Lin Chen cleared the bowls and chopsticks, stacked them up, and prepared to wash the dishes.
A middle-aged woman giggled." You're from the countryside, so you might not understand. In our courtyard, water is produced together. If the owner uses too much water, the owner will suffer."”
Zhao Chunhua nodded." Oh, I know. I thought the water was free."”
"Yes, that's right." A middle-aged woman smiled." That's why we use water very sparingly in our courtyard. We won't waste it easily.”
" Don't worry, I didn't waste any water."
Lin Chen understood immediately. The auntie was hinting that his grandmother used too much water.
Just as he was about to speak, he heard a middle-aged woman point at the faucet."I mean, it's not good for you to keep running like this.”
Zhao Chunhua stopped rubbing her clothes.
She looked at the tap and then at the middle-aged woman.
"You can't wash clothes with water. Otherwise, how can you wash them?”
"Just like you guys, just rub it into mud?”
"It's not that I want to say this, but although you guys are from the city, aren't you guys too untidy?”
A middle-aged woman was speechless.
Lin Chen almost laughed out loud.
Zhao Chunhua was still nagging." Big Sis, let me tell you. You still have to wash clothes like this. You have to wash them with water. It's clean."”
"Look at your clothes. They're gray. Look at mine. They're white. You have to wash like me!"
The poor auntie had always been kind to others. Now that Zhao Chunhua had said that, she stood there awkwardly. She nodded and shook her head.
In the end, she nodded weakly.”
Then, he returned to his room dejectedly.
Lin Chen looked around and saw that the curtains in the opposite room had been lowered.
Humph!
Jia Zhangshi!
With the temperament of an auntie, even if she saw what others had done, she would not easily blabber. It was definitely instigated by Jia Zhangshi.
This son had just died, and he was already thinking of bullying others. He was too narrow-minded.
Lin Chen carried the bowl and walked to the sink. He saw that Zhao Chunhua had already washed most of the clothes neatly. When he saw him take out the bowl, he smiled and said,"Xiao Chen is so obedient. Leave the bowls here and let grandma wash them.”
"I'm helping Grandma hang the clothes."
Lin Chen carried a few pieces of clothes that had already been twisted and walked to the bottom of the rope that was supported by two bamboo poles. He jumped slightly and threw the clothes up, then pulled them apart with difficulty.
"Yo, our Little Chen is so powerful!"
Zhao Chunhua was full of pride!
Lin Chen was speechless.
How could he praise this?
Zhao Chunhua quickly finished washing the clothes and helped Lin Chen hang them up. She then washed the dishes with ease before saying to Lin Chen,"Little Chen, can I discuss something with you?”
"Grandma, tell me."
"I have to go to work tomorrow, so I can't look after Mi Li. Can you take your Mi Li to school? Let her sit beside you in class.”
Lin Chen nodded.
His head was patted twice." Hey, Little Chen, you're so obedient. I'll cook some rice for you later."”
Fried rice?
Lin Chen was slightly puzzled.
However, he soon found out.
Zhao Chunhua took out a small pot, and inside it was a layer of rice.
She smiled and poured the water into a wooden bucket. She went to get some water and washed the rice again. She spread it out to dry it before taking out a small pot and setting it on the honeycomb briquet stove to light it.
Lin Chen listened to her muttering,"We still have to buy this thing that's burned in the city. How much money does it cost? Tomorrow, I'll go back to the countryside to carry some firewood.”
It was true.
From the original owner's memory, he knew that it was very difficult to burn the honeycomb briquettes.
He couldn't use one piece alone. He had to stack at least two pieces together.
It took a long time to light the fire. Every morning, when boiling water, one had to burn the coal balls at least half an hour in advance. After using them, one could not put them out directly. Otherwise, it would be very difficult to start a fire again.
Usually, the family of four would need three briquettes a day to cook and boil water.
The one with a deeper memory should be that the original body had to carry the coal cinders to pour after eating every day.
Of course, the toilet bowl was emptied by the original mother.
This was how life in the Siheyuan was like. Early in the morning, every household would carry a toilet bowl and flush it with water after pouring it out. It smelled bad.
Lin Chen's thoughts were quickly pulled back.
Because Zhao Chunhua had already put the rice into the pot.
The sparkling and translucent rice quickly turned white in the heated pot.
Zhao Chunhua calmly and carefully took out some white sugar and put it in.
Lin Chen was a little surprised.
White sugar wasn't considered rare in this day and age. It was just expensive. Moreover, sugar coupons weren't distributed every month.
How could ordinary people be willing to put it away just because they were frying rice?
This grandma was a little extravagant!
Zhao Chunhua had already started to fry the rice.
She flipped through it bit by bit, her movements very gentle.
However, the rice that had sugar added to it soon emitted a sweet, charred fragrance.
Mi Li, who had been scribbling on the wall with a short pencil lead, smelled the smell and immediately threw the pencil lead on the table. She sprawled on the edge of the Kang, twisted her little butt, and trotted over.
"Eat ~"
Zhao Chunhua smiled as she turned around and patted her head.
"Hey, Grandma is going to fry some rice. Can you wait a while?”
Xiaomi's eyes curved into crescents. She placed her pinky by her mouth and nodded her head with a smile.
Lin Chen frowned and pulled her hand down.
"Mi Li, you can't eat your fingers. They're dirty!”
"I'll take you to wash your hands!"
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