Worrying that the remaining dishes would go bad, Chen Wanbai and Liu felt very full.
Fortunately, Chen Wanbai often secretly bought meat buns to eat before, otherwise his stomach would definitely not be able to bear such a big meal.
Ms. Liu looked at her daughter and secretly felt that leaving the Chen family was the right choice. The home without her husband was no longer her home. Now the place where her daughter is is home, and she must You have to stand up and don't drag your daughter down.
The two sat there and rested for a while, then stood up to clean up the mess.
Chen Wanbai took out a section of burning firewood from the stove, held a wooden bucket in one hand and prepared to go to the ditch to fetch water. Mrs. Liu hurriedly stopped him.
"Come on, mother, you hold the torch."
"Can you do it?" Chen Wanbai looked at Mrs. Liu with confusion on his face.
Mrs. Liu has never done heavy work in the Chen family. It's nothing more than washing and cooking, feeding chickens and pigs, sewing clothes and embroidering handkerchiefs. Chen Daan was very kind to her. He even carried the basin for washing clothes to the river.
"Do you look down on mother like that?" Mrs. Liu scolded, reaching out and snatching the barrel from Chen Wanbai's hand.
"You go and wash up first, I'll wash the dishes."
As Liu said, she rolled up her sleeves, squatted on the ground and started washing and soaking in the plant ash water basin. bowls and chopsticks.
There was no dishwashing liquid in this era, so farmers either used boiling water or plant ash to wash dishes.
Boiling water requires firewood, so most people use plant ashes after cooking.
Chen Wanbai did not refuse. Of course she did not want to do everything by herself. The cheap mother-in-law is only twenty-eight years old, very young, and now she is only a twelve-year-old child.
She brought cold water with a bucket, mixed it with the boiling water, picked up a bucket and walked towards the cabin.
He took out a wooden basin from under the bed, and placed towels, soap locust and other items in the wooden basin. Then he took out two new sets of clothes, which were all bought before.
After pouring the water from the bucket into the wooden basin and testing the water temperature, Chen Wanbai took off his clothes.
Rub the soap locust on the towel, mix the hot water and the soap locust, and emit a light fragrance.
Wipe your body back and forth with a soap scented towel.
I thought to myself: "The scent of this soap locust is quite nice. It seems that the huge sum of money is not in vain. It would be even better if I could take a bath. When can I get one? A big wooden bucket is just fine. I need to give the dog scraper a good rub.”
After scrubbing, I felt much refreshed. She put on clean clothes and put the old clothes in the tub, pouring some hot water to wash them later.
By the time Mrs. Liu finished taking a shower and changed into clean clothes, it was already the first watch.
Chen Wanbai stepped forward and took the tub from her hand, intending to wash her clothes.
Mrs. Liu shrank the wooden basin closer to her armpit and refused: "Mother can wash it herself, and I will also wash your clothes for you in the future."
"Okay. "Mom, hang the washed clothes on the hemp rope on the side of the house. We will put on old clothes during the day and wear new clothes to sleep at night."
Pick up during the day. When she was getting firewood, she passed by there and saw that the distance between the two trees was very suitable, so she tied a hemp rope to dry the clothes.
Mrs. Liu looked confused.
Chen Wanbai explained: "Mom, we came out of Chen's house, but we didn't bring anything with us. Everyone knows that. So where did we get the money to buy clothes? And the things in the house, we still It's better to hide it first, in case someone sees it, there may be something wrong."
Ms. Liu looked stunned. It seemed that she was not as smart as her daughter, and she didn't understand such a simple truth.
If the news reaches Mrs. Zhou’s ears, she might come to her door to cause trouble.
There is only a small wooden bed in the house, which is about two feet wide. It can barely sleep one adult, but it cannot sleep two people.
"Xiaobai, you sleep on the bed, and Mom makes do with the floor for the night."
"Mom, you are not in good health, so you should sleep on the bed. I am thick-skinned, so I can sleep on the floor." ”
“It’s just a quilt,” Ms. Liu said, looking at the slightly thin quilt Wan Chaogui sent.
"Mom, go ahead and cover yourself with a quilt. It's not very cold today, so it doesn't matter if I don't cover you with a quilt."
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In August, it is still relatively hot during the day, but there is still a bit of coolness in the morning and evening.
However, Chen Wanbai felt that it would be fine if he didn't cover himself with a quilt. The quilt wasn't very thick anyway.
She remembered again that there were still many remaining cypress branches that had been used to make the bed. He turned around and went out of the house, grabbing the cypress branches behind the house.
I spread a layer on the ground against the wall and lay down to feel it again.
I thought: I’d better chop some more tomorrow and make it thicker for more comfort.
Chen Wanbai was lying on the ground. Although he was a little stiff, he felt extremely comfortable in his heart.
What a peaceful night. I can only hear the chirping of insects and the croaking of frogs outside, instead of the sharp and harsh yelling of Mrs. Zhou or Mrs. Zhu in the past.
To be honest, after many years of health care, since she came to the Chen family, her head was often buzzing because she heard the two people yelling and cursing too much.
Unknowingly, she fell into sleep.
In the middle of the night, Chen Wanbai, who was awakened by a branch, heard the sound of Liu's tossing and turning, accompanied by slight sobbing.
But she didn't care, not because she was indifferent, but because she was used to it.
Since Chen Daan passed away, Mrs. Liu could be heard crying through the curtain in the past few days and nights.
Tonight, it was probably because of leaving the Chen family, or perhaps because of making peace with Chen Daan.
Although it was not a good idea to encourage the Liu family to reconcile, under the circumstances at that time, reconciliation was better than being abandoned.
Chen Wanbai turned over and planned to change his position and continue sleeping. Mrs. Liu thought she was awake, so she stopped crying. She looked at her and saw that she just turned over and did not wake up. She wiped away her tears and gradually fell asleep.
The night passed like this.
The summer sun always rises so early. At the beginning of the morning, the sunlight leaks into the cabin through the cracks in the windows and doors.
Chen Wanbai opened his eyes and sat up from the ground. She stretched and moved her somewhat stiff body.
Having said that, it is indeed a bit cold. She felt a little uncomfortable in her stomach and quickly stood up, planning to go and relieve herself.
Mrs. Liu also slowly opened her eyes, looked at her daughter, and showed a gentle smile.
The house is filled with a faint smell of earth and cypress branches, mixed with the smell of sunshine, making people feel particularly at ease.
"Mom is making breakfast, do you want to come to bed and sleep?"
"No, I feel much more comfortable sleeping than before."
Liu Shi naturally understood what she meant. When he woke up before going to bed, there were no unpleasant curses. He was indeed much more comfortable than before.
The two looked at each other and smiled, and then they both stood up.
Liu made a fire, boiled water, and started cooking porridge.
Chen Wanbai quickly ran to a very lush grass to solve the important issues in his life.
After quickly solving the problem, she walked to the ditch and washed her hands.
Then find a suitable willow branch on the willow tree by the water and break it off.
Then he squatted by the ditch, took a sip of cold water, and rinsed his mouth.
Float the willow branch in the water for two times, then put it in your mouth and chew it gently. Suddenly, a fresh taste spread in her mouth.
After the chewed willow branch became soft, Chen Wanbai used it to gently brush his teeth.
She looked back and saw that Mrs. Liu was busy and the meal was not ready yet.
I returned to the cabin, took the hatchet and went up the mountain. I had to cut some rattan to weave a fishing cage.