Time Travel: The Vicious Female Supporting Character's Counterattack

Shen Shuyu called out to them, "Come here for a moment."

The little kids entered Shen Shuyu's room. "Sister Shuyu, is there anything going on? Or is there any chores you want us to do around the house?"

Shen Shuyu opened the drawer and took out two tubes of ointment. "This is for frostbite. After you apply it, your feet won't hurt or itch anymore. Please help each other apply it."

None of the children took the medicine, shaking their heads like rattles. "Sister Shu Yu, this medicine is expensive. You should keep it for yourself. We are all used to it. Just bear with it."

Shen Shuyu said with a stern face, "Wipe it here. If you don't wipe it, I'll be angry."

Luobotou looked at each other, and Shen Jinbao took the ointment. "Apply it. We used Sister Shuyu's medicine. When summer comes, find some more sweet fruits for Sister Shuyu to eat."

Shen Shuyu asked them to sit on the kang to apply the medicine, but none of them wanted to sit, saying that their clothes and feet were dirty and would dirty her kang. Gu Jiandong brought in a few benches, but he felt bad when he saw the cracks on their feet and hands.

Only when Shen Shuyu came here did she truly feel what difficult times were like.

Not to mention anything else, just like in winter, many people wear stiff cotton-padded jackets. After wearing a cotton-padded jacket for several years, the cotton becomes lumpy and no longer keeps you warm at all. When you go out, you can only put on whatever clothes you can.

It's okay for adults, at least they have a piece of clothing to wear outside. But if little kids want to go out in winter, they have to take turns going out. We haven't started to implement planned life yet, so basically every family has three or four children, and some have seven or eight.

They could not even get enough to eat, so they had no extra money to buy cotton clothes for their children. Even if they had money, they did not have cotton coupons. If they wanted to make cotton clothes, they could only wait for the team to distribute cotton, and save it year after year. Only when they had enough to make a cotton coat would they start making it for their children.

In most rural areas, each family only has one set of cotton-padded clothes and trousers for their children. Since there are many children, they can only be worn by the eldest brother today, the second brother tomorrow, and the third sister the day after tomorrow...

The clothes are all made to fit larger, and the smallest ones are so loose when worn that you have to pull up the waistband or hems when walking.

The same goes for shoes. Even if they are homemade, they have to be made a size larger. It is difficult for children to wear clothes and shoes that fit their feet. Unless they are the favored children in the family, they can ask their family members for help and they may make suitable clothes and shoes for them.

For example, Heidan had never worn clothes or shoes that fit him well. When he saw Shen Jinbao wearing a cotton coat and cloth shoes that fit him perfectly, his face was full of envy.

"Jinbao, why are your clothes and shoes so small? My mother said that children grow up quickly, so clothes and shoes need to be made bigger."

Shen Jinbao took off his cloth shoes and applied medicine. His cloth shoes were considered thick, but he also got frostbite. "My mother said that clothes and shoes should be well-fitting. If I grow taller, I can just have them altered next year. It's just a lot of work."

"My mother doesn't have that kind of time."

Shen Shuyu comforted Heidan, "He is the only child in Jinbao's family. Even if she needs to alter clothes or shoes, it only needs to be for one person.

You have six children in your family. If every set of clothes and shoes were to be made to fit them, your mother would have to make clothes for six children, and if she had to make alterations for six children, she would probably never have a break."

Heidan grinned, "Sister Shuyu, I know." His mother was busy like a top, spinning non-stop every day.

The medicine was a bit irritating when applied to the wound, and the little kids all bared their teeth.

"Apply it gently and don't press the wound. If you don't press it, it won't hurt as much."

After applying the medicine, Goudan said, "Sister Shuyu, this medicine is really good. As soon as I applied it, I felt no itching or pain.

This medicine is much better than what my mother cooks radish leaves for my brother, sister, and me to soak our feet in every day."

"Goudan, you're talking nonsense. Medicine is bought with money. Of course it's better than boiling radish leaves for foot soaking."

The children and adults in my family have frostbite, but no one is willing to spend money to buy medicine. Basically, they use radish leaves to boil water to soak their feet and hands. It does work, but the effect is slow.

Some people also use rice straw to boil water and soak their feet to relieve the pain of frostbite. It is also effective, but the effect is slow.

These are free, and as long as they are effective, they are more cost-effective than buying medicine.

When her grandmother got frostbite last year, she was reluctant to use medicine and just boiled radish leaves in water to soak the affected area.

When they applied the medicine, they squeezed out a tiny amount, which was not enough at all. Shen Shuyu said, "Apply more, so that your hands and feet won't feel uncomfortable.

Don't worry about the ointment; it's meant to be applied when you buy it."

Shen Jinbao was originally stingy, but after listening to his sister Shu Yu's words, he endured the pain and squeezed out a little bit, then slowly rubbed it on his feet.

It was really just a tiny bit. If Shen Shuyu tried to squeeze it out, she wouldn't be able to because of her technique.

The ointment was handed to Goudan, and Goudan only squeezed out a little bit. Even with this tiny bit, Goudan showed a painful expression.

Shen Shuyu: "..."

One by one, they will live their lives accordingly.

Why did they save her ointment?

Gu Jiandong couldn't bear it anymore, so he took the ointment, squeezed out a large amount, and applied it to the children.

His action really pokes the lungs of the little kid, and he looks at his brother Jiandong with the eyes of a prodigal son.

He slapped his thigh and yelled at the top of his lungs, "Brother Jiandong, squeeze less. This medicine is expensive. If you squeeze so much, you're not going to be able to live anymore. This ointment can only be used for two to three years."

Gu Jiandong, "Stop making noise, hurry up and apply it, then we'll go out and have a snowball fight."

After the ointment was applied, only half of the two tubes were left. The little kids were so distressed that they kept saying, "Brother Jiandong, you are such a spendthrift. You don't know how to live at all."

Gu Jiandong: “…”

Shen Shuyu held back her laughter. The children put on their shoes and went out to the yard to play with making snowmen.