"Brothers and sisters are so lucky. Commander Gu knew he was distressed and came here to pick her up. My house is like a wooden pile every day. Not to mention helping you with some work, even if the oil bottle at home falls over, he will not help."
Chen Lishu saw that although she was complaining, she didn't look dissatisfied. She pursed her lips and smiled: "Brother must always listen to my sister-in-law, right?"
The sister-in-law who spoke curled her lips: "This is the only advantage he has left."
After they separated from their sister-in-law, the couple carried their things all the way home. As soon as they opened the door, the 'king' couldn't wait to greet her. He hadn't seen Chen Lishu all day, and now he was very enthusiastically surrounding her feet.
Chen Lishu knelt down and stretched out her fingers to scratch its plump chin soothingly. The cat king suddenly made a series of grunting sounds in his throat.
Because she came back late, Chen Lishu simply cooked some noodle soup for dinner, but she specially beat two poached eggs in it.
After the two of them had eaten, Chen Lishu started to put things away.
In addition to buying things for school today, she also bought some flour, red beans, cabbage, radish vermicelli, etc. to make steamed buns and bean buns, as well as dumplings. She also bought a pound of fruit candy, melon seeds and peanuts Li Xiulan
I brought it with me, so she didn’t buy it.
After a tiring day, the two of them had eaten and washed up before going to bed.
After a good night's sleep, Chen Lishu woke up the next day and started making noodles, cooking beans, and cutting stuffing to make dumplings.
The Gu family is also preparing things needed for the New Year. The fourth daughter-in-law is here for the first year, and the things at home are more complete than before.
Early in the morning, Gu Xingye and two other brothers went to the river to cut ice and net fish. The woman started making bread at home, preparing bean buns and rice cakes.
It is easier to get food in rural areas than in the city, so every family will steam sticky bean buns and sprinkle rice cakes during the Chinese New Year.
"Mom, I have a sister-in-law and four younger siblings. Anyway, there is no shortage of manpower at home. I think I should go back to the house and continue making clothes."
Because the material is thick and the workmanship is relatively cumbersome, it would be good if each person can produce two pieces of clothing in three days, so Chen Lishu specifically raised the handicraft fee to two yuan a piece, and everyone's enthusiasm for making clothes naturally became higher.
Li Xiulan was holding bean paste, and her face suddenly sank when she heard her words: "If you want to go back, just go back and put my legs on you."
Liu Yuemin pretended not to hear the irony in her words. Just as she was about to stand up, Li Xiulan said again: "Since you don't want to do it, you can just watch from the side while everyone eats."
Who doesn't know how to go back to work and make money, but it can't be just because you can't make money every year.
"Mom, look at what you said. I didn't say I didn't want to do it. I wasn't thinking that my third brother and sister were in a hurry to get these clothes, so I wanted to hurry up." Liu Yuemin sat back with a hurried smile.
"Studying is not at this moment." Li Xiulan gave her a glance and said, "Go get the noodles and make them with your sister-in-law."
…
The Chinese New Year is coming in three or four days. Although there are only two members of the Lin family, Lin Qi has found a job this year and the family is relatively relaxed, so compared to previous years, the father and son have a more festive feel this year.
In the morning, cornmeal pancakes were served at home. Lin Qi fried cabbage and potato slices and specially cut some meat into them. After the father and son had eaten, they told Lin Yuliang, and Lin Qi put on his hat and went directly to the town.
This is the last time before the New Year that he distributes fabrics to everyone and collects the finished clothes. The rest will have to wait until the third day of the first lunar month after everyone celebrates the New Year.
The road was slippery in the snow. It was almost nine o'clock when he arrived in the town. He went to the small courtyard to light the stove first, otherwise the house would freeze if it was left empty for too long. After the stove was lit, he took the cloth and went to Wang's house.
Then he took back the clothes made by Sun Min and his wife. After Lin Qi took notes, he locked the courtyard door and started heading towards Qingshan Village.
"Second sister-in-law, are there only five pieces?" Lin Qi was taking notes for everyone. Everyone had six pieces of clothing, only Liu Yuemin had five pieces. Lin Qi frowned slightly as she looked at the handed-in clothes and asked.
Liu Yuemin's eyes suddenly stood up when she heard him ask: "Why, do you suspect me of stealing fabrics? Don't tell me that you are just an errand runner. I can't talk to you at all. Even if Chen Lishu is here, ask her if she dares to suspect me?!"
Lin Qi frowned: "Second sister-in-law, I don't mean anything else. I just saw that everyone has six pieces, and only you, second sister-in-law, have five pieces, so I asked."
According to Chen Lishu, he keeps a record of how much fabric he gives to others every time. This not only allows him to know what he is doing, but also prevents him from secretly hiding the fabric.
He clearly gave each person the fabric to make six pieces of clothing, but now Liu Yuemin only took out five pieces, which had to make him think elsewhere.
"You are asking because you doubt what I mean. Do you know who you are talking to now? My third brother and sister and I are a family. It is normal for the fabric to be worn and worn. No one has a shaking hand. Besides, the third brother and sister were here before.
You don’t ask these questions when you are here, do you think you have something extra?”
Faced with Liu Yuemin's barrage of advances, Lin Qi did not fight back because of Chen Lishu's face.
"Second daughter-in-law, are you trying to eat people? How old are you and having sex with other people's children? Why don't you ask me? Everyone else has six and you have five. What's going on?" Li Xiulan couldn't stand it and said.
.
"Mom, even you can't believe me? I just cut the wrong scissors and wasted some fabric."
This is how clothes are made. Compared with ordinary tailors, a real master craftsman can save at least half a foot of material on a piece of clothing, not to mention she is not even a tailor.
Li Xiulan couldn't help but feel a little guilty when she saw what she said.
"I don't know much about making clothes. We may have had a disagreement for a while. Second sister-in-law, don't take it to heart." Lin Qi quickly raised her head and said with a smile.
Seeing that he was quite sensible, Liu Yuemin did not intend to pursue the matter any further. She half-raised her chin and looked at Lin Qi: "You will rarely make these mistakes in the future. If it weren't for the sake of the third brother and sister, I would have to argue with you carefully today."
"It's almost the Chinese New Year. You two men at home definitely haven't prepared anything. The rice cakes we just scattered in the morning are already frozen. I'll take them back for you to try." Seeing Lin Qi getting dressed and about to leave, Li Xiulan
Go and call people to stop.
"aunt……"
Just as Lin Qi was about to refuse, his hand suddenly sank, and Li Xiulan thrust a bag into his hand without any explanation.
"It's not worth a lot of money, just take it."
After all, he works for the third daughter-in-law, so it’s okay for her to get something from her. In the future, it’s better to be able to do something for the third daughter-in-law when doing work.
"Thank you, Auntie." Lin Qi smiled gratefully at her.
Seeing that the person was gone, Liu Yuemin ducked back into the house.
When Gu Xingye saw her coming in, he asked, "Is the person gone?"
"Gone."
Liu Yuemin sat down next to the sewing machine as she spoke. In order to facilitate the work at home, Chen Lishu told Gu Xingye to bring back the sewing machines in the town when she left. Liu Yuemin directly occupied her room.
"What can a child who has not yet fully grown hair know? If you ask me, the third daughter-in-law should not spend so much unjust money on hiring people. If she has that kind of money, she might as well let you earn it."
Gu Xingmin sneered: "The foreign monk likes to recite sutras, who knows what the three younger brothers and sisters think."