024: No underwear to wear
Yu Xiaoye was a little worried about letting his mother go to the toilet alone, so he stood up and said:
"Mom, I want to go too. Can I go with you?"
"Okay."
Yu Xiaoye accompanied her mother to the toilet.
There was only one toilet upstairs in the hospital, unisex, and there was a queue.
The two of them had no choice but to go downstairs.
There is an open-air dry toilet next to the building, and the stench can be smelled from a long distance away.
There is a row of squat toilets inside, and the scene inside is unbearable to look at.
One look at it refreshes the mind.
My scalp tingles after watching it for a while.
I can’t look at it for the third time. If I look again, I’m really worried that I’ll fall into it!
The two of them worked hard to overcome the difficulty of having no toilet paper and stood in the dry toilet pit respectively.
Untie the hemp belt and take off your pants.
Yu Xiaoye looked down at his pants and was surprised to find that he was only wearing a pair of cotton pants!
There wasn't even any long johns inside, not even any shorts!
I was also confused.
Suddenly I remembered that the original owner seemed to have always dressed like this, and my mother Xu Ying also dressed like this!
In those days, women from poor families didn’t care much about their lifestyle. In winter, they only wore cotton trousers, no thermal underwear, and no shorts.
What’s worse is that the cotton trousers Xu Ying was wearing had not been washed or changed for the entire winter!
This is equivalent to treating cotton trousers as underpants, and not changing or washing those cotton trousers for the entire winter!
Fog grass!!
How can my mother accept this?!
Yu Xiaoye's mind suddenly came to him, and he hurriedly pulled up his pants.
Before I could tie my belt, I heard Xu Ying scream:
"ah!!"
Her scream scared the aunties, sisters-in-law and young girls who were using the toilet on both sides so much that they stopped peeing.
Yu Xiaoye got out of the pit holding up his pants and ran towards Xu Ying's pit, supporting Xu Ying who had just taken off his pants and was about to squat down.
Xu Ying was shocked as he looked at his pants that had been taken off.
Yu Xiaoye quickly pulled up his mother's pants and hurriedly tied the belt.
Xu Ying's face turned red, his whole body was trembling, and he was breathing hard.
"Mom, mom, hold on!"
Xu Ying collapsed and said:
"Baby, how come I don't even have a pair of underwear? I'm only wearing a pair of cotton pants. It seems like I haven't changed them all winter. I've been hiding E. coli in my pants for a whole winter!!"
Yu Xiaoye was afraid that others would hear the strange conversation between the mother and daughter, so he could only help Xu Ying out of the bathroom first.
Coming out of the toilet, Yu Xiaoye comforted:
"Mom, don't get excited. I'm only wearing a pair of cotton pants. My family is poor and we can't afford long johns. There aren't those briefs back then, so I'm not wearing anything underneath. This is what all poor families do these days!"
Yu Xiaoye only told half the truth.
These days, women from poor families are really not that particular. They don’t have the habit of wearing shorts and they only wear one pair of cotton trousers in the middle of winter.
However, people who are more particular will sew a piece of cloth in the crotch of their cotton trousers. When they feel they are dirty, they will take it out and wash them. This piece of cloth is equivalent to a small pair of underpants.
This is what Yu Xiaoye's original body did, so Yu Xiaoye's hygiene condition is acceptable.
But old lady Xu Ying in the 1970s was not so particular. On the contrary, she was very sloppy. She had not changed her cotton trousers for the entire winter, and there was no cloth inside her trousers that could be removed for washing.
So what Xu Ying said was not an exaggeration at all. There was more than just E. coli hidden in his pants for a whole winter!
The dirt accumulated over the winter can be rubbed into mud!
Xu Ying couldn't hold it in any longer, hugged her daughter and cried out "wow".
Xu Ying in the 21st century is so clean that she is almost a mysophobe. She will pick up any hair that falls on the floor at home and throw it in the trash can.
And no matter winter or summer, take a bath twice a day, morning and evening.
For Xu Ying, she could tolerate being poor, she could tolerate going hungry for a couple of meals, she could also tolerate opening her eyes and finding herself in the impoverished 1970s, but she could not tolerate the fact that there were people who didn't wear shorts and didn't change their pants for the whole winter!
She just felt that her whole body was covered with bacteria, and every bacteria was jumping wildly on her skin, like countless ants crawling on her body.
She hugged her daughter and burst into tears, saying:
"Baby, I don't even have a pair of shorts right now. I'm covered in E. coli. I even hate myself!"
"Mom, just bear with it. Don't worry, you'll get your panties and new cotton pants. You'll get everything!"
"Wow, wow, wow—why am I so poor that I don't even have a pair of shorts to wear?"
Xu Ying cried bitterly outside the toilet.
After crying and wiping away my tears, I can only accept myself now.
The mother and daughter suppressed their nausea and went back to the bathroom.
After going to the toilet, Yu Xiaoye couldn't bear to see his mother suffer from hygiene problems. He touched the five dollars in his pocket, made up his mind, and took Xu Ying to the supply and marketing cooperative to find a way to solve his mother's hygiene problem first.
There happened to be a supply and marketing cooperative on the street in front of the hospital.
Standing outside the counter of the supply and marketing cooperative, looking at the shelves that can be said to be "dazzling with variety", there are washbasins, towels, toothpaste, toothbrushes, various fabrics, soap, vanishing cream, enamel pots, thermoses, light pink toilet paper, as well as canned food, biscuits and other side dishes on the shelves.
Both mother and daughter were drooling.
Everything they need right now.
But it seems that I can't afford everything.
Even if they could afford one of them, it would not completely solve their current predicament.
Xu Ying said with longing:
"Baby, it would be great if we could bring over our money. I still have over a hundred thousand in my account for pocket money. We have five houses and two cars. If you bring over some of our wealth, I won't be so poor that I can't even afford a pair of shorts."
Yu Xiaoye pointed to a shelf and promised:
"Don't worry, Mom. One day I'll make a lot of money so you can afford everything here!"
An old lady who had just joined the supply and marketing cooperative heard Yu Xiaoye's bold words and couldn't help but look back at the little girl who looked like a bean sprout:
"Tsk tsk, this girl is really arrogant. How much money would it cost to be able to afford everything here? But it's nice to have such filial piety. It means your mother didn't raise you in vain."
Yu Xiaoye ignored other people's opinions and began to calculate in his mind how to do the most with the least money.
She only had five dollars on her, and according to the prices in the 1970s, five dollars could buy a lot of things.
But I don’t know when I will be able to make money next time, so I have to calculate these five dollars carefully and not spend a penny carelessly!
So the mother and daughter discussed it for a long time and decided to buy a needle and a skein of white cotton thread, and see if they could find some scraps of cloth to sew two small pairs of shorts for Xu Ying.
If all else fails, you can use a thong to temporarily cover it up.
So Yu Xiaoye shamelessly bought a steel needle and a skein of white cotton thread from a salesperson who seemed easy to get along with, spending a total of two cents.
I also asked if there were any small scraps of cloth that didn't need cloth coupons, saying that I could take them home and use them to sew bibs for my children.
Although the salesperson was a little impatient, he still found two pieces of cotton scraps from a pile of goods and sold them for two cents. The salesperson quietly put the money into his own pocket. After all, the missing two pieces of cotton scraps would not attract attention.
Okay, now I have the needle, thread, and cloth, I can finally get my shorts!
The two continued to discuss buying some other supplies.
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