After planting, the team gave everyone a day off to rest. After months of planting, everyone was exhausted.
It was rare to rest and the sun was shining brightly, so the women in the village got busy, taking off the quilts they had covered all winter, washing those that needed to be washed, and drying those that needed to be dried.
It was also the weekend, so Su Mo took a stroll to Lu's house to visit.
When Li Yue'e saw Su Mo coming over, she asked, "Xiao Mo, have you taken off and washed your quilt?" The belly is so big, if it wasn't done, she would have gone over to help.
"It's already been removed and washed." Su Mo said. The last time Lu Changzheng took a break, she asked him to remove and wash the clothes.
"Is that pulp?"
"Huh?" Su Mo didn't understand.
"After washing this quilt, it needs to be starched. In this way, the quilt will be straight and smooth, and the quilt surface will be strong, resistant to dirt, not easy to get dusty, easy to wash, and not easy to be damaged by washing."
"Is there such a thing? I've never heard of it." Su Mo was very curious as she had never heard of it, not to mention that she had never seen it.
"Mom will be wet in a while, you watch. If you think it's good, mom will go over and help you get it done soon." Li Yue'e knew that Su Mo had never seen it before, and it seemed that people in big cities rarely got wet.
These starched clothes and quilt covers are very durable and not easy to break.
"Okay." Su Mo nodded, sitting next to Li Yuee and chatting with her.
When the quilt cover was almost dry, Li Yuee got busy.
First, I boiled a pot of hot water, then mixed it with starch and hot water and boiled the paste. When it was almost done, I took an enamel basin to serve it.
The paste wasn't too thick either, Su Mo looked slightly thicker than pimple soup.
After putting the quilt cover into the kang and spreading it out, Li Yue'e brought the starch in, rolled up the quilt cover and applied starch a little bit until the entire quilt cover was starched. After starching, you have to beat it continuously to let the paste penetrate the cloth.
Then he took it out to dry in the sun. When it was almost done, Li Yue'e asked Liu Yuzhi to come over and help her. They each grabbed one side of the quilt and pulled hard to straighten the quilt.
After stretching it out, Su Mo took a look and found that it was indeed straight, almost like someone who had ironed it in later generations. It was still a little cool to the touch, and it was indeed quite slippery.
Su Mo also gained experience. When she read ancient novels, she always wrote about washing clothes with starch. She also thought that she should wash clothes with starch. Why should she wash them with starch? It turns out that this is "starch".
"How's it going? Do you want to help you over there?" Li Yue'e asked.
"Third brother and sister, it's better to starch it. When your child is born, the bedding will get dirty quickly. It will be easy to wash after starching." Liu Yuzhi said with a smile.
Lu Xingjun was admitted to work at a credit station last month. Anyone who can earn a salary is a big customer for her family. The more deposits this attracts, the higher her man's year-end bonus will be.
After opening up his mind, the relationship between the first bedroom and the second bedroom has eased a lot. Lu Weiguo also saved 100 yuan to support his elder brother.
Su Mo also saved 500 yuan to support Dafang's work. When you have to leave later, just take them all out.
Su Mo looked at it and thought it was very fresh, so she thought it would be okay to try it once. When she gets used to it, she could just wash it off.
"That's hard work, mother."
"It's not hard." Li Yue'e happily went over to help Su Mo.
While the paste was being cooked, Lu Changzheng came back. Seeing his mother cooking the paste, he asked what he was going to do. When he heard that he wanted to starch the quilt, he quickly objected.
"Daughter-in-law, please don't starch me. After starching, the quilt will be hardened. Not to mention it's very cold when it's covered, and it's not tightly covered."
It's fine in the summer, but it's really drafty in the winter. After finally sleeping on the quilt, it became soft, and it was time to take it out and wash it in the summer.
Li Yue'e was so angry that she raised her spoon and wanted to hit Lu Changzheng with a hammer. "The quilt cover will be stain-resistant and durable if it is starched. Otherwise, if you wash it every two days, the quilt cover will not get damaged."
This prodigal thing is so rare to buy tickets now.
"If it's broken, just sew it up. If you're done with it, the cover won't be breathable in summer, and air will leak from top to bottom of the cover in winter." Lu Changzheng firmly disagreed.
His wife had never seen it before, so she might have thought it was good if it was starched, but it was actually uncomfortable when covered with water. Life was miserable before, and his family's condition was not such that he couldn't afford to replace it if it got damaged.
In the end, the quilt was not starched, so she added some sugar to the paste and asked Li Yue'e to take it back to the children.
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Time has arrived in June in a blink of an eye.
The main farm work in June is to topdress rice with tillering fertilizer, irrigate with shallow water, and dry the fields appropriately and in a timely manner; there are also operations such as subsoiling topdressing of wheat, corn, soybeans and other upland crops, as well as weeding; and then there is catching insects and weeding.
For farmers, this is a slack period. Moreover, at this time, it gets dark very late, and after work every day, more people go up the mountain.
Most of them go to pick wild vegetables, such as willow buds and thorn buds, which are frequent guests on the dinner table in May and June.
A small part of them want to try their luck, maybe they can pick up stones with gold particles. Ever since it was announced that there was a gold mine here, people have gone up the mountain to look for it from time to time. Some people actually found it and sold it for a lot of money.
Geng Changqing was born in June. On his birthday, he received a call from Su Tingde.
The two brothers first exchanged information in secret words, and then Su Tingde changed the topic, "Changqing, you are thirty-one, it is time to consider personal issues."
This younger brother is good at everything, but he doesn't want to start a family. He wonders if he has been emotionally hurt at some point.
Since he was 25 years old, he has said it every year, but every year there is no result.
When he was in Haishi before, he could rely on connections to introduce him, but in the north, he had no connections there, so he couldn't help at all.
Geng Changqing's scalp tightened. It was the time of year to get married again.
"Brother, the matter has not been resolved yet. I will not consider personal issues for the time being."
"This matter has no conflict with your getting married. You are not young anymore. Really, if you find a suitable partner, you should consider it." They are just too far away, otherwise there would be some good ones in Fumanhua Hospital.
Geng Changqing was sweating after finally dealing with Su Tingde. As soon as he hung up the phone, the old leader called again.
The same purpose as Su Tingde was to urge marriage. Moreover, the old leader not only urged, but also asked someone to select the candidate, and ordered him to go see him in two days.
After Geng Changqing hung up the phone, he kept smiling bitterly.
He really had no intention of starting a family, but he couldn't ignore the old leader's kindness.
I hope the other party is a sober and good comrade, and I can just explain it clearly to him when the time comes. It was actually because I was scared when I was in Haishi before.
At that time, Su Tingde asked someone to introduce him to several people. One of them he made it clear to them that he would not consider personal issues for the time being and had no plans to get married. However, the other party still pestered him for a long time. He would meet someone by chance from time to time, which really annoyed him. Too much trouble.
Fortunately, he was transferred here later, otherwise I don't know how long he would have been entangled.
