The timeline system has gone awry; they insist that steamed buns are a magic pill.

Chapter 89 A New Style Pigsty is Built, the Whole Team Goes to Watch the Show

"It's really cold."

Li Qingqiu stood up and stamped his feet. It was getting later and later and the temperature was dropping, but everyone seemed very focused on the movie. "Well, none of you seem to care about getting sick from the cold."

"I can't go back to sleep until the movie ends."

Li Qingqiu sighed. He really didn't understand why Han Guodong would come to Lijia'ao for no reason, especially on such a cold day.

First, equip yourself with skill cards, familiarize yourself with the prevention and treatment of some pig diseases, and develop your thinking skills.

"Finally finished."

On a bright sunny day, Li Qingqiu didn't find it particularly beautiful. Perhaps it was because he had watched too many movies from later eras, and also because he didn't know much about that time and couldn't truly empathize with it.

"Little sisters, you go back first. I'll see my classmate off."

Li Qingqiu helped Han Guodong pack up his equipment and deliver it to the brigade headquarters, where Han Guodong was resting today.

"Old classmate, you get some rest, I'm heading back now."

"I won't see you off."

"Don't mention it."

Li Qingqiu returned home around 10 PM, washed up, and went to bed. The next morning, he went to the brigade headquarters to have breakfast with Han Guodong. The brigade had prepared an oxcart, loaded up the equipment, and was sending Han Guodong to the commune.

Of course, some local specialties were also included: winter bamboo shoots, snow mushrooms, and a pheasant. As for the others, Li Qingqiu didn't know.

He didn't go to the commune. Although they were old classmates, their relationship wasn't that close.

After seeing Han Guodong off, Li Qingqiu arrived at the educated youth settlement, intending to tidy up a vacant lot behind the settlement and build a pigsty for Xiaobai to live in.

Just then, Li Qingqiu received the pigsty construction blueprints, and after looking at them, he found the design to be quite practical.

This design takes into account the current limited conditions and uses readily available building materials such as stones, mud bricks, reeds, and bamboo. If we were given blueprints that used bricks and cement, we would have to abandon the design.

"Li Qingqiu, what are you doing?"

Yin Yi stayed up late watching a movie yesterday. In the morning, after setting up the firewood to cook rice porridge, she went back to sleep.

"I'm planning to build a nest for Little White."

Li Qingqiu copied the pigpen blueprints. It wasn't complicated; it was quite simple for him, given that he had studied sketching for a few days.

"A pigsty?"

Yin Yi rubbed her eyes and leaned closer to look. "Wow, Li Qingqiu, you can draw too!"

"Just a few random scribbles."

"That's already very impressive."

Yin Yi sat down. "This pigsty is really nice."

"It's alright."

The system came out, and the design is quite beautiful.

Should I sign in at the outhouse again and get some blueprints for its construction? Forget it, forget it, let's not sign in anything unspeakable or taboo.

"Today, let's choose a good spot, level it out, and then go to the river to collect some small stones."

If there's time, I could sift some more river sand, but unfortunately there's no cement. Li Qingqiu wondered if he could get some and wait for the community area check-in to open so he could use the cement from the commune's pig farm.

"Let's eat first."

Li Qingqiu gulped down two bowls of red date and rice porridge before patting his stomach contentedly. "Let's go clean up the back area quickly."

Having determined the size, a few pulls with the straw rope pinpointed the approximate location. First, clear the snow. (Li Qingqiu)

I regret telling Yin Yi; otherwise, using storage shelves would have been much faster to clean up.

After clearing away the snow, Li Qingqiu stepped on the soil. This area was still quite dry, as it hadn't yet frozen over. "Wait a minute, I'll go get a stone roller and roll it up."

"Stone wheel?"

Upon arriving at the brigade headquarters, Li Qingqiu found Li Fuluo and asked to borrow the brigade's stone roller. "What do you need that thing for?"

"I want to build a pigsty at the educated youth settlement."

"You're building a pigsty?"

"Yeah, I bought a little white pig. It's small now, so it's not a big deal, but it'll need a pigpen when it gets bigger." Li Qingqiu said matter-of-factly. Actually, the little white pig doesn't need a pigpen. He asked Xiaohua these past two days, and the little white pig has already learned to poop and pee behind the house by itself.

This thing is frighteningly intelligent. The pig spirit beast created by the system is indeed extraordinary; at least in terms of intelligence, it is quite remarkable.

"You know how to build a pigsty?"

Li Fuluo knew Li Qingqiu well; that kid was a master at slacking off and being lazy. Building a pigsty? What a joke!

"Yes, I learned it from books."

"You're still reading?"

Li Fulu looked surprised.

"Uncle Fu Luo, you're underestimating me. Why can't I read books? Let me tell you, I've recently read five or six books on pig farming. From now on, if any of the pigs in our brigade get sick, you won't need to ask anyone else; I can cure them myself."

"You even learned how to treat pig diseases? Where did you get the book?" Li Fuluo was completely incredulous.

"These are my brother-in-law's, and a few others were obtained by the county government."

Li Qingqiu, fearing that Li Fuyuan wouldn't believe him, also explained Wu Xiaoyue's work.

"Why didn't you say so earlier, you from the county agricultural technology station?"

Upon hearing this, Li Fuluo thought, "Good lad, quite capable, he even knows someone at the county agricultural technology station. Maybe he can ask them for help with farm tools, fertilizers, and even agricultural technicians in the future."

"Uncle, I've only met him a few times. He's a friend of my classmate, and we're not that close."

Li Qingqiu was speechless. How come people are so blatant about building relationships these days, even more so than in later generations?

"So what does your classmate do?"

"Young cadres of the county revolutionary committee."

"Goodness, a young cadre from the county revolutionary committee? What are you doing in our brigade? You've got some skills, kid." Li Fulu sized up Li Qingqiu. "I don't see anything different about him."

"Uncle, they're just here for half a day."

"You come all the way from the county town to play in our remote mountain village, kid. Do you really not know anything, or are you just pretending?"

"Fine, I'll go roll the stone then."

Li Qingqiu wondered to himself what Han Caiju was thinking. Did she really think he was her ideal woman? Thinking about the bicycle ticket, he scratched his head. "Forget it," he thought, "I'll just pretend I don't know anything and return it to her after I sign for the bicycle ticket."

Now we're waiting for the snow mushrooms to grow, sell them, and buy a bicycle.

"By the way, Uncle Fu Luo, where's Uncle Fu Yuan?"

"They went to Zhangjiazhai to fetch cattle."

"Shall we buy it today?"

"It's all because Zhangjiazhai was urging us so urgently."

Li Fuluo said with a smile, "We were thinking of buying it in the spring, but Old Zhang wouldn't agree."

"There's still half a winter left, how much fodder will we need?"

"What about Wangjiazhuang?"

"Let's go tomorrow."

With the two oxen in place, Li Qingqiu wondered if he could complete the family pillar task. If he did, the commune sign-in would begin, and he really should hurry up and get a bicycle. He thought about the more than 100 jin of winter bamboo shoots he still had hidden in his cave.

In addition, there are about a hundred kilograms of snow mushrooms and dozens of kilograms of winter bamboo shoots on the storage shelves. If we clean them up and sell them, we can still make about a hundred yuan. "After we finish cleaning the pigsty, we'll go to the county to sell the winter bamboo shoots and snow mushrooms."

We arrived at the threshing ground, where a bonfire had burned out yesterday, leaving a dark patch. There wasn't much trash there, since these days there aren't many snacks available when watching a movie.

"A smaller one, please."

There were quite a few stone rollers in the brigade; Li Qingqiu glanced at them and estimated there were about ten. He chose a smaller one, tried it out, and it worked well.

"You can put it in the storage shelf." After putting it on the shelf, Li Qingqiu used a hemp rope to pull the stone roller back to the educated youth settlement with a creaking sound.

"Third Brother, what are you doing?"

"Nothing, didn't you go to the bamboo weaving courtyard?"

Since Li Qingqiu stopped making mushroom branches, Li Qingmei and Li Xianjing could only return to their bamboo weaving courtyard to continue splitting bamboo strips. Xian'an and Xianle were probably also continuing to transport bamboo strips or cut bamboo.

"I went."

"There were quite a lot of people, so we're heading back now."

"Third Uncle, I see some bamboo baskets. They're quite well-woven. Will they really sell?" Li Qingmei asked with some concern.

"It shouldn't be a big problem, at most it'll be a little cheaper."

After all, a brigade that doesn't have access to mountains doesn't have bamboo, so they still need things like bamboo baskets.

"I hope so."

"Third Brother, do you think we can still go dig for bamboo shoots?"

Li Qingmei and Li Xianjing had been discussing it for a long time. Going to the bamboo weaving courtyard to split bamboo strips would probably only earn them six work points a day, which would be less than 15 cents. They had made a lot of money making mushroom branches these days, so they were starting to look down on six work points.

"It's probably not easy to dig now."

The snow was very thick and difficult to clear, not to mention that the frozen soil couldn't be dug with ordinary tools. Not everyone has a shovel, so digging frozen soil is like digging tofu.

"I see."

"Can't we dig a little bit more?"

"If you're not afraid of getting tired, you could dig some up too."

After all, the winter bamboo shoot distribution map is still there. There are still some scattered winter bamboo shoots near Lijiapo. Even if it's only been a day or so, you can still dig up two or three catties.

"That's great."

"Third Brother, Xianjing, Xianan, and I are planning to go dig for winter bamboo shoots." Li Qingmei looked at Li Qingqiu with anticipation.

"Alright, I'll draw you a map, but these are just scattered pieces, not many. We might only dig up one or two in half a day."

"One or two is enough."

"Even if you dig up a pound a day, that's still fifty cents."

It's better than splitting bamboo strips at the brigade. As for whether the brigade will release people, don't be ridiculous. There's no work at the brigade now, so they'll definitely be willing to find their own work.

"Third Uncle, I'm going to dig for winter bamboo shoots too."

Guo Zhaonan has nothing to do now, and when she heard that her aunt and cousin were going to dig for bamboo shoots, she planned to go with them.

Only Yin Yi stayed behind happily to help Li Qingqiu level the ground.

"We need to leave some slope."

This way, the pig urine will flow out properly; otherwise, it would need to be cleaned every day. Of course, Little White doesn't need to do that; the little thing is very clever.

"Yin Yi, go and collect some stones, I'll bring them back later."

"Oh, Little Stone?"

"right."

After Yin Yi left, Li Qingqiu began to control the stone roller, smashing the ground. In no time, it became solid. No one could control the stone roller like that. It fell from a height of more than a meter, just like a ram.

After about half an hour, Li Qingqiu saw that it was almost done, so he rolled it a few more times with a stone roller and saw that it was still okay.

"Let's look for Ping again later." Back in the courtyard, Li Qingqiu carried two baskets to the riverbank.

The river was long gone. Yin Yi cleared a patch of snow and was picking up small stones; a small pile had accumulated nearby.

"Li Qingqiu, look, I've picked up so many."

"sharp."

Li Qingqiu casually put the basket down. "You cleared the snow by hand, didn't you bring a wooden stick?"

"I forgot."

"You should go back and warm your hands, and then bring a wooden paddle over."

Li Qingqiu told Yin Yi to go back, and Yin Yi didn't hesitate much. "Then I'll come back to help you later."

"Go."

After Yin Yi left, Li Qingqiu had collected the pebbles into the basket. He first put them into the storage rack, then poured them into the basket from the storage rack, all in the blink of an eye. As for the snow, he collected it first and then put it away, just like that.

When Yin Yi arrived, Li Qingqiu had already filled two baskets with small stones. They were quite heavy, and Li Qingqiu carried one in each hand.

On the way back, they happened to run into Li Fuyuan, who was driving his cattle back.

"Uncle Fuyuan."

"What's wrong with you?"

"Get some small pebbles."

Li Qingqiu glanced at the oxen; they were quite robust. "Uncle, when are we going to bring the oxen from Wangjiazhuang back?"

"First thing tomorrow morning."

Then I'll probably be able to complete my family's pillar task tomorrow.

Li Qingqiu was overjoyed that they would eat steamed buns tomorrow.