Chapter 61 Zhou Sinian, who doesn't want to take medicine, ends a busy day

After dinner, Mrs. Huang gathered everyone's bowls together and carried them to the river to wash. Although most of them had been licked clean, Mingdai still insisted on washing them again, and boiling them with hot water every other day.

After Mrs. Huang left, Mingdai took a shovel and asked Zhou Sinian to dig a hole next to the stove. She scooped out the charcoal from the firewood at the bottom of the pot, put it into the hole, and covered it with a layer of soil so that it could be reused.

After finishing, Mingdai said hello to Accountant Liu who was looking after the house, and took Zhou Sinian to the nearby mountains.

When I passed by the construction site, I saw the people from Sheung Wan Village had arrived. They had missed their meal time, so they had to work on an empty stomach, and they all looked listless.

On the contrary, everyone in Liujiawan ate their fill and worked with great enthusiasm, which was much better than the situation in the morning. The construction leaders saw this and praised them again and again.

Mingdai calculated the pork oil in the jar and decided to make plans early, otherwise there would not be enough to eat.

This time we went up the mountain mainly to collect firewood. Although we could wait for the villagers to come over after work to collect firewood, looking at their state we knew that they would not do this forced task well.

Mingdai wanted to burn some more charcoal to keep warm, but she would rather do it herself.

Zhou Sinian was already very skilled at chopping wood. Without Mingdai's instructions, he automatically started looking for large dead trees and dismembered them in no time.

Mingdai didn't compete with him, but walked around to see if she could find something to eat.

I looked around, but there was nothing.

Yes, they were the last group of villagers to come and work, and even if they had food, they had been stripped clean by the villagers before them.

In the end, Mingdai only saw some wild garlic, but she didn't give up. She pried open the ground with a hatchet and collected all the small garlic buds underneath, filling up most of the basket.

I checked the time and went to look for Zhou Sinian. He was already sitting astride a pile of wood, taking a rest.

Mingdai sat over and, using the cover of the pile of wood, smuggled a large chicken leg out from the space for him.

"Eat it. Don't tell anyone, okay?"

Zhou Sinian nodded with a smile, asked Mingdai for water to wash his hands first, then took the chicken leg and ate it happily.

Mingdai gave him a cup of hot water to remove the taste in his mouth, and then went back with the firewood.

She definitely couldn't move everything in one go, but she wasn't worried about losing it. After all, only a fool would dare to steal a madman's things.

Mrs. Huang had returned, taking Liu Guoqiang with her to pick out the stones from the food.

He was shocked to see the two men carrying so much firewood and wanted to go and help, but Mingdai persuaded him to continue working.

In the end, it took seven or eight trips to bring back all the firewood.

After a break, Mingdai took out the medicine jar and started to boil the medicine on the small stove under Zhou Sinian's extremely reluctant gaze.

The smell of medicine wafted out, and Huang's wife poked her head in to see: "Who's sick?"

Mingdai pointed at Zhou Sinian, who was unhappy and venting his anger on the wild garlic sprouts, and said nothing.

Mrs. Huang immediately retreated without saying anything more.

After venting his anger, Zhou Sinian washed his hands, walked to where they put the blanket, took out a comic book and sat back down. Although he was not helping with the work, he was not noisy anymore, which was good.

After Mingdai finished cleaning the wild garlic she had picked, she went out to help pick up stones. But as it was too cold outside, she asked the two men to go into the shed to pick up stones.

Mrs. Huang and Accountant Liu both shook their heads and refused to go, so Mingdai had no choice but to give up.

"Sister-in-law, what are you going to give us tonight? Dry rice?"

Mrs. Huang kept moving her hands while she replied, "No, just give him something liquid to drink at night. We only eat twice a day, no food in the morning, dry food at noon, and liquid food at night."

Ming Dai was a little surprised: "Is it okay not to eat in the morning? I have to work all morning!"

Mrs. Huang smiled and nodded: "It's true. They can't survive without food. They must have brought dry food with them and will find food for themselves. You don't have to worry."

Mingdai then breathed a sigh of relief. Well, if she could bring so much food here, other people would surely have thought of it as well.

After picking up the stones, Mrs. Huang carried the food. She pulled out a basket of radishes and took some picked wild garlic to wash the vegetables.

Seeing her leave, Zhou Sinian, who had not spoken to her just now, put away his book and followed her happily, making Mrs. Huang's legs weak all the way.

Ming Dai felt that Zhou Sinian was becoming more and more childish, which was a good thing, as it was better to express his temper than to hold it in.

It looks like I have to continue taking the medicine.

In the evening, Mingdai cooked shredded radish soup for everyone before going off work.

Pick out the beans from the risotto, clean them, and then pound them with an axe.

Heat oil in a wok, pour in the beans, stir-fry to remove the bean smell, then pour in the shredded radish, add salt and water, and soon a big pot of radish soup will be ready.

While drinking the radish soup, Mrs. Huang was still amazed, so she added some raw beans. How come the soup became so delicious?

The people of Liujiawan felt very happy just slurping the radish soup, and they felt like they were in heaven when they found out that they could soak their feet in hot water in the evening.

Even though it's just a shed and a basin of hot water, it's very comfortable.

We are all equally dirty anyway, so who is disliking whom?

At night, Ming Dai coaxed Zhou Sinian to drink the medicine: "Try it, I put licorice in it, it's really not bitter anymore."

Zhou Sinian pinched his nose and looked at the pitch-black bowl, still very resistant.

Ming Dai could only use her trump card: "If you drink it, I'll give you two pieces of pine nut candy."

Fearing that he would get a sore throat from eating too much pine nut candy, Mingdai took the pine nut candy out of his backpack and put it in the space.

Zhou Sinian was very dissatisfied, but the pine nut candy was made by Mingdai, so he had no choice but to accept it.

So, under the temptation of two pieces of pine nut candies, Zhou Sinian drank the medicine in one gulp.

After finishing the drink, he smacked his lips and held out his empty bowl to her: "Another bowl!"

Mingdai was speechless. You thought you had won a prize and you want another bowl?

"No, I'll drink it tomorrow night."

Zhou Sinian was satisfied. He washed the bowls and medicine jars and put them away. He even forgot to ask for the pine nut candy. He took out his washbasin and footbath, scooped out the hot water from the pot and started to wash.

This series of actions left Mrs. Huang stunned.

This guy is so crazy that he has two basins, one for washing his face and one for washing his feet.

Thinking about their family, using one basin for their faces and feet, she suddenly felt her face burning.

When Zhou Sinian took out the small bottle and started applying it on his face, she was shocked!

My god, this madman is more particular than a new bride!

No wonder you always smell so good!

Ming Dai looked at her blankly and called her, "Sister-in-law, don't you want to soak your feet before going to bed?"

Mrs. Huang finally came to her senses and shook her head embarrassedly: "No, no, I'll just go to sleep."

Ming Dai guessed that she probably didn't bring a foot basin, so she handed her foot basin over and said, "Sister-in-law, you can use mine. This is a foot towel. Just hang it up after you use it."

Aunt Huang looked at the brand new enamel basin and waved her hands repeatedly: "No, no! My feet are dirty, how can I use yours!"

Ming Dai smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, stop joking. Everyone's feet are dirty. Just wash them. Hurry up while the water is still hot."

Mrs. Huang then took the basin and soaked her feet comfortably.