Chapter 34: Mending clothes

After the autumn harvest, the face of the gods became yin and yang weird. It will be cloudy today and the sun will change tomorrow.
As soon as Lin Qingwan opened the door in the morning, she was agitated by the cold wind outside. After thinking about it, she turned around and added another piece of clothing.
Today is Yao's cooking. Usually when they cook, they are helping each other, so today Lin Qingwan is going to help Yao's after getting up.
But now there are not many things at home, that is, cooking for the whole family, feeding pigs and chickens, and drying some dried vegetables. Compared with the autumn harvest a few days ago, it is really amazing. At least Lin Qingwan, who has never done farm work, thinks so.
Because it’s cold here in Luoxia Mountain, after the autumn harvest, the fields no longer grow, so the men are also very leisurely, either gathering together for a drink, or digging a kang through the chimney at home and cutting firewood for the next 'Maodong' is preparing.
After breakfast, the two brothers Yang Tiezhu and Yang Tiegen went to chop wood. They would go out and chop some firewood every day for the past two days, but Yang Tieshuan didn't know where they went.
After observing for this period of time, Lin Qingwan found that the whereabouts of this elder brother was lost. He did very little work in the ground, he could hide or hide, he rarely stayed at home, and didn't know where he was hanging around all day long. It wasn't until he quarreled with Wang that she knew that every time Yang Tieshuan disappeared, he went to drink with Hupengou friends, or to gamble.
The folk customs in the countryside are very good, but there are also some gangsters, and Yang Tieshuan often likes to mix with these people and play some leaf cards. But the country folks don't have much money, and they all play small.
For this Wang Clan and Mr. Yang did not talk less about him, but he always looked like a dead skinny face every time. When it was time to go, he still disappeared.
Wang may have been tempered by him and lose his temper. He rarely cares about him. The two are busy with each other and don't know how they lived together. And after so many years...
Lin Qingwan helped Yao feed the pigs and chickens, took the dried vegetables out to dry, and went back to the house to make two quilted jackets for herself and Yang Tiezhu.
When she got married, she didn't have time to make winter clothes. Yang Tiezhu had two cotton clothes, but the cloth on the outside was torn and the cotton inside was hard. Fortunately, she bought cotton and cloth before she got married, so she just needs to find out and do it directly.
Lin Qingwan took out two pieces of fabric from the cage, one navy blue and the other maroon. She was going to make a thin jacket by herself. The thicker cotton-padded coat would wait a few days before making it.
At this time, Yao pushed the door and walked in, holding an old cotton jacket in his hand. After seeing the cold, everyone thought about the same thing.
"Second sister, are you going to make winter clothes?"
Lin Qingwan greeted her to go to the kang, "Yes, I didn't prepare winter clothes when I got married. I think the cotton in your second brother's winter clothes is hard, so I plan to make two pieces."
She was holding scissors to cut the fabric. She knew the size of Yang Tiezhu, not to mention her own. She drew a few strokes on the fabric with charcoal and began to cut.
"What about the two girls?" She cut the cloth while chatting with Yao. Two girls are her nicknames for Yang Erniu and Yang Sanniu.
While lowering the old cotton-padded jacket in his hands, Yao replied, "Two Niuniu are going to dig wild vegetables after breakfast."
"The wind outside today is so strong, you still let the children go out to dig wild vegetables?" Lin Qingwan complained.
Yao smiled bitterly, "The children are all used to it. If you don't go someday, the mother-in-law will say."
"The guys in Dafang's family only know how to run mad every day. Your two girls are just how old, so they have to work for the family." Lin Qingwan said angrily, and she couldn't help herself. He sighed and said nothing. "I don't know how to say..."
I really don't know how to say it. People in Yang's family have become accustomed to this mode of discrimination. Boy, even if you run out and play crazy every day, no one will say you. The girl is different. If you don't help the family with some work, He will say that the girl doesn't learn to do work, and in the future, if you find your in-law's family, he will reject you and return you.
The sturdy He family speaks differently from what people say. The granddaughter was only a few years old, and when she didn't get to her in-law's house, she said that her in-law's house would return people. I instilled such theories and thoughts in the little girls at home day after day.
Danny Yang in the big room is better. Her mother will be lazy, and her children will also learn to be lazy. The two little girls in the three rooms are as honest as their parents, and they are driven out by He family to dig wild vegetables and pig grass every day.
Lin Qingwan cut a piece of cloth, and then took the cotton to puff it up.
"When is the elder sister going to leave? I think she has lived for a long time, and she doesn't care whether she will go back or not?" She changed the subject again.
When it comes to this, Yao's face is even more wry smile. "My eldest sister will go back to her family for a few days after the autumn harvest. I don't know when to go back." Yao said very implicitly.
In other words, this is not the first time, nor the last time? This married girl lived in her natal house for a while, and dragged her three children together. What is this called? Lin Qingwan was speechless.
But this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that Sister Yang is particularly ignorant.
It doesn’t matter if you come here to live, cooking and household chores never take care of your hands, and that’s fine if you don’t touch your hands. She also threw her clothes and the clothes of her children to the wife to help her wash them, if you show With an unwilling expression on her face, she sang and wanted to fight until He cried and said that her sister-in-law and siblings would not wait to see her. She wanted to go back to her natal family. Anyway, she would end up in a bag if she didn't like it.
If you want to go back to your mother's house, you should pack up quickly. If they don't leave, they are talking to others, and crying as if someone else abused her. Once this was how the Wang clan was involved. The Wang clan refused to give her a face and refused to wash her clothes. Sister Yang started to make a noise. Even people like Wang have been clamored to knock off their teeth and swallow blood. It’s better to be honest with her and Yao, and wash people honestly, but sometimes they will inevitably get depressed.
"Near forbearance, forbearance will pass, and she can't stay in her natal house every day." Yao persuaded.
Sister Yang did not marry well. The Yang family was in a bad family when she got married. Some money in the family was provided for Yang Xuezhang to study, so there was no good family.
In fact, the man’s family was not so poor at the beginning. Sister Yang’s mother-in-law had a serious illness, and later intermittently needed medicine to emptied the family. It is not easy for the banker to save some money, and it is even more difficult for the family to provide for a patient. Therefore, Sister Yang always drags her children back to her natal family to fight famine from time to time, and her men never stop her.
After all, a few people eat, which can save a lot of food. His family has two boys and a half-old boy eats a poor old man. This is not wrong.
Just as Lin Qingwan wanted to answer something, Sister Yang's voice sounded outside.
"Second sibling, are you in the house?"
Before Lin Qingwan answered, she pushed the door in. "Oh, the third siblings are also here."
Yao smiled, "One of the old quilted jackets at home is torn. I and my second wife are doing needlework together."
Lin Qingwan really didn't bother to care about her, but she still asked her to sit on her own, then poked her head and continued to cotton wool, pretending to be very busy.
Yao has always been a silent person, and for a while, the house quieted down.
Who knows, Sister Yang didn't wince at all, standing there talking to herself.
"Oh, the second siblings are very well arranged in this room. The kang cabinet, the wardrobe, and the cage are all new purchases. Tsk tsk... it's so beautiful." She put the things in her hand on the table and began to look around. Wandering around, also turned to the cubicle to take a look.
"Oh, it's really incredible. This is also a special bath room... Oh, there is also a bath tub. It is said that this thing is old and expensive. The second younger siblings are really generous..."
Lin Qingwan and Yao Shi looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
Sister Yang wandered around and sat on the kang with a smile on her face.
"Sister, I have never seen so many good things when I grow up..."
Is it such an exaggeration? It's just some commonly used furniture, is it so surprising?
Lin Qingwan grinned reluctantly, "Sister, you are too exaggerated. What is good and not good is just some commonly used decorations at home. These kang cabinets and cages are available in every family, but I have new points here. That’s all, it’s not long since my husband and I just got married. These new things are normal. As for the bathtub, it is my personal accustomed to bathing and washing frequently. I brought it from my dowry and it’s not worth any money. Just a few pieces of wood nailed in. Together, how expensive can it be?!"
"Dowry—" Sister Yang stretched her voice, and she leaned close to Lin Qingwan with a smile on her face, "I heard that the second younger sibling is the daughter-in-law bought by the second younger brother. Is it possible that there is a dowry..."
As soon as she spoke, she seemed to have said something wrong, and slapped herself quickly. "Oh, look at my mouth really...Second brother and sister, don't be surprised, I didn't mean that."
What do you mean?
Lin Qingwan's drooping face suddenly stiffened, and an anonymous fire came from her heart. But she still suppressed, raised her head and twitched her lips at Sister Yang, "Auntie bought all these cages and dowries for me. She said that my life is pitiful and pity me. Moreover, if the father-in-law kissed her, she was treated as Marrying your own daughter is the same."
This is the unified statement of Yang Tiezhu, Lin Qingwan, and Yang Clan, lest it is Yang Tiezhu who bought it for her to hear He clan's ears.
Sister Yang was scornful on her face and quickly explained, "Hehe...I really didn't mean that...Second sibling..."
Lin Qingwan twitched the corner of her mouth again, and asked, "Sister, what can I do for you?" It means that you can get out if you are fine.
Who knows that someone else is really busy.
Sister Yang took the things she put on the square table and said to Lin Qingwan very intimately, "You see, I have forgotten. That's it, my big tiger's clothes are broken, and I want to ask the second younger sister to help me repair it. a bit."
Nima, can't you make up yourself? Need someone else to help you make up? ! This was the roar of the little monster that was furious in Lin Qingwan's heart.
But on the surface, I definitely couldn't say that. Lin Qingwan took it and took a look.
In fact, she knew what it was like without taking it over. She washed this dress two days ago, and she sighed when she washed it. Is this still a dress? Patches are patched, and a piece of clothing is full of patches, and you can’t see the original appearance of the clothes. Moreover, the cloth under the patch is quilted, and the patch is covered with sores and holes. You can’t use force or force when you wash it. The whole clothes fell apart...At that time, she told Sister Yang that the clothes couldn't be washed, and they couldn't be worn after washing. In fact, they can't be worn without washing. But since Sister Yang said it was okay, just let her wash it, so she helped her wash it. She said it was washing, that is, soaking in the water and letting it dry. She didn't dare to wash the clothes seriously because she was afraid it would be damaged.
When Lin Qingwan looked at the clothes, Sister Yang turned to look at the cotton-padded clothes she was making.
"Oh, what a good material, and this cotton is new, right? With so much cotton, it must be very warm when worn." With a full exaggeration, he turned his head and looked at Lin Qingwan with envy." The color must be made by my younger siblings. Alas... I haven’t added new clothes for a few years, eldest sister, and so are your nephews. The clothes are all broken and not formed. It’s so pitiful..." His face was sad, and he wiped the corners of his eyes with a pitiful look.
What does this woman mean? Lin Qingwan felt that she couldn't hear it.
But at the moment she was really impatient by this woman, hehe twice, and said, "Eldest sister, your siblings can't make up your clothes, and you think I'm still rushing to make winter clothes. Or else You take it back to make up for yourself?"
Sister Yang's face immediately froze, and after a long time, Lin Qingwan still wanted to pass it to her. She took the torn clothes and said sly, "Then, I will make up for it myself."
After speaking, he stood up, opened the door and left the house.
Yao's face was worried, "She won't have another moth, right?"
Lin Qingwan rolled her eyes, "No matter what kind of moth she has, I have had enough anyway."
"It's really tiring to talk to her. There are a few meanings in a sentence, and I don't know what she wants to say." She wiped her face decadently, adjusting her mood. The good mood early in the morning was ruined by such a best product.
Yao wants to curl her lips, but she is not good enough to behave like this. She can only implicitly say, "The eldest sister probably wants your clothes, or wants you to make clothes for her children."
Lin Qingwan's eyes were almost upturned to the sky, and her eyes were tired and painful, which was not enough to express the speechlessness and anger in her heart.
"Of course I understand what she meant. I was thinking about a question, why would she think so?" She dropped the cotton in her hand and didn't want to continue to flock it.
"She did not add new clothes, her children's clothes are not torn, what is my business? You said that when an aunt makes a new dress for her children, it doesn't matter. But why her way of doing things is to make me feel better. Do you want to vomit?"
The Yao family was thinking about how to persuade Lin Qingwan, but Yang Ermei’s voice came from the courtyard.
"Second sister-in-law, my mother calls you."
Lin Qingwan and Yao Shi looked at each other.
Wipe, the moth is coming!