The Daily Life of a Down-on-Hard-Life Medicine Girl Supporting Her Family

Chapter 56 I still want it after washing

Catching fish, loach, and eels are the favorite pastimes of children planting rice and harvesting grain.

Chun Ning learned how to pass the handle from Luo Xiaogang, so Luo Xiaogang simply took Chun Ning to catch fish.

"Catch it and let Sister Chun Ning cook it for us!" Luo Xiaogang shouted. "Sister Chun Nuan's fish is the best."

"You bastard, you complain about the food your mother cooked for you. If she finds out, she'll beat you up again."

Uncle Luo lifted the stalks of rice high and slammed them against the mixing drum, causing the grains to fall into the drum. He then turned the stalks over and slammed them again. Once he saw that there were no more grains on the rice seedlings, he tossed them aside.

Chun Ning witnessed firsthand what real threshing of grain was like.

He also tried to slam the grains on the mixing bucket, but very little fell off; it seemed as if the grains were working against him, as they didn't fall at all.

"If you want to harvest rice, you'll have to eat plain white rice for several years." Uncle Luo smiled as he took the handful of rice from Chun Ning's hands: "This is hard work."

Threshing rice is hard work, and carrying rice is just as strenuous.

Chun Ning was helpless: she was too thin and short, and she really didn't have the strength to thresh the grain.

If you can't do the heavy work, then do the light work.

So he ran even more happily in the field, and he was also very experienced, usually sinking into the mud when he stepped on a stalk of rice.

You'll get the hang of it after doing it for half a day.

Of course, there were also things he didn't mention: his legs felt burning hot, and several times he stepped on something hard, which turned out to be snails.

Uncle Luo told him to just throw it onto the edge of the field, and reminded him to be careful, as some of the shells could cut his feet.

By noon, when they finished work, Chun'an and Luo Xiaogang had caught a total of eight crucian carp.

Luo Xiaogang and he split the money, four strips each.

As a result, Uncle Luo told his son not to take any and to give them all to Chun'an.

"Sister Chun'an has just given birth and is in her postpartum period. People in their postpartum period should drink more crucian carp soup to nourish their bodies."

We are deeply grateful for your kindness and peace.

Chun'an brought home crucian carp in a clothes basket. Huang was so shocked she couldn't speak: This was no longer her eldest son; he was just a mud doll.

"You..." Huang really wanted to beat him up.

Helpless, ever since arriving in Shu, Huang felt that all thirty years of cultivation had vanished, and she was constantly on the verge of losing her temper.

"It's alright, it's alright." Madam Xu laughed. "Quickly, Chun'an, pour the fish into the wooden basin, scoop some water to keep them alive, otherwise they'll dry out and die. Hurry up, go wash them by the stream. Chun Ning, take them to wash. Once they're clean, this baby should still be conceived."

"Okay, Chun'an, let's go wash by the stream with your brother."

After the two brothers washed the mud off their legs, they found that their fair calves were covered with red spots, and in some places they were still bleeding.

"Brother Ning, how did we get hurt?"

“My older sister said it before, the rice seedlings are very sharp.”

Chun Ning had been feeling some pain for a while, but he had been enduring it. Now, looking at his calves, he was in a terrible state.

He felt that the injuries he had sustained in the previous twelve years combined did not amount to as many as those he had today.

"Second brother, does it hurt?"

Chun'an felt sorry for Chun Ning because he saw that Chun Ning had more injuries on his legs than he did.

"It doesn't hurt, don't tell your family." Chun Ning casually pulled down her trouser leg: "Don't go to the fields this afternoon."

“It’s okay, I made an appointment with Xiaogang. He’ll teach me how to catch loaches and eels this afternoon.” Chun’an’s eyes were full of excitement: “Luo Xiaogang said that nothing looks better than a simple outfit, and nothing tastes better than roasted eels. He said that roasted eels are especially fragrant. I’m going to catch one this afternoon and roast it for my grandmother.”

What a filial child.

When the two brothers returned home, Mrs. Xu was both annoyed and amused.

"Chuning, you think you can just wash the mud off your bodies? Your faces and hair are covered in mud, don't you know how to wash them off?"

"I forgot." Chun Ning was embarrassed. "Let's go wash now." "No need. Just rinse at home. I've boiled some hot water for you. Washing with hot water will remove the fuzz and prevent itching."

"Sister, how did you know? I'm so itchy right now, I keep wanting to scratch. Do I have bugs?"

“It’s the fuzzy smell of millet. You’ve never been exposed to it before, so you can’t handle it. Go take a bath.” Just as Chun Ning was about to take Chun An to bathe with hot water, Chun Nuan took out a small sealed bamboo tube: “Remember to apply this medicine.”

"What?"

"I specially made this medicine to treat the bloody wounds on my legs."

"Sister, how did you know..."

Well, it seems like my older sister knows everything.

"Sister, don't tell Grandma and Grandpa. Don't make them worry and sad."

"I know."

Like her, Chun Ning silently endured all the hardships and worked hard to move forward.

My little brother, who used to come to the pharmacy to play with me when we were little, and would cry when I chased him away, has really grown up. I am so happy!

For Chun Ning, threshing grain was a cruel practice, but for Chun An, it was a source of immense pleasure.

The next day, Chun Ning harvested rice as usual, but Luo Xiaogang called Chun An to the field where he had harvested rice the day before.

"Don't you like catching loaches? Watch me."

"What……"

Before Chun'an could finish speaking, Luo Xiaogang saw that the straw that Uncle Luo had thrown aside yesterday had been lifted up by Luo Xiaogang, and several loaches of various sizes were surging underneath.

"Can... we catch it?"

The older sister said the crucian carp was caught at Luo Xiaogang's house, and she needed his permission to do so.

The loaches are the same; they all belong to Luo Xiaogang's family.

"Of course you can, hurry up and catch it." He looked around. "Can I eat at your house? But don't let my parents know?"

"Sure, of course! My older sister makes really delicious food."

"That's right, Sister Chunnuan is beautiful, kind-hearted, and a great cook. I wish I had a sister like her."

After Luo Xiaogang finished speaking, he thought of his older sisters, who were very fierce and would scold and tattle. Really, sisters are different from one another and cannot be compared!
After helping to thresh rice for two days, Chun Ning felt that her limbs were much heavier and she could hardly straighten her back.

However, he also understood that he was the Xiao family's labor force and had no right to stop.

Moreover, the third day is for harvesting their own grain.

Not only Uncle Luo, but also Aunt Luo and her own wife and daughter came to help.

According to the rules, meals should be provided.

But Aunt Luo had already told Chunnuan that she didn't need to worry about meals; her family would cook for themselves.

Since I have nothing to repay Chun Ning for the warmth of spring, I can only fry the fish and have her send a bowl over.

"Oh, you're too kind."

Uncle Luo wondered what was so delicious about loach, but after taking a bite, he couldn't stop praising it.

"What, you're complaining about my cooking?"

"No, it's just that I think she has so many good qualities, and our Sanya should learn from her."

Luo Sanya... Sister Chunnuan, aren't you trying to harm me?
How could I possibly learn to cook delicious food?

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