Su Tai left the family affairs to Shen Yi. She was not suitable to get involved in men's affairs anyway.
Twenty people followed Su Tai to the backyard of Guokui Workshop. Seeing that the ground here was all paved with bricks and tiles, which was cleaner than their faces, they all hesitated and didn't know where to start.
Su Tai said casually: "Follow me, this is the stove house, and next door to the stove house is the bathroom. There is a bathtub and a wash basin in the bathroom. If there is a fire in the stove next door, the water in the bath here will also heat up. Get up and use bath soap and shampoo.
You guys. Although I washed it on the ice sheet before, it only washed away the dirt on my body, and the dirt and other dirt could not be washed away.
I like to be clean, but your nails are still knotted and cannot be washed away. My hair is going to be cut, and I have to wash it all.”
Su Tai looked around and her eyes fell on Yu Xiaoyu, "Xiaoyu, come here, I will give you a bath in a while. All the boys will go out, and the women and girls will stay and watch. When you know how to clean, you will teach the boys. Now let’s carry water and make a fire.”
Su Tai had to show them how to carry water and how to make a fire.
After they learned how to do it, she went back to the next door and brought in some blue and maroon cotton and linen, clean old clothes and twenty pairs of new black cloth shoes and socks.
Wait for the water in the bath to heat up.
Su Tai asked the woman to close the bathroom door and let Yu Xiaoyu take off his clothes.
The little girl is nine years old this year. Due to malnutrition, she is skinny and skinny with no meat. She looks like a seven-year-old child. Her hair is yellow and withered, and she does not look very healthy.
She blushed, took off her clothes obediently and sat on the small stool.
“Lower your head.”
Su Tai commanded gently, cutting off some knotted and unmanageable mess from Yu Xiaoyu’s hair, and then scooped a ladle of warm water to wet it. Then he took a small piece of shampoo, rubbed it into bubbles in his hands, and applied it to Yu Xiaoyu's hair.
A group of people gathered around and stared with wide eyes.
Seeing that Yu Xiaoyu's hair quickly became dense with bubbles, the color gradually changed from white to yellow.
Su Tai scooped up two more scoops of water to help her rinse away the bubbles and perform a second cleaning.
“Look, it’s clean until the bubbles turn white. Remember, you must wash your scalp, from scalp to hair, and don’t let go.”
Su Tai said, He took a clean white cotton cloth and wrapped it up in Yu Xiaoyu's hair. "The next step is to take a bath. There are loofah bags and soft towels for scrubbing." Brush, but before taking a shower, we can brush our teeth and wash our face first. We use a toothbrush and toothpaste to brush our teeth. The ingredients of this toothpaste are medicinal herbs and salt, which have a strong cleaning effect."
She She squeezed the toothpaste onto the toothbrush and asked Yu Xiaoyu to rinse her mouth first, then brushed it inside and out for her. The foam was also yellow as expected.
So Su Tai squeezed out the toothpaste for her and brushed it a second time.
“Every day from now on, you have to brush your teeth before going out.”
Everyone saw with their own eyes that Yu Xiaoyu’s teeth had turned several degrees whiter, and they marveled and nodded crazily.
When washing your face, everyone thinks that you just use hot water and a sweat towel.
Unexpectedly, Su Tai took out another jar of ointment and carefully rubbed a lot of foam on Yu Xiaoyu's face.
After the foam was rinsed away, a much fairer face appeared in front of everyone.
The next step is to wash your body.
With the previous steps, everyone guessed how to wash. Yu Mei volunteered to rub Yu Xiaoyu's back, and soon she was covered in mud.
Looking at it all decompressed.
After rubbing it several times until Yu Xiaoyu’s skin turned red and nothing came out, Yu Mei gave up.
After taking a shower, Yu Xiaoyu put on clean clothes and went to wipe her hair. She found that she smelled good and was clean from head to toe. She had never been so clean and tidy in her memory.
Also, the lady actually gave her a bath! She felt like she had suddenly fallen from the slums into the well-being, and her eyes were red.
A group of ladies and girls were all excited when they saw Yu Xiaoyu's clean appearance.
Yu Mei and Shi Da Niu both have one child, and they are quite old. They volunteered to fetch water for everyone, and after the women and little girls have cleaned up, they will clean up the boys.
Alan, who had no children, looked enviously at other women taking care of their children. There happened to be two little girls among them who were as motherless as Yu Xiaoyu. She thought about it and took the initiative to help them clean it.
The two little girls quickly thanked them.
A faint smile appeared on Alan's numb face.
Because Su Tai said that she likes to be clean, the five women did not dare to be careless. When cleaning the little girls, they wanted to rub off a layer of skin from their bodies.
In this way, the effect is also very obvious.
When all the little boys waiting outside saw the clean little girl walking out of the bathroom, they didn't dare to recognize her.
Yu Ping'an and Yu Pingshun stepped forward and stared at Yu Xiaoyu without blinking, "Sister?"
Yu Xiaoyu smiled, "What? You don't even recognize your sister anymore? Auntie and the others are filling up the water. Let's go make some firewood. It will be your turn to wash in a moment."
The boys are eager to try.
By the time the twenty people had cleaned up, it was already dark.
Yu Mei and Shi Da Niu went over to ask Su Tai for instructions.
Su Tai came over again, pointed at the fabrics and said: "It's almost summer now. One person should make two changes of clothes first, and then add winter coats when it gets cold. The wing here Quite a few, you look at the arrangement, the bedding in the room is in the cabinet, you can just take it and use it yourself. Oh, by the way, there is also dinner. You can light a fire in the stove to cook. There is an open space in the backyard, you can do it by yourself. Watch to plant some Fruits and vegetables
If you don’t understand, you can ask the villagers for advice, because I don’t understand either. In addition, I will tell the aunt in the village that they will send you a batch of ingredients every day, and you can watch and cook. That’s fine. Come with me later to bring some bags of grain.”
All the five women left with Su Tai, and the children stayed in the wing. Two took care of the younger ones, and the rest went to the stove to light the fire. .
After a while, the five Yu Meis came back carrying a large sack weighing about 40 kilograms.
Everything is put in the warehouse at the corner.
When Shi Da Niu opened it and took a look, she covered her mouth in shock, "It's white noodles! Such clean white noodles!"
She has never eaten such big white noodles in her more than 20 years of life. .
Not to mention the others, five women hugged each other and cried with excitement in front of these grains.
They didn’t wait for them to calm down.
Xu and Wei Daya came over carrying a big rattan basket, "You are the servants Xiaomo just bought, right? Don't be nervous, I'll just give you some vegetables, salt, and a little pork suet. You can make the oil yourself." "Yes?"
The five women barely understood Xu's words, but they shook their heads.
Ms. Xu was shocked, "What kind of oil do they eat in Qiongzi?"
Everyone shook their heads again.
Yu Xiaoyu whispered back: "We cook with water and don't use oil." (End of Chapter)