Yue Jiuyue felt much better after lying down for a day, and then she couldn't stay in bed any longer.
She felt she had a slightly "cheap" quality; normally, whenever she had a spare moment, she wanted to lie down, and once she lay down, she didn't want to get up. But when it really came time for her to lie down and rest, she couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to go out and get some fresh air.
At this moment, Yue Jiuyue felt that the sky was bluer, the water was clearer, and the air was fresher. She didn't mind the dry weather, her skin being tanned dark by the scorching sun, or that it was prone to chapping.
"Mother, why don't you rest for a couple more days?"
When Madam Liu saw Yue Jiuyue come out, she asked her with concern.
She had seen girls who, after their period started, would be in so much pain that they would break out in a cold sweat and turn as pale as ghosts, even though she had never seen a ghost.
After all, rural girls aren't delicate. In the dead of winter, what family wouldn't be willing to waste firewood to heat water for washing clothes? Whether it's a daughter or a daughter-in-law, they'd break a hole in the frozen lake just to wash their clothes. If they get cold and chilled, they'll suffer terribly during their menstrual period.
After she got married, she learned from the midwife, the aunties and older women in the village that girls should not get cold, especially during their period, otherwise they would easily get abdominal pain, and in some serious cases, it would even affect childbirth.
Although her mother-in-law didn't have to worry about whether she could have children, the pain was real. When she saw her mother-in-law like that, she almost thought her mother-in-law was dying...
Of course, she would never be so foolish as to say such a thing out loud.
"It's nothing, I was just feeling bored staying indoors. I came out for a walk."
Yue Jiuyue walked around the yard twice, then leaned against the wall to bask in the sun.
—Ah, that feels so good!
Yue Jiuyue felt that the warm sunshine was even more comfortable than being under a blanket.
"Grandma! Bean worms! I want to eat bean worm eggs!"
This time, Xiaoman'er didn't use clothes to carry her bag. Instead, Liu Shi made her a cloth bag out of scraps of cloth. Yue Jiuyue even gave her some pointers, and Liu Shi listened to her and added two handles to the bag, making it very convenient for Xiaoman'er to use.
"You greedy cat!"
Madam Liu scolded him and tapped Xiaoman'er's head with her index finger.
The little girl retorted defiantly:
"They ate it all, they're all gluttons!"
Yue Jiuyue: ...
She has nothing to be ashamed of.
(︶.?︶?)
After the 20th, Yue Jiuyue started to worry about whether the oven she ordered was ready. The agreed-upon month had turned into forty days, and if it wasn't ready soon, she was considering switching to another oven.
Yue Jiuyue wasn't the only one concerned about the sweet potato roasting oven; Lin Chaodong and his group hadn't been selling much boiled sweet potatoes these days either, only one basket a day. Whenever they went to town, they would always make a trip to the blacksmith's shop to keep an eye on the progress.
"Mother! Mother! Come and see what we brought back!"
Lin Chaobei started shouting from a great distance.
It's just that their house is far from the village; otherwise, with Lin Chaobei's loud voice, he might have been able to call the whole village over.
"What is that? Is the oven ready?"
Aside from that, Yue Jiuyue couldn't think of anything else.
"Mother! As expected of you! You guessed it right every time!"
Lin Chaobei gave Yue Jiuyue a thumbs up.
"That's right! Did you buy coal? If you did, let's try roasting some today."
The aroma of roasted sweet potatoes is irresistible. Last time we ate a small amount, it wasn't even enough to fill a tooth gap. Besides, Lin Chaodong and his friends' roasting skills were really not that great.
Although she's just a master of empty talk...
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