Reborn in Dunhuang, I am farming and doing business in the desert

Chapter 64 How dare you hurt others?

After dinner, Shen Heng went outside to grind beans with Ah Zhu, while Shen Xun went to his room to read.

I have the emergency light my sister gave me. I put a cover on it and can see whenever I want while sitting in bed.

In the side room, Shen Zhao blocked the small window with a bag, closed the door, and washed the two children's hair and bathed them with their mother.

Although the baby is small, there is a lot of mud and dust on his body. When he rubs it with soap, the foam is all black.

In the end, it took three large basins of water to wash their hair and bodies clean.

It wasn't very clean either, because Shen Zhao felt that he could still rub mud balls out of them.

However, this is the first time for these two children to take a bath like this, so I can’t do it for too long, otherwise it would be terrible if they get sick.

After asking them to change into the clean underwear he bought, Shen Zhao poured the water out of the yard.

The snow had stopped at this moment, but it was extremely cold, and water almost turned to ice.

Shen Heng complained as he pushed the mill: "The soy milk freezes before it even has time to drip down. How can I grind it?"

Ah Zhu: "That's right, how about we carry the millstone to the kitchen?"

"Can a stove fit on such a big millstone?"

Shen Heng wiped his frozen snot and muttered as he pushed the millstone: "It would be nice if we had a thatched shed. We could use reed mats to cover the house and we wouldn't be cold."

"Isn't it easy to build a thatched hut? It would be enough if each family contributed some water grass. If that doesn't work, we can always spend money to buy more." Ah Shi had made a lot of money from selling cotton-padded clothes and trousers in recent days. In addition to giving a large portion to his parents, he also kept two or three hundred coins for himself.

If Brother Heng needs it, I can hand it over without hesitation.

Shen Heng slapped his head and said, "Yes, let's go and hire someone to build the shed tomorrow."

He was fed up with the cold wind.

It's only October now. If we wait until the winter or the twelfth lunar month, won't we freeze to death?

Even if it doesn't freeze people to death, the two pieces of the millstone will be frozen and stuck together. How can you grind the beans?
He turned around and glanced at his sister's room, which was as warm as spring. If he had not been afraid of being beaten by his mother, he would have wanted to move the millstone in.

Shen Zhao had no idea what his second brother was thinking. He poured the water and returned to the house, only to see his two little nieces curled up in bed and fast asleep.

He reached out to test the kang and felt relieved when he saw that the temperature was just right.

The next morning, the little niece woke up early and put on the new cotton-padded clothes and trousers given by her aunt, even the new cotton-padded shoes.

Shen Zhao combed their hair, asked them to brush their teeth and rinse their mouths before eating, and then sent them home.

When I lifted the straw curtain of my cousin's wife's room, I smelled a strong fishy smell.

"Sister-in-law, how are you?" Shen Zhao walked to his cousin's bed and leaned over to check on the baby.

Mrs. Wu: "It's much better now, but the baby is not very energetic."

Shen Zhao reached out and lifted the mattress from the kid's face, and warned, "Sister-in-law, don't cover his head and face. The kid can't breathe."

"My mother told me to cover it so it wouldn't get cold." Now Mrs. Wu would rather trust her cousin than her mother-in-law.

But my mother-in-law is very strong and she will nag me if I don't do as she says.

Shen Zhao looked around and indeed felt that the room was a bit cold.

"Mom, I want to see my brother." Yingdi climbed onto the bed and stretched her neck to look at the red little baby.

So ugly and wrinkled like a little old man.

Yingdi immediately lost interest and got out of bed in boredom.

Then he looked at his aunt eagerly, hoping to go to her house again.

Shen Zhao touched his niece's head and said to his cousin's wife, "It's a bit cold in the room. Let your cousin build a stove by the window."

If we make a smoke outlet on the wall, we won't have to worry about the baby getting smoked. "Why bother with that?" The eldest aunt came in with a big bowl of soup noodles and handed it to her daughter-in-law: "If it's cold, just light a fire and warm it up."

Mrs. Wu took the bowl and said in a cold tone, "Wouldn't the fire make people feel suffocated? The child is so young, what if he gets hurt?"

The eldest aunt said awkwardly, "But Ade has never built a stove before, right?"

Shen Zhao: "This is not difficult. I can ask my cousin to check the stove in my house later."

"That's right. Ade told me that the stove at Second Aunt's house is very convenient. It doesn't produce any smoke and is a hundred times better than ours." Mrs. Wu felt confident enough and dared to refute her mother-in-law.

The eldest aunt felt sorry for her grandson, so she nodded and said, "Okay, okay, let Ade not go out to sell tofu these two days, and just build a stove at home. We have a lot of cow dung stored at home, and we can mix it with yellow mud to build the stove."

Seeing her mother-in-law compromise, Wu felt relieved and smiled at Shen Zhao: "Sorry for bothering you, Zhao. Did you have any trouble when I was welcoming my younger brother yesterday?"

"They are very well behaved. I even gave them a bath and brought their dirty clothes." Shen Zhao pointed to a bag of clothes next to the door.

The eldest aunt was surprised: "You gave them a bath? How did you bathe them in such cold weather?"

Zhaodi answered first: "My aunt's house is not cold at all, there is a big kang, my sister and I sleep very warm."

"Really?" The aunt looked at her niece suspiciously: "What kind of kang?"

Shen Zhao explained: "It is a high bed. You can burn fire underneath, and the kang will be very warm."

The aunt thought about it and finally remembered that there seemed to be such kangs in the Central Plains, but they were beds that only wealthy families could afford.

"I'll go see your kang when I'm free."

Shen Zhao nodded, said a few more words, and then said goodbye and went home.

The two children wanted to follow but were stopped by their grandmother.

Shen Zhao was walking slowly on the snow when he suddenly saw a young couple standing on the side of the road.

The man held the woman's hand attentively and carefully, as if he was waiting for her on purpose.

Shen Zhao glanced at the two of them and walked past them with an expressionless face.

"Are you Yilang's ex-fiancee? You don't look that good, do you? No wonder Yilang doesn't want you." A female voice sounded, with obvious provocation and hostility.

Shen Zhao pretended not to hear and walked steadily towards his home.

"Stop! I'm talking to you." As soon as he finished speaking, a snowball flew over and hit Shen Zhao's feet.

Shen Zhao slowly turned around, glanced at the two of them, and sneered, "Whose dog is not tied up properly? Running into my territory and running wild?"

The land under her feet belonged to the Shen family. Even if she couldn't grow crops on it, it still belonged to them.

"Who are you calling a dog?" The woman was wearing new clothes, her hair was tied up high, and she was wearing a rare flower ornament.

Although she is somewhat pretty, she has high cheekbones, slanted eyes and thin lips, and looks very mean.

Shen Zhao: "Whoever responds will be the winner."

"Little bitch! How dare you scold me?" The woman rushed over quickly and raised her hand to slap Shen Zhao.

Shen Zhao raised his arm and the switchblade came out of its sheath, and the woman's hand just happened to scrape the blade.

"Ah!" The woman screamed, holding her bleeding hand.

Qin Yi was startled and quickly checked the woman's palm, and immediately gasped.

I saw the skin and flesh on the woman's palms were rolled up and blood was gushing out, it was very scary.

"Shen Zhao! How dare you hurt others?" He yelled at Shen Zhao, but he was not worried at all.

"You are so blind. Who started the fight first?" Shen Heng appeared from nowhere, followed by several young men.

(End of this chapter)