dtnovels Chapter 365 Bathtub
Chapter 365 Bathtub
I went home and washed my hands before going there.
Ji Wenhe pushed open the courtyard gate, took out the key, and placed the rice and flour in the main room.
They all left a key for her.
"Sister-in-law, every time I come here I think your house is so nice and I want to live in it."
"That's fine. Brother Shen isn't home anyway. Stay at my house for two days."
Shen Qingdai quickly shook her head: "No, if my mother knew, she would definitely scold me. I have a home, so why should I live in someone else's house?"
"What's wrong with that? When I was a kid, I played with my little sister in the village. Sometimes I slept at her house, or she slept at mine. But some people minded."
"I can't go. Grandma will scold me if she finds out. Sister-in-law, weigh me five kilograms of black flour."
"Okay." Ji Wenhe took the cloth bag from her hand, "I heard from Aunt Wang that she is choosing a husband for you. How is it going?"
"Sister-in-law, I think my mother is making a fuss. My brother is not suitable for her. Who does she like now? I can't get married quickly, so it's useless even if she likes me."
"Besides, even if she likes someone, she may not like me. I've told my mother that it won't be too late for her to find out when I see her."
But if you don't listen to her, then just let her do what she wants, and it will all be in vain in the end.
"You are right. You have to wait until your brother gets married before you can meet him. Or you can meet him first and then arrange your marriage after your brother gets married."
Shen Qingdai shook her head: "If they really like each other, the boy's family doesn't want to wait too long. Besides, there's no certainty when my brother will get married, and they're afraid that we might regret it. It's better to wait until my brother is determined before seeing him."
Ji Wenhe weighed the noodles and said, "Then go back and talk to Aunt Wang. This is really a waste of time."
He handed her the money and said, "No more talking. If she doesn't listen to me, let her go. Sister-in-law, I'm going back."
"Okay, let's go slowly."
"Hey."
He turned around, tied the flour bag and locked the door.
When I got home, I drank half a bowl of warm water.
He went to Lan Qiuhua's house to borrow a dung bucket and carried water from the pigpen to irrigate the fields.
Some time ago, I asked Shen Longshan to make a dung shovel with a long handle. He could stand outside the pigpen and scoop out the water without having to enter the pigpen.
It's just a bit troublesome and tiring for the arms.
Carrying manure to the two wastelands in the south, from east to west, every bit of soil must be watered.
Zhao Xiaoxi went out to the toilet, and when he came back he saw her carrying water to the field. He said something to the people in the room and walked over slowly.
"Wen He, why don't you let Brother Liang fetch water?"
"I can handle it myself. Let him stay home and talk to you more." Ji Wenhe glanced at her and said, "Hey, you don't seem to have vomited much since you got pregnant."
"Well, I vomited twice, but I can eat and sleep. Mom said that the baby in my belly will be easy to raise and won't bother me."
"That's good. Xiaolian had a strong reaction when she was pregnant. She couldn't eat or sleep well. The bruises under her eyes were very severe. They gradually disappeared after she recovered."
Zhao Xiaoxi stood not far away: "Every pregnancy is different. If he doesn't torture me, I won't have to suffer. Aunt Wu's full moon banquet will be held in two days. Mother asked me to go, and Wanqing will get married."
"Oh, sister-in-law, I heard from Aunt Niu that Wanqing's husband's family gave 6.6 taels as a betrothal gift. Will Aunt Li give her some to take back?"
Ji Wenhe shook his head: "I don't know, I think it should be, what else did Aunt Niu say."
"I didn't say anything. I just said that Aunt Li has three daughters. If the first daughter gets 6.6 taels of silver, and the two daughters get another 6.6 taels of silver, she will have nearly 20 taels of silver."
"No matter how much money it is, it has nothing to do with us. Why does she worry so much? Aunt Niu is so careless when she speaks. She says whatever she wants. She is not afraid that Aunt Li will be unhappy if she finds out."
Zhao Xiaoxi agreed, "Aunt Niu asked me about family matters, but luckily my mother told me not to tell her anything. Aunt Niu can't keep secrets."
I looked up and saw Miao Zhaodi coming over: "Aunt Miao."
"Hey, I see the grass has grown again on these two plots of your land. You have to weed them in a couple of days."
"Yes, the three plots of land behind the pigsty are also covered with grass. We will mow them tomorrow."
Otherwise, when the manure water is poured on, the nutrients will be absorbed by them.
"What are you talking about?" Miao Zhaodi asked.
Zhao Xiaoxi replied: "We are talking about Aunt Niu, as well as Aunt Wu and Aunt Li's families. I wonder how many tables Aunt Li's family will host."
"Two tables, please. Her family lives far away and may not come."
Ji Wenhe looked at her and asked, "Is it too far to come here by donkey cart?"
"Yeah." Miao Zhaodi nodded. "After she got married, she seldom went back to her parents' home. Her parents knew how she was living here, but they never asked."
"It's similar to me. I completely cut off ties with my parents. They don't treat me well when I go back. As time goes by, I go back less and less."
"Shen Liang didn't tell his family about his marriage. I knew that even if he told them, they wouldn't come. They would despise my Shen Liang for only finding a wife at such an old age."
Her name is Zhaodi, which shows how much her mother loves her younger brother.
Zhao Xiaoxi pouted: "Brother Liang is a good person, what's wrong with that? They look down on us, but we look down on them."
"Mom, let's ignore them. Let's live a good life and make them jealous."
Miao Zhaodi smiled and said, "I've let it go over the years and don't take it to heart."
Ji Wenhe walked over carrying an empty bucket: "Aunt Miao, Xiaoxi, you guys go back. The smell is too strong here. I'll go get two more buckets."
"Okay, you're busy."
The two returned home talking and laughing.
Pour the water in the wooden basin into the dung bucket, change to a clean bucket, fetch water from the river, and come back to rinse.
After finishing the work, I went home, got my sickle, and went to the field to cut grass.
It's really strange. It's a wasteland with no nutrients, so why don't vegetables grow but grass grows wildly?
Later I thought about it and it was probably because of the manure water.
In the wastelands in the south, no one has ever cut the grass, so it grows taller every year.
I went home in the evening, prepared dinner, and waited for the two brothers to come back to eat.
"Sister-in-law, we are back." Shen Wenshan pushed open the courtyard door, "Sister-in-law, the bathtub you asked for is ready."
The two men carried the bathtub down and placed it in the yard.
Ji Wenhe went down from the west building: "Help me move to the small room."
It is custom-made according to the size. There is a water outlet under the bed, which can be plugged with a wooden plug. When the plug is pulled out, the water will flow out from underneath without having to lift the bed up and down.
There is a small alley on the east side, leading to a toilet and a pit toilet behind the house.
A small hole was left in the room, and a bamboo tube was inserted into the outlet. Water flowed out along the bamboo tube and then flowed into the pit along the small ditch dug.
The two men carried the bathtub into the small room and placed it at the location she said.
"Wenshan, the other two bathtubs are ready, just place them the same way I did."
"Well, Master and I fought together. The other two will take a few days. We are not in a hurry."
Ji Wenhe praised: "Your master is really amazing. He made it exactly as I said."
Insert the bamboo tube into the water outlet, tie it with a rope, and insert it into the small hole, which will make it convenient to drain water later.