Reborn Sanitary

Sending away Xu Yan who was carrying two large baskets of fresh vegetables, Xu Tao went into the house to check the time, it was 04:30, Xu Tao knew that because it was summer, he could only sell vegetables in the morning market, if he left late, the vegetables would not wait for the sun to hang The aunts who rushed to the morning market were ripped apart, and such dishes would not be able to sell at the price when the morning market was over and pulled to the gate of the market.

Xu Tao left the house, walked to the well, took a bucket of water, and poured it into the only porcelain basin at home. The big red porcelain basin had a lot of paint off. Xu Tao remembered that it seemed to be an object from when his parents got married. Xu Tao smiled, shook his head, lowered his head and began to wash his face, and found a toothbrush with few bristles, brushed his teeth, washed his face and tidied up his personal hygiene. After finishing everything, Xu Tao started bucket after bucket to the backyard Carrying water, I worked hard for more than an hour before irrigated the whole vegetable field.

Xu Tao walked back to the front yard with some weak steps, sat by the well, drank half a scoop of water vigorously, wiped the sweat from his forehead for a long time before he was able to recover, Xu Tao looked down at his slightly trembling hands , showing a wry smile, really delicate, doing such a little work by myself, so tired, how did my sister come here?Xu Tao felt a little guilty and distressed in his heart, he was really stupid at that time.

Growing up in the countryside, a child my age can help the family retting and plowing the land in spring; help weeding and herding cattle in summer; and cut firewood in the forest in winter, but what is he like?Xu Tao lowered his head and looked at his palms without any calluses. In his memory, the calluses on his palms were after he went to the army. No wonder the children in the village called him Xu Er stupid, and he was really stupid.

After a self-deprecating laugh, Xu Tao got up again and went back to clean up the house. Soldiers, especially those who have been health soldiers for more than ten years, are somewhat obsessed with cleanliness. Xu Tao stood in the house and looked around. Although there is not much furniture, there is not much dust on the furniture. You can tell by looking at it that you often clean it up. Otherwise, in the countryside, it is smoky, cooking and burning firewood, and if you don’t wipe it for a day, there will be a layer of soot in the house.

Even so, Xu Tao still cleaned all the cabinets and tables inside and out, sprinkled some water on the floor, searched for a hammer and nails, and nailed the loose-leg tables. Said to be omnipotent, but basically he can do everything, but he is not good at it, but in the countryside, he only needs to know how to repair the furniture in the house and the tools for laying the ground. After packing everything up, Xu Tao, who sat on the kang again, suddenly didn’t know what to do. something.

After looking at the time, it was only 7 o'clock, lying on his back on the kang, looking at the pitch-black roof, Xu Tao missed the army, and missed the busy but fulfilling life. After a while, Xu Tao blinked and looked back. To the roof, it was all paper, the pitch-black roof and walls, Xu Tao sat up suddenly, thinking whether to re-paste the roof and walls, and then Xu Tao piled them up again, with his sister's carefulness, definitely not Agree, it's not worth it to make my sister angry because of doing some work.

Xu Tao got off the kang and turned back and forth, not knowing what to do. Turning around, it felt like it took a long time. When he entered the room and took a look, it was only half an hour. Xu Tao thought about it, and went into the next room to have a look The food at home, cornmeal, sorghum rice, soybeans, millet, no white flour and no rice, Xu Tao patted his forehead, these two things are not produced in his place at all, if you want to eat these things, you can only go to the county to buy them, although they are not expensive , but my sister will never buy it.

Xu Tao went back to the stove, took out the basin in the cupboard, went back to the lower room, dug out two small bowls of cornmeal, returned to the stove, stuffed some dry firewood into the stove, and lit the pressed stove with an open flame. , and added some water to the cauldron. After the water was hot, Xu Tao began to mix cornmeal. When the water boiled, he put the gailianzi in the cauldron and began to steam the big pancakes. I bought a leftover cornmeal steamed bun from last night, and my sister must be hungry when I come back after ten o'clock. Xu Tao was thinking about what he would do while cooking.It can add some income to the family and relieve my sister's burden.

After Xu Tao steamed all the big pancakes into the pot, he walked out of the stove, came to the well, washed his hands, squatted on the ground, picked up a small wooden stick and began to write on the ground.

I can cook, and my sister can, too.I know how to raise pigs, will my sister?The family has no money to buy a piglet, no way.Xu Tao rubbed his forehead, sat by the well, staring at the corn field in the yard in a daze.

After more than ten years as a soldier, he said what he knew, and only those skills of the health soldier were the only ones who were good at detailing, but no one believed him when he said that he knew how to give injections and how to dispense medicine. Now, thinking of being pumped and given to drink magic water by the great dance god, even Xu Tao knows that this is unreliable. Besides, Xu Tao is just a little slow in accepting things, not that he has no common sense.

Thinking of his life as a soldier for more than ten years, Xu Tao's eyes flashed with nostalgia. Although the health soldier was not his choice at first, he did not expect to work for more than ten years. There are more women than men in the health team. I remember when I first went, the whole In addition to the captain, the political commissar, and two male military doctors, the health team had only four male soldiers, two volunteers, an old squad leader who had been a soldier for three years, and himself, a new recruit.

Suddenly Xu Tao stood up suddenly, he knew how to grow land, vegetable fields, and greenhouses, Xu Tao patted the back of his head vigorously, pig brain, how could he forget such an important thing, at that time basically the greenhouses All the work is my own, because I am a recruit, because except for the old squad leader, I am the only female soldier, and I am the only one who becomes the main labor force. I work when I have work, and learn skills from the squad leader when I am not working.

Xu Tao smiled, his grinning eyes narrowed into slits, growing bean sprouts and planting greenhouses, as long as these two things can add income to the family, the land is at home, and the wooden sticks can be cut in the forest, just for firewood Jin, at that time the army burned coal, and the family did not have any, so they could only burn firewood.

Xu Tao began to ponder the feasibility of this matter, slowly counting on the ground, plastic sheet, thinking of important things, Xu Tao frowned slightly, there are some in this family, but only a small piece is left to paste the windows in winter, why? manage?

Xu Tao thought about how much plastic a greenhouse would need. After thinking about it for a long time, Xu Tao felt a little sluggish. The little money at home was basically what his sister got from selling vegetables, except for the school fees.

But she was a little unwilling to give up Xu Tao, her family was poor, and she still relied on her sister for everything as before, so what kind of person did she become?It's okay to be ignorant before, but now people in their thirties are still the same as before, that's really unreasonable.

Xu Tao sat by the well and kept thinking about how to make some money by himself, until a smell came, Xu Tao suddenly came back to his senses, turned around and was startled, the kitchen room was already smoking, Xu Tao was startled Jumped up and ran in, lifted the lid of the pot with a rag, poured less water against the side of the pot, squatted down to pull out the firewood in the stove pit, stomped it out hard, and found two chopsticks to connect the lid together. After a while, he found that the pot was dry. Xu Tao wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then turned his head to look at the large cornmeal pancakes that were put aside. He poured it back and forth twice in his hand, sniffed it, tasted it again, smacked his mouth, heaved a sigh of relief, it's okay, it's just a little smell, put down the big pancake in his hand, Xu Tao carefully inspected the cauldron , Knocked twice, Xu Tao smiled, did not miss.

It was less than ten o'clock when Xu Tao stood outside the gate of the courtyard and began to look towards the intersection along the path. After waiting for some time, Xu Tao saw Xu Yan who was carrying a basket full of sweat from a distance. Taking the burden from Xu Yan's shoulders beside Xu Yan, Xu Yan looked at the empty baskets with a smile, and did not compete with Xu Tao. Put the frame and pole on the base of the wall, snatched the well rope from Xu Yan's hand, took the bucket of water and poured it into the basin beside it.

Xu Yan was a little puzzled but more surprised to see Xu Tao, sensible, really sensible, not just a little while in the morning, but Xiao Tao's enlightenment, busy Xu Tao didn't know what Xu Yan was thinking, just wanted to Let me do more by myself and let my sister have a rest.

Watching Xu Yan finish washing her face, Xu Tao handed over the towel that had been dried in her hand, "Sister, you are tired, if you can't, I'll go tomorrow."

Xu Yan smiled, "I'm not tired, you can rest at home, I can go, the people on the street are bullying, those who buy vegetables know me, if it's different for you to buy your vegetables, don't say, just buy them Also keep the price low, so we won't be able to get in."

Xu Tao opened his mouth, but did not continue, "Sister, I made big pancakes, you go in and eat some, I will tidy up the gate of our house, when I was waiting for you at the gate, I saw the wooden bars on the gate fell off, I nail it."

After Xu Tao finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave. Xu Yan grabbed Xu Tao's arm and said, "Xiaotao, please don't do it later, sister, you won't hit me again. Wait a minute, sister, take a breath and eat something." Dry."

"Sister, I can do it, really." Xu Tao looked helplessly at Xu Yan who was holding onto his arm, Xu Yan glared at Xu Tao, and was dragged into the house. There was a curtain of steamed cakes on the stage, Xu Yan was stunned, and looked back at Xu Tao, "Did you steam it?"

Xu Tao nodded, Xu Yan didn't know what to think in a daze, Xu Tao looked at Xu Yan with some doubts, picked up a big pancake and handed it to Xu Yan, "Sister, hurry up and eat, this will be just right, neither cold nor hot .”

Xu Yan agreed, looked down at the cake in her hand, and suddenly tears fell on the cake, Xu Tao panicked, "Sister, what's wrong with you? Tell me what's the matter, don't cry? Who bullied you?" Are you tired? Tired or hungry?"

Xu Tao quickly took the pancake from Xu Yan's hand and put it aside, shaking Xu Yan vigorously, Xu Yan wiped away tears, "Xiao Tao, don't do this job in the future, the work on the stove is for women, Men don't cook, although our family is more difficult, but my sister is capable, she is definitely no worse than other families, in our countryside, if that man walks around the stove like a woman, his spine will be filed."

Xu Tao froze for a moment, and then remembered that it was really like this in his hometown. Men would never touch the work on the stove. He opened his mouth and said nothing, what did he say?Say you don't care?But elder sister cared, Xu Tao secretly sighed.