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    Anyone who lives by a lake or near a body of water knows that mosquitoes are so numerous and large in summer that they can bite you all over your body.  But these days, there are no mosquito nets, mosquito coils, mosquito repellent water and other things. If you don't prepare some mugwort leaves early, what will you use to deal with mosquitoes when the time comes.

    Therefore, as soon as Xin Hu mentioned this topic, everyone responded immediately.

    "Oh, I need to do more. If there are mosquitoes at night, I won't be able to sleep." Mrs. Xie's expression changed after hearing this.  She is most afraid of mosquitoes. One bite will cause a lump, which is sore and painful. If she can't help but scratch it, it will fester again and she won't be able to recover for a long time.

    ??????????? And now it¡¯s no different than before. There are mosquito nets for sleeping, and gauze nets for daily living areas. Not to mention children, even adults can¡¯t stand it.

    "Yes, mosquitoes love to bite children." Aunt Liu also looked at Little Chuba worriedly.  Children are the most amused by mosquito bites, and when they bite, they become red and swollen, which is scary.

    Xinhu also likes to be bitten by mosquitoes, so every year she looks up a lot of information on repelling mosquitoes. She has tried various methods, such as burning grapefruit peels and orange peels, filling them with washing powder, and various other methods.  She grew mosquito repellent sachets. As soon as someone said they were useful, she would try them out immediately. But every summer, she would not even wear shorts or skirts for fear of being bitten.

    ??You can get bitten everywhere in broad daylight.  So she planned to bring back more mugwort leaves.  Once dried, you can light it to smoke mosquitoes. If you are bitten by a mosquito, you can also soak it in water and take a bath to stop the bite.  The role of mugwort leaves is not small, so be sure to prepare more.

    The next day, almost everyone in the village came out to harvest mugwort leaves.  They adopted the harvesting method of directly cutting the entire wormwood plant, but they retained the lower half of the old pole and harvested it from the middle.  Bundles of Aiyela came home and were thrown directly at the door and in the yard to dry in the sun.  In addition to being edible and repelling mosquitoes, mugwort leaves also have medicinal value.

    Thanks to modern health-preserving traditional Chinese medicine, Xinhu has been doing some research for a while. Chinese medicinal materials are the most common things that can be found in the fields.  For example, mugwort leaves, Houttuynia cordata, dandelions, etc.  Not long ago, she also picked some Houttuynia cordata and dandelions and dried them in the sun to prepare for emergencies.

    Both Houttuynia cordata and dandelion can be used for cooking. Unfortunately, no one likes to eat the dishes made from these two things.  Houttuynia cordata has a fishy smell that no one can smell, and dandelions have a bitter taste that no one likes to eat, including Xin Hu himself.  Therefore, these two seasonal fresh vegetables have been generally ignored by everyone.

    In the past, she had been treated many times by people, but she never ate the fresh vegetable Zheergen. Before, she didn¡¯t know that Zheergen was actually Houttuynia cordata.  But whether it is Houttuynia cordata or dandelion, it is a kind of medicinal material when dried, but she knows very well, because people in her hometown will dry some, soak them in boiling water in summer, and drink them as tea.  It not only quenches thirst but also relieves heat. If you have a sore throat, cold or cough, soaking in water and drinking these two can relieve the symptoms.

    So when summer comes, she also likes to make some Houttuynia cordata water to drink.  Strangely enough, she couldn't eat the fresh Houttuynia cordata, but the water from the dried Houttuynia cordata had no fishy smell, but she was used to drinking it.  Therefore, when she saw Houttuynia cordata, she would pull it back and dry it for later use.

    On the contrary, purslane is a wild vegetable that everyone loves to eat. It is sour and sour. Every household has to pick a basket and bring it back to eat as a vegetable every other day.  At this time of year, many vegetables in the vegetable garden are already edible. For example, although the earliest pumpkins have not yet produced fruits, the vines are edible, and the cucumbers have already blossomed and produced fruits. However, the cucumbers are still very small. They will not wait until they grow up.  I can't bear to eat either.  Therefore, wild vegetables still play the leading role on everyone's dining table from time to time.

    However, no matter what, there are more vegetables to eat now, even more wild vegetables than in spring.  Accordingly, there are two more dishes on the dining table of every household.

    ¡°In addition to working in the fields, everyone actually has a lot of free time. After all, there are not many fields.  Everyone is very energetic.  Especially now that Brother Hu and Sister-in-law Hu can basically move around freely.  In addition to not letting Brother Hu do heavy work, Sister Hu's hand is completely fine, and she injured her left hand, which is not used frequently, so she can do tasks such as cutting reeds and mugwort leaves very quickly.  Good again.

    With the addition of four members of the Hu family, Dalang obviously feels that the labor pressure has been reduced.  Four members of their family can work in the fields, and there are no children at home to take care of. They get up and go to work in the fields before dawn every day, and they go home in the dark at night. They are all people who are used to farm work.  Da Lang Xie San Bo, Aunt Liu and others have done a lot and well, and they are not afraid of getting tired.

    Xinhu basically doesn¡¯t have to go to the fields to do farm work, and concentrates on cleaning up at home and starting work at the same time, and she really doesn¡¯t like the style of pants these days, they are fat and big.  It's a bit like the beach pants that modern people wear at the beach. They are very wide. The key is that there are no elastic bands. The trousers are very wide and the waistband has to be tied, which is very annoying.  According to her, it's a complete waste of fabric. Why can't it be made smaller?

    So, she couldn¡¯t bear it anymore and secretly sewed her pants at home.  No, it took a lot of effort to cut it out. In fact, it was cut according to the one that Aunt Liu made for her, just smaller.  She held the needle and only had a few stitches before she fell asleep.

    "What is this?" Xie Shuer took it over and looked at it for a few times, then asked suspiciously.  She really didn't see what Xinhu was sewing?  Although Xin Hu feels that he has done a good job in tailoring.

    "Pants." Xin Hu held his forehead and said with a dark face.

    "I'm laughing so hard. What kind of underpants are you talking about?" Xie Shuer suppressed her laughter and started to help her cut it again.

    Although Xie Shuer's red dress is not very good, it is not a problem to make an undergarment or something, so under her scissors, the pieces of cloth in Xin Hu's hands really turned into a pair of small pants, but they were really very beautiful.  It's so small that only Dabao Amao can wear it.  Xinhu himself is afraid that he won't be able to wear it.

    "Come on, you can help me cut another pair. Don't make it as big as this, just smaller." Xin Hu pointed to his old pants and said.

    "It's not big." Xie Shuer said.

    "Why can't it be made smaller, so that it can save fabric, and it won't feel like a ball of cloth is wrapped inside when you wear it." Xin Hu asked rhetorically.

    Xie Shuer was speechless, and it took her a long time to say, "Don't mention it yet. Although your statement is novel, it is true."

    The pants you wear underneath are too big, especially when the weather gets hot, and you feel even hotter because you have to wear a pair of big pants that are half the length of a pair of pants under your outer pants.

    Then, based on Xin Hu¡¯s description, Xie Shuer helped her cut a pair of shorts similar to modern boxer briefs.  The original thick and long underwear has been transformed into a short and compact shape in the hand.

    And Xin Hu didn¡¯t want to wear a belt anymore, so he just put a thin drawstring on the front of his pants, and just pulled the two ends to tighten it.  It's much easier to use than the belt.  According to her idea, the outer pants should also be changed to this form in the future.  For a person who is accustomed to wearing modern tight-fitting elastic pants, Xinhu is simply not used to wearing thick straight-crotch trousers every day, which are wider than modern wide-leg pants.

    She just didn¡¯t understand why the trouser legs weren¡¯t made smaller. They had to be so thick. It was a complete waste of cloth.  According to her, the fabric used to make one trouser leg like this now can be used to make two trouser legs in modern times.  Even if it can't be as close to the body as in modern times, it can still be tightened a few inches. If it has to be so loose, it's no wonder that men tie their trouser legs when going out, because it is convenient.

    The boxer briefs Xin Hu asked for were ready, but Xie Shuer asked sheepishly: "How do you wear these?"

    She thought it was too small and people would laugh if she wore it.  Although the clothes in Luwei Village are very casual, and they basically don't wear skirts outside their trousers, they still wear this kind of undergarment in a decent manner.  How dare you wear underwear like this made by Xinhu?

    Of course, it doesn¡¯t matter if children wear it.  For example, Xiao Chuba still wears crotchless pants with suspenders, but the waist and belly are connected together, and they can be tied up with a belt at the back.  At that time, when Xinhu and Dalang picked up Dabao, Dabao was still wearing the same underwear and cotton pants, but he was covered up by a robe.

    "Okay, I'm wearing it, not you." Xin Hu didn't force it. Anyway, she was still young and could wear it. Let's wait until she is older.

    Then at her request, Xie Shuer cut another top for her, which was a vest-style top.  This is what Xinhu plans to wear to sleep at night.  You have to wear a coat when you go out.  She didn't like the bellyband stuff that women wore at all.  Of course, she doesn't need to wear a bellyband at her age.

    The two of them tossed around in the room for a long time, and finally the two small clothes were completed. Xin Hu couldn't wait to put them on and let Xie Shu'er see the effect.  Although there is no mirror, Xinhu feels very good about himself. At least it is good to wear it to sleep at night.  During the day, this relatively close-fitting undergarment is worn outside with a gown and trousers.  Xie Shuer made it for her. Although she didn't dare to wear it out, she still found such clothes very interesting and wanted to show them to Aunt Zhang and her sister-in-law to see what they said.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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