wanted to tell her that after the wheat was harvested, many people scrambled for the wheat straw, and now there must be no extra wheat straw in the village.
She can't wait until next fall to build the roof!
"What else can we use for the roof?"
Shen Siyue thought that since wheat straw didn’t work, she had to find other substitutes.
Shitou thought for a moment and said, "We can use sorghum stalks. We have plenty of them in our village."
"It's just that compared to wheat straw, sorghum stalks are heavier. We need to put some rafters between the purlins to share the weight, so we need to prepare some extra wood to split..."
Shen Siyue was overwhelmed by what she heard, with question marks all over her eyes.
She had never heard of the words that Shitou said.
As soon as he saw her expression, Shi Tou knew that the other party didn't understand what he said at all.
Yes, these jobs are generally done by men.
Building a house is a big event for every family and is organized by men.
Women usually cook and do odd jobs.
It was reasonable for Shen Siyue not to understand.
Shitou stepped into Shen Siyue's roofless hut helplessly, and after measuring the size, he calculated it in his mind.
Then he said to Shen Siyue: “The beam on the top can’t be used. It’s rotten and brittle.”
"The one you just dragged back can be used as the main beam. You can use the same beam as that one and use slightly thinner ones as the other beams. You'll probably need four."
"Then we need to prepare rafters. A small tree as thick as your wrist would be just right."
"If not, then it will be a bit more troublesome. We need to break open the thick wood."
Taking advantage of the fact that someone was willing to guide her, Shen Siyue quickly asked: “How many rafters do I need to prepare for what you said?”
Shitou raised his head and took a closer look, then estimated in his mind that five were needed for each row, and a total of twenty-five for five rows.
Shen Siyue silently kept what Shi Tou said in her heart.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw the hole in the wall and the door without a door, and quickly asked what was needed to make these two things.
Shitou, who had originally planned to leave after saying a few words, had no choice but to teach Shen Siyue in detail again.
Now Shen Siyue wanted to take a pen and write down everything that Shi Tou said.
"Also, there are sorghum stalks. You need to process them in advance."
Shitou continued, "You need to remove the leaves from the sorghum stalks and then dry them before you can use them."
"Waterproofing the roof is also very important. You can chop up the hay and mix it with the mud, so that the roof will not leak easily."
Shen Siyue listened carefully, and nodded every time Shi Tou said something.
Shitou saw that she nodded to everything, so he asked her jokingly: "Did you remember everything I said?"
Shen Siyue touched her nose and smiled awkwardly: “Uh, remember most of it!”
Her brain isn't a tape recorder, so she can only remember the key points.
It is good to know what you need to prepare, how much you need, and whether you need to process it in advance before use.
She planned to ask for other details later.
The village chief said he would find someone to help her fix it, so if she didn’t understand, she could just ask the village chief.
Seeing that it was getting dark, she felt embarrassed to hold him any longer, and said to him gratefully: "Thank you so much for today, otherwise I would not know what to do and would have to prepare blindly!"
Shitou smiled and said, "You're welcome. I live closest to you, so it's only natural for me to help you. If you have any questions in the future, just come to me."
After saying this, Shitou asked another question that had puzzled him for the past two days: "Um, do your family members agree with you moving here?"
Although most people knew about Shen Siyue's severance of her relationship with the Shen family, Shitou didn't interact much with the people in the village, and he didn't like to talk much.
So he still doesn't know about this.
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