The group of people looked at Tian Tian and praised her again, saying that she was sensible, capable, and filial.
She felt embarrassed and couldn't speak at the back, and she wished she was as far away from them as possible.
When they carried the large basin to the river, Tian Tian saw a thin layer of broken ice floating on the surface of the river. As the water drifted downwards, the sunlight shone on it and reflected out, sparkling as if light was jumping on it.
The sound of broken ice colliding is like the sound of wind chimes, which is very pleasant to the ears.
Tian Tian looked at this scene in shock, but in her mind she thought of what her high school geography teacher had said: too much ice like this would easily block the river, causing the water level upstream to rise, triggering an ice flood, which is a natural disaster.
"Tian Tian! What are you doing standing there? Come here and give me the big basin!" Old Mrs. Tian called out loudly.
Tian Tian came back to her senses and realized that everyone else had gone to find places to wash their clothes as if nothing had happened, but she was the only one who had never seen the world standing there in a daze.
Tian Tian hurriedly took the large basin and went to find Old Mrs. Tian.
To be honest, she had almost forgotten all the geography knowledge she learned in high school. She didn't know why she suddenly remembered this word knowledge point. Maybe it was because the picture in the textbook was more attractive at that time.
Tian Tian put the basin on the ground and was about to put the clothes in it into the river to soak them, but Old Lady Tian snatched the clothes from her hand and sent her home, "Okay, just bring the clothes over. I don't need you to wash these clothes, you can wash them yourself."
"How can that be possible?" Tian Tian retorted without even thinking, "There are so many clothes for the whole family. How long will it take you to wash them all by yourself?"
Before Tian Lao Da said anything, a grandmother next to him laughed, "Tian Tian is so filial, and really knows how to care for others. But you are still a child. The water is very hot, you can't touch it. If you catch a cold, it's a lifelong problem for you. We are so old now, it doesn't matter whether we catch a cold or not. Anyway, we don't plan to have children, hahahahahahaha!"
As he spoke, everyone around him started laughing.
"I would like to have a baby, but my husband is not that interested!"
"Alright, alright! There are children here, please restrain yourself!"
"It's okay. She doesn't understand! What does a little kid like her know?"
I understand! Tian Tian blushed.
"Okay! I'll wash these clothes. If you touch the cold water next time you have your period, don't blame me for not reminding you." Old Mrs. Tian laughed for a while and said to Tian Tian, ​​"Go home and make lunch. We can eat directly when we get back later."
Tian Tian thought about her period last month. She was in so much pain that she rolled around on the kang, burned her stomach on the hot kang, and drinking ginger soup didn't help.
She knew the current water temperature. The water from the well was painful to the touch, not to mention the water from the river.
Tian Tian was a little hesitant, but then she thought that Old Mrs. Tian was also a know-how person. She was also a girl and she used cold water to wash clothes.
"Isn't this water cold?" Tian Tian stretched her hand into the water.
well?
The water was not as bone-chillingly cold as she had imagined. Perhaps because of the sun, it was actually a little warm.
"Grandma! The water is not cold! Let me help you wash some clothes before going home to cook!" Tian Tian said excitedly.
"Oh, Tian Tian! You should go home quickly. If you don't enjoy the happiness when you are a girl, when will you be able to enjoy the happiness? When you get married, will you still need clothes to wash?" said the aunt on the side.
"Your grandma is worried about you and wants you to be less tired. Even though the water feels warm now, it's actually very cold! You are a little girl and you are most afraid of catching a cold. Once you catch a cold, it will be a lifelong problem! We are all so old, so it's okay if we catch a cold."
Tian Tian turned to look at Old Lady Tian, ​​who nodded at her, "Go home quickly! Go back and make dinner, then come over and help me take the washed clothes back to hang them up! And boil some starch water while you're at it, and go back later to starch and wash the sheets."
After hearing this, Tian Tian went back obediently.
The original owner used to help Old Lady Tian make rice water, and the memory of this part is very clear. Tian Tian had noticed this part when she was exploring the original owner's memory.
In fact, it is very simple. Just boil a pot of paste with a lot of water, then soak the dried sheets in the paste and then hang them up to dry. In this way, the sheets will be very stiff, easier to sew, and not easy to get dirty.
She was the only one at home. Tian Lisong had gone to the brigade, and Tian Lilin and Lin Meiyu had all gone up the mountain. Tian Baobao and the others had been cooped up for a whole winter. Now they had taken off their cotton trousers, the weather had warmed up, and the trees and grass had sprouted. The two of them were like wild horses that had broken free from their reins, running around the brigade every day, and you could never see them until mealtime.
Tian Tian took a large cabbage, peeled off the dry outer skin and threw it outside to feed the chickens, preparing to make a cabbage stew with vermicelli.
The things stored in her family had been almost consumed after a winter. Now there was only one head of sauerkraut left. There were still some cabbages and radishes, but not much. There were also a few handfuls of dried vegetables, which would have to last until July or August.
Tian Tian thought that it would be difficult to eat these vegetables at that time. Fortunately, there would be wild vegetables growing on the mountain during this period. She could pick some wild vegetables on the mountain and eat them.
Last year, during the autumn harvest, there were vegetables but no grain. This year, during the spring planting, there is grain but no vegetables again. It turns out that in the four seasons of the year, only summer and winter have both vegetables and grain. It just so happens that the two busy farming seasons are spring and autumn, when the transition from green to yellow occurs.
Tian Tian has been eating sauerkraut and cabbage for the entire winter. Even though she likes them very much, she is a little tired of them now and wants to eat something else to change the taste. However, there are only cabbage and sauerkraut at home and there is no other choice.
Tian Tian prepared the meal quickly, then boiled a pot of rice water, closed the door, and went to the river to get clothes for Old Lady Tian.
In fact, except for Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo, the clothes and quilts of other people are not very dirty. After all, they are all adults and they know how to keep clean. They usually pay attention to it when doing work. Even the quilts they sleep on are not very dirty because they are wearing autumn clothes and autumn trousers.
There were only Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo. They were rarely allowed to go out that winter, but their clothes were rubbed black and white from somewhere. The front was even hardened and stained with oil. When they were tapped with a stick, black water flowed down in strips. Old Mrs. Tian was so angry while washing them.
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