Lazy Stepmother of the 70s Island

Chapter 47: Bathing Pot and Stove

Dawa shook his head, "I don't understand."

Ning Tang said, "Let me give you an example. Serving is when you can remove the bones and peel the shrimp shells by yourself, but your dad does it for you. Taking care is when you can't reach the dish by yourself, and your dad helps you."

Now Dawa understood. He looked at the shrimp in his bowl and thought, fortunately, he peeled it himself.

He clenched his fist, yay, he didn't let anyone serve him!

Ning Xue felt embarrassed and her face turned red and white alternately, but she couldn't refute it. She continued to silently "take care" of the twins.

Fortunately, the twins enjoyed their meal, which was somewhat comforting.

After finishing the meal, they rested for a while and then prepared to take a bath.

Unlike Hailang Island, where they had water pipes, bathing in Shangan Village was done by heating water in the stove room and then carrying it to the bathhouse to mix with cold water.

This method of bathing was more troublesome and time-consuming.

Moreover, it was late at night and the weather was cold, so Ning Tang didn't dare to let the three children bathe for too long. He decided to discuss with Sun Aiju, "How about just wiping their faces and washing their feet, and let them go to bed for now. We can talk about it tomorrow."

Sun Aiju disagreed. They had spent almost a week on the train without properly bathing, and their bodies were getting unpleasant. Now that they had finally arrived home, they needed to take a hot water bath and scrub themselves clean. "Don't worry, we have installed a bathing pot and stove at home. Let Dawa and the others 'cook' themselves, and they will be done quickly."

Ning Tang was taken aback. "Bathing pot and stove?"

She had never heard of such a thing before.

Sun Aiju led her and the three children to the bathhouse. At some point, a stove had been installed in the bathhouse, and on top of the stove was a large pot about half the height of a person. It was made of cast iron and looked very much like a pot used for cooking rice and dishes.

Sun Aiju explained to her, "This is a bathing pot and stove. When I visited Sixth Aunt in the neighboring village, I saw them using it, so I tried it and thought it was great. When I came back, I had your dad have one installed."

Ning Tang looked at the large pot in front of her and was dumbfounded. "Mom, I can't believe you came up with this. Can we really take a bath with this thing? We might end up cooking ourselves, and the whole house will smell like cooked meat."

Sun Aiju spat, "Pah, stop saying unlucky things. It can be used for bathing, look." She pointed to the small pieces of wood placed next to the pot. "This is called a 'turtle board.' When taking a bath, it is placed at the bottom and along the sides of the pot so that it won't be too hot."

Seeing that Ning Tang still didn't believe it, she continued, "Oh, don't worry, it really works. Your dad and I have taken many baths with it. If it could cook us, we would have been cooked a long time ago."

Ning Tang still hesitated, but Dawa was extremely excited and exclaimed, "Grandma, I want to bathe! I want to use this big pot for bathing!"

He didn't care at all about the cooking aspect. In his eyes, this big pot, if covered, looked just like the alchemy furnace of the Supreme Lord Laozi from the "Journey to the West" that Shen Lie told them about.

If he stayed in it for a while, would he be able to "refine" a pair of golden eyes like Sun Wukong?

With that thought in mind, he tiptoed and looked at the bottom of the pot, hoping to see some black pills inside this "alchemy furnace."