Song Ning felt a chill run down her spine and wanted to go up and help, but Song Xiu'e stopped her: "You're not better yet, don't move around. Once the water is boiled, sit down and rest."
Outside, Song Dahai and Zhu Shun placed the boiled water outside the door, waiting for one person to finish washing before starting the other.
Zhao Di touched her head with her little hand, and the foam stuck to her hand. She smelled it and it smelled especially good.
"Cousin, this smells so good."
"It smells nice, doesn't it? After you wash, you'll smell wonderful. Wash a few more times, and the lice will be gone, and you won't feel itchy anymore."
After washing her hair, Song Xiue mixed the water and put the two children in the tub.
First, they splashed water on themselves, then Song Ning helped lather them with soap. It was slippery, and the two children had a lot of fun playing with it.
Song Ning originally wanted to take out her bath towel, but Song Xiu'e directly used her hands. The force was even better than the bath towel, but it hurt her voice, and the two children screamed in pain.
While rubbing their necks, Song Ning felt that the two children were about to stop breathing.
After washing my body, which was covered in red marks, I quickly crawled into bed.
The two little girls lay in bed with their heads resting on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed). Song Ning moved a small stool over and sat down beside them to comb their hair.
I had heard of a comb called a fine-toothed comb before, and now I finally saw it. It's finer than a regular comb, and it can remove a lot of lice with one stroke.
Song Ning combed her hair, one stroke at a time, and with each stroke, she could bring down three or four lice.
It fell to the ground, and I stepped on it.
At first, the two children were moving around, but later they probably got tired and slowly fell asleep.
After combing her hair, Song Ning parted it to look for lice.
They really went through each strand of hair one by one.
Her hair roots were covered in a layer of white nits. Ever since she had this on her body, she had gotten used to it and could tolerate it as long as she didn't look closely.
But slowly, the crisp sound of squeezing lice began to ring out around me.
Liu Yuelan and Song Xiue each held a piece of clothing in their hands, and when they squeezed it with their thumbnails, it snapped crisply.
When she squeezed it, the blood inside gushed out, and Song Ning felt nauseous.
Next, the room was filled with crisp sounds.
Taking a shower doesn't take too long, but searching for lice in my hair and clothes took most of the night.
The oil lamp in Song Ning's room was almost burned out.
It's impossible to get rid of all the lice at once, and with time running out, the lice-hunting battle finally came to an end.
As soon as the person left, Song Ning felt itchy and uncomfortable all over.
The sight of a family sitting together squeezing lice was somewhat shocking.
In the middle of the night, Song Ning got up, shook out the bedding, and then crawled back into bed, feeling comfortable.
During the time Song Ning was getting her chin repaired, Tang Xinghuai came back once to take a look and said it was almost done and the bandages could be removed.
On the day Song Ning removed the bandage, the vegetables in the cellar could also be harvested.
A group of people excitedly took sickles and went down into the cellar; the garlic sprouts had already grown quite tall.
The scallions are growing beautifully. In winter, scallions are usually thin and small, but the scallions in their field are now almost a foot tall and look very fresh.
The bok choy has grown up, but because it hasn't been exposed to sunlight, the leaves have turned slightly yellow, but that doesn't affect its freshness.
With a cellar full of vegetables, Zhou Cheng gave the order: "Start working. Cut these yellow ones like you would chives, leaving a root so they can grow back. Just pull up the bok choy."
Today, everyone took some home to try themselves. We didn't harvest much; each person took a bunch of garlic sprouts, a few scallions, and five or six bok choy.
Zhou Cheng and Luo Wenxin came out of the cellar, carrying the things, and first showed them to Song Ning.
"Er Ya, have we successfully planted it?"
Song Ning smiled and nodded: "Yes, let's try it ourselves first, and sell the rest. Oh, and have Zhou Ling'an send a message to the county magistrate, saying that he'll come to my house for lunch."
“Yes, I’ll go and call Ling’an right away.”
Zhou Cheng was overjoyed. He had long hoped that his third son could spend more time with Er Ya, but many things had happened along the way, and Er Ya's relationship with his son had become somewhat strained.
Now things are much better. Their relationship is clearly different. Last time, Er Ya even brought some snacks, and she spoke to her third son much more gently.
That's good, that's good. He's happy that Er Ya values Ling An.
Song Ning was unaware of Zhou Cheng's thoughts; she simply felt that it would be convenient for Zhou Ling'an to drive her family's mule cart there.
So, as soon as Zhou Ling'an returned from the county government office, Zhou Cheng assigned him to the Song family.
Zheng Gaoyi had been looking forward to eating vegetables grown in the dead of winter, and without the slightest hesitation, he happily followed Zhou Ling'an to the Song family.
The magistrate's visit was no small matter, so Zhou Cheng and Luo Wenxin came to keep him company. After all, they were village chiefs in the past, and could be considered representatives of their group.
Song Ning and Liu Yuelan were busy in the kitchen. Yesterday, Song Dahai had even gone to Jiangning County to buy meat and wine.
I made stir-fried garlic sprouts with eggs, stir-fried garlic sprouts with meat, cold garlic sprout salad, stir-fried bok choy, and finally made a soup with bok choy and tofu.
Zheng Gaoyi had indeed never seen anything like this before.
"Did you grow all of these yourselves?"
"Yes, please try it."
To be honest, this kind of dish would taste good even with just oil and salt.
Zheng Gaoyi picked up a piece of garlic sprouts and eggs with his chopsticks, ate it, nodded without saying anything, then picked up a piece of bok choy with his chopsticks, ate it, nodded again, and still didn't say anything.
After tasting a bite of each dish, Zheng Gaoyi suddenly looked at Song Ning and asked, "Can I buy some of this?"
The anxiety in everyone's hearts suddenly subsided.
Song Ning smiled knowingly: "Don't mention selling them. If you like them, you can take some back with you when you leave."
Stone swallowed a mouthful of meat and nodded repeatedly, saying that the adults were truly wise.
Zhou Cheng still asked, "Your Excellency, do you think it's feasible for us to sell these things?"
"Yes, it has to be done!"
Putting everything else aside, being able to eat fresh vegetables in winter is a rare treat.
Although the leaves of this vegetable are yellowish, they taste good and are fresh. Whether stir-fried or used in a cold salad, they are simply delicious.
Zheng Gaoyi suddenly became excited and pulled Song Dahai, Zhou Cheng, and Luo Wenxin to drink one cup after another.
Everyone was in a good mood today, so Song Ning didn't try to persuade them to drink more. But after a few drinks, the men were all a little drunk.
Song Ning was worried, so she went next door to call her uncle.
Song Dahai wasn't a big drinker, so he only took a few sips. Now that he was fine, he and Zhu Shun escorted Zhou Cheng and Luo Wenxin back.
Zheng Gaoyi's face was flushed, and he leaned against the luggage behind him with a blank look in his eyes.
Song Ning stepped forward and asked softly, "Lord Zheng, are you alright?"
Zheng Gaoyi was pulled back to his senses by her voice. His eyes blurred, and then tears suddenly welled up.
Stone, who was beside him, also became serious: "Sir, you are drunk."
Zheng Gaoyi smiled, but it was a smile that was not pleasant at all, and even somewhat painful, at least in Song Ning's eyes.
Zheng Gaoyi shifted his gaze to Liu Yuelan beside Song Ning, his eyes suddenly lighting up as he murmured, "Ayun... I've come to see you..."
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