Shen Tianshu sent Nanny Yang and Mingxiu to help Shen Lin. The three of them worked together, and a set of thin cotton coats and trousers were quickly made.
Mrs. Shen Lin took advantage of dinner time to send Mo'er to the mourning hall in the evening and took Mo'er to the back room to change into clothes.
"Are you tired from staying here today? Is it cold? Are you naughty? What did you eat for lunch? Are you full?"
Mo'er allowed Shen Lin to help her get dressed while answering her questions one by one.
"I'm not tired, not cold, and not naughty. I had cabbage stewed with tofu, vegetarian Erdong, vegetarian goose, simmered taro, and lotus root soup for lunch. I was very full.
"The eldest sister was afraid that I would be hungry, so she asked someone to prepare two snacks for me in the afternoon... Nao, this cotton coat is so soft!"
"Isn't it?" Mrs. Shen Lin felt a little sad when she was told that. Although she had tried her best to provide her children with good things, she could not cope with the poverty of her family.
How could my family afford such fine fine cotton and fine cotton?
"When our family has money in the future, I will also buy fine cotton cloth for you to wear."
But Mo'er shook his head and said: "Nao, if you have money, you can keep it for me to study. It's okay if you wear looser clothes."
These words made Shen Lin even more uncomfortable. She quickly put on his clothes and whispered: "I can't stay here with you tonight. You should be smart. Don't endure it by yourself when you are cold or hungry. Remember to go." Tell the older girl..."
Shen Lin didn't dare to delay for too long, so she checked it from top to bottom while chattering. After making sure that everything was packed properly, she hurriedly took Mo'er out and handed it over to Shen Tianshu again.
"Don't worry, Auntie, Mo'er is a very well-behaved child. Everyone likes him very much!" Shen Tianshu said, raising his hand to rub Mo'er's little head, "I will take more care of him."
Although she said that, Mo'er was raised by Shen Lin since she was a child, and the two of them had never slept separately at night.
Mo'er looked calm, but Shen Lin was already struggling in her heart.
While Shen Tianshu turned around to talk to others, she hurriedly leaned over and whispered: "Get some sleep as soon as you have time at night, don't stay up stupidly, remember?"
"Remember." Mo'er nodded slightly hesitantly this time, but in the end he agreed obediently.
After Shen Lin returned home, she was completely insomniac that night. She tossed and turned in bed alone and couldn't sleep, either because she was worried that Mo'er would cry and look for her grandma, or because she was worried that he would be hungry and tired at night.
At night, there are far fewer people in the mourning hall than during the day.
Although the lanterns and candles were all lit, brightly illuminating the inside and outside, everything was pale to the eye, and it was still a bit scary against the surrounding night.
Shen Yunhui took Mo'er to have dinner together and asked, "Are you afraid?" Mo'er shook his head and said, "I'm not afraid!"
"You're a brave kid!" Shen Yunhui reached out and tapped the tip of his nose, teased him for a while, and then took him to the inner room to sleep.
But Mo'er asked: "Don't you need to keep vigil at night?"
"It's none of your business to keep a vigil." Shen Yunhui held his hand and led him to the back.
Thick straw mats have already been laid on the ground.
Mingyu came in quickly from outside, handed the cloak on her arm to Shen Yunhui and said: "Third Miss, our girl told you to take Mo'er to rest early. Our girl is watching outside, so you can change it in the morning." She is."
Shen Yunhui took the cloak, wrapped Mo'er tightly from head to toe and said, "I was able to keep an eye on him in the first half of the night. Sister didn't have time to rest for half a day. How can I bear to stay up all night again."
Mo'er was wrapped up and couldn't move, but she kept saying: "I can also keep vigil at night, I'm not sleepy!"
"What are you mixing in? Children must go to bed early, otherwise they will not grow taller in the future." Shen Yunhui said, reaching out and patting him a few times, "Go to bed quickly, I will wait for you to fall asleep before going out."
Mo'er said that she was not sleepy, and at first she tried her best to look at Shen Yunhui with her eyes wide open.
But the child already sleeps a lot, and is used to going to bed early and getting up early at home. After a while, he couldn't hold it any longer, and slowly fell asleep under Shen Yunhui's gentle pat...
Early the next morning, as the sky began to turn white, Shen Lin went straight to the mourning hall with a pair of bloodshot eyes.
I originally expected to see a grandson who was just like me, his eyes were red and there were two packs of tears in his eyes.
Unexpectedly, none of the things she worried about last night happened, and the child was still sleeping soundly in the inner room behind the mourning hall.
Mo'er's whole body was wrapped in an expensive-looking cloak. Not to mention the cold, both of her little faces were flushed from sleep.
Shen Lin's heart suddenly dropped to the ground after being worried all night, and she felt a little exhausted for a moment. She sat down next to Mo'er, raised her hand and tapped his forehead, and whispered: "You have no conscience, it's a shame that you have to worry about it." I spent the whole night with you."
After that, Mrs. Shen Lin finally felt relieved and left Mo'er under the care of Shen Tianshu and Shen Yunhui. She followed Aunt Yang all day long and helped the family with needlework.
On the day of the funeral, there were many carriages, horses and people going to the house. The clothes and the coverings on the carriages all had to be made stitch by stitch, so even the maids in the old lady’s room started to follow them when they had nothing to do. Rush work.
Although Shen Lin is a bit old, the masters have their own needlework to make fine things, while the servants only need to make the rough things with flat stitches. She quickly got started and she did better than Yang. Grandma needs to be faster.
"After all, you are still younger than me. Now my eyesight is not as good as it used to be, and my fingers are not as flexible as before. I really can't bear to grow old."
Mother Yang raised the needle, pointed the nose of the needle at the sun, squinted her eyes and tried several times, but still couldn't thread the thread in, so she had no choice but to hand it to Mi'er who was standing aside and said: "Please help me quickly. "
"I often sew and mend my children at home, and I am always busy with needles and threads. Unlike the house where there are many people, there are people who specialize in sewing and threading, so there is no need for the grandmothers to do it."
"It's true that these little girls now have very good hands, and they are much better than I used to be. For example, the Chunlan girl in the old lady's room, and the Ming embroidery in our yard. If the craftsmanship can be taken to an embroidery workshop outside, It has to be this..." Nanny Yang said, giving Shen Lin a thumbs up.
"Miss Mingxiu? Isn't that the girl who sent me to help me make Mo'er's cotton-padded jacket that day?"
"That's not her!" Grandma Yang nodded repeatedly.
"No wonder, I was still thinking that day, how can someone do the same job so quickly and well? It turns out that he is someone who needs to be used in the eldest girl's room. Please come and help me make cotton-padded jackets for my children. Bai Xiangming Embroidery Girl Very good craftsmanship.”
"They're all doing work for the family. It's all in vain..." As she spoke, Nanny Yang suddenly thought of something. She looked around, frowned and asked, "But what about, where did Mingxiu go? I It seems like I haven’t seen her for a long time. Could she be hiding somewhere?"
"Mother Yang, look at what you said, Sister Mingxiu is not that kind of person."
Before Mi'er could finish what she said, Rui'er, who was immersed in her work at the side, rushed to say, "I know, I know. Sister Mingxiu went to measure my uncle's size."