GBP Chapter 332: You’ve learned to be stubborn!
Chapter 332: You’ve learned to be stubborn!
The palm mattresses they had made before were not wasted. In recent days, they were reshaped into the size suitable for the kang in the new home.
The extra palm mats, which they had previously used to make air pressure in the cave, were turned into extra thick sofa cushions and sofa backrests. Although they were poor, they definitely made the best use of everything.
Fortunately, the sofa was made of adobe bricks. You see, they have all moved now. Many houses have their windows and doors repaired, but the cabinets and other things in the house are still not complete.
Of course, as the treasure of the Nine Clan, Shen Zhiqiu's family has everything.
Each room has a vertical wardrobe according to the design drawn by Shen Youyou. It can hold more things and hang clothes without taking up too much space.
There is also a small dressing table in Shen Youyou's room. It is actually just a simple table and a stool, but it is already very good. At least it can be used to place some daily necessities or write.
Shen Zhiqiu's room was relatively well furnished, because his elder brother-in-law, together with his elder brother and younger brothers, not only made a desk for him, but also a simple bookcase. This thoughtfulness doubled the pressure on him.
There is no other way because my eldest brother-in-law has been very busy since he came to Tangjia Village. It is really not easy for him to take time out of his busy schedule to think about my third brother's studies.
Dahu, Erhu, and Li Quan were also arranging their things in their rooms. Dahu and Erhu's room had two wardrobes, one for each of them. Dahu wiped the wardrobes with a rag until they were shiny.
I feel so warm in my heart, and I know that my brother-in-law will never forget them.
At the end of the day, we moved, fished, stewed fish, steamed some white flour dry food with red dots, and asked the boys to deliver two to each household. Of course, we couldn't forget to make the steamed cake and jelly for the stall tomorrow.
There is no time to be idle, but in the eyes of Shen Zhiqiu and everyone in the Nine Clans, this is considered as not working?
In fact, the main reason is that today is much easier than before.
The group had a meal in the evening with leftover fish stew and jelly.
However, the jelly and steamed cake were almost ready in the afternoon, so they could rest early in the evening. This was the first time they had started to rest so early, just to give everyone time to wash up.
Every household had enough firewood. Erhu sat on a small wooden stool outside the partition, adding firewood from time to time.
Shen Youyou and Li Jingshu were in the same bathtub, while Shen Zhiqiu and Shen Luming were in another bathtub.
There is no need to carry the water out after taking a bath. When the house was built, a platform was made with a bamboo pipe leading to the outside. All you have to do is scoop the dirty water into the boiling water platform with a ladle, and it will flow along the bamboo pipe to the back of the house.
The only downside is that there is no indoor toilet.
For example, if you want to go to the toilet, you have to go outside. There are public toilets for men and women separated at the four corners of their compound.
Shen Zhiqiu sat in the iron pot and scrubbed Shen Luming's body. In fact, compared with many ancient people, they were very diligent in taking a bath. However, they had to do dirty work every day, and even the little kids were running around.
You don’t need to use too much force to scrub off a layer of mud with a bath towel made of palm flannel.
"Oh, son, you are so dirty. You always come to my arms and rub the mud on me."
Shen Luming was not convinced, and responded in a baby voice: "Dad, you work with firewood and soil, so your body must be dirtier than mine. You got the mud on me because of you."
"Oh my! You've learned to be stubborn!"
Shen Zhiqiu took a palm-sized bath towel and deliberately rubbed Shen Luming's armpits, making Shen Luming giggle while kicking the water.
Li Jingshu's unpleasant voice came: "Can you wash it properly? Wash the dishes quickly and finish it quickly. Uncle Li and Dahu and Erhu haven't washed them yet."
Okay, suppress it in one second!
But how could it be so fast? Not to mention others, just look at Shen Youyou, who used three pots of water in total.
Li Jingshu said helplessly: "That's enough. The well is at the bottom of the slope. It's very strenuous to draw water up and down. Can you please stop moving the water?"
In fact, Shen Youyou always felt that her body was not clean enough. She felt that if she rubbed it again, mud would come out.
But now that my mother has spoken, that's enough. Once she makes the sweet potato starch, I'll make some more large plastic buckets and hang them outside in the daytime. I won't have to boil water for a bath.
This is for families like Shen Zhiqiu who already have bathing pots. Some families don’t have bathing pots, and don’t want to wait in line until those who have bathing pots have finished bathing before going to borrow a bathhouse. Who doesn’t want to finish bathing and rest early?
Just use the stove to boil water, and then use the wooden basin to wash after it boils. There are only a few basins at home. Many wooden basins and barrels are used to store jelly. It’s not that they can’t be used for bathing, but they are used to hold jelly.
So after some families finish washing one by one, it is not too early.
After Shen Youyou finished washing, she began to apply perfume all over her body. In her opinion, she had no nerve to apply perfume all over her body when she lived in a shared dormitory before. But now that her side door was closed, she could apply perfume as she wanted. Her father even designed a latch for her door.
Shen Luming was also being touched by Li Jingshu. He was wearing the big shorts made by Li Jingshu, with his bare chest. Except for his slightly tanned face, his body was very white after washing.
Shen Zhiqiu was not so lucky. He replaced Erhu and boiled water for Dahu, Erhu, and Li Quan.
Originally, the three of them meant to say, "Son-in-law, you don't have to boil water, the three of us can take turns."
Shen Zhiqiu rolled his eyes: "You are used to calling me uncle, I won't force you, but we are a family, what's the big deal if I boil some water for you, hurry up and stop wasting time, wash up and rest early."
Li Quan didn't hesitate and went in to wash directly. Da Hu and Er Hu felt that even though they were a family, they had never seen an elder boil water for the younger ones.
So they stood there without moving. It was Li Quan who understood the two of them and called out, "Hurry up, both of you. Wash up and go to bed quickly. Untie your hair and wash it thoroughly. Miss will change new sheets and quilts for you. If you don't wash them well and get lice, Miss will hate it."
To be honest, the boy didn't like to be clean very much, and he would just do whatever he could, so Shen Zhiqiu handed him the lice medicine and asked him to wet his hair and apply it first, and then wrap it with a piece of cloth.
Regardless of whether there are lice on your head, it is better to take precautions.
Of course, they were used to using this lice medicine. In order to prevent everyone from getting lice, Doctor Guo would never miss out on any herb that could be used as lice medicine.
That day, no matter how troublesome it was to wash up, everyone boiled many pots of water and went to the well downhill to fetch water many times.
But there was constant laughter in every household.
Grandpa Shen washed himself, and holding his great-granddaughter Shen Nannan, he said with a sigh, "Our Nannan has the best life. As long as everyone follows your uncle and works hard, our Nannan will definitely not leave the thatched cottage when she gets married."
Shen Nannan rolled her big round eyes and asked, "Grandpa, why does Nannan want to get married?"
Great grandfather laughed and said, "It's okay if you don't get married. We can find a son-in-law."
At Old Lady Hua's house, Daya and Erya have been with Shen Youyou for a long time and have learned her vain habit. They go back to their room and put on perfume after taking a bath.
After washing, Shen Yuanbao wanted to follow his sisters and use the Zhuge cauliflower-scented facial oil that Sister Yoyo had just made.
The color is lavender and very beautiful.
Her mother grabbed him and smeared some of the old rosin facial oil on his face: "You can use whatever you want. There are only a few bottles of the new one."
Shen Yuanbao felt deeply hurt. He didn't know when his mother stopped loving him the most.