Chapter 75: Bamboo Water Gun Ah Shu is very young, so playing with anything is not too much...
"Aye, why don't you ask me why this last bamboo chair should be made bigger?" Lin Shu asked.
Without waiting for Zhou Ye to speak, she smiled and replied, "Because it's for you. You're tall and have long legs, and I was afraid you wouldn't be able to stretch your legs when sitting on this short, chunky bamboo chair."
"Why don't you take a break before you get back to work? Aren't you tired from hammering away all the time?"
Zhou Ye listened to her laughter and didn't feel tired at all. "I'm not tired."
"Aye, wait for me for a moment. When cousin Yushu is done with class, I'll join you and we can do something else."
Lin Shu is a dedicated teacher. After a brief break, she devoted herself to teaching again.
Cousin Yushu is a rare talent. When Lin Yushu becomes successful in the future, the whole village will benefit from it, and she, as his enlightenment teacher, will be the biggest contributor.
Of course, the most important reason was that Lin Shu received positive feedback.
Lin Yushu is eager to learn and respects her as a teacher very much. Not to mention Lin Xiaopu, who flatters her every day and admires her very much.
She gained great satisfaction from teaching her younger siblings to read, so she was naturally willing to do her best.
After Lin Yushu asked all the questions in his mind and got them answered, he packed up his things without any delay.
"Cousin Yushu, you can start practicing calligraphy today. I've already taught you how to hold the brush. Go back and practice writing more. If you don't want to waste bamboo paper, you can dip your brush in water and write on a bamboo slip. After doing this for a while, you can dip it in ink and write again. I'll have Aye carve some bamboo slips and bring them to you after dinner."
"That's a good idea. Thank you, Sister Ashu and Brother Aye!" Lin Yushu quickly agreed.
"Sister, sister, I also want to write using this method!" said Lin Xiaopu.
Lin Shu smiled and said, "Don't worry, you will be able to do it. I will teach you a word today. Write each word fifty times on this bamboo slip."
Lin Xiaopu: ...
Her elder sister is so mean, always bullying her.
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Bamboo strips are easy to make. Just take a thicker bamboo, split it into several strips, and then flatten the surface and cut it into pieces. The little bamboo toys that Lin Shu mentioned are a little more troublesome.
Lin Shu did not draw a structural diagram, but directly told Zhou Ye to do it.
First, make a bamboo water gun. Find a bamboo pole with a bamboo septum as the gun body. Poke two or three small holes on one end of the bamboo septum, leaving the other end open. This is a simple gun body.
But this hole is not easy to drill. Zhou Ye's hole is as thick as one of his fingers. If he puts his finger in, it will not be a hole but a cavity.
After listening to Lin Shu's description, Zhou Ye said, "This is not difficult."
He found a small stone the size of a grain of rice, and then pressed it against the bamboo partition, tapping the stone with his knuckles. With just a little force, the stone was firmly embedded. Then he gently poked the stone with a thin bamboo stick, and the stone penetrated through.
A small hole is made!
"Aye, you're so smart! This hole is just the right size. Here next to it, and here, poke two more holes..."
After the gun body is made, the next step is to make the push rod of the water gun. Take a bamboo stick as thick as a chopstick and wrap a piece of cloth around one end to act as a plug. In order to wrap the cloth tightly, you have to punch a hole in the bamboo stick. After the rope is led through the small hole, the cloth plug can be wrapped more tightly.
The size of the cloth plug is also very important. It must fit the caliber of the gun body. If it is too small, the water cannot be sucked up. If it is too big, it cannot be inserted or it will be too blocked when pushing and pulling.
But Lin Shu only described it once and Zhou Ye understood it, and the finished bamboo water gun he made was perfect.
Lin Xiaopu couldn't wait to get a wooden basin over and used the water pipe in the courtyard to fill half of the basin with mountain spring water. "Sister, the water is coming!"
Lin Shu performed a water gun shooting performance on the spot. The water sucked into the water gun was pushed hard by her and sprayed out from three small holes. Three streams of water shot out far away.
Lin Xiaopu's eyes lit up as he urged, "Sister, come and play with me too!"
"No, no, ask your brother A Ye to make another one for you." Lin Shu refused to give it to her. She sprayed herself five or six times with the half basin of water, giggling with joy.
Lin Xiaopu was so anxious that he stamped his feet and tried to grab it. The two sisters ran away and chased each other. In the end, Lin Shu was so naughty that she shot Lin Xiaopu with the water gun.
After teasing Lin Xiaopu enough, he gave her the bamboo water gun.
After getting the bamboo water gun, Lin Xiaopu ran directly to the fish pond behind the house, sucked up the water in the fish pond and shot it into the pond, shooting out water circles in the crystal clear water. He was so happy.
"Aye, make another one quickly, I haven't had enough fun yet."
Zhou Ye was slightly startled: "Weren't you teasing Xiao Pu just now?"
Lin Shu said confidently: "Tease her is only one of the reasons. Another reason is that I also want to play."
Zhou Ye:......
"Wait! Aye, are you laughing at me?"
"You've been discovered again! I discovered it last time. What's wrong with you? You look so honest, but why do you always make fun of others secretly?"
"I told you I'm still young. I'm only sixteen. Sixteen, you know? It's not too much to like these little toys at sixteen, right?"
Zhou Ye tightened his upward curve and nodded seriously, "Sixteen is quite young."
Lin Shu: ...
She felt that Zhou Ye was speaking in a sarcastic way. After all, many people in Tianshui Village got engaged at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and got married and had children at fifteen or sixteen.
Her age is considered old among the young girls in Tianshui Village.
Lin Shu muttered, "My heart has become small, right? My heart is only about the same size as Xiao Pu's."
Zhou Ye's mouth corners finally relaxed and pulled up slightly, "Well, Ah Shu is very young, so anything she plays with is not too much."
Lin Shu: ...perfunctory.
Lin Shu sat on a small bamboo chair, her eyes fixed on the busy Zhou Ye, her thoughts drifting away.
Zhou Ye looked quite handsome when he smiled. Although he was tanned, his facial features were very handsome, the kind that even dark skin couldn't hide.
It turns out that she is not the only one who likes Zhou Ye, there are other people who like him as well, otherwise there would be no young ladies chatting him up at the market.
Thinking of this, it would be impossible for her to say that she didn't mind at all. After all, she was the one who took a fancy to A Ye first, and everyone has a possessive desire.
But she was rational, and Zhou Ye's face did not have her stamp on it. It was normal for outstanding people to be approached by the opposite sex.
A good girl is sought after by hundreds of families, and the same goes for a good boy.
If Zhou Ye hadn't sold himself to Lin Dashan, and if he hadn't been a responsible and sensible person, he might have already married a good wife. If he had moved a little faster, they would have had a child.
After all, her eldest cousin is two years younger than Zhou Ye. If he gets married at the beginning of the year, he will become a father by the end of the year...
When Lin Shu asked for a water gun, Zhou Ye didn't stop at all and made the second one in no time.
"Ashu, you try it."
After Lin Shu pumped water from the water gun, she sprayed it directly on his face, "Hahaha, Aye, I'll cool you down!"
He sprayed and then ran away, and his whole set of actions were very skillful.
The water that Lin Shu splashed on Zhou Ye's face slid down his cheek. Zhou Ye stood there without moving, just raised his hand and wiped it with his sleeve.
"Don't move, don't move. Your sleeves are covered with bamboo shavings. Let me wipe them off for you."
After running a few steps away, Lin Shu turned back, took out her white handkerchief, and wiped the water and sweat off Zhou Ye's face, scolding him, "You're too slow to react. You didn't even know to hide."
Zhou Ye looked down at her without explaining.
It’s not that I can’t avoid it, it’s that I feel there’s no need to avoid it.
"Ah Shu, tell me what else you want to do."
Lin Shu counted on her fingers without any hesitation, "Didn't I tell you before? I also want to make a bamboo slingshot, a bamboo dragonfly, a bamboo wind chime, and a bamboo ball..."
Soon, Lin Shu and Lin Xiaopu both had these little bamboo toys, because Zhou Ye made two copies of each toy.
In the yard, the two sisters' happy laughter never stopped.
"Come on, come on, the sun isn't so strong anymore, let's go fishing!"
Lin Xiaopu hadn't had enough fun and was still enjoying the bamboo slingshot in his hand, but when he heard that he was going to catch fish, he immediately put the slingshot aside.
"Sister, are we going to the big river at the entrance of the village this time?"
"Yes, let's go to the big river! Ah Ye, have you ever been to the big river at the village entrance? How big is it? Dad said that the river is wide and there are many fish over there. We are going this time because you are accompanying us. If it's just Xiao Pu and I, we won't go."
Zhou Ye said, "The river at the village head is indeed much wider, a full two feet wide, and the deepest part is about up to my neck. But it's only deep in that section; the rest of the river is still shallow."
Lin Shu hesitated. "If the water is this wide and deep, then my method of catching spicy fish might not work. The juice of hot water pepper is fine for small streams and ditches, but it's a bit difficult to use in larger rivers. It would be much better if I had fish vines. The effect of fish vine roots is much more powerful than hot water pepper."
Only then did Zhou Ye know how she caught the fish she had brought back earlier.
Hot pepper has a spicy taste, but this is the first time he has seen it used to make fish spicy.
"Ah Shu, what is the fish vine you are talking about?"
Lin Xiaopu remembered something and quickly agreed, "Yes, sister, tell Brother Aye! When he was fleeing from the famine, he ate all kinds of grass roots and tree bark. Even though he can't name these grasses and trees, he has seen them all!"
Lin Shu couldn't help but look at Zhou Ye.
Although Zhou Ye didn't ask anything, he seemed to understand her expression and explained, "Not only when I'm fleeing famine, I also usually go to the mountains to look for edible grass roots and tree bark. I recognize most plants with well-developed root systems. Since you want to use this fish vine root, I guess its roots are quite large."
Lin Shu opened her mouth and asked after a while, "Aye, have you also eaten a lot of grass roots and tree bark since you came to Tianshui Village?"
Zhou Ye looked into her eyes and hummed softly, "When you're really hungry, you'll find something to eat."
Lin Shu was silent.
Although she had heard Lin Xiaopu mention it before, she felt sympathetic but didn't take it seriously at that time. Now, when she heard Zhou Ye say it in person, she felt a little uncomfortable.
She knew the feeling of being hungry. Who would chew on grass roots or tree bark if they weren't truly starving? It was clearly a year of good weather and good harvests, but Zhou Ye, that idiot, had made his life feel like he was fleeing famine.
Since he is so capable and has made a lot of money selling mountain products, what's wrong with eating a little more?
Seeing her frown, Zhou Ye said to her, "Ah Shu, it's okay. I haven't eaten since you came back."
Lin Shu couldn't relax her frown after hearing this. She looked at Zhou Ye with a serious and earnest expression, "Aye, it's okay to eat too much. No one will treat you as a monster for eating too much."
Lin Xiaopu nodded vigorously. She had tried to persuade him when she first learned about this, but she couldn't.
but--
She blinked in confusion.
When Brother Aye mentioned this to her, he spoke nonchalantly, as if he was used to being hungry. His tone was nonchalant, so it was easy for others to ignore it.
But when Brother Aye talked about this in front of Sister, his tone was different. It was no longer the usual one.
She felt so distressed after hearing this, let alone her elder sister.
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