Chapter 75 Bamboo Cup

The longer part was held in Fu Jingyou's hand. He was very dexterous. After carefully measuring the thickness of the bamboo wall, he used a hatchet to make a shallow circle of marks on the outer part, and then slowly cut along the circle of marks. .

The heavy and scrawled hatchet looks like an embroidery needle. In Fu Jingyou's hands, it is not only "obedient" but also extremely flexible.

After more than half an hour of work, the mouth of the bamboo tube cup was thinned, and Fu Jingyou modified the "lid" and tried to buckle the two together. Although it was a little jerky when buckling, a buckle made entirely of bamboo itself Covering the water cup has basically taken shape.

He found fine gravel and carefully polished the mouth of the cup and the bottle cap, and then tried to close the cap again. The harsh feeling faded away a lot in an instant, but even so, Fu Jingyou still felt that something was wrong.

what is it then?

Fu Jingyou held the rough bamboo cup and looked at it for a while, then suddenly realized.

Filling the pot with water, he lit a fire to boil the water and carefully scraped off the green bamboo on the surface of the bamboo cup with a hatchet. Waiting for the bamboo cup to completely turn into a light yellow color mixed with light green, he put it into the pot. Boil it vigorously in boiling water for a while.

After picking it up, Fu Jingyou wrapped the cup in a rag and took it to the wooden manhole cover of the well outside to dry it.

The sun was shining brightly at noon. After the bamboo cup had gone away from the high boiling temperature and the water on it had almost evaporated, Fu Jingyou kept staring at it. Seeing the situation, he took out the oil pot and poured a few drops of raw oil on it.

Even though there is not much oil dripping on it, it is completely enough to moisten the entire cup, and as long as this step is controlled properly, it can not only polish the cup and keep the cup with a nice and shiny color for a long time, but also has the effect of Better insect-proof and anti-corrosion effects.

Fu Jingyou is very patient and determined to do his best. During Lu Miao's lunch break, he kept holding the cup and slowly rubbing it, and finally shaped the cup into a satisfactory state before starting work. .

Wiping off the oil slick on the surface of the cup, he filled it with water and tried it. When the cup was tilted for a period of time, a small amount of water would slowly leak out. Although it was not perfect, if you were careful, it would still be no problem to use it as a water collector.

Fu Jingyou was careful and glanced at Lu Miao's white hands. He considered that it would not be so convenient to hold it with his hands all the time. He thought about it and went to the front room to get a small bundle of flax.

He fetched water and soaked the hemp, then twisted out a handful of fine hemp rope on the spot. He twisted the hemp rope and weaved a net bag around the outside of the bamboo cup for carrying and carrying. Finally, he picked up the net bag and hung the cup in the air. He shook his head, looked at it carefully for a long time, and finally nodded with satisfaction.

That's about it.

You can carry it on your back when you go out with water. If you don’t want to carry it in the fields, just find a gentler place and put it properly...

After filling the cup with hot water and placing it on the small table next to the lounge chair, Fu Jingyou patted the bamboo debris off his body, grabbed the picket pole outside the door as soon as the production team blew the whistle, and went to the ground steadily.

The bamboo cup is not very big, but it is still very obvious just because it is placed so abruptly on the bare small table.

Lu Miao woke up from her nap and turned over in a fit of excitement. One eye was still closed on her arm, while the other eye was still dazed, and she filled the bamboo cup to the brim.

She was a little stunned at first, but then her thoughts came back to her. She sat up and slowly took the cup and looked at it.

The cup was handmade and basically brand new. In addition, Fu Jingyou had put the chain on the table to remind her about locking the door. Lu Miao quickly understood that this cup was also prepared for her by Fu Jingyou.

The smooth and bean paste-yellow cup made Lu Miao like it more and more. He quickly arranged the hemp rope in his net bag, slung the cup over his shoulder, put on his shoes, and went down to the ground to find Fu Jingyou.

Walking around the front house of the Fu family from the side, there are already a lot of piles of bundled rice piled messily on the threshing floor on the side of the Fu family.

With just one glance, Lu Miao knew that those were the fruits of Fu Jingyou's labor while she was asleep.The weather is getting hotter and hotter. Standing under the sun, one would like to be melted by the sun. Working under the strong sun is still such a heavy-duty physical work. One can imagine how hard it is for Fu Jingyou...

Lu Miao took a deep breath. She didn't know why, but her mood suddenly became complicated.

When I found Fu Jingyou in the field, most of the two adjacent paddy fields had been cleared, and there were only a few bundles of rice left waiting to be picked back.

Thinking of his own relief and Fu Jingyou's hard work, Lu Miao silently handed Fu Jingyou water and stood on the field ridge with a small face for a while, not knowing what to say.

Fu Jingyou didn't know what she was thinking. Even if he knew, he would just think it was normal.

Lu Miao's job was to herd the cows, cut the rice, and pick the rice. It was none of her business.

After taking a few sips of water from a distance, Fu Jingyou's chest was temporarily relieved from the heat. He closed the lid and handed the cup to Lu Miao with a hemp rope. "I see you don't have a serious drinking jar, so just use this from now on."

"Oh."

Lu Miao nodded dully, feeling in a bad mood. She looked languid.

Fu Jingyou's gown was completely soaked with sweat, and water was even dripping from the lower back.

Raising his arms to wipe away his sweat, he scanned the surrounding fields and finally landed on Lu Miao.

The little girl looked lethargic and looked awkward.

Fu Jingyou felt unhappy, thinking it was because the weather was too hot.

Picking grain back and forth, he didn't spend much time at the lake. He didn't feel at ease leaving Lu Miao here alone.

Fu Jingyou was just about to say that he was going to fetch the cows and asked Lu Miao to follow him back first. Before he could say anything, on the path not far away, an uncle came running towards here waving a straw hat:

"Oh, it's here, it's here! I found it."

The uncle ran close to him, holding his knees with both hands and gasping for air. His clothes were wet and not much better than Fu Jingyou, "Cow, cattle... Comrade educated youth, the team, the team must use cattle, this cattle I Just take him away first!"

Now it's a race against time, and some corner land in the back hill next to the pond has been cleared. According to He Hongjin, it's still early to take the cattle over and plow the land.

When I still have some free time in the past two days, I can sow the late rice seeds harvested in the second half of the year as early as possible and cultivate them.

The uncle came over to herd the cows. From what he said, Lu Miao also heard some implicit meaning. The general idea was that starting from today, the team would start to use the cows one after another, and she would no longer be needed to herd the cows.

During the busy farming period, the workload of cattle is no less than that of humans. Except for taking them out to drink water and make pancakes in the morning, noon and evening, the team will specially arrange concentrates for the cattle to eat, except for working at other times.

The so-called concentrate is to mix corn, soybeans and other coarse grains into the forage. The cattle will eat solidly and work energetically.

(End of this chapter)

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