Chapter 11: Cleaning
As soon as the guy on the cart saw Su Wanniang, his eyes suddenly lit up.
Su Wanniang was surprised for a moment, and immediately understood.
She suddenly understood why the man hadn't been delivered to her door. It seems that the people here have a great taboo against the house where there are two accidents indirectly.
Thinking like this, Su Wanniang was happy to be pure.
"It's hard work, little brother! Bother the little brother to leave things at the door! While speaking, Su Wanniang took out a few pennies from her purse and handed it over.
That guy didn't want to help, in this Shangqing town, who doesn't know that the house can't go! Everyone was afraid of causing some bad luck, so they kept avoiding the house. However, looking at the copper plate, the guy was moved. His monthly salary is only 100 Wen, although these copper plates are less, but no matter how little they are, they are money!
The guy took the money and thanked him, and hurriedly pushed the cart and followed Su Wanniang to the house.
I muttered in my heart, could the woman in front of me be a foreigner? It's not just this house that can't be lived?
However, these are other people's affairs, he is not a person who talks much, knowing that this house already belongs to the yamen, he can't talk too much, and it will not be good to get into trouble when the time comes.
The guy put his things at the door, pushed the cart and walked away.
Su Wanniang shook her head, looked at the child with a puzzled face, and said to him: "That little brother is afraid that there is something to do in the shop!" Let's go home! With that, Su Wanniang opened the door and changed the lock.
took the things she bought today into the courtyard, and Su Wanniang immediately tied the courtyard door.
As soon as the gate of the courtyard was fastened, the door next to the left and right of the street suddenly opened.
A few people looked towards the house, and then closed the door of their house with pale faces.
Su Wanniang looked at the uncleaned house, watched Ri take out the steamed buns she bought before from the paper bag, glanced at the direction of the backyard and handed the steamed buns to the child: "You eat slowly first, eat in small bites, don't choke." My mother went to clean up the house first, and boiled some water. ”
Xu Junhao is a well-behaved child who doesn't talk much, and when he heard his mother's words, he sat in the yard with the pestle that Su Wanniang found from the house, eating steamed buns and basking in the sun.
Looking at the courtyard of Nuoda, Su Wanniang decided to see if the water could be used first, and then clean up the yard and house.
This house is quite large, and it is not easy to clean up, so you can only come step by step.
Su Wanniang found brooms, buckets, wooden basins, etc. from the ear room in the front yard, fortunately, these things are stored in the house and can be used. Walking to the well in the backyard, Su Wanniang threw the bucket into the well and held the rope tightly with one hand. She had never used such a well, and after thinking about it, the rope swayed from side to side, and there was finally water in the bucket.
Carrying half a bucket of water to the front yard with difficulty, Su Wanniang poured it into a white porcelain bowl. This is the only piece of porcelain in the transept.
In the clear well water, a little bit of leaves and dust floated, and the water quality looks good.
Su Wanniang didn't dare to be careless, put the porcelain bowl aside, took a broom and began to sweep the floor. She splashed some water on the ground and began to sweep the cluttered front yard.
There weren't many things in the front yard, it was easy to clean up, and there was a bed, table and chairs and a wardrobe in one of the rooms. In addition, there are some cleaning utensils.
Many plants in the yard died, and Su Wanniang cleaned up the dead branches and rotten leaves of the flowers and plants, and swept the yard clean.
Back and forth a few times, the yard that was splashed with water was spotless after being cleaned up, giving people a sense of vitality.
Just cleaning up the front yard, Su Wanniang was already tired and sweating.
She felt that the symptoms of lightheadedness seemed to be lighter, and after sweating all over her body, her body was much lighter. This body was infected with wind chill before, but now that the cold is emitting, the body already feels much stronger.
Clapping her hands, Su Wanniang picked up the white porcelain bowl and looked at it carefully at the sun, and then sniffed it.
The well water is clear and clear, and there is not a trace of sediment in it. In the sunlight, there is nothing unusual to see. Smell the smell, only cool and cool, but not a trace of strange smell.
The water in this well can be used!
Su Wanniang's face was overjoyed, and she turned her head to Xu Junhao and said, "I'll go to the backyard to find something to boil water, you are obedient." ”
As soon as she got up to leave, Su Wanniang felt that the hem of her clothes was being pulled. Turning his head, Xu Junhao looked at himself worriedly, and he couldn't take care of half of the steamed buns.
Seeing the pitiful appearance of the little guy, Su Wanniang had no choice but to take him with her.
There are too many rooms in the backyard, eight rooms, and in the middle is a living room.
Su Wanniang walked to the side near the well, the room here was not big, and the stove could be seen at a glance.
Walking into the kitchen, the dust that has accumulated for years is already thick. Su Wanniang looked at the houses one by one, and finally walked to the door of the warehouse on the other side. The treasury was open, and at first glance, it had been searched by the yamen.
Su Wanniang walked in, and in the empty warehouse, there were many bamboo baskets and bamboo baskets piled up in the corner, as well as some wooden basins and barrels.
In the storeroom, there were some rusty farm tools and some stacked pots and jars.
There are also several large wooden grain storage barrels at the bottom, with pointed lids on top and a movable rice hole underneath. It's just that you don't need to look at it to know that the grain has long been carried away by the yamen.
In it, everything that is valuable is taken away.
However, everything in the storeroom is new. The piles of dishes in wooden frames were rows of sturdy straw ropes. At first glance, I bought it from a store and haven't used it. Other tubs and barrels are new in color and shiny on top.
Even after a few years, there is only a little damp in the east and west houses.
Su Wanniang happily selected a few buckets and basins, and there were some arrowroot cloths on the side, which were for the next person at a glance. Because it was pressed under the shelf, I don't know if no one found out, or if it didn't feel worthless, so I didn't take it.
The cloth is torn into pieces, and the fabric that has been sitting for several years is torn apart.
Su Wanniang took all the dry branches and trunks in the yard to the kitchen, and found a fire fold in the trough next to the stove.
Looking at this kind of stove, Su Wanniang really doesn't know how to use it.
I've been sitting on the fire for years, and I don't know if I can use it.
After blowing for a long time, Su Wanniang watched the sporadic fires light up, and suddenly her face was happy, and she immediately started to light the fire with the hay piled up on it in the kitchen.
Fortunately, the branches and trunks outside were very dry, so it took Su Wanniang a quarter of an hour to finally burn the stove.
There were a lot of weeds in the backyard, so Su Wanniang boiled a pot of water in the pot, and then began to wash and scrub.
She didn't plan to use this family's utensils.
Su Wanniang packed up the things together, then moved the things out of the warehouse, and put all the other used things into the warehouse and locked them.
The calligraphy, paintings, and other things in the house were all cleaned up, except for the beds in the rooms.
Maybe those people were afraid of bad luck, so they didn't move!
Su Wanniang rolled up all the things in the room and threw them into the warehouse, except for some furniture, she didn't want to use anything else. Although she had suspicions in her heart, Su Wanniang still didn't dare to take too many risks.
Those things, it's better not to use them.
After she cleaned the backyard and cleaned up the kitchen again, it was getting late.