"Use this to brush your teeth." Niu Caohua took out the toothbrush and tooth powder she bought yesterday and handed them to Niu Xiaodi.
Then he was taught step by step how to brush his teeth.
There was a shop selling this kind of tooth powder and toothbrushes in the market. The prices of the items there varied. Niu Caohua bought the cheapest one in the shop.
This kind of toothbrush is made of pig hair and animal bones and is relatively cheap.
There are also expensive ones, made of horse hair and jade, and the shape is very gorgeous, but the price is too beautiful to afford.
There are many types of tooth powder, and of course, the one bought by Niucaohua is the cheapest one.
Niu Xiaodi was very smart. He followed his sister's movements and learned to brush his teeth.
"Huh? Sister, look." As the toothbrush stirred in his mouth, white foam filled his mouth. Niu Xiaodi tilted his head in confusion, looked at his sister, and then found that his sister was also foaming at the mouth.
"If you can't eat it, you have to spit out the bubbles." Cowherd Flower ordered, fearing that he would swallow the tooth powder.
I don’t know what is added to this tooth powder. It has a faint Chinese medicinal smell, a touch of sweetness, and the foam is quite rich.
"Know!"
After brushing my teeth, I washed my face. This time I wiped the water on my face with a beige towel.
I also bought towels at the market, two for each person. The material is a little finer than the coarse cloth of clothes, but it still hurts my face a little.
After stroking their hair again, the sister and brother ran into the kitchen.
They got up late today and they were hungry.
Breakfast has been cooked long ago. It is porridge cooked with brown rice. It is still thick and is being heated slowly over low heat, exuding a rich fragrance.
Xiao Cuihua is making dumplings, rolling out the wrappers while wrapping them.
Looking in front of her, there were already a lot of bags wrapped in them, all of them small and cute.
The filling of the dumplings is made of wild vegetables and eggs, fried in meat oil, and is particularly fragrant.
Seeing the two siblings coming in, Xiao Cuihua quickly stopped what she was doing and served them food.
With a bowl of porridge for each person, and some wild vegetables and scrambled eggs, the two siblings squatted under the eaves and started eating.
It's delicious, even though the brown rice is a bit clogged in the throat, it doesn't stop the two of them from eating it without raising their heads.
In fact, this side dish is very fragrant. I don’t know what kind of wild vegetables it is. It has a special fragrance. With eggs and just some salt for seasoning, it is much more fragrant than those big fish and meat.
The siblings finished their breakfast quickly. It was raining lightly outside and the ground was muddy. Looking at the clean shoes on their feet, Niu Caohua decided not to go out today.
What can you do if you don’t go out?
Of course, Niu Xiaodi was taught to read at home.
The Three Character Classic I bought yesterday will come in handy now.
But I only bought a Three-Character Classic, and I couldn’t afford other pens, inks, paper and inkstones.
Niu Caohua hesitated when buying this book. After all, the price of the book was not cheap, but after thinking about it for a while, she bought it anyway.
There is no imperial examination in this dynasty, and those who can become officials are generally nobles.
Therefore, if a child from a peasant family wants to change his destiny by studying, it will be difficult for him to achieve success.
However, reading can make people wise and prevent them from being ignorant. Even if they cannot be officials, they can open a shop, be an accountant, etc. Those who do not rely on physical labor must always be literate.
"At the beginning of man's life, his nature is good."
"Sex is similar, habits are far apart."
The whole morning was spent with the siblings reading to each other.
It was approaching noon, Xiao Cuihua was boiling water to cook dumplings, and the cow belly came back.
At this time, the sky outside had cleared up, but the road was still muddy. The cow's feet were bare, its trouser legs rolled up, and its body was wet.
"Dad, what's wrong with your legs?" The sharp-eyed Niu Caohua discovered that there were many small wounds on the cow's muddy legs, which looked like they had been cut open, and there were blood stains on them.
"It's a locust bite, it's not a problem." Niu Dadu didn't care about the wound on his leg at all. He washed his leg with well water, then put on his shoes and went into the house.
Leech?
The one that sucks blood?
The one that's black and yellow, soft and can get into people's bodies?
Just thinking about this cow grass flower gives me goosebumps.
I've heard people say before that this thing can also crawl into people's brains, eat your brains, and then crawl out of your ears.
Extremely scary!
"Dad, you need to clean up the leech on your body, don't let it crawl into your brain." Niu Caohua hurried over to remind her, even scanning her father's body with her eyes for a long time, not letting go of any leech.
"They're all gone." Niu Dadu said. Being watched from beginning to end by his daughter made him extremely uncomfortable. He felt like his body was stiff just standing where he was.
"What about the feet? What about the back? What about the places where the eyes can't see? Are they all off?" Niu Caohua was still worried.
"Xiao Di, come here and help dad take a look."
Niu Caohua originally wanted to watch it by herself, but after thinking about it, she decided to call Niu Xiaodi.
"Okay!" Niu Xiaodi ran over obediently, lifted up his father's clothes and started to look.
He looked very carefully, followed his sister's instructions, and even took a look at his hair.
"Sister, there's nothing." After the inspection, Niu Xiaodi's face was filled with pride, and she stood up straight, with her little chest puffed out.
"Good job. I'll reward you with a candy after dinner." Niu Caohua pinched Niu Xiaodi's face and praised her generously.
"Hehehe~"
We had dumplings for lunch. The white dumplings were served in black pottery bowls, and the aroma was overflowing.
Niu Caohua couldn't wait to pick up a dumpling and put it in her mouth.
tasty!
The happiness at this moment reached its peak.
It’s better to have money, you can eat whatever you want, but if you don’t have money, you can only go hungry!
When thinking about money, Niu Caohua suddenly remembered something. Dried locusts seemed to be a kind of Chinese medicinal material.
Doesn’t that mean that this thing can be sold for money?
When she thought of this, Cow Grass Flower suddenly no longer disliked the leech.
"Dad, are there many leeches in the fields?" She looked at the cow belly.
Although he didn't know why his daughter asked this, Niu Dadu still nodded: "More."
When it rains, there will be many locusts in the fields. They are densely packed and very troublesome.
"I heard from the medicine shop yesterday at the market that dried locusts can be exchanged for money. Dad, how about we catch the leech from the field, dry it, and then take it to the market to exchange for money?"
"Okay." Niu Dadu had no objection.
There are locusts wherever there is water, in ponds and rice fields.
Because it rained heavily yesterday, locusts are crawling everywhere outside.
After dinner, Niu Dudu set off with the wooden bucket. Niu Caohua thought about it and followed.
"Sister, I'm going too!"
"Grass flowers..."
As a result, before I even stepped out of the door, I was grabbed by the corners of my clothes from left to right.
Seeing Niu Xiaodi and his mother Xiao Cuihua looking at each other with the same look, he was suddenly unable to say anything he wanted to refuse.
So, the family of four went out together.
