Chapter 41 Harsh
Meng Fanchun led Hua Banzhi to the backyard. The backyard was not big, which made people see at a glance. There were stone tables and long stone benches in the middle of the yard. The ground of the backyard was paved with bluestone slabs, and it was many people and was as smooth as a mirror. The well was in the southeast corner of the yard, with wheels above it.
Hang a plate of ropes on the well wheel and tie it with a wooden bucket to take the water from the shallow well underground for people to live or drink.
Meng Fanchun pointed to the large wooden basin next to the well, which contained neat glass bottles and a pig bristle brush.
"Your task is to clean the inside and outside of these bottles." Meng Fanchun walked to the well and looked at Hua Banzhi, saying, "Look at my movements, how to draw water." As he said that, he threw the bucket hanging on the wheel into the well, pulled the reins and drove the bucket up the water, grabbed the handle and shook the wheel, tripped the wheel, and carried the bucket to the empty wooden basin and poured the water in.
"Give me the wooden barrel." Hua Banzhi took the wooden barrel in his hand and hung it on the wheel.
"Hua Banzhi comes to see how I wash it." Meng Fanchun sat on a small stool and waved to Hua Banzhi.
"Oh!" Hua Banzhi walked over and squatted directly on the edge of the wooden basin.
"I demonstrate how to wash bottles. If you look carefully, you will be scolded if you fail." Meng Fanchun looked at Hua Banzhi with a few seriousness, "These are all medical purposes. In the future, you must be very careful when washing."
"Is it okay to just wash like this?" Hua Banzhi raised her head and asked innocently with her clear eyes.
"Of course not. You have to boil and disinfect it after washing it." Meng Fanchun said patiently with his deep eyes looking at her.
Hua Banzhi felt relieved when she heard this. It turned out that she had just done the first process.
Meng Fanchun looked at her with a sharp look and said sternly, "Don't just work irritably if you want to disinfect."
"No, I will definitely wash it well." Hua Banzhi nodded honestly and said heavily.
"Now, see how I wash it?" Meng Fanchun demonstrated how to wash the bottle with a brush. The washed bottle was placed in another empty wooden basin. "Do you know?"
"I know." Hua Banzhi nodded obediently.
"After washing, you have to rinse it with water twice, do you understand?" Meng Fanchun said extremely harshly.
"I understand!" Hua Banzhi pursed her lips and said. In fact, she would do it without him saying this.
Meng Fanchun stood up, opened the place and said, "Come and try."
Hua Banzhi rolled up her sleeves neatly, sat on a small stool, held a brush and a bottle, and reached into the water.
The well water I just drew didn't feel cold at all.
Hua Banzhi carefully brushed the inside and out with a brush, and even the thin slits at the bottle mouth were not spared.
"Is this OK?" Hua Banzhi raised her eyes and asked at Meng Fanchun.
"Good job." Meng Fanchun nodded with relief, and suddenly said seriously, "I'll say ugly things ahead! I have to wash this way when I'm not here, I can't be careless. I'll check it at that time."
"Doctor Meng, don't worry! Life is at stake, I won't be lazy." Hua Banzhi said with a serious look at him with a serious look on his face.
Meng Fanchun looked at her with serious eyes and nodded, "Change some water frequently." He pointed to a place not far from her and said, "This is the sewer, just pump the wooden basin."
"Yes!" Hua Banzhi nodded and said.
Meng Fanchun was very satisfied with her current attitude, "Do you do it well, I'll leave." He looked at Zhou Guangming and said, "Guangming, come with me! It's too cold here."
"I don't want to accompany my mother." Zhou Guangming firmly rejected Meng Fanchun.
"Okay then!" Meng Fanchun squatted down and looked at him straight, "If you feel cold, go to the front yard to find me. Do you remember?"
"Yes!" Zhou Guangming nodded obediently.
Hua Banzhi looked at Zhou Guangming, and then turned her eyes to Meng Fanchun, and hesitated and said, "Doctor Meng..."
"What?" Meng Fanchun stood up and turned to look at Hua Banzhi.
Hua Banzhi bit her lower lip and asked nervously, "Can I ask for something?"
"What?" Meng Fanchun asked at her blinkingly.
"It's a paper box, it's the medicine box you don't want." Hua Banzhi looked at him without blinking, and the tension in her eyes was clearly evident.
"Box? Are you for Guangming?" Meng Fanchun looked at Zhou Guangming and explained automatically. Guangming stood stupidly, and it was frozen for a while. It was good to have a box to play with. He said happily, "No problem, wait, I'll get it for you now. We don't lack this paper box here."
"Mom, I won't play, I'll help you wash the bottle." Zhou Guangming leaned over to Hua Banzhi and grabbed her cotton jacket and said.
"No need to be my job." Hua Banzhi waved at him and said, "It's too cold, and the well water will be frozen in the blink of an eye."
Zhou Guangming pulled Hua Banzhi's clothes back and forth, staring at her with a beacon and said, "But I want to..."
"I'll have something to do later." Hua Banzhi looked at Zhou Guangming and said gently, holding his hand and holding it, "Be good, be obedient."
Hua Banzhi looked up at Meng Fanchun and said with a smile, "Thank you."
"I'll go." After saying that, Meng Fanchun turned around and left, and soon came back, holding a dozen paper medicine boxes the size of a palm in his hand.
"Are these enough?" Meng Fanchun asked with a soft look at Hua Banzhi, and said as he placed the box on the clean stone platform.
"Enough, enough." Hua Banzhi nodded hurriedly, "Thank you so much."
Meng Fanchun stared at her and swallowed it back when she said something. Li Duo people didn't blame him, "Then you are busy! I'm leaving."
"Goodbye Uncle Meng." Zhou Guangming waved his hands obediently to Meng Fanchun.
"Goodbye!" Meng Fanchun raised his hand and waved, "If it's cold, go find your uncle."
"Yes!" Zhou Guangming nodded.
"Then I'll leave." Meng Fanchun turned around and left after the words.
Zhou Guangming waited for Meng Fanchun to leave and couldn't wait to ask, "Mom, what do you want this paper box for?"
"Let you play!" Hua Banzhi teased him with a smile on her eyes.
"What's so fun about this?" Zhou Guangming scratched his head and asked in confusion.
"Go to the house and bring the scissors and pencils." Hua Banzhi looked at Zhou Guangming gently and instructed.
"Okay!" Zhou Guangming responded readily and walked towards the front yard with his foot.
"Remember the road?" Hua Banzhi asked as he looked at his back jumping.
"I know." Zhou Guangming said loudly.
"When you come back, you don't jump with your scissors. What if you fall and poke yourself?" Hua Banzhi instructed with a raised voice.
"I understand." Zhou Guangming stopped and looked back at her and nodded.
"Be good, go!" Hua Banzhi said with a smile on her beautiful face. She watched Zhou Guangming disappear in front of her eyes, lowered her head to brush the bottle.
Chapter completed!