Mrs. Li smiled and said, "I peeled off the outer layer of the loofahs I picked in the fall. They are very useful for washing dishes. I got four or five in total. Each of you can take one."
"I'm worried about not being able to find something convenient to wash dishes with."
Li Mingli said, "Lihua and I took the loofahs to the tube building to wash dishes, and the neighbors were envious of them."
"This is not something precious."
"They live in the city and don't have time to go back to the village to do it. I guess they just said it casually. Just use a piece of cloth after washing it."
"Why use a cloth? Just rinse it with your hands."
Most villagers wash dishes by hand.
I don’t eat big fish and meat every day. I eat clear rice and soup without much oil.
Just rinse it with water.
Li Mingli stood up and said, "I just bought a fish and haven't processed it yet. I'm going out to scrape the scales off it."
He went out with a kitchen knife.
Several children were laughing and joking around the fish in the bucket.
"What are you guys looking at?"
"Dad, this fish must be dead. It's floating with its white belly upturned."
"Let me see."
The fish was really dead.
When I first bought it, it was still lively and fresh.
"Come, stay away. I'll prepare the fish and have it for dinner."
Several people gathered there watching Li Mingli scrape fish scales.
"Niuniu, did you know that fish scales can be eaten?"
"I can't eat it. It's not tasty."
"There was a famine a few years ago. There was no food to eat, so everyone ate tree bark. If they were lucky enough to catch a fish from the river, they wouldn't throw away the fish scales, as they still fed their hunger. There was no tree bark or wild vegetables, so the hungry people ate dirt."
Hearing this, Niuniu said, "Dad told me."
“I’m so happy now that I have something to eat.”
"Yeah, my dad and teacher both said that every grain of rice is hard-earned."
Li Mingfang, who had just left the house, smiled and said, "It's really better to go to school. You can speak eloquently. You should learn more from Niuniu."
Niu Niu laughed very happily when she heard this.
Xiaohong and Xiaozhe hurriedly asked, "What about me? What about us?"
"You are smart too."
The two brothers are wearing the same clothes and have chubby faces, which makes them look extremely cute.
Si Niu asked, "Brothers, do you want to go to school?"
"Yes, my sister said the food at school is delicious."
Xiaozhe said excitedly.
"You're such a glutton. Do you go to school just to eat delicious food?"
"Yes, yes."
Li Mingqing saw them talking and laughing and asked, "What fun things are you talking about?"
"Xiaozhe said he goes to school for food."
Xiao Hong said seriously: "I am different. I want to go see the pretty sisters."
This made everyone laugh.
"Hey, who did you learn this from?"
"I didn't learn this from anyone. When I went to send my sister to school, I saw many beautiful sisters. But no matter how pretty they were, they were not as pretty as my sister. My sister is the prettiest."
"Little flatterer," Li Mingqing said with a smile.
Sometimes children's childish talk is very funny.
Watching the children grow up day by day, the process of raising children is quite amazing.
Although it is very noisy sometimes, I am very happy.
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