Chapter 122: Can’t Kill Them All
Su Nuan sneered, "What am I? My brother-in-law? So what? Whoever dares to interfere in my life, let alone my brother-in-law, I won't tolerate him even if he's your brother."
Ling Yun's eyes flashed with coldness. "Why are you so restless? Now that you've arrived, can't you take care of your husband and children and serve your parents-in-law like other daughters-in-law?"
Su Nuan narrowed her eyes. Ling Yun was cute when he was silly, but now he was so annoying. She really wanted to beat him up.
When Ling Yun was about to say something, he felt a strong wind on his cheek. His eyes froze and he wanted to avoid it, but when he turned around, he saw his mother and didn't dare to hide anymore.
Xue slapped him hard and said angrily, "What qualifications do you have to say this? Get out of here and don't get in my way."
Ling Yun pursed his lips and turned away.
Xue came to Su Nuan and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, he shouldn't have said that to you."
"I don't need you to serve me. I'm still young, so you can do whatever you want. But I still have a request."
Su Nuan nodded, looked at her and asked, "What's your request?"
If it is an excessive request, I will not agree to it. At worst, I will just divorce and take better care of them in the future.
Xue paused before continuing, "Mother has no other requests, except that you don't take risks and don't get hurt. As long as we are healthy and safe, that's our blessing."
Su Nuan didn't expect that she would make such a request, and her heart felt warm at the moment.
She smiled softly and said, "Mom, I will take care of myself. I don't ask for anything else, just peace and safety."
Xue took the hay from her hand, threw it into the trough, and said, "That's good. After the spring comes, we will build a house and plant crops. There will be a lot of things to do."
"By the way, we don't hunt in the spring, so we need to stock up on some meat. What do you think about digging a cellar?"
Su Nuan had never really thought about this problem. She only knew that many wealthy families in the capital would dig ice cellars. It was already cold here, so wouldn't it be possible to freeze a lot of meat by digging a cellar to store ice?
She immediately pulled Xue into the house and sat down next to the old lady.
Seeing Su Nuan looking at her like an ignorant little kid, the old lady couldn't help but feel strange and asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"
Su Nuan asked, "Grandma, do you know what an ice cellar looks like?"
The ice cellar is a lowly place, so Su Nuan has never been there and doesn't know how to dig it.
Speaking of ice cellars, Xue didn't know either, because there was no ice cellar in the general's mansion.
The old lady opened the box beside her and took out a bag of dried fruit. She said, "Add some charcoal. There's a lot to say about this ice cellar, and it's not something that can be explained in just a few words."
Su Nuan immediately added charcoal fire. The temperature in the house was acceptable. It was not as high as a greenhouse, but it would not make people cold enough to catch a cold.
Xue took the kettle to boil water and prepared to make tea.
It is called tea, but in fact it is just some herbs for preventing and treating colds. There is no fragrant tea to drink nowadays.
The old lady smiled and said, "This ice cellar needs to be dug deeper. The most important thing is to consider the soil quality."
"If the soil is sandy, you have to use stone bricks to build the walls. Otherwise, the sand will let in heat and won't hold the ice."
"If the soil is fine, the walls also need to be treated. Wet the walls with water and then smooth them out."
"If conditions permit, you can also use a hammer to hammer the surrounding soil firmly so that it is not breathable."
Su Nuan nodded repeatedly, "It's cold here, but I don't think it will be that hot in the summer, so we don't need to dig too deep."
"Storing ice now, whether it can be used in the summer or not, as long as it can get through the spring, that's good."
The old lady immediately understood what Su Nuan meant. "You want to use the ice cellar as a cold room? To store meat?"
Su Nuan nodded, "Yes, grandma is really smart."
The old lady frowned again. "But hunting in winter is so difficult, especially here where the situation is so uncertain and dangerous."
Su Nuan said nonchalantly, "It's okay. It's a blessing to catch something when hunting. If you can't catch it, don't force it."
"We try to save as much as possible. Now I have people from the next village making mud bricks. In the spring, there will be plenty of bricks to build houses. Then we won't have time to go hunting."
"Also, spring is the time when animals reproduce, so we can't kill them all."
The old lady pondered for a moment and said, "Well, the simplest thing is to dig a cellar to store ice. It should be enough to last until the spring."
Su Nuan found a pen and paper, drew the courtyard wall, and then asked, "Where should our house be built?"
The old lady asked, "How many rooms do you want to build?"
Su Nuan blurted out, "Five bedrooms, two side rooms, and the kitchen and storeroom are in the backyard."
The old lady and Mrs. Xue looked at each other and both sighed in their hearts.
Su Nuan didn't notice their thoughts and continued, "It will be easier to find medicinal herbs after spring. I need to treat my husband, so it's better for him to live alone."
"By the way, I can treat his legs this winter. He'll be able to stand up in three months."
Xue asked in surprise, "Really? That's great."
Su Nuan continued, "Anyway, we have a large area, so we can build it however we want..."
She remembered the well that the space spirit mentioned. The well was in the middle, so the house could not be built in the middle.
"How about this, we'll start building the house from this point and work our way back. We'll use half of the front yard as a stable for the carriages."
"Half of this can be used as a vegetable garden, backyard... love..."
Su Nuan thought of raising pigs, but raising pigs has a smell, so she really doesn’t want to raise them.
Xue smiled and said, "You've thought about raising livestock, right? You can raise some chickens and ducks. As for pigs, there's no need to raise them. Wild boars are enough for us to eat."
Su Nuan nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes."
It’s great not to raise pigs. I can’t stand the smell.
The old lady glanced at him and said, "Fool, how can you live without raising pigs? You must raise pigs."
Su Nuan pouted, feeling a little aggrieved.
The old lady smiled and said, "Don't worry, Tuantuan and I will take care of it. After all, you can't leave us idle."
"People who are idle will become sick if they are idle. I don't want to be like those gossipy old ladies."
Su Nuan pursed her lips to suppress her smile and looked at Xue.
Xue was a little embarrassed. "Mom, the three of us are mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, but I think the three of us are more like mother and daughter."
The old lady nodded and said, "Well, from now on we won't listen to outsiders' instigation. You must remember that we are a family."
Su Nuan understood that the old lady was warning them in advance.
In fact, there is no malicious intent. After all, living in the same circle with so many people, there will definitely be some people who gossip or even try to sow discord.
This kind of person is very evil at heart. She can't stand seeing others succeed, so she starts to instigate others under the banner of "I'm doing this for your own good." She'll be happy to see you quarreling.
Su Nuan smiled and said, "Grandma, there won't be any grudges between us. Besides, no one dares to say anything right now. They have all seen my methods."
The old lady shook her head and said, "Child, it's not that simple. Wait for me."
Su Nuan looked at the old lady in confusion, wondering what she was getting up to get.
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