bookcurios Chapter 157 My Hands-on Ability is Invincible
Chapter 157 My Hands-on Ability is Invincible
"No one bullies me, don't worry."
Fang Meng rubbed the little girl's head, feeling both amused and helpless. Did she want him to say that it was because of his special ability that he didn't pamper her at all and didn't love her at all?
Forget it, let's go cook! The little girl in his family can't stand being hungry. Once she gets hungry, she will throw a tantrum. The elders in the family are not at home, so he can't do anything to her. He can only take good care of her.
However, when Fang Meng received the cleaned hen handed to him by the little girl, he was still surprised.
"Sure, little Bai, you can help me with the work now."
These words sound like an old father feeling relieved when his child suddenly helps him with some housework.
Bai Nuo took a small stool and stood at the door of his house, straightening his back with pride: "Of course, I'm awesome, I cleaned it up really well."
"Not bad, not bad." Fang Meng smiled and pinched the little girl's chubby cheeks. "I thought you were going to just chop off the chicken's head and pluck its feathers, but I didn't expect you to have some skills."
"Tsk, I'm extremely good at doing things." The little girl raised her fist with a look of dissatisfaction, trying hard to flex her small "biceps".
"..."
Fang Meng looked speechlessly at the thin arms outlined by the long sleeves and nodded silently.
Okay, whatever you say is right!
"I'm going to make a fire and cook, you can play by yourself at the door."
"Wait!" Bai Nuo pointed to his own house and said, "Brother, please use the stove over here. I already had the fire lit when I boiled water just now."
"That's fine!" Fang Meng nodded.
Neither of them likes to waste. After all, they both lived in the end times in their previous lives, and most people there hate wasting resources the most.
"Second brother, where is the backpack you brought back?" Bai Nuo went into Fang Meng's house, took a look around, and came out shouting to the opposite side.
"The first door on the right after you enter the front door is the utility room. It's all inside." Fang Meng poked his head out of the front window of Bai Nuo's house, looked at the little girl at the door and said with a smile: "Our two houses are built in a similar layout. The utility room and bathroom are in the same place."
"But the house I built looks better than yours!" Bai Nuo curled his lips proudly.
Fang Meng glanced sideways at the two emerald green bamboo doors, smiled and nodded, "Indeed, your bamboo doors are indeed beautiful."
It looks much better than his two ordinary wooden doors.
However, even though Fang Meng is a grown man living alone, he keeps the house clean every day and he also has a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
However, I don’t know if it was to deliberately hide his identity, but the quilt was not folded into tofu blocks like it was at home before, but like other people, it was folded into long strips and placed flat on the kang cabinet.
Although there are not many pieces of furniture in the house, they are all placed upright. There are also three wooden shelves that reach the ceiling placed side by side in the utility room.
There are baskets on the shelf that are used as storage baskets, which makes it very convenient to find something.
There was no wood piled up in Fang Meng's utility room. He built a small shed in the backyard specifically for storing firewood.
Bai Nuo originally wanted to build another shed in the backyard, but when she thought of it, the backyard was already fully planned and there was really no space, so she could only get an extra-large bamboo basket in the utility room to store firewood.
Bai Nuo found the big backpack that Fang Meng had carried in the afternoon, put it at the door of his house, then went back to his utility room to cut a piece of dark blue waterproof cloth and took out a bag of needles and thread.
"What is this for?"
Fang Meng walked to the door curiously and saw the little girl picked out a roll of thicker black thread from the sewing bag and sat at the door concentrating on threading the needle.
"No matter how tightly this woven backpack is woven, if there is blood or water, it will leak out. I plan to add a waterproof lining inside the backpack, and then weave a lid to fix it on the backpack. Then, when I bring things back in the future, I don't have to worry about outsiders seeing it."
On her way back, she heard a few old ladies chatting. They were talking about how someone had shot a pheasant in the mountains yesterday. Maybe the method was a bit rough and the chicken was not hidden well on the way back, so the blood was all over the ground. It was seen by a sharp-eyed person in the village. The person was jealous and kept yelling for the whole morning.
Nowadays, whether it is the land in the village or the grass and trees in the mountains, they all belong to the country's public resources. It's just that the conditions are not good now, and it is good enough for every household to have enough food and clothing.
Therefore, if anyone has the ability to go to the mountains to hunt for meat to add to the family, as long as it is not a large prey, the brigade will turn a blind eye and the officials will not investigate unless the people report it.
However, not everyone has that ability. Not to mention that there are dangers everywhere in the mountains. You never know when a wild boar or a ferocious beast might appear. Even if you fall accidentally, you might lose your life.
What's more, pheasants, rabbits and the like are not stupid, so it is not easy to catch one and bring it back.
Therefore, if anyone could catch one, they would take it home secretly. If someone with jealous eyes saw it and reported it to the brigade or the commune, no one would be in any good situation.
However, it is impossible to prevent Bai Nuo and Fang Meng from going up the mountain. No matter how good their conditions are, they cannot conjure meat out of thin air from time to time. Without an excuse, eating meat will become a real problem.
Therefore, we still have to solve the problem from the source. As long as no one outside can find out when you bring it back, then no one will be able to stop you from eating it secretly after you take it home.
While Fang Meng was cooking dinner at the earthen stove, he would turn his head from time to time to glance at the little girl outside the door.
I have to say that this little girl is really good at handicrafts and has a very flexible mind.
She cuts and sews the waterproof cloth into a barrel-sized cloth bag, then puts it into the backpack. She then uses thick ropes to sew a circle around the top, middle and bottom of the backpack to secure it. She then finds a handful of thin rattan to weave into a round lid, which is also tightly wrapped with waterproof cloth. She also digs out a ring from wood to connect and secure the lid to the backpack.
Then sew two strips of coarse cloth on both sides of the lid and insert them into the backpack. When tying it, wrap it around the backpack and finally tie a knot at the back.
In this way, when you carry the backpack on your back, tie the cloth strips tightly on your back to prevent someone from secretly opening the lid from behind to see what's inside.
Even when carrying it in your hand, the cloth strip can be wrapped around the backpack and tied tightly, which can not only prevent peeping but also prevent the contents of the backpack from falling out during bumps.
At the same time, because the lining was made of waterproof fabric with solid stitching, Fang Meng felt that even if he used the backpack to fetch water, no water would leak out.
"Amazing! This is so well done!"
"Hehe, yeah! I think so too!" Bai Nuo smiled proudly, raised the large backpack he had sewn in his hand and handed it to Fang Meng to see, then whispered: "I heard from Sister Rujun this morning that there are some people in our team who are naughty and like to rummage through other people's backpacks when they are not paying attention. Some newly married young wives are shy and would be too embarrassed to resist even if they saw it.
The day before yesterday, someone went to the county and bought something. On the way back, they left the things unattended in the carriage. In one afternoon, everyone in the entire brigade knew what her family had just bought. That’s why I came up with this idea.”
"Not bad!" Fang Meng smiled and rubbed the little girl's head. "This is a good idea. From now on, every time I come back from the mountains, I won't have to act like there's a wolf chasing me."
Fang Meng had encountered this kind of people several times. He didn't want to fight with those aunties and old ladies, so he had to pretend that he was deaf and couldn't hear their voices, and then speed up, wishing he could run as fast as he could.
It’s not that he’s stingy…
No, he is indeed very stingy towards outsiders. Sometimes he even wants to go to other people's homes and take some good things back to his own home.
But this is not the point. The point is that if those people find out that he brought back some good things, he will definitely be chased by the inexplicable matchmaker the next day.
After Bai Nuo finished working on Fang Meng's backpack, she went to work on her own backpack. She had a big backpack and a small backpack, both of which she processed with waterproof cloth. When Sun Yuxi and the others came back, they saw the backpacks processed by Bai Nuo, and their eyes began to light up.
Obviously, they had either been attacked or had heard about those things.
"Nono, do you still have waterproof cloth? If not, coarse cloth will do. I'll trade with you." Sun Yuxi was the first to jump over, squatting in front of Bai Nuo, looking at her pitifully, and finally said in a very low voice: "Exchange it with the black market price."
"Me, me, me, I want to change it too. I have food coupons, the kind that are valid all over the country." Chao Xianhua also squatted beside him, put his hands on Bai Nuo's legs, and had a "please" expression on his face.
"And me, and me!" Qin Xuehua nodded repeatedly, "I have both the money and the tickets."
Eugene followed the girls, eager to try: "That..."
"You can't do it, so it's useless to have the cloth. Don't even think about asking my sister to do the handicraft!" Fang Meng leaned against the door frame and rolled his eyes at Eugene. In front of his own little girl, he didn't show any brotherhood to others.
Bai Nuo looked at Eugene with amusement as he suddenly became pitiful. He looked like a big dog that was suddenly kicked on the side of the road.
"Yes, I happen to have a piece of waterproof cloth and coarse cloth. You won't need much to line this backpack. I can cut it for you according to the size of your backpack."
Chao Xianhua compared the size of Bai Nuo's big backpack and nodded: "It's the same size as yours!"
"It's the same for us!" Chao Xianhua and Qin Xuehua nodded at the same time.
Their backpacks were all bought at the brigade headquarters and were all the same size. Unlike Bai Nuo, she could weave them herself, big or small, as she pleased.
"Okay, wait a minute. I have some thick thread here. If you need it, take a roll back later. It's very strong for sewing waterproof cloth."
Sun Yuxi hugged Bai Nuo's legs and rubbed them hard: "Mmm, Nuonuo, it's so good to have you around!"
Chao Xianhua and Qin Xuehua laughed beside them: "Yes, yes!"
Eugene pursed his lips in grievance and gently tugged at Chao Huahua's collar: "Hua, can I trade my pheasant for handicrafts?"
Xie Weidong glanced sheepishly at Sun Yuxi, who was squatting on the ground. He bent down slightly and asked in a low voice, "Well, there's also me. Sun Zhiqing, I'll trade you the fish, okay?"
It just so happened that he caught a grass carp in the reed marsh at noon today.
Qin Xuehua stared at the four people in front of her in amazement, the corners of her mouth twitching slightly.
So, she is the only one who has no income!