Zhou Hongbo stepped on the ridge and took the sickle out of the rice field: "My family took over the land next to us, and we worked together again."
Working next to each other again?
The person who assigned the tasks was scorekeeper Zhou Yan, and it was not just Zhou Hongbo who could be given any piece of land he wanted.
Zhou Hongbo, who was weeding the sweet potato field, was also next to the orchids, and was cutting rice next to them. Yesterday, Zhou Hongbo came to see the orchids. Didn't he have a crush on orchids?
Her orchids are quite attractive.
Zhao Qingrou applied the ointment, touched the orchid before leaving, and left with a smile.
She bent down to cut rice in the field on a hot day, and soon her back ached. Zhao Qingrou actually prepared a straw hat. Su Xiaoxiao's hat had a hole in it. She had the sleeves and hat prepared by Bai Su's family, so she put on her own
The straw hat was given to Su Xiaoxiao.
Su Xiaoxiao had a hat to protect her from the sun, and she used sleeves to protect her arms well. However, when she bent down to cut the rice, her face was still rubbed by rice leaves and grain tips from time to time. Her face was burning, painful and itchy.
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"Xiaoxiao, please apply a little of this ointment. This is the ointment made by my godmother. Apply it and it will cool down. The scratched area will no longer itch or hurt."
Su Xiaoxiao rubbed a little of the ointment given by Zhao Qingrou, and a cool feeling spread on her skin.
"It really doesn't hurt anymore. Your ointment is really useful."
Lin Lijuan participated in the double grab for the first time. She had no experience and had neither a straw hat nor sleeves prepared.
She loves to cause trouble, and the educated youth ignore her, and no one reminds her to prepare for these things.
The scratches from the straw and grain tips were sore, and her face and hands were extremely itchy.
Seeing Zhao Qingrou applying ointment to Su Xiaoxiao, she called Zhao Qingrou: "I want to apply it too!"
Zhao Qingrou didn't want to spoil her. Lin Lijuan came to dig out the ointment. Zhao Qingrou picked up the bottle and retracted her hand.
"Don't you think wearing a straw hat and applying ointment is a capitalist style?"
Zhao Qingrou capped the bottle and stuffed the ointment back into her pocket: "If you want to apply the ointment, go to the brigade health center and buy it yourself."
"I'm so itchy!"
Lin Lijuan scratched her face with her hands: "Why don't you wipe it for me? You are so stingy."
"Are you sick? Am I your father or your mother, and why should I apply ointment to you? You have been acting behind my back all day, saying bad things about me and spreading rumors, and you still want me to apply ointment to you. You are so thick-skinned."
Zhao Qingrou bent down and continued cutting rice, ignoring her.
"Zhao Qingrou, you want to die, how dare you talk to me like this?"
Lin Lijuan waved her sickle and was about to pounce on Zhao Qingrou, but the captain who came to inspect the work happened to see her.
Li Zhiqiang shouted sharply: "Lin Zhiqing, what are you doing?"
Look at the rice harvested by Su Xiaoxiao and Zhao Qingrou, and then compare the work done by Lin Lijuan as a laborer.
Li Zhiqiang said angrily: "You have only cut a few rows of rice, and you are noisy all day long. You are really a troublemaker. If you continue to make trouble, your work points will be deducted today."
"Captain, I was wronged..."
Lin Lijuan wanted to say something else, but Li Zhiqiang interrupted her impatiently: "If you don't want to stay in the Peace Brigade, I will send you to the farm for reform."
Lin Lijuan is wilting now!
I had no choice but to endure the pain and itching and continue to cut the rice pitifully.
Li Zhiqiang scolded Lin Lijuan very loudly, and she made a fuss as soon as she went to the ground. This matter quickly spread among the working people.
I heard that Lin Lijuan was scolded by the brigade leader just for applying ointment.
The people on the team asked the educated youths what kind of ointment it was.
Then Su Xiaoxiao, who had applied the ointment, told them that it was the ointment bought by the brigade health center. It can prevent mosquito bites and relieve itchiness if it is stained with rice leaves and chaff.
Many people were moved when they heard what she and Zhao Qingrou said.
After all, being cut by the rice leaves was so painful that it felt extremely uncomfortable.
They had been sunbathing in the rice fields for a long time, and their skin was peeling. Lihua and her sisters didn't get a tan, so they all spread the word about ointments that could relieve itchiness and prevent tanning.
After work in the morning, many people came to the brigade clinic to inquire about the ointment.
"How can there be such a magical ointment that can not only prevent tanning but also relieve itchiness after applying it? What I applied to Lihua and the others is an ointment that prevents sunburn and burns. After applying the ointment when working in the fields, they will not get sunburned or peeled."
Bai Su took out a box of ointment and smeared it on an aunt: "What I'm putting on you now is an anti-itching ointment. Apply a little of this ointment on your body. After cutting the rice, your body feels itchy and painful. Applying it will help."
It also works for mosquito bites.”
"It's ice cold. My face really doesn't itch anymore and it doesn't hurt that much."
When the aunt said this, the young wives who came to the brigade health center asked Bai Su: "How much does a box of ointment cost?"
"It costs fifty cents to relieve itching and mosquitoes, and one yuan to prevent sunburn and burns."
Fifty cents can buy a pound of meat. The ladies and daughters-in-law who came to inquire hesitated.
"To make this ointment, you need to collect more than a dozen Chinese herbal medicines. A basket of medicines can only be filled with a few boxes."
Bai Su advised them: "One box of this ointment can be used sparingly. It can be used for a long time and can be used by the whole family."
"We women have to do housework and go to the fields to earn work points, so we have to be kind to ourselves. Every year, we have to peel off a layer of skin from the sun. It takes several days to shave off the rice harvesting on our face, and it will be red, swollen and ugly.
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During the double robbery, the men only had to work in the fields to earn work points, while the women had to be busy in the fields, as well as housework and children.
Besides, a box of ointment can be used for a long time. If you itch, apply it and your body will not feel so uncomfortable.
Anyway, I come to the health center every time. If my child is bitten by a mosquito after buying it, I can still wipe it on.
I was reluctant to buy sunscreen ointment, so I bought anti-itching ointment. Bai Su sold more than a dozen boxes of ointment in a short time.
I heard that the ointment bought at the health clinic of the Peace Brigade is very useful. People from the neighboring brigades also came to Bai Su to buy the ointment. I originally wanted to save half of the ointment that Bai Su boiled this time and send it to the island to send to Aunt Lihua.
When Shuang Qiang was almost busy, looking at the few boxes left in the cabinet, Bai Su thought she was going to make ointment again.
Bai Su was surprised that the ointment she made was so popular, and she felt that Professor Kong's idea was right and that these ointments should help more people.
Bai Su didn't want to sell the remaining boxes of ointment.
While she was counting the money, she was thinking about how to make a batch of ointment and take it to the county seat after she finished grabbing it. At this moment, Lin Lijuan and Sun Mingyuan broke into the clinic with a few aunts on the team.
"Look, she really made a lot of money selling ointments."
Lin Lijuan pointed at Bai Su and shouted: "She is a health worker in the brigade. Isn't it her duty to serve us members? I heard Zhao Qingrou say that she made this ointment by picking herbs herself, and she still charges us money. Isn't this capitalism?
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The ointment made by Bai Su is indeed effective. I heard that she made the ointment from her own herbs. People who bought the ointment felt that they were at a loss.
A box of anti-itch ointment costs fifty cents, and a box of anti-scald and sunburn ointment costs one yuan.
The key is that the money also went into Bai Su's pocket.
"Auntie, it's a bit unethical for you to earn this kind of money. You said you are a health worker in the brigade and you make ointments for us to use. Why do you still charge money?"