The things that Mother Xu picked were all practical. Grandma Xu had also made a few sets of soft cotton clothes in the past few days. The outer cloth bags were made from old sheets and other cloths taken off the house. In addition, there were also a lot of diapers and small towels, as well as a small wooden basin for the baby to use.
But there's really no way around diapers. After all, they're not your own children, so washing them by hand...it's really not something that ordinary people can do. It has nothing to do with being kind or not, it's purely... Besides parents, no one else really cares about poop, pee, or farts...
Why!
Fortunately, the Xu family can still provide a portable washing machine. One machine has three tubs, and the machine can be used to wash the five children's clothes in different categories.
After all, even if people don’t wash by hand, they don’t want to share a washing machine.
Even families like Xu's mother who take the initiative to help raise the children for a few days need to prepare themselves mentally for a very long time. Before the time travel, poop and pee could just be thrown away in a pack of diapers, but now... they still have to be washed.
The only thing to be thankful for is that the trash can in the house behind the portal can be recycled by itself. I can just throw away the big diapers and let them be recycled in the trash can. But the ordinary ones still need to be washed, because I really can't reach out to do that!
As for the electricity bill, no one has brought it up yet, but if there really is no other way, I believe everyone will still help.
"Give him the bottles and formula provided in the newcomer gift package. As for the rest, we'll wait until he's older and see what he needs. Forget about the socks for now. Use a small cloth bag, like the ones you use to prevent him from scratching his face. You can pick him up when needed. I don't think it's necessary for now."
While packing her things, Mother Xu sighed, "These children are so pitiful..."
At this time, someone knocked on the door. Xu Tiantu ran to open the door and then brought someone in: "Mommy, Grandma Lin is here."
Old Lady Lin had taught Xu Tiantu a lot about farming last time, and she'd been borrowing his sewing machine these past few days, so she was pretty familiar with the place. She was here to return the favor today: "I'm going to town with the old man later. Do you want to buy anything?"
These days, she has been asked to bring seeds and borrow a sewing machine. Although no one said anything and even made tea for her, Old Mrs. Lin has been strong-willed all her life. Although she has nothing after this time travel and has to start all over again, she still wants to stand on her own feet.
She always remembers that others have helped her family, and she must return the favor.
It's a favor for others to help her, so she can't be ungrateful.
If neighbors don't get along well, it will be troublesome. Favors should be used sparingly. If you use too much, people won't value them anymore.
However, although those people over 70 years old do not have various benefits after crossing, they have one thing that is much better than other young people. Others cannot leave the village and the Changhuan Mountains unless they take the designated routes. The dangers of those three roads are still unknown, but judging from the names, they are probably very dangerous.
But those who don’t receive any welfare compensation don’t have to worry. They can walk out easily without having to worry about anything.
So there are gains and losses.
"But we don't have much money at this time. The gift package only gave us a hundred yuan..." Mother Xu was still very interested in this: "Are you going there on foot?"
"If you don't have money, you can just exchange things. Let's go over and see. If we can trade, that would be great. If not, we can talk later. These things can't be rushed. We need to explore slowly. There will always be connections." Old Lady Lin said: "We'll walk there, but we'll have a car to come back. The commune is herding cattle. There are 200 households in our village. I don't know how many there are, and there are other children."
It is no exaggeration to say that my eyes are shining when talking about this, because everyone knows what these livestock mean to a village and to this year.
"Oh, and there are seedlings. I guess I'll be very busy next. I'm going to bind the legs of the old and young men at home. The land in our hometown before we traveled through time was good and the soil was fertile. It was easy to plant anything without much effort. But it's very desolate here, and the land is all hard. If the weather gets hotter, it will definitely become more and more difficult to plant. We must take advantage of these few days. This is much more difficult than ordinary farming. Not to mention those who have never farmed before, even us old hands will probably have a hard time. The legs still need to be bound. I'm going to the town today to see if there are rubber shoes to change into, so everyone can take them out and wear them."
"Hey." Mother Xu was very grateful for the other person's words: "Then what would be a good exchange?"
"An old watch you can't use anymore? Flour? Sugar? I don't know what the world is like. Back then, there was a sugar shortage. Without sugar, many people had liver problems."
Mrs. Xu and the others didn't understand this, so they just let their daughter go back to find the thing, and she stayed here to chat with Mrs. Lin.
Xu Tiantu cleverly ran back behind the portal. They had no money and no tickets here, which was indeed very troublesome. Now someone was helping them to leave the village and solve this problem, which was of course a good thing.
As for making money from it, they mainly exchange it for emergency use, and by the way, see what is currently circulating in the market, so that they will have a better idea of what to use in the future.
Old Lady Lin also had things to trade. When they crossed over, they didn't bring anything with them, but they did bring the things they were wearing. Because the system had indicated from the beginning that everyone had 24 hours to shop, and those who were not covered by the welfare shopping bonus also tried their best to find ways to increase their benefits.
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