Seeing several people walking happily into the yard, Yan Mingli took a few pieces of firewood from the pile and brought them into the kitchen.
He was going to make a fire to boil some water for bathing. He heard that girls in the city all liked cleanliness, and a girl as pretty and fragrant as this must like cleanliness even more.
You can't let a fair and tender city girl become more and more rough after living in his house.
Yan Mingli really couldn't imagine the scene of Mo Yutong rolling up her trouser legs, revealing her jade-white calves, and going to the fields with him to spread fertilizer and plant rice seedlings.
The scene was so horrifying that he couldn't even bear to think about it. He always felt that a little girl like her should be like Anna, whom her father had not yet finished talking about, standing in the square of St. Petersburg with elegance and charm.
"The water tank is outside the kitchen. There is a ladle on the tank cover, and the basin is placed under the tank." Yan Mingli's voice came from the kitchen, making Mo Yutong's lips curl up slightly.
Kitchen? It probably means kitchen! Mo Yutong and Yan Mingli quickly saw the large water vat outside the kitchen. There were two overlapping semicircular wooden lids on the vat.
But when Mo Yutong saw the big wooden basin next to the water tank, he suddenly didn't know how to start.
This wooden basin has a solid base and thick rims, so it must weigh at least ten pounds.
It's not that he can't carry it, but the process might be a bit difficult. Mo Yutong didn't want to lose this person in front of Yan Mingli for the time being, so he took the gourd ladle on the lid of the jar and scooped a few scoops of water into the wooden basin.
Then Mo Yutong looked around the yard and finally saw two short square stools next to the firewood pile. She ran over and brought them to the wooden basin. She said to the two little ones, "Sit here. Sister will wash your hands for you."
As he spoke, he led the two little ones to sit on the stool, then squatted naturally in front of them. He then held Yan Mingcheng's hand and prepared to use soap to apply a layer of fragrant bubbles on the back of his hand.
"Sister, we know how to wash our hands." Yan Mingcheng looked at Mo Yutong shyly, with an embarrassed blush appearing on his thin face.
Little brat, you think a lot! Mo Yutong looked up at his red cheeks and said with a smile: "Okay, sister will teach you today, a way to wash your hands very clean, do you want to listen?"
As soon as Mo Yutong finished speaking, Yan Mingxue immediately cheered her on, "Sister, we want to listen."
"So good! Come and follow your sister and put your hands in the basin." Although running water can clean your hands better than still water, you can only make do if conditions do not permit.
"Pa..." Three pairs of hands of different sizes were put into the basin. Yan Mingxue also let two of her hands swing left and right happily like fish.
"Then apply some fragrant soap." Mo Yutong smiled and picked up the soap from the soap box that Yan Mingxue had placed on the ground next to the wooden basin. She applied it on the palms and backs of her hands and handed them over.
After Yan Mingcheng and Yan Mingxue followed her instructions, Yan Mingcheng carefully put the soap back into the soap box.
Seeing that they had already applied the soap, Mo Yutong immediately put their palms together and said, "Step one, put your palms together, put your fingers together, and rub them together."
While Mo Yutong was carefully teaching the two children how to wash their hands using the six-step hand washing method recommended in the "Technical Guidelines for Prevention and Control of Nosocomial Infections in Infectious Atypical Pneumonia in Hospitals" issued in November 2003, Yan Mingli was frequently going in and out of the kitchen, carrying a ladle full of water and adding water to the big pot one ladle at a time.
Although he only stopped briefly by the water tank each time, Yan Mingli did not miss her gentle expression.
At this moment, she is like a very patient and competent mother, teaching her children carefully and explaining each step seriously and diligently.
"This is the last step. Have you learned it?" Mo Yutong retracted the fingertips of his left hand that were clasped together in the palm of his right hand, put his hand into the basin to wash, and asked with a smile.
"Sister, I got it." Yan Mingxue quickly replied with a smile on her eyes, and also put her hands into the basin to carefully wash off the bubbles.
"Sister, I'll go get the handkerchief." Yan Mingcheng quickly finished washing, then stood up and ran to the clothesline, stood on tiptoe to take out a piece of white linen and handed it to Mo Yutong.
"Thank you, Chengcheng. You guys wipe your hands first." Mo Yutong squatted beside the wooden basin and smiled as he watched the two little ones sitting on the low square stools wiping their hands diligently. His eyebrows couldn't help but become more gentle.
At this time, Yan Mingcheng had almost filled the pot to 80% full, and was ready to scoop two more scoops of water to cover the pot.
"Brother Li, why don't you use a basin?" Mo Yutong looked up at Yan Mingli who was coming towards him and asked in confusion.
Wouldn't it be more convenient to fill a basin with food and then pour it all into the pot at once? Why do we have to take it out and put it in again and again?
Yan Mingli paused while scooping water, then said calmly, "There's only one basin."
What this meant was that the three of them occupied the only basin in the house, so he had to go in and out of the kitchen repeatedly without getting tired of it. At that moment, Mo Yutong's heart ached even more.
Brother Li... Mo Yutong stared at his back, her eyes gradually feeling sore, but she didn't dare to show it too obviously. She could only take the linen cloth handed to her by Yan Mingcheng and lowered her head to wipe her hands randomly.
Perhaps the emotions in her eyes were concealed too quickly. Not only did Yan Mingli not see any inappropriate emotions, even Yan Mingcheng next to her did not notice anything unusual. As for Yan Mingxue's strong nerves, she would not have any thoughts beyond eating and new things for a while.
After wiping her hands, she naturally had to clean up the battlefield, but Mo Yutong was worried when she looked at the basin in front of her. She had to consider her arm and wrist strength for an empty wooden basin, and a wooden basin with several buckets of water in it was even more difficult for her.
Yan Mingli, who had moved half of the pot lid onto the pot, seemed to see her hesitation and hurried out to put the ladle on the pot lid and said, "Let me do it!"
After saying that, he grabbed the edge of the basin in front of Mo Yutong's astonished eyes and easily lifted the wooden basin with one hand.
Although Mo Yutong knew that the single-arm strength of an adult man was usually more than 50 kilograms, she was still stunned by his relaxed look.
"Brother Li, you are so awesome!" Mo Yutong couldn't help but admire him sincerely.
Yan Mingli, who was pouring water from the gutter next to the kitchen, stiffened his back, fearing that Yan Mingxue, who was sitting on a low square stool, would say something shocking and embarrass everyone.
However, what you fear will come true. Yan Mingxue lived up to his expectations and said proudly: "My eldest brother is the most powerful man in the village."
"Yan Mingxue, shut up!" Yan Mingli put the wooden basin back next to the water tank and glared at Yan Mingxue unhappily. He really didn't want this sister anymore.
"What I said was clearly true." Yan Mingxue pouted and muttered, unable to understand why her brother was angry. He even got angry when he was praised. What a strange man!
The strange man's eyes were now glancing at Mo Yutong, who was squatting on the ground and looking at him intently. This little girl shouldn't have misunderstood anything! Probably not!
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