Pig Killer

"Niang, all the pork is sold out. What are we going to eat?" The cat slave asked her with his crystal-like eyes.

"Dumplings with mustard greens filling." Shen Hui'e looked at her with her bright eyes and said.

"Great!" Li Nu jumped three feet high and looked at her and smiled.

"You like it so much!" Shen Hui'e said to her with a smile on her face.

"Delicious!" said the raccoon with his beautiful big eyes curved into crescents.

"Go and deliver the pork and pork fat to your aunt." Shen Hui'e looked at her with eyes as gentle as jade and instructed.

"Hey! I'll go right away." Li Nu jumped out of the house carrying a basket.

Shen Hui'e started busying herself at home. After the dough was kneaded and the stuffing was prepared, she asked Li Nu to call Da Chong and the others back to make dumplings.

Li Nu and Da Chong were rolling out the dumpling wrappers with small rolling pins, while Shen Hui'e and Cheng Donglai were making dumplings.

Cheng Donglai and his friends have already made ingot-shaped dumplings that look pretty good.

Once the dumplings were cooked, they were served directly to the long table in the yard.

"Try some fresh mustard greens." Shen Hui'e picked up her chopsticks and looked at them and said, "You're welcome!"

After eating and drinking, Shen Hui'e looked at them with bright eyes and said, "This stove has been exposed to the sun for two days. It can be used. Let's boil water for a bath today." She looked at Cheng Donglai and said, "You want some too."

"No, no, let's just go to the river and wash." Cheng Donglai waved his hands in panic when he heard this.

"It's so cold today! You are not allowed to bathe in the river." Shen Hui'e looked at him sternly, looking straight at him and said, "While you are bathing, Li Nu and I will go to her aunt's house." Then she added, "It's not appropriate for me to bathe a big boy, please."

"Mother, I..." Da Chong said cleverly under his mother's gaze, "I can't rub my back. I have to ask Brother Cheng for help."

Shen Hui'e looked directly at Cheng Donglai and asked with concern, "What are you worried about?"

"This is a waste of firewood and water." Cheng Donglai said embarrassedly.

"What's the big deal? Just chop some wood." Shen Hui'e looked at them with amusement and said, "It's hot now, and the water can be heated up with some wood."

Having said that, Cheng Donglai agreed, "Okay then! Sorry to trouble you."

"Why are you being so polite to me?" Shen Hui'e looked at them with her deep and clear eyes and said, "Okay, go and get busy!"

Shen Hui'e watched them leave, cleaned up the dishes and cleared the pots and pans.

Fetch water, light fire and take a bath.

"Didn't mother say in the evening?" Li Nu looked at her puzzledly.

"My bath takes a long time." Shen Hui'e said without turning her head while sitting in front of the earthen stove.

It really took a long time. The mother and daughter bathed for an hour, and rubbed their bodies with loofahs softened by hot water, as if they had shed a layer of skin.

"It's so dirty!" said the cat slave, looking at the mud on his body.

"Yes! I haven't taken a bath for the whole winter." Shen Hui'e pointed at the mud on her body and scooped water with a ladle to rinse her body.

Shen Hui'e was thinking about how to make her own shower. It was too troublesome to scoop water to take a shower without freeing her hands.

Do it yourself, have enough food and clothing, the weather is getting hotter, and there are big wooden barrels to dry water.

How to put it up? The roof is a gable roof, not a flat roof. It seems that we need to make a sturdy rack to put the wooden barrel on it.

You also need a ladder and carry buckets to pour water every day.

Shen Hui'e slapped her forehead and said, "Damn it, I just want to take a good bath. How easy is that!"

Woo woo... Arriving at this damn place, she really felt like crying but had no tears.

If there are no conditions, we will create them ourselves. I have to trouble Liu Ding for this.

Washing your hair with soap nuts is so troublesome. How are pig pancreas made?

It seems that it has to be put on the agenda.

Shen Hui'e took a nice bath, put on a clean dress, combed her hair, and then sat in the yard with her daughter to dry their hair.

"Mom, it's so hot, why are you still wrapping your head with cloth?" Li Nu asked curiously, holding his chin with his hands.

After taking a bath, the cat slave's skin was so smooth that it looked like bean sprouts and water could be squeezed out of it.

"We sell pork, and our hair falls on the pork..." Shen Hui'e said as she rolled up the half-dry hair around her ears with her index finger.

"Eh..." The raccoon shook his head in disgust.

"So it's better to cover your head." Shen Hui'e looked at her with eyes as clear as water and said.

"Do you wrap it when it's hot?" Li Nu touched his forehead and said, "It's all sweat." He looked towards the gate and said, "I see the noodle shop owner doesn't wrap it."

"It's just my personal opinion, we don't care about other people's!" Shen Hui'e said to her with her glassy eyes.

"Oh!" the cat slave responded obediently.

Shen Hui'e touched her hair and said, "It's almost dry." She smiled and said, "Come and comb your hair, then we'll go."

Shen Hui'e first braided her daughter's hair into pigtails, then she tied her own hair up and inserted a wooden hairpin into it.

Nowadays, most women wear their hair in a bun, which is inconvenient for working, and it looks hot when the weather is warm.

She even wants to cut her hair, it would look so refreshing!

It’s just a thought, you have to abide by social rules!

"Let's go!" Shen Hui'e looked at her with clear eyes and said.

The mother and daughter left the house and went to look for Da Chong and the others first. "You guys should stop here today! Go back and take a shower. I'll go look for your aunt."

"Hey!" The big tiger responded crisply, staring at her with his black eyes, "Aniang is very pretty."

"Was I ugly before?" Shen Hui'e glanced at him and said deliberately.

"She was beautiful before!" Da Chong said sweetly, "She looks even better now. I haven't seen my mother wearing beautiful clothes for a long time."

"It's inconvenient to work in this." Shen Hui'e pointed at the clothes on her body and said, "It ties my hands and feet."

Most of her clothes now are short brown clothes made of linen. After a long time, people around her have gotten used to it.

Da Chong pointed to his head and said, "This hairstyle looks good."

"It looks cool and works efficiently." Shen Hui'e shook her head slightly.

It has been almost two months now. I have been eating more meat and am no longer dry. I have become plumper and my spirit is different too.

"You should wear your hair like this from now on." Da Chong looked at her with his dark eyes and said.

"Listen to my son." Shen Hui'e responded readily, looking at them seriously and said, "You must take a hot bath! Don't take a cold bath just to avoid wasting firewood. If you catch a cold, you'll die."

"I know, I know." The big insect replied with a smile, "I'm watching them!"

"Okay, let's stop talking. I'm leaving." Shen Hui'e took Li Nu and waved to them and went to Shen Yun'e's home.

When Shen Yun'e saw them coming, she immediately welcomed them in.

"Second sister, you have changed today." Shen Yun'e looked her up and down with her dark almond-shaped eyes.

"I took a shower and changed my clothes." Shen Hui'e pointed at her clothes.