"Sister Xia Xia, why don't you take a nap?" Lin Yi took Ningxia's finished meal back to the kitchen and stuffed a cup of hot water into her hand.
Ningxia sat on the sofa, drank a sip of water at a suitable temperature, leaned back and relaxed on the backrest of the sofa. This is life!
"I'm not going to sleep anymore. I'm going to lie down for a while and clean up the chicken coop in the yard. I'll let the chicks move in in a few days when they're stronger." Otherwise, living in the kitchen for a long time, whether it's dirty or not is one thing, but the noise will definitely hurt my ears.
"I'm with you."
The chicken coop was placed in the yard, out of the rain. The pheasant they had brought back couldn't stand living under someone else's roof and died in two days. Ningxia had slaughtered it early and served it on the table, so the coop had been empty for the past few days.
This cage was made for her by Li Gang and a few others at the sentry post. It had nails here and sticks there, and it looked ugly and abstract.
But it was also sturdy and stable, not only sturdy and stable but also spacious. Ningxia looked at the cage that was as tall as she was when it stood up. It was more than enough for the three cubs at home to live in when they grew up, not to mention three adult pheasants, even thirteen should be no problem.
"Sister Xia Xia, isn't it a waste to feed the chickens with white rice..." Lin Yi squatted beside the chicken coop and handed her the hay.
Ningxia chuckled, "I remember there's a big bag of crushed corn kernels in the stairwell. Let's switch to that later. Eating white rice is really a bit of a waste."
Lin Yi agreed.
"Where's Sangsang? Is he still guarding the chicks?"
Lin Yi smiled, "Not only was she guarding, she was also singing the whole time. She made up her own tune, it was a mess."
Ningxia laughed, she was really impressed.
"Come on, let's go get those big skins. I'm thinking of making you two cloaks."
The brother and sister entered the master bedroom.
I had previously used two of the best hides at home to buy a lot of fur from Xiao Zhang. Unfortunately, there were only two at home, and Ningxia felt a pity.
They were given three large sheets of fur, each one 1.8 meters by 2 meters. Although they were pieced together, the fur colors were similar and the sewing technology was superb. You couldn't tell the difference unless you looked carefully.
Ningxia flipped through three large furs. One was black and looked like a bear skin. It was mostly black, but there were also quite a few pieces of mixed-colored fur. No wonder Xiao Zhang was willing to give it to her.
The advantage is that the hair is thick and does not affect the warmth retention.
The other two looked like gray wolf skins, and the fur color was uneven, with gray and brown intersecting. Occasionally, you could see tufts of white fur when you pulled them apart.
"Choose a color and I'll make cloaks for you and Sangsang."
Lin Yi chose the gray wolf skin with a large area of gray.
Ningxia rolled her eyes and said, "I'll leave it to you. Can you do it?"
Lin Yi's eyes flashed, and then he calmly asked: "Sister Xia Xia, can you make a cloak? If you can, then please do it. I'm afraid I won't be able to do it and will damage the leather."
Ningxia shook her head. "No, I've never made a cloak before. If I were to make one for you, I'd have to learn it first. And you know my needlework. Even if you learn it, it won't look very good."
So, are you willing to give it a try? If not, I can do it."
Lin Yi nodded without hesitation, "I'll try with the scrap fabric at home first. If it works, I'll try with fur."
Ningxia handed him the fur, and he was so attentive. She would have just started using it, thinking if it didn't fit, she could just alter it. She could piece together pieces of leather and wear them as clothing, so there was nothing wrong with fur.
Lin Yi took the fur and was excited again, but he ignored it.
"What do you want to eat tonight? I'll make it for you two. It's just the right time to prepare tomorrow's meal. I have to go up the mountain to collect firewood tomorrow, so I won't have time to cook for you two."
Lin Yi looked up from the cutting book and said, "Anything you want to eat is fine."
Sangsang also put down his pen and raised his head, "I want to eat eggs!"
Ningxia glanced at her and said, "Have you finished copying the whole syllables? It's been so long? You still haven't memorized all the pinyin."
Sangsang pouted, "Then I just can't memorize it..."
"Why didn't you say you couldn't play it? You want to be illiterate? But no one wants to be friends with an illiterate who can't even write his own name."
Sangsang turned his head and snorted heavily, his lips pouting so much that an oil bottle could be hung on them.
Lin Yi closed the book in his hand and said, "Sister Xia Xia, can I go with you tomorrow?"
"You want to go?"
Lin Yi nodded. "Aren't there a lot of dry firewood in the pine forest? I'll go help pick some up. I'll take Maomao with me so we can bring back more."
Thinking that they would be in the pine forest tomorrow and wouldn't have to walk far, Ningxia agreed. After all, Lin Yi was also a major labor force.
"We're having noodles tonight. Can you make rice balls from the steamed rice you made this morning and take them out tomorrow?"
Lin Yi nodded. He was not picky about food, and nothing Sister Xia Xia cooked was bad, so there was nothing wrong with it.
Seeing that no one paid any attention to her, Sangsang took a deep breath and snorted again.
Ningxia glanced at her and said, "Stop whining. If you want to go out tomorrow, you must memorize the whole syllables tonight. Otherwise, you will stay home alone tomorrow."
Knowing that she was in the wrong, Sangsang stopped talking and sulked for a while before picking up her pencil again. With a pout on her face, she copied the words crookedly, stroke by stroke, in the notebook.
Ning Xia in the kitchen quietly glanced at the people in the living room, then turned to Lin Yi and said, "She's so prone to anger. She must have been a gas tank in her previous life."
Lin Yi smiled and said, "I'm surprised too. She wasn't like this before."
Ningxia raised an eyebrow. "So she's just trying to piss me off? She's always throwing tantrums."
Lin Yi scratched his head. "No... When Grandpa was still around, Sangsang... how should I put it... not only did she not have a temper... she seemed to have no emotions... it's just..."
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