Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Foot Soak Bucket
On the way back, both of them walked slowly and leisurely.
Guo Chengling glanced at Lin Xiaowan from time to time, and felt that her pretty lady was really good in the hall and in the kitchen. And the things in his head really opened his eyes.
Lin Xiaowan noticed it and asked him, "What are you doing peeking at me all the time?" ”
Guo Chengling smiled and shook his head: "It's nothing." ”
Speaking of which, this is the first time that the two of them have appeared together in front of the villagers after they got married. I met many people along the way, and they all greeted them with a smile, Lin Xiaowan knew some and didn't, but people smiled at her, and she also smiled and chatted with people.
Guo Chengling watched his little wife greet the big guy, and felt quite wonderful in his heart.
There were many people in the village who knew him, but he used to go up the mountain early in the morning and come back after dark, so he didn't appear in front of everyone very often. There are even fewer opportunities to interact with people in the village like this.
In the morning, he was sent by his father-in-law to run errands, and those people were a little surprised to see him come to the door, many of them were first acquaintances.
Xinghua villagers are quite simple, although every household has more or less their own bad things, but most people are still kind on weekdays.
When you meet someone you know on the road, say hello.
"Aunt Li, where are you going?"
"It's the daughter-in-law of the third family, I'll go to the field to pick up wild vegetables."
"Have you eaten?"
"Have you eaten it?"
"I ate it too."
……
And so on and so forth.
Although they are all non-nutritious conversations, a kind of warmth flows silently in this greeting of questions and answers.
Returning from Carpenter Geng's house, Lin Xiaowan offered to show the man's wounds. She had just estimated the time, and thought that his wound should be almost healed.
It's been almost half a month since he was injured.
Guo Chengling took off her clothes and let her see.
The scab on the wound on his back hadn't fallen off yet, but everything else was almost fine.
After reading the wound, Lin Xiaowan suddenly remembered one more thing: Guo Chengling was going to take a medicinal bath in two days, but they didn't have a bath barrel at home!
Lin Xiaowan slapped her head, she has such a memory!
As soon as she came out of Carpenter Geng's house, she said that she always felt that she had forgotten something, and she couldn't remember it when she thought about it.
It wasn't until she saw the wound that she remembered it.
Lin Xiaowan had just come back from outside, and she was too lazy to run. With peace of mind, the "big type" lies on the bed to support her husband.
Guo Chengling helplessly pinched the soft flesh of the woman's cheeks, and dropped a sentence, "Wait." "I strode out of the door.
As soon as he walked to the door, Lin Xiaowan stopped him again, "Hey! Come back, come back! ”
"What's wrong?" Guo Chengling retracted the foot that stepped out and turned back.
"Let's make two, a tub and a foot soaker."
"Foot bucket?"
Lin Xiaowan nodded and gestured with him: "It's almost so big, make it deeper, at least above the knee." ”
Guo Chengling was a little puzzled, "What are you doing here?" Isn't there a pot at home? ”
Lin Xiaowan glared at him: "For you, hey, don't ask, just do what I say." That foot soaking bucket, remember to ask Carpenter Geng to make a lid according to your size. ”
I was afraid that the man would not understand, so I explained it in detail.
"It's that when you put your foot in, the bucket gets stuck in your leg and the lid closes."
Guo Chengling listened to this strange request, muttered "Women are trouble" and turned away.
After Lin Xiaowan explained this, she fell back to the bed comfortably.
It's still the most comfortable to make a salted fish.
By the time Guo Chengling came back, the sun was already about to set.
Carpenter Geng pulled him to measure the size several times, and finally determined the size.
After dinner in the evening, Liu proposed to go back to his parents' house tomorrow and asked them all to go together.
Liu originally planned to wait for the house to be built before going back, just to pick up his old son and mother to come and live for a few days. didn't expect this to happen, so she wanted to take this opportunity to go back to her parents' house.
Lin Xiaowan readily agreed, and when Liu said this, she remembered her legendary grandmother again, and she didn't know what kind of person she was.
In the evening, everyone went to bed early to prepare for the next day's trip.
Early the next morning, the four of them got dressed and got into the ox cart.
Everything has been prepared by the Liu family, Lin Xiaowan felt that it was not good for her to go empty-handed for the first time, but she didn't know what the situation of her grandmother's house was now, so she pressed her mind.
Liu's maiden home is still a little far from Xinghua Village, in the buffalo village in the next town.
The ox cart was rented by Lin Zhen last night, Lin Xiaowan and Liu sat in the car, and the two big men sat in the front of the car, taking turns to catch the car.
In addition to going to the county, Lin Xiaowan went out for the first time, and looked at the surrounding scenery with great interest.
Liu's excitement is no less than that of her daughter, since she married into the Lin family, in the past nearly 20 years, except when she was confined, her mother came to see her once. After so many years, we never met.
In the past, she would occasionally receive letters from home, but almost three years ago, even this last thought was broken.
Liu's didn't want to go home, but her mother-in-law was strong and mean to her, as soon as she mentioned the matter of returning to her parents' house, Zhou's sneered and scolded, saying that she wanted to take the Lin family's things to supplement her mother's family.
Her mother also knew that her situation was difficult, and she didn't write back to say that everything was fine at home, and told her not to work against the Zhou family, and not to worry about her.
Fortunately, there is a younger brother at home, and their sister and brother have grown up together, and Liu still knows what he looks like. has a younger brother at home to take care of her mother, and she is a lot more steady.
After many years, when he really set foot on the way home, Liu's excitement can be imagined.
Lin Xiaowan was still a little excited that she had never seen the world, but after a long time, the roads in the countryside were bumpy, the ox carts were hard, and the sun made people faint, she couldn't hold on.
The four of them dealt with it in the car at noon, and casually ate some dry food brought by Liu, which was the green onion cake baked last night.
Liu was afraid that it would not taste good if it was the road, so he deliberately put more oil, and it was still soft when he took it out at this time.
Lin Xiaowan ate a piece, drank two sips of water with a water bladder, and asked Liu to put it away when she really didn't have an appetite.
She covered her face with her clothes, lay down next to Liu, and said to Liu,
"Mother, I'll sleep for a while, and you'll call me when you're there."
Seeing that her face was uncomfortable, Liu didn't say anything, and silently moved her position to block the sun for her daughter.
I don't know if she was too sleepy or what, Lin Xiaowan really fell asleep like this. The ox cart swayed, and Lin Xiaowan lay on the mattress and slept soundly.
Thanks to the fact that they live in the countryside, there are unknown plants and trees on both sides of the road, and Liu is still holding a fan to fan her wind.
Lin Xiaowan felt as if she had returned to her childhood.
At that time, there was not even a fan in the summer of the orphanage, and every summer they fell asleep with the chirping of cicadas, the "rustle" of the leaves, and the sultry or cool breeze.
The sweaty forehead, the cool breeze in the evening, and the dean's mother's fan are the most unforgettable and precious memories of the past......
Liu was also a little sleepy from the sun, and he couldn't help but want to lie down and sleep for a while after holding on for a while.
Lin Zhen took Liu's place, sat in the car to block the sun for the two of them, and fanned them by the way.
The journey was long, and the two of them chatted for a while, and they both deliberately lowered their voices, taking care of the two "sleeping beauties" in the car.
This night, Lin Xiaowan slept until the sun began to set in the west, and then woke up leisurely.
Liu woke up earlier than her, and when she was older, she didn't sleep much, and she couldn't sleep much older.
Seeing that her daughter was awake, Liu put down the fan, took out a water bladder from the bag, wet the handkerchief and handed it to her, so that she could wipe her face and refresh.
Lin Xiaowan slept dizzily, and when she woke up, she still had some hysteria, so she took the handkerchief and sat for a while before wiping her face.
Liu didn't urge her, and when she saw that she was sober, she took the handkerchief and said with a smile: "I woke up in time, and if I don't wake up, I'll call you." We're almost at your grandmother's house, and we're about to enter the village. ”
Lin Xiaowan had just woken up, and she didn't have any desire to speak, so she just nodded when she heard the words.
Liu didn't notice her absence, and pulled her to babble about her childhood.
Lin Xiaowan raised her eyes and looked around as she listened to Liu's story.