"Mom, what's wrong with you?"
A beep sounded.
Just as Yun Hua was about to turn her head, she felt the wetness on her face. She quickly wiped her face, and then she looked at Dudu, "Did you wash the dishes? Boil a big pot of hot water, you and Go around and take a shower, and mom will take a shower after you have finished."
It is not easy to take a bath these days.
In Xiaheshu Village, northerners say it is the south, but wheat is grown here and it snows; while southerners say it is the north, but it is very cold in winter because there is no heating.
Although it's not winter yet, it's late autumn. After all, the wheat has been planted. It's a little hot at noon, but it's cold in the morning and evening. Bathing in cold water will definitely make you sick.
Because the air is dry and the temperature is relatively low in this season, most people only wash their hair once a week. As for taking a bath, there is no such concept at all. Those who are more particular will take a bath before the Chinese New Year, and those who are not particular about it are just like that. Everyone is about the same.
Yun Hua couldn't do it, she would feel uncomfortable if she didn't take a bath.
Especially when I went into the mountains during the day, I was active and sweated a lot, and I really couldn't bear not taking a bath. But there is no shower room, hot water has to be boiled by oneself, and taking a bath is really tiring.
Fortunately, the two sons were very sensible, and they accepted Yun Hua's "eccentricity" in a short time, and told them to boil water obediently when they took a bath.
The reason is actually simple. The two children are afraid that if they behave badly, their mother will get angry and leave.
Dudu boiled a large pot of water. The stove was built so big at the time, and Yun Hua separated it a little, and the one next to it could be used as a bath room.
Put the big wooden basin over, pour cold water into it, add hot water, and the two children can wash.
"Do you want mom to help?" Yun Hua said.
Dudu quickly shook his head, blushing, "No, we will wash it."
DouDou immediately said, "Mom, when we grow up, we will take a bath by ourselves, make sure to wash it clean."
Yun Hua nodded with a smile, went to get the saponin powder, and told the two little guys to wash quickly, not only their body, but also their hair. Anyway, kids have short hair and dry quickly.
While the two little ones were taking a bath, Yun Hua filled the pot with water and brought it to a boil, so that she could start washing after the two little ones had washed.
After taking a shower, I feel much more comfortable.
After Yun Hua entered the room, the two little guys were already playing on the kang. Doudou was more lively, and Doudou was generally not active, but Doudou always moved tootoo, and the two little guys would quarrel together when they got bored. .
Yun Hua wiped his hair half dry, and went to the kang to touch the two small hairs.
In the village here, kangs are used instead of beds. In fact, because there is no wood to make them, and the carpenters cannot afford the wages, they simply use adobe to build kangs when building houses, and then cover them with a layer of straw to sleep on.
"Okay, my hair is dry, I can go to sleep," Yun Hua said.
Doudou and Dudu immediately separated and lay down, "Mom, I want to hear a story."
Yun Hua smiled, "Okay, today we're going to talk about borrowing arrows from straw boats..."
Those who say that storytelling can make children fall asleep must be because the story is not exciting enough, or the storyteller is too low-level. Under normal circumstances, a good story will only make children more energetic as they listen to it.
This was the case for Doudou and Dudu. After listening to Yun Hua's lecture on borrowing arrows from straw boats, the two became more energetic.
"Mom, I still want to hear it." Doudou acted like a baby.
This voice made Yun Hua feel in a trance that he was still in his previous life.
She touched the heads of the two little guys: "A good story, you can't break your promise. Now, close your eyes and go to sleep, and mom will sleep too."
Yun Hua slept with the two little guys, not because she was worried about them, but mainly because she didn't have so many bedding. If she slept alone, she would have to sleep on straw instead of bedding.
Gotta get the cloth fast.
In addition, when building the house before, when repairing the kang, I also told the helpers that she wanted to make it similar to the Northeast one, which could be connected with the stove, so that in winter, as long as the stove Turn on the fire, and the kang will heat up.
None of the masters had done that kind of repair, but it didn't sound too difficult, so they helped her do it, but the flue hadn't been finished yet, and she had to find time to modify the flue again.
The next day, Yun Hua entered the city again.
This time she didn't take the two little ones with her, leaving them to watch the house at home.
Today, she is going to the black market to sell things first, as well as medicinal materials, and she has to find a way to exchange cloth tickets and cotton tickets... There are many things to do, and it is not convenient to bring two young ones.
What she wants to sell today is the fish that she has cleaned and marinated, and the other is pheasant. She keeps the eggs at home for the two little ones to eat.
Fish are not too rare, but such a big fish is very rare.
Yun Hua originally went directly to the black market, but before he got there, he felt something was wrong, so he bypassed the side. Sure enough, after walking far away, he found that a picket team was checking the black market. According to the people who lived on the street, they had already checked It's been two or three days.
Yun Hua wasn't worried that things wouldn't be sold. In this era of scarcity, no one would want such good meat
If you can’t sell it on the black market, go to other places, such as places where you get wages.
There was a wire factory in the county, and Yun Hua went to the staff dormitory area over there.
She was carrying a cage on her body and a bamboo basket on her arm, in which was a basket of wild amaranth.
When she arrived, it wasn't when the electric wire factory was commuting. There weren't many people, but this was Yun Hua's calculation.
Now that there are fewer people, it is easier.
The family members of the electric wire factory came back from shopping. When they ran into Yun Hua, Yun Hua smiled and chatted up: "Sister, I'm here to find a fellow villager. I'll ask you for an acquaintance..."
"What, there's no such person, then I may have misremembered." Yun Hua sighed with embarrassment, "What should I do with the things I found for him..."
"What?" The other party was really curious.
Yun Hua hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "A little meat."
Hearing the meat, the eldest sister immediately brightened her eyes and looked around. Seeing that no one was paying attention, she hurriedly dragged Yun Hua to the corridor of the family building, and whispered, "What kind of meat is it, show it to the eldest sister."
When she saw the big grass carp that weighed seven or eight catties, the elder sister's eyes lit up and she said directly, "Sister, why don't you sell this fish to me?"
"How can I sell it, I can't..."
"It's not for sale, let's change it. I'll give you a ticket or something else, and post some money for you if appropriate. We're not for sale."
Yun Hua seemed to be persuaded, but he also had concerns, "But sister, I have so many, you..."
"Of course I can't eat it by myself, but I will find someone for you. Don't worry, I will definitely clean up for you. You can tell the elder sister first, what do you want?"
Yun Hua said, "It's getting cold, and the kids don't have winter clothes. I want to order cloth and cotton tickets..."
"This is easy! Just wait!"
Within five minutes, the eldest sister brought four or five older sisters over...
(end of this chapter)