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Chapter Sixty-Three

After Li Dazhuang finished it, he came over and carried his old mother over, "Mom, sit at the entrance of the cave and watch. This is our family's bed. I'll carry our bamboo bed over."

Aunt Li patted her son and whispered: "You silly boy, don't be blind. Your sister-in-law Yuan Qing has an oxcart at home, and she will go back to pull the bamboo bed later. Go and help, and by the way, we can pull our bamboo bed."

Pull the bed over, but don't hold it by force."

Li Dazhuang chuckled and said, "I know, mother."

With the help of Li Dazhuang, Liu Pan'er quickly cleaned the cave and sprinkled realgar powder everywhere.

In just an hour, all eight caves were occupied.

First come first served, everyone is happy to have a cave.

Those who got the news late ran over to take a look and saw that everyone was occupied. They felt upset, but it was too late.

Many people complained that Village Chief Li was partial and only told people with good relations in the village.

Some people even yelled and got angry. For example, Li Erluzi's family suddenly got pink eye when they saw others snatching the cave.

However, the rules of escape are first come, first served.

No matter how unconvinced he was, he would not dare to take over the cave occupied by others.

With the cave, the men would make adobe bricks on the river beach outside the canyon. After the surface was dry, they would carefully lay them in the cave to dry in the shade without worrying about the adobe bricks getting wet in the rain.

At night, Liu Pan'er's family lived in a cave, lit mugwort and smoked away the mosquitoes. It was quite cool inside and felt safer than a shed.

Looking at the open entrance of the cave, Liu Pan'er felt that since he was planning to settle down here, he should install a door at the entrance of the cave to make it safer.

Looking at the child's peaceful sleeping face, Liu Pan'er smiled and said, "It will get better and better."

Liu Pan'er got up in the morning and said to Mrs. Liu: "Sister-in-law, you cook in the morning, and I'll go to the fields to take a look."

"Okay, you go early and come back early." Mrs. Liu agreed, "There is some leftover bacon from yesterday. Cook it with wild vegetables. It will be very fragrant."

Liu Pan'er nodded, "Okay!"

Liu Pan'er carried the basket on her back and walked out.

At dawn, Liu Pan'er saw Li Dashan coming to inspect the fields on the other side of the terraces.

"Brother Dashan, are you here to wander around the fields?" Liu Pan'er asked, "What do you think of the rice sprouts in our fields?"

Li Dashan smiled happily when he heard the inquiry, "It's good, I think the sprouting is better than when I was working on the farm before!"

Liu Pan'er smiled, feeling happy in her heart. Only she knew the reason, "Maybe the rice seeds we bought are good."

"Haha, it may be that the land is relatively fertile. God help us." Li Dashan replied with a smile, "From the Yuan Qing family, I will look around again and won't tell you more."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work." Liu Pan'er thanked him. Li Dashan was the best at farming. He came to the fields many times every day, hoping to grow good crops and be willing to help others.

Liu Pan'er came to her family's rice field at this time. The rice has grown about four to five centimeters high. When it grows to the height of a hand, water must be put into it to make it suitable for rice growth.

It is indeed the best rice seed in the space warehouse, and it grows well.

Liu Pan'er didn't worry anymore. She came down from her terraced field to see how sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and peppers were being grown.

On the top of the mountain, many sweet potato leaves have grown, half a foot long. When they grow more, these sweet potato leaves are pinched and can be eaten or cut.

Tomatoes, cantaloupe, croissant, and peppers are also growing very fast, and they are lush green and need supports. She also scattered a handful of corn on an open field not far away, and now they are sprouting and growing vigorously.

I hope this year will be smooth and fruitful.

When Liu Pan'er came back, Mrs. Liu had already prepared the meal.

Everyone is waiting for Liu Pan'er to come back for dinner, "Mom, are the crops in our fields growing well?"

Liu Pan'er nodded, "Very good, but I heard that these things need to be built on a shelf and climbed up to grow well. So I decided to cut thin bamboo and build a shelf."

Ms. Liu asked: "Is it just like the cold melon and beans?"

"Yes, that's it." Liu Pan'er agreed, "A thin bamboo pole is enough."

"Then a child can do this work," Mrs. Liu replied, "Let's work together to get it done as soon as possible. By the way, the things the village chief's family grows are similar to ours. Do we also need to tell Aunt Cuihua?"

Liu Pan'er nodded and smiled, "Yes, I also saw her house by the way, and she looks good. Ah Rong, you take care of your younger brothers and sisters at home, and are responsible for washing and cooking. If you have anything, you can go to Grandma Li and Mrs. Li

Grandma and everyone else, all went to chop bamboo and build structures."

"Mom, I understand." Li Rong agreed, she can do laundry and cooking.

After dinner, Liu Pan'er went to Village Chief Li's house.

Zhou Cuihua saw Liu Pan'er coming over and greeted her warmly, "Have you eaten from Yuan Qing's family? Is there something wrong?"

Liu Pan'er nodded, "Auntie, I've already eaten. In the morning, I went to the field to see that our crops need a shelf, just like the long beans and cold melons."

"Oh, that's quite a lot!" Zhou Cuihua said with a smile, "Okay, we'll chop the bamboo later. Do you want our help?"

Liu Pan'er waved her hand, "No, it's not a heavy job. My sister-in-law and I can do it with the kids. It's best to make the frame stronger. It's rainy and windy in the south, so it's easy to blow the frame down."

"Okay, I've written it down. If you don't understand anything, I'll ask you again." Zhou Cuihua said with a smile, thanking Liu Pan'er in her heart.

Liu Pan'er drove the ox cart and took everyone to cut thin bamboo. In some places, the roads were not good, so the ox cart had to stop, and they could only move the chopped bamboo down.

Seeing Li Fang sorting out the small branches cut from bamboo, Liu Pan'er asked: "Afang, what do you collect those for?"

Li Fang replied: "Third Aunt, I saw Uncle Dageng used this to make a broom. Let's get it back and make the broom ourselves, so we don't have to buy it from Uncle Dageng."

"Yes, I think I can prick it too!" Mrs. Liu replied with a smile, "Take it back first. Anyway, there is a big place at our door, enough for us to put our things."

Liu Pan'er nodded, "Okay, let's make all kinds of brooms when we get home!"

After loading a cart full of bamboo poles and branches, the old scalper pulled the cart hard and arrived at his own dry field.

Liu Pan'er inserted the bamboo poles in the vegetable bed, making the two bamboo poles form a triangle, and then tied the intersection of the bamboo poles with hemp rope.

In addition, she carefully tied the seedlings lying on the ground to the bamboo poles with thin hemp ropes, "Everyone, be careful not to damage them."

They are all women and have very skillful hands. There is no difficulty in doing these tasks.

Ms. Liu smiled and said, "Don't worry, we can do it. The two of us are responsible for setting up the airs, and leave the rest to Ali, Afang and Dabao. They can do it well."
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