Tan Ying and Lu Hua didn't expect such a good thing to happen, and responded happily.

With Zhang Dacui's previous experience as a lesson, the other three families immediately returned home to check the pickled wild boar meat. Fortunately, because the ingredients were genuine, the meat did not deteriorate even in the rainy weather during this period. They would take it out to dry and then store it for eating on the road after it was dried.

As for Lin Changhe's family, they were extremely depressed.

Zhao Qing and others hunted too frequently in this area, so many rabbits, pheasants, deer and musk deer were scared away. If they went further away, they might be targeted by large wild beasts. It is understandable that they came back empty-handed today.

Lin Susu was considerate. "We've eaten a lot of good food thanks to your hunting during this time. It's enough. Rui'er said we're leaving here soon, so don't take any risks."

Zhao Qing nodded: "Okay, I set up a few traps when I came back today, let's see if there are any catches tomorrow."

Lin Susu nodded: "Okay." As long as no one else is put in danger.

As soon as the sun came out, the protective shed began to get hot. There were still many mosquitoes from the woods that were still in the shed, so Feng Zhenniang lit a lot of mugwort inside to smoke away the mosquitoes.

Lin Rui carried Qingqing outside, fearing that the child would choke.

After following Lin Rui, little Qingqing never made a fuss again. She was very well behaved and just ate and slept. Her wrinkled skin began to heal slowly, changing every day. It was still hard to tell whether she looked like a member of the Lin family or the Zhang family, but no matter what she looked like, her surname was Lin and she was a child of the Lin family.

Feng Zhenniang moved a small wooden stool and sat outside. She patted her legs, and Niu Niu walked over and lay on her grandmother's legs. Feng Zhenniang untied Niu Niu's already messy hair and combed her hair with a comb.

Niu Niu's little hands would occasionally reach into her hair and scratch it, and Feng Zhenniang would comb her hair again and again with a comb.

Lin Rui held Qingqing and walked over curiously: "Mom, what are you doing?"

Feng Zhenniang said without even looking up: "I'm combing Niuniu's lice. The little girl scratches her head every day and it itches badly. Susu and Zhao Qing are too busy to have time. I have some free time today, so I'll comb her lice with a comb."

When the comb is used, a small nest of lice comes out and crawls densely on the lice.

"With so many lice, how can the child's head not be itchy?" Feng Zhenniang said as she squeezed the lice with her fingernails on both sides, making a squeaking sound.

Why did Lin Rui feel a little disgusted but also relieved when listening to this?

Another comb came down, and another small nest of lice came out. Lin Rui felt his scalp itchy again, and the more he scratched, the more itchy it became.

He hurried into the house, handed the sleeping Qingqing to his second sister, ran out, and waited obediently beside Feng Zhenniang to comb the lice.

"Grandma, my head is itchy too, please comb the lice for me!" Xiaozhan and Xiangxiang from Zhang Dacui's family each held Zhang Dacui's hand and begged. Their heads would itch as soon as they went to bed at night, and now seeing so many bugs in Niuniu's hair, they were scared and started yelling immediately.

Zhang Dacui had no choice but to ask her daughter-in-law to take out the comb at home to comb the child's hair. She didn't know how many lice there were on the child's head until she did. She was shocked. It seemed that she had never expected that there would be so many lice on the child's head at such a young age. There were nests of lice. Xiao Zhan and Xiangxiang imitated Grandma Feng's actions and squeezed the lice with their fingernails until they made a noise. They had a lot of fun.

After Niu Niu passed, it was Mu Tou, and after Mu Tou passed, it was Lin Rui. Lin Rui looked at the shiny hair oil on the comb and rejected it in his heart, but what if there were really lice on his head? Although sulfur soap has strong cleaning ability, lice are very resilient.

I endured the oil and dirt and combed out some of them. There were not as many as Niu Niu and Mu Tou, but there were still more than a dozen.

He suspected that it was passed on by his father or cousins ​​who slept next door to him every day. After all, they were so dirty that they didn't take a bath or wash their hair. It was unacceptable that lice didn't make nests under such hygiene conditions.

The activity of combing hair spread from children to adults, and finally every household combed their hair once to feel comfortable.

After combing his hair, Lin Rui felt that long hair was too inconvenient, so he asked Feng Zhenniang to cut it short. Feng Zhenniang was not happy about it, wondering why she would cut off such good hair.

"Mom, long hair is not easy to take care of and it is easy to get lice. We are away from home now, so of course we should keep it simple." Fortunately, the original owner did not have the punishment of shaving the head in his memory. It was just that the body and hair were given by parents, and not cutting hair could show filial piety to parents. Cutting hair would be despised by others. It was not a punishment that was carried out by violating the laws and regulations of feudal society.

Feng Zhenniang was reluctant, but could not resist Lin Rui's insistence, so she finally took a scissors and cut off his long hair. The scissors were not very sharp, and the lengths of the hair were not uniform, some close to the scalp, and some a little longer. In short, the hair was bumpy and not very beautiful.

Lin Rui felt relieved after having his hair cut, especially his whole head seemed to have lightened by more than ten pounds. His waist-length hair was thrown directly into the fire and burned. Many hair fragments fell on his neck, making him feel itchy. He took out a piece of light yellow sulfur soap from his luggage and went to a nearby puddle formed by heavy rain to wash his hair.

Soap and other things had existed in the Linchao Dynasty, but soap was only offered to high-ranking officials and wealthy families. It was difficult for ordinary people to consume. Soap was relatively soft and was mostly used for bathing.

It was not surprising that he took out sulfur soap. The only difference between him and the Lin family was that he could afford it while others could not.

He used sulfur soap to wash his hair in a puddle. He wet his hair with water and then applied the sulfur soap on his hair. Soon, a lot of soap foam rose while he was scratching his hair. Fortunately, he washed his hair frequently, otherwise, if his hair was too dirty, no foam would be visible.

Having short hair is so comfortable. Just scratch it a few times and your whole head will be clean and comfortable, as if your scalp can breathe.

It doesn't matter if you forget to bring cotton cloth. You can just grab it a few times to squeeze out the water. After washing your hair, he looked at his short hair and sighed comfortably. Then he looked at the children and adults who were staring at him curiously beside the puddle in surprise.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong? Or do you want to use the water here too?" Lin Rui paused and looked at them strangely.

Chen Mei waved her hands: "No, no." Then, somewhat excitedly, she looked at the soap Lin Rui placed beside her and asked: "Brother Rui, this thing of yours is quite unusual. Is it specially used for washing hair?"

Lin Rui roughly understood what they meant. "It's not rare. Longting County and Linjing City both have it. It's called scented soap and is specially made for dignitaries. This was given to me by a friend. It can be used for washing hair and taking a bath. It can wash away all the dirt on the body."

"That's great, that's great." Chen Mei kept saying, her eyes never leaving the round and smooth sulfur soap.

Lin Rui originally wanted to take the sulfur soap back, but as soon as he picked it up, the eyes of the children beside the puddle, including Mu Tou Niuniu, Xiao Zhan Dunzi and Xiang Xiang, followed the soap in his hand eagerly.

"Sister-in-law, do you want to try it?" he asked helplessly.