The next day, there was only the first class, but Gu Jincheng, the monitor, was called away by the counselor.

Gu Jincheng looked at Liu Xinyu apologetically, while Liu Xinyu shook her head indifferently: "The counselor called you for something important. It's not like I don't know your family, anyway, your second sister-in-law is at home."

Gu's second sister-in-law, Wu Minhua, is off for the past two days, because it really doesn't matter whether Gu Jincheng is with her or not. It's not like Liu Xinyu doesn't know where the Gu family is.

After waving to Gu Jincheng, Liu Xinyu planned to go directly to Gu's house.

Fang Jizhen grabbed her and said, "Xinyu, you shouldn't forget that today is your birthday, right? Didn't we agree a long time ago that I'm here to treat you to birthday noodles today!"

Oops, I almost forgot!

Liu Xinyu patted her forehead gently, what should I do?

Fang Jizhen had indeed agreed long ago.

When chatting with Fang Jizhen on the day of registration, she did tell Fang Jizhen her birthday.

At that time, Fang Jizhen said that she would treat her to longevity noodles for her birthday.

At that time, Liu Xinyu didn't pay much attention to it and only took it as a kind word from Fang Jizhen. Now it seems that Fang Jizhen obviously kept her birthday in mind. It would be unreasonable not to eat this bowl of birthday and longevity noodles with Fang Jizhen.

Liu Xinyu was in a dilemma. She didn't want to let down Fang Jizhen's kindness, but she also delayed sewing the jacket.

Taking Fang Jizhen to the Gu family? Not appropriate!

Seeing Liu Xinyu's hesitation, Fang Jizhen thought that Liu Xinyu didn't want to eat her bowl of longevity noodles for her birthday, so her face became a little unhappy. She looked at Liu Xinyu with some scorn and said, "If you don't have time, forget it."

Liu Xinyu didn't want to lose Fang Jizhen as a friend. She thought for a while and came up with an idea: "No matter how busy you are, you always have to eat. Anyway, I'm determined to eat you today! It was you who said you wanted to treat me to longevity noodles for my birthday! That's all.

But I do have something to do in the morning, so I can’t go back to the dormitory with Sister Jizhen, but I will definitely go back to the dormitory to find you at half past eleven.”

It's not yet nine o'clock, and the lunch hall doesn't open until almost twelve o'clock. It's not too late to go back to the dormitory at eleven thirty. I can definitely cut the fabrics in two and a half hours.

After eating the birthday noodles and looking back at home, Professor Gu and the others should have taken a lunch break by then, and her stepping on the sewing machine would not affect Professor Gu and the others' rest.

Fang Jizhen didn't know what Liu Xinyu was busy with these two days. Judging from Liu Xinyu's attitude, she really didn't mean to shirk the blame. Only then did a smile appear on her face: "Okay, let's make an agreement then. I will be in the dormitory at half past eleven."

I'll wait for you downstairs. Of course you can't just make do in the school cafeteria for your birthday. I'll invite you to a restaurant at Ximen. If you refuse, I'm going to fall out."

Liu Xinyu shook her head helplessly. Since Fang Jizhen had already decided, what else could she say?

Just wait until Fang Jizhen's birthday next month and return it.

Liu Xinyu said goodbye to Fang Jizhen and hurried to Gu's house, where Wu Minhua was already waiting for her at home.

Today she planned to learn from Liu Xinyu. Even if she couldn't learn how to cut, it would still be good to learn how to use a sewing machine. In the future, she would be able to sew and mend at home.

Liu Xinyu figured out what Wu Minhua was thinking, so she simply put the cutting aside and taught her how to operate it step by step.

Wu Minhua is indeed a sewing novice, how can Liu Xinyu teach her step by step.

First, he pointed at various parts of the sewing machine to familiarize Wu Minhua with the structure of the sewing machine and the functions of each component. In this way, Wu Minhua had a clearer understanding of the sewing machine.

The next step is to teach Wu Minhua how to wind the thread on the sewing machine, backhand. This step is very important. Only when the thread is wound correctly can the sewing machine work properly and the thread will not break frequently.

After winding the thread, the next step is to learn to install the thread.

Take out the thread shuttle of the lower thread, install the thread, then put it back in, and install the thread on it.

Put the sewing thread into the thread post, pull out the thread end and pass it through the thread clamp in order, and the thread taker finally passes through the needle hole.

You need to leave a certain length of thread after passing through the needle hole.

After Liu Xinyu taught him once, he asked Wu Minhua to operate the machine.

Wu Minhua is not stupid, and he learned this step very quickly.

After installing the thread, Liu Xinyu taught Wu Minhua how to bring up the bottom line.

I saw her rotating the flywheel counterclockwise, grabbing the upper thread end with her hands, and gently pulling up the lower thread.

What you need to pay attention to in this step is that you must turn it counterclockwise, otherwise it will cause the needle to break.

The next and most difficult step is the coordination of hands and feet.

Liu Xinyu first sat in front of the sewing machine and demonstrated once, then stood up and asked Wu Minhua to sit down in front of the sewing machine. She taught her to lift the needle with her left hand, put the upper and lower threads behind the needle, and then put a piece of rag prepared in advance on

Below the needle, press down the needle, gently turn the wheel with your right hand, and use your foot to step on the pedal at a constant speed while sending the cloth forward with your hand.

At the beginning, Wu Minhua seemed to be in a hurry. He either forgot to step on the pedal, or stepped on the pedal at a faster and slower speed, or forgot the movements of his hands, and the seams were twisted like a centipede.

When the sewing was done like this, Liu Xinyu actually gave her a thumbs up to praise her, which made Wu Minhua blush with embarrassment.

"It's really good to be able to step like this for the first time. My second aunt learned for several days but couldn't make a single line and broke several needles. In the end, she just stopped learning." Speaking of Wang Sanmei's learning.

Liu Xinyu found the sewing process funny.

With Liu Xinyu's encouragement, Wu Minhua went to find a few more rags and stepped on the rags in a straight line back and forth. The effect was getting better every time.

Liu Xinyu stopped caring about Wu Minhua and started cutting according to her own design.

By the time Liu Xinyu finished cutting the fabric for the jacket, Wu Minhua was able to sew pretty straight lines. Wu Minhua hugged Liu Xinyu happily and she was so happy.

Liu Xinyu also told her some common sense about sewing machine maintenance, especially emphasizing that sewing machines should be regularly lubricated with machine oil and that special lubricants are needed, especially the head of the sewing machine. Lubrication is very important. Only a well-maintained machine can last a long time.

Of course, I didn’t forget to tell Wu Minhua the principles for selecting sewing machine needles. Different types of needles should be selected for different fabrics.

In addition, Wu Minhua was taught tips on replacing the needle and presser foot. When replacing the needle and presser foot, you can use a screwdriver to open and tighten it, which is simple and convenient.

"Sister-in-law Gu, it's not difficult to operate a sewing machine. You will get better with practice. Practice makes perfect." Liu Xinyu glanced at the wall clock and found that it was almost a quarter past eleven, so she picked up her schoolbag and said goodbye to Wu Minhua.

It’s almost eleven o’clock so soon?

Oops, I haven’t cooked yet!

Wu Minhua was a little panicked, but he didn't forget to leave Liu Xinyu at home for dinner. Anyway, she had to make clothes in the afternoon!

However, Liu Xinyu told her that she had an appointment with her roommate and could not break her promise to get fat. She made an appointment with Wu Minhua to come back at two o'clock and ran away quickly.

It takes about ten minutes to get to the dormitory building from here, and she doesn't want Fang Jizhen to complain about being late.


Chapter completed!