Chapter 117 The whole family soaks their feet together
A few people talked in the house for a while, and it was almost noon.
He Chunxiu went out to cook with Wang Cailian, and Zhao Zhilan asked Sun Pu and Rong He to stay to eat together.
Sun Pu naturally refused. This time he came when the other party was building a new house and he didn't even bring any gifts, so how could he feel comfortable staying for dinner?
After finally declining Zhao Zhilan's kindness, Sun Pu took Rong He into the carriage.
"Auntie, you guys go back!" Sun Pu lifted the car curtain and waved to Zhao Zhilan and the others.
Rong He also poked his little head out from under his chin: "Baoya, Yue... Yunyue! Next time you go to town, remember to teach me how to grow herbs!"
Yunyue and Baoya held hands and raised their other little hands to wave: "Remember, Heer!"
Seeing that she agreed, Rong He poked his little head out and smiled at the two of them.
But before he could even hide his smile, Sun Pu hit him on the head: "Your Panax notoginseng trees died again?"
"Well," Rong He lowered his eyebrows and looked very disappointed, "Grandpa Sun, I really have tried my best."
"Ah," Sun Pu said helplessly, "this is strange. You're obviously very good at identifying herbs and you've learned how to make and mix them well, so why can't you grow herbs?"
"Ah," Rong He also sighed, his little face full of worry, "I want to know too."
A tall black horse pulled the Rong family's carriage out of the village at a gallop.
After seeing off Sun Pu and Rong He, Zhao Zhilan led the children back to the front door and into the yard.
Yun Chengfu has been at home for two days and should go back to town tomorrow.
After Baoya and the other three woke up from their nap, Yun Chengfu continued to take them to learn "Three Character Classic" in the east wing.
Baoya learned quickly, so he arranged for Yun Chenglu, Yunhua and Yunyue to practice calligraphy, and then continued to teach Baoya "Classic of Mountains and Seas".
Now Baoya has learned most of the book and can recognize many characters with complex strokes.
Yunhua and Yunyue are both well-behaved and obedient students. They learn very seriously what their elder brother teaches them.
Yun Chenglu's attitude has also changed drastically. As if competing with his three younger sisters, he sits upright and practices writing stroke by stroke. When he encounters something he doesn't understand, he asks his eldest brother.
This made Yun Chengfu say that his pig brain had finally come to his senses.
In the blink of an eye, it was evening. After the family had dinner, Yun Chengfu rolled up his sleeves and boiled two large pots of hot water, with Yun Chenglu helping him.
The two pots of hot water, one is used for washing feet of the women and girls in the east wing, and the other is used for the gentlemen in the west wing.
Zhao Zhilan and the others were very happy. After a busy day, someone boiled water for them to wash their feet, which was the happiest thing.
Wang Cailian looked at Yun Chengfu's delicate hands holding the foot basin and placing it at her feet, feeling both moved and distressed.
"Son, your hands are for reading and writing, how can you do this kind of work?"
Yun Chengfu handed Wang Cailian a square foot cloth and said, "Mother, respecting elders is the right thing to do. What's wrong with being a scholar? You're no different from everyone else. You also have to respect your elders and honor your parents."
"Cai Lian'er, Chengfu is right. The other child has finally shown his filial piety, you'd better not dampen his spirits." Zhao Zhilan soaked her feet comfortably, squinting her eyes in admiration.
Next to the two of them were He Chunxiu and Li Rongyue, who were talking while soaking their feet. The two sisters-in-law were talking to each other about how their daughters were restless when they slept at night, rolling around on the kang and kicking the quilt.
The three little girls in the corner of the east wing shared a large wooden basin to soak their feet. Their six little feet stepped back and forth in the warm water, splashing water in stars.
This caused the two mothers to look over and said with a smile, "Wash it properly. Don't waste the water that your elder and second brothers worked so hard to boil."
"good!"
The three little girls responded in unison, stopped treading in the water, and swung their little feet in the water, playing the game of little duck swimming.
On the other side, in the west wing, the three brothers of the Yun family were soaking their feet with great enjoyment. They were the backbone of the family, working in the wind and rain for the family's livelihood. After a busy day, they would go home and fall asleep immediately.
Now soaking his feet in hot water with a look of enjoyment, Yun Dalang sniffed and patted Yun Chengfu and Yun Chenglu on the shoulders with great emotion: "Dad's good son, you have grown up!"
Yun Chengfu saw that his eyes were red and felt a little uncomfortable.
Because he was studying in town, he seldom went home. Even when he came back, he could only stay for two or three days. He really didn't have much time to take care of his parents and elders all the time.
Looking at Yun Dalang's childlike smile, he secretly clenched his fists and vowed to study hard and get a job to repay his parents.
After the two brothers Yun Chengfu and Yun Chenglu served everyone the foot-washing water, they sat down and scooped water to soak their feet.
At first, the water in the basin was a little hot. Yun Chenglu, who didn't wash his feet often, couldn't adapt to it for a while and screamed in pain from the burns.
Later, I gradually felt the fun in it and started to imitate Yun Chengfu, squinting my eyes and enjoying it.
Yun Chengfu looked at him with amusement, saying, "Chenglu, when your elder brother is not at home, take your father and uncle to soak their feet when you have time."
"Okay!" Yun Chenglu rubbed his own feet while stepping on his left foot with his right foot, and responded readily.
The Yun family compound was filled with joy and peace, but the atmosphere at the Chen family was still heavy that night.
Zhou Cuihua failed to borrow money from anyone in the village that day, so she went to the town bank in a fit of anger and pawned the silver bracelet and silver earrings given to Chen Xiaojuan by the Wang family, and borrowed ten taels of silver for emergency use.
On the way back to the village, she heard the butcher selling pork on the street shouting loudly, and suddenly she remembered the aroma of meat wafting through the village last night, and her mouth couldn't stop watering.
One of them couldn't resist and spent a hundred copper coins to buy two pounds to take home.
When she returned home, she spent the five taels of silver she was supposed to give to Chen Chengcai this month, as well as the medicine she and Chen Changshui had bought. Most of the ten taels of silver she had just borrowed was gone in one go.
In the evening, she also stewed a pot of meat and made some pancakes, but no one in the family enjoyed it except Chen Chengcai.
Chen Xiaojuan couldn't eat the stewed meat, so Zhou Cuihua gave her some mixed flour buns soaked in the broth.
Facing the large plate of stewed meat on the table, Chen Changshui sighed palely: "How are you going to pay back this money?"
"I have my own way," Zhou Cuihua glared at him, "eat, these big chunks of meat can't fill your mouth!"
Chen Changshui looked at her frowning face, then looked at Chen Chengcai eating with his mouth full of oil. He opened his mouth but still didn't say a word.
The Yun family next door demolished their old house today and are going to build a new one.
It was obvious that their family had not lived as well as they did before. The whole family tightened their belts just to support Yun Chengfu's studies.
Now not only is the shop open, but the house is also built.
He picked up a piece of stewed meat and put it in his mouth to chew, but it tasted like chewing wax.
The money was borrowed, so the meat also felt like it was borrowed.
When I put it in my mouth, I always feel a foul smell that will "come back sooner or later".
"Why has life become like this?" he wondered to himself.
After dinner, Zhou Cuihua called Chen Xiaojuan to her room alone, picked up a large piece of meat and put it in her hand.
The stewed meat smelled delicious, but when Chen Xiaojuan looked at her smiling face, she felt a chill down her spine.
"Xiaojuan," Zhou Cuihua smiled gently, even her voice was gentle, "You have seen the current situation of our family."
"The last time Nanny Wang came with that silly young master, I saw that silly young master was quite fond of you. It's time for you to contribute to the family."
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