Ping'er swallowed unconsciously, she hadn't eaten a bite of an egg since she was a child, but she had seen it countless times.

Jiang Xi, the third uncle's cousin who is one year younger than her, often eats eggs to show off in front of her.

At first, she didn't understand why her cousin could eat one egg a day from her grandmother's chickens, but she only had a greedy share.

Later, her grandmother told her with a stick that the boy was a baby bump and the girl was a weed tribulus.

She will never forget that time, because Jiang Xi almost choked after taking a bite of the egg yolk, so angry that he threw the remaining half of the egg on the ground and ran to the house to drink water.

She carefully picked up the eggs, wiped off the ashes that stuck to them, and was about to taste something when her grandmother snatched them away.

Her grandmother angrily scolded her for being a gluttonous and a thief, accused her of stealing her cousin's eggs, and chased her for a long time with a stick, almost breaking her legs.

Later, when she was scolded by her grandmother for no reason, she didn't dare to run anymore, so she could only stand where she was being trained. The stick has never been beaten again, but every time the body is inevitably twisted into blue and purple.

Jiang Tao'er pursed her lips, divided half of the egg into two, and gave her mother and eldest sister a piece, and she didn't keep it herself.

Jiang Ping'er followed the example of the second sister, and also cut the egg in front of her and gave the second sister a piece, so that everyone had an egg.

Looking at the two sensible sisters, Jiang Cheng'er was very pleased, feeling that the tasteless wild vegetables were mushy and became much more delicious.

As long as the family is in harmony, what are you afraid of if you are poor, as long as you work hard to make money, there will be noodles, there will be rice, and everything will be there.

The mother and her two younger sisters sipped eggs with a satisfied smile on their faces, for them, this is tantamount to the delicacies of the mountains and the sea, this is simple and pure happiness.

While Ping'er wasn't paying attention, Jiang Cheng'er hid her own egg at the bottom of her bowl, and the little girl was so thin that she panicked.

When Ping'er bit the egg at the bottom of the bowl, she suddenly raised her head to look at the eldest sister, her dark eyes instantly splashed, she put down the bowl, threw herself into the eldest sister's arms and cried.

Jiang Cheng'er's nose was sour, and she also burst into tears, gently patting Ping'er's back.

Ping'er must have thought of the sad past when she almost broke her grandmother's leg when she picked up half an egg.

"Ping'er is good, don't cry, the eldest sister will definitely work hard to make money, so that Ping'er can eat eggs every day, so that they can all covet us."

Jiang Cheng'er's words were soft, as if with a thousand pounds.

Liu's eyes were teary, Tao'er's eyes were red, and they all felt more confident in their bodies.

After the meal, Jiang Cheng'er folded a tender wicker, soaked it in water, peeled off the green skin on the outside, and exposed the fine fibers inside. This is the tooth branch used by the ancient villagers to brush their teeth, also called tooth wood.

Toothpaste is definitely not available, and it is generally dipped in salt to clean the teeth.

And salt, a special commodity in ancient times, was controlled by the state and was expensive. Poor villagers could not afford to buy official salt at all, so they had to buy cheaper private salt.

Jiang Cheng'er saw that the salt jar was almost at the bottom, and he was reluctant to use it more, so he only dipped it a little.

Brushing your teeth with willow branches is definitely uncomfortable and unclean. Jiang Cheng'er frowned, it would be nice if there was a toothbrush.

She remembered that there was a record in the ancient books she had read in her previous life that the tooth wood made by the rich people in ancient times from pig bristles was the prototype of the modern toothbrush. In the palace, tooth wood made of horsetail hair is even equipped with jade or ivory handles for luxury.

She also wants to make a toothbrush with bristles, which are hard and easy to scratch her gums, compared to horsetail hairs, which are softer and easier to use.

Of course, this is only relative, and if there is another choice, she does not want to use any toothbrush made of animal hair, which feels awkward.

Well, who let her travel without a toothbrush, and in ancient times she had to learn to adapt to ancient things.

In her previous life, she studied abroad in the top fragrance college in France for five years in the "perfume kingdom", and traveled to many countries during the holidays, poor, rich, developed and backward. Not to mention anything else, she is quite able to adapt to different environments.

The question is, where to pluck the ponytail now?

There are many cattle and sheep in the village, horses are rare, only the rich man has a horse, I heard that it is regarded as a treasure, and he must not be willing to pluck his hair.

As for the production of toothpaste, it is simple, tomorrow I will dig up a few herbs to freshen my breath and clean my teeth, boil it out, and mix it into a paste with cooked honey.

Before going to the kang, Jiang Cheng'er boiled some hot water and took a simple bath.

At present, she feels that the most inconvenient thing here is bathing, and the water that she finally picked up from the village needs to be used sparingly, and bathing must use a lot of water.

She loves cleanliness, and she feels uncomfortable without taking a shower for two days, so she has to find a way to solve this problem.

Jiang Cheng'er originally lived in the same room with Tao'er and Ping'er, but tonight's mother came over, and the mother and daughter lay on the kang and chatted for a long time before sleeping.

In the middle of the night, Jiang Cheng'er felt the pillow move in a daze.

In the dark, a hand groped and stretched out, and was pinched by Jiang Cheng'er.

"Mother, what are you doing?" Jiang Cheng'er said coldly.

Liu Shi was taken aback, and swallowed: "Mother...... Help you...... Cover the quilt. ”

In order not to wake up Tao'er and Ping'er, Jiang Cheng'er took her mother to talk outside.

"Mother, do you want to take the key I pressed under the pillow, if you let the Jiang drunkard out, you are not afraid that he will kill us?"

Jiang Cheng'er knew that her mother was restless tonight, so she specially invited her to come over to sleep and speak to ease her heart.

After all, there was still a demon locked up in the cellar, and Jiang Cheng'er couldn't sleep well, and as soon as her mother moved, Jiang Cheng'er woke up.

Liu hurriedly shook his head: "No! No! I didn't want to let him out, I was just afraid that he would starve him, and I wanted to bring him something to eat. ”

Jiang Cheng'er was a little speechless: "Mother, how did he treat you, you still care about him, starve him to death!" ”

"Orange, he's dead, and we're all going to have a lawsuit. He's already been punished, forget it, it's weird black in the cellar. Liu lowered his eyes.

Jiang Cheng'er held her forehead with her hands, quite depressed, her mother said that she still cared about Jiang drunkards, who were hungry and dark.

If it was not his elders who said this, but a friend, he really wanted to knock her on the head a few times and wake her up.

Jiang Cheng'er sighed hard: "Mother, you are just too kind." Have you ever heard the story of "The Farmer and the Snake", where the farmer kindly saved a snake, but was bitten to death by the snake. Before he died, the farmer repented that he should not have mercy on the wicked and hurt himself. Jiang drunkard is tantamount to a poisonous snake, you must not be merciful to him. ”

Seeing that her mother was thoughtful, Jiang Cheng'er then said patiently, "Only by punishing him harshly can he learn a lesson." It's light compared to his mistreatment of you. For three days he would not starve to death, but would only be tormented to death by alcohol addiction.

Mother, don't worry, I will open the cellar door from time to time to see how he is doing, and give him a breath of air. ”

Jiang Cheng'er told her mother a few more words, and no matter who asked Jiang Drunkard in the courtyard, they said that they had never seen him. Anyway, he spends his days fooling around outside, not at home, and no one will pay attention to his whereabouts.

The mother just nodded, and she didn't know how much to listen to.

"I don't know when I sleep in spring, and I smell birds everywhere."

Jiang Cheng'er opened her eyes in the faint morning light, and a beautiful day began again.

She came out into the yard, breathed in the fresh air, pushed open the fence door, stepped on the crystal dewdrops, and enjoyed the pastoral scenery in the early morning.

The delicate peach blossoms are smiling, the graceful willows are swaying, and a few morning warblers are lightly skimming through the treetops, leaving a string of crisp and melodious songs.

In the vibrant spring, people also have a little more energy.

Jiang Cheng'er returned to the house and started cleaning, the table had not yet been wiped, and she heard a man's deep voice outside.

Jiang Cheng'er opened the door curtain and saw her cousin Lu Cheng's bright smiling face.

"Hey! Cousin Cheng, it's so early. Jiang Cheng'er greeted with a smile, her eyebrows crooked.

Lu Cheng was in a trance, Cousin Orange rarely smiled before, and he was always shy when he saw him. Now he suddenly became cheerful and generous, and his smile was sweet and cute, so that he was reluctant to take his eyes off.

"Cousin Cheng, have you had breakfast?" Jiang Cheng'er held the rag and shook it in front of his eyes.

Lu Cheng came back to his senses, blushed, and smiled innocently: "That...... After eating, I'll help you carry water. ”

Everyone has come from the neighboring village, and it would be inappropriate for Jiang Cheng'er to refuse. She said happily, "Thank you, I'll go with you later." ”

Lu Cheng was overjoyed that he could talk to his cousin orange alone on the road, which was exactly what he couldn't ask for.

A resentful gaze appeared from the crack in the door of the east room, and Jiang Manman hid behind, looking at Jiang Cheng'er hatefully.

Lu Cheng came over early in the morning to be courteous to Jiang Cheng'er, and Jiang Manman was very jealous. She learned Jiang Cheng'er's power yesterday, and she didn't slow down yet, so she didn't dare to come out and shout.

Jiang Cheng'er came out with two bowls of gruel, she knew that at this time, Lu Cheng probably didn't eat breakfast.

After drinking a bowl of porridge, the guy was ready to go.

Lu Cheng carried two large wooden buckets with a flat pole, and Jiang Cheng'er put the cellar key in his pocket, carrying a basket and holding a short-handled shovel.

"Cousin Orange, are you going to dig wild vegetables?"

"Dig up some herbs and make toothpaste." Jiang Cheng'er planned to give her cousin a bottle as a thank you gift.

"What is toothpaste?" Lu Cheng asked puzzled.

Jiang Cheng'er explained to him, and the two walked forward with a smile.

Along the way, they met several groups of villagers, who looked at two young people who were talking intimately, looking at the front and looking back.

Jiang Cheng'er turned around suddenly, but saw that although their eyes were strange and inquiring, there was no malicious intent. No one poked her spine and made irresponsible remarks, yesterday they were pointing fingers and ill intentions, today is very different.

Jiang Cheng'er estimated that Zhao Sanpo was promoting something to them, and she didn't know if she was portrayed as a shrew with horizontal eyebrows and vertical eyes, or a weak and pitiful girl. Whatever she does, as long as she doesn't have a bad influence on herself, she can stop the rumors and be free from bothering.

It seems that yesterday's lesson to Zhao Sanpo was not in vain, if the mouths of those long-tongued women are used in the right way, they are still very effective.

Lu Cheng tilted his head and looked at Jiang Cheng'er, he was carrying a bucket, she was carrying a vegetable basket, and the two walked side by side, like a pair......

Lu Cheng grinned as he thought about it, and his eyes shone with happiness.

Jiang Cheng'er hurriedly avoided his gaze and stared at the ground worriedly.