Dried bamboo leaves and twigs are excellent fire-starting materials. These must be taken home because every day a lot of firewood is needed to cook pig feed.
Along the way, Xiao Mi picked up a handy rock.
There is a chopping axe at home, but it's too heavy for them to use and is unnecessary.
She surrounded the saplings with bamboo slices, pounding them a bit deeper with a rock, and then wrapped some wicker around it like weaving a basket. In no time, a protective cover for the saplings was completed.
With this protective cover, there's no need to worry about the saplings being trampled by ducks and geese.
By the time they had all the saplings covered, it was almost lunchtime.
They didn't stay up late last night, so no need for a nap today. After lunch, Xiao Mi took Wei Ziang up the mountain.
Everyone was used to the two of them running up the mountain for no reason, so much so that no one even asked anymore.
