Making Popsicles

The bamboo tube was placed in a wicker basket, which was covered with a clean cloth. The bamboo tube was placed on top of the cloth, and on top of the cloth, there were many thin rods that had been washed.

Xue Yan squatted beside her, watching her without asking her what she was going to do.

Jiang Yue ignored him and tied the ten bamboo tubes together with hemp rope. She tied them tightly, with the bottom and openings aligned.

Seeing this, Xue Yan understood and helped her unravel the hemp rope. Then, he slowly tied the other ten bamboo tubes together.

Jiang Yue saw what he was doing out of the corner of her eye and glanced at him. Xue Yan was not as fast as Jiang Yue. After Jiang Yue had tied up three bundles, Xue Yan finished the first bundle.

There were only forty bamboo tubes, ten in a bundle, and a total of four bundles.