Chapter 56 Bedding
In the morning, Jian Mo yawned as he went to the back mountain, intending to pick a kind of grass called tendon grass.
This spice has a peculiar aroma and is very delicious when used to make fried eggs.
It snowed again in the past two days, and a thin layer of snow covered the back mountain.
Jian Mo picked up the wooden handle of the hoe, temporarily using the hoe as a trekking pole, and climbed up the mountain with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
When he came to the terrace he had opened on the hillside, he used the hoe to pull away the thick dead grass on the earth embankment, and there was indeed tender yellow tendon grass growing underneath.
It was just that the weather was too cold, and there was not much tendon grass growing. It looked sparse, and the ones that grew only had two or three leaves.
Jian Mo checked it, but he was reluctant to pull the tendon grass off, so he pinched the tender leaves of the tendon grass with his hands.
The tendon grass will grow again after pinching it, and there will be more next time you want to eat it.
Jian Mo put the chopped tendon grass in the basket beside him. When he straightened up, he saw Qing Kuang, Ye Luo and Min Dang walking on the path of the tribe, heading towards him from a distance. The
three of them spotted him immediately. Ye Luo waved at him and greeted him with a smile.
Jian Mo leaned on the hoe and asked, "Where have you been so early in the morning?"
Ye Luo raised the basket in his hand and said, "I went to Xilu's house to exchange mushrooms."
Xilu's father Man Yuan was particularly good at finding mushrooms, and they were the only family in the tribe that stored mushrooms all year round.
Min Dang also raised the basket and asked with a smile: "Jian Mo, do you want mushrooms? I got some extra, I'll give you some?"
Jian Mo waved his hand: "Not for now, we'll have fried eggs with tendon grass this morning."
Qing Kuang was surprised: "Did your tendon grass grow?"
Jian Mo: "It has grown, but it's not growing well. It may take until spring to grow well."
After a few pleasantries, the three of them quickly left along the path in the tribe, and Jian Mo went home with the basket.
Speaking of which, the few bird eggs left at home were collected in the fall. After eating this batch of bird eggs, I'm afraid they won't be able to collect bird eggs again until spring.
After breakfast, Jian Mo was doing odd jobs at home. Qing Kuang came to visit him. He was a little surprised. After saying hello, he asked with a smile: "What do you want to talk to me about?"
Qing Kuang: "It's like this. Haven't we cleaned up the empty houses in the tribe during this period? Several of the dilapidated houses have been renovated and look pretty good. You said before that you wanted to build an empty house to receive patients who come to you for help. I wanted to ask you if you want to use this batch of renovated houses first?"
Jian Mo's eyes lit up: "I'll go and see how many houses there are now?"
Qing Kuang: "Four, two near my house, one near Hong Qiu's house, and one near Zhou Fu's house. The one near Zhou Fu's house is by the river and is the closest. "The biggest and neatest one, which one do you want?" As soon
as Qingkuan said that, Jian Mo remembered: "Is it the house with grass growing on the roof?"
Qingkuan waved his hand: "There is no grass anymore. We have even slightly changed the stones on the roof and painted the gaps with lime. It looks very neat."
Jian Mo: "Then I'll go and take a look later." Qingkuan:
"Okay, tell me after you take a look, and we will go and decorate it."
Jian Mo sighed: "Thank you for your hard work."
Qingkuan: "You're welcome. It's a good thing that there is a place dedicated to medical treatment in the tribe. Tell us directly if you need anything, and we will try our best to make it better."
The chores on hand were not important. Jian Mo thought about it and simply went to see the empty houses.
He was quite curious about how those abandoned houses were tidied up.
Soon, Jian Mo confirmed that the four vacant houses were well renovated. The house near Zhou Fu's house was indeed the best house. The space inside was large, and the windows faced the river. From the windows, you could see the river and the forest on the other side of the river.
Even in winter, you can see that the scenery here is very good. If it is summer, you must be looking out for greenery.
Jian Mo liked the house at first sight.
Even if he built a new house, it probably wouldn't suit his taste as well as this one.
Jian Mo went to tell Qing Kuang that he wanted the house by the river.
Qing Kuang immediately said that he would help clean it up and add some appliances inside, and asked him if he had any ideas.
Jian Mo was not polite and took a wooden board to draw the layout he wanted.
The house has only one floor, so it really needs to be planned well.
A small animal hospital was going to be built in the tribe soon. Everyone was very curious and came to watch.
Even though there were no patients and the hospital was not in use, it was empty inside. There was nothing inside except some wooden shelves with some animal skin mattresses on them. Everyone still liked to hang around here.
Qing Kuang said that winter was too boring and everyone had nothing to do, so they could only find something to do.
After the address of the small animal hospital was determined, Wu Jiong moved some hardwood back and planned to make some shelves and cabinets for the animal hospital to store things conveniently.
Jian Mo squatted beside him and looked at the piece of wood: "What kind of tree is this? The wood smells so good."
Wu Jiong: "Jia Jia Shu, squat a little further away to avoid the wood chips from falling on you."
Jian Mo moved to the side and touched the wood again: "Damn, did you prepare it in advance?"
Wu Jiong: "I wanted to make a batch of cabinets and put them on the second floor for you to use, so I cut down the wood in the fall."
Jian Mo turned his head and looked He glanced at the wood piled in the yard: "You cut down a lot."
Wu Jiong: "There are still some in the forest. We haven't brought back all of them."
Jian Mo's heart moved, and he said to Wu Jiong: "How about you make a bed for me?"
Wu Jiong: "What's a bed?"
Jian Mo: "It's a place to sleep--"
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Jian Mo was a little stuck. It was really difficult to describe what a bed was. The floor where they were sleeping now was also a place to sleep.
Jian Mo thought about it, then simply ran back to the house, got a piece of charcoal and drew for Wu Jiong to see: "It's just a frame with wooden boards on it, and it becomes a bed when you put bedding on it. We like sleeping on the bed, it feels better than sleeping on the floor."
Although the floor on the second floor was not very damp, it was not as comfortable as a bed. Every time he lay down, he felt a little awkward, and it was only better when he slept on the giant wolf.
However, the giant wolf's body was not so flat, and sleeping on it was not as comfortable as a proper bed.
Jian Mo said, "The bed has a certain height, so it is more comfortable to sleep on."
Wu Jiong looked at it carefully and nodded, "It's not difficult, I'll make the bed first."
Jian Mo said happily, "Then I'll prepare the mattress and quilt first."
Since Jian Mo started to treat people seriously, he has never lacked materials.
Later, with the metal sent by the Jintuo tribe, his inventory became more abundant, and even if he lacked something, he could exchange it for materials or metal.
Now he wanted to make bedding, so he simply exchanged a large number of animal hairs.
Because it was too strange to use the hair of a certain beastman to make bedding, the animal hair he exchanged was the hair of the tuo beast.
People were not very fond of tuk-tuk fur, so he used a few animal skins and a batch of sausages to exchange for a large amount of it.
He first selected the tuk-tuk fur he had exchanged, then put it in a basket, washed it with soap, and spread it on an open ground, pressed it with wooden strips to dry.
The sun and the cold wind made the fur dry, fluffy, and softer.
The fur in this state can be used.
Jian Mo took the fur back, picked a good day, and started making a quilt.
He first spread the fur flat on the cloth, spread it to a certain thickness, and then covered it with a layer of cloth, and then used thread to evenly sew grids on the cloth, ensuring that the amount of fur in each small grid was about the same.
The familiar Asian beastmen in the tribe came to help him sew, and Min Dang also came to help.
No one thought that such an exquisite quilt could be made, and they praised it while making it.
Qing Kuang: "A quilt made in this way is light and warm, and it is indeed better than animal skin."
Jian Mo smiled: "It's not so stuffy, and it's easy to wash."
Speaking of this, Qing Kuang disagreed: "It's not easy to wash, right? There are so many animal hairs in it, it will be very heavy once it gets wet, and it's not easy to dry it. It will probably take several days to dry it, and the animal hair inside may even mold."
Everyone nodded. According to their life experience, this kind of big quilt should not be easy to wash.
Jian Mo explained: "This is just the quilt core. It needs to be covered with a quilt cover on the outside. When washing, just take off the quilt cover and wash it. The whole thing does not need to be washed together."
Min Dang: "Quilt cover?"
Jian Mo: "Yes, make a cover with cloth, and wrap the quilt core inside when using it. If you feel the quilt core is a little damp, put it in the sun to dry it. You don't have to wash the whole thing in water."
Qing Kuang thought for a moment: "This sounds okay. Animal skins are too heavy, so you can use a quilt like this for the cubs."
Jian Mo: "Yes. The cloth quilt cover is breathable and sweat-absorbent, so it is less likely to catch a cold when covering yourself with a quilt."
The more Jian Mo talked, the more excited everyone became, and they all expressed their desire to learn how to make quilts from him.
He simply led everyone to make two large quilts and two large quilt covers. Ropes were sewn on the four corners of the quilt core and the quilt cover. After the covers were made, the ropes were tied so that the quilt core inside would not move around.
Everyone followed the whole process and had an idea of how to make a quilt.
When they were making the quilt core, Wu Jiong's bed was almost done.
Due to the lack of materials, their beds did not use metal nails, but all used mortise and tenon structures. After the bed frame was made, it was completed by splicing and assembling.
Jian Mo went to take a look and felt that this bed was not much different from modern beds.
If you have to say there is a difference, it is that he didn't know how to get wood paint, and there was no vegetable oil. The wood of this wooden bed was left bare, without oil or paint to prevent insects and moths.
But it's not a big problem, I can fix it later, for now I can make do with it.
On the day the bed was made, Jian Mo wiped it carefully several times with cloth, then brought back the dried bedding and spread it on the bed.
He was too lazy to embroider or dye the quilt cover and sheets, so they were all solid colors with a little linen color, spread on the wooden bed, and matched the wooden floor and stone wall very well. It looked almost no different from a modern bed.
Jian Mo threw himself on the bed, rolled on the soft bed, smelled the faint soapy smell on the quilt cover, and sighed with satisfaction.
It was not easy.
This set of bedding is really comfortable, much more comfortable than animal skin bedding.
Jian Mo hugged the quilt and rolled over again. When he opened his eyes again, Wu Jiong had turned into a giant wolf and was sleeping next to him.
Jian Mo climbed onto him along the bed, pinched his ears, and lay on him: "The bed has been made, why are you still sleeping on it?"
The giant wolf: "The bed can't accommodate you, so I just happened to be here to watch over you."
Jian Mo didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "No need to watch over you, come up and sleep with me. Just change into human form."
The giant wolf turned to look at him.
He kissed the giant wolf on the cheek: "Really, come up and sleep. If we don't sleep together, it's a waste to make such a big bed."
The giant wolf changed back to human form and reached out to hug him: "Okay."
Jian Mo lay on Wu Jiong's chest, directly touching his skin. His face was a little red, and he avoided looking at him: "Hurry up and put on your pajamas. If you are not used to it, you can wear a pair of pants."
It was too big, and Jian Mo felt that he was not ready yet.
Jian Mo turned his head and avoided Wu Jiong's sight again.
Wu Jiong let him go: "I'll find a pair of pants."
Jian Mo: "Then I'll wait for you in bed."
After speaking, Jian Mo slipped into the quilt and buried himself.
After burying himself for two seconds, he poked his head out from under the quilt again and looked at Wu Jiong who was looking for clothes in front of the wooden box in the corner.
At this time, the light from the oil lamp in the house was dim, illuminating Wu Jiong's entire body.
Wu Jiong's body lines were very beautiful. Perhaps because he needed to hunt, he didn't have large muscles, but rather restrained, explosive muscles.
Jian Mo's ears were burning, and he suddenly remembered a classmate who once said that as long as the guy was handsome enough, it was okay to be gay.
He wanted to shout now, "Brother, I can do it."
If it was Wu Jiong, it seemed that there was really nothing wrong with him.
Male beauty is so tempting.
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