At the military's group wedding, my best friend and I swapped husbands.

Chapter 14 Sisters Join Forces to Deal with the Green Tea Heroine

She spoke as if she was thinking of Wang Xiuying's best interests, and the way the women around her looked at Wang Xiuying changed.

You were just saying you wanted to contribute to the collective, but now you're unhappy about cleaning a toilet?

Feeling those gazes, Wang Xiuying gritted her teeth and said, "I'll go! I'll go anywhere to contribute to the collective!"

As she spoke, she picked up the broom and walked towards the toilet, her back view conveying a sense of tragic grandeur.

Su Wanwan and Lin Weiwei exchanged a glance, both seeing a smile in each other's eyes.

"Let's go see how Comrade Wang cleans the toilets," Lin Weiwei said softly.

The two followed, but did not get close; they simply stood at a distance and watched.

Wang Xiuying walked to the outside of the toilet, but before she even went in, she frowned at the smell.

She hesitated at the door for a while, but finally gritted her teeth and pushed the door open to go in.

After a while, the sound of sweeping and gagging came from inside.

Lin Weiwei chuckled, "Serves you right."

Su Wanwan smiled and said, "Let her show off, now she's got the chance."

After looking around for a while, the two got bored and turned to walk back to the two houses they had looked at the day before.

When I opened the door, the house was still the same as yesterday—dusty and empty.

"Where should we start?" Lin Weiwei asked.

Su Wanwan looked at it and said, "Let's sweep the floor first and clean up the dust and debris."

The two found two old brooms in the house and weighed them in their hands.

This broom is heavier than the one we use at home, and the bamboo branches are roughly tied together.

Lin Weiwei rolled up her sleeves: "This tool isn't very handy, but it'll have to do."

Su Wanwan nodded, and the two of them got busy with their own tasks.

It's not that they're completely incapable of sweeping; it's just that they rarely do this job. Plus, the brooms are heavy, and the floor inside is covered with a thick layer of loose soil and debris, so every time they sweep, dust flies everywhere.

"Cough cough... This dust is too much." Lin Weiwei turned her face to the side and squinted her eyes.

Su Wanwan covered her mouth and nose with her sleeve: "Sweep slowly, or it will all fly up."

The two moved quietly, cautiously cleaning.

At first I was a little rusty, but I quickly found my rhythm.

Keep close to the ground and sweep gently, gradually gathering the trash together.

However, this broom was really unruly; its thin twigs often got caught on the debris on the ground, stirring up even more dust.

After working for a while, with sweat beading on my forehead, I finally managed to sweep the obvious trash into several small piles.

But the fine dust seemed to be deliberately making things difficult; no matter how hard you swept it away, it would spread again as soon as you moved it.

Lin Weiwei straightened up and rubbed her lower back: "This broom is really hard to use. It's faster to pick things up by hand."

Su Wanwan also stopped to catch her breath: "The main problem is that the dust is too thick, so we need to sprinkle some water first."

After resting for a while, the two had a sudden inspiration. They found two old cloths, soaked them in water, covered their mouths and noses, tied them behind their heads, and sprinkled some water on the ground before continuing to sweep.

There was indeed less dust now, and although the movements were still not very efficient, at least they could proceed smoothly.

Outside the family compound, several women passed by and saw them busy inside. They all stood at the door to watch.

"Oh, so you've actually started working?"

"He looks like a novice, but he's actually quite skilled."

"It's not easy to clean up by yourself."

The murmurs could be faintly heard inside the house.

Hearing this, Lin Weiwei retorted, "Aunties, you all do such a good job, why don't you go with Wang Xiuying to clean the toilets? I think it would be perfect for you to go over there and help out."

After hearing this, the aunties were speechless.

The two of them then buried themselves in their work again.

After sweeping the floor, the next step is to wipe the walls.

A large patch of plaster had peeled off the wall, revealing dirty yellow mud underneath.

Su Wanwan found a rag, wet it, and started wiping.

But the wall hadn't been cleaned for who knows how many years. As soon as you wiped it, black water would flow down, and the rag would quickly become too dirty to use.

"How long will it take to clean this up..." She looked at the stains all over the wall, feeling a little desperate.

Lin Weiwei wasn't in much better shape. She was wiping the windows, but the glass was so dirty that she couldn't see outside at all. She spent ages wiping with a cloth before she could clean a small patch the size of her palm.

"Wanwan, I can't do this anymore." She threw down the rag. "This job is inhuman."

Su Wanwan was also exhausted, but she knew she couldn't stop: "Just a little longer, I need to clean up at least one room today so we can sleep tonight."

The two gritted their teeth and continued working.

They worked on it intermittently until two or three in the afternoon, when they finally managed to roughly clean the floor and walls of one of the rooms.

Although it's still not clean, at least it's presentable.

Lin Weiwei slumped to the ground, looking at the room that they had spent most of the day making it barely presentable, and felt like crying: "My God, I've lived for over twenty years and never done such tiring work. We two transmigrated into this book and were truly pampered heiresses, with maids at home. In the book, the two original owners were also delicate young ladies. Sigh, I never thought that we would start suffering here."

Although Lin Weiwei is strong, she doesn't like to do chores.

The work was really tiring and thankless, so Lin Weiwei shook her hand, looking unhappy.

Su Wanwan was too exhausted to speak. She sat against the wall, her forehead covered in sweat, her face streaked with black and white.

As the two were catching their breath, a burst of laughter and chatter suddenly came from outside.

Looking up, I saw that Wang Xiuying had returned.

She had already finished cleaning the toilets, and the stench emanating from her could be smelled from a distance. Her complexion was also quite unpleasant, but she forced a smile and chatted with several women.

"Xiuying is really capable; she even cleans the toilets spotlessly."

"Yes, our residential compound needs someone as diligent as you."

"From now on, if there's any work to do, I'll ask you to help."

Wang Xiuying smiled and agreed, but when she glanced at Lin Weiwei and Su Wanwan, her eyes clearly showed resentment.

Her house was located to the right and slightly in front of Lin Weiwei and the others.

She opened the door, took out a bucket and a rag from inside, and began wiping the door and windows.

They moved very quickly; you could tell they were used to doing manual labor.

In no time, she had cleaned the outside of her house spotless, even rinsing the threshold with water.

Lin Weiwei and Su Wanwan felt even worse as they watched.

"How can she be so capable?" Lin Weiwei whispered, "It's like she has inexhaustible energy."

"The book says she came from the countryside and was used to doing manual labor since she was a child," Su Wanwan said.

Just then, Wang Xiuying finished her work. She put down the bucket, clapped her hands, turned to Lin Weiwei and the others, and called out, "Comrades, how's your work going? Do you need any help?"

She said she would help, but her eyes were full of smugness.

Su Wanwan stood up, dusted herself off, and said with a smile, "Thank you, Comrade Wang. We did a good job; no need for help."

Wang Xiuying smiled and said, "That's good. But I see you're working quite slowly. Do you want me to teach you? There's a method to working. If you keep working like this, you won't finish before dark."