As the saying goes, on the 23rd, sticky sugar melons, on the 24th, sweep the house...
On the 23rd and 24th of the twelfth lunar month, the Ye family was still busy in the county town preparing for a cooking competition.
Now that I'm back, I have to hurry up and clean the house.
So after lunch, the elderly and children at home rest or take a nap, while the rest of the people get busy.
Mrs. Ye quickly assigned tasks to everyone.
The men cleaned the yard. First, they put all the firewood into the woodshed and stacked it. They tried to put away as much things in the yard as possible, and placed things that had to be left in the yard in an orderly manner. Then they cleaned every corner of the yard.
The three sisters-in-law were mainly responsible for cleaning the house. They swept the dust in every room and did a thorough cleaning.
"The three of us will clean up our own room first, and then after Mom and the children wake up, we will go together to clean up the main house."
Mrs. Ye asked, "What about the fourth brother's room?"
Mrs. Ye paused and said, "I'll go clean up the fourth brother's room in a while. You guys go clean up the main room first. I'll help you after I'm done with the fourth brother."
After all, the age gap between Ye Ersao and Ye Sansao and Ye Lao Si is smaller.
Mrs. Ye watched Ye Lao Si grow up, so she is not as cautious as they are.
"OK!"
The other two were also straightforward people. After they responded, they wrapped their hair with handkerchiefs, rolled up their sleeves and started working.
Although the three sisters-in-law of the Ye family are usually hardworking people, the house is always kept clean.
However, the spring cleaning before the New Year cannot be sloppy and must be done with greater care.
Even the boxes and cabinets had to be moved away and the backs cleaned up.
Mrs. Ye has her own method for doing her work. She starts by sweeping the dust from the roof, then sweeps the kang, and then wipes the tables and cabinets.
Then he asked Boss Ye to come into the house and help move all the furniture away, and clean up all the dead corners in the back that could not be cleaned on weekdays.
Mrs. Ye cleaned up her own house quickly and went out to clean up the small middle half of the room first. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Ye also finished cleaning up the house and came out with a broom.
"Sister-in-law, please go to the fourth brother's room. I'll clean this one." Sister-in-law Ye said, "He's a man, and he doesn't have a wife to take care of things. Who knows what a mess his room is in."
"That's fine. I'll go to the fourth brother's room to take a look." Mrs. Ye went back to the room, brought the basin, took the rag and broom, and went to the fourth brother Ye's room.
The house looked quite tidy at first glance, but a closer look made it look unsightly.
There were cobwebs on the roof and in the corners of the walls, and the bedding on the kang had been spread out and had not even been folded up, let alone put away in the kangqin.
At first glance, the floor looked like it had been swept, but a closer look revealed that only the area in the middle of the room had been swept. The areas under the tables and chairs, and next to the cabinets had not been swept for who knows how long.
Except for the kang in the room, which was relatively clean, the other tables, chairs and cabinets were covered with a layer of dust.
Mrs. Ye planned to fold the bedding and put it on the kang first, and then start sweeping the dust.
As a result, as soon as she reached out to lift the quilt, a pile of dirty clothes fell out.
The fourth child was probably too embarrassed to ask his three sisters-in-law to help him wash clothes, but he was too lazy to wash them himself, so the clothes kept accumulating more and more.
Mrs. Ye put all the dirty clothes into the basin, preparing to take them out to soak and wash together.
She was packing when Ye Laosi came back from outside holding Qingtian.
When Ye Laosi found out that Mrs. Ye was helping him clean the house, he was so scared that he rushed into his room without even putting Qingtian down.
"Sister-in-law, please leave it to me and I will take care of it myself..."
Before Ye Lao Si finished speaking, he saw that Ye Dasao had already discovered so many of his dirty clothes, and suddenly felt his face burning.
"You're becoming more and more unruly. I used to wash your clothes a lot, but you're still embarrassed to show them to me?"
"Sister-in-law, no, I, I just wanted to save them and wash them together before the New Year, so..." Ye Lao Si put down Qingtian and reached out to grab the basin of dirty clothes from Sister-in-law Ye. Then, he stuffed all the other clothes in the quilt into the basin, "I'll go wash them now."
After saying this, Ye Laosi ran away with the basin, and Qingtian followed him out.
Mrs. Ye continued to work in the house. She folded the bedding and put it on the kang, covered everything that was afraid of dust, and then began to sweep the roof.
She had just finished sweeping when she saw Qingtian running back with a scarf on his head.
"Mom, let me help you!"
Mrs. Ye didn't mind her being in the way, so she helped her tie the handkerchief, gave her a feather duster, and asked her to join in.
Qingtian happily held up a feather duster and cleaned up all the dust he could find. After cleaning, he touched it himself first. When he felt it was ok, he quickly called Mrs. Ye to come over and take a look.
"Qingtian is really amazing! She can even help mom clean the house." Mrs. Ye didn't give the child any perfunctory treatment. She touched the cabinet she had swept and saw that there was no dust on her fingers. She immediately praised, "This is so clean! No other girl can be as capable as our Qingtian!"
But she was a little too aggressive this time. After being praised, Qingtian became very motivated. Holding a feather duster, she not only cleaned every place she could reach in Ye Laosi's room, but also ran to the main house and swept everywhere while Ye Dasao was still sweeping and mopping the floor.
When Ye Dasao finished cleaning up Ye Lao Si's room and came over to help, she heard Ye Sansao say with a smile, "Sister-in-law, didn't you send Qingtian to help? Why are you still working here?"
"Huh? What did Sunny do?"
Mrs. Ye had no idea what Qingtian had done. She just saw Qingtian running out and thought that the child couldn't stay and ran out to play!
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