Li Zhengguo had already made three wooden boxes. When he heard this, he looked up and said, "No, you can make them now."
"Then hurry up," Tian Jing urged. If she used her powers, it would only take a matter of minutes to separate the black and white sesame seeds.
"It's used to sift the stones from the soil. It doesn't need to be too fine. It just needs to be able to withstand the weight of a shovel of soil. Alternatively, the frame can be made of wood, and you can just braid a bottom and nail it to the frame."
Sifting stones? Li Zhengguo understood and told his sister, "Minmin, go chop down two bamboos and come back."
"Oh." Li Min picked up the hatchet and went out, knowing that she was being assigned to do this strenuous work again.
When she came back from cutting the bamboo, Sister-in-law Niu had already come over, and she directly reached out to take the bamboo and process it.
She cut off the bamboo branches, looked at the frame Li Zhengguo was making in his hand, estimated the length and cut the bamboo into pieces. The bamboo soon became bamboo strips in her hands.
Tian Jing was dazzled by the sight, "Sister-in-law Niu, you are so amazing."
"Hehe," Sister Niu smiled sheepishly, "Bamboos and trees grow well in our Kushan Mountains. Every household can do these handicrafts. Brother Zhengguo is very good at carpentry. I just know a little about bamboo weaving.
Some."
"Then please help Mrs. Niu to compile it. I want to sift the soil quickly." Tian Jing was not polite. It was getting late and the pumpkins had not been planted yet.
"Okay." Sister-in-law Niu squatted on the ground and played with the bamboo strips, because Tian Jing said that it didn't need to be fine, just sifting the soil. She didn't need to carefully measure the distance of each bamboo strip, just estimate it, and the speed was of course fast.
Soon, a bamboo mat with large holes appeared under her hands.
Tian Jing took it to Li Zhengguo. Li Zhengguo nailed the bamboo mat and the wooden frame together, and Tian Jing helped hold it on.
After nailing it here, Mrs. Niu wove a bamboo mat with smaller holes on the other side.
"I see that Zhengguo made two borders, so he needs to screen them twice, right?"
Tian Jing looked at Li Zhengguo and then at Sister-in-law Niu. These are all smart people. These people cannot be underestimated. They just have a poor vision. In the territory they are familiar with, they are the kings.
"It needs to be sifted twice, once coarsely and once finely."
Sister-in-law Niu breathed a sigh of relief, she thought she was wrong.
Li Zhengguo's expression showed no change, so he took the bamboo mat from Sister Niu's hand and continued to nail it.
Tian Jing and Mrs. Niu were sifting the soil, while Li Zhengguo continued to make things.
Tian Jing said without raising her head, "Just make another wooden box. You can make two basins for Li Min, or make her a big box as a dowry."
Sister-in-law Niu raised her eyelids slightly but said nothing. Li Min and Tian Jing exchanged marriages. Many people knew this very well, and they must have wanted to cover it up because of the time divergence.
Now, Tian Jing is so kind to Li Min. If Li Min is married seriously, others will believe her.
When the marriage was exchanged, people were exchanged. There were no betrothal gifts or dowry. Tian Jing brought a dowry to Li Min. Li Min went to her husband's family and felt confident. Tian Jing was kind-hearted and she would help her more in the future.
Sister-in-law Niu looked at Li Min who lowered his head and shrugged, and comforted her softly, "If you are good, you will be worthy of your sister-in-law's heart."
"Yeah." Li Min replied in a low voice, and a few drops of water fell on the ground in front of him.
Li Zhengguo, who was working on the roadside, was also very moved. Tiantian also said that he wanted to buy something for his sister as a dowry, so he would make a wooden box for her.
For a distance of more than thirty miles, a wooden box is heavy enough.
Tian Jing also thought about this problem. She wiped off the dirt on her hands, ran to Li Zhengguo and asked in a low voice, "Can you buy a wheel? Get her another unicycle. It will give her more confidence to go to Tian's house.
No one else can find any evidence that she and I exchanged marriages."
"I can make it, no need to buy it."
Li Zhengguo's eyes were locked on Tian Jing, and his sweetness meant his kindness.
She is still kind-hearted in her new life, but those people in the Chen family are too shameless and vicious, so he will help her deal with the Chen family.
Li Zhengguo, who beautified Tian Jing too much, never thought that after the marriage exchange was not established, Tian Jing would invisibly frame the Tian family.
Kushanli was so poor that they were given a dowry. The conditions of the Tian family in Zhangshan were not bad. Why didn't Tian Jing get a dowry?
"Okay, what else can't you do?" Tian Jing was surprised that Li Zhengguo could even make wooden wheels.
Li Zhengguo looked a little embarrassed by her and lowered his eyes, "There are still many things I don't know, but I will learn."
Tian Jing doesn't care who he learns from, "Then you must study hard. From now on, wardrobes, tables, etc. will be waiting for you to make. There are still many things that are lacking at home."
"If you learn the carpentry trade, when everyone becomes rich in the future, you can also earn money to support your family by relying on this craft."
"Yeah." Li Zhengguo knew that he couldn't make a fortune with his carpentry skills, but Tiantian asked him to study hard, so he studied hard and made Tiantian what she wanted.
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After sifting the soil twice, there were almost no stones visible. Mrs. Niu pinched the soft and delicate soil and sighed, "If the entire land is sifted, I wonder if the yield can be increased?"
Li Min sniffed, raised her head and replied, "My sister-in-law said that if she has the strength to open up wasteland, why can't she separate the gravel and soil? I think she will finish the private land at home?"
"That's right," Mrs. Niu clapped her hands excitedly, pretending not to see Li Min's red eyes.
"I will first clear up the private land at home and try to plant it for one season. If it is possible, I will spend more effort to open an acre or two of land and then sift it. It would be a pity for the land in front of our house to be left uncultivated."
Sister-in-law Niu is rough but fine. She knows that it is impossible for the production team to sift the soil of thousands of acres of land. She just needs to take care of her own small family first.
Li Min turned to look at Lu Nan. Her father had driven there before, but now it was a gravel wasteland. If possible, her sister-in-law would take her eldest brother to open up the wasteland, right?
Then she looked at her eldest brother and sister-in-law who were standing talking together on the roadside. It was great that her eldest brother was with her and she could rest assured to leave her mother in her sister-in-law's hands.
But, she suddenly didn't want to leave home, what should she do? Her heart was empty and scared.
But she knew that if she didn't go to the Tian family, her sister-in-law wouldn't be able to stay.
Tian Jing turned around and saw the confusion on Li Min's face.
She sighed, everyone's path is their own choice. How to walk depends entirely on the heart of the person walking, whether they are strong and determined enough.
Seeing Tian Jing coming back, Li Min cheered up and asked, "What should we do now?"
Tian Jing picked up a wooden box next to her and said, "Put the soil in."
After only one box of sifted soil was packed, Li Min went to dig soil behind the house.
Tian Jing went into the house and took out the pumpkin seeds she had harvested, and gave Sister Niu a handful, which was only a dozen.
"These are the seeds I collected on the mountain. They have been dried. You can take them back and try planting them."
Sister-in-law Niu looked at the shiny and plump seeds in her hands, and a smile appeared on her face.
"Okay, these seeds look good. I'll try planting them when I get back."