Ran Qingqing: "Really, that's good. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to get it years ago."
Years ago...
Li Rong said to her regretfully, "I may not be able to get it before the New Year. I have been busy these days. After finishing the work for the New Year, I will give them a holiday to go home for the New Year."
"Ah?" Ran Qingqing's smile froze. She was planning to save some for the New Year to wear with dignity.
Li Rong's clothes here are elegant and majestic...at least that's what she thinks. What Li Rong is wearing and what's under the transparent cover is not like that?
She thought that when Li Rong would make it for her, it would be the same style. Then she would go out to eat with her man and see who would dare to say that she had no taste and that she was a nouveau riche!
I didn’t expect it couldn’t be done years ago!
Ran Qingqing frowned: "How can we deal with this?"
Li Rong: "I can't help it. There are so many orders recently. Xiaobao's mother, I couldn't get ready-made clothes two years ago. Do you still want them?"
"I definitely want it." Ran Qingqing told Li Rong her frustrations, "The one my husband bought was also a mink. I'm tired of wearing it. I don't understand why I have to wear animal skin on my body, but I
My sisters all wear them, and I can’t buy any nice coats outside.”
She thought to herself and felt melancholy: "Oh, who made me grow so strong? If only I were skinny."
Li Rong lowered her eyes and thought for a moment: "Xiaobao's mother, do you want to buy a coat? That's easy to do."
"How to say?"
"I have a designed woolen coat here. I will look for pictures for you. If you like something, just make it. They are not used to making this coat, so it can be made quickly."
"Okay, show it to me."
Li Rong found her a pink and purple long lapel woolen coat.
"Well, this color is so pink, I might not be able to wear it."
"Well dressed." Li Rong blinked, "Believe me, I can't be wrong about people."
"It would be great if there were ready-made ones. I could just try them on."
Li Xiaoai suddenly interrupted: "Sister Li Rong, didn't you just make this dress and the guest hasn't come to pick it up yet? Take it out and show it to her."
Li Rong was enlightened: "Yes, look at me, I've been so busy lately that my brain has been exhausted. This piece is made into ready-made clothes."
She glanced at Ran Qingqing: "But this customer is smaller and thinner than you. You shouldn't be able to try it on, but you can look at the real thing and compare it in the mirror."
The customers' ready-made clothes, except those made by Li Rong herself, are basically stored in the cabinets in the East Second Room.
Arriving at the second room in the East, Ran Qingqing was surprised again. Four or five people were stepping on sewing machines there. They were making a creaking sound. Why didn't you hear it just now?
And those cabinets next to it are really well made.
When she went to a tailor in the past, she would always have a lot of clothes piled together, and when she went shopping in a department store, they would hang them up. Anyway, it was different from what Li Rong had here.
She heard Li Rong call someone's name and asked the person: "You haven't taken this away, have you? Where can you put it?"
The woman said something, but Ran Qingqing didn't understand. Then she saw Li Rong open one of the cabinets and take out a thick coat.
It was exactly the one Ran Qingqing had seen before.
Li Rong unfolded it and asked Ran Qingqing to come over and take a look.
Ran Qingqing liked the color when she saw it. She originally liked pink, but she didn't feel much about this pink-purple one when she saw the picture.
Now looking at the real thing, she fell in love with it at first sight.
But the smile stopped on her lips, and she looked at Li Rong reluctantly: "Can I really wear this color?"
"Yes, you can come over and compare."
Li Rong opened her coat and let her look in the mirror.
"Huh?" Ran Qingqing looked at herself in the mirror and was stunned, "It seems pretty good."
In fact, this coat has another special feature, the lapel part has a contrasting color design.
After confirming that she would be able to get the clothes before the end of the year, Ran Qingqing's expression turned from sadness to joy.
Ready to go home happily.
Xiaobao entered the living room on the north side. An An was not playing in the living room. It was cold, so An An and Er Niu were playing on the Kang of the second elder of the Zhao family.
The kang is connected to the kitchen, and when not cooking, broken coals are placed to heat water and at the same time warm the kang in the back room.
Hearing Xiaobao's shout, An An jumped down from the kang and ran out the door to call Xiaobao in.
Then there was a kang where the two elders of the Zhao family slept, and another child was playing on it.
Fortunately, Zhao's mother didn't have any objections to this. She used to live in Dajiang Village, where it was common for families to lie on the same kang to save some firewood.
She also went to get some toffee and peach cakes for them to eat.
An An introduced them to each other, then grabbed a handful of toffees and put them in Xiaobao's hand.
Xiaobao wore small leather shoes and imitated An An's example, taking off his shoes and getting on the kang.
Erniu looked at the small leather shoes and was a little confused. Do all the children in the city wear these?
An An also has shoes like this.
Er Niu doesn't have them, his shoes were made for him by his mother.
They are cloth shoes, not reflective like their leather shoes.
Although Er Niu grew up in the countryside, he is outgoing and did not keep quiet because he didn't know Xiao Bao. He was quite like an older brother and played with his two younger brothers.
Several children were chattering and quickly got used to the game.
Xiaobao said: "The kang in your home is really warm, but we don't have these in our home."
An An raised her head and asked in a sweet voice, "Why isn't it there? There is one where my father lives, and there is one where we live."
When he said where his father lived, he was actually talking about Dajiang Village, but he didn't understand the concept of a village or a countryside, so he had to talk about where his father lived.
The place where we live is the house in the capital now.
In his limited experience, the houses he lived in all had such kangs, so he assumed that everyone had a kang in their home.
"I sleep on a white bed. You can come to my house to play when the time comes."
"Okay, okay!" An An happily replied after being invited by a good friend, and then said, "Are you going to sleep by yourself?"
Erniu also came over and waited for his answer. He was really curious because he still didn't have his own bed and still slept with his parents.
"Otherwise, my father won't let me sleep with my mother."
Erniu looked at him enviously: "That's so nice of you, you have your own bed."
"No, I want to sleep with mom," Xiaobao said flatly, "Lele sleeps with mom, but my dad won't let me sleep with mom."
An An didn't speak, looking thoughtful. His father wouldn't let him sleep with his mother either...
Several children wanted to continue playing while talking, but Ran Qingqing came to ask Xiaobao to go home.
Xiaobao looked at An An and the others reluctantly. In the end, the adults of the two families coaxed them to come back to play again next time, so Xiaobao was willing to go home.
The Chinese New Year is coming in a few days. Li Rong bought Xiangfu Hutong and planned to rent it out for rent.
It would be almost thirty years before housing prices soared. During this period, Li Rong could no longer live in the courtyard, so renting it out for rent was the best option.
However, the Chinese New Year will be here in a few days and there will be fewer people looking for houses. Only after the Chinese New Year will more people be looking for houses.
The fruit shop has closed early and will reopen after the New Year.
Li Rong paid off the New Year's wages to Granny Mo and the others, and gave each of them an extra ten yuan as New Year's red envelopes.