After a simple rebirth

Since the remaining scraps could not be used to make anything, Fu Ying threw them into the utility room in the backyard, waiting for Fu's mother to use them for fuel.

Mother Fu heard her banging on the doorstep in the room, but had not come to see her. Now when she heard she had stopped banging on the doorstep, she came over to see her.

A bit ugly, but successful.

"Is this thing stable? Will it fall when you put things down?" asked Fu's mother.

"Steady, I tried it, I'm doing my homework here."

As Fu Ying spoke, she placed the materials and study supplies she brought back on the shelf.

"Just put books on it?" Fu's mother thought it was okay. Such a big table would be great for putting things on it. It also didn't need to be tidied up and everything could be seen at a glance.

Fu Ying was speechless. No matter how big the space was for Fu's mother to put the things, it was never enough. She also didn't tidy up. The whole place was a mess.

"I have a lot of things to learn, you can put your clothes on it, and you can also put other things in a cabinet." Fu Ying pointed to the bed.

The beds here are traditional, similar to step-out beds, surrounded on three sides, with a bedspread or mosquito net on top. There is also a board at the top for storing clothes.

In the past, people had fewer clothes, and the partitions on the bed could not be put away, so quilts would be placed on top.

But Fu Ying knew that Fu Ma would never do that. Fu Ma had three times as many clothes as Fu Ying, and there wasn't enough space on top. It was up to Fu Ma to see where she put them. Anyway, Fu Ying's clothes could just stay in the bag and she could just go in and get them when she wanted to wear them.

Mother Fu nodded and also thought about putting it there first. She would not open the other packages yet and would check one by one to see what was missing.

So Fu's mother put the unused things in Fu Zhe's room, and put the useful things in Fu Fuying and her room.

The room where the stove is placed is called "daozuo" locally. No one knows why it is called this way, and no one knows what it means. All we can say is that this is the name that has been passed down.

Fu Ying was cleaning here, wiping the cupboards. The cupboards here were traditional, with sliding glass on top for bowls, and drawers and deep cabinets below for food and other things. Fu Ying took out all the things and wiped them all with a wet rag.

He then ordered Little Black Charcoal to sweep and mop the floor. Little Black Charcoal protested but was still suppressed. He could only sweep with a broom like drawing big words.

"If you sweep seriously, I won't ask you to sweep tomorrow. If you don't sweep seriously, I will ask you to sweep every day." Fu Ying said seriously.

Fu Zhe didn't dare to speak and swept more seriously.

"Xiaoying, he's still young, he can't sweep it clean." Fu's mother spoke as usual when she saw Fu Ying ordering Fu Zhe.

Fu Ying got angry. "He is only one year younger than me. How can he be younger? Everyone has to do things, and he has to do them too."

Fu Ying was always angry about this. Fu's mother always thought that girls should do more work and be more virtuous so that they can find a husband. She also thought that boys were not good at doing things and should not do them if they could not do them well.

Every time Fu Ying asked Fu Zhe to do something, Fu's mother would say that she was a girl and he was a younger brother, so she should give in to him more.

Fortunately, although Fu Zhe is a little lazy, he has a good attitude and he won’t act arrogantly and refuse to do anything just because he is a boy.

That’s why Fu Ying would never indulge Fu Zhe in being lazy. Men and women are equal. Either they do it together, or they don’t do it together.

Fu's mother was also busy with things at home, and seeing that her daughter was angry again, she did not emphasize that girls should do more. Otherwise, Fu Ying and Fu's mother would have another quarrel.

Everything was almost put back in place, the pots and pans were all washed, and Fu Zhe had finished mopping the floor. Only then did Fu Ying feel temporarily relieved.

Second Aunt came to Fu's house again and asked Fu Ma and Fu Ying if they wanted to go to the street.

"Are we going to the market today?" Fu's mother asked doubtfully.

"Yes, it's the 14th and 7th day of the lunar year, and today is the seventh day of the lunar year." The second aunt was carrying a basket on her back, preparing to go to the street to buy some things.

"I was so busy that I forgot what date it is today. If we have to go, we also need to buy some rice and vegetables for the next few days. We haven't bought shampoo and other things yet." Fu's mother replied.

"You don't have to go that far for shampoo and other things. The Wen family's convenience store downstairs is quite big now. They have everything you need."

"Is that so? I'll go buy it this afternoon and go to the street with you later." Fu's mother then looked at Fu Ying, "Do you want to go to the street with me?"

Fu Ying shook her head. "No, I still have to pack my things in the house."

Actually, I have almost finished cleaning, but I don’t want to go out. There are too many people on the street, so I have to walk to get there.

In the past, Fu Ying was still interested in the market in her hometown. In her memory, the market was lively and fun, with lots of delicious food, and she would be excited for a long time every time she went there once in a while.

But in the previous life, when I went back to my hometown with Zhang Zun for the Spring Festival, because Zhang Zun cooked, we went to buy vegetables a few times, and found that it didn't make much difference whether we went to the market or not. It was lively, but there were a lot of cars and traffic, the things sold in each store were similar, and the food was no longer very attractive. The atmosphere and happiness in my memory have become just like that.

So Fu Ying didn't want to go. It would be better to finish the housework as soon as possible and review more.

"Xiaoying, go ahead. I'll buy some more food and you can carry it back with me." Fu's mother called out.

"Ask Fu Zhe to go, he can carry it too." Fu Ying pushed Fu Zhe away.

"What can he do? You can't call him, and he can't carry much." Fu's mother didn't plan to call Fu Zhe. He was unreliable, so she just let him stay at home and look after the family.

"Yes, Fu Ying, you haven't been back for several years. Let's go to the market together." Second Aunt also pulled her to go out.

Fu Ying was puzzled. He hadn’t been back for only two or three years, right?

Thinking about it again, it seemed like a long time since my second aunt left. I transferred to my uncle's school in the fifth grade of elementary school and never came back since leaving Gumang. I also spent the New Year in Guangdong Province. Now I am back in the first year of high school, so it has been five years.

In the end, Fu Ying was forced to go out and carried a small backpack borrowed from Kui Ge's neighbor.

There were many people on the road, all going to the market. There were children jumping and jumping with anticipation, and there were adults carrying empty baskets like the Fu family, ready to go shopping. There were almost no people with full baskets ready to sell. I guess that's right, because those who want to sell things must arrive early, so that they can sell out the sooner the better.

After walking for about 15 minutes, we arrived near the market, and there were a lot of people. Gumang is a big town, and people from the villages below or nearby towns would come here to buy and sell things. There were few electric cars and small cars at this time, so it seemed even more crowded.

Along the way, Fu Ma and Second Aunt were still looking around, asking questions but not buying anything yet. This is not the innermost part of the market, they are used to looking all the way around, knowing what they want, and then walking back from the innermost part to buy what they need, so that it is easier to bargain and they don't have to carry too many things.

Along the way, Fu's mother bought two kilograms of bean sprouts, two kilograms of oyster mushrooms, one kilogram of pork, a bag of sauerkraut, one kilogram of tofu, and a lot of various seasonings. Fu Ying's backpack was almost full.

In order to save time, Fu Ying asked her mother to put the things she bought into her backpack first, and she would leave first when it was full. Since she was at the market, Fu Ying decided to go to Xinhua Bookstore to take a look, and then see if there were any new materials and learn about the hot-selling high school materials.

Carrying heavy things and ignoring the shouts from the roadside, Fu Ying walked through the crowd and arrived at the Xinhua Bookstore.