Chapter 8 Laundry
Li Man asked as he picked up a branch and wrote a line on the sand on the side, "My name is Li Man, what's your name?" ”
Li Xiaowuyi's big black eyes were full of admiration, "Sister can write?" ”
"Do you recognize that?" Li Man handed him the branch, then pointed to the words on the ground, meaning for him to write as well.
Li Xiaowu understood what she meant, but he didn't know how to read, and he couldn't write, only the fourth brother in the family was the most powerful and read the most books, and the other three brothers were not much better than him, the eldest brother and the third brother could write their names at most, and the second brother was better, and he could keep an account or something.
"Won't?" Seeing his bitter little face, Li Man let out a long sigh.
Li Xiaowu was immediately a little frustrated, did my sister dislike him for not being literate? My sister must have disliked him, will she run away again? He carefully took Li Man's hand and smiled toothily at her, he was very confident in his smile, every time, as long as he showed this smile, even if he did something bad, his brothers in the family would forgive him.
Sure enough, Li Man saw the little guy's thoughts, touched his little head, and encouraged, "It's okay, it's okay if you don't know words, I'll teach you in the future." ”
Li Xiaowu didn't understand, but when he saw his beautiful sister smiling, he knew that he had succeeded, but it was best to let his sister like him, and the second brother said that if he wanted his sister to stay, he had to make her like it here.
"Sister, eat." He took Li Man's hand and walked to the front yard.
Li Man didn't know what he was going to do, so he had to follow him, and was pulled all the way to the stove by the child, and then, the little guy tiptoed out a bowl of porridge and two steamed sweet potatoes from the pot.
"Sister, give." He seemed to have given all the treasures to Li Man.
The porridge was warm, and the sweet potatoes were also cold, apparently left for a while," Xie Lu Xie. Li Man habitually thanked her, Li Xiaowu watched her eat on the side, and he found that his sister was not only beautiful, but also spoke well, and even ate so beautifully.
Li Man saw that he had been looking at him, so he gave him a sweet potato, but the little guy waved his hand, "I've eaten it." ”
Seeing that he was so thin, Li Man felt pity, so he stuffed the sweet potato into his hand and ate one himself.
After breakfast, she brushed all the pots and pans with her hands.
Li Xiaowu wanted to rush to do it, but she refused, and she let the children wash the dishes when she didn't eat.
After washing the pots and bowls, Li Man remembered the tattered clothes in the West House again, although they were torn, they could still be worn after washing and mending, when she rummaged through the big cabinet just now, the clothes in it were not much better, and it seemed that she didn't find a single one without patches.
Li Man took out all the clothes he had changed in the house, and then thought about what he saw last night, this family seems to be all men, not a single woman, and no one must have washed the clothes or anything, so they were all washed by hand.
"Do you have dirty laundry? Take it all. Li Man didn't dare to enter the house without permission, so he let Li Xiaowu go.
But Li Xiaowu couldn't understand her words, so she had no choice but to pull Li Xiaowu into the East House together.
The east house is larger, apparently also used as a hall, with a table and four benches in the middle, and a large kang in the middle, which is really large, at least four or five people can sleep.
As soon as I entered the house, there was a peculiar smell.
A few pairs of straw sandals scattered on the ground, two thin quilts on the kang were piled together, and as soon as Li Man stepped forward to lift the quilt, he found a few dirty clothes crumpled and stirred in the quilt.