According to the quintuplets, they were used to drinking water from bamboo tubes because the water in the bamboo tubes had a pleasant aroma.

Zhao Guihua used her sleeve to wipe Xingxing's sweat, then touched her back and found it was completely wet, so she pulled her to change her clothes.

"Auntie, you don't need to change my clothes. The five brothers Fu are all sweaty and don't need to change their clothes either. I'm going to turn Huahua over to dry in a bit, and I'll sweat a lot more." Xingxing said seriously, tilting her head.

"Are you worried that if you change your clothes now, you won't have any to change into tonight? Don't worry about that. The sun is so strong, your clothes will dry quickly after washing," Zhao Guihua coaxed her gently.

How can a little girl compare to five boys? The boys often go shirtless when their clothes are wet, without worrying about getting sick, but a little girl can't go shirtless.

Zhao Guihua filled a basin with water to wipe Xingxing's body, but Xingxing said, "Auntie, give me the handkerchief, I'll wipe myself."

"Xingxing is still small, let Auntie wipe it for you a few more times, and you can wipe it yourself in a few days, okay?" Zhao Guihua secretly praised the child for being sensible and endearing.

These past few days, Xingxing has been trying to help with chores around the house, but she's young and has never done these kinds of work before, so her clumsy little appearance is quite amusing.

However, Xingxing wanted to learn, so Zhao Guihua patiently taught her. She didn't know how wealthy families taught their children, but she felt that whether a rich girl or a farmer's daughter, being able to take care of herself in life would give her more confidence, and even if she fell on hard times one day, she wouldn't have to worry about not being able to survive.

After changing her clothes, Xingxing put the dirty clothes in the wooden basin. Seeing that the water tank was empty, she took the basin to the stream to wash the clothes, just as she had seen her aunt do that in the morning.

However, carrying both the wooden basin and the wooden stick used for beating clothes was too heavy, and she tried several times but could not lift them.

"Oh, my sweetheart, leave the clothes for Auntie to wash, you don't need to wash them." Zhao Guihua's heart melted, and upon thinking about it, she felt like laughing.

This little one, who used to live a life of ease and comfort, is now so well-behaved and sensible.

"Xingxing wants to help with chores. Xingxing can do it. Auntie will teach Xingxing. Xingxing can learn it." Xingxing pouted, her round little face showing stubbornness and determination.

Zhao Guihua couldn't resist kissing her on the cheek. "Okay, okay, Auntie will take you to the stream to wash clothes, but the sun is very strong today, so you'll have to wear a straw hat."

The bamboo hats were woven by themselves from bamboo they cut; each person in the family had one. Zhao Guihua carried a wash basin in one hand and held Xingxing's hand in the other, and the two of them quickly arrived at the stream at the end of the village.

Yegou Village has three streams, but the drought had dried up the streams. Fortunately, a heavy rain fell the day before yesterday, which brought out the spring water from the mountains, and the streams were filled with water again.

Zhao Guihua squatted down, took some wood ash, wrapped it in her clothes, and started beating the clothes with a wooden stick. She would beat the clothes a few times and then stop to explain.

“You’re still too young to lift this stick. You can rub it with your hands. If only we had soap.” Unfortunately, they couldn’t afford it. They had run out of the soapberries they had picked in the mountains, so they could only use wood ash.

Xingxing listened attentively. She felt that washing clothes was not difficult, as she had already learned how. Her eyes began to wander elsewhere, and then she stared intently at a clump of grass.

A scene seemed to appear before my eyes, a scene with many loaches jumping around, many loaches in the grass, and loaches that can be eaten.

Xingxing tugged at Zhao Guihua's clothes and pointed to the weeds in the water, saying, "Auntie, I just saw some fish swim into the weeds. Could you take the wooden basin over and put them in? You can lay it on its side like this, and then use a stick to stir the weeds, and the fish will swim into the basin."