Maybe it was because Tian Tian was where she could see the show today, and it seemed that everyone's attitude was a little more heated than yesterday. Tian Tian could even hear some people talking about the dirty jokes that the actor had just made.
"This duo sings really well, but I don't know if I can still listen to it tomorrow?" Chen Guihua said with some lingering feeling.
"If Tian Ligang hadn't told us before, there wouldn't be any opera singers in our team."
"You have been listening to operas for two days. There were no operas for you to listen to in previous years. You have listened to them twice this year and you are still not satisfied. I think you have let your hearts go wild." said Old Mrs. Tian.
Chen Guihua and Lin Meiyu immediately fell silent.
"I feel like we can still listen tomorrow night!" Tian Tian suddenly spoke.
"What? How do you know?" Chen Guihua asked.
"I just saw the old man going to talk to the people from the county art troupe. If I don't go to the opera tomorrow, he doesn't have to go to them." Tian Tian said.
Now when the art troupe goes to the countryside to perform for them, the villagers arrange accommodation for them, including meals at the villagers' homes. All of these need to be arranged by the team leader.
"That's great. Let's go early tomorrow and sit in the second row. Maybe they can sing a different duo than today." Chen Guihua said.
Tian Tian also felt some anticipation after hearing this.
There is really no form of entertainment now. Everyone goes to bed on time as soon as it gets dark every night. Especially now that the days are getting shorter, it gets dark earlier and earlier every night. Everyone goes to bed around seven o'clock.
Tian Tian couldn't accept this kind of schedule, but studying every night was a bit too boring. It was a good opportunity for her to come and listen to some opera to kill time, which was also a rare way of entertainment.
The only drawback is that they don’t come to sing every day. They may finish singing today and leave tomorrow.
As everyone walked home in the night, the village, which should have been quiet at this time, became unusually lively.
Although Tian Tian didn't go to bed as early as Grandma Tian and the others every day and would secretly study in the river for a while, she would go to bed around eight o'clock. She had been sleeping a little late these two days.
After arriving home, Tian Tian didn't care about anything else. She simply soaked her feet, spread out the quilt and went to sleep.
The next morning, Mrs. Tian and her friends didn't get up as late as they did the day before. The key point was that Mrs. Tian knew that Tian Lili and her boyfriend might come over, so she got up a little earlier on purpose. She couldn't let them block her in bed, could she? It was inappropriate to think about it.
Tian Yuan was also leaving today, and Old Mrs. Tian planned to get up and make a delicious meal for Tian Yuan.
As the saying goes, dumplings on the bus and noodles off the bus. It just so happened that the newly harvested wheat was ground into white flour by Old Mrs. Tian, so she planned to use the white flour to roll some noodles today.
Tian Tian and her friends can also benefit from this and have a big bowl of white noodles during the New Year and other festivals.
There are many people in their family and everyone eats a lot. Old Mrs. Tian kneads a whole basin of dough and uses up half of the remaining flour in the house in no time.
It was a rare occasion in a year to eat white noodles, so everyone was very happy, especially Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo. They were so happy to see the white noodles in the pot that they even clamored to bring noodles to school for lunch.
As a result, he was scolded by Old Lady Tian. Old Lady Tian had already prepared the food that Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo would take to lunch. It was the cornmeal vegetable dumplings left over from yesterday's lunch, plus fried pickled vegetables and shredded radish. It was considered a very good meal at that time, at least it could fill Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo.
Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo each ate two large bowls of white noodles, then went to school with their schoolbags on their backs.
They had just cleared the table at home when Second Aunt came over with Tian Lili and her husband.
Tian Tian had only met Tian Lili's husband once before, when Tian Lili got married. She only had an impression of his appearance and had no feeling about his personality.
Tian Yuan already knew that Tian Lili's husband Li Jianjun was coming to see him, and they were no exception when they saw Li Jianjun.
Old Mrs. Tian warmly invited them to sit on the kang, brought them a lot of steamed buns and pears, and poured each of them a bowl of mountain red wine.
Tian Tian greeted them and followed Lin Meiyu to the west room to take down all the sheets, preparing to go to the river to wash the quilts.
Winter is coming soon. If they don’t wash the quilts now, the river will freeze and it will be difficult to wash them. They have used the quilts for a whole summer, so they can only wait until next spring to wash them.
Some people only wash their quilts once a year. After all, washing them can easily shorten the life of the sheets, and a sheet requires a lot of cloth, and cloth coupons are hard to come by.
But Old Mrs. Tian couldn't bear to wash the quilt once a year, so she washed it once in the spring and before winter.
Tian Tian and the others took down the quilts, put them in a large basin, and prepared to take them to the river to wash.
In the house, besides Tian Baobao, there was only one person with dirty clothes. The rest of the dirty clothes were washed on the same day they were taken off and were not saved.
The weather was already cold at this time, and the water was a little thick. Tian Tian couldn't stand it after putting her hand in it for a while.
"Mom! The water is too cold. Let's come back to take a bath at noon!"
Tian Tian's hands were so cold that they hurt. She felt a little distressed when she saw Lin Meiyu acting as if it was nothing.
At noon, the water can at least be warmed up a little by the sun, instead of like now, when the air is still cold early in the morning, not to mention the water.
"Now that you're here, you might as well finish washing it now. This way, the quilt will be dry at night, and you can use it after washing and sewing it. If you wash the quilt at noon, you can only do it tomorrow! And don't you do anything else at noon? There are other things to do!" Lin Meiyu soaked the entire quilt in water, and she didn't care even though her hands were a little red from the cold.
"Then let's boil a pot of hot water and wash the quilt. It's a little troublesome at home, but there is a well!" Tian Tian said.
"You don't waste firewood to boil water, right? The water nowadays is not so cold that it cannot be touched. Isn't it easier to wash after that?" Lin Meiyu glanced at Tian Tian's clenched fist.
She said so, but she was reluctant to let her daughter touch such cold water, "You go back, you don't need to wash it. Your grandma was planning to boil the sweet potatoes today, but now that your second aunt is over, she will definitely not be able to do the work, so you go back and help."
Tian Tian really couldn't understand this behavior. There was firewood and a well at home, so it was not difficult to draw water, let alone go to the well in the brigade to fetch water.
It's just a little troublesome to fill the big basin with water back and forth, but it's better than washing clothes in such cold water.
But nowadays, in order to save firewood, people would rather wash clothes with cold water than boil some hot water. They would rather suffer than live a more comfortable life.
Lin Meiyu felt sorry for Tian Tian, and Tian Tian was reluctant to let Lin Meiyu suffer this. It would be faster and less painful for two people to wash than for one person.
"I'll help you wash, it will be faster." Tian Tian said nothing, picked up her quilt and soaked it in the water.
She was now glad that she was not on her period, otherwise she would definitely not touch the cold water.
Seeing that Tian Tian wanted to wash the quilt here, Lin Meiyu reached out and handed the hammer to Tian Tian, "Just use the hammer to beat the quilt. All our quilts are clean."
Their family is very clean. They wash themselves clean before going to bed every night, so the quilt is not very dirty.
Chen Guihua was watching with envy, "Only a daughter can love her mother. Look at my stinky boy. When will he love me and be a little cleaner?"
Tian Baobao's clothes are always dirty when he comes home every day. Among all the people in the family, the quilt he has slept on is the dirtiest, with a circle of black marks on it. Chen Guihua has to wash Tian Baobao's clothes every day, but even that is not enough for Tian Baobao to wash.
"Boys are all naughty. Isn't our Tian Zhuo the same?" Lin Meiyu said, "They are still immature now. When they grow up, they will know how to care for others."
"When will they grow up and go? I guess I can't rely on him when I'm old!" Chen Guihua rubbed the quilt skillfully. There were streaks of black water on the sheets where Tian Baobao had slept. No one knew how he made the quilt so dirty.
Chen Guihua complained but did not stop what she was doing.
Tian Tian has gotten used to hearing what Chen Guihua says. Although Chen Guihua usually talks the most about Tian Baobao, she is actually the one who dotes on Tian Baobao the most. She never forgets to give Tian Baobao anything delicious. It is estimated that the best and most expensive things in the second uncle's house all belong to Tian Baobao.
After washing a sheet, Tian Tian spread it out on the stone to dry it quickly.
Tian Tian and Lin Meiyu washed the sheets and mattress covers for six beds in total. It took them three hours to finish washing all the quilts.
The two beds that were hung out to dry at the beginning have already dried. Tian Tian folded the sheets and held them, while Lin Meiyu took the remaining washed sheets and went home.
Chen Guihua still had two bedspreads that had not been washed, so she washed them here first and then let Tian Tian and the others take them back.
When they got home, Tian Lili and the others had already left, and Old Mrs. Tian had already prepared the paste.
Lin Meiyu hung up the undried sheets, and Tian Tian and Old Lady Tian washed and starched the two dry sheets and hung them up, making them particularly straight.
Tian Yuan helped Old Lady Tian to light the fire and cook. He left after finishing his lunch.
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