No matter how mature or intelligent Zhou Ling is, she is still just an eighteen-year-old girl. So after getting a boyfriend from a good family who is also a military officer, she wanted to go out and show him off.
In particular, she wanted the entire brigade to know that Zhou Ling was in no way inferior to Gu Baobao.
So what if Gu Baobao can have a boyfriend from Beijing? Zhou Ling's boyfriend isn't that bad either.
Zhou Ling always outshone Gu Baobao.
Zhou Ling pulled Song Che out the door. Zhou Min watched their backs as they left and leaned close to her mother, asking, "Mom, if my sister marries this future brother-in-law, will she go to the army with him?"
"Mom, where is Guangzhou? My brother-in-law said he's serving in the army in Yunnan Province. Where is Yunnan Province?"
Please forgive Zhou Min, a ten-year-old girl. She has had few opportunities to leave the brigade since she was a child. Even when she did leave the brigade, it was only once or twice to go to the county town.
Apart from that, she had absolutely no idea about the area outside the brigade and the county town.
She was very curious about what Guangzhou, the city her future brother-in-law mentioned, was, and even more curious about Yunnan Province, where her brother-in-law was serving in the army.
Chen Suwen ruffled the little girl's hair, but then noticed it was oily and frowned. "How long has it been since you washed your hair? No, how long has it been since you took a shower?"
Chen Su asked her if she still preferred to shower every day, even though it was much colder in Shandong Province.
As a result, she forgot about the other people in the family, who were used to not bathing often in the winter.
The main purpose is to save firewood and water.
Although there is a large river in Guangming Brigade, fetching water is troublesome, and not many families have dug wells.
Therefore, people generally try to conserve water.
The same applies to Chen Suwen's family; they need to fetch water because they don't have a well.
As for water pipes and taps, those were unavailable in rural areas during that era.
Chen Suwen looked at her daughter's greasy head with a look of disgust, "You don't have lice in your hair, do you?"
Tsk, she really finds it disgusting.
“Old Zhou, go find someone to dig a well. Our family needs to dig a well too.”
Chen Suwen wasn't worried at all about how her family had recently attracted attention by getting a tricycle and digging a well, and how people would speculate about what was going on with them.
She didn't do anything particularly shocking or outrageous, nor did she bring out anything from her own space that shouldn't exist in this era.
“Okay.” Zhou Qingyun also felt that it would be more convenient to have a well. Hearing his wife’s words, he stood up and went to find someone who could dig a well.
Chen Suwen then took her daughter to boil water and untied her hair tie to check if she had lice on her head.
She has a keen eye; after searching for a while, she spotted several insects and even found insect eggs.
Chen Suwen frowned as she went back to her room to get a bottle, squeezed out some ointment that looked like shampoo, and applied it all over Zhou Min's head.
The ointment was applied directly to her scalp, making sure to cover the entire head and every single hair strand to ensure that the lice and their eggs were completely killed.
"Mom, can I use this medicine?" Xu Huixue asked as she watched her mother-in-law apply the medicine to her sister-in-law. She was also a little worried.
After all, she had long, waist-length hair, and although she washed it frequently when the weather was nice, she still felt a little uncomfortable.
Chen Suwen, who was applying ointment to Zhou Min's head, looked up at her and asked, "You've got it too?"
Xu Huixue smiled awkwardly. Although she didn't answer, Chen Suwen understood what she meant and pointed to the bottle next to her.
"Take this and use it. This ointment will be effective after just one use."
Xu Huixue nodded and sat down next to Zhou Min, letting her long hair fall loose.
Her waist-length hair, which she had been braiding for years, was now curled into big waves. Her long, black, and shiny hair was very beautiful, and Chen Suwen couldn't help but glance at it.
People in this era have always had a lot of hair. I don't know if it's because they have more regular schedules or because they rarely use shampoos with high chemical content.
Compared to people of this generation, those born after 2020 have a significantly higher rate of baldness.
"Mom, this feels so good."
Zhou Min originally felt that her scalp was itchy. People with lice feel uncomfortable because the lice are biting the scalp and sucking blood.
Zhou Min was able to endure it because she was used to it and had become somewhat numb to it, which allowed her to bear it.
But now, after her mother applied the ointment, her previously itchy scalp felt cool and comfortable. She hadn't felt her scalp not itchy at all in a long time.
Chen Suwen applied ointment to her scalp and re-tied her hair into a high ponytail.
Then she applied some conditioner to the ends of her hair. Although the little girl had a good amount of hair, the quality of her hair was not very good.
It can't compare to her sister-in-law's shiny black hair, but it's still pretty good. With some care, it can be restored.
Chen Suwen was a little worried that she might also have lice in her hair, so after applying the ointment to her daughter, she also applied it to her own hair.
After gently massaging her scalp to ensure that every scalp and every strand of hair was covered with the ointment, Chen Suwen combed her long hair up.
"Wait half an hour after applying the ointment before washing your hair," Chen Suwen instructed her daughter and daughter-in-law.
"Okay," the two replied.
Once the water in the pot boiled, Chen Suwen told Zhou Min to take a bath and gave her a bar of soap so she could wash herself thoroughly.
After Xu Huixue and her younger sister finished washing, they also went to take a bath.
After they finished showering, about half an hour later, their hair, which had been wrapped up, could also be washed.
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