Chapter 35
Just as he was thinking, he heard footsteps. Yu Sui's stomach was so full that he didn't want to get up, so he just lay down and turned his head to look.
Xu walked over first with his nose raised. From the perspective of Yu Sui’s death, his appearance was also very good, and he was worthy of being the protagonist.
Watching the two of them collapse on the ground, Xu smiled and poked Yu Sui's stomach with his finger, "Xiao Yu Sui, you've been secretly cooking something delicious again. I can smell it from far away. Your cooking is different from the one in the cafeteria."
The snow werewolf's nose is really sensitive as he can smell the difference.
Yu Sui was too lazy to get up and pointed at the noodles and rice noodles on the table next to him.
"I made rice wrappers and rice noodles with rice. You can add the two soups into them and you can eat it. There is also rice vinegar on the table. Brother Xu, if you want to eat it, just add it yourself."
Touching his round belly, he continued, "I really don't want to move anymore."
Xu chuckled, "That's a shame, we even brought some fruit with us."
Due to the perspective, Yu Sui only saw Xu. Just as he was struggling to sit up, he heard the sound of something heavy falling to the ground.
When I turned my head, I was immediately dazzled by the golden color.
It turned out to be a whole basket full of oranges. The plump, round oranges were piled up tightly in the basket, and the breeze brought an enticing fragrance.
"Wow, so many oranges!" he exclaimed.
The bamboo basket of an adult snow werewolf was almost as tall as him. Such a large bamboo basket was filled with oranges. To prevent them from falling on the road, vines were inserted on top to seal the basket opening.
Xu said with a subtle expression: "Qi took us around to that forest to pick them..."
Hearing his words, Yu Sui looked up in surprise. Sure enough, there was Qi standing next to the bamboo basket, looking at him with his head tilted, his black eyes full of smiles.
He clenched the bamboo basket in his hands helplessly, and felt that his breathing was also squeezed.
He has been acting very strange recently. His boyish heart, which had been dormant for nearly 30 years, always comes out to make his presence felt. The previous owner's experience is still there, so he can't go down this path of no return.
Since he behaved well after crossing over, Qi Cai improved his attitude towards him and took good care of him. After all, their mothers used to be very good friends.
He couldn't let his efforts go back to the pre-liberation era overnight.
Yu Sui shook his head, trying to shake out the water that had gotten into his brain.
"Thank you, I really like this orange." He said happily while holding the bamboo basket.
Put everything else aside for now. The big basket of oranges in front of you is the most important thing. Store them in the cellar and eat them in winter. What could be happier than sitting on a warm kang and eating sweet oranges?
With two swipes of its sharp white claws, it cut the vines apart, and Qi took out a few and put them on the table.
"There are plenty in that forest. We'll pick some for you when we pass by."
"Yeah!" Yu Sui nodded happily.
Xu was simply unable to bear watching and deeply admired Vanilla and Notting for their foresight. He picked up the rice noodles and rice wrappers on the table and walked towards the cafeteria without waiting for it to open.
No wonder he was asked to come and serve food today. What a bunch of cunning guys.
Xiaochu also liked the taste of oranges after tasting them in the cafeteria that day. Although there was no extra space in his stomach at the moment, he still bravely got up, hugged an orange, smelled its scent, and rested his head on it comfortably.
The warm sunlight shone on Maomao, and the fragrance of oranges filled his nose. Xiaochu began to feel drowsy.
In order to maintain his current harmonious life, Yu Sui decided not to think too much. Even if Qi is in line with his sexual orientation and aesthetics, he still doesn't eat grass in his own yard, and the other person has just changed his opinion of him.
Besides, according to the development of the original plot, Qi and Xu will fall in love sooner or later. Although there are some changes now, as long as he, the butterfly, does not flap his wings, the plot will not go astray.
He picked up a big orange and took a deep sniff of its fragrance. He couldn't help but peeled it and ate a slice.
The sweet and sour juice flowed into the throat, just enough to slip through the gap.
Seeing how happily he was eating, Qi sat down silently and stroked Xiaochu's smooth fur a few times.
"You raised him very well." He glanced at me gently, "You are very capable."
Blushing a little at the straightforward compliment, Yu Sui gave him the remaining orange segments and said shyly, "Xiaochu is easy to take care of. It was me who wasn't good before."
Qi's gentle expression became restrained and a little serious.
Yu Sui thought that he reminded him of what the original owner had done before, and he was so embarrassed that he wanted to slap his mouth.
Just as I was about to explain, I heard Qi say, "It's not your fault. You're fine."
A warm feeling surged in his heart, and Yu Sui was a little touched. Everyone had been very nice to him since he came here, but such recognition still made him feel very warm in his heart.
Suddenly, he remembered the rice wrappers and rice noodles that Xu had taken away first, "Brother Qi, you should go eat quickly too, they will all be eaten up soon. This is my new invention. Now that the rice is used up, it will take a long time to make it again."
"Okay, then I'll leave. I'll put the remaining oranges in the underground space for you." Qi stood up and carried the bamboo basket again.
He was worried that oranges would become dry and lose their flavor if stored for a long time, so Qi solved this problem perfectly for him. He stored the oranges in the cellar to keep them fresh.
This basket of oranges was too wide, tall, and bulky. He had to take them out separately to put them in the cellar. This solved his problem.
"The road is a bit long, why don't I just do it myself?"
Qi had already walked out with big strides. Hearing this, he turned back to look at him and said, "Not far, it will be quick."
Yu Sui’s cellar is on the other side of the new house, opposite to the tribal canteen.
He sighed softly, sometimes it was no wonder that the original owner was so love-brained... Yu Sui thought to himself.
Who wouldn't be attracted to such a caring neighbor brother? It's just that the original owner was too radical and selfish, otherwise he and Qi could be considered childhood sweethearts, and Aunt Lu liked him so much. It was really a good hand that was played badly.
He himself is not that strong, and as a single man in his late twenties, it seems he has no right to dictate matters of the heart...
Every autumn rain brings a chill. After a few drizzles, the temperature has dropped significantly, and the dwarves have started to put on more outer clothes.
The dwarves have recently become obsessed with papermaking, producing batch after batch of paper, each time with improved quality. Even the toilet paper they give to the elderly is of better quality.
It must be mentioned that after the dwarf used toilet paper, his attitude towards the old man changed greatly, and no one thought he was fooling around anymore.
Daily necessities are more important than anything else, so they all increased the production of toilet paper.
With Yu Sui's strong recommendation, even the Snow Wolf Man fell in love with it. He didn't feel it until he used it once, but after using it once, he deeply lamented what a hard life he had lived before.
After making a few batches of paper, there was enough for writing. Instead, they continued to make toilet paper until they had accumulated a certain amount. Then the two clan leaders carefully placed them in the cellar where they would not get wet.
This place is the second floor of the basement of Yu Suixin's house.
He was speechless about this. It was not because he disliked the space it took up, but he felt it was not good to keep the tribe's public property in his place.
Uncle Heiyan said to him with a smile, "Everyone needs this at any time. It's too far away in the cave, and it will easily get damp."
As for Chief Bombur, he was even more direct. "It's perfectly fine for you to have what you've researched. It's inappropriate for us dwarves to have it with us."
Yu Sui had no choice but to compromise. Since no one cared, he didn't think too much about it.
Now he is very successful. Not only are all the food pollution-free, green and natural without additives, but even the toilet paper is made under his own eyes. Who else can enjoy such treatment!
The foundation is almost dry, it's time to start building the house.
Without any discussion, the first thing everyone built was the cafeteria. It was large in size and occupied a large area, and the project was huge. Not only did all the dwarves have to go into battle, but a lot of snow wolves were also mobilized to help.
The pressure on food has been reduced a lot this year, and collecting firewood is not as laborious as in previous years. We just need to send people to dig up black stones, which can replace firewood and burn for a longer time.
So Black Rock transferred a lot of snow wolves to help. They are strong and if they don’t know how to build houses, they can learn from the dwarves. It is actually not difficult. After all, the requirement for aesthetics is secondary here.
There were enough people, so the chief Bangbo who was in charge of building houses divided them into several teams. Except for the team that built the dining hall, the other teams built other houses.
The dwarves need to build more than a hundred houses. Where there are more people, the houses will be bigger, and where there are fewer people, the houses will be smaller.
The first house to be started was Yu Sui's house. He didn't want to occupy manpower to build the house first. The dwarves had been living in tents all the time, so he was not in a hurry compared to them.
Unfortunately, he couldn't change their minds. The snow werewolves and dwarves in charge of his house went to work on the foundation early with cement bricks and various tools.
Although Yu Sui's new house is about the same size as the original mud house, he plans to build three rooms inside.
According to the snow werewolf, no matter what material the house is made of, it must be spacious so that it can be transformed into a beast at any time.
But Yu Sui felt that no matter how big the house was, it was not big enough for the werewolf in his beast form. At most, it could be used for rest, but it was difficult to keep the beast moving.
Otherwise, the snow wolves love animal skin tents. If they roll from any corner, they will at most roll outside, but they will not collapse the house.
After all, he was once a human being, so he thought that a house that could be moved around in a human form would be enough. Not to mention that he and Xiaochu were now in animal form and small in size, so they could move around in any form.
Even if they grow up in the future, as long as they are used to moving around the house in human form, there will be nothing wrong with it.
He planned to separate the room into three rooms, one for bedroom, the middle for living room and kitchen, and the chimney of the kang could be passed through the wall to form a stove.
The other room will be used as a storage room where daily necessities can be placed. When Xiaochu grows up, it will be converted into a bedroom.
Finally, he built a yard and a toilet in it. He was tired of having to find a place to go to the toilet every day.
His idea was similar to that of the dwarf. Only the snow werewolves were a little puzzled, but they would not refuse the cub's wish.
Yu Sui and Xiao Chu actively helped. It wasn't considered strenuous work, as the adult snow wolves were responsible for transporting bricks and cement, so the two of them helped build the wall.
This job is not tiring, and they are both strong, but their skills are not that proficient.
Dwarves do build toilets, but they are public ones. When Yu Sui went to the Tu tribe before, he discovered that the dwarves did not build yards either.
They share many tools, such as smelting furnaces, which is more convenient.
In the final analysis, they are not as selfish as humans. Forging skills depend entirely on talent. They will share many of their skills with their tribesmen. If they cannot learn, it is a problem of ability, but they will never keep their skills to themselves.
This is also something the dwarves have figured out in their harsh living environment. Their lives are already so difficult that if they keep it secret, it will probably become extinct.
Now building a toilet for Yu Sui is a piece of cake. Yu Sui originally wanted to build a shed to live in, but the dwarf built him a small house with bricks and tiles, and the ventilation was also very good.
You know, many orcs don’t live in such an exquisite house, but it became his toilet. Yu Sui’s face was full of black lines.
The manure pit they dug for him was not small. Yu Sui was really afraid that they would dig into his own cellar. Fortunately, the dwarves were professionals in this area.
It would be great if the snow wolves also used toilets, so that they could be used as natural manure when planting crops next year.
It's just too harsh on the orcs' noses... Just thinking about it made him start to back off. Why not collect the feces of herbivores? It wouldn't be so unacceptable.
The dwarves of the Tu tribe liked Yu Sui, the clever cub, very much. They asked him to create so many new things, and in return, they worked harder than building their own houses.
The average area of the dwarfs' houses is about 20 to 30 square meters, which is not even as big as a room in a village, and they are built very quickly.
The houses of Chief Bangbo and Yu Sui were started to be built at the same time. When the construction on their side was one-third completed, the house on the other side had been completed.
The overall frame of the house has been completed, leaving only the windows and doors to be installed. Chief Bangbo plans to try building a kang here first.
He called Yu Sui over and together with several dwarves, he studied the specific structure of the kang.
Yu Sui didn't remember the details very well and only gave a general idea. After all, he had only seen his grandfather renovate the kang when he was a child, and that was more than ten years ago.
Several dwarves squatted on the ground, making modifications to the rough design drawn by Yu Sui.
This was not a difficult technology, and Yu Sui had already given a rough outline of the idea. Soon they finalized all the details, drew the detailed structure of the kang on paper, and built it according to the drawings.
They had just acquired something as useful as paper, and they were not yet used to using it for drafting. After all, they had been scared by the price of parchment scrolls before, so they were reluctant to waste even the paper they made themselves.
This is just like the old people in society before the 1980s, who were afraid of hunger and were reluctant to waste food for many years.
According to Yu Sui, it is best to place the stove connected to the kang in a separate room so that the smoke from cooking will not be too heavy.
A flue needs to be arranged in the middle of the kang; it cannot be completely empty, as this is not conducive to heat preservation.
The bricks are fixed with cement and arranged into a flue, and then covered with a layer of stone slabs.
Apply the mixed yellow mud evenly on top. The yellow mud should not be too thin or too thick. If it is too thin, it will easily crack, and if it is too thick, it will not be conducive to heat conduction.
The edge of the kang should be fixed with cement, and the edge should be slightly higher than the kang surface. According to Yu's experience, this will make it less likely for the pillow to fall off when sleeping.
After setting up the kang, try to light a fire from the stove first to see if the smoke can escape from the flue reserved in the wall on the other side, and whether smoke will be blown back into the room.
After the test, the effect is good, and the next step is to wait for the drying process.
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