Dongfang Long nodded at Haitang's arrangements and said, "Don't worry, nothing will happen. My uncle and I will take good care of ourselves. As for you... why don't we build a courtyard here?"
"A courtyard? That's good." Upon hearing this, Haitang nodded and said, "There's no one in this area, so we can fence it all off."
There was no one in front of or behind the crabapple tree, only someone on the right. Moreover, the area behind it was close to a grove of trees, so it would indeed be much safer to fence it off.
Haitang doesn't think much of the current wooden house. What she really wants is a brick house with cement slabs, not a mud house.
"Alright, then my uncle and I will skip hunting for the next few days and just tidy up the yard. What do you think, uncle?"
"Okay." Upon hearing this, Shi Hu nodded and said that having a courtyard would make things much safer. Wild animals had broken into the village before, and since there were no beastmen in the family and many children, having a courtyard was the best option.
Haitang nodded happily and immediately started making wild vegetable soup for everyone. Dongfang Long and Shi Hu both drank it all up, and then Haitang went to wash the dishes.
With the sewing kit at her side, Xiaohe was sewing the quilt faster and faster, and the results were getting better and better.
After exchanging a lot of fabric last time, Haitang had Xiaohe make several pairs of underwear and some children's clothes.
Children are growing, and Haitang's clothes from last year are all worn out. In this situation, Xiaohe takes them to wear, and Xiaohe's clothes are given to Yueyue and Xingxing.
Of course, she also made new clothes for the two children. Haitang made a skirt and trousers for herself. The skirt could be worn even when she grew taller. As for the trousers, Haitang used a belt to sew up the long legs of the trousers, and then untied them when she grew taller.
In this era, all materials need to be conserved, especially when one's own family cannot produce them. At night, Haitang did not let Xiaohe sew them up.
The next morning, Shi Hu and Dongfang Long went to cut down trees. Cutting trees with stone tools was faster than with axes, but fortunately, Dongfang Long and the others were strong, so they saved a lot of time.
Haitang was making liangpi (cold skin noodles) and roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) there. She said she was very good at this dish. While she was making roujiamo, Yueyue and the others were helping out outside.
The logs they carried back from the ground were as thick as an arm. Despite their coarse language, it didn't faze Shi Hu and Dongfang Long. Soon, Dongfang Long stabbed the logs into the ground while holding them. Both Shi Hu and Dongfang Long grabbed the logs and kept pressing them into the ground.
Shi Ming ran over and looked at Haitang and the others. "What are you doing?" Shi Ming frowned, puzzled as to what Shi Hu and Dongfang Long were doing.
"Build a yard for the house so the children will be safe." Upon hearing this, Shi Ming was slightly taken aback, and quickly looked around.
"That's a good idea." If the yard is well-maintained, there won't be any more cases of children being carried off by wild animals at night.
In the midst of several years of famine in the village, wild beasts ran into the village, snatched children and ate them. Such things were shocking. Even if there were beastmen in the family, there was no way to stop those beasts. And more importantly...
Faced with numerous wild beasts, the villagers were helpless and could only be carried away by them. Having a courtyard, on the other hand, prevented the wild beasts from entering the house, which was a good solution.
Thinking about this, Shi Ming also felt that he could make a courtyard, so he went to cut down trees. But after walking a few steps, he realized, "Oh, I forgot that I came to find Haitang to talk to."
"Oh, then go ahead," Shi Hu said after hearing this. "Tangtang is cooking at home, go ahead..."
“Okay, big brother…” Shi Ming nodded and went straight to find Haitang. Haitang was frying meat, which was wolf meat… There was still quite a bit left over from yesterday, which was stored in the cellar and had not spoiled.
"Begonia... I found someone to make the stone mill you wanted. Their requirement for you is a pig..." he said, looking at Begonia. Begonia was a little surprised to hear this.
"A pig, doesn't it want dumplings?" Haitang was a little surprised, but Shiming shook his head.
“No, his family just had a newborn beastman who needs nutritional supplements, so no dumplings. If you can get him a pig, he’ll make you the stone mill you want.” Shi Ming said, looking at Haitang.
"Okay." Upon hearing this, Haitang nodded and said, "Then it'll be a pig." Haitang explained that she didn't have any pigs at home at the moment, so she planned to go out and exchange them for some.
"Have him finish polishing it. I'll try to get him a pig to take back today," Haitang said. Upon hearing this, Shi Ming nodded and left.
Under these circumstances, Haitang simply gave Shiming a roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), saying, "I can't accept this."
"Uncle, this is the money you gave me for running errands. Besides, I also benefited from the kiln operation. I hardly ever interfered; you handled everything." Haitang said to Shiming.
Upon hearing this, Shi Ming swallowed hard, looked at Haitang's roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), nodded, and took it. The roujiamo was wrapped in wild vegetable leaves.
The leaves can be eaten raw or used directly to pick up food. After taking a bite, Shi Ming's eyes lit up. "This is also made from wheat? If you ask me, there's a lot of wheat here, especially on the outer side."
"The periphery?" Haitang was slightly taken aback when she heard this, while Shi Ming nodded.
"Yes, there's plenty of wheat and rice there, but you mustn't go there. Your father had his hand bitten off by a ferocious beast there." Upon hearing this, Haitang paused slightly, looking at Shi Hu not far away, who was sitting weakly wiping away the sweat from his brow.
Looking at Shi Hu's severed arm, Haitang's expression was complicated and heartbroken. Originally, Shi Hu was a disabled person, so he didn't need to do manual labor.
The problem is that neither she nor Xiaohe, along with the little beastman Yueyue and Xingxing, are as strong as the other. If only Dongfanglong does it, Haitang will feel bad.
"I understand, I won't go out." Haitang nodded. On this side of the village, all the wheat had been harvested. Haitang looked at the roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) in her hand, and after a moment's thought, she made a plan to go out for a while.
Haitang made twenty roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) for each of Dongfang Longshihu and the others. Yueyue and Xingxing each got one, and she also made one for Xiaohe and one for herself. They all went with wild vegetable soup.
As Shi Hu sat eating not far away, he remarked, "Tangtang's cooking is getting better and better..."
"Father, I have something to tell you. I plan to go to my second uncle's house and talk to him about the wheat." Haitang said to Shi Hu, who was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.
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