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Qing Kuo said that winter is too boring, and everyone has nothing to do, so they can only find something to do.

After the address of the small veterinary hospital was finalized, Wu Jiong brought back some hardwood, intending to make shelves and cabinets for the veterinary hospital so that Jian Mo could store things.

Jian Mo squatted down beside him, looking at the piece of wood he was examining. "What kind of tree is this? This wood smells so nice."

Wu Jiong: "Jiajia Tree, squat a little further away, so you don't get hit by wood chips."

Jian Mo moved aside and touched the wood again. "Dry. Did you prepare this in advance?"

Wu Jiong: "I was planning to make a batch of cabinets for you to use on the second floor, so I cut down the wood in the fall."

Jian Mo turned her head and glanced at the pile of wood in the yard. "You chopped a lot."

Wu Jiong: "There are still some in the forest, but they haven't all been brought back."

Jian Mo's heart skipped a beat, and she said to Wu Jiong, "How about you make me a bed?"

Wu Jiong: "What is a bed?"

Jian Mo: "It's just a place to sleep--"

As soon as the words left his mouth, Jian Mo stammered, finding it difficult to describe what a bed was; the floor they were currently sleeping on was also their sleeping place.

Jian Mo thought for a moment, then ran back into the house and grabbed a piece of charcoal to draw for Wu Jiong: "It's just a frame with wooden planks, and you can put on bedding to make a bed. We like to sleep in beds where we're from; it feels better than sleeping on the floor."

Although the floor on the second floor wasn't very damp, it wasn't as comfortable as a bed. Every time he lay down, he felt a little awkward, except when he slept on the giant wolf.

However, the giant wolf's body is not very smooth, so sleeping on it is not as comfortable as sleeping on a proper bed.

Jian Mo said, "The bed is at a certain height, making it more comfortable to sleep on."

After carefully examining it, Wu Jiong nodded. "It's not difficult. I'll make the bed first."

Jian Mo said happily, "Then I'll prepare the mattress and blanket first."

Ever since Jian Mo started seriously treating patients, he has never lacked medical materials.

With the metal sent by the Jintuo Tribe, his stock became even more abundant, and he could exchange materials or metal for anything he was short of.

Now that he wanted to make bedding, he simply exchanged it for a large quantity of animal hair.

Because it was too strange to use the fur of some orc as bedding, he replaced it with the fur of Pack-Pack Beast.

People didn't particularly like the fur of the Pack-Pack Beast, so he traded a few animal hides and a batch of sausages for a large pile of them.

He first sorted through the Pack-Pack Beast he had acquired, then put it in a basket, washed it clean with soap, and laid it on the ground, pressing it down with wooden strips to dry.

The sun and cold wind make the animal fur dry, fluffy, and even softer.

The animal hair is ready to use in this condition.

Jian Mo put the animal fur away, picked a nice day, and started making a quilt.

He first spread the animal hairs evenly on the cloth, creating a certain thickness, then covered it with another layer of cloth. He then used thread to sew evenly grids into the cloth, ensuring that the amount of animal hair in each small grid was roughly the same.

Familiar beastmen from the tribe came over to help him sew, Min Dang also came to help.

Everyone was amazed that such an exquisite quilt could be made, and they kept praising it as they worked on it.

Qing Kuo: "The quilt made this way is both light and warm, definitely better than animal hide."

Jian Mo smiled and said, "It's not that stuffy, and it's easy to clean."

Speaking of this, Qing Kuo disagreed. "Won't it be hard to wash? There's so much animal hair inside, it'll be incredibly heavy once it gets wet, and it won't dry easily either. It'll probably take several days to dry, and the animal hair inside might even get moldy."

Everyone nodded in agreement; based on their life experience, such a large quilt probably wouldn't be easy to wash.

Jian Mo explained, "This is just the comforter insert; it's covered by a duvet cover. When washing it, you only need to remove the duvet cover; you won't wash the whole thing together."

Min Dang: "Trapped?"

Jian Mo: "Yes, we can make another cover with cloth, and wrap the comforter inside when we use it. If we feel the comforter is a little damp, we can put it in the sun to air it out and beat it, without having to wash the whole thing."

Qing Kuo pondered for a moment, "That sounds alright. Animal hides are too heavy; we could use blankets like this for the cubs."

Jian Mo: "Yes. Fabric duvet covers are also breathable and absorbent, making it less likely to catch a cold when covered by a blanket."

The more Jian Mo talked, the more interested everyone became, and they all expressed their desire to learn how to make quilts from him.

He simply led everyone to make two large quilts and two large quilt covers. He even sewed ropes to the four corners of the quilt inserts and covers. After putting them on, he tied the ropes so that the quilt inserts wouldn't move around.

If everyone follows the whole process, they'll have a good idea of how to make a quilt.

While they were finishing making the comforters, Wu Jiong's bed was almost done as well.

Due to a lack of supplies, their beds did not use metal nails; they were all made with mortise and tenon joints. After the bed frame was made, it was assembled and put together to complete the bed.

Jian Mo looked at it and felt that the bed was not much different from a modern bed.

If there's any difference, it's that he didn't know how he got wood varnish or any plant oil; the wood of this bed was just bare, without any oil or varnish to prevent insects or moths.

It's not a big problem, we can get a replacement later, we can make do with it for now.

On the day the bed was finished, Jian Mo carefully wiped it several times with a cloth, then brought back the sun-dried bedding and spread it on the bed.

He was too lazy to embroider or dye the duvet covers and sheets; they were all solid colors with a hint of linen. Lay them on the wooden bed, and they matched the wooden floor and stone walls perfectly, looking almost indistinguishable from a modern bed.

Jian Mo threw herself onto the bed, rolled around on the soft mattress, and sighed contentedly, smelling the faint scent of soap on the sheets.

That was incredibly difficult.

This bedding is so comfortable, much more comfortable than animal skin blankets.

Jian Mo hugged the blanket, rolled over again, and when she opened her eyes again, Wu Jiong had already transformed into a giant wolf and was sleeping next to her.

Jian Mo climbed onto him on the bed, pinched his ear, and lay on top of him. "The bed is already made, why are you still sleeping on the bottom?"