Daily Life in the 70s

Chapter 150: Chapter 150: Stumbling

No one around made it all the more comfortable.

Yang PeiMin bent over and got down to hard work, cleaning the clothes that Shen Yiguang and the others wore for outdoor training, which were covered with a layer of mud on the outside and soaked with sweat on the inside. Clothes stained with mud were difficult to rinse. If the rinsing water wasn’t clear, the clothes would still have mud stuck to them, and once dry, there would be noticeable patches of dirt.

In the past few months, she had adapted to life without a washing machine.

Back in the winter, she would lug hot water for washing, using scented soap. She found pounding with a stick and scrubbing on a washboard too strenuous, so she asked Guang Erniu to help make a small cleaning brush out of thin bamboo strips. Only then did she feel that the clothes were getting properly cleaned, though it also made it easier to fray the fabric. But for those thick clothes that were tough to wash, this was the method she had to use.

So now, she found herself quite missing that little brush, especially since Shen Yiguang’s military uniforms were durable.

After scrubbing through once, she rinsed the clothes three times until the water seemed less dirty. Then she carefully lifted the clothes to inspect them for any spots she might have missed.

The process had been lengthy, and squatting had made her legs numb. She shifted her feet from side to side to relieve the numbness, and suddenly something hit her behind. It didn’t really hurt, but when she turned to look, she saw an empty tin can. Looking beyond, she noticed Du Juanjuan holding a trash scoop and walking by nonchalantly, as if she were taking out the trash.