Chapter 15 Promotion of Bathing
Because of the success of the curved plow and the bull nose ring, Marin's right to speak in the Hoffman Manor was greatly improved. Old Hoffman and Mrs. Mary began to pay attention to Marin's opinions.
Seeing that he had the right to speak, Marin decided to take advantage of his opportunity at home to transform the backward Hoffman Manor. In addition to improving productivity, he also had to change some bad living habits of the people in the manor.
For example, Marin's first reform plan is aimed at the bathing problem...
The Hoffman family, except for Marin who traveled through time, were all devout Catholics. Everyone believed in the nonsense of "not taking a bath is purity" propaganda promoted by the church. Therefore, in addition to the frequent training of Adler, who was sweating, rinsed with water after training, it took a long time for the Hoffman and Marin's younger brothers and sisters to take a bath. In order to cover up the odor caused by long-term failure to take a bath, Mrs. Mary also applied spices such as musk to her body.
In fact, the Hoffman family took a good bath. For example, they would take a bath every few days in summer. In winter, the time interval may be longer and they would not take a bath for two or three months.
It is normal for some devout believers not to take a bath for several years. For example, Louis XIV, the King of the Sun, only took a bath seven times in his 72 years. He has been sharpening his sword for ten years, but he has taken a bath for ten years...
When the family was having dinner together, Malin was a little reluctant to get too close to his cheap relatives. Because they all had a little bit of bad smell caused by not taking a bath for a long time... This made Malin have the illusion that he was not eating at a noble family, but at the head of the Beggars' Gang who didn't like to take a bath...
Marin, who could not bear it, immediately arranged for the serfs who could carpentry in the manor to enclose two huge oak barrels, painted them, and then used them as bath barrels after a few days. At the same time, he built a closed small room next to his room and placed the bath barrel.
Then, in the surprised eyes of the whole family, Marin began his "suicide" career of taking a bath once a day...
"Dear, why did you torture yourself like this? Didn't you enter the emperor's army strike you so much? You are so uneasy and want to commit suicide..." Mrs. Mary looked at Marin with a worried look. And the old Hoffman was already rolling up her sleeves and ready to "rescue" Marin from the bathtub at any time...
When Malin heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then laughed:
"Haha, mom, who told you that taking a bath was suicide? This statement is really ridiculous!"
"Shut up, this is what those respected bishops said!" Old Hoffman said angrily.
"Dad, my teacher once walked around the world. He told me that in Türkiye, people regard bathing as a habit, and every town has public bathrooms."
"Don't mention the Turkish pagans to me, they are believers of the demons." Old Hoffman was very dissatisfied.
"Even so, there were public bathrooms in ancient Rome. The ancient Romans often went to the bathroom to take baths, and they didn't say that all the ancient Romans died of illness!"
"Aren't ancient Rome destroyed by our great Germans?" Old Hoffman retorted.
"They were defeated by the Germanic army, and they were not killed by taking a bath..." Marin was speechless and anxious about the IQ of Old Hoffman.
"This..." Old Hoffman couldn't think of any refutation.
"Dear, are you really sure you won't get any serious illness when taking a bath?" asked Mrs. Mary worriedly.
"I'm sure, and very sure! My teacher said that people from Asian countries, including the great empire in the East, are used to taking baths, and have never heard of bathing that makes people sick."
"But the bishops of the church will never lie to us, right?" Adler retorted.
"Okay, may I ask, does the Bible say that I get sick when I take a bath? God has never said this, nor has Jesus said it. This statement seems to have been passed down after the Black Death, and it has no basis at all."
"But I still think it's inappropriate..." Old Hoffman could not refute Marin, but he still insisted on his own opinion.
"It's okay. If you don't believe it, you can watch it. I'm taking a shower every day and seeing that I'm not sick!"
"But, child, I'm afraid..." Mrs. Mary was still very worried.
"Don't worry, mom, I won't joke about my life. I taught me, but a great sage, not those bishops with limited levels!"
For the next few days, Marin took a high-profile bath every day, and sang the German version of "Bathing Song" in the small bathroom. Her very high look made the whole family confused.
Kahn and Kohler, under the order of Marin, also entered Marin's small bathroom to take a bath every day after taking a shower. Of course, they themselves had another bathtub.
After half a month, Malin and the other two took a bath very high, while the family members were very worried, for fear that Malin would suddenly have a bad disease and then burp...
However, Marin, Kahn and Kohler were all jumping around. Then, the Hoffman and Marin's brothers and sisters began to wonder...
Afterwards, in order to forcibly change the habits of his family, Marin stole the empty space and quietly tricked his two younger brothers, Simon and Albert, into his room, and then violently stripped them naked and threw them into the bathtub in the small bathroom next to him...
The whole family was so angry that Old Hoffman even chased Marin with a stick around the manor. Even Mrs. Mary, who has always loved Marin, would have been angry this time. If Mary hadn't personally proved that taking a bath some time ago, Mrs. Mary would have had to join the pursuit of Marin and perform "mixed doubles between men and women" with Old Hoffman.
Amid the concerns of the whole family, Simon and Albert, the two monkeys did not get sick. Then, the family began to feel relieved...
Adler, who was stupid and bold, started to try first. During this period, Marin ordered the carpenters in the manor to build a few more wooden barrels. Adler asked one to go back and built a small bathroom next to his room. Then, he also learned from Marin and started taking a shower frequently... However, Adler did not have the obsession with cleanliness like Marin. He did not wash it every day, but once every two or three days. But even so, Adler was very "deviant"...
The next thing I tried was Mrs. Mary. As a woman, she naturally prefers to be cleaner. It was okay to see her two sons taking a shower frequently. So she was also moved...
Then, she began to take a shower frequently, washing herself white and fragrant... and then, she couldn't escape the clutches of old Hoffman...
"Go and go, damn, your body is so smelly. Go and take a shower, otherwise you won't want to go to my bed!"
So, Old Hoffman also joined the bathing army with grievance...
As Mrs. Mary took a bath and started taking her daughter Anne with her, all the members of the Hoffman family began to take a bath...
Chapter completed!