All the small animals in the house were scared away by Li Qiu's breath, and it became much easier to clean up.
It was not until the sun set that the master and apprentice, who had been busy for a long time, finally tidied up the house to the point where it was barely habitable.
However, after cleaning up the mess, both the master and the apprentice were so disgraced that they thought they had gone digging for coal.
"Master, you have a chicken feather stuck on your face." In the main room, Yun Jing pointed at Li Qiu's face with his white teeth and smiled. As for where the chicken feather came from in this house that has not been occupied all year round, he did not think about it.
Problem.
Li Qiu was not annoyed either. He looked at Yun Jing and said, "Jing'er, you still have a spider web on your head. It looks like a bird is trying to build a nest on your head."
"Hey..." Yun Jing smiled and touched his head with his hand. The spider web was a little sticky.
The master and apprentice looked at each other and smiled, harmoniously and warmly.
At this time, Yunjing couldn't help but sigh in his heart. His master's thoughts were delicate. No matter what, he accepted him as his master. After all, they were still two strangers in the beginning. He was using the way of getting along with him to make them familiar with each other.
get up, thereby virtually bringing the relationship between the two parties closer.
If not, he might have found a way to avoid suffering such disgrace.
"Let's go, there's a well over there, let's go wash it." Li Qiu found a wooden bucket that could still be used, put a face cloth in it and said while holding Yun Jing's hand.
It was obvious that he had stepped on it a long time ago. The well was just a few hundred meters away from the house.
The water source of the well comes from underground water. It is extremely clear and a bit cold on hot days. It is very comfortable to pour a handful on your face.
When he came to the well, Yun Jingxin said that it would be more comfortable if he soaked the whole watermelon or something in it early, cut it into pieces and took a bite. Speaking of which, it seemed that he had not seen a fruit like "watermelon" in this world, and he didn't know about it.
Do you have.
The well is leaning against a stone wall, and three small pools were built with stone slabs to lower the water level in a stepped manner. Each pool is four or five square meters, and the water is no deeper than a thigh. There are many finger-sized fish and fish inside.
shrimp.
There are people standing next to each pool. Seeing this layout, Yunjing roughly guessed that the top pool, where the water outlet is, should be where people usually fetch drinking water, followed by those who wash vegetables, and then those who wash dishes.
Laundry.
The stone slabs beside several pools are very smooth, and it is obvious that people come here often. You can also see some vegetables and the like in the second pool...
Yunjing was only six years old and had the experience of "walking a bird" after being a child. He was not afraid of being shy and would wash up naked by the sink where clothes were washed. Li Qiu was much more civilized and cleaned himself up with clothes on.
While washing, Li Qiu took out what he thought was a saponin and ash-based material for cleaning. Needless to say, the effect was pretty good.
Just when Yunjing was doubting whether his master could clean himself with his clothes on, he was wet and full of soap foam, and he poured a bucket of water over his head several times. When the water was clear, he felt his body gently and slightly
There was a bang, and a cloud of water mist rose around him, and then the clothes on his body felt like they were being tossed by a dryer...
Although it is afternoon now, the sun is still a bit harsh. It won't take long for the clothes on his body to be completely dry. Isn't this very convenient?
"I don't usually do this as a teacher. This is not to save trouble because of the limited conditions. Jing'er, do you want me to help you dry your clothes?" Li Qiu pointed to the washed clothes beside the cloud scenery without any care and said with a smile.
Yunjing has become somewhat accustomed to his master's abilities, so he doesn't feel weird about it, but it would be nice if he doesn't have to wear wet clothes. He nodded and said, "I'm sorry to bother you, master."
"No problem"
Li Qiu said with a smile, picked up Yun Jing's clothes and shook them a few times, and the water on the clothes was almost gone...
Although the clothes were almost dry, they were not completely dry when they fell to the ground. Yunjing did not wear any clothes and was going to take them back to dry. He had heard from his mother that wearing wet clothes would make you sick easily.
As for my master, I don't think he cares about this issue.
Standing by the well, Yunjing visually inspected the water level in the well and the house where he would live in the future. The water level in the well was higher. He said, "Master, can we use bamboo pipes to guide the well water to the house? That would be convenient.
That’s a lot”
Li Qiu was stunned for a moment, made a few visual inspections, then looked at Yun Jing and said with slight surprise: "It's completely feasible, Jing'er, who taught you this method?"
"No one taught me. I just saw the paddy field at home, and there were ditches on the side to divert water to the field, so I asked." Yunjing casually found an excuse.
When he was at home, his father would pick up water from the creek in the morning. It wasn't that Yunjing didn't want to install "tap water" at home, but the conditions really didn't allow it.
The stream in Xiaoxi Village is much shorter than his home. If he had to divert water upstream, he would have to go several kilometers. He couldn't handle it himself, and his family didn't have time to complete this 'big project'. He originally wanted to consider this issue later.
, now we can only wait until later.
Li Qiu looked at Yunjing and exclaimed: "Not bad, Jing'er, you can think of the convenience of life from the details. It's really rare. Well, as you said, we will divert the well water to the residence, but it will have to be tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
It will be dark soon, let’s cook and eat first.”
"good"
Under the setting sun, the master and apprentice walked towards their residence.
After Yunjing finished drying the clothes, Li Qiu took out two sets of bedding from somewhere. He probably bought them from a certain farmer's house. They were patched and looked old, but they were washed very clean and smelled like sunshine.
Make the bed and light a fire to cook.
There is no shortage of firewood at the moment. When they were cleaning up the house, they threw away a lot of broken and unusable furniture.
Li Qiu said that they only had half a month's rations, and it was true. Half a jar of brown rice should be enough for them to eat for half a month.
Half of the pot of porridge was cooked, and there were only pickles and lumps, and nothing else. The master and the apprentice ate deliciously.
During the process of cooking porridge, Li Qiu took advantage of Yunjing's inattention and sprinkled some unknown things into the porridge. Anyway, it was a good thing to nourish the body. He wanted Yunjing to experience the hard days, but it wasn't true.
To torture him, after all, Yunjing is still growing.
It was getting dark after the meal, so the master and the apprentice packed up and went to bed. They had to continue working tomorrow.
It took me a long time to clean up the house. Although it was not a heavy physical work, Yun Jing was still young and I was so tired that I fell asleep in bed.
After being taught by his master during the day, he no longer thought about martial arts training, so he didn't worry about not seeing his master practicing martial arts. Thinking about Li Qiu's level, he no longer needed to keep his fists in his hands like ordinary martial arts practitioners.
.
In the next few days, Yunjing and Li Qiu were busy working around the house, repairing usable furniture, cleaning up weeds in the yard, using bamboo pipes to bring water from the well, and repairing holes in the roof.
…
No matter how big or small, you have to do everything yourself.
It took them three full days to get the house in order, the house was clean, the yard was leveled, and they could still have tap water.
That afternoon, when Li Qiu washed his hands with running water, he asked Yun Jing: "Jing'er, how do you feel about cleaning up the house with your teacher these days?"
Yunjing took a handful of cold tap water to wash his face to eliminate the heat. After hearing the master's words, he thought about it and said truthfully: "Tired!"
Although what he did was just trivial work, Yunjing felt really tired after working all day long.
"What else?" Li Qiu nodded and asked again.
Yun Jing looked around at the clean and tidy house and said again: "Happy"
"It's normal to be tired. After all, there is so much work, and it's normal to be happy. Now, do you feel that you have a sense of accomplishment in having tidied up the house like this? The sense of accomplishment is generated by achieving a certain goal through your own efforts.
A feeling of joy, usually this feeling does not need to be recognized by others, do you have this feeling?" Li Qiu said with a smile.
He was afraid that Yunjing wouldn't understand the word sense of accomplishment, so he explained it by the way.
Yunjing nodded and said, "That's really it."
"Yeah," Li Qiu said with a smile, and then added: "You will feel tired after cleaning the house for a few days. Now think about it, in your home, your mother handles the housework every day.
It’s just two days, but it’s day after day and year after year, so is she tired?”
After hearing this, Yun Jing was silent for a moment, feeling a little touched in his heart, and said, "I think my mother must be very tired."
"That's right. So, you may know that your mother is very tired when doing housework, but you don't understand where it is. Maybe you are used to the scene of your mother doing housework, and you have not even considered this issue. Now, you are personally
After going through it and having your own experience, do you understand how difficult it is for a mother? And what we have done these days is far from what your mother does every day. I heard that your family also has chickens, ducks, pigs and cows, and
Your brother, these are things that your mother needs to take care of, right? She also has to cook for the family, three meals a day, work in the fields, do needlework, etc..."
"My teacher is telling you this to tell you that there are many things that you know are one thing, but without experiencing them personally, you will never be able to feel them personally, and you will always stay at the stage of 'I know' and 'I understand'.
, to put it bluntly, it is just rhetoric, but it cannot touch the soul. Only when you experience it physically and mentally, can you truly understand something. This is what my teacher wants to tell you."
It turns out that Master has these deep meanings in doing these trivial tasks these days.
Teaching by words and deeds is nothing more than this.
Understanding his intention, Yunjing said respectfully: "Disciple, please be taught."
"As long as you understand, then starting from tomorrow, we will plow the fields. You may have heard that farmers are tired from farming in the past, but why are they tired and where is the tiredness? You have to experience it yourself to truly understand!"
Li Qiu pointed to some wasteland in front of the yard and said...
