She checked each bundle carefully, pressing them to test the dryness, checking the lashings to make sure nothing would come loose on the Thagga.
She set aside two bundles that needed retying and made a mental note to ask Xiaoli to bring more vine cord when the girls arrived.
The water began to steam.
She poured it into two bowls and set it aside close to the fire so it wouldn't get too cold.
She wrapped her hands around the other one and kept working.
The clay water vessels were next, four of them, all full.
She tested each stopper, checking for any that had worked loose overnight. One of them was slightly suspect. She tightened it carefully and set it back.
The insulation moss Xiaoli had brought was piled in the corner, already partially sorted. Ningning pulled it toward her and began dividing it into sections, thinking about the Thagga, about how much coverage the seat platform would need.
