He exaggeratedly pinched his nose and fanned the wind as some people laughed and pushed each other, “Have you not washed your feet for ten days?”
“Did you not wash them because it was cold?”
“You have the nerve to get on the kang ?”
“Haha, she died from the stinkiness…There is no ‘after’, I see.”
Later, Liu Chuncai talked about the young couple who didn’t pay attention to hygiene but liked to engage in sexual contact with one another. In the end, both of them were infected with diseases.
Someone else asked what happened afterwards.
Some members shouted, “What do you mean ‘afterwards’? They died from the illness, so there is no ‘afterwards’.”
Everyone roared with laughter, “Hahahaha.”
Lin Lan wanted this kind of effect since they could learn while having fun. That way, they would remember this deeply.
In this way, when anyone were to live as a married couple, they would also have to pay attention to hygiene. Otherwise, they would feel uncomfortable once they think about this joke, so they would give it some thought.
After telling this joke, Lin Lan immediately came out with a book and read a few things that weren’t that familiar to the public, confusing the members of the Commune. There were terms like bacteria and moulds that were included. Either way, she didn’t linger too long on the terms as she ultimately concluded that all those would bring harm towards both men and women.
It took about one hour for a night of lecture with the occasional jokes thrown in and two articles to end.
When the Commune members went back home in the evening, they savoured the aftertaste of their experience. Some couples thought about the stories before they engaged in any other nightly activities, so they talked it out and took action.
Granted, there were also men who were too lazy to bother, but this time, the women didn’t hold back, “Don’t touch me if you’re not going to clean yourself. Did you not hear what they said? If you get that bug or something, you’re going to rot. How can you be so evil to want me to get it as well?”
That way, if the men weren’t going to wash themselves, there would be no nightly activities. If they wanted to, they would have to wash it, which marked the start of the entire village taking a step forward towards cleanliness.
Lin Lan’s promotional activities were also carried out step by step. Naturally, she wouldn’t talk with such explosive knowledge about physical hygiene at the beginning. She planned to start with general hygiene and taking things slow, one at a time.
In the beginning, many members thought it was the kind of boring preaching, so they weren’t that adamant to come. Later, when they heard that it was very interesting, they all ate dinner early and carried small benches to occupy seats for the whole family.
Later, there was no room left to sit in the meeting room, so some people crowded in the yard.
There, they said directly, “We should go to the school since it’s larger.”
Even members from nearby villages came to join in on the fun, “Our village is not that interesting, so we came here to learn a few things.”
After a few days of continuing the event, the weather turned cold.
The publicity work went very smoothly as Lin Lan and Dong Huaihua became even more preoccupied with work. Lin Lan also incorporated a certain cartoon character of her previous world, Xiao Pin, into her explanations to pique interest and catch the attention of the members. With all that was happening, she barely had the time to catch her breath.