The three Ji Shilin brothers worked hard until lunchtime, then said goodbye and left.
The action was quick and decisive without any delay, which left Ji Fengyi stunned.
Even Ji Mingxuan and his two brothers didn't react for a long time.
"Uncle! Wait a minute!" Ji Mingxue reacted and chased after them, but he didn't expect that Ji Shilin and the other two ran even faster as if they were being chased by dogs.
Ji Mingxue: “…”
Ji Changying picked up a large spoon and opened her mouth: "Well, let's eat first! I'll serve some to them later."
Since Mrs. Hu was not at home, the task of cooking fell on Ji Changying.
The brothers were at a loss as to what to do once they entered the kitchen and nearly set the house on fire. Ji Fengyi, standing by, also had no idea what to do.
Only Ji Changying learned to cook after the apocalypse. Although she was a little rusty as she hadn't cooked for a long time, she was still better than the others.
Ji Changchuan took the initiative to light the fire, controlling the temperature very precisely, and after some difficulty he finally managed to make a pot of stew.
We definitely cannot let people go hungry when they come to help. Ji Changying's work is already as much as Ji Shilin and the others', but I didn't expect that the three of them are so honest. They just come to work and leave after they are done.
She cleaned the basin next to her and filled it halfway, then called out to Ji Fengyi and the others, "Let's eat first! I'll take these to Uncle Shi Lin and the others!"
Ji Mingxue wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "I'll go take it!"
Ji Changying shook her head and walked out the door with the basin in her hand.
Passing by the neighbor's house next door, she looked at the half-open door curiously.
I've moved in for a day, and there's absolutely no movement next door. I don't know if no one lives there or if they're not home.
The yard was empty, with nothing in it except for a pile of half-chopped firewood in the corner.
"So he's not at home..."
When Ji Changying found the small house that Ji Shilin and his family had bought, his family and Ji Shilei and his son were squatting on the ground eating steamed buns, with no place to sit.
The entire yard was less than half the size of what they bought, with only about four or five rooms.
It was small, cramped and crowded, with six or seven people squatting in the yard.
Everyone in the yard stood up when they saw her coming. Aunt Li greeted her with a smile, "Come in! Have you eaten?"
Ji Changying looked at Ji Shilin with a smile: "My uncle runs too fast! We can't catch up with him. So, we can only deliver the food to him!"
Ji Shilin scratched his head awkwardly: "My mother told me not to eat yours."
Aunt Li glared at him fiercely: "Don't bother with them! These three idiots have nothing but a lot of strength. Just order them around if there's anything going on at home. You saved my life, so you deserve to be treated like slaves! After all, I'm their mother!"
Ji Changying looked around and said helplessly, "Auntie, I'm tired of carrying it. Let my uncle and the others take it over."
Aunt Li then looked at her three sons embarrassedly: "Are you venting your anger by looking at me? You are grown ups like this, but you don't have any sense at all!"
Ji Shishan quickly reached out and took it: "I'll take it, I'll take it!"
Ji Changying handed over the dish and said, "I have something to do this afternoon and I want to find some uncles to help me. Do you have time?"
Before she could even say what she wanted, Aunt Li readily agreed: "These three idiots have plenty of time, so they'll be here anytime they want! I'll have them come over to help after we finish eating. Just tell me if you need anything!"
"Okay, thank you uncles then. I'll go back to eat first. We can talk about anything after we finish eating. There's no rush."
Ji Changying waved her hand and turned away without delaying the other person's meal.
After sending her out the door, Aunt Li turned back to the yard, took off her shoes, and slapped the three brothers: "You three idiots! You just left and left without explaining that you had cooked at home? You even asked someone to bring the food to you. How can you be so capable!"
The three brothers Ji Shilin, Ji Shishan and Ji Shitou stood there like quails, not daring to hide from me, for fear that I would be even more angry if I couldn't hit them.
The eldest daughter-in-law next to them was already accustomed to this scene, so she went to dig out chopsticks from the luggage, otherwise they would have to eat with their hands.
Ji Dahe felt a little sad when he saw Aunt Li's lively appearance. His grandmother couldn't hold on and died on the road.
Ji Shilei silently patted his son's head and said, "Eat. You can help your uncles fix the roof later."
After scolding her sons, Aunt Li felt a little less depressed and kept urging her sons to eat quickly and go help.
When Ji Changying returned home for dinner, he told Ji Fengyi that he wanted to make charcoal.
Ji Mingxuan and the others were shocked: "Burning charcoal? Do you know how to burn charcoal?"
Although the saying "charcoal is as expensive as millet" has become history since the Dali Dynasty, charcoal is not something that ordinary people can consume casually in winter.
"I seem to have heard people talk about how to burn it before, but I've never tried it. I want to give it a try."
Ji Fengyi felt that he had really mastered the skills. Even if he saw Ah Ying flying in front of him, he would probably be able to accept it quickly.
So when he heard Ji Changying's words, he nodded calmly: "Let's give it a try! It's better to try it once than to hear about it. If it really does work, we can have a better winter."
After getting the consent of their family, when Ji Shilin and his two brothers came again in the afternoon, Ji Changying took them directly to the small hill.
"Let's dig a kiln here!" Ji Changying chose a suitable place and planned to burn charcoal here.
"Just tell me how to work on this kiln!" Before Ji Shilin and the other two came, my mother told them to talk less and work more.
As soon as the three of them met, Ji Changying took them to the mountain without asking them a single question.
Now that Ji Changying said he wanted to dig a kiln, he rolled up his sleeves without saying a word and waited for Ji Changying's instructions.
She didn't say anything more and pointed to a broken embankment in front of her: "Let's dig it flat here, and then dig a kiln horizontally on this broken embankment, about two or three meters deep, and then upwards..."
After her brief description, Ji Shilin and the others understood and started digging without saying a word.
Ji Changying took advantage of this time to pick up some wood of similar thickness and length and put it aside.
After the chimney of the charcoal kiln was dug, a layer of grass and mud was applied inside the kiln according to Ji Changying's requirements. Two tiles were put together at the exit to raise the height, and then a layer of soil was covered on the outside. The kiln was completed.
At first, Ji Shilin and the others didn’t understand what was going on.
But when Ji Changying opened the furnace for the first time and took out a handful of black stuff, they looked at her in shock: "Is this charcoal?"
Ji Changying said with disdain: "The quality is too poor, the charcoal yield is too low, try again!"
Ji Shilin and his two brothers looked at each other and swallowed.
Should they avoid it?
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