Life Chronicles: Doing Laundry

When it comes to the interesting moments during that period of our lives, there were too many to count, but what left the deepest impression on me was doing laundry.

Doing laundry is a very important household chore, as those of you who have lived with girlfriends would know. In anime shows, the male protagonist's parents often work overseas, making them a jack of all trades when it comes to housework. Cooking, cleaning, and doing laundry all come naturally to them. However, what I admire the most is not their ability to do everything, but rather their unwavering attitude, like an old ox, to keep the house clean and tidy throughout high school. I must admit, I have lost to them.

As for me and Medusa, we didn't do laundry before. But ever since I got sick, we started paying more attention to hygiene. However, just a few days into our new lifestyle, we went on a trip together.

During the trip, I was mostly responsible for doing laundry since Medusa didn't know how. She didn't have a lot of clothes, just a few pieces that she kept wearing repeatedly. But in order to do laundry, she had to take off her clothes. She would be completely naked, and I was afraid that someone might see her, plus she was a bit sensitive to the cold. Therefore, I let her wear my Mark & Spencer shirt first.

A girl going commando, wearing a men's shirt, is definitely a beautiful sight to all the gentlemen out there. The alluring temptation is not something that can be explained in just a few words.

However, I didn't like doing laundry. First, it would make my waist and legs sore from squatting by the river for half an hour. Second, there was no place to dry the clothes after washing them. There were no dryers these days, so me and my wife would hang the clothes on trees, eagerly waiting for them to dry.

One day, when the rainy season finally ended, it had been two months since we last did laundry. Two months of unwashed clothes, soaked in rain and then dried, they smelled as bad as a large jar of pickled cabbage. Even the undergarments would shed flakes when shaken off! Luckily, we passed by a small river, and I thought it was a good opportunity to wash our dirty clothes.

"Wife, it's time to do laundry."

"Okay."

As Medusa started undressing, I took out all the clothes from our luggage and wondered why she never helped me with the laundry.

"Wife, this time, could you help me do the laundry?"

"Huh? Me, do the laundry?"

"Look, I always do the laundry for you, can't you do it once for me?"

"Honey, it's because you take care of me."

"Can't you... take care of me once?"

"Oh, let me do the laundry. Can you bear to see me suffer? Look at my delicate hands, they won't be soft and smooth once they touch water. Look at my waist, bending down is so tiring. Can you bear to see me suffer, honey?"

Medusa's spoiled act made it hard for me to resist. But today, I just didn't feel like doing laundry. It was simply because we had too many clothes. There were jackets, shirts, socks, underwear, and more than twenty other pieces. When piled up by the river, they resembled a bunch of stinky dead rats.

"But today, honey doesn't want to do laundry. What do you suggest?"

"Just don't do it then."

Medusa also became stubborn, sitting under the tree, arranging the scales on her tail. I ignored her and sat under another tree, smoking in my briefs.

After smoking half a cigarette, Medusa suddenly rushed over and whispered to me, "Someone is coming!"

Both of us were completely naked at this point. If an enemy came, it would be quite embarrassing.

"Wife, go and check, see how many people there are," I said in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, Medusa went to scout the situation.

After smoking another half a cigarette, she returned and said there was only one person, a young guy carrying a backpack and no gun. He seemed like someone who might be out for medicinal herbs. I looked at the pile of dirty clothes and came up with a plan, so I instructed Medusa to get ready.

I let Medusa tie me to a tree, while she hid herself. Then, I started shouting.

"Help! Help! Someone~ come~ help~!"

Sure enough, my loud cries attracted the young guy. I took a look at him, around seventeen or eighteen years old, with a fit physique, curly hair, and a few freckles on his face.

"What's wrong? Why are you tied up by your wife?"

The young guy seemed hesitant to approach me, so he asked softly from a distance.

"I'm tied up by my wife! She tied me to a tree! Quick, please help!"

"What? Your wife tied you to a tree?"

"Yeah! Please help me quickly."

The young man was completely confused. How could a wife tie her husband to a tree? But it didn't seem dangerous nearby, and I was tightly bound, so he hurried over to me and tried to untie the rope.

"Rustle, rustle"

Medusa made a terrible sound around us, and the young man thought it was the sound of a wild animal, panicking and looking around.

"Oh no, my wife is back!"

"Your wife? It's okay, I'll talk to her. There's no wife in the world who ties her husband to a tree."

"Young man, listen to me, my wife, she's formidable!"

"Formidable?"

"Yes, my wife, she pulls out a knife whenever she encounters a stranger!"

"What? She has a knife?"

"Not only a knife, she even knows archery and magic!"

"Brother, I can't help you anymore, I better run!"

Seeing the young man trying to run, I looked worried for him.

"Young man, you can't escape, my wife has already seen you."

"No, she hasn't..."

Before he finished speaking, Medusa appeared in the grass on our left, holding a hunting knife in her hand.

"Bi-, big brother, i-, i-, is tha-, that, that monster your wife?"

"Ah, yes..."

"W-what, w-, what should I do? Big brother, come up with a plan!"

The young man hid behind me, trembling with fear.

"Well... I remembered, you should pretend to be doing laundry."

I lifted my chin and pointed to the pile of dirty clothes by the river.

"Do laundry?!"

"Yes, those clothes were supposed to be washed by her. Go there and pretend to help her with the laundry. She's hungry now and will have to go hunting later. When she leaves again, you can escape. Don't worry about me!"

"Will that work?"

"Trust me, it'll work! I'll say a few good words for you!"

As soon as the young man and I finished speaking, Medusa approached us.

"Raul, who is this man?"

My wife stared, her snakes hissing and wriggling, scaring the young man, who grabbed my arm and trembled slightly.

I coughed and gave the young man a signal, then said to my wife, "My dear wife, please don't be angry. This human is here to wash your clothes. Please don't harm him, he means no harm."

The young man nodded repeatedly. He would do anything, not just laundry, just to save his life.

"Fine then, go wash them! What are you standing there for!"

Medusa said sharply. The young man crawled and rushed to the river to do the laundry.

My wife and I exchanged glances and continued acting.

"You wash properly, I'll be watching here."

Medusa had no intention of leaving, standing next to the young man, holding the hunting knife.

I knew what the curly-haired young man was thinking at this moment...

"What the hell! Didn't you say Medusa would leave soon? Why are you still staring at me!"

"Damn it, these clothes are so damn dirty! Are you two from a pigsty?"

"Why did I encounter a crazy person who claims to be Medusa's husband today!"

I believe he eventually understood - "Raul! You tricked me!"

More than 20 dirty clothes, one person washing them, can they bear it or not? The young man washed for nearly two hours before finishing, exhausted and limping as he walked.

"Alright, you can go now."

Hearing Medusa say so, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, dragging his backpack towards the direction of the kingdom.

In the end, he looked back at me with a deeply dissatisfied gaze.

As the young man walked away, my wife and I burst into laughter. We just put on a little show, and over 20 pieces of clothing were washed~

However, the story didn't end here. The next day, after setting up our tent, we went hunting separately, and I encountered the young man again.

The first thing he said when he saw me was, "Brother, tell me, what else do you want me to help you with?"