novelden Chapter 117 Deliberately Acting Ugly
Chapter 117 Deliberately Acting Ugly
Yu Qingmei looked a little surprised. She thought her sister said that she solved the water problem just to comfort herself.
But now when I heard her talk about it again, and she didn't sound like she was lying, I began to believe it a little.
She nodded slightly at Yu Qingqing to show that she understood.
"Third sister, I get it! It's just that finding water is not that easy. If you can't find it, it's okay. Don't make things difficult for yourself."
Yu Qingmei was a little worried and tried to comfort Qingqing, fearing that Qingqing would really sacrifice herself in order to find water.
Yu Qingqing tilted her head and stared at Yu Qingmei carefully. She had never paid much attention to Yu Qingmei before, but now she found that Yu Qingmei seemed to have become a lot whiter.
"Second sister, don't worry! If I say there's no problem, then there's no problem! But there's one more thing I need to tell you and mother.
You can’t be careless, including your aunt.” After saying this, Yu Qingqing paused.
He turned around and looked at Hua Qinglu carefully, and found that Hua Qinglu's skin color had also become a little whiter.
Hua Qinglu felt a little uncomfortable when his daughter suddenly looked at him.
She asked a little awkwardly: "Qing'er, is there something growing on mother's face? Why are you staring at me and your sister? What do you think we should pay attention to?"
Hua Qinglu's question brought Yu Qingqing back to reality. She had only said half of her words.
Yu Qingqing turned her gaze away from Aunt Hua and said with a very serious expression, "Mother, Second Sister, and Aunt, listen to me.
After that, a few of us women finished cooking in this clay pot.
Just use your hands to scrape off the black ash at the bottom of the pot, and then apply it on your face.
Only at night, when we are alone as a family, can we wipe our faces clean."
After Yu Qingqing finished speaking, she also touched her face, which was not very clean to begin with.
After hearing this, Hua Qinglu seemed to know what Yu Qing was talking about, so he did not refute her.
"Qing'er, you are right! I was negligent and will pay more attention next time.
Xiaomei, Yuanyuan, just do as Qing'er says and stop asking why. Let's eat quickly so we can have a good rest."
After Hua Qinglu finished speaking, he started to drink the porridge, although the brown rice porridge was a bit rough on his throat.
But it’s drinkable anyway, and paired with the green chayote, you can smell the refreshing flavor in your mouth.
"Mom, don't worry! I do this for everyone's good. Only in this way can we avoid a lot of trouble."
Yu Qingqing was worried that Hua Qinglu didn't understand her, so she said a few more words.
Hua Qinglu looked at Yu Qingqing with satisfaction, a smile in his eyes. He felt that his daughter had really grown up and started to consider other people's feelings.
"I understand, Qing'er. Mother knows you are doing this for the good of all of us. Mother understands.
Yuanyuan, Xiaomei, you have to listen carefully, remember to smear the ash at the bottom of this pottery jar on your face every day before we set off again."
Hua Qinglu had already finished half of the porridge in his hand. After drinking this half bowl, he felt a lot better in his stomach, and the feeling of hunger was reduced by more than half.
Hua Yuanyuan and Yu Qingmei didn't say anything after hearing what Hua Qinglu said.
At this time, everyone's stomachs, which were already rumbling with hunger, finally found something that could fill them.
Everyone lowered their heads to eat and didn't say anything else.
Soon, the contents of the two pottery jars were all gone. Yu Qingqing followed to clean up the things and then simply washed the dishes with the water in the water bag.
Yu Qingqing suddenly thought of something, and used her consciousness to check the space again, and finally found what she was looking for.
As soon as Yu Qingqing thought about it, two buckets full of water appeared in front of him. Since Yu Qingqing placed the buckets in a dark place, no one noticed them.
"Dad, please come over here for a moment, I have something to talk to you about." Yu Qingqing didn't know what to do for a moment, so she could only call Yu Qingshu over.
"What's wrong? Qing'er? Why did you put these two buckets of water here?" Yu Qingshu walked in and saw the two buckets of water on the ground, and asked in surprise.
"Dad, smell yourself and see if you have any smell?" Yu Qingqing curled her lips, not to mention the smell of Yu Qingshu.
Even the smell of her own sweat was unpleasant to her.
When Yu Qingshu heard Yu Qingqing's words, he thought that his daughter disliked him.
I suddenly felt embarrassed and didn't know what to say for a moment.
Yu Qingqing saw her father standing there in a daze. She directly put Yu Qingshu's hand into one of the buckets.
The cold water in the bucket woke Yu Qingshu up suddenly.
"Uh! There is a little smell! Do you mean to use this water for washing clothes?
Isn't that a bit too wasteful? The water is not even enough for drinking, how can there be extra water for washing? No! No."
Yu Qingshu waved his hands repeatedly before pulling his hand back, feeling annoyed that he had contaminated the water.
"Dad, don't worry! Didn't I tell you? I can get some water, so you don't have to worry.
Now I need you to go and tell my eldest brother and second sister to boil the water in a clay pot and then add it to warm water.
Just wipe your body with it, and you don’t need to wash your clothes, after all, I don’t have any clothes for you to change into at the moment.”
There are actually several pieces of clothing in Yu Qingqing's space.
But she didn't want to take out everything at once. If she took everything she had, that would be disastrous.
When Yu Qingshu heard what his daughter said, although he had many questions in his mind, he still held them back.
He sniffed his clothes and found that the smell was really strong, then he nodded in agreement.
"Okay then! Qing'er! I'll take this bucket of water and boil it first, and I'll explain everything to them later."
Yu Qingshu mentioned the toilet water that he had just touched and moved towards the fire.
Hua Qinglu and Yu Qingmei were looking at Yu Qinghai, who was holding a torch and carefully checking the place where he could sleep.
They didn't pay attention to Yu Qingshu's movements, so naturally they didn't see what Yu Qingshu was holding in his hand.
"Dad, is that a bucket of water in your hand? What are you going to do?"
Yu Qinghai was on the tree and saw Yu Qingshu fetching water and pouring some of the water into the pottery jar.
Yu Qingshu looked up and saw his son carefully examining something on a slightly shorter and thicker branch of the banyan tree.
"Xiao Hai, come down first! Be careful! Watch your step! Madam, come over with Xiao Mei and the others.
When the water is hot, you can use the cloth to wipe off the sweat on your body, Xiaohai and I will help you watch it."
Yu Qingshu quickly filled two jars of water and then sat down by the fire.
When Yu Qinghai heard Yu Qingshu's words on the tree, he almost fell down.
"Dad, did I hear you right? You said to use this to wipe the sweat?"