Reborn in 1977

Chapter 81: Effort Makes One Happy

After cutting the whole piece of cloth, Jiang Lili put down the scissors in her hand, picked up a rope and said, "The first step in learning tailoring is to take measurements."

Chen Fan stared at the rope in her hand, "How do you measure with this?"

This is a rope, not a ruler, the difference is too big.

Jiang Lili's pretty face flushed slightly, and she lowered her head and murmured, "I don't have a ruler, I can only use a rope."

Chen Fan was a little curious, "Then how do you master the dimensions, just by comparing with a rope?"

Although you can compare with a rope, there is so much data, how do you record it?

Jiang Lili raised her head and smiled, gave way to her position, and pointed to the edge of the table and said, "Look here."

Chen Fan looked at where she was pointing, there was nothing special about it?

Wait.

He seemed to have discovered something, and quickly bent down and leaned over, immediately amazed.

Only to see a series of marks engraved on the edge of the table, each one neat and tidy, clearly a scale, this table edge is a non-removable ruler.

Although the accuracy is only 0.5 centimeters, it is enough for sewing clothes.

Jiang Lili explained softly, "I originally had a tape measure, but later it was broken into several pieces by an educated youth, so I used the broken tape measure to engrave the scale on the table, and then found a rope as a ruler, after measuring, I compare it here to know how long it is."

Chen Fan gave her a thumbs up, "One word, I'm impressed."

Jiang Lili smiled shyly, "I'll teach you how to measure first."

When she picked up the rope, she realized that there were only two of them here. If Chen Fan wanted to practice measuring, he could only gesture on her body. Thinking of this, her face flushed red again.

Chen Fan was still a little strange, what's so shy about measuring?

Immediately, he took the rope from her hand, wrapped it around himself, lowered his head to look, and asked, "What's my chest circumference?"

Jiang Lili's face became even hotter, and she murmured, "It's not measured like this, you're wearing a cotton coat, it should be tightened a little, and the position is not right."

Chen Fan handed the rope to her, then stood with his feet apart and his arms open, "Come on."

Jiang Lili, "…"

Afterwards, under Jiang Lili's trembling guidance, Chen Fan first practiced on himself, then practiced on Jiang Lili, and also learned how to draw, how to cut, and finally successfully activated the tailoring skill.

…

This study lasted for more than an hour. Jiang Lili cut the fabric, spread the cotton wool carefully, covered it with the lining, and put it in the bamboo basket, waiting to sew it tomorrow.

She moved the table back into the house with Chen Fan and prepared to cook.

Now, as long as Chen Fan doesn't go out, she cooks for two people. The bag of rice that Chen Fan brought out yesterday was not taken back, but handed over to Jiang Lili to keep. She didn't refuse, and the two of them were considered to be living together.

While Jiang Lili was busy, Chen Fan suddenly asked, "If I want to dig some silt in the pond, who should I report to?"

Jiang Lili looked at him while washing vegetables and asked, "What are you digging silt for?"

Chen Fan pointed to the kitchen, "This stove is too small, and there is a small pot buried next to a big pot, it's not symmetrical at all, it makes me uncomfortable to look at. I want to get some silt to make adobe bricks and rebuild a stove."

Jiang Lili's face was full of surprise, "You can also build a stove?"

He can cook, speak Mandarin, repair radios, and now he says he can build a stove, how much else can he do?

Chen Fan smiled shyly and said, "Then you can also make clothes."

Jiang Lili smiled, lowered her head and continued to wash vegetables, without taking up the topic, but said, "You can't dig the silt in the team's fish pond and river ditch casually, they are all useful.

If you need soil to build a house, you can go to the back of the educated youth spot to dig. There is a small mound about 100 meters behind the yard. There is a mud pit next to the mound. Uncle Huang Si's adobe bricks were dug from the silt there, and the earthwork was also taken from there."

She raised her head again and pointed to the river, "Or wait a few more days, the water level in the river may drop, then you can dig in the river, but you can only dig in the middle of the river, not near the river embankment."

Chen Fan looked at the back, then looked at the east, pondered for two seconds, "Then I'll go to the mud pit to dig, anyway, I won't use much."

…

In the next two days, Chen Fan was busy.

When Jiang Lili made clothes, he watched from the side, earnestly asking her for advice, from measuring to drawing to paper patterns, and finally cutting and sewing. Unknowingly, the tailoring skill was upgraded to LV2.

In addition to listening to Jiang Lili, he would also draw pictures on the ground with a stone, and picked up a pile of poplar leaves to learn cutting. For him, it didn't need to be too realistic, as long as he could gain experience.

Originally, it would be better to use the toilet paper in the outhouse than leaves, but those papers were bought by Jiang Lili, and it was already considered borrowing to use them, so it would definitely not be appropriate to cut them.

Only Jiang Lili looked strange, what can you sew with palm-sized leaves?

But thinking that there are no conditions now, I can only do this for the time being.

When Jiang Lili was busy with other things, Chen Fan ran to the dry pit behind the educated youth spot to dig silt.

The brick maker said that clay can be used to make adobe bricks, but the best is silt.

Dig out the silt, mix it with plant roots such as rice straw stalks, stir and beat it vigorously, put it into the mold, pat it tightly and pour it out to dry. After it is dry, it is an adobe brick.

If others don't give him a chance to do it, then he will create it himself. The stove in the kitchen is his first goal.

Speaking of that stove, I don't know who built it in the first place. It is neither regular nor symmetrical. There is a small pot next to a big pot. There is no beauty at all. Who wouldn't be confused when they see it?

When the adobe bricks are made, tear down the stove and rebuild it, and burn a new stove for the New Year!

The educated youth spot naturally does not have molds for making adobe bricks, but there are small saws, hammers, and chisels. They are not as good as a carpenter's set, but they are enough, so he made a box for making adobe.

After working for two days, he made a hundred adobe bricks, thinking that it would definitely be enough before stopping.

However, the adobe bricks he made were much smaller than the adobe bricks used for building houses, only a little bigger than red bricks, and they would easily fall apart if they were smaller.

Just wait for these adobe bricks to dry in the shade, and you can start to renovate the stove.

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After working for two days, Chen Fan's physique and strength have improved a lot, and the experience points of carpenters and masons have also increased.

Sure enough, effort makes one happy!

Today is January 29th. Getting up early in the morning, Chen Fan was wearing clean clothes, his face was solemn, and he was ready to go.

Today is the day when Huang Laosi's new house has its ridge beam raised and doors and windows installed. Chen Fan is going to study hard. Counting the experience gained in the past two days, he should be able to upgrade the carpenter and mason levels to level three.

At this point, it is basically equivalent to a formal worker who can graduate.

Taking a deep breath, Chen Fan was about to set off. He just took a step, then suddenly turned ninety degrees in place, walked to the door of Jiang Lili's room, "Uncle Huang Si's house is having a housewarming feast, aren't you going?"

Jiang Lili quickly walked out, took out four cents and handed it to him, "I won't go, you go, this is the favor money, two cents for me, you shouldn't have any money in your hand, the other two cents are borrowed to you."

Chen Fan was not polite, and directly took the money in her hand, but only took two bills, and smiled, "If you want to go, go together, there is no reason to give the gift but not show up."

Jiang Lili's face was full of embarrassment, "I really won't go, I don't know what to do if I go."

Chen Fan was stunned, "You've been here for three years, haven't you ever attended a feast?"