Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 214

Grandpa packed dozens of catties of vermicelli for Xiuyao and took them home for his family to eat. When they arrived home safely, Liu Shi was sewing a quilt with Xiuqin and the others.Xiujuan was also helping, which was beyond Xiuyao's expectation.

When Xiujuan saw Xiuyao came back, she didn't show her disdain as before, nor was she so unfamiliar. Instead, she greeted her warmly, "Yaoyao is back."

Xiuyao hummed, and looked at her in surprise: "Why is sister here?"

Xiujuan smiled: "Nurse asked me to help my aunt and elder sister make quilts. She said that I am too old and should learn needlework."

Xiuyao looked at the kang, she was indeed learning, the two pieces were crooked just now, this is the dowry of others, is it embarrassing to sew it like this?

Xiuyao went to see Mrs. Liu and Eldest Sister. Although Xiuqin was dissatisfied, it was the nanny who spoke and she couldn't speak.Mrs. Liu said: "Your nanny said that your elder sister Xiujuan is getting old too, and she should learn how to become a female celebrity. There is no needlework to do at home, and she also said that your elder sister is making quilts. Ask her to come and help."

Xiuyao couldn't help raising her eyebrows, and pouted slightly: "Mother, my elder sister Juan has never done such a big job, even though my mother said to ask her to help, it has to be done slowly. Doing such a big job all at once puts a lot of pressure on my sister Juan."

Xiujuan immediately waved her hand: "I'm not tired, I was thinking, I'm old, I should also learn how to sew, so I can help my elder sister make a quilt by the way."

Seeing that she really took herself seriously, Xiuyao thought she was here to help. Could it be that she used the eldest sister's dowry quilt to practice, and the eldest sister should be grateful to her?Xiuyao smiled, lay there looking at it, and shouted: "Oh, whose needlework is this? It's crooked. If this is sent to my brother-in-law's house, people will think that our family is all stupid." Girl, look, big sister, are you exhausted, why are you sewing crookedly?"

Xiujuan blushed suddenly, looked at it and said, "This, I didn't sew this."

Xiuqin didn't say anything, Liu's already prepared that this quilt will not be used as a dowry for Xiuqin, she said with a smile: "You are just learning, so there are some people who can't sew it well, how about it, don't sew on it for now. , Practice your hands elsewhere first. The quilt is torn, and I have been trying to mend it for a while, so you can sew that after lunch."

Xiujuan was not happy, she came to learn needlework, not to serve them as a girl, how could she sew that old quilt?She pouted: "Ma'am, my mother asked me to learn sewing."

Xiuyao looked at her with a smile: "Sister Juan, didn't Mammy ask you to help?"

Xiujuan raised her voice in displeasure: "That's because I'm here to help sew a new quilt, not a broken quilt."

Xiuyao ignored her. If you want to help, you should also look at how much you weigh. If it's not helpful, are you here to help?Besides, what is the obligation of big sister's dowry to train you?
Seeing the look of contempt on Xiuyao's face, Xiujuan was not convinced: "Then you sew, I don't believe you are better at sewing than me."

But Xiuyao was not provoked by her: "I have self-knowledge, I can't sew well, I don't go to the big sister's quilt to practice, if I want to learn, I just find a piece of cloth and sew it by myself."

Xiujuan's face turned blue and white at what she said, and tears fell down on the quilt.Seeing this, Mrs. Liu said: "Okay, let's take a rest, let's cook and eat." Then she dragged the quilt out, so as not to be soaked by tears, and this quilt cannot be used as a dowry, anyway, There are not enough quilts at home, so I just cover them myself.The quilt that shed tears, isn't that a moldy head?

Xiujuan was so angry at what Xiuyao said, she didn't listen to Xiuqin's persuasion, and ran away covering her face.

Xiurong was cooking below, and when she saw her run away, she stomped her feet happily, "Oh, but I'm gone, I'm so annoyed by her." She glanced at Liu Shi, and saw that her mother didn't want to criticize herself. Meaning, she said to Xiuyao: "You don't know, Mammy asked her to help sew the quilt, just to let her practice her hands and learn needlework from her mother. She really thought she was a decent female celebrity, and she hated needles for a while. Not good, for a while she thinks the cloth is not good, for a while she thinks I'm blocking her nakedness, and for a while she thinks my cooking is too salty and she's a little thirsty. Anyway, she didn't sew a few threads, and she didn't let me tell you about the crooked stitches. "

Xiuyao asked in amazement: "Then you just let her make trouble?" The others are fine, why is Third Sister so good-tempered?

Xiurong sighed and said: "Mama is here to sit, what can we do, she has found something to do now, she just comes to our house to sit around all day, eat and drink, and she wants to point fingers and take charge of the house." It's possible, but it's okay to come here for a little bit of a bargain, the Liu family won't care about such trivial matters.

Xiuyao glanced at Mrs. Liu, and said: "Mother, why don't you go to my grandma's house these two days, go with my sister, and come back after sewing the quilt. My grandma misses you, just go Look at Yangyang."

When Xiuyao said this, Liu's heart was also moved, and she said to Xiuqin, "This is good."

Xiuqin wanted to go too, but she was worried that no one would look after the house or cook for Xiuxian.Xiuyao said: "Eldest sister, you go with mother, I am at home with elder brother, second sister and third sister." She then said to Xiurong: "Third sister, you can also go to grandpa's house every now and then, anyway, now elder brother every two Just run once a day."

Xiurong was also happy, and encouraged Liu Shi to say: "Mother, go ahead, make the quilt, and come back a year ago. You don't have to worry about us, we will take good care of ourselves."

Mrs. Liu thought it was okay, so she asked Xiuqin to clean up immediately. She was also annoyed to death by Mrs. Zhang, but after all, she was a mother-in-law. Besides, Mrs. Liu's bottom line was to divide the family and run her own family.The family can no longer hand it back, and the children's marriage is up to them. As for the mother-in-law who comes to eat, drink, or complain, she ignores it.

The two of them packed the cotton, tied the cloth, brought their needles and threads, and asked Qin Ye to send them over after dinner.

Before it was time to eat, Xiurong was ready. Qin Ye replaced Xiuxian and came back for dinner, and then he went to see his mother and sister off.

During lunch time, Mrs. Zhang rushed in with Xiujuan, and shouted as soon as she entered the door: "Da Yeniang, you don't teach the children much as an aunt. Xiujuan is so old, she still doesn't know how to do needlework."

Seeing Xiuyao sitting at the front door, she asked, "You didn't honor your grandparents when you came back with something."

Xiuyao said: "My mother asked me to help pack the things and go to my grandma's house."

Mrs. Zhang was taken aback, "What, went to her mother's house? Why didn't you tell me?"

Xiuyao said: "Mom, my mother won't come over to eat, what are you talking about? You can just eat it yourself." In Xiuyao's eyes, naturally there is no such kind of mother-in-law who is like a heavenly daughter-in-law or a land, who kills and sells at will. cognition.In her eyes, now that the families are separated, if you are nice and kind, it doesn't matter if we give money or things, and we can live together.But if you find faults and find faults all day long, who will want to see you?Anyway, Mrs. Zhang is not her own nanny, so she doesn't care.

Xiuyao has bigger plans, but it's inconvenient to tell them now, for fear of scaring them.

Mrs. Zhang saw that Mrs. Liu and Xiuqin had left, and there were only the difficult three sisters Xiuxian, Xiurong and Xiuxian left in the family, which really gave her a headache.She complained angrily, but she had no choice but to lead Xiujuan away.

On the way, she scolded Xiujuan, "You're such a worthless person. I asked you to learn needlework and come back crying. What are you doing when you come back? You're just lying there, and your aunt can still beat you?"

Xiujuan said aggrievedly: "Xiuyao said I didn't do well, it's embarrassing."

Mrs. Zhang scolded her: "You are also ashamed. You said that everyone in your aunt's family is so smart. Why are you so stupid? You only have a heart for eating." It's time to get down to business, one is dumber than the other, and I don't know who to follow! "It really depends on your grandma and your uncle's family, each one is more stupid than the other."

Xiujuan was even more aggrieved, and started to sob again. Mrs. Zhang got annoyed looking at her, slapped her twice, reprimanded her and led her home.

Xiuyao and her brothers and sisters are at home by themselves, so there is nothing to worry about. If Liu's family is not at home, Zhang's family will not be able to show their prestige.Xiuyao went to work in the field during the day and came back at night, and Qin Ye was in charge of watching the field.

Xiuyao was busy with the year-end summary, how much work she did, how much she earned, and how much she spent this year.What to do in the coming year, how much money to spend, what to do in the next few years, her big and small plans, ten-year and five-year plans, etc., are very detailed.

I don't know, but I have already made hundreds of taels of silver this year! !In addition to silver, it is copper coins. I have to tell my mother to hide it well. It is best to take it to the city and exchange it for silver. After all, silver is easy to hide, and copper coins take up too much space.

At the end of the month, heavy snow fell, and the weather was so cold that the dripping water turned into ice.The Liu family, Qin Dafu, and Xiuqin were at Laoliu's house, and Qin Xian moved directly to Zhou Huiren's house as soon as winter came to live in order to concentrate on his studies. There were a few students living with him, and everyone could study together at night.The brothers and sisters Xiuyao and Mao Dong stayed at home, knitting gloves for their family to wear when they had nothing to do, and Xiurong learned how to make shoes.

Xiuyao rubbed her hands together, exasperated, and said, "Third sister, it's too cold." The eldest brother and second sister were watching the scene, while she and Xiurong were at home, weaving gloves with the door closed, even though the windows were pasted with thick paper Strips, the gaps are all glued, but it's still cold.

Xiurong also felt cold, "I'm going to burn the kang."

Xiuyao said: "Let's cook early. After eating, let the eldest brother bring coal and charcoal for us when we go to grandpa's house next time. Then we will buy two charcoal stoves, and it is best to buy two small charcoal cages." .”

The charcoal stove is placed in the house to burn charcoal for heating. You can put a large copper pot on it to boil water. The charcoal cage has a cover and can be placed on the kang.Buy two sets, one at home and one in the store for older brothers and sisters.

During the meal, she told Qin Ye that after breakfast the next day, Qin Ye went to his grandpa's house to pull charcoal. Liu Sheng used a boat to buy coal and charcoal from his grandpa's house, and then piled them in the small warehouse.He buys a lot, and the price is cheap, and the coal yard also comes to their house to grind the mill, which is a mutual benefit for everyone.

After lunch, Xiuyao went to accompany Xiuxian, and asked the third sister to watch the house at home, while Xiurong sat on the kang, covered with a quilt, knitting gloves.At this time, someone came to call the door, Xiurong ignored the unfamiliar voice, but the person called again, she still ignored it, and then fell silent.

(End of this chapter)