Chapter 17: Rice Toothache
Spring nights also come early, and insects can be heard everywhere.
Bai Yale returned to the small courtyard with stars and moons, her small body full of exhaustion.
She felt like she didn't have much of an appetite, even when it came to her favorite vegetarian dish.
So she ate a few bites at random, and then asked someone to carry water into the bathroom in the side room, ready to take a bath.
The Bai family took a bath, and there was a large wooden bucket in the bathroom, which was filled with about ten buckets of water.
In fact, most of the big families like the Bai family here bathe according to this specification, and the better ones will have baths instead of wooden barrels.
Every time Bai Yale saw this wooden barrel, she couldn't help but rejoice, fortunately, she crossed over to the rich and noble.
There is not only fragrant palace soap for bathing here, but also flower petals and some seasonal medicinal herbs to take a bath, such as mosquitoes in spring, so when the Bai family takes a bath, they will add some wormwood juice or lemongrass juice.
It can not only play the effect of mosquito prevention, but also disinfect and sterilize, and also keep the body fragrant at all times.
It's a triple win.
Bai Yale was half lying comfortably in the wooden barrel, letting the second-class maid Amin help her wipe her back, press and rub it, and relieve her fatigue.
The warm water makes the whole person relaxed, and it is also relaxed with the right amount of pressure.
The nose is also surrounded by the fragrance of lemongrass and the sweetness of peach blossoms.
It's so comfortable! (*οΏ£οΈΆοΏ£)
Bai Yale couldn't help it, and yawned loudly, for a child's body, a day's running was really too tiring.
Before she knew it, she was asleep.
Spring is a great time to sleep.
With a creak, the door opened softly.
There was a creak, and the door closed again.
Bai Yale rolled over in a daze and fell asleep again.
It didn't take long.
There was a creak, and the door opened again.
There was a creak, and the door closed again.
Bai Yale was so tired that she couldn't open her eyes, she thought to herself, she had something to do with the rice, and she slept ~ slept ~
A good night's sleep.
The next morning, Bai Yale opened her eyes and saw the gentle sunlight shining directly on her through the windowsill and veil, warm.
She stretched comfortably in the bed and curled up again, listening to the chirping of birds outside the window.
There was a creak, and the door opened.
There was a creak, and the door closed again.
Rice covered her face and walked in with big dark circles under her eyes.
Since she was too distracted to notice that the person in the bed had woken up, she sat down on the couch wryly.
Bai Yale tilted his head, looking puzzled, why does the rice that is usually full of spirit seem to be mushy rice today?
Could it be that rice is being bullied?
No, since she cried the little girl who bullied the rice and supported the rice, no one should dare to bully the rice head-on.
There was a creak, and the door opened again.
There was a creak, and the door closed again.
It turned out to be Rice Rice covering his face and running out in a hurry.
Bai Yale was stunned for a moment, sat up, looked at the back of the rice leaving, and countless small theaters flashed in his mind.
Theater 1: A fierce woman, holding a feather duster in her hand, pointed to the poor rice that was crying, and shouted: "Hurry up and take out this month's salary, my brother wants to eat meat!" β
Rice knelt on the ground, tears in her eyes, "Mother, the salary hasn't been paid yet!" β
Syllable! A slap was thrown at the rice.
The woman said angrily, "Lie! β
Then use both fists and kicks to beat the rice violently.
Theater 2: A drunken middle-aged man in gray clothes and a black belt kicks open the door of the house with a shy belly.
The thin rice brought the man a sobering soup, "Dad, drink the soup to get rid of the wine." β
The middle-aged man was impatient, slapped his big hand, and with a clang, the medicine turned over the bowl and shattered.
"Ahh Rice screamed in fright and jumped.
The middle-aged man frowned, slapped the rice, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Ghost screaming all day long, with your mother's temperament, noisy!" β
Rice covered her face, squatted in the corner, and cried.
Theatre III: ......
Bai Yale was thinking about it.
There was a creak, and the door opened.
Rice covered her face and walked in in a hurry, only to find that the lady on the bed had woken up.
"Miss, why don't you call a slave when you get up? This will catch a cold, and the morning is when the cold is very cold. β
While chattering, the rice put on new clothes for Bai Yale, combed the girl's sideburns, and then turned her head and ordered the third-class maid Ah Cai to bring warm water, a face towel, as well as tooth powder and willow branches.
Bai Yale shifted from the flawless face of the rice to the willow branch that had just been broken, and she looked disgusted.
There are thousands of grass and mud horses galloping past in my heart.
People here do not brush their teeth at night and brush their teeth in the morning with burrs after the willow branches have been chewed.
It felt so sour, she had had enough!
I decided to get a toothbrush right away, and dental health starts with care.
She took the scarf, wrapped her fingers, glued the tooth powder, and began to rinse her mouth.
When everything was done, she sat down at the dining table hungrily, waiting for the rice to make her breakfast.
After Bai Yale finished breakfast, she saw that the rice was serving her as always, following her, and there was no possibility of complaining at all.
She couldn't help it and asked, "Rice, someone bullied you today?" β
Rice was stunned and instinctively replied: "No!" β
Bai Yale raised her eyebrows and said, "Could it be that your mother asked you for money?" β
Rice looked at the young lady strangely and replied, "No! I haven't seen my mother lately. β
Bai Yale raised her eyebrows again, staring at Rice's face, as if she wanted to find out some evidence, and said, "Could it be that your father drank and beat you?" β
The rice was even more strange, and she couldn't help but ask, "Miss, what do you want to ask?" β
Bai Yale rolled her eyes and said with disgust: "If it's okay, why have you been covering your face this morning?" β
Rice suddenly woke up and immediately explained: "Miss, I have a toothache!" No one bullied me. β
Bai Yale instantly came to his senses, and said excitedly: "Toothache? How can I get a toothache? β
"Because, a few days ago, the young lady ate the leftover osmanthus cake and rewarded the slave maid.
Slave maid, slave maid is greedy for a while, and eats more. So toothache. Rice explained embarrassedly.
"Oh! I see, is it tooth decay? β
Bai Yale looked thoughtful.
"Tooth decay? What does that mean? Rice looked at the young lady in confusion.
"Come, come, I'll show you."
Bai Yale walked towards the rice with great interest.
Rice was apprehensive in her heart, watching the young lady who looked like a little devil slowly approaching, and her body couldn't help but tremble with fear.
Bai Yale stood in front of the rice, patted the rice on the shoulder, and said, "Squat down and open your mouth!" β
Even though the rice was very resistant in his heart, he still squatted down obediently and opened his mouth shyly.
With the soft sunlight of the morning, Bai Yale didn't see anything at all! (βΌγβΌ#)
She was annoyed and angry, and said to the third-class maid next to her, Ah Cai, "Come here, hold the lamp." β
The third-class maid Ah Cai lowered her head, quickly lit the wax lamp, and smoothly brought it to Bai Yale.
"Lift it up!" Bai Yale broke the head of the rice and aimed his mouth at the candlelight.
Through the candlelight, you can faintly see the red and swollen gums of rice, as well as a lot of dental calculus and caries.
"Hmm, the preliminary judgment is that the gums are red and swollen and bleeding, it is estimated that it is on fire, go drink some medicinal soup to dispel the fire!"
Bai Yale replied very professionally.