Quick travel: The poor little thing in the period novel strikes back

"Mom, are you feeling unwell anywhere? I'll ask the village doctor to come over so we can be prepared in advance."

Seeing that his mother still looked very bad, Gu Zhen was very worried.

"Don't worry, Mom just hasn't recovered yet. Just take a rest and you'll be fine. Don't waste your money."

"It's getting late now. It's time for lunch. Hurry up and don't let your wife go hungry."

Gu's mother spoke in a soft tone, seeming very weak, but she always had a forced smile on her face, trying to reassure Gu Zhen.

Shi Yan was watching from the side and couldn't help but sigh in her heart. Although her original family was not good, the Gu family was still united and friendly. Even if the two younger brothers and sisters had some problems, as long as their mother Gu was there, they could correct them with her help to teach them.

The Gu family always eats in Gu's mother's room, so that she can talk to her children while they are awake during the meal.

During the time that Shi Yan spent with Gu's mother, she still had a good impression of her, but she found it difficult to swallow eating in her mother's room.

Because Gu's mother is in poor health, and Gu Zhen, the person who takes care of her, is a gay man and has some disabilities in various aspects, so in addition to the smell of medicine, there is also a smell of sweat that has been suppressed for a long time on Gu's mother's body. In addition, there should be a wooden barrel in the corner for Gu's mother to use the toilet. Just now, because of the urgent matter, no one paid attention to it, but now that it is quiet, the smell is particularly obvious.

However, the people in the Gu family looked like they were used to it. As soon as the sweet potato porridge was served, they began to eat it up with gusto. If Shi Yan just sat there alone, she would seem very out of place.

Shi Yan picked up the chipped ceramic bowl on the table. She originally wanted to use the bowl to hide her facial expression, but when the sweet aroma of sweet potatoes wafted into her nose, Shi Yan, who was already full, felt a little hungry again.

The soft, sweet and fragrant sweet potato porridge tasted much better than Shi Yan had imagined. After swallowing mouthful after mouthful of hot porridge, not only did her stomach feel comfortable, but her whole body felt refreshed. At this moment, it seemed that the bad environment was bearable. Shi Yan did not expect that Gu Zhen had such a good skill that he could cook a bowl of sweet potato porridge commonly seen in farmers' homes into something delicious.

For a moment, the only sound in the room was the slurping sound of porridge being drunk.

After lunch, while the two children were talking to Gu's mother, Shi Yan helped to clean up the dishes and took them to the well. Gu Zhen thought that his wife's hands were wrinkled from soaking in the water in the morning, so he didn't let Shi Yan wash the dishes. Instead, he squatted by the well, fetched water and started washing them.

"Brother Zhen, today mother asked me to help manage the household, so I am naturally willing to help mother and brother Zhen share their worries."

"Although I just got married, I really want to live with Brother Zhen, and I also want my family to be well, so there are some things I want to talk to Brother Zhen about."

Hearing the soft and somewhat timid voice of his young wife, Gu Zhen responded without thinking and let Shi Yan continue.

"Brother Zhen, actually, when I first met Brother Zhen yesterday, I felt that Brother Zhen was handsome and strong, and he made me feel safe."

Gu Zhen thought his young wife was going to say something, but unexpectedly she was praising himself. He felt happy in his heart, and his skin, which was tanned from working in the fields for many years, turned pink.

"It's OK for you to know that your man is good. We can just talk about this behind closed doors. Don't mention it in front of outsiders in the future."

Seeing Gu Zhen's face trying hard to hold back a smile, Shi Yan shyly replied "yes" and then stated her true intention:

"Brother Zhen, I think mom must have been a beauty when she was young, and I think my brother and sister should be good-looking too, but I see that neither of them has taken good care of themselves, especially the sister. She is a little girl who must love beauty, but because she works in the fields like a doll, I think she really needs to be dressed up."

"Also, the place where mom lives should be cleaned up. After all, mom needs to take care of her health. A clean and tidy environment should be more conducive to mom's condition."

Shi Yan had been influenced by the Gu family for decades in her previous life and couldn't stand the slovenliness of the Gu family, so she planned to reform the Gu family from the hygiene aspect first.

"Brother Zhen, you can't be the only one who looks good, your brothers and sisters should be the same as you!"

Shi Yan could see that Gu Zhen didn't care about her request, so she could only shamelessly hold the man's arm and act coquettishly.

"Plop" the bowl in Gu Zhen's hand fell into the wooden basin for washing dishes the moment the young wife approached, and the dirty water in the basin splashed all over him.

But Gu Zhen was not angry. Instead, he cleared his throat uncomfortably:

"Don't cuddle in the broad daylight. Don't you say that we should pay attention to hygiene? I'll get those two little ones out after I wash the dishes. You can see how to clean them up."

Gu Zhen withdrew his arm with a red face. He became more efficient in washing dishes and quickly finished rinsing the last bowl used at noon. He hurriedly called out Gu Song and Gu Tao who were talking to Gu's mother.

"You two don't have to go to the fields to work this afternoon. Big brother will finish your share."

"This afternoon, you will follow your sister-in-law and tidy up yourselves inside and out. You will do whatever your sister-in-law tells you to do. Do you understand?"

Gu Song and Gu Tao didn't know how their new sister-in-law was going to deal with them, but since their eldest brother had already spoken, they could only nod obediently.

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"Xiaosong, Xiaotao, take out all the bed sheets and quilt covers in the room..."

"Xiaosong, Xiaotao, take out your clothes..."

"Xiaosong, Xiaotao, hurry up and boil some water on the stove. You two need to wash up properly..."

"Xiaosong, Xiaotao..."

In the entire afternoon, Shi Yan instructed the two younger ones to clean up their respective rooms inside and out, while Shi Yan was responsible for helping the two to sew their torn clothes.

Washing clothes and quilt covers are not difficult. Gu Song and Gu Tao are now used to doing farm work and do not find it hard. What is difficult is their personal hygiene.

Gu Song is a boy, so Shi Yan can't watch him wash up. She can only pull Gu Tao to wash up and give her some subtle knowledge about women's hygiene.

But Gu Tao's hair really bothered Shi Yan. Not only was it dry, yellow and tangled, but there were also fleas in her hair. Shi Yan only saw the black dots attached to the roots of her hair and the many red pustules on her scalp. Shi Yan felt that all the hair on her body stood up.

"Xiao Tao, wait for me here. I'll bring some stuff over and wash your hair thoroughly so that you won't feel itchy on your head so often in the future."

Gu Tao was still sitting naked in the bathtub with a red face. She felt a little embarrassed when she heard that Shi Yan wanted to wash her hair.

"Sister-in-law, there are bugs in my hair. My eldest sister washed it for me before, but it couldn't get it clean!"

"Don't worry, sister-in-law has experience. I'll help you trim your hair later. I guarantee it will be clean and beautiful."