Inari wants to live in peace

Episode 2 New family (6) Washing board

It was easier to pump water from the bottom of a deep well by attaching a self-made pulley to the well's rain shelter.

However, I was the only one who wanted to be happy with the completion of the well in the village at the foot, and in reality it was difficult to leave.

Rumors of wells with pulleys where Inari God's holy water can be drunk spread to the surrounding area with great momentum, and there was a surge of enthusiastic visitors to pray for us.

If you just want to come visit, you can go if you can, but those people are actually in trouble because of the lack of water, and with the money and offerings, they struggle to climb the poorly maintained approach road to the middle of the mountain.

So I will return the favor I received, and if there is anyone in trouble in front of me, I want to help as much as possible.

But that and this can't be helped, and I don't want to get out of my home safe zone as much as possible.

In the Sengoku period, there were samurai and other boys who waved their swords and bills to exterminate monsters.

I am the only one who has such strange knowledge of entertainment, and could even be killed by encountering it as soon as I leave the village at the foot.

Even if it was biased knowledge, I didn't feel like going to a place where my life was in danger simply because I wanted to help strangers, even if it was originally of poor character.

But then, that fox is a fake story about Inari God!Something bad is going on.

So I desperately thought about a good operation that didn't have to go out directly, twisting my head in a shabby office that wasn't enough.

I came up with an alternative at the woodworker's workplace at the foot.

I am sorry to be busy with mass production of the new invention, pulley, but I would like you to listen to the request of Inari God (fake) only for now.

"I'll make a laundry board."

In front of the village chief and the craftsmen gathered at the top of the opening, I said so clearly.

"Lord Inari, is the washing board the same as the one used to wash clothes?"

"That's right."

When I nodded with cockroach, I couldn't help but wonder why everyone was trying to make such a thing any more now, making a chaotic and subtle expression.

I thought it would be like that, so I'll explain it properly from 1 to 10.

"The washing board helps to remove dirt, shorten time and save water."

Ha, is that so?

The woodsmen gathered are just looking at me as unbelievable when they hear the story.

However, it is a secret that the explanation is more half-hearted and I only think it will work a little bit.

Still, I think it's better than that because the young woman from the village I saw digging wells was doing hard hand washing and tread washing in Kawara.

"Anyway, I'm trying something. Please create a board as shown in this drawing."

The woodworker's master carefully observed the composition I had drawn with ink from top to bottom and murmured.

"Hmm... as the name suggests, it's really just a board."

Incidentally, the actual product was standing near the fully automatic washing machine in the house's dressing room and covered with dust, so I remember the details well because I saw it almost every day.

I probably bought it in case of a disaster or power outage, but I rarely had the opportunity to use it.

So I just kind of watched my mother use it because I can't remember her face or her name.

I'm sure it would be better to remove the dirt, but to a lesser extent than hand washing, it was really unknown.

As we will discuss later, the washing board spread to the village at the foot and surrounding area was very popular.

Conveniently, Sengoku-era garments are mostly made of hemp and are durable.Therefore, even if I washed it a little violently, it didn't tear or fray.

Nevertheless, demonstrate how to use it, gently and carefully wash it, and when finished, dry it in a well-ventilated, cool place to prevent mold and make it last longer.

In this way, I will explain the details with gestures like street sales, recalling that I, the Inari god (fake), used buckets and washing boards and that my mother was using them with uncertain memories.

It would be nice to say that it is cheaper now with soap and set, but future high school girls didn't know how to make it, and they sold it everywhere so they didn't make it themselves.

(I think I made it out of free research and scientific experiments during the summer vacation)

The memory of soap making is obscene, but I somehow remember it, but I don't think it is a combination of things that can be easily obtained in the Sengoku period.

But as a Japanese who likes cleanliness, I can't give up.

If solids are difficult, we think positively that if we try and make mistakes referring to modern knowledge, we may be able to put them into practical use as quickly as possible, such as first using liquids, and in the future scraping the nuts and grass around them, or the remainder of rice and vegetables.

I don't know where the seeds came from, but I was really lucky to find a hechma in a corner of the wasteland outside the village.

When did you come to Japan? Maybe it was already there during the Muromachi period.

Anyway, when I searched for anything else, I found that there were three other plants in the sunny neighborhood.

So for the time being, in order to grow this cherished, we decided to immediately pull out the weeds around the obstacle, set up simple pillars and fix them to wind up, and grow more without losing to rain or the wind.

However, of course, it was a round throw to the scene, and the villagers at the foot would be entrusted with the management, but at that time, it was clearly communicated that if the fruit turned brown at the end of autumn, tawashi would be made.

In the end, I would like to increase the number of hedgehogs for eating, or spread it nationwide with a washboard and tawashi set.

In the first place, dishwashing in this era seems to be done once every few days, and the usual daily care is to pour white water into the dishes and wipe the dishes if there is any pickles, otherwise drink them dry.

And finally, just drain the water with a rag.... apparently.

No matter how precious the water is and how little oil it is, I can't definitely admit such an unhygienic life.

The values of the future work fairly stubbornly, but at least not for me, but I couldn't stand it.

The story changes, but I remember hearing that the water that cuts off the stem of the hedgehog and stains it becomes medicine.

However, it was in elementary and secondary school that I actually made tawashi with practical training and received this explanation.

Because of this, my memory is vague, and I almost forgot the drug effect and storage method.

So I threw a round at the experts of this era, and they tried everything, but for now I had to put it on the shelf.

However, my work as Inari God was accomplished safely this time, so I was relieved that I was able to get through it in my heart.