Song Qingyun's eyes lit up with joy. The single-tub washing machines in the past all had large capacities. She threw the children's clothes in, sprinkled some detergent, connected the faucet, and turned on the switch.
Soon, a rustling sound was heard.
Song Qingyun raised the corners of her lips. The washing machine was working and she had nothing to do, so she simply walked around to see if there was anything else that she could take out without looking out of place.
Song Qingyun sorted out her clothes in the lounge. She and Xia Weian had been working all their lives in their previous lives, and they had never bought themselves clothes that cost more than fifty yuan.
But he supported seven nephews.
Let them all live a good life and marry beautiful wives.
Now that I think about it, the clothes in her storage box are also full of irony.
Song Qingyun looked carefully and found that most of them were blue, black, gray, or white shirts, which could still be worn now.
You need coupons to buy cloth now. I can use these clothes to alter the clothes for several children so that at least they can wear clothes without patches.
Song Qingyun sorted out his clothes, wrapped them in Xia Weian's big coat, and carried them out of the space.
Xia Weian was working while keeping an eye on the front yard. When he saw Song Qingyun coming out with something in his arms, he immediately went to meet him.
"These clothes don't look out of place when worn now. I've taken them out and will have them altered for the children later. We can't let the children wear patched clothes anymore." Song Qingyun said.
The children in her family had never worn new clothes. Their clothes were given to them by the boys in the Xia family because they were no longer able to wear them and were worn out.
Song Qingyun couldn't wait to make it up to the children.
"Okay, you can put it in our house first. If the children ask where these clothes came from, just say that I went hunting in the mountains at night and exchanged them with someone." Xia Weian said after thinking for a while.
"Okay." Song Qingyun responded, put all the clothes back on the kang in their room, went back to the backyard, and entered the space.
After washing the clothes, she took them out again in the basin.
"There is no clothesline." Song Qingyun looked at Xia Weian.
"When I was making bamboo yesterday, I specially made a few extra ones. I'm setting them up now, and I'll make a sturdier one later." Xia Weian said.
"Um."
Xia Weian neatly fixed two bamboo poles into an X shape, stuck both ends into the ground to make a set, and found a thick bamboo pole to put on top of it, and a simple clothesline was ready.
Song Qingyun washed the horizontal bar with water and hung up the washed clothes.
"Let's go to the scrap yard this afternoon to see if we can get some wire. I'll come back and make some clothes hangers." Xia Weian whispered.
"Yeah." Song Qingyun responded, "Let's see if there's an iron bucket. When we build a bathroom, we can directly store water and then build a shower. Girls should try to take a shower."
"good."
The couple discussed in a low voice what to do this afternoon.
I'm going to the black market to buy some meat and see if I can get some rice and flour; the rice and flour in their space are of good quality. I'm also going to buy some notes and call the Han family kid. I'm going to show the kids around and broaden their horizons.
It takes about two hours to walk from their village to the county.
They went out after lunch and arrived in the county at around two o'clock. The post office and the black market were open in the afternoon, so they could go to the black market after making a phone call.
Xia Weian has to go to the black market alone.
Song Qingyun took the children to visit the supply and marketing cooperative.
The couple finished their discussion and were about to go to the backyard to continue their work.
The big girls and the others got up.
"Mom and Dad, I got up late." The girl said in a panic. She had never slept in before. She was frightened and tired yesterday, and no one called her, so she didn't wake up.
"It's okay. We don't have to go to work for these three days. Just sleep well at home and get up after you wake up." Song Qingyun said in a gentle voice.
"Mom, you washed all our clothes. This, this is so wrong of mine. I should have washed them." The big girl said hurriedly. Looking at the clothes that were still dripping with water, the big girl felt extremely guilty.
She is already sixteen years old and an adult. How can she still let her mother wash her clothes?
"Silly children, why can't your mother wash your clothes for you?" Song Qingyun pinched the big girl's face lovingly, "You have to wash your small vests and underwear by yourselves, and your socks too. These three mothers won't help."
"Well, Mom, I was too tired yesterday, so I didn't wash. I will take my sisters to the river later." The eldest girl said hurriedly.
"Be good, go wash up, we'll eat first." Song Qingyun said.
Xia Weian fetched some water. He was sweating, so he simply wiped himself and went to the kitchen.
The eldest girl and her younger sister finished washing up, and when they entered the kitchen, Song Qingyun had already prepared dumpling soup for everyone.
Although it has been stored for a while, it does not affect its deliciousness at all.
"Mom, what is this?" Xiao Qi asked curiously after sniffing.
"Dumpling soup. Mom put persimmons in it. Come, eat it quickly." Song Qingyun called.
Several children sat down quickly and lowered their heads to eat.
"Mom, it's, it's white flour." Wuniu exclaimed, her big eyes full of surprise.
"Well, our family's life will get better and better in the future."
"Mom, where does our family get the white flour?" asked the big girl.
The big girl felt that it was a very happy thing that her parents could bring them out. Living in such a big house was something she could not even dream of.
Now we are eating refined grains and white flour again!
The eldest girl couldn't believe it, and was afraid that her parents were working too hard to make sure they had better food.
Song Qingyun felt warm in her heart. Her daughter was so kind and knew how difficult it was for them to feel sorry for her.
"This is our family secret. Mom will tell you, but you can't tell anyone." Song Qingyun said seriously.
The children also looked serious and put down their chopsticks. Seven pairs of innocent eyes looked at Song Qingyun, their eyes full of trust.
For a moment, Song Qingyun felt a little embarrassed to fool his own children.
She cleared her throat and said, "You have to thank your father for this. He went up the mountain at night and hunted some game, and then he exchanged it for food and some old clothes."
"Wow, Dad is so awesome!" Xiaoliu looked at Xia Weian with admiration.
Xia Weian's old face flushed slightly, "This is our family secret, we can't let others know."
"We won't tell anyone, and no one will tell anyone." The eldest girl was the first to guarantee.
The other sisters also followed suit.
"You are all good children. Eat. From now on, we will provide you with enough food at home." Song Qingyun said with a smile.
"Great." Several children cheered and started eating.
Eat and drink enough.
The eldest and second daughters cleaned the kitchen together, washing dishes and pots, and they did the job efficiently.
After cleaning up the kitchen, the eldest and second daughters took their younger sisters to the river not far from the door to wash their underwear.
Song Qingyun went back to her room to change her clothes, while Xia Weian continued to clean the backyard.
The children washed their clothes quickly. The youngest, Xiaoqi, who was three years old, also washed his vest and underwear by himself.
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