"Grandma, I was wrong, I won't do it again."
Li Wu touched his buttocks; it didn't actually hurt that much, and he couldn't help but grin again.
Yang Yufen looked away, afraid that she would hit her again. What a well-behaved and lovable child she used to be! Now she's reached the age where even cats and dogs find her annoying.
"Tell me what you've done."
Yang Yufen looked at the broken washing machine with a headache.
“We wanted to eat roasted potatoes, and Grandma Wang happened to be digging potatoes and gave us a basketful. But we wanted to wash them quickly, so we thought we'd put them in the washing machine. Then the washing machine broke down while it was washing.”
Wang Xing began to explain.
"Grandma, I'm sorry, it was my idea. I saw that you wash clothes in the washing machine very quickly, so I thought that putting potatoes in would also wash them quickly."
Li Wen lowered his head; his brothers wouldn't have acted if he hadn't suggested it first.
"Hmm, so who took apart the washing machine?"
Yang Yufen never expected that when she returned from her trip outside, her washing machine would be dismantled.
Wang Xing and Li Wen stepped forward.
"We demolished it."
"So, why are you running?"
Yang Yufen looked at Li Wu.
Li Wu scratched his head.
"When I saw Grandma come back, my legs wouldn't obey me and I started running."
"If you take it apart now, can you put it back together properly?"
Yang Yufen glanced at the scattered washing machine; the tools were quite complete.
"Yes, it's just that the drainpipe is clogged with mud and needs to be cleaned."
Wang Xing and Li Wen gave resounding answers.
"Alright, then you clean up and put it back together. If you do it well, Grandma will reward you. If you don't, you'll get a beating!"
After Yang Yufen finished speaking, she picked up the vegetable basket that she had dropped on the ground and went back into the house. These were newly harvested green beans, still tender, meant to be pickled for a crisp and refreshing taste. They were grown by Guixiang's husband, and she filled a basket with them for her.
There wasn't enough time to build greenhouses, so Wang Shuo suggested trying mulch film. If the film provides good insulation, the seeds will germinate earlier and the beans will ripen sooner, fetching a higher price. Moreover, green beans have a longer growing period, higher yields, and are more durable, making them better than growing leafy greens.
Before we know it, they'll be six years old. By this time next year, Niannian will be back, both children healthy and a little mischievous, it doesn't matter.
If it can't be fixed, then we'll have them wash their own clothes.
Yang Yufen had no hope that the children could fix the washing machine. The children wanted to eat roasted potatoes, and they had already washed and soaked them in water, and the skin was even bruised, so they couldn't keep them.
Roasted potatoes and roasted sweet potatoes are actually quite similar, but these three children definitely couldn't finish a basket of potatoes, so Yang Yufen simply put them in a pot to make potato rice, and cut a strip of cured meat into thin slices and put it in.
The three children outside worked together, with Wang Xing and Li Wu supporting them, while Li Wen twisted the screw back in.
When Yang Yufen finished cooking, the aroma of cured meat wafted out, and Li Wu couldn't help but swallow.
"Erbao, when are you going to be done? I'm starving."
"Don't make a sound, you're disturbing me."
Liwen focused intently on tightening the screws, trying to recall where he had taken the parts from and to see if anything was missing.
Only after confirming that nothing had been missed did Li Wen stand up.
"Let me plug it in and try it."
Seeing that Li Wen had finished, Wang Xing quickly took the plug and went to plug it in.
Yang Yufen came out to call the children for dinner, but to her surprise, the children actually put the disassembled washing machine back together.
Li Wu turned on the water tap so he could eat faster.
Water gushed into the washing machine, and Li Wu turned on the switch, and the washing machine started spinning.
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