Chapter 3 Meat buns.
There is an "I can redeem" button in the shopping system. He Susu touches it with her mind, and the screen displays all the things that can be redeemed with her current 1 diligence point.
There are 100g of White Rabbit candy, 2 eggs, a handful of melon seeds, a pound of choy sum, and a meat bun...
He Susu thought that she had to try first to see if she could really use the hard work points to exchange for things in the shopping system. Otherwise, if she worked so hard to accumulate hard work points and couldn't exchange them later, wouldn't it be a waste of time?
With this thought in mind, she started to choose.
The wound on White Rabbit candy's forehead hurt when she saw it. She could have two eggs every day, but it was hard to crack melon seeds. He Susu's eyes fell on the column of meat buns.
That’s a meat bun, there’s meat in it!
He Susu exchanged 1 point of diligence for a meat bun without hesitation. The next second, she had a hot meat bun in her hand, wrapped in oil paper, and the aroma of meat hidden in the bun skin was about to come out.
She was very greedy, but she was full after lunch. He Susu had just eaten meat slices at noon, so she couldn't bear to eat meat so soon.
With a thought, the meat buns in her hand disappeared and were stored in the storage compartment of the shopping system.
The shopping system provides five storage compartments, which can store five different items respectively, keeping them in the best condition when they are exchanged. For example, this meat bun can be stored until the evening and eaten fresh and hot. If you want to exchange for other items in the future, you can also store them in the storage compartment when you don't need them temporarily.
The authenticity of the items exchanged in the shopping system was confirmed, and He Susu breathed a sigh of relief. As long as she was willing to work, she could exchange them in the shopping system if she wanted to eat and drink delicious food in the future.
Thinking of working, He Susu's joy instantly faded. There were still meat buns in the storage compartment, and her parents were not in a hurry to eat meat, so she decided to give herself a rest.
He Susu relaxed on the bed and soon fell asleep.
In the evening, sister-in-law Zhao Miling was cooking in the kitchen, and He's mother went in to watch when she was helping her daughter fry a small plate of meat slices.
He Susu was in the room, and she took out the big meat bun and started eating. Needless to say, this white flour meat bun is delicious, the dough is fluffy and soft, the meat filling inside is rich in sauce, and the sauce soaks into the bun skin. After swallowing it in one bite, you can't help but savor it.
After eating the meat bun, He Susu felt that it tasted much better than the one she had eaten in the county's state-owned restaurant a year ago. The meat bun was big, and she didn't move much in the afternoon, so she was already 80% full.
She wiped the grease off her mouth and drank a few sips of water to prevent the smell of meat from leaking out when she spoke. Then she left the room and sat down at the dining table.
The staple food for the evening was sweet potato. He Susu asked her mother for a piece to eat. As usual, she had a small plate of meat slices that she had prepared for her own cooking.
He's mother distributed sweet potatoes to everyone, and after sitting down, she called to her daughter: "Susu, you should eat more meat. You need more nourishment." She used half of the pound of meat she exchanged with the secretary's family to make egg and lean meat porridge yesterday, and she ate it all today by having two meals of fried pork slices.
She was still thinking about how to continue nourishing her daughter tomorrow.
He Susu smiled and agreed. She picked up a piece of meat and ate it with the sweet potato.
This piece of meat was specially prepared by her mother for her. It would be wrong not to eat some. I couldn't let her down.
Father He lowered his head and ate in silence. The eldest and second brothers were so hungry that they ate sweet potatoes one bite after another. Zhao Miling and Qian Chunhe sighed in their hearts as usual, envious of their sister-in-law's good treatment, and ate in silence.
The five children took a bite of the sweet potato in their bowls and glanced at the plate of meat slices, as if they could taste the meat with their eyes.
He Susu ate about two pieces of meat and half a sweet potato, then put the bowl down: "Mom, I'm full. You can share these pieces of meat."
He's mother hurriedly advised, "These slices of meat are specially fried for you, you should eat as much as possible."
He Susu shook her head: "I've eaten enough. My stomach is really full. This meat slice won't taste so good if it's left until tomorrow. Mom, you guys have worked hard in the industry, so you should eat some meat slices to replenish your body."
As she spoke, she picked up a piece of meat and put it into He's mother's bowl.
Seeing her daughter's determination, He's mother reluctantly agreed: "Okay, then we'll eat some too."
Looking up at her grandchildren's shining eyes, He's mother said, "My aunt loves you so much that she specially saved some meat for you to eat. Come on, everyone, take a piece of meat and share it."
Guifang was the smartest girl, and she quickly said, "Thank you, aunt!"
Ke Rou shouted, "Thank you, aunt!"
The three little boys, Guixi, Guimian and Kejie, followed suit and said, "Thank you, aunt!"
He Susu maintained her usual style and said nonchalantly, "Eat quickly."
After He's mother distributed the slices of meat to her five children, she distributed some to her son and daughter-in-law, and He's father also got a piece of meat.
The dull atmosphere at the dinner table became lively because everyone got a piece of meat. Brother He and Brother Two instantly regained their spirits after eating the meat. Zhao Miling and Qian Chunhe savored the aroma of the meat in their mouths, and were surprised in their hearts: It's really strange that they can actually get a piece of meat from their sister-in-law's mouth.
That night, the He family slept particularly soundly because they had tasted some meat.
The next day, He Susu slept until noon as usual. After brushing her teeth, washing her face and having breakfast, she sat in the hall for a while, then sighed, walked to the yard, carried a wooden bucket to the well.
The wooden barrel contained her laundry from last night.
Growing up, He Susu has never washed her own clothes. It has always been her mother who helped her wash them.
Last night she had an idea and thought of earning diligence points by washing clothes, so she told her mother not to help her wash the clothes and to leave them for herself today.
He's mother was surprised when she heard this: "Susu, why do you suddenly want to wash clothes? Just leave them there until I can wash them together. It's spring now and the well water is still cold. Your hands won't be able to stand the cold later."
The daughter always took good care of her delicate hands. Working would make them rough, and soaking them in water for a long time when washing clothes would also make them wrinkled. He's mother naturally didn't want her daughter to suffer this. It was just a few more clothes to wash. What a big deal.
Moreover, He's mother remembered the dishes she had to wash at noon, and her daughter now said she wanted to wash her own clothes. She asked in confusion, "Susu, why are you suddenly willing to work?"
Although He's mother loved her daughter, she didn't want to raise her to be lazy and incompetent at first, so that she would be despised by her in-laws when she got married. But later, somehow, her daughter was busy with her studies and had a sweet mouth and was good at talking, so she softened her heart and didn't want to let her do anything, and she became what she is now.
Now that Susu wanted to work, she felt uneasy.
He Susu just smiled and said coquettishly: "I have nothing to do, so I feel like washing clothes myself. Mom, just follow me."
He's mother understood that this was probably the only time she would wash the clothes. She thought that her daughter's first time washing clothes would not be clean enough, so she would come back tomorrow to help wash the clothes again.
At this moment, He Susu found a small piece of soap bean, rubbed it on the wet clothes, and rubbed the clothes together to make bubbles.
Actually, this soapnut was specially used by her. Her classmates in the city washed their clothes cleanly and smelled faintly of soapnut when they wore them, so she followed suit and pestered He's mother to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a soapnut, which she would use to wash her clothes on weekdays.
The well water that had been drawn earlier was warm from the sun, so it wasn't uncomfortable to soak your hands in it. He Susu rubbed her underwear and then her top.
At first, she was reluctant and rubbed the clothes gently. Later, she was afraid that the clothes would not be washed clean, so He Susu increased the strength of her hands and rubbed the shirt vigorously.
She rubbed the armpit of the shirt, and maybe because she used too much force or the fabric was too thin, the shirt tore with a tearing sound.
He Susu looked at the hole in her shirt in surprise and felt very distressed.
She was one of the few girls in the village who could get new clothes every year. The cloth coupons saved at home were not enough, and her elder sister who married in the city gave her some subsidies, so she bought the most beautiful cloth from the supply and marketing cooperative, which her mother made for her. She also bought a ready-made dress from a department store, with a lotus leaf collar and puff sleeves, which was very fashionable and she liked it very much.
What she is washing now is this dress with lotus leaf collar and puff sleeves.
He Susu lifted up her shirt, water was flowing, and the hole was particularly dazzling under the sunlight.
"What the hell, I actually tore my clothes while washing them?"
Not to mention the villagers, the clothes of her nephews and nieces were covered with patches, but her clothes were new and without any patches. He Susu felt heartbroken when she thought about her beloved lotus leaf collar and puff sleeves needing more patches.
It's a huge loss to earn this 1 point of diligence value.
"I'll have to ask mom to help me with sewing later... Wait, sewing?" He Susu suddenly thought that sewing clothes also counts as work and can earn diligence points.
One piece of clothing can be exchanged for 2 points of diligence, which is not too bad. Thinking of this, He Susu comforted herself that fortunately the hole in the shirt was only at the armpit. She could sew it up and put it on again. As long as she didn't lift her arm up, no one would see it.
She then scrubbed the remaining pants, this time controlling the force to the right degree, and finally rinsed all the clothes again and hung them on bamboo poles in the yard to dry.
After lunch, He Susu asked her mother for needle and thread.
He's mother was puzzled: "What do you want to do with needlework? Don't play with this thing randomly, don't hurt yourself."
He Susu had no choice but to tell him about the holes she had in her clothes.
He's mother felt distressed and amused after hearing this. She couldn't scold him, "You'd better not wash clothes in the future. Those clothes can't stand your rubbing. Let me mend these clothes for you. Your needlework won't look good if you mend it later."
He Susu felt that she could do it: "Isn't it just to mend the hole? That's easy. Mom, I rubbed the hole in the clothes, so I have to mend it."
He's mother had no choice but to go back to her room and get needle and thread for her.
He Susu took the needle and thread and went to the yard to collect the half-dried shirt and returned to her room. She sat on the edge of the bed, threaded the needle and thread, and studied how to mend it to make it look better. Then, she simply and roughly sewed up the two sides of the hole.
She thought about it and called up the light screen to take a look. Well, the clothes were a bit ugly after being mended, but she had saved 2 diligence points, so it was quite a success!
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