Chapter Ten

I was going to make a papyrus immediately with the stems I picked up, but I wasn’t able to remove it immediately.

“Mine”

“That’s it?”

“Where are you going to go? Did you say you’ll start winter preparations today?”

When I tried to go to the well to break the plant stems and take out the fibers, my mother caught me and stopped me.

It seems that it will soon be closed by snow, so I understand that preparation for a long winter is essential.

But why is it driven to me who is totally useless?

No matter how much you search for Mine’s memory, there is basically only a memory that catches a cold or wanders out of use.

In other words, I am completely useless. It ’s just as good as not catching a cold.

“Mine helped her father. Come on.”

“Dad, what is your job?”

“I’m taking a break. Will I have trouble getting ready for winter if I don’t take a break?”

…… Do you mean a surprisingly conscientious work place for winter holidays? Or is it difficult to prepare for winter without help?

In any case, it is unusual for my father to stay at home and pair with me. As you can see from the profession of soldiers, my brain-muscle father often acted as a healthy and carefree Turi.

As long as the whole family is at home, I can’t seem to get away, the nomination from my father has entered, and I have no choice but to give up with my father.

“… What do you do in winter?”

In front of the kitchen window, my father answered me while taking out what seems to be a tool.

“What I’m going to do now is check and repair the house. Because it closes the door when it snows, check for loose or rusted hinges and holes in the door. Clean chimneys and firewoods so they can be used without problems during the winter. “

“Hey”

I understand the job, but what can I do for this job?

Can’t have a driver, can’t turn it, can’t carry heavy loads, can’t you see this weak arm? ?

However, my stock will not rise in this house unless it is a little harder and shows something useful.

It’s easy if I have my current knowledge to distinguish loose and rusted hinges.

“Dad, are this hinge and this nail rusted?”

“… it can still go”

No, no matter how you look at it, it looks like it’s messed up.

“I wonder if I can trust what my father says.” From now on, in winter, if it is a door to prevent snowstorms, it will be a problem if it breaks along the way.

I climb up the chair and shake it a little. If this doesn’t help, I can trust my father’s words, but if it breaks, it should be better to judge from my standards.

When shaken several times, it cracked and the bottom of the two hinges cracked.

I saw the board door swaying in an unstable manner and I thought, but my father was staring at the board door swaying in blue.

“Mine, Mine !?”

“Hello, it’s broken. Well, it’s not going to be in winter. Well, dad, fix it properly”

When I pointed to the board door, my father raised my mistake on the shelf, took me down from the chair, and exhaled.

“Mine, help her mother”

Did you not like the fact that your daughter pointed out a misjudgment?

I gave up my shoulders and shook my head. As my mother told me, I must continue to point out beside my father.

All is for my safety and comfort in winter.

“Oh, I’m watching my dad. If it’s repaired so that it won’t break during the winter, it’s not good if you leave it like that.”

“If you don’t have the money to fix everything, but Mine is there, everything will be destroyed. Go to her mother.”

…… It ’s money here too!

When I broke the hinge that my father was going to use a little more carefully, I headed gently to the bedroom where my mother and Turi were in accordance with his words.

The two were dressed up so that they could use a blanket or top in the bedroom, or move the bed to a place closest to the wall, or even stay warm.

“What’s wrong, mine?”

“Dad helps her mother …”

“Yes? I’m done here, so I’ll get ready for the light. This year I’ll have a little beeswax that happened to be harvested. And I’ll make oil and candles for lamps from tallow and nuts.”

This is a work that seems to smell like just listening. In the last few days, the smell of animal oil has come from various homes, so it makes me feel sorry even if I think it just smells the same in my kitchen.

Turi started to work on oil from the nuts in the storeroom, but I don’t have enough power to handle the hammer, so I have no escape.

Next to my mother, I can only watch beef tallow placed in the largest pan and set on fire.

Odor!

Endure me.

However, even though I was so patient with the smell, my mother just warmed and melted the beef tallow, and just finished the preparation of tallow by simply taking the trash that floated above.

“Wait a moment, mom. Is that the end?

“What? What?”

Bad. “Salting out” is natural, but it seems to have failed.

Is there any complaint? I explain the salting out in as simple a word as possible with a little grudge in my mother’s eyes.

“Well, why don’t you put salt water and simmer it in a little lower heat and trash it several times?”

“Salt water?”

“Yes. If you leave it, it will cool down and only the oil will solidify, and the bottom will be divided into salty water. Drain the water below and use only the supernatant oil. It smells pretty good and makes it a good quality oil. ”

My mother started salting out because of the reaction to the good quality.

Improving the quality of the oil that is used throughout the winter is a matter of life and death for me. It is used in a closed room. I can’t stand the smell of the house in winter.

I can’t say how much salt water you want, but it’s a little better, right?

The concentration is fairly appropriate, but thanks to salting out properly, the yellowish beef tallow has turned white.

This beef tallow is divided into the amount to become a candle and the amount to be used for making soap in the spring, and the candle is melted once again in a pot.

The piece of meat that came out when it was filtered became a delicious soup with a nice soup stock. Feast.

And after having lunch, you will make candles.

“Now, Turi. Candle, please. Dad and mom are going to prepare a kite”

“Hey”

… That? What is my role?

As each of them started to move, I thought a little and decided to walk behind my mother trying to leave the entrance. “Helping my mother” may still continue.

However, when my mother noticed me, she showed me back with my finger.

“Mine makes a candle with Turi. Don’t get in the way.”

“… I understand”

Why is there no trust at all?

When I returned to the kitchen, Turi cut the core string into the same length and made several hanging tree branches.

Put the finished string in and out of a pot with beef tallow. Repeating over and over again, the oil around the string hardens and gradually thickens into a candle shape.

“Hey, candles can do that”

“Help me without seeing Mine!”

As I was angry with Turi, for the sake of help, tear off the odor-eliminating herb and stick it to the candle. If it has a deodorizing effect, let’s soak more herbs next year.

“Mine! Don’t play!”

“… it’s just for this. Shouldn’t it be better to have a candle that doesn’t smell? Please, Turi”

“Really, just here?”

Because I was impressed by Turi, I uttered a lot.

I don’t know if it will succeed or fail, but I don’t intend to add any scent. I change the herbs attached to the five candles and compare them to see which one is better.

So while Turi and the two are preparing the candles, parents are preparing a kite. If this is lost, it can freeze to death, so careful preparation is required.

In addition to the items that Turi picked up, my father divides more and more items with an ax so that he was about 50 cm in size. And the cut kite is carried to the room for winter preparations by mother’s hand.

“Mom, where are you going?”

I was astonished by the appearance of my mother entering a room that I did not know, and chased behind her.

As I knew for the first time, there was still another storeroom in the back of the storeroom I usually use. It seems that it is basically used only for winter preparations. Already half of the room is full of trees.

“What? What is this room?”

“Are you ready for the winter? Mine, what are you saying now?”

Speaking of which, I was wondering where to put all the kites that Turi brought back, but it seems to have been placed here. I didn’t notice this room in the back because the bag for everyday use was placed in the storeroom.

“… It’s cold”

“That’s because it’s the farthest away from the cage.”

In my home, there are no fancy things like a living room and a fireplace, and the kitchen wall is the only heat source. I usually spend basically in the kitchen.

The bedroom is separated from the wall by a single wall, and the bed is tightly attached to the wall. It is unexpectedly warm when the fire is burning in the firewood, that is, when the children sleep.

Warm only when you start to sleep. Before my mother goes to bed, she puts out the fire and goes to bed, so in the morning the room is cold.

On the contrary, this winter preparation room is the farthest from the kitchen tub, so it is extremely cold. It seems to be just right for preserving preserved food, food and oil for winter. Because it is a natural refrigerator, it seems to be a room that gets in trouble when it gets warm.

“It’s full of candy”

“Is this just right?”

There are about half in the room! ?

Looking at the firewood piled up in the winter preparation room, I was overwhelmed by the problem of deforestation. If a family burns this much, how much will they spend in this city alone?

“Mine, don’t be fuzzy, get ready for handwork”

I’m not vague!

I was thinking that was pretty important! ?

My mother has already turned to the kitchen to argue. I rush and chase. I don’t want to be left alone in a dark room with no windows.

“Mom, what is handwork?”

“That’s right. Does a man take care of his work tools? If he plans to make other furniture, he must collect the materials.”

“What do you do during the winter?”

My mother asked me to count the number of spools.

“Yes, isn’t it the biggest job for women to make clothes? You can’t do it without spinning, dyeing or preparing yarns for weaving or embroidery. So we’re done with the yarn, but instead we have a plant like wool and niruen to spin for next year. “

“Hey”

“And there will be a Turi baptism next summer. You have to prepare for the winter during the winter.”

Mother confirms that there is nothing missing in the form of a demon. I decided to move to Turi because it seemed to get in the way.

“What does Turi do by hand?”

“Make a bag. Sell it in the spring.”

Turi started preparing the materials for making koji to be his handicraft. Carry the tree that has been harvested in the forest to the well and peel it off. And it seems to cut along the fiber with a knife.

“What does Mine do?”

“I’ll make ‘papyrus dodoki'”

“What is it?”

“Ufufu, Hi, Mi and Tsu”

I also decided to follow Turi and make papyrus dough for my winter handicraft.

This is an important handicraft preparation.

This is a great job that no one gets angry with.

The fiber can be taken in the same way as Turi. Peel the grass, expose it to water and let it dry.

Since there were not many days before winter preparation, not many stems were gathered. Let’s make it all fiber.

“Turi, I want water too”

“… I understand”

“Turi, what do you think is the only way to remove this fiber?”

“Eh? Um …”

“Turi, can I fly here even if it dries?”

“…”

Bundles the finished fibers. There aren’t many, but you can try one or two.

This is the end of winter preparations for me.

Huh, I worked very well.

Is that? [Why do you have a grumpy face when you are in trouble?