Old Man Xu looked around and saw a strong aroma that hit his face. It was so special. He had never smelled it or seen it before.
When he heard that it was a good thing brought back from Persia, he said with heartache: "It would be a waste to wash our hair and bathe with this good thing. Why don't you keep it and bring it to your aunt tomorrow?"
Just hide it here and use it, and you can't spread it out. If you just take it out and give it away casually, that won't work. People outside are smart, and the excuse brought back from Persia may be fooled.
Xu Dajun said hurriedly: "If you can't wash it clean with plant ashes, we have to use this. Wash it a little better and go to visit relatives without burying it, right? Besides, it's just this, it's not much, and it doesn't look like giving it away."
After all the hard work, old man Xu didn't say anything about giving it away, but let it be taken and told everyone to use it to wash.
When everyone heard that it was a good gift from Xu Dajun's classmate, it was specially used for washing hair and bathing. When they smelled it again, everyone was amazed by the fragrance.
Everyone felt that it was a pity that such a good thing was given to them, and they were a little reluctant to get rid of it. They washed each one in turn, only deducting a small amount, for fear of using too much.
Not to mention, the shampoo produced by this system is very good. A little bit can produce a lot of foam, and the cleaning effect is very good.
Even a little bit is much cleaner than plant ash.
Xu Yinyin was in the third group, hurriedly busy carrying water and collecting firewood. Now her turn finally came. She couldn't wait to take her clean clothes and went to the temporary building with Zhang Xiulan.
Go to the hut.
The clothes are clean. Last night, Mrs. Ma, Zhou, Xu Wuya and Mrs. Xu squinted their presbyopic eyes to help. They took apart the cotton clothes worn by the family and sewed the cotton out into these clean clothes.
, just in time to change after taking a shower.
The huts are all newly built and not used much, so it doesn't look like a waste at the moment. It is convenient to live in the open air. Xu Yinyin can still accept bathing in such a hut.
There was a lot of shampoo in the clay pot, and Xu Yinyin still had a lot left in the bottle. It was for fair use at this time, and she was not afraid of the fragrance being difficult to explain, so Xu Yinyin was reluctant to part with it and threw it away.
With Zhang Xiulan, they had to wash their hair again and again.
As for taking a shower, they also rubbed mud after mud. You rubbed my back and I rubbed yours. They also washed them well two or three times.
They used too much water, so Xu Dajun stayed outside and was responsible for fetching water for them again and again, so as not to trouble others.
Throughout the day, several families lined up to do the cleaning.
The other ten or so families in the same village watched their movements from a distance and muttered that they were tired and hungry after being on the run for months. They didn't even have enough to eat yet, and they had time to toss around, so they were really free.
They are all idiots, so what are they going to do?
They all shook their heads and muttered, but just smelling the aroma floating in the air, they still couldn't help but wonder, what are they doing? Why does it smell so good!
By the time the last batch of washing was done, it was already mid-afternoon. The fire was not stopping, and the water in the pot continued to boil. Xu Chunshan and others, who were waiting to return from work in the city in the evening, immediately brought water for washing as soon as they came back.
After washing, it will be dark.
Those who earned a day's wages yesterday were not much, but like the Xu family, the three brothers earned thirty cash.
Today, Old Man Xu specially asked Zhou Chuan and Deng Dalang to go to the city and help buy some of the cheapest brown rice for each family.
After taking a bath, several families started to eat. Each person had a big bowl of wild vegetable porridge. This was the first meal of the day, and it was so delicious that everyone was spoiled.
After eating, everyone took a rest and smelled the fragrant fragrance on their bodies. This rare sleep, everyone slept soundly.
Xu Yinyin was the same. She had been here for so long and it was the first time she slept so peacefully. Even though there were not enough rooms and beds, she could only sleep with her body curled up on a bed tied with bamboo sticks. It was so disturbing that she could hear in her ears.
Listening to her father's loud snoring, she also slept better than every night before.
The whole body is fragrant and everything is enough.
The only drawback is that there are still lice in her hair, which cannot be washed away. She will have to ask her father to buy a grate tomorrow and come back and slowly remove it.
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Early on the next morning, Old Man Xu took Xu Dajun, dressed in decent clothes, with clean hair and neatly combed hair, and went into the city with Xu Chunhe and others who had to carry big bags.
We also went with Zhou Chuan and others who couldn't carry the big bags. I thought that I took a shower yesterday and felt fresh and refreshed. I would try to go to the city today to see if I could find a job. I happened to be carrying yesterday's bag.
I took some firewood and sold it.
After entering the city, Xu Chunhe and others went straight to the dock where they worked yesterday. It was agreed that they could work for several days in a row.
Zhou Zhouchuan and others first went to sell firewood, and then went to squat on the low wall, while Old Man Xu took Xu Dajun to the east of the city.
Everyone made an appointment to meet at the city gate in the afternoon.
Old man Xu came to Yiyang Mansion once when he was getting married to his younger sister. Now more than 20 years have passed, and the city has changed a lot. He can't remember it clearly. He only knows that the Fang family is located in Jinyu in the east of the city.
In the square.
Grandfather and grandson went shopping first. Old Xu didn’t have much money on him. From selling the land and selling the house, the total amount was only about fifty taels. It was originally used to escape the famine and settle down. Now he is building a house.
It doesn't cost much money, and other things can be saved as well.
So Old Man Xu gritted his teeth and directly took out five taels of silver to buy this gift for returning to his younger sister-in-law's house.
Five taels of silver doesn't really buy much, but fortunately you can see it while carrying it.
When I got to the east of the city, I still asked someone, and then I found Jinyufang along the way.
There was an old locust tree at the entrance of the square, with many red cloth strips hanging on its branches. When Old Man Xu looked at it, he had some impression that this was the right place.
But when he entered Fangshi, he couldn't remember exactly which one he was in. He only remembered that it was not far from the entrance of Fangkou.
"Liu Lang, look at which one has Fangzhai written on it?"
The grandfather and grandson walked all the way in, looking at the door plaques of the houses they passed.
Walking all the way to the seventh house, there is a house on the right. The door plaque hanging on the small vermilion red door is clearly Fang Zhai. Xu Dajun pointed and said: "Master, this house is Fang Zhai. Is it this house?"
Old man Xu looked around carefully, looked at the red lantern hanging on the door, and seemed to have an impression, "It should be this house, knock on the door and have a look."
Xu Dajun immediately stepped forward and knocked on the door.
After knocking for a while, there were footsteps inside. Soon, the door opened from the inside. A young boy came out and opened the door. When he saw the grandfather and grandson outside, he was stunned and asked, "Who are you looking for?"
Old Man Xu said: "Is this Fang Changxu's home?"
The boy nodded, his eyes even more confused, "Who are you?"
Seeing that he had looked at the wrong door, old man Xu looked at the boy's age and said with a gentle expression: "Are your parents at home? We are from Yunzhou."
From Yunzhou?
Fang Yuxing was pleasantly surprised and looked at Old Man Xu a few more times, "But uncle?"
Old man Xu nodded, "Are you Yuxing?"
"Yes, uncle, I am Yuxing!"
Seeing that the other party could call out his name and it was unmistakable that he was from Yunzhou, Fang Yuxing was very happy. He quickly opened the door and invited Old Man Xu and his grandson in, "Uncle, please come in quickly. My mother is at home.