Chapter 17: Tangled
The next morning. Su Qing woke up that it was still a little dark outside, and a few roosters crowed sporadically.
Walking out of the yard, only to feel cold, Su Qing returned to the room to put on his clothes, walked to the mountain, and walked out of the house to see a few people scattered on the street, some carrying burdens on their shoulders, and hurriedly selling them to the county market with freshly tied brooms in the burdens, and some came out early to steam steamed buns, and sent them to the homes of those big men in the county town after picking them out.
In autumn and winter, there is no farm work in the field, and one by one they are trying to find a way to get a little money, and wait until the snow is good for the New Year!
After walking for a while, it was far away from the village, and there were fewer and fewer people, so Su Qing let go of his mind and ran slowly.
Running out of a sweat, Su Qing walked home.
Passing by the river, Yang San was stunned when he saw the water fetching, and Su Qing said hello. Follow Yang San to the village together.
Back at home, the yard was already cleaned.
There was still green smoke on the stove, and Liu squatted in front of the stove, stuffing firewood into the stove one by one.
"Mother, what are you doing early in the morning!"
"What do you say?"
"My daughter-in-law can't guess!" Liu pouted.
Su Qing didn't continue to break with Liu, returned to the room, and dried the chestnuts he picked up in the yard.
The chestnuts were also covered with wire sieves, and the birds were saved from crawling......
After finishing it, he went back to the room to change his clothes, and glanced at Liu's side, it seemed that he couldn't cook the meal for a while.
Carrying the wooden basin with dirty clothes in the yard, he walked to Xue Shu's door, knocked on it, and pushed the door and walked in.
"Do you want to do the laundry?"
"Now?" Xue Shu put down the embroidery frame in her hand, glanced into the courtyard, and shrunk her shoulders.
It always feels a little cold!
Seeing that Xue Shu didn't want to go, Su Qing didn't force it, turned around and held the pancreas in the wooden basin alone, and walked to the downstream of the river.
The people in the village eat river water, even if the pancreas now do not have any chemical additives, Su Qing still would rather take a few more steps than let people drink this dirty water.
Put your clothes on the rocks by the river, soak them, beat them with pancreas, and beat them with a mallet a few times.
Dirty water just came out of the clothes!
After beating Su Qing's arm for a while, it was up.
Fortunately, there were not many dirty clothes, so after washing them, I went home.
With a mallet in his hand, these are the days when there was no washing machine......
Even if there is no washing machine, there is not even a washboard!
Muttered and turned around and walked home, put down the wooden basin in his hand, Su Qing pinched his arm, that sore feeling, Su Qing directly took a breath of cold air.
The excessive labor yesterday morning, and the repeated beating of the laundry today, all pulled the deltoid muscles out of the shoulders.
Afraid of getting some muscle damage or something like that, Su Qing pondered boiling a pot of hot water when Liu was ready to cook.
Soak in a hot bath to relieve fatigue, it must feel good, but the weather is a little cold at this time, and I don't know if it will freeze after taking a bath.
It's really a toss for people with poor physique, and they have to be entangled even in the bath.
Hang your clothes on a rope tied between two trees in the backyard and head back, breakfast is ready.
Su Qing sat at the table, picked up the bowl that held the rice, and first took a small sip, the millet porridge made by Liu's family, rice is rice soup is soup, and rice porridge is the same name, others, hehe!
Su Qing muttered in his heart, but he didn't say anything.