By May, the weather was getting warmer and warmer, the barren land was becoming greener and greener, and the vegetables planted in the vegetable garden were growing. Old Mrs. Tian also built racks for the beans, cowpeas, and cucumbers, allowing them to climb up along the racks.
The people in the village also took off their thick cotton jackets and trousers.
That day, Tian Tian put all the clothes that had been taken off at home into a large basin, preparing to take them to the river to wash.
People here wear a coat over their cotton-padded jackets in winter so that the jackets won't get dirty. And when they wash clothes in spring, they only have to wash the coat, which is convenient.
Especially children tend to get their clothes dirty, and climbing up and down can easily wear out their clothes. This can also protect the cotton-padded jacket and allow it to be worn for a few more years.
Tian Tian put the clothes into the river to soak them. After they were wet, she took the clothes out and placed them on a specially selected stone slab. She smeared some soap on them and knocked them repeatedly with a mallet.
Suddenly, streams of black water flowed down the stone slabs into the river. These were the clothes that Tian Mu had worn, and Tian Tian was mentally prepared before washing them.
When she was taking off the clothes just now, she saw a layer of oil on them, and the fabric had become hard. If a fly landed on it, it would probably be broken into pieces.
Her younger brother Tian Zhuo's clothes probably wouldn't be very clean. After all, the two brothers were of the same character. Although Tian Zhuo might be a little cleaner than Tian Mu, they hung out together every day and must have played everything together, and the clothes had been worn for such a long time.
Tian Tian didn't dare to rub the clothes hard, so she could only use a hammer.
Although today's fabrics are strong and durable, they have been worn for several years and are somewhat outdated. They can easily be torn if washed by hand.
Tian Tian beat Tian Mu's clothes repeatedly, then threw them into the water several times. When the water wrung out became clean, she put the clothes into the basin.
After washing a piece of clothing, Tian Tian randomly picked out a piece of clothing from the other clothes that were pressed down by stones nearby and started hammering it.
Now she is the only one who washes clothes for several members of your family. Tian Tian starts washing clothes at nine in the morning and continues until twelve noon.
Tian Tian put all the clothes into a large basin, carried the basin towards home, turned around and saw Gu Zhao coming over with a small basin with a few clothes in it.
Tian Tian was stunned when she saw Gu Zhao. Now Gu Zhao is a scorekeeper, but he also has to work in the fields.
Besides, it was noon and everyone was taking a break in the fields before going to work again. Why did he come here at this time?
Thinking of this, Tian Tian asked, "Don't you need to be in the ground at this time?"
Gu Zhao smiled at Tian Tian, walked to where Tian Tian had been washing clothes, and squatted down. "Everyone is resting now, so you don't need me. I have two sets of clothes at home. I'll take them over and wash them."
Usually Song Zhenwei helped wash his grandfather's clothes, but Song Zhenwei was too busy during the spring planting season. Moreover, Song Zhenwei's status was not good, unlike Gu Zhao who had more freedom. Now he did the heaviest work every day, from morning to night, and went home to sleep at night, so he had no time to wash clothes.
Because his grandfather was older and could do things less stressful than Song Zhenwei, he took the initiative to take on the tasks of cooking and washing clothes.
His grandfather is okay at cooking, but he is not good at washing clothes. He just soaks them in water and wrings them out and that’s considered washing.
Gu Zhao couldn't bear to watch it anymore. He also had clothes to wash, so he took all his grandfather and Song Zhenwei's clothes to wash.
Fortunately, the three of them had few clothes, so they only needed to wash three pieces, which was enough during the lunch break.
Tian Tian nodded, "Then I'll leave first!"
She is now quite familiar with Gu Zhao, and sometimes they would even joke with each other and exchange a few words.
Tian Tian took one last look at Gu Zhao, then turned around and went home with the big basin in her arms.
Gu Zhao has been with them for almost a year. When he first came, his skin was very white and you could tell at first glance that he was a person who had never done any work since childhood.
Now that I have been in their brigade for such a long time, I have been busy during the spring planting and autumn harvest, and I often go up the mountain to hunt in winter.
The skin became darker and rougher.
In fact, Tian Tian admires Gu Zhao very much, because there is a big difference between the county town and the countryside. Generally, educated youth who go to the countryside have to stay there for a long time before they can fully adapt to the rhythm of the countryside.
If Tian Tian had not traveled through time to Old Lady Tian's home, but had traveled through time to become an educated youth, Tian Tian had no idea what life would be like in this village for someone like her who could neither farm nor have any other skills.
Not only did Gu Zhao adapt to the rhythm of the village in the first period of time after he arrived, he also did farm work in an orderly manner with two people to take care of. He even went up the mountain to hunt game in winter. He even established good relationships with the cadres of the brigade and became a scorekeeper in the spring of the following year.
Everything Gu Zhao did was simply unbelievable in the eyes of Tian Tian, a social controller.
Tian Tian was wondering how Gu Zhao had ended up like this, and before she knew it, she had returned home with her clothes in her arms.
Old Mrs. Tian went to deliver lunch to Lin Meiyu and the others at noon, and has not returned home yet.
Tian Tian hung the clothes on the string, washed her hands and went into the house to eat.
Today, Mrs. Tian made stir-fried pickles with bean seeds and blanched wild vegetables dipped in soybean paste.
The vegetables in the fields are almost grown now, but the peppers, eggplants and other vegetables are still small and cannot be eaten yet. They eat more pickles and wild vegetables picked from the mountains.
Tian Tian was almost full of these dishes. She finished her meal in a few bites, washed the bowl, took an earthen basket, hung the door, and went up the mountain to pick wild vegetables.
She carried the earthen basket up the mountain. It was noon and everyone had gone home to cook and deliver meals. There were not many people on the mountain and it was very quiet.
Tian Tian first went into the shell and boiled a pot of water, intending to cook a packet of instant noodles.
The amount of fast food she can eat is getting less and less. When she thinks that after she finishes it, she may not be able to eat it again until decades later, or she may never eat it again, Tian Tian finds it a little hard to accept.
Now, except when she is extremely hungry, she will come in and cook a pack, but she basically won't eat the shells anymore. If she can't see them, she won't want to eat them.
If you have low material desires and don't have any demands for things, you can actually live a good life in Grandma Tian's house, because Grandma Tian is not a harsh person, and except when there is a shortage of food, you can eat enough most of the time.
Tian Tian waited for the noodles to cook. After finishing a bowl of hot instant noodles, the gluttony in her stomach was finally appeased and she sighed comfortably.
When she was working part-time at university, what she hated most was eating instant noodles.
Because she didn't have much money at that time, although she did a lot of part-time jobs, she still had to think about how to repay the student loan after graduation. After all, the economy is in recession now, and it is uncertain whether she can find a job after graduation, and she is not sure whether the salary can support her alone.
Unlike other classmates who have parents to support them, she has nothing and can only save money during college. She usually eats either instant noodles or the cheapest set meal in the cafeteria, and instant noodles are what she eats the most.
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