Chapter 85: Splashing Itch Water
In the afternoon, Song Yuntang and Mu Qiu did not rest. They boiled three pots of shampoo water until all the bamboo jars that Song Jinsheng brought in the morning were filled.
There is still half a tank of shampoo water in the small tank. If I boil more, there will be no room left.
Song Jinsheng and Mu Dong also worked very hard. After a busy day today, all the wood for assembling the shelves has been sorted out. They just need to wait for Grandpa Sun's ox cart to come tomorrow to pull all the wood to the shop. After assembling it, they will paint it with varnish and let it dry for two days before they can start using it.
After a few people left, Song Yuntang took a shower early and lay down on the bed. It seemed that this young lady's body was too weak. After a busy day, she felt like her bones were about to fall apart.
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The next day, Song Yuntang was awakened by the whispering outside the yard.
"I'm telling you, that woman doesn't look like a good person. She has a seductive look. Many men have been coming in and out of her yard these past few days."
"Why did I hear that you were working for her?"
"You're overthinking it. Who would rent a house and live alone? Not to mention hooking up with so many men? If she's a good girl, I'll eat shit while standing on my head."
"And Mu Qiu from the Cui family, she's a bad boy. She's always showing her face in public and hanging out with other men. She has no shame!"
"Cui is just like that. After losing her husband, she always flirted with other men. In the early years, she asked this man for help and that man for help. I don't know how many men she flirted with. She only stopped in recent years because of her poor health. With a mother like this, how can her daughter be good?"
"This is what happens when the upper beam is crooked and the lower beam is crooked. Like mother, like daughter."
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Seeing that these people's words were becoming more and more excessive, Song Yuntang sat up from the bed.
She came to the yard, slowly filled half a basin with water, took out a packet of powder from her arms and sprinkled a quarter of it into the water, picked up a wooden stick on the ground and stirred it, then took it to the wall where the sound came from and threw it out with force.
“Crash!”
The next moment, screams were heard outside the yard.
"What are you doing, little bitch?"
"If you have the guts, why don't you just go around flirting with people? What's the matter? You're being a slut and you don't want anyone to say anything! Ouch! Why do you feel so itchy?"
"Isn't there something mixed in this water? Mr. Song, what did you put in the water?"
In the yard, Song Yuntang threw the basin against the wall.
"I didn't put anything in it. What I just poured was just the rice washing water that was left in the yard last night. But if you come to my house to make trouble again, I don't mind adding some ingredients to it to make you lose a layer of skin!"
Outside the yard, the noisy women all shut up.
"Aren't you afraid that we will report you to the authorities?"
Song Yuntang was not afraid at all. "Go ahead and sue me. I just wanted to ask Master Zhu what crime you can be convicted of for malicious defamation. Let's see if I can get away with it or you will spend the rest of your life in jail!"
The women outside wanted to say something, but the itchiness on their bodies was unbearable. They had no choice but to scratch hard while going home to take a shower.
"Song, wait for us!"
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After hearing that there was no more noise outside, Song Yuntang took the basin to the water tank and rinsed it clean.
Knowing that it was difficult for women to live independently in this world, she had already prepared herself mentally, but when this situation suddenly occurred, she was still a little angry in her heart.
These people are really indiscriminate and dare to say anything. Is it a sin to have no man in the family?
Besides, she has been very careful these days. Apart from her biological brother Song Jinsheng, she has never been alone with any man. Every time Mu Dong comes, Mu Qiu is always by his side.
The key point is that now even Mu Qiu and Cui Shi have been implicated by her.
They are all women, but these women really have no room for making up stories about others. No wonder Mu Qiu, who lives in a family loved by his mother and brother, still becomes such a taciturn and self-abased person. There are reasons for it.
But no matter how angry you are, you still have to eat.
But when she got to the rice jar, she found that the rice in the jar was almost gone, and the remaining rice was only enough for her to make porridge this morning.
She didn't want to work anymore, so she washed up and went out with her purse.
After buying a bun along the street and eating it, he went straight into a grain and oil shop, looked left and right in the shop, and finally pointed at the white rice in the middle and asked.
"Shopkeeper, how much is the rice?"
"Old rice is twelve cents, and new rice is fifteen cents." The shopkeeper replied.
Song Yuntang grabbed a handful of old rice and smelled it.
"What year is Chenmi from?"
Maybe it’s because of the dry weather, the rice doesn’t have a very obvious stale smell. But if it has been stored for too long, it would be better to eat brown rice.
"The old rice is from the year before last and the year before that, and the new rice is from last year." The shopkeeper pointed to the bag of rice in front of Song Yuntang, "The bag that the young lady is smelling is the rice from the year before last."
"How much is one stone? If I buy one stone, will the shopkeeper guarantee delivery?" Song Yuntang asked.
It would definitely be cheaper if they were sold by the stone, but she couldn't move it.
If it is not delivered, I can only wait for Song Jinsheng to come and buy rice.
"One stone of old rice is 860 coins." The shopkeeper looked at her in embarrassment, "But our shop has a rule that we only deliver if you buy more than three stones. If you can't afford it, you might as well buy less."
Song Yuntang hesitated for a moment, but decided to go back to see if Song Jinsheng had arrived. As soon as he turned around, he saw a familiar figure standing outside the grain and oil shop.
It so happened that the man outside's gaze paused for a moment when he passed by the grain and oil shop.
"What's wrong?"
the man asked as he stepped forward.
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