Princess of Nongmen

Chapter 35

Hearing Liu Dacheng's sigh, Liu Ya knew it was a man's loneliness and self-blame.He was supposed to be the man who shouldered the burden of the family, but because his legs were paralyzed, he could only become a burden to the three children.

Liu Ya had no choice but to quickly change the subject, looked at the room and said, "Is there anything I need? I think this quilt should be dried in the sun. It's getting late today, so I'll help you take it out and shake it off first. On a sunny day, take it outside to dry in the morning."

After finishing speaking, Liu Ya stepped forward to hug the quilt on the bed.

Liu Da suddenly panicked, threw the basket in his hand on the ground again, and hurriedly hugged the quilt and said, "It's all right, don't shake it off. This quilt...is too dirty."

"You have to shake it off if it's dirty. Let's dry it in the sun when the weather is good tomorrow. The quilt is so bad that it probably won't be able to be dismantled and washed. We'll replace it with new ones later." As she spoke, Liu Ya exerted a little force, thinking To snatch the quilt from Liu Dacheng's hand.

Unexpectedly, Liu Dacheng's hug was so tight that Liu Ya didn't even move this time.

"Ya'er, it's all right, there's really no need. Go and see what Shu'er is doing, he's still young and can't cook." Liu Dacheng held the quilt tightly, his thin, sallow face unexpectedly There was a blush.

Liu Ya was taken aback for a moment, looked at Liu Dacheng's blushing face, and then at the quilt, as if she had thought of something.Asked: "This quilt...why is it dirty?"

In fact, Liu Ya could smell the bad smell in the room from the moment she entered the room.But she didn't mean to dislike it at all. After all, for a person who has been paralyzed for many years, everything has to be solved in the house. This is not what he wants, and there is nothing to dislike.

But now seeing Liu Dacheng holding the quilt tightly and blushing, Liu Ya understood the reason.

Liu Dacheng lowered his head and fell silent.But the quilt in his hand still didn't mean to let go.

"Father..." Liu Ya yelled again, then walked to the bed and squatted down, looked at Liu Dacheng from below and said, "Look at me, I am Liu Ya. I'm not stupid anymore, it's okay. I used to be stupid When I was in trouble all day long, I caused trouble for this family. You didn't dislike me, and I won't dislike you now. Come on, give me the quilt. "

"Ya'er, this... this won't work. I promise your mother to take good care of you. You can't do these things. Let Shu'er in." Liu Dada still held on to the quilt.

Liu Ya sighed, and was afraid of hurting Liu Dacheng's self-esteem by grabbing it hard, so she could only shout outside: "Shu'er, come here."

"Hey, here we come." Xiao Shu'er agreed to run in, her little hand was still rubbing the water on the lapel.Asked: "Second sister, what's the matter?"

"Take out Dad's quilt to dry, and I'll tidy up this room." Liu Ya pointed to the quilt that Liu Dacheng had been holding.

"Okay." Liu Shu agreed, stepped forward and said to Liu Dacheng, "Father, give me the quilt."

Liu Dacheng hesitated for a moment, looked at Liu Ya and then at Willow, and then let go.

After all, Liu Shu was still young, so he shook off the quilt as soon as he took it.Immediately, a smell of urine came over the nostrils, and there was a wet spot in the center of the quilt.

However, the traces on the quilt are not limited to this one place, there are also several yellow-brown marks left on it, but they have all dried up.

Liu Ya pretended not to see, just pushed the willow tree and said: "Go and dry it." Then she bent down to pick up the basket from the ground, handed it to Liu Dacheng and said: "You continue to repair, I will go and dry it first." Cook the rice. When Liu Xu’er comes back later, I can eat hot and ready-made food.”

"Yes." Liu Dacheng still blushed, like a child who has done something wrong, and agreed sullenly.

Liu Ya didn't say anything, just turned around and left.

When she arrived at the kitchen, Liu Ya saw that Liu Shu had already cleaned up the fish and cut it into two pieces with a layer of salt on the inside and outside.

Liu Ya first turned up the fire in the big stove, added a few more firewood, then filled the big pot with a pot of water, and started to boil.

When the water was boiling, Liu Ya tidied up the seasonings that were collected in the mountains today, dried the fennel, star anise, and cardamom, washed and peeled the yams.Then, some charcoal fire was separated from the large stove and placed under the small stove, more firewood was added, and the stewing pot with yams was placed on another small stove to steam.

"Second Sister, why are you burning so much water?" Liu Shu dried the quilt and came back to wash his hands, and saw that Liu Ya had used both the large and small stoves.And there was a pot full of water in the cauldron, I don't know what the second sister is going to do.

Liu Ya didn't answer right away, but asked, "Does our family have a big basin? The kind for bathing."

"Yes, there are two of them. They are both in the shed in the backyard. At the beginning, my mother bought them in a hurry and often bathed us. But after my mother passed away, we rarely used them." After Liu Shu finished speaking, he asked again: "Second Sister, what do you want a bathtub for?"

"Come on, follow me to find it." Liu Ya said, already pulling Xiao Shu'er to the shed in the backyard.

In addition to a pile of firewood, there are some sundries in the firewood shed.But the Liu family is too poor, and there are not many sundries.So as soon as she entered the door, Liu Ya saw a large wooden basin turned upside down on the ground, with a few stones under it, probably because she was afraid that the wooden basin would be damaged by moisture if it was placed directly on the ground.

"Come on, help Second Sister move out." Liu Ya said and went to carry the basin.Lifting the big wooden basin, I saw that there was a smaller one underneath, and the two basins were nested together.

"Second Sister, do you really want to take a bath?" Liu Shu asked, his eyes sparkling, remembering that when his mother was still alive and bathed him, the warm water was really comfortable.

Liu Ya nodded and said: "First wash Dad, he is stuffy in that room all day, the air is not good, and his health is not good. Then we clean up, we all have a clean bath."

"Bathe for dad?" Liu Shu looked surprised.

"Yeah, why not? Let dad just cover it like that?" After Liu Ya finished speaking, she took out the small wooden basin and set the big wooden basin upright to shine against the setting sun to see if there were any leaks.

Fortunately, the quality of this wooden basin is very good, and the outside seems to have been smeared with something like tung oil to preserve it, so the wooden basin looks smooth, and there is no decay or damage at all.

It can be seen that when Liu Shu and his mother were still there, the Liu family lived a life of quality even if it was poor.The deceased hostess must also be a woman who loves cleanliness and understands life.

Willow helped Liuya put the wooden basin away, and Liuya had brought a bucket of water over.Poured it into a wooden basin, washed it twice, and washed off all the floating ash inside.Then he called Liu Shu: "Come on, help Second Sister carry this to Dad's house."

The siblings lifted up the wooden basin, and Liu Ya said again: "I will have to work hard for you in a while, Shu'er, help daddy to wash it up. When you help daddy get up, wrap some things around daddy, and I will help you .”

(End of this chapter)