Chapter 145 Blueprints
Only then did I look around the cave and see dozens of more bags of grain. There were three sets of shelves in a row on the left side of the cave. The grain bags and some household items were stacked on the shelves. Because the grain needed to be moisture-proof, the shelves were not too close to the mountain wall, and there was some space between the mountain wall and the shelves. In this way, the originally small cave became even smaller.
Shen Lie looked at the situation and frowned slightly.
The remaining space was used to make a stove and a wooden table. If a table, chairs and stools were added, two beds could be placed in the cave. However, the space was crowded and no matter how narrow the beds were, the two beds would have to be placed next to each other, which was no different from having no separate beds.
How to deal with this?
Sang Luo saw him frowning and looking at the interior of the cave. After a moment's thought, she guessed what he was thinking about. She turned around and took out a few pieces of paper from behind and handed them to Chen Lie: "I've been free recently, and I thought about how to arrange the cave. I just drew it today. Take a look. If I want to make the bed like this, do you think it can be made?"
Chen Lie took the papers, took a look at them, and was stunned: "This is... drawn by you?"
He was stunned and speechless. Firstly, he was amazed that Sang Luo had such a good painting skill, and secondly, he was amazed at the painting itself.
Is that a bed drawn on the paper?
This is so different from the bed he knew. To be precise, this painting shows half of the room, right?
It was a room that looked extremely exquisite, a room he had never seen before. It had a roof, walls, and even a platform on the ground, and the bed was just a part of it.
Moreover, he looked up at the height of the cave. It was divided into two floors for use. The problem that had been bothering him just now, obviously, Sang Luo had already figured out a solution.
"Yeah." Sang Luo nodded. What she drew were actually various three-dimensional and childlike children's room design drafts that were derived from the small apartments that were spawned by modern high housing prices.
The bed is divided into two layers, one vertical and one horizontal. The lower bed is placed vertically normally, with a wardrobe on the left and stairs leading to the second layer on the right. The second bed has a horizontal guardrail, and the steps leading to the second layer open to reveal layers of drawers, combining beauty, space utilization, functionality and storage.
The cave was too small, and since the food had to be moved in, they had to think about the space and make the living more comfortable.
But this thing is simple to draw, but it is actually very complicated to make.
This is not just a simple bunk bed. If it is done well, you can even say it is a customized whole house.
Sang Luo herself was hesitant when painting, but finally she painted as she wished. Having a good template will not affect the performance, it will only raise the upper limit. As for what effect can be achieved and what it looks like, it can be done as it is.
So when she saw Chen Lie looking closely at the painting, she asked tentatively, "It's quite complicated, like a small room. Can you make it?"
Chen Lie nodded: "Yes, it will take more time, and it may not be as good-looking as your drawing, but it should be pretty good."
When Sang Luo heard that it could be done, she smiled so much that her eyes curved up: "It's amazing that you can do it almost right. Then take a look at the next one."
Chen Lie had already turned to the next page.
This painting is quite simple, of a table. Well, it is different from the square table they use in the village, nor is it the big round table in the Dongfulou restaurant. It is rectangular. The difference is the stools. They are not ordinary benches. Against the wall is a couch as wide as the table?
It doesn't look like it, with a bit of a backrest.
And on the other side are two small chairs.
Sang Luo explained, "This table can be used for eating or reading. The one against the wall... um, the couch, you can sit and rest when you have nothing to do. With a backrest, you won't lean against the mountain wall. The chair on the other side can be pulled out when needed and can be stored under the table when not in use, so it doesn't take up space."
The side against the wall is called a couch, but it is actually a simple version of a sofa, or a simple version of a booth in a modern Western restaurant or tea restaurant.
There are too many hours in a day except for sleeping, so you can replace the benches with a booth like this, and then use local materials to make soft furnishings, such as soft grass, reed fluff, and fine linen, to weave a mat and make a pillow, so that you can have a place to relax and lie down during the day.
Shen Lie was really amazed in his heart and wanted to ask Sang Luo how she came up with this idea, but when the words came to his lips, he just nodded seriously and said the three words "I can do it".
After a moment of silence, he said, "If these two sets are made, this cave should look very nice."
He wanted to praise Sang Luo, but he only managed to say this.
He was not good at boasting. When Sang Luo heard that he could do it, she raised her eyebrows with joy and started to boast: "Yeah, I think so too. It looks a bit troublesome, but there are wooden walls on the front and right sides, a roof and a platform, all in natural wood color. The whole cave can be brighter, the light will be much better, and it is mainly clean."
"I'll help you then. I can't do big jobs, but I can do simple ones. I've learned a lot from Uncle Arita recently. We can get it done faster if we work together."
Sang Luo actually felt unfair to Chen Lie for always letting him sleep on the ground.
Chen Lie saw her talking with great joy and a smile in his eyes. When he heard her say that she had learned something from Chen Youtian, he remembered that the two pieces of drawing paper in his hand were taken out by Sang Luo from behind her. He slightly tilted his body to look behind Sang Luo, and found that there was a short, rice-bowl-shaped wooden barrel with a lid behind her, and a straw mat on the ground next to it.
The cave was too dark, and this thing was short and small, so it didn't take up much space, so he didn't see it just now.
"Uncle Arita led you to do this?"
Sang Luo smiled and nodded: "Not bad, I planed the wood. Uncle Tian said that this kind of fir is insect-resistant and suitable for making rice buckets. It can also be used as a table with a lid and a futon. I paint here."
In fact, she originally wanted to use a clumsy method to chisel out two buckets to store the dried konjac slices, but she thought that the wood in the middle would be chiseled into sawdust, which was too wasteful, so when she went to the Chen family to borrow a saw, she asked Chen Youtian.
Chen Youtian was not very good at making buckets, as there was some leakage, but it was still okay for putting rice or something in it, so in the end Chen Youtian took her to make it together.
Sang Luo had been thinking about drawing a design for a cave for a long time. After thinking about it, she decided to make one in the shape of a rice bucket. Before the table was finished, she only needed to weave a futon, which could be used as a mini desk temporarily.
Shen Lie smiled and said, “That’s right.”
He glanced at Sang Luo's hand calmly.
I don’t know what kind of work she does with Uncle Arita. Some parts of carpentry work are actually very harmful to the hands.
Chen Lie still remembered that Xiao An said that Sang Luo had put a lot of bamboo thorns in the chicken coop when she built it.
During a few words, Shen An and Shen Ning came in carrying firewood and hay for kindling.
Shen Ning skillfully set up the pottery cauldron and asked, “Brother, what do you want to eat?”
The little girl had a talent for cooking, so she made something for her elder brother and didn't let her elder sister-in-law do it.
"It's all right, anything simple will do."
"Okay, then I'll cook you a bowl of noodles?"
Flour is a fine grain, but in terms of speed, this is the fastest to cook, and I also stocked up a lot of mulberry leaves, several large bags.
Shen Lie nodded: "Okay."
Shen An took a thin dry branch and came over to the oil lamp to light the fire. When he walked past his eldest brother and sister-in-law, he saw that his eldest brother was holding the drawing that his sister-in-law had just drawn that night. His eyes lit up: "Brother, this drawing by sister-in-law is very beautiful. Can you make it?"
Chen Lie laughed. Sang Luo's eyes seemed to have lit up in the same way when she heard him say he could do it.
"able."
"Really? That's great!" Even Shen Ning on the side became excited. The eldest sister-in-law had been painting for a whole day, and she and the second brother had been watching it for a whole day. It was so beautiful, even more beautiful than their original home!
The brother and sister were so excited that they wanted to jump up and down on the spot. Sang Luo laughed when she saw this. Chen Lie looked at Sang Luo and a smile flashed in his eyes as well.
He handed two pieces of drawing paper to Sang Luo: "Please keep these for now."
Sang Luo took it, turned around and placed it on the lid of the wooden barrel, and then pressed a homemade charcoal pencil that was originally placed there on top of the drawing paper.
Shen Lie couldn't help but take another look.
Sang Luo raised her eyes and saw his scrutinizing gaze. She smiled and handed the pen to him: "It's made from charcoal. This picture is drawn with it."
Chen Lie took it and found that it was really made of charcoal. It was a long and thin pen with a sharp tip. The pen body was wrapped with an unknown rattan skin, so it would not dirty his hands when he held it.
"Very clever."
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Shen Ning made dinner, and before dinner was ready, she brought out the water her eldest brother used to wash his hair and take a bath.
The bathroom is now paved with shale. As long as the bathtub is temporarily moved out, taking a shower in it is not a problem at all, and the water can be quickly drained out from the drain. The shale was originally a stone slab, so the water can flow out and dry quickly.
So after the water was ready, Chen Lie prepared to go to the bathroom to wash his hair and take a bath. Chen Lie fetched the water, and Chen An helped to carry the wooden basin and the towel.
He paused as he walked out of the cave. Shen Lie found that his home had changed a lot since he left the valley for more than ten days.
The addition of the rice bucket and the futon was one of the reasons. With the light from the stove, he saw that in addition to the chicken and duck coops under the two trees outside the door that belonged to their family's field, there were eleven or twelve sets of wooden racks of varying sizes and heights. The low ones had two layers, and the high ones had four layers. They were placed in a staggered manner, with small wooden frames on top, and the frames were filled with soil.
Chen An followed his line of sight and said, "This was something my sister-in-law came up with. Aning and I worked with her to do it. She said that vegetables that can grow even with less sunlight can be planted directly in this wooden frame. The lowest layer of the wooden frame is also at a certain height, so it's not easy for chickens and ducks to eat it. And because the land is divided into layers, we can plant more vegetables. The space saved on the mountain wall can be used to plant vegetables that like the sun and various beans, so we can have more staple food."
When he said this, his face was full of admiration and pride: "Sister-in-law is really smart. Now every family has learned from us and built many such wooden racks under the trees to grow vegetables."
Chen Lie raised the corner of his lips: "It's very smart."
Before going to bed at night, Chen Lie was about to sleep on the floor, but Chen An called out to him, "Brother, move the bed first."
Then he discovered that he did not have a bed, but Sang Luo and her two children had already made a bed board for him, which they had previously hidden behind the wooden rack where grain was stored.
Chen Lie laughed. He was not at home, but the family never forgot about him no matter what they did.
Shen Anle happily followed and made the bed, then rolled into his brother's bed.
Ever since Sang Luo made the bed for Chen Lie, Chen An has been sleeping on the floor next to him every day. A ten-year-old child, especially one who is good at reading and writing, plays with people like Wang Yunzheng and the Xu brothers and sisters every day. In fact, he has vaguely understood the differences between men and women recently.
Lying in bed at night, Chen Lie talked about what happened outside the mountain, including the situation of Shen Jin and others. Hearing that Shen Jin could now catch pheasants by himself, Chen An and Shen Ning opened their eyes wide, and they were eager to try it. However, they also knew that this deep mountain was different from Shili Village. Sometimes they could actually hear the roar of beasts at night. They were only safe in this small valley thanks to the natural barrier.
No one mentioned the issue of food that night, as if the topic had never started. Shen An wanted to ask, but his elder brother and sister-in-law would avoid him and his sister when they talked about it, so Shen An knew it was not a good idea to ask.
The next day, when Chen Lie and Sang Luo woke up early and had not yet started to eat breakfast, people came to ask if they could go out of the valley to hunt and pick wild vegetables today.
Chen Lie and his group had been away for more than ten days, and there were too few edible vegetables in the valley. Everyone was craving for something fresh, and knowing the situation outside, they all wanted to save as much food as possible.
The first to arrive were Lu Dalang and his wife.
Chen Lie smiled and glanced at Wang Chunniang who was anxious to go out to get food. He didn't say whether to go or not. He just smiled and said, "Let's go later. After breakfast, everyone come back. I have something to say in advance about going out of the valley to gather and hunt in the future."
Sang Luo was making breakfast and her lips curled up when she heard this.
The author has something to say:
In ancient times, a rectangle was called a "ruler". The circle came from the square, and the square came from the ruler. The ruler is the rectangle.
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