At the beginning, I beat Lazy, and the host is cruel.

"Qingcao, come and see what I found."

"...What? What did you find?"

Aunt Shi pursed her lips, couldn't help but raise the corners of her lips, and said mysteriously, "You'll know when you come and take a look, come on."

Aunt Shi couldn't wait to take Xia Mo and walked towards the upper reaches of the stream.

When I walked to the upper reaches of the stream where the water flows down, I turned a corner and suddenly a natural cave appeared.

This cave is really hidden. If you don't walk to the entrance of the cave, you won't be able to find it at all. The rocks on both sides are intertwined to form a narrow path. When you turn into the narrow path, you will find a cave.

At this time, the smile on Aunt Shi's face became even brighter, and Xia Mo followed her in curiously.

As soon as I entered the cave, I felt a wave of heat rushing towards me in late summer.

Late summer, "..."

Is there heat?

Is it a hot spring?

"Qingcao, come and see, this water is actually hot."

Aunt Shi squatted beside a natural hot spring pool and washed her hands with water.

Xia Mo walked over, squatted down, stretched out his hand and drew a circle in the water, "Auntie, this is a hot spring. I didn't expect there to be a hot spring in this mountain."

"It looks like a hot spring to me. When the county magistrate hosted a banquet in the past, I went to help with it. There was such a hot spring pool at the county magistrate's house, but it was more exquisite than this one."

"Tsk tsk, the county magistrate really knows how to enjoy it."

"Hey... How can an official not enjoy it? We are a bitter and cold place in the north, so how can any official be willing to come?"

"Whether you want it or not, it's all gone anyway. It's enough to enjoy happiness, but not to suffer."

"Hey...how can scholars endure such hardship? They all have tender skin and tender flesh." Aunt Shi sighed.

Xia Mo looked at Aunt Shi with a smile, "Then we are lucky today. We can just experience the hot springs that only officials and families can enjoy."

"Oh, what are you waiting for? Let's wash up quickly while there is no one around. My whole body is rotten."

Aunt Shi originally had this intention. She was embarrassed to be alone, so she took Qingcao with her, feeling confident.

Just do what you say. At the end of summer, I lit a fire next to the hot spring and planted a circle of branches next to the fire.

Then she and Mrs. Shi took off their clothes, rubbed them in the small puddle next to the ash hot spring, washed them again in the hot spring pool, put the clothes on the branches, and baked them with the fire.

Aunt Shi turned her back to Xia Mo and went into the water with her face flushed and her little bellyband on.

"what----"

Aunt Shi sat in the hot spring pool and sighed comfortably.

At the end of summer, he took off all his clothes, rubbed his bellyband clean, and hung it on a tree branch to roast.

Aunt Shi looked at the bare green grass and turned her head away in embarrassment.

"Plop————"

At the end of the summer, I squatted down in the hot spring pool. I felt so comfortable all over, and all the fatigue in my body was swept away.

After soaking for only two minutes, Xia Mo's body felt itchy and weak, and the ash on his body was soaked up.

Xia Mo squatted in the water, took off the handkerchief covering his hair, and began to rub the ashes seriously.

Seeing this, Aunt Shi also pulled off the veil on her head and rubbed up the ashes.

After a while, Aunt Shi and Xia Mo rubbed the dust off each other. Their backs couldn't be cleaned by themselves, so they wanted to help each other.

After I rubbed my whole body clean at the end of the summer, I felt like I had lost more than ten pounds.

Xia Mo touched the long hair that hung down to her buttocks, picked up the kitchen knife on the shore, and cut off the hair directly.

"You...Qingcao...are you crazy? How can you cut your hair?"

Before Aunt Shi could stop her, Xia Mo had already cut off her hair. The anxious Aunt Shi rowed naked in front of Xia Mo, holding the long hair on the bank, her face full of pain.

"It's too troublesome. It's heavy and thick. It's much cooler if I cut it."

"You...you...hey...why are you so hard to think about? Your body and skin are shaped by your parents. Cutting your hair is a taboo. Do you know that?"

Aunt Shi didn't know what to say in such a hurry. She really didn't expect Qingcao to be so bold and dare to act so randomly.

"I can't live anymore. Who cares about this hair? I can still tie it up. If I use this turban and wrap it up like this, no one can tell?"

"You, you, it would be terrible if someone discovered this! People who don't know, would think you are going to become a monk, what a sin!"

Aunt Shi held Xia Mo's hair and frowned tightly.

"Auntie, let me give you a handful of plant ash. Wash your hair quickly. The children will have to come up to wash it later. They all stink."

Xia Mo didn't care about her hair. She pulled out two handfuls of plant ashes from where the fire was made, gave a handful to Aunt Shi, then covered her head with the plant ashes and started rubbing them.

Aunt Shi sighed deeply. At this point, she couldn't think of any good solution, so she had to wash her hair quickly.

My oily hair was all clumped, but fortunately I cut it short at the end of summer, so it was easier to wash.

Aunt Shi had a hard time washing it, and there were knots here and there. Seeing that the grass had been washed long ago, she wanted to twist her hair when she was getting dressed.

After tidying up at the end of the summer, seeing Aunt Shi still struggling to wash her hair, she grabbed a handful of plant ashes, squatted by the pool, and helped Aunt Shi wash her hair.

It was easy for both of them to clean up. Xia Mo went out first and asked his two girls to come up and wash them, while Aunt Shi found some hay to burn. The two of them had almost used the ashes just now.

When they arrived at the stream at the end of summer, the three children were still busy killing fish, and they saw that there were still six or seven fish that had not been killed.

"Big girl, second girl, you two come with me first. Tiedan, you guard the fish here and wait for your mother to call you."

When Tiedan heard Xia Mo's words, he didn't even raise his head. He just responded with a crisp "Okay" and buried his head in killing fish seriously.

The eldest girl and the second girl washed their hands and looked at the rosy-faced mother, a little curious as to what she was doing.

At the end of the summer, she led the two girls to the cave. Aunt Shi had already prepared a pile of plant ashes.

Then Xia Mo and Aunt Shi took one child each and rubbed them vigorously. The clothes were washed and hung on a tree branch to bake.

Seeing the big girl's long hair with many lice eggs in it, she wanted to pick up a kitchen knife and cut off the big girl's hair several times, but Aunt Shi stopped her in time.

Aunt Shi's hands were rubbing Erniu's hands, and her eyes never left Xia Mo, fearing that her hands would soon twist the child's hair.

Later, Aunt Shi couldn't stand the way she sighed while washing her child's hair at the end of summer, so she just put the kitchen knife under her buttocks, and she could finally bathe Erniu with peace of mind.

Xia Mo curled his lips and closed his eyes to wash the big girl's hair. He really couldn't stand the white insect eggs.

After tidying up the two little girls, Aunt Shi went to get the iron eggs and wash them.

At the end of summer, I went to the creek with my two daughters to kill the remaining fish.

"Dad, look, someone has gone in here. There is a path. I'll go take a look!"

"Be careful and wait for me to go in together."

When I was killing fish at the end of summer, I heard someone's voice coming over. Someone must have discovered this road.

At the end of summer, I had known for a long time that someone would discover this place. It used to be blocked by intricate branches, but now it is no longer blocked and a path has been opened. Anyone who sees it will come in and take a look.