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Chapter 141 Mother-in-law is here again

"What? Your mother-in-law is here again!"

Mrs. Liu was packing things in the courtyard, put a few diabolo baskets on the ox cart, and turned to talk to Xiu Niang.

"Well, I just came over from Hanchizi. They said they pickled some plums. I brought them here and told Chu Ge to taste them."

As Xiuniang said, she helped Mrs. Liu carry out the two quilts embroidered with flowers and sparrows, put them on the bullock cart, and then found a rope to tie them up.

Mrs. Liu smiled, "Hey, it's not too late. Where can I find plums to pickle? I guess it was last year."

"Hey, but it's okay. Is this old sauce plum delicious?" Mrs. Liu added this sentence after thinking about it. She thought that Mrs. Shen was Xiuniang's mother-in-law, and she brought something for herself. It's none of her business whether it's good or bad for her daughter-in-law to eat, why does she talk so much, when it comes to (liao), they are still a family.

Xiu Niang looked at Mrs. Liu and smiled, and tied the rope to the handlebars of the car without saying anything. In fact, she didn't know what happened to Mrs. Shen, and suddenly changed her temper.

Mrs. Liu took a look at the courtyard of Xiuniang's house, "Now that you're out, are you going to leave your mother-in-law alone in the house?"

Xiu Niang said, "No, Chu Ge is not at home, hurry up and let him have a conversation with my mother-in-law."

Mrs. Liu touched Xiu Niang with her elbow, "Hey, sister, I said that your sister-in-law is still in confinement, won't your mother-in-law stay at home and take care of her?"

I remember that on the day of the 15th Lantern Festival, she and Xiuniang Chuge agreed to go to the town together, but early in the morning Chuan came running out of breath, saying that her sister-in-law was about to give birth, Chuge and Xiuniang listened , so I hurried over to help, and that day she and Ji Laoliu went alone. Although it was not interesting, it was good to take on a piece of embroidery work.

Xiuniang looked at Mrs. Liu with a cheerful look, although she herself didn't want to see Mrs. Wen, but couldn't the ugliness of this family be publicized, and Mrs. Shen's family was at least her own in-law's family, she didn't want others to laugh at her.

She gave Liu Shi a look of feigned anger, "Sister-in-law Liu, what you said is not honest."

Mrs. Liu could see it, she smiled at Xiuniang, shook her, "Oh, look at you, I was just joking and laughing, look at how tight you are..." But no matter how much you protect her... Tight, the whole village has long regarded your uncle's house as a joke.

This last sentence, Mrs. Liu still didn't say the whole thing. Originally, when Aunt Chu came to Xiayang Village, she went outside to talk about it, saying that her old lady and aunt would definitely give birth to her this time. She asked the midwife to touch her son and grandson, and even wrapped a red envelope for him.

The old lady knife met her yesterday, and she was still laughing about it, saying that Aunt Chu had nagged earlier about having a grandson, and she guessed it was the red envelope that was wrapped in a small one for someone else. She has become a granddaughter, so you can't be too picky about being a human being.

Liu thought about it and didn't laugh anymore. Seeing that everything was done, she untied the ox rope, led the old scalper and turned around, "I'm a girl, let's go quickly."

Xiu Niang responded, and instead of getting in the car, she walked forward behind Mrs. Liu.

Because both Xiuniang and Liu's family lived in the east of the village, there was a slope here, and it would be difficult for them to walk if they were both in the car.

Xiu Niang glanced at the quilt on the car, and asked after thinking about it, "Sister-in-law Six, should you send your two mattresses to the embroidery workshop in Qianjie?"

Mrs. Liu pulled the rope and drove the old cow away, turned around and chatted with Xiu Niang, "Hey, that's the one, they gave me this job because they saw that the batch of silk pax I was driving was good, ha ha, Sister, speaking of which, I still have to thank you, if you hadn’t helped me embroider those silk handkerchiefs last time, I guess I wouldn’t be able to take on the job right now.”

Xiu Niang smiled, and said, "Sister-in-law Liu, why don't you thank me for that? Didn't I just embroider a small flower on the silk handkerchief, and it didn't take much effort."

Mrs. Liu was still talking about Xiu Niang. Ji Lao Liu didn't discuss with her earlier, and took over a batch of embroidery work by himself, mainly to embroider something on the soft silk handkerchief, and the buyer didn't care about them. What to embroider, as long as it looks good.

I remember that at that time, Mrs. Liu wanted to embroider the house sparrow that she was good at, but all those silk threads were piled up together, and it was really ugly to make a mess of the silk handkerchief. In the end, she had nothing to do, so she ran to Xiuniang Thoughtful.

At that time, Xiu Niang looked at the silk handkerchiefs and pondered for a while, and felt that these handkerchiefs were very pleasing, soft and smooth to the touch, and they were a good material, so she asked Mrs. Liu to be inconspicuous and inconspicuous there There are some flowers and plants embroidered on the place, which is quite eye-catching as I didn't expect.

Because of this, the big family fell in love with Liu's craftsmanship. Fortunately, on the day of the Lantern Festival on the 15th, Liu and Ji Laoliu came to visit the town. By chance, the big family ran into each other, and the two chatted. After a while, the big family gave her two quilts to embroider.

This is Liu's strong point. Isn't this country family just sewing and mending, picking needles and threads and embroidering some fancy patterns on the quilt pillowcase? Anyway, the big family gave Liu enough time to talk about other things. It takes about ten days for the embroidery workshop to make a quilt. They gave Liu two beds, so give her more time. As the old saying goes, slow work leads to careful work, and one month should be enough.

Counting the time, today is the day when Mrs. Liu is handing over her work. At noon, she came over to call herself, and asked if she wanted to go to the town together. After that, Mrs. Shen came again, so Xiu Niang responded. , came out with Mrs. Liu, or if she still stayed at home, Mrs. Shen wouldn't...

"Hey, hey, what are you doing from the second family?"

As soon as Xiuniang and Mrs. Liu walked past her house, Mrs. Shen watched and chased after her to ask questions.

Mrs. Liu was pulling the ox cart, waiting for Xiu Niang and Mrs. Shen to say something, "Grandmother, I am going to go to town with my sister-in-law, and I told you when I was at home."

Shen looked at Xiu Niang, "What? Go to the town, why are you going to the town?"

Xiu Niang said, "Mother-in-law, today... we don't see each other at home today, I was thinking about going to the town with my sister-in-law to buy some."

Shen frowned, why did the little woman run away every time she came, "Then you don't want to eat my pickled plums!"

Liu's eyes lit up when she heard this, she glanced at Shen thoughtfully, then turned her head to look at Xiu Niang, as if she was thinking about something.

Xiu Niang said, "Then mother-in-law, you can leave it alone, I will eat it when I come back."

Seeing Xiu Niang say this, Shen suddenly seemed a little weird, as if she didn't hear what she wanted to hear, she went into the room with a sullen face, said something, "It's up to you."

Xiu Niang looked at it with a smile, and shook her head, she really didn't understand Mrs. Shen, "Sister-in-law Six, let's go, go as soon as possible and come back as soon as possible."

Mrs. Liu looked at Xiuniang's weird smile. She wanted to say something, but seeing that she was still in the village, she just responded and wanted to hurry...

After they went down the slope and drove the old cow up the road, Xiuniang and Mrs. Liu got into the car.

Everyone at the entrance of the village came in and out, either carrying vegetable baskets to the field, or carrying a hoe to go home. Mrs. Liu was very popular, and kept greeting people in the cart.

Xiu Niang looked at the familiar person and nodded and smiled. She didn't say hello. All she could think about was Tairen Medicine Store. Take time to find the shopkeeper of the field, so as to ask about the shop workshop.

Remember that earlier, she had talked with Shopkeeper Tian that she wanted to exchange Erbao Teng and Shopkeeper Tian for a shop shop, but in fact, she asked Shopkeeper Tian to help her find a shop in the town, and she wanted to bring a backyard shop, after all Shopkeeper Tian is a local, much easier to handle than her mother-in-law from the countryside.

Originally, she had an agreement with shopkeeper Tian, ​​and she also talked about it. After asking shopkeeper Tian to find a shop, he sent a man to Xiayang Village to tell her, but now it seems that half a month has passed. Still no news.

Hurry up and let Mrs. Liu come to find her today, then she will take a ride and ask the shopkeeper of the field first, he has taken her prescription, and it clearly says what kind of second treasure Teng, this person has to do things for her, or her hard work will be in vain.

Xiu Niang was thinking and bored, but Liu Shi was chatting lively. An aunt in front of her greeted Liu Shi after she was far away.

"Old Six, what are you doing?"

"Huzi's mother is you, what are you doing here?"

"Hey, you man, I asked you first."

"Hehe, look at your disrespectful temper... My sister Xiuniang and I are going to the town. Yesterday, Heiwa was so noisy that he wanted to eat Xu Ji's meat buns in the town. I'll get him two."

"Oh, come on, you are the only mother who knows how to be a mother. I see that you are going to do embroidery work."

"Hey, you have sharp eyes, ha ha, then what are you doing with the basket?"

"I just came back from the town, and I took the old Wang's car there. They just went to Shangyang Village to do business, so I walked back."

"Hey, look at you struggling to carry the basket, but what can you buy..."

"Hey, I told Lao Liu's family. If you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten. There is a cloth shop in the back street, and it is calling for clearance. You are going, and you must remember to go there, those people The fabrics are all sold cheap, hey, take a look at my piece..."

The two of them chattered and opened the basket to look at the fabrics. Mrs. Liu was a little moved when she saw it, and hurried away after chatting with the auntie.

Mrs. Liu led the old cow all the way to go faster. Xiuniang kept holding on to the handlebar, and she wanted to laugh just looking at Mrs. Liu.

But she just ran over a pit and knocked Xiu Niang down, she couldn't take it anymore, "Oh, my sixth sister-in-law, can you slow down, the cloth shop is in the town, and they will come back soon." If you can’t run away, you can take it easy.”

Mrs. Liu listened to what Xiuniang said, and thought about it, she was right. She was driving the cow fast, so don't overturn her when she arrived. She laughed and drove the old cow more slowly. up.

(End of this chapter)