A stunning mermaid dressed in the 1980s, the whole family lined up to pamper her endlessly.

Chapter 163 Giving Big Black a Bath

Yun Jiao still remembered that she needed to buy medicine to bathe the big dog.

I pestered my father to take me to town, and the doctor there did indeed have medicine, in powder form, which I used to mix with water when bathing the dog.

With the medicine in hand, Yun Jiao took it with her fourth brother to find Old Man Mu the next day.

An old man and a young boy huddled together, whispering and discussing how to catch the dog and give it a bath.

"Let's go boil some water first. The dog is probably in the bamboo forest right now. Let's go look for it."

The big black dog's favorite place is a hole in the bamboo forest, which it dug itself.

The bamboo grove was right next to Old Man Mu's house, and as a result, Dahei, which Old Man Mu had fed several times, often appeared at his house.

Sure enough, they found the big black dog curled up asleep in the doghouse in the bamboo grove.

The guy alertly looked up and twitched his ears when he heard the voice, but relaxed when he saw it was the two of them, and even yawned.

Yun Jiao patted its head: "Big Black, let's go take a bath."

Old Man Mu: "Hurry up, hurry up, or the water will get cold."

Although he couldn't understand, Dahei still stood up and followed behind them.

The big black dog doesn't seem to mind taking a bath.

It wasn't quite used to it, and the water had a rather pungent smell, so as soon as the water hit its body, the big black dog started shaking itself.

"Don't move."

"Hey you stupid dog, I'm giving you a bath, why are you shaking off the water?"

After a chaotic scene, the big black dog was finally subdued.

The black dog's fur was thick, and some water couldn't penetrate the inner layers.

There's also a lot of loose fur that didn't fall out during molting and is still sticking to my skin.

"Does Grandpa Mu have a comb?"

"Have."

Old Man Mu took out two wooden combs, and the old man and the young man took them and began to groom the big black dog.

"No wonder the water can't get in, the fur is so thick."

"With so much loose fur still around, don't you feel hot?"

"Oh my, this water is so black! Black dog, you're really black! You must not have had a bath in a long time to have turned this color!"

Old Man Mu was very talkative; he kept rambling on and on while bathing and grooming the black dog.

The big black dog was very steady. Even when the two of them held it down and manipulated it, it didn't bare its teeth at all. Yun Jiao told it to raise its paws.

After washing the big black dog clean, there was a pile of loose fur next to it, and the water, which had been dark at first, became clearer.

You can still vaguely see the dead lice that have been washed off.

"It used to be black, but it looks much brighter after washing it."

Indeed, before, the big black dog's fur looked messy and somewhat dull, but now it's shiny and glossy.

Once the big black dog was sure the two of them weren't going to bother it anymore, it stood a little further away and started shaking off the water.

The fur wasn't dry yet, but the big black dog felt much lighter.

It wagged its tail and walked over to Yun Jiao, licking her hand, then licking Old Man Mu's hand to express its gratitude.

Old Man Mu was secretly pleased, but said with disdain, "You licked my hand full of saliva."

"There's still quite a bit of pork leg soup left from yesterday, so I'll get you some rice to eat with."

Yun Jiao followed him in and out: "Grandpa Mu, you clearly like Dahei very much."

"I don't like it. I can't even finish leftovers by myself."

"You just like it."

"Hey, what do you know, little girl? I don't want to raise a dog."

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Yun Chenbei's plans to study under Elder Mu have now come to fruition.

The villagers were quite surprised to see Yun Chenbei and discover that he hadn't gone to school.

"Isn't your Chenbei in high school? Why hasn't he gone to school yet?" Wang Mei had already prepared her answer.

“It’s also because my child is pitiful. He fell when he was little and has a problem recognizing people. Plus, he likes woodworking, so he became an apprentice of Master Mu and learned some woodworking from him so he can support himself in the future.”

"What? You can't recognize people? What's wrong with that?"

Wang Mei then told them about face blindness.

"Ouch, how can someone not recognize you after falling on their head? Their faces all look different, how can you not recognize them?"

Wang Mei thought for a moment and gave an example.

"Didn't you go to the village chief's house and watch TV? There was the Olympics, right? You saw all those foreigners, didn't you? Can you recognize their faces?"

Anyway, he thought that all the foreigners, whether black or white, looked pretty much the same.

This is a good example, and the person who had been questioning it immediately fell silent.

"So in your Chenbei's eyes, aren't we the same as those foreigners?"

"Learning carpentry from Old Man Mu? What kind of future can you have? I've never seen Old Man Mu sell much stuff."

"Exactly, it's better to continue your studies. College graduates are highly valued in the future, and it's easy to find a job. They might even be able to work in a factory, which is a secure job."

"Being a teacher or a doctor would be fine too."

"You'd have to be able to get into a teachers' college or a university that specializes in medicine."

In their minds, doctors, teachers, and factory workers all have secure jobs and are the best jobs.

As for carpenters, these days, which rural person doesn't know how to hammer and tinker to make a chair or table?

They live in the countryside, so they don't need to make chairs and tables fancy.

The truly capable ones should be able to make wardrobes and the like that that can be sold for a high price.

But they never saw that old man sell anything of great value.

Regardless of what outsiders say, Yun Chenbei is completely unaffected. Every morning after breakfast, he goes to Old Man Mu's place and immerses himself in his work. He is very serious when he works and often gets lost in his own world.

However, after Wang Mei explained, everyone realized that the child's previous failure to greet each other wasn't due to rudeness, but rather because she simply couldn't distinguish who was who.

For a moment, everyone felt sorry for the child.

How could I have contracted such a strange disease?

For the next period of time, their family did not go out to sea.

Because the new house is finished!

"It's finally finished."

Today is Saturday, and the whole family is standing in front of the new house, with smiles on everyone's faces.

Two cement houses stand side by side, with a passageway in the middle that allows three people to walk side by side. The cement houses are two stories high and look exactly the same, clearly siblings.

The courtyard is large and has been paved with cement, making it convenient to dry things on weekdays.

The wall in front of the house is covered with white tiles.

However, this resulted in the cost of building the two houses being significantly higher than previously estimated.

It cost a total of about two thousand yuan.

Although it hurt a bit to spend the money, it was worth it looking at these two houses.

Yun Xiaowu asked impatiently, "When can we move in?"

"Wait a few more days, the newly renovated house is still a bit damp, so let's clean up this area in the next few days."

Over the next few days, everyone got busy at the new house.

We cleaned the house and gradually moved some less urgent items from the old house over.

The once empty new house gradually came to life.

Yun Jiao even pestered her fourth brother to use the leftover wood from building the house, as well as some planks she found at Mu Lao's place, to make a doghouse and put it in the yard.

She used old clothes that she didn't need to wear to line the dog's kennel.

Last time, Fu Mingyu brought them some fabric, and all the children in the family got new clothes. As for the old clothes that were patched and discarded, Yun's grandmother and the others, who were used to being frugal, couldn't bear to throw them away.

It comes in handy now.

(End of this chapter)