The young carpenter was a little afraid of the mad cow disease outside, but curious, so he slowly approached: "Boss, what are you doing?"
Qiao Xuejun continued to cut off the bark of other trees with wood ears growing on them: "Cut the bark. Can you make traps? Catch some rabbits and birds."
The carpenter immediately answered, "Yes, I have made traps that have caught turtledoves."
Qiao Xuejun: "What about the planks? Can you process the wood into planks?"
She needed some boards to seal the doors and windows.
Iron is the best, but she didn't stock up on iron plates, nor did she have the money to do so. However, the rigidity of properly processed wooden boards is second only to iron, so wooden boards can also withstand some attacks.
Wood boards are not fire resistant, but they are better than nothing.
The young carpenter nodded repeatedly: "I can do it, I can do it, this is the basic skill."
“Coo-coo.”
Just as Qiao Xuejun was about to ask more questions, she heard the carpenter's stomach growling.
"...Are you still hungry?" Qiao Xuejun turned around and asked her.
The carpenter blushed and said, "My second uncle said that there was no food at home yesterday, so we didn't cook. I came out to look for a planer, but I didn't have time to find something to eat."
Qiao Xuejun took out another piece of bread from her bag and gave it to her: "Here's another one."
The little carpenter looked at the bread, licked his lips, and couldn't move his eyes away, but he still said: "I can still bear it for a while, this is very precious, you have to eat it later."
Qiao Xuejun has two, she can't eat both, that would be too greedy.
Qiao Xuejun thought she was pretty silly, so he stuffed the bread into her hands and turned back to work: "Are you short of food?"
"Thank you." The carpenter took it and shook his head. "Food is very tight, but there is still some now. They eat it secretly and don't give it to me."
She held the bread in her hands, feeling a little aggrieved.
Qiao Xuejun stopped asking.
The concept of this village is not very favorable to girls, and the Qiao family is no exception. However, according to what the carpenter said when he quarreled with her second uncle, her grandfather was okay and passed on his craft to her. Unlike the Qiao family, both the grandparents did not like Qiao Xuejun.
The young carpenter began to babble, "I came to see grandpa. Grandpa was sick and wanted to see me. But after grandpa's funeral, this place was also isolated. No one could go out. I couldn't go home. My parents were still waiting for me outside... I don't know when the lockdown will be lifted."
I probably won't be able to get out for a long time. In the apocalypse, it's good enough to be alive.
Qiao Xuejun's eyes narrowed, but she didn't say anything to discourage the little carpenter's wish.
After collecting the fungus, Qiao Xuejun walked out, took out two hemp woven bags filled with potatoes from her backpack, put them together, and planned to collect firewood as usual. Since she was here, she must finish the work before going down the mountain, otherwise it would be a waste of money.
Qiao Xuejun took a rope and handed it to the carpenter: "Hold your dog, don't lose it again. You rest here, and we will go down the mountain together at 9 o'clock."
The sun will start to shine at 9 o'clock.
The temperature will rise to around 35 degrees, with the highest temperature at 1pm, 51 degrees.
Therefore, you must avoid the shelter before the temperature reaches 40 degrees, otherwise you will be at risk of heat stroke, dehydration and heat stroke.
Taking the rope, the little carpenter bit the bread. She had just eaten one, and she was not so anxious to eat the second one. She swallowed a mouthful and looked at Qiao Xuejun, a little surprised: "Aren't you going home now?"
It's very hot in the mountains.
Qiao Xuejun said, "Go back. Wait until the work is done."
As the carpenter was wrapping the rope around the dog's collar, he announced his skills: "I can chop trees and split wood."
She remembered seeing Qiao Xuejun on the mountain yesterday. Qiao Xuejun was picking firewood at that time.
Qiao Xuejun nodded: "There is not enough energy at home, so we need to collect more firewood."
The little carpenter nodded in understanding, ate the last piece of bread in one gulp, and clapped his hands: "I'll join you."
There is a shortage of energy, and the same is true at her second uncle's house.
There are frequent power outages nowadays. My second uncle's family has a generator, or rather, many families in the countryside have generators because they need to farm.
When the power went out, the generators at home were all turned on. We used them for lighting and cooking. But there was only so much diesel, and now my uncle's diesel had run out, so the generators were no longer working. But we still had to eat, and the stoves in the countryside didn't need electricity, they only needed firewood to cook.
However, in this weather, it’s okay to have two meals in the morning and evening, but if you light a fire to cook at noon, it will be so hot that it will kill you.
Therefore, everyone took turns to come to my second uncle's house, with one person guarding for a while.
Boss Qiao is home alone, and there may be no one to take turns guarding with her. You can imagine how uncomfortable it is for a person to be roasted by the fire. Now, she can take turns guarding with Boss Qiao!
Seeing that she volunteered, Qiao Xuejun did not persuade her to rest, but asked her, "I plan to get some wood that can be made into planks to process and seal the doors and windows. Do you know which one is suitable?"
The carpenter listened and pointed to a big tree next to him: "This one will do. Do you have a saw?"
Qiao Xuejun silently took out the Swiss Army Knife, pulled out a short hacksaw from it, and said, "This."
The little carpenter: “…”
“This can only be sawed off.”
She moved her finger downwards and pointed at the foxtail grass beside the roots of the big tree.
Qiao Xuejun: “…”
Not really. This small hacksaw can cut down some small shrubs, but it is a bit beyond its capabilities to cut down big trees.
The young carpenter hesitated and said, "Before Grandpa died, he said that he would leave all his carpentry tools to me, but I was kicked out. My second uncle and his family would not return the tools to me. There is a very useful electric saw in it, and some other things."
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