Chapter 2 Washing the dishes.
How to earn hard work points?
He Susu had a bad feeling when she saw the three words "hard work value". After looking at it carefully, the curve of her mouth corners straightened.
Washing vegetables, cutting meat, cooking, washing dishes, washing clothes, washing sheets, cleaning, working...all the manual labor that she disliked very much and had never done before was the only way to earn diligence points.
He Susu reasonably suspected that Tiandao's compensation for her shopping system was deliberately targeting her.
Only a lazy person can earn labor points to exchange for all items by doing housework. He Susu instantly lost interest in the things in the shopping system.
Anyway, any delicious food at home will be shared with myself first, so there is no need to work hard to earn the diligence points.
After taking a final look at what was displayed on the light screen, He Susu sighed regretfully and turned off the shopping system.
After all, she was injured and weak, and there was nothing to do, so she lay back on the bed and continued to sleep as if she was recuperating.
In the evening, He Susu got up and went to the dining table to eat with everyone.
There are quite a few people in the family, and in order to maintain her authority and prevent everyone from fighting over the staple food, He's mother is responsible for distributing the staple food.
The staple food for dinner was sweet potato porridge. There were not many rice grains, and the sweet potato accounted for the majority. The porridge soup was golden yellow, which was a rare good meal.
He's mother used a spoon to make porridge. Her husband and three sons were the main labor force and could get two sweet potatoes and porridge mixed with more rice grains. She and her two daughters-in-law got most of a sweet potato and golden porridge without any rice grains. The grandchildren were young and had small appetites, so they got small pieces of sweet potato and porridge mixed with a few rice grains.
He Susu’s is a unique egg and lean meat porridge.
Facing the envious eyes of her nephews and nieces, she sat at the dinner table, drinking porridge without any psychological burden, sighing with enjoyment from time to time.
He Susu had this egg and lean meat porridge for two meals in a row and she didn't feel sick of it at all. The eggs were okay, but even if she had the best portion at home, she couldn't eat this slice of meat very often. She liked the taste of meat.
Thinking of this, He Susu started thinking about the pork, chicken, and duck in the shopping system, as well as the malted milk that she had only drunk once but still remembered its sweet taste.
She hesitated, and once again secretly wondered in her heart why she had lost her magical powers.
He Susu remembered everything about her past as a fairy, but the magical powers she had cultivated had completely dissipated.
How in the world is there such a thing as washing dishes, clothes and sheets?
In the past, the problem could be solved with just the Qingchen Jue.
How in the world is there such a thing as washing vegetables and cooking?
In the past, fairies didn’t need to eat, they just needed to drink fairy dew.
Another spoonful of egg and lean meat porridge went into her mouth, and the familiar fragrance lingered on her tongue. He Susu remembered the braised pork she had eaten during the Chinese New Year one year. Even the stir-fried vegetables were delicious. She felt that the food in this world was still better than the fairy dew.
She finished the whole bowl of egg and lean meat porridge, felt full, and gave up thinking about the shopping system.
There's no way, she really doesn't want to work!
At this moment, the meal was cooked by mother, the dishes were collected by eldest sister-in-law, and the second sister-in-law was responsible for washing the dishes. No one would ask her to work. He Susu also put down her bowl and chopsticks with peace of mind, got up and went back to her room to rest.
The next day, when He Susu woke up, it was already noon and the house was empty with her being the only one left.
The adults all went to work in the fields, and the children of school age went to school. The He family was willing to spend money on their children's education, even though there was no college entrance examination in those days, and no matter how much they studied, they still had to go back to work in the fields, but they were happy to send them to school to learn to read.
The children go to school in the morning and go to work with the adults in the afternoon. They can earn one or two cents by carrying a bamboo basket to collect grass for pigs.
Only He Susu didn't make a single centimeter.
She went to the kitchen as if she knew the place well, opened the iron pot on the stove and saw warm egg custard and a bowl of porridge.
There was sesame oil dripping on the egg custard. Even though she was used to it, He Susu still missed the taste. She brought both bowls to the dining table for breakfast. Then she took the empty bowl to the basin next to the well and put it there to be washed together after lunch.
He Susu was not bored at home, she went back to her room and took out the notebook she had not finished reading and continued reading. These books were rare and were not allowed to be circulated, so she secretly exchanged them with her classmates in the city.
Near noon, He's mother came back early to make lunch.
It's not that she likes cooking, it's just that as she's older she earns less than young people, so it's more cost-effective for her to take time off to cook than for her wife to take time off to cook. And she wants to cook for her daughter, and if she lets her wife come back to cook, she might secretly taste it.
He's mother would never allow such a thing as making her daughter suffer and eat less meat to happen!
When He Susu heard the sound, she was happy to know that her mother had returned. She was even happier to know that there would be meat for lunch!
When it was time to get off work, the He family came back exhausted, tidied up, and sat at the dining table waiting for dinner.
As usual, He's mother was in charge of distributing the food. As they had to go to work in the afternoon, they had a filling steamed cornbread for lunch. The men ate three, the women ate two, and the children ate one. There was also a large pot of cabbage fried in lard, which was shiny and delicious.
He Susu sat in the middle, having a bowl of white rice that her mother had specially cooked for her. Even the brown rice was very tempting, not to mention a small plate of fried pork slices.
The child was eating a steamed bun in his mouth, but he was glancing at the plate of meat slices with his eyes, looking very greedy.
The adults were a little more restrained and could only bear it by eating steamed corn bread mixed with cabbage that tasted like lard, as if they had eaten pork.
He Susu ate a piece of meat and a mouthful of rice, and she was very satisfied. This was a rare good meal for her. Her mother told her to eat more meat to nourish her body.
As she ate, she felt that the meat didn't taste as good anymore.
Strangely enough, before she kowtowed, she often ate alone in public like this. She would only care about the meat in her mouth, and even though she knew that her parents, brother and sister-in-law also wanted the meat, she had no intention of sharing.
Ever since she kowtowed, she knew the future plot of the book. Even though she couldn't get married because of her bad reputation, her parents still loved and raised her as always. Her brother and sister-in-law were implicated by her in the future but never blamed her. He Susu's love for her family became even deeper.
Thinking about how her family gave her all the good things, but there was very little oil in their stomachs and they could only watch her eat meat, the balance in He Susu's heart gradually tilted to the other end.
After the meal, He Susu had a plan in mind. She clenched her fists: It's just work, she can do it!
After lunch, the adults in the He family went back to their rooms to sleep. They still had to go to work in the afternoon, and they would not be able to bear it if they did not rest. Only the children were left playing in the yard with great energy. The eight-year-old Guifang from the first room and the six-year-old Kerou from the second room squatted by the well to wash dishes.
Although the two nieces are young, they can take care of washing dishes after lunch, and they also help their mother with housework on weekdays.
He Susu walked over to watch for a while. Washing dishes was nothing more than scrubbing them with a loofah and then soaking them in water to wash them again. Fortunately, she came early and the two little girls had just started working.
Guifang lowered her head to wash the dishes, and felt a shadow falling. She looked up and asked in surprise, "Aunt, why are you here?"
Ke Rou then looked at her aunt with a look of surprise.
My aunt usually doesn't like to pay attention to them. They are working now and have no candy for my aunt.
He Susu ignored the surprise of her two nieces and said, "Don't wash the dishes, I'll do it."
Guifang was anxious when she heard this: "No, little aunt, you can't do the work. Kerou and I can wash the bowl quickly."
If grandma knew that they asked Xiaogu to wash the dishes, she would be scolded. Kerou quickly stood up and tried to stop Xiaogu with her small body: "No! Xiaogu, you can't wash the dishes!"
He Susu reached out and pulled Ke Rou away: "You all stand aside, I can finish such a simple task as washing dishes in no time. My parents are sleeping now, they won't know."
She toughened up, "Be obedient!"
Guifang and Kerou did not dare to disobey their sister-in-law. They looked at each other and stood aside.
He Susu walked to the well, squatted down, and dipped her hands into the water, feeling the coolness. She held a bowl in one hand and a loofah in the other, and began to scrub the dishes left and right. She was a little unfamiliar at first, but after scrubbing one or two bowls, she got the hang of it.
A smile slowly appeared on her face. Washing dishes was quite simple. But if she had a choice, she still wouldn't wash dishes.
After scrubbing all the bowls, chopsticks and plates with a loofah to remove the grease, He Susu began to rinse them. She also asked Guifang to help her fetch a bucket of water from the well to change the water and rinse the bowls, chopsticks and plates again.
Everything went smoothly. He Susu picked up the last bowl and rinsed it with water. Just as she took it out of the water and wanted to put it in another basin, her hand suddenly slipped.
With a crisp sound, the bowl broke.
He Susu was stunned for a moment.
Guifang and Kerou thought, it’s over.
The adults in the room woke up, and He's mother started scolding before she even came out: "Guifang, what's wrong with you two? You can break a bowl just by washing it?"
When she came out and saw her daughter, she was stunned again, her face changed, "Susu, why are you here? Did you get scratched by the broken pieces of the bowl?"
Seeing where her daughter was standing and the water on her hands, He's mother couldn't help but understand. She turned around and scolded Guifang Kerou who was standing beside her, "You two little girls are too lazy. You even ask your aunt to help you wash the dishes. How can you be so stupid?"
Guifang opened her mouth and said, "Grandma, we don't have any!"
Kerou protected her sister: "Grandma, it's my aunt who wants to wash the dishes herself!"
He's mother was furious, but her daughter stopped her: "Mom, I was bored and wanted to wash the dishes. I just tried to play with it for a while, but I didn't expect to break the bowl."
He's mother also felt bad for the broken bowls. In those days, bowls and plates were hard to come by at home. Not only did they cost money to buy new ones, but they also needed tickets. Some of the bowls at home were broken or chipped, but they were still used and reluctant to replace them.
But the bowl was broken by her daughter. She smiled and said, "It's okay. If the bowl is broken, you can buy a new one. The old one won't be replaced by the new one."
Zhao Miling and Qian Chunhe rushed out, feeling sorry for their daughter being scolded by her mother-in-law, and also sad that the bowl was broken and they had to buy a new one. The sister-in-law was really something, she suddenly broke the bowl while working for no reason, it would be better for her not to work!
After picking up and throwing away the broken pieces of the bowl, He's mother and the two daughters-in-law went back to their room to continue their nap. The children played in the yard, and He Susu also went back to her room.
She moved her mind, and a light screen appeared, with the diligence column changing from 0 to 1.
He Susu breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that since the last bowl was broken, and all the previous bowls had been washed, the task was completed.
With excitement, she began to look at what she could exchange for 1 diligence point.
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