Chapter 317 I heard that I am the best (4)
After dinner, Zhou Shichu gave Zhou Shiwan a bath. Zhou Shiwan was less than six years old. She had experienced the death of her parents and lived with her sister. The original owner neglected to take care of her, so she became timid and cowardly. She was usually like an invisible person, hiding in a corner and playing by herself, and she didn't need any adult care at all.
Zhou Shichu touched the child's skinny body, which was so thin that every rib was clearly visible, and sighed. Only beggars on the street would have such a thin body, right? But she clearly had a sister, but she looked like this, which was really pitiful.
Although Zhou Shichu didn't have any special feelings for the human cub, after all, this body was their biological sister, so she couldn't just ignore this poor little thing.
Zhou Shiwan didn’t know how long it had been since she had taken a bath. Her little body was still dirty. It took two buckets of water for Zhou Shichu to scrub her thoroughly clean.
Because of their bad relationship with Li Wei, the couple slept in separate rooms. Li Wei slept with his son, and the original owner slept with her sister.
But - how lazy was the original owner? The quilt on the bed was sticky and it had been unknown how long it had been since it was washed. It also gave off a strange smell. It was a wonder how she could sleep there!
Even if she didn't wash it herself, she could have asked the maid to wash it, right? But she refused to do it even after being told to do so, and no one knew why.
Zhou Shichu threw all the bedding and mats on the bed onto the ground, then found a quick mat and quilt from his companion space and used them to cover himself.
Zhou Shiwan fell asleep right after taking a shower, so there was no need to worry about her discovering Zhou Shichu's secret.
After a good night's sleep, Zhou Shichu got up and the first thing she did was to ask the maid to wash her dirty bedding.
"Aunt Qian, please go and wash the mats and bedding on the floor of my room. They are too dirty." Zhou Shichu ordered.
"But Madam, I still have a lot of work to do today, and the master and the others have gotten up. I have to prepare some food for the master first, so I'm afraid I don't have time to help you wash the bedding." Aunt Qian answered cautiously, watching Zhou Shichu's face, fearing that she would scold her again if she was unhappy.
The original owner was a troublemaker. When she saw that the family had actually hired a maid to serve them, she started to act like a master and ordered Aunt Qian to do this and that. She kept her running around and was so tired that she almost foamed at the mouth. In the end, the original owner satisfied his act like a master and spared Aunt Qian.
So at this moment, Aunt Qian thought that Zhou Shichu deliberately asked her to wash the bedding. After all, it was not a festival, who would wash the bedding for no reason? As for whether it was dirty? Don't be ridiculous. Ordinary people don't wash their bedding once a year, because they are afraid that the bedding will be torn quickly if they are washed too much.
Of course, the Li family was not so sloppy and stingy because Li Wei was a small military officer, but they were not extravagant either. At most, they were a little better than ordinary families. So washing the bedding for no reason really seemed like Zhou Shichu was deliberately making things difficult for them.
Zhou Shichu didn't think so much. She was a top-class lady now, so she would just do what she wanted. Of course, she wouldn't deliberately make things difficult for Aunt Qian, so she said, "Then you can wash it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Just wash it when you have time!"
Aunt Qian was surprised that she didn't lose her temper and nodded in agreement.
Zhou Shichu carried Zhou Shiwan to the yard to wash. Fortunately, there was a well in the yard, so they didn't have to go outside to fetch water.
"Okay, learn how I brush your teeth. Don't swallow the green salt. Use a toothbrush dipped in green salt to brush your teeth slowly..." Zhou Shichu demonstrated to Zhou Shiwan while brushing his teeth.
There was no way. Zhou Shiwan had never brushed her teeth. Her family was poor before and Zhou Shiwan was young, so her parents didn’t have time to teach her. Later, her parents passed away and the original owner didn’t care about her sister, so she naturally didn’t teach her to brush her teeth, so Zhou Shiwan was always dirty.
But now that Zhou Shichu is here, we can’t let her be a dirty child anymore.
Zhou Shiwan clumsily took her small toothbrush and brushed her teeth like Zhou Shichu did, but she had no experience and swallowed the salt and water involuntarily, and couldn't help coughing.
Zhou Shichu quickly asked her to drink a few sips of water: "Don't swallow the water, rinse it in your mouth and spit it out."
Zhou Shiwan did as he was told and stopped coughing after a while. His thin little face had a little color because of the coughing and his eyes were wet again. When he looked up at Zhou Shichu, he finally looked a little cute like a child.
"Go on, you'll get it after trying a few more times." Zhou Shichu demonstrated the teeth brushing movements to her again.
Li Wei was in the room. When he heard Zhou Shichu's voice, he couldn't help but look out the window. He saw that she was actually patiently teaching her sister how to brush her teeth. He immediately looked up to the west sky to see if the sun was rising from the west today. Zhou Shichu, a lazy woman who never cared about others but only herself, actually divided her energy with her sister? !
This unprecedented scene made Li Wei wonder if Zhou Shichu had been replaced by someone else.
Aunt Qian prepared breakfast quickly. Actually, there was nothing delicious about breakfast at that time. It was either sorghum and corn porridge or Hu pancakes made of flour. There were few varieties and the taste was average.
The catering culture at that time had not developed much, so forget about the frying, stir-frying, and eight major cuisines of later generations. Most cooking methods at that time were boiling and stewing, with a small amount of soup and barbecue, and a small variety of seasonings, so the taste was really not that good.
Zhou Shichu drank the bland corn porridge with some pickles and finally filled his stomach.
She felt that she would become depressed if she could only eat such meals all the time, so she decided to be self-reliant.
She took Zhou Shiwan out to the street. It was Zhou Shiwan's first time out to the street since his parents passed away. So even though he was timid, he couldn't help but have his eyes shining when he saw the lively scene on the street. He looked around with curiosity and novelty.
Zhou Shichu thought that she was his adopted sister after all and he couldn't treat her too badly, so he bought meat buns and candied haws for the little girl.
When Zhou Shiwan learned that these two foods were bought for her, the light from her eyes could have blinded Zhou Shichu. She was so happy that she was not even afraid of her bad-tempered sister. She whispered to Zhou Shichu, "Sister, eat too..."
"Of course I will eat it, sister. I bought this for you, please eat it." Zhou Shichu said, and bought two meat buns from the vendor. The meat buns at this time were very substantial, with thin skin and lots of meat. They were fragrant and very satisfying to eat.
Zhou Shiwan held a meat bun that was almost bigger than her face and nibbled on it, her mouth full of oil. A rare satisfied smile appeared on her face. After all, she was a child, and she could be easily coaxed into submission as long as her family members approached her. She would not bear grudges at all.
Zhou Shiwan was a simple-minded person. She only knew that she would be very happy when she took her sister, who usually ignored her, out shopping and bought her meat buns.
(End of this chapter)
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