Despite her doubts, Chi Qiao answered without showing any emotion:
"There's quite a lot of stuff. You should move it to the right wing first. The rooms over there are all empty."
Later, when A-Ye and the others arrive, Xiao-Yu and I will think about how to organize things.
The old house of the Chi family is large; in fact, it occupies a considerable area.
Previously, besides the elderly couple, three families lived here: Chi Dahu, Chi Erxiong, and Chi Sanbao.
The house consists of a main room, an east wing, a west wing, and a backyard with two vegetable plots, a cowshed, and a latrine.
The main house has three rooms: two living rooms and one main hall for receiving guests.
The first room in the east wing is a combination of two rooms: a kitchen and a firewood room.
The remaining second and third rooms are used by the main house.
The west wing also has four rooms, the same size as the east wing, with the second and third rooms each occupying two rooms.
Later, the three Chi brothers killed a tiger, sold it, and used the money to build a new house.
The large house was unanimously given to the youngest sister, Chi Yu.
Now that the fish have returned, in addition to the main room with a kang (heated brick bed), they have also set up rooms in the east and west wings.
However, the east wing is now filled with firewood and charcoal, and there is no room left to store these things.
However, there are still three empty rooms in the west wing. With so much stuff, we can put it there.
Upon hearing "West Wing," Qin Mu looked in that direction and then asked, "Any room will do?"
“Apart from the room with the heated kang that has been used to grow vegetables, the other three empty rooms are fine.”
Qin Mu nodded and then said, "Sister-in-law, I plan to build a large tarpaulin shed for Miss Chi Yu, from the eaves to the front door."
The oilcloth we brought has been cut into small pieces; you'll need to sew it up.
Upon hearing that a tarpaulin shed was to be erected in the courtyard, Chi Qiao glanced at the house and nodded decisively.
"Okay! Take the oilcloth to the main room, and I'll sew it right away."
If they can set up the shed in the yard sooner, it will make things easier for her and Xiaoyu.
Besides the fact that everyone doesn't have to build wooden houses in the rain, it's also convenient for her and Xiaoyu to come and go when the general store opens at the door.
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Because their homes were relatively close, Liu Lingling and Liu Mei were the first to arrive.
As soon as the two sisters-in-law entered the door, they saw their mother-in-law sewing something in the main room.
The two quickly walked to the eaves, took off their raincoats and straw hats, shook off the moisture from their bodies, and then went inside.
"Mother, we'll take care of you. You go and rest."
Chi Qiao wanted to set up the tarpaulin shed as soon as possible, so she didn't let her two daughters-in-law go to the kitchen to help.
Hearing their words, he pointed to the pile of oilcloth on the ground and said:
“These oilcloths are all the same size. Take two pieces and sew them together.”
After sewing, continue sewing vertically downwards in sequence, making sure the stitches are fine and close together.
We'll need this in a bit. We'll set up a tarpaulin shed outside. Do you understand what I mean?
It's just like making clothes!
They were all used to doing manual labor, so they naturally understood what their mother-in-law meant.
"Okay, Mom, we understand. If we really can't do it, we'll just treat it as patching up a hole!"
Upon hearing this, Chi Qiao nodded.
She had already planned it all out; once it was sewn up, she would brush it with tung oil from her spatial storage.
In this way, there is no need to worry about water seeping through the sutures.
However, the tung oil in the space was bought by Xiaoyu during her sophomore summer vacation when she wanted to DIY something to sell.
There's not much left, and I don't know if it'll be enough to farm these.
I'll go ask about it when the stitches are almost done...
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