Who understands? I took the library with me to farm

Chapter 24 Learning to Weave and Cut Clothes

"If you want to get started, first remember one sentence. This sentence was taught to me by your master when I first entered the industry. My master is also your master."

Li Jinshi finally caught the opportunity to teach others, so she quickly put on the air of being a master.

"I've remembered it all, Xiao Xi'er, aren't you literate? You can write it down with a pen and you won't forget it in the future!"

Feng Xiaoxi couldn't stand her ostentation and affectation, and she had to maintain the politeness of a junior, so she just said: "Aunt Jin, just tell me, I will remember it."

Li Jinshi sat upright and cleared his throat.

He Miao secretly counted for her. This was the eighth time she cleared her throat. She didn't say a few useful words and was just showing off.

"Ahem! This sentence says, 'Thirteen can weave, and fourteen can learn to make clothes.' That is to say, there are a total of twenty-seven moves for weaving and tailoring, thirteen moves for weaving, and fourteen moves for tailoring."

Why does it sound so familiar?
  He Miao remembers studying a Han Yuefu folk song called "Peacock Flying Southeast" in the high school Chinese textbook, which contains this sentence.

She excused herself to go to the latrine, skipped class and sneaked into the backyard. She dug out "The Complete Works of Yuefu" in the library and found this poem.

The annotation means: I learned to weave at the age of thirteen, and I learned to make clothes at the age of fourteen.

Where did Li Jinshi learn this? She's pretty good at tricking people, but I want to see where her twenty-seven moves come from!
  He Miao put away the book, washed her hands, and returned to the front yard as if nothing had happened.

Li Jinshi was talking vigorously: "Well, although there are twenty-seven moves in this skill, you are still relatively inexperienced and cannot master the skills mastered by the master, so we will only learn two moves! "

Having said this, she stretched out two funny ham-like fingers and made a gesture.

He Miao: "..."

They co-authored and cited scriptures and talked about it lively for a long time, but in the end there were only two tricks.

After finishing the opening remarks and getting to the point, it was already getting late.

Weaving and tailoring are complicated manual tasks that cannot be learned in a short while. Li Jin has no real skills and has made up his mind to earn a living while visiting his daughter, so the teaching is muddle-headed.

She first operated the loom by herself as a reference, and then briefly explained the steps in making clothes: measuring, designing, pattern making, sewing, and adjusting.

As the saying goes, "Teach the apprentice and starve the master to death." Of course, Li Jin is a fickle person and refuses to teach anyone. If she has real skills, she has to hide them and keep them as her goddaughter.

What's more, she only knew these two moves herself. She taught some basic steps in a nutshell, and the rest was all up to her apprentice to figure out.

The morning passed quickly. Li Jinshi stretched, threw aside the spindle, needle and thread, stood up and fluttered the nut skins on his clothes.

That's right, during the few hours she was lecturing, she had already eaten two bamboo baskets of peanuts and melon seeds, unknowingly thinking that a big fat hamster who was just stealing food had come to the house.

Not only did she eat it herself, she also peeled off the nuts and stuffed them into her daughter's hands, as if she was afraid that she would be missing a mouth at her husband's house.

She arranged her clothes, twisted her fat waist, and said confidently: "Okay! Master, let me in. Practice is personal. I will teach you the most important skills! In the future, if you practice it in practice, there is nothing wrong with it." I understand, come back and ask for advice!”

Did you end the teaching so hastily? !

Mrs. Feng Liu had already prepared lunch. She first prepared one for Xiao Xi to take to the fields, and then came over to invite Mrs. Li Jin to the main room for dinner.

This hypocritical old aunt obviously wanted to get some money, but she pretended to refuse: "What are you doing? We are all real relatives. Since I have this ability, I come over to teach the children more, why are you being polite to me!" Mrs. Feng Liu thought quickly and immediately laughed with her and took Li Jinshi's arm affectionately.

"Then what else is there to say? Our two families are just like one family. As long as the children are well, we can rest assured. We can have a meal and chat for a while. We haven't gotten together for a long time."

After three invitations and four concessions, Li Jinshi finally came to the table.

This meal was regarded as a "teacher-appreciation banquet", and it was quite decently prepared. There were fresh vegetables, fried bacon with soy sauce and white flour steamed buns. Li Jinshi's mouth was full of oil after eating.

Although the Li family is a butcher's family and has never been short of meat, the old couple are extremely stingy and will never eat anything they can get money for themselves. The Li family eats very little pure meat and mostly eats pig offal and other things.

It is in line with the saying - "The woman who sells salt drinks weak soup."

At the dinner table, Ms. Feng Liu politely thanked her in-laws.

Li Jinshi is just like her daughter, with short-sighted eyes and shallow eyelids. She thinks she is great after complimenting her on good food and wine. She proudly pokes her round belly and picks a twig to pick her teeth.

Mrs. Feng and Liu are happy that their eldest daughter-in-law is pregnant. In addition, Mrs. Li Jin has come to teach us how to weave and tailor. This has been publicized to everyone in the village. If she doesn't treat her favorably, the neighbors will laugh at her.

So, before leaving, she packed a large basket of food and asked Li Jin to take it home for everyone in the family to taste.

Li Huahua regarded this as her mother-in-law's attention and love for her. She felt that not only did she have a son, but now her belly was bulging again, she was definitely a great contributor to the family, so she became even more proud.

In front of everyone, she stuffed a dozen eggs and seven or eight goose eggs into the basket without any scruples.

"Mom, my husband's family is rich. You can take these back and feed them to Dad and Chengcai. If our family is short of anything, just come to me and I will help you solve it."

Feng Liu: "..."

I really can’t have a wife here, she doesn’t avoid people even when I eat or drink.

Li Jinshi was not polite, and deliberately emphasized: "Mom, I feel relieved when I come to see you. You don't have to worry about us and your brother. You can take good care of your baby at home. Don't work too hard. Don't stretch yourself."

The two of them were arguing for a long time. Mrs. Feng Liu couldn't stand it anymore. She waved her hand to Chen Xiu'e and said, "Second wife, come here. The things your aunt brought are heavy. You can help take them home and then come back."

Chen Xiu'e agreed, went over to pick up the basket, put it on her elbow, and said, "Aunt Jin, let's go, I'll see you off."

Li Jinshi was finally willing to let go of her inseparable hand with her daughter and went out with Chen Xiu'e.

The affectionate scene between mother and daughter was finally over, and He Miao's face froze with laughter.

Unexpectedly, this man took a few steps, then turned back, opened the door in a panic, and looked at the people who were about to disperse.

"A few more words of advice. I'm still worried about one thing. It's impossible for you guys to surpass me. So when you go out, you must say that you are the apprentice of Golden Scissors. You will definitely be proud of yourself. Don't forget it! "

Seeing that a few people's smiles were not warm enough, she said boldly: "I know you are happy, we are all family members, so don't hold back your happiness!"

He Miao: "..."

If you remain silent, others may think you are happy inside. This may be due to the differences in the world.

(End of this chapter)