Su Bai walked towards the second floor, wanting to check out the environment upstairs.
When the second, third, and fourth floors were being constructed, he had specifically instructed to leave one wall unbuilt. This missing wall was meant for installing glass, creating a large floor-to-ceiling window.
When Su Bai arrived at the floor-to-ceiling window, he nodded with satisfaction. “Not bad, the view is wide enough. Though some things are blocked. It’s generally a great view.”
Since the other cement houses were being built elsewhere, their view was partially limited.
“Shaman, I can see the wooden houses in the distance!” Yu Ying excitedly pressed against the glass.
The fox eared girl was seeing through glass with a view for the first time. Naturally, her glasses were not being counted here. Moreover, looking at things from inside a cement house made everything feel a bit surreal.
“The view will get better from the third and fourth floors.” Su Bai said.
He was still debating which floor he should sleep on, as both the third and fourth floors had many rooms.
The second floor was just for office work and meeting people. He definitely would not sleep there.
If they had not built a bathroom, they would have had to go downstairs every time. It might be fine for number two, but what about number one? That would waste too much time.
Of course, they had also reserved a space in the bathroom for later when the Tribe had more spare capacity. Su Bai would eventually have them install a squat toilet and connect a pipe, eliminating the need for daily cleaning.
“Are we sleeping on the third floor?” Yu Ying asked.
“Third or fourth floor both work. I haven’t decided yet,” Su Bai thought seriously before continuing, “Let’s sleep on the fourth floor, the view is better there.”
He had originally thought the fourth floor would be too hot, being directly under the Sun’s rays. However, he remembered how the rainy season was coming, which would end the scorching Sun. After the rain season, it would be a transition period before the snow season, equivalent to autumn back on Earth. After the snow season, it definitely would not be as hot as now, which could be considered summer. Thus, the fourth floor was actually a good choice.
“Okay, we are sleeping on the fourth floor. I’ll prepare some hay later.” Yu Ying nodded happily.
“We won’t be sleeping on hay anymore, we can sleep on something else.” Su Bai did not want to sleep on hay any longer. Hay was not just uncomfortable and irritating, but when the rain season came, the temperature would definitely drop. Sleeping on hay could make them catch a cold, Thus, they certainly would not use them anymore.
In fact, that was why he had asked Gu Mu to make beds.
He really missed beds! If it were not for having a pillow, sleep would have been even more uncomfortable.
“Not sleeping on hay? Then what will we sleep on?” Yu Ying blinked, curiously before suddenly realising, “I know, we’ll sleep on Animal Hide!”
The fox eared girl knew that with the rain season coming, their bedding needed to change. They had slept on Animal Hide before.
“We won’t sleep on Animal Hide either. We’ll sleep with linen blankets.” Su Bai smiled.
No matter how well-treated Animal Hide was, it still had a gamey smell to them, and was not very comfortable to sleep on. He thought of using linen instead. It would be more skin-friendly than Animal Hide and would not have that smell.
“Using linen?” Yu Ying doubted her ears, “But that would require a lot of linen.”
The fox eared girl thought about how this might affect their trade with the Spotted Deer Tribe.
“Don’t worry, Qing Yan won’t go trading again until after the rain season, and we have extra linen we can use,” Su Bai said calmly.
When Qing Yan left for the Spotted Deer Tribe, the workers were still weaving linen. During the upcoming month-plus of the rainy season, the workers would continue weaving linen. ṙ𝘢ＮоＢ˧
By then, the amount of linen produced would double from the current quantity.
“I see, but it will be very cold during the snow season, Animal Hide is much warmer.” Yu Ying worried about staying warm.
Though linen would be comfortable, it was not as warm. For real warmth, they needed Animal Hide with long fur.
“Don’t worry about that. We can stuff the linen blankets with wool or other animal fur, or put an Animal Hide cover on the outside.” Su Bai said.
He was thinking of a four-piece bedding set, equivalent to stuffing wool and other materials into the duvet cover to make a comforter. Then using Animal Hide as a sheet to cover the comforter.
When there was no snow, just linen would be fine. When it snowed, they could easily add wool and other materials to make it thicker and warmer.
“This method could work, but it still requires a lot of linen…” Yu Ying was still worried.
If they made it this way, they would need two equally large pieces of linen sewn together to make a bag-like covering.
“Don’t worry about that, it’s just for our use, it won’t take that much.” Su Bai said.
Most of the linen was only for his use now. Others could not use this linen yet. Being able to use Animal Hide was already good enough for most; since most other Tribes could only use hay.
“Alright, but you would need to teach me how to sew it…” Yu Ying swished her pink fox tail.
“I’ll teach you tonight, including how to make pillows. They’re essential for good sleep.” Su Bai nodded.
Yu Ying tilted her cute head and asked in a soft voice, “Could those pillows be as comfortable as the one you sleep on?”
Su Bai raised his thick eyebrows slightly and deliberately said, “Oh? How do you know that pillow is comfortable?”
He had known she had tried it before because he found pink hair on it. Only Yu Ying’s hair was pink, and no one else had that colour. Plus, only she could get close to where he slept.
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