Maybe it was because the family members were a lot more relaxed that they didn't put any pressure on Tian Mu and Tian Zhuo. Normally, they played together without saying anything, so the two of them had no idea what was going on.
Old Mrs. Tian decided to teach them a lesson about their dirty clothes. "Now your parents are busy with spring planting. Your sister and I have to cook and go up the mountain to pick wild vegetables during the day. We don't have time to wash your clothes. If you don't like your clothes being dirty, then wash them yourself. If you think the clothes are wearable, then wear them yourself and don't come to me and ask for a change of clothes."
Tian Mu didn't think it mattered. There was just some grass juice on his body, which was stuck when he was cutting grass for pigs when he came back. He didn't think it was dirty.
Tian Zhuo felt a little uncomfortable. He fell while playing on the playground today. It happened to rain tonight and the soil on the playground was particularly muddy. His pants were now covered with dried mud and he even hated himself.
After saying that, Old Lady Tian told them not to hang around in front of her. Tian Tian saw that there were too many bugs in the vegetable garden, so she sent the two of them to catch the bugs in the field. She also reminded the excited Tian Mu not to put the bugs in his pockets.
Tian Mu didn’t know why he liked playing with bugs so much, nor did he know what he was going to do with the bugs in his pocket.
Last year, the bug he put in his trouser pocket crawled out in the middle of the night and crawled into the bed of Chen Guihua and their friends. The next morning, Chen Guihua was frightened and grabbed Tian Mu and beat him up. Tian Mu walked with a limp for several days.
Even so, Tian Mu didn't learn any lesson and still liked to put the insects he caught into his trouser pockets, so Chen Guihua had to shake Tian Mu's trouser pockets every night before going to bed.
As soon as Tian Mu heard that they were going to catch insects, he ran away happily. Tian Zhuo stood there a little conflicted. He reached out and tugged at the corner of Tian Tian's clothes.
When Tian Tian bent down, she whispered in her ear: "Sister! Can you help me press some water? And help me find a clean pair of pants. My pants are covered in mud and I want to wash them."
"Sure! Go change your pants first! I'll find some for you!"
As soon as Tian Zhuo came back, Tian Tian saw the dirty pants on him, but before she could say anything, Old Lady Tian started talking first, and Tian Tian didn't know what to say.
Tian Tian washed the pants that Tian Zhuo had gotten dirty a few days ago. After washing, she folded them and put them in the closet.
Tian Tian found her pants and asked Tian Zhuo to change into them. She went out and filled a basin with water for Tian Zhuo and asked him to wash clothes.
This was the first time for Tian Zhuo to wash his clothes by himself. He clumsily soaked his pants in water, rubbed them over and over again, and applied soap to his pants.
However, Tian Zhuo knew that soap was expensive, so he didn't apply much on it. He just applied a little and started rubbing his pants.
He didn't put in much effort and after washing for a long time he only washed off the mud that had accumulated in the afternoon. The grass juice still remained on his pants, and he also got himself wet.
But Tian Zhuo didn't care. In his opinion, grass juice was not dirty. He worked with Tian Mu to wring out the pants, put them on the string, and happily ran into the house to show off to Old Lady Tian, "Grandma! I washed the pants clean."
"I see! Tian Zhuoke is really amazing!" Old Mrs. Tian praised him perfunctorily, "Okay, go wash your hands quickly, and then you can go take food to your parents after washing your hands and eating!"
Everyone washed their hands and gathered in front of the stove to eat. Now there were only a few of them at home to eat, so Old Mrs. Tian was too lazy to put up a table, so they just sat on a few small stools in front of the stove, which was quite convenient and they didn't have to clean the table.
The wild vegetable dumplings made by Grandma Tian are delicious. They are not bitter and astringent as everyone imagines, and even the dough is very soft.
Now is the time when wild vegetables have just started to grow, and the ground is full of fresh and tender wild vegetables. Old Mrs. Tian is not the kind of person who treats herself harshly. She could obviously eat fresh and tender wild vegetables, but she insists on cooking bitter and old wild vegetables.
So the season of eating wild vegetables might be a nightmare for other people, but for Tian Tian and her friends it is quite enjoyable because the wild vegetables cooked by Old Mrs. Tian are delicious.
After dinner, Tian Mu and Tian Zhuo went to deliver food to Tian Lisong and others, and when they came back they started doing their homework in the east room.
When Tian Lisong and the others came back in the evening, they all tidied up and went back to their rooms to sleep.
Tian Lisong was tired after a long day today, and he didn't sleep well last night, so he didn't plan to go out and pick up toads.
Tian Tian felt so itchy thinking about the 80 cents plus food coupons she could earn from selling a pound of toads that she couldn't fall asleep.
She simply waited until everyone was asleep, then she secretly got up, climbed over the wall with the bucket and went outside.
The sound of opening the door was too loud, but luckily the wall on their side was low, and the sound of climbing over the wall was not too loud.
After Tian Tian went out, she saw a few people catching frogs on the road, but it didn't rain tonight, so there were not many frogs on the road, so Tian Tian could only walk towards the foot of the mountain.
Although the distance was a little far, fortunately there were many toads here. Tian Tian squatted down and started picking up toads into the bucket.
I don't have to worry about Tian Lisong and the others tonight, as the amount picked up is much greater than yesterday.
Tian Tian looked at these jumping toads as if they were banknotes. She was unable to extricate herself from the ocean of toads. She kept picking up toads until almost two o'clock in the middle of the night, when she finally stopped.
Seeing that the two instant noodle boxes were full, Tian Tian hummed a song and walked home contentedly.
Everyone in the house was still sleeping. The yard was quiet and there was no sound. Tian Tian quietly climbed over the wall and went back to the house to sleep.
As she slept too late at night, Tian Tian felt listless the next morning. However, she still remembered to send the toad to Li Jiuniang, so she met with Li Jiuniang again when she delivered lunch to Tian Lisong and others at noon.
The two men exchanged money and goods. Li Jiuniang was surprised that Tian Tian caught more than ten kilograms of frogs in one night.
Tian Tian happily counted the eight yuan and two kilograms of food coupons she had just received.
There were not ten pounds of toads yesterday, but because Li Jiuniang felt that the food coupons were a little insufficient, he gave Tian Tian some more money.
"When it rains at night next time, I will go catch frogs. You just need to wait for me here the next day." Tian Tian made an appointment with Li Jiuniang.
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