Chapter 151 Degradable Bamboo
It can prevent others from accidentally breaking in and seeing the scene inside the cellar, which would lead to unnecessary misunderstandings and speculations.
First of all, it still starts with a series of essential steps from cleaning, peeling to juicing.
Zhao Chunhua and Shu Ziying took turns to carry out these tasks.
Especially for Shu Ziying, who is about to get married at the end of this year, some basic life skills are something she must learn well.
In this male-dominated social environment, it is men who go out most of the time, while women are responsible for managing the trivial matters at home.
Therefore, when it comes to handling household chores, women naturally have to spend more time and effort to master and practice them.
Although Shu Ziying is still young, her pursuit and yearning for a better life is very strong.
Whenever it comes to cooking or making food, her energetic energy always impresses those around her.
When it came to the step of grinding the soy milk, Zhao Chunhua actually only briefly started the preparation work at first, and then handed over all subsequent tasks to the energetic and vibrant girl Shu Ziying, who completed all the remaining operations alone.
Next, the two of them needed to filter the fresh soy milk with fine gauze and set it aside for a while to wait for the suspended particles in it to completely settle. Then, after Shu Ziying obtained Zhao Chunhua's consent, she began to use an appropriate amount of ordinary flour to knead large steamed buns whose main ingredient was sweet potato residue.
With the help of such a capable partner who is willing to take on the hard work, Zhao Chunhua was able to successfully complete all the planned tasks today with just verbal guidance.
In order to ensure a clean and sanitary environment and prevent the occurrence of diseases, some wood ash needs to be sprinkled into the chicken coop every few days.
In addition, a layer of such material will also be spread under the chicken coop as one of the basic bedding materials for daily cleaning. This not only facilitates regular cleaning of chicken manure, but also effectively prevents bacterial growth.
In addition, they also use the cooled baked sweet potato skins.
Mixed with other green feeds to make a special diet for the hard working hens during the egg-laying period.
The little girl with nimble hands and quick movements completed a series of cleaning and care tasks independently at almost lightning speed.
The whole day was spent in a busy and non-stop manner, dealing with various trivial but significant daily matters.
As night fell, dozens of steamed buns with good appearance and moderate taste were carefully selected from the many freshly-baked steamed buns that exuded an enticing aroma and were handed over to Shu Ziying, who was about to return home to take away and enjoy.
Considering that the amount steamed this time is far beyond the normal consumption capacity of two people, it is the most reasonable approach to share it.
I plan to ask Zhang Daniu to take a few away and send them to the Zhao family for tasting when he comes over tomorrow morning.
This way you can show your kindness while letting your fellow tribesmen taste something new, killing two birds with one stone.
At this time, Little Stone in the room was holding his little feet and amusing himself, looking particularly happy.
The little face was full of innocent smiles, and from time to time it made babbling sounds, as if it was talking to its own feet.
Seeing this scene, one can’t help but feel happy and sigh at the wonder and beauty of life.
Zhao Chunhua watched gently from the side, her heart filled with love and satisfaction for her child.
She made a teething toy for Xiao Shitou, which was a soft animal-shaped cushion made of clean cloth and filled with some non-toxic soft stuff to help children relieve the pain of teething.
But children are teething and often feel itchy gums, and always want to find something to chew to relieve the discomfort.
Sometimes, he would stuff everything he could get his hands on into his mouth, whether it was the corners of clothes, pillows, or table legs.
As long as it is not a small and hard object, Zhao Chunhua usually does not stop him too much, because she knows that this behavior is a natural phenomenon in the process of children's growth. In this way, they can better explore the world, and it is also a way to exercise oral muscles.
She took a piece of bamboo, put on special gloves, and held an axe to make a new pot brush by herself.
This is not because the family is too poor to buy new tools, but out of a do-it-yourself lifestyle.
Doing so not only saves money, but more importantly, it gives you a sense of accomplishment, and homemade items are often more to your liking than those bought outside.
The old pot brush at home was bought when we moved, and it is made of sorghum stalks.
Due to the extremely high frequency of use and long-term immersion in water, the sorghum stalks gradually become loose and no longer as strong as before, and their cleaning power is greatly reduced.
Considering the actual situation, a pot brush made of bamboo is obviously more suitable.
First, bamboo is stronger and more durable than sorghum stalks; second, its surface is smooth and delicate, and it is not easy to breed bacteria; third, bamboo itself is a natural and environmentally friendly resource, which can be degraded after its service life, and will not burden the environment.
Therefore, Zhao Chunhua thought the process should not be difficult, so she decided to make one herself and give it a try.
She selected a piece of half-dried bamboo as raw material, and first chopped it into slices about one centimeter thick with an axe, but there was no need to chop it completely to the bottom.
Then divide each bamboo piece into small strips about one millimeter thick. Use the remaining thicker bamboo sections to gently crush and separate the innermost parts that are easily broken.
This not only makes operation easier, but also makes full use of raw materials and avoids waste.
After such processing, a section of bamboo can be divided into more than a dozen small pieces, which can be used to make multiple pot brushes, enough for use for a period of time.
However, since it was Zhao Chunhua's first time trying this kind of handicraft, she felt a little unfamiliar at first and spent a lot of time to barely complete the first step.
Despite this, she remained patient and perseverant and continued to work hard.
However, due to lack of experience, the thickness of the bamboo strips obtained was not consistent. Some places were thin and some places were thick, and they looked a bit rough.
But this is a good start. She believes that as she practices more, she will get better and better.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a little frustrated.
After all, this common tool can be easily bought by the old bamboo craftsman in the village for just a little money.
Is it really worth it to put so much effort into doing something like this?
Originally, making a bamboo pot brush was just to kill time. If I gave up halfway, wouldn’t all the time and energy I invested before be wasted?
Therefore, despite feeling a little discouraged, Zhao Chunhua decided to persevere.
She picked up the axe again and tried to process the bamboo strips of varying thicknesses again, hoping to make them into thin filaments close to one millimeter thick.
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