At noon, Qiao Xuejun turned on the wood stove and cooked a hot meal.
Steam the rice first.
She picked a bag of dehydrated green peppers, soaked them, and then picked a box of canned pork tenderloin, added seasonings and stir-fried them.
Even though the carpenter had already eaten two loaves of bread, he was still moved to tears after eating the green pepper and pork stew made by Qiao Xuejun. She hadn't had a decent hot meal in her second uncle's house for ten days or half a month, and even wondered if she would starve to death when she was dizzy from hunger.
The little wolfdog also had food, a small bowl of mashed potatoes.
The young carpenter chose a plastic barrel of suitable size from among the various food packaging barrels in the warehouse and cut it into food and water bowls for the little wolfdog.
Qiao Xuejun looked at it and said, "He can't just eat this, right?"
The carpenter nodded: "In fact, there are still 50 kilograms of dog food at my second uncle's house. I will go and get it back later."
Qiao Xuejun thought for a moment and said, "Wait until the sun sets a little, then I'll go with you."
The carpenter nodded.
After dinner, the little carpenter began to classify the firewood and put them into linen woven bags. If the firewood was too thick, she would split it into pieces before putting it in.
"I can also make a wooden fence, but I need tools and I need to cut down trees," she said as she cleaned up.
Qiao Xuejun knew this because the first time she went up the mountain, she ran into the carpenter and her second uncle cutting trees on the mountain. They said they were going to make a wooden fence.
Qiao Xuejun picked up the bag of wood suitable for sealing doors and windows selected by the carpenter. This was the most urgent task. She didn't want to see another Kuang Qianli at home.
The selected wood is very straight and round, and can be laid horizontally from the top of the window to the bottom of the window. However, these woods are of different lengths, and some cannot completely cover the window, so they need to be spliced.
Qiao Xuejun watched the carpenter knock here and there, and soon a window was sealed tightly with a row of logs. It was such a sunny day, but not even the light could get in. Obviously, each log was original, and there would always be times when it was not so tight.
Qiao Xuejun even reached out to shake it, but it didn't move at all.
The young carpenter was somewhat pleased with himself: "Even if I use an axe to split it, it won't be split in a short time! I'll add another layer outside later, and it will be stronger."
Qiao Xuejun nodded. It was indeed quite safe. If there was a chance, they could add a layer of iron plate.
Qiao Xuejun: "How long does it take you to make a handcart?"
The young carpenter thought for a while and said, "Actually, making a handcart is very quick. I can make two in a day."
Qiao Xuejun was surprised: "So fast?"
She thought it would take at least three to five days.
The young carpenter said with some embarrassment: "But we don't have enough materials. The cart we are making needs rubber wheels. If you want to make wooden wheels, you can do it, but it's not practical. It's very heavy and is usually pulled by oxen, like an ox cart."
Qiao Xuejun frowned, but where could he get rubber wheels now?
She couldn't help but think of the cycling blogger whose motorcycle had rubber wheels, and Qiao Yaozu's warehouse, which had a handcart for loading goods.
There was enough firewood transported down these days, but only suitable round logs were picked out for the three windows, the door, and one window on the first floor. There were four windows on the second floor, all of which required round logs, and they had to go up the mountain.
But next time I go to the mountain, I can bring the trap made by the carpenter.
If we can catch wild rabbits and pheasants, we can bring them back for breeding. This may provide us with meat in the future.
While Qiao Xuejun and the carpenter were studying trap making in the underground shelter, Qiao Xuejun heard a sudden alarm from the system in her brain: "Someone is detected approaching the shelter! He has entered the 200-meter range! The people have been identified as Zhao Fulong and..." The system paused for a moment, "Three strangers. One adult female and two adult males, who are relatively young."
Qiao Xuejun immediately looked up: "How many people are there in your second uncle's family?"
The young carpenter didn't expect Qiao Xuejun to suddenly ask this. He was a little stunned, but still answered: "Four people, my second uncle, second aunt, and his two sons."
Qiao Xuejun immediately stood up, pulled out an empty sack from the warehouse, and pulled the carpenter: "Hurry, the opportunity has come, we are going to your second uncle's house to get something, you lead the dog to the yard, quickly!"
Although the carpenter didn't know what Qiao Xuejun meant, she did what she said. Now in the carpenter's mind, Qiao Xuejun had become a powerful figure who had built an extraordinary underground castle without telling anyone, so she just had to obey her orders.
"One hundred and fifty meters." the system announced.
Qiao Xuejun led the carpenter out of the shelter, covered the floor again, and tied the plane to the sofa leg. "It will bark, right? If your second uncle and the others are at the door."
The carpenter: "Yes. I will call when someone comes to the door."
Qiao Xuejun made a prompt decision: "Your second uncle and his family of four are here. They should be here to take you. Let's go to his house and get your things back. Let Plane hold them back here."
The young carpenter also reacted quickly: "I know."
Qiao Xuejun took the carpenter and did not go out through the main gate, but climbed over the back wall to go out.
"One hundred meters." the system announced.
Qiao Xuejun: "Which direction? How long will it take to get there?"
The little carpenter ran in a direction ahead: "Ten minutes, follow me."
The carpenter's uncle couldn't see that they had left because they were separated by a whole house. He began to knock on the door loudly: "Come out, you little bastard!"
"Woof woof, woof woof!" The planer started barking when he heard the noise.
Zhao Fulong, along with his wife and two sons, stood at the door of Qiao Xuejun's house and knocked on the door: "Qiao, what do you mean by holding my daughter hostage? You asked her to work for you, but you don't want to pay her, right? Are you bullying my daughter because her parents aren't around? I'm telling you, I'm her second uncle, and I can still make the decision for her!"
The more he thought about it today, the angrier he got. He was actually controlled by a little girl. Thinking carefully, would she really dare to use a knife? She was just trying to scare him! He couldn't let this loss go in vain. He had to get it back. Besides, he had heard from the two old men in the Qiao family that Qiao Yaomei had moved a large warehouse of bread and sugar from his family's warehouse.
His family has run out of food.
Today, Qiao Yaomei drew her sword against an elder like him. Shouldn't she apologize? Shouldn't she give him something as compensation?
Zhao Fulong held a thick wooden stick in his hand, and he was full of confidence. He hit the big iron door with the stick again, making a loud bang, and shouted, "Open the door!"
Startled by the sound of the iron gate swinging, the dog tied in the living room kept barking "woof woof woof".
There was no movement, and Zhao Fulong's wife was puzzled: "Is that little girl really at her home? She didn't move even after I called her so much, so she didn't leave, did she?"
She asked about the house. It was so dilapidated. It was built more than ten or twenty years ago and it looked like there was nothing in it.
Zhao Fulong frowned impatiently: "What do you know, didn't you hear the dog barking?"
The dog is here, so the girl must be here too!
Zhao Fulong continued to shout, but of course no one responded to him, even though he smashed the big iron door.
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