Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Washing
Zhou sat in the shade under the eaves with her two children, embroidering on a handkerchief with needle and thread in her hands.
She was good at sewing and usually made small items such as handkerchiefs and purses. She would ask people from the same village to send them to the cloth shop in the county town to sell them, and she could make some money.
Two young children were sitting next to her, talking in low voices.
"Brother, is my uncle awake?"
"Probably not awake."
"Is the young aunt awake?"
“…He didn’t wake up either.”
Hearing the sound of the door opening, the three of them looked over.
Seeing Yu Li coming out of the room, Zhou stood up quickly and said, "Mother Li, you're awake. Go wash up. There's bean porridge on the stove."
Yu Li hummed, thinking back to the scene of last night's wedding, and said, "Thank you, mother."
Zhou smiled, put down the work in her hands, went to the kitchen to bring out breakfast, and placed it on the table in the main room.
There are not so many particulars in the countryside. Usually, guests are received, meals are eaten, and rest is rested in the main hall.
Yu Li went to the toilet first.
She drank too much water last night and felt very uncomfortable in her stomach when she woke up. This made her realize once again that her body was no longer the genetic warrior of her previous life, which could digest anything she ate.
While washing, Yu Li stared at the basin and saw a pale, hungry and thin face.
His facial features were very similar to those of his previous life, but because he was so thin, he couldn't be said to be good-looking. If he wasn't young, he would have been considered ugly if he was this thin.
Same name, similar appearance...Yu Li even had the illusion that the original owner was himself.
Breakfast is bean porridge with pickles, which is a very common food in the countryside.
Qingshi Village is located in the south of Daqing Dynasty, very close to the residence of the Baiyi people in the south. The staple food here is mainly rice, and there are also a lot of beans.
The pickles are homemade and cut into thin strips, which is very suitable for serving with porridge.
Yu Li first carefully took a sip of the bean porridge, then her expression paused and she began to drink the porridge in big gulps. Her expression was very pious, pious and serious. Even the pickled cabbage made her feel as delicious as a full banquet.
The sunlight suddenly shone under the eaves, and Zhou sat in the main room with her two children.
The main room is ventilated, with wind blowing in from outside, making it very cool to sit here in the summer.
Ever since Yu Li appeared, the two children stopped talking to each other.
They stared at Yu Li secretly, looking at her with wariness and curiosity as if she were a stranger. When they saw the expression on her face, the two children were a little confused and couldn't help but lean over to see what she was eating and why it was so delicious.
The two little heads stretched further and further forward, like two little ducks stretching their necks, which made Zhou laugh.
"Yan Hui, Yan Sheng, what are you looking at?" she asked the two children.
Yu Li also turned his head and looked at the two children who were approaching.
They were about four or five years old, a boy and a girl. Mrs. Zhou took very good care of them. They were fair and clean, and sat there obediently, like two round dumplings.
The dumplings were obviously frightened by her and instantly retracted their necks.
Zhou introduced Yu Li, "This is the older brother, Yan Hui, and this is the younger sister, Yan Sheng." Then she said to the two children, "Good children, call auntie now."
The two children said obediently: "Auntie."
Yu Li glanced at them, thought of something, went back to the room, took out a package, and took out two small purses from it.
She handed them two small purses and said, "This is a gift for meeting you."
I heard that on the second day after the wedding, the bride and groom have to meet the parents-in-law and give gifts to the younger generation of the husband's family. However, this marriage is rather special as the groom is still unconscious in the room, so some rules do not need to be followed, but the gift must be given.
Zhou was very surprised and asked with a smile, "Why did Li Niang prepare this?"
The wedding was hastily done and everything was kept simple. She hadn't thought of asking Yu Li to serve her tea or anything like that. As long as Fu Wenxiao wasn't awake, she wouldn't have the heart to do that.
"It wasn't prepared by me, it was prepared by my third sister." Yu Li said honestly.
Knowing that Fu Wenxiao had two young nephews and nieces, and that as a new bride, she would definitely have to give them gifts when she entered the house, Yu Li's third sister stuffed two small purses in her pocket and gave them to her to bring over.
Zhou had no impression of the girls from the second branch of the Yu family, because these girls always had endless work to do and rarely went out. Even the people in the village were not familiar with them.
These two purses are made of some scraps of cloth. There are no ordinary patterns on them, but the good thing is that the colors are harmoniously matched and the styles are cute, which is very much in line with children's preferences. It can be seen that the person who made them is very smart.
She smiled and said, "It looks good."
The two children also liked the purse very much and said to Yu Li crisply, "Thank you, little aunt."
Then he took the two purses and went to play nearby.
After Yu Li finished breakfast, Zhou fetched a basin of water and brought it into the east wing where Fu Wenxiao lived.
Yu Li had nothing to do, so he thought about it and followed.
Zhou came in to fetch water for Fu Wenxiao to wash. Although her youngest son had been lying in bed unconscious, she still took good care of him and cleaned his body to prevent the summer weather from being too hot and causing him to develop sores on his back from lying down for too long.
Seeing Yu Li following in, she felt somewhat satisfied, and the look in her eyes became much softer.
She said, "Mother Li, Xiao Ge'er is a very clean person. We need to wipe his body every day. The doctor said that this can prevent him from lying down for too long and getting sores. You are Xiao Ge'er's wife now, and you will have to do this job in the future..."
Now that her youngest son has a wife, she no longer has to do the chores of washing and cleaning for him herself.
Yu Li looked at her blankly, then nodded.
She recalled that in the original owner's memory, Old Madam Yu once said to the Yu family: "Fu Wenxiao will die sooner or later. What's the point of having a happy wedding? Isn't it better to buy a maid to serve him?"
It's no wonder that Old Lady Yu thinks so. The Fu family used to be traveling merchants. Compared to country folk like them who make a living from the land, they are indeed rich. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to buy land and build a house in Qingshi Village after returning home. It's a brick and tile house, and although it's not big, it's eye-catching enough in the eyes of the villagers.
Not to mention, Fu Wenxiao was a money-eating beast, and no one knew how much he had spent on medicine alone.
The Fu family is now full of old, weak and sick people. If they really want to buy a maid to help with the work, it makes sense.
The Yu family didn't take this marriage seriously at all. They all felt that although it was said to be a wedding for good fortune, in reality it was just buying the girl back to be a maid.
In their eyes, Yu Li was just a maid bought by the Fu family.
Yu Li’s understanding of this world all came from the original owner’s memories.
So after seeing from the original owner's memory that the Yu family thought so, she also felt that she came to the Fu family to be a maid.
If you are a maid, it seems that you have to work.
Anyway, she has nowhere to go now, so it's okay to be a maid for the time being. After all, the Fu family is much better than the Yu family. At least Zhou will give her food. She just ate a big bowl of thick bean porridge.
There was absolutely no chance for her to have such bean porridge in the Yu family.
The Yu family favors boys over girls, and only gives girls brown rice porridge mixed with wild vegetables. There are only a few grains of brown rice in it, and it tastes bitter and can easily sore the throat.
After giving the instructions, Zhou wrung out a towel and used it to clean the face of the person on the bed.
Because there was a patient in the room, the doors and windows were closed. This was also the idea of many people in that era that the patient could not be exposed to the wind or else they would be invaded by wind evil. As a result, the light in the room was very dim and the smell was a bit stuffy.
Yu Li stood by the bed and lent a hand to Zhou.
After Zhou wiped his face, she was ready to help the man up and wipe his body. Seeing that she was struggling to lift the unconscious man on the bed, Yu Li reached out and easily lifted the lying man up.
Zhou looked at her in a daze.
Yu Li also stared at Zhou blankly and tilted his head, as if asking if there was anything wrong.
"Li Niang, you are so strong." Zhou said, and couldn't help but think of what Old Lady Yu once said, that she was very strong, and it turned out to be true.
She looked so relaxed, as if it wasn't any effort at all.
You know, although Fu Wenxiao has been bedridden, he is still a tall man of eight feet. Every time Zhou helped him up to change his clothes, it was very difficult.
Yu Li thought to herself that this was nothing. Although she was too weak to lift the large water tank, she still had enough strength to lift a grown man.
She sighed in her heart, she had become so weak now, she had to take care of her body quickly.
Zhou just sighed and continued to work.
They quickly took care of him, changed Fu Wenxiao into clean clothes, and let him lie down in bed feeling refreshed.
In the dim light, Yu Li took a special look and found that the man on the bed had a pale face, like a corpse. Even his skin was cold and his breathing was intermittent. He might have died at any time.
In her previous life, she had seen a lot of death, but those people died after being polluted and transformed into monsters, and rarely left intact bodies. This was the first time she had seen someone waiting to die quietly like this. She couldn't help but feel a little curious and looked at him a few more times.
Zhou looked at her little son who was unconscious on the bed, a look of sadness appeared on her face, and she lowered her head to wipe away her tears.
Yu Li stood there in a daze, watching her lower her head to wipe away her tears, with a somewhat confused expression.
Living in the end times and wandering in the dangerous wilderness, death is common for these genetic warriors. She couldn't empathize with them, but she was considerate and didn't say anything.
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At noon, Yu Li had brown rice porridge with pickles and a bowl of vegetable soup.
This was very common food in the countryside, tasteless. However, when seeing the expression on her face, even Zhou doubted whether the food on the table was any delicacy, not to mention the two children, who were encouraged by her to eat half a bowl of vegetables and brown rice porridge, and their little stomachs were rarely full.
In the end, Zhou could only attribute it to the Yu family's unkindness for not giving her food, which led to her thinking that even brown rice porridge and vegetable soup were delicious.
It's also pitiful.
The day passed uneventfully.
Yu Li was very satisfied with her life that day. What she was most satisfied with was the generosity of the Fu family. It was not like in the original owner's memory that she was always deducted from her food. She ate less than a cat and could not eat at the table with men. She had to squat in the stuffy kitchen to eat.
She is still sick and needs to recuperate. She can only eat more to restore her health.
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