Reborn in the 1980s, starting with fishing and hunting to build a fortune

Chapter 111 Liu Guifang Visits Others

Soon after, two male sales clerks carefully helped Li Xiangyang carry out the packaged sewing machine.

At that time, there was no foam plastic. Large items like sewing machines were usually packaged in thick corrugated cardboard boxes, with wood chips, straw mats, or cotton wadding inside for cushioning. A wooden box was then nailed on the outermost layer.

When Li Xiangdong saw the sewing machine being carried out, he became very emotional, and his eyes welled up with tears.

He said in a low voice, "I never thought... that my Li family could afford a sewing machine today! Let's see who in the team will dare to look down on our Li family now."

He has endured so much over the years. He is rather simple-minded, and his younger brother Li Xiangyang is lazy, so their family's conditions are naturally worse than others, and they are definitely looked down upon.

As the eldest son in the family, he was undoubtedly the first to bear the brunt, whether it was honor or slander.

He quietly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and led the horse over to load the sewing machine.

Fortunately, the sewing machine, despite its large size, is not heavy. The sewing machine and its wooden frame together weigh only about 80 pounds, which can be transported by four horses.

On the way back, the two took turns leading and riding the horses, and they weren't too tired.

Two and a half hours later, we arrived at the village entrance and happened to run into Li Chunsheng having a snowball fight with a group of kids.

So he told him to run home first and tell his parents that they had bought a sewing machine, so that they could be mentally prepared.

The Li family's house, east wing.

Because the roads were blocked by heavy snow and she had nowhere to go, Zhao Lijuan had been busy sewing New Year's clothes these days and hadn't gone to see Liu Guifang. Liu Guifang, bored, shamelessly came to her door.

Of course, she was also very curious about how the Li family had changed, and even a little curious about how Li Xiangyang himself had changed.

Some women are like that; they don't cherish what they get easily, but then they regret it when they lose it.

Originally, Zhao Lijuan thought she should have less contact with her in the future, after all, she had a relationship with Li Xiangyang that ended without a conclusion, and Liu Xiulan also knew about it.

It's definitely inappropriate for her to keep inviting her to our house.

But Liu Guifang came by herself today, without telling her beforehand. By the time she found out, she was already at her doorstep, so she couldn't very well send her away.

"Sister-in-law Lijuan, I must say... this fabric of yours is quite nice."

Liu Guifang took the small floral fabric that Zhao Lijuan had bought back from Wuzhen a couple of days ago, draped it over herself, and started gesturing wildly.

She thought to herself that she would definitely look better than Zhao Lijuan if she wore this floral cotton-padded jacket.

It's just a pity...

"Of course, I fell in love with this fabric at first sight."

With a beaming smile, Zhao Lijuan took the fabric from Liu Guifang's hand and draped it over herself, saying, "How is it? I've made it into a cotton-padded coat. Doesn't it look good on me?"

"It looks good, it looks good. Sister Lijuan looks good even in a plain cotton coat, let alone in a colorful cotton coat like this."

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Liu Guifang showered him with compliments.

Zhao Lijuan was also flattered by the compliment, and immediately took out the half-finished striped cotton coat from the camphor wood chest on the kang (heated brick bed). "Take another look," she said, "what do you think of this striped cotton coat? Does it look good on me?"

"Hey, Sister-in-law Lijuan, you made two cotton-padded coats this time?"

Liu Guifang felt a pang of envy. Looking down at her own faded dark blue cotton coat, she felt a little sour.

"Sigh... I didn't really want to buy it. I can wear this cotton coat for another two years without any problem. It's sunny, but he insisted on dragging me along when he took his wife."

"I was fine with going, but he insisted on buying fabric for two outfits for each of us."

Zhao Lijuan said with an embarrassed look on her face.

She didn't want to show off, and her mother, Wang Guiying, had reminded her to keep a low profile, but she had just been praised so much that she couldn't help but show it to Liu Guifang.

It's one thing for Zhao Lijuan to have two new outfits made at once, but Liu Xiulan did the same, and the fabric was even bought for them by Li Xiangyang.

Liu Guifang felt even worse at this moment.

However, she didn't show it. Instead, she pretended to be delighted and said, "It looks good, it looks good. Sister Lijuan looks good in this striped cotton coat too. It looks even cleaner and neater than that floral one. Xiangyang is willing to spend money to buy it for you, so just wear it. Anyway, he can make money."

"Oh, Guifang, I love your silver tongue! How can you be so good at talking!"

Zhao Lijuan couldn't resist reaching out to pinch Liu Guifang's pretty face.

As she spoke, she turned around and moved to the camphor wood chest, then grabbed a handful of milk candy and hawthorn candy from it: "Come, come, let your sister-in-law treat you to some candy to reward your clever tongue."

"You even bought milk candy? Thank you so much, Sister Lijuan." Liu Guifang's eyes lit up the moment she saw the candy.

The last time he ate candy was during the Lunar New Year last year. This year, the snow disaster caused a poor harvest at home, and his father did not mention buying candy.

"Sigh, this is the only place I can get this candy. This year's snow disaster has caused a lot of damage to our family. My father doesn't even feel like buying New Year's goods anymore."

Zhao Lijuan sighed and said, "Alas... that's for sure. With this snow disaster this year, who's in the mood to celebrate the New Year? We just happened to be passing by and bought some because Xiangyang is out and about every day."

Li Xiangyang, Li Xiangyang, it's Li Xiangyang again. Can't you be less outstanding?

Liu Guifang couldn't help but twitch her lips.

Zhao Lijuan happened to see the subtle change in their expression and keenly realized that while everyone was suffering greatly from the snow disaster and there was a chorus of sighs, their family was still doing so well, which could easily attract unnecessary jealousy.

He then sighed and said, "Alas, buying two sets of fabric at once isn't necessarily a good thing. With the end of the year approaching, how can we possibly finish them in time? My sister-in-law Xiulan and I have been sewing clothes every day lately, and we're practically seeing stars from sewing."

Zhao Lijuan wanted to complain and distract Liu Guifang.

But in Liu Guifang's eyes, this was pure showing off. Others hadn't had the chance to get a new cotton-padded coat in years, while her sister-in-law had more new ones than she could ever get made...

She was starting to regret it. Why hadn't she chosen Li Xiangyang back then? Otherwise, she would be the one worrying about not being able to finish making all the new clothes.

Just then, Li Chunsheng pushed open the door and barged in, saying, "Mom, Mom, Dad and Uncle are coming back soon."

"Okay, okay, I know. You're back now! Just close the door quickly, or all the heat will escape."

Zhao Lijuan rolled her eyes at Li Chunsheng. Every time he barged in, he didn't know to close the door immediately. She wondered who he learned this bad habit from.

"No, Dad and Uncle brought back a huge wooden box. You should go out and take a look!"

Li Chunsheng used his two short hands to desperately gesture a large circle.

However, Zhao Lijuan didn't think about the sewing machine at all. She assumed they had bought some food, so she casually said while eating sunflower seeds, "Didn't you see your Aunt Guifang is here? Why are you going out?"

"Come on, Mom, go take a look. There's a really big wooden box."

"A big wooden chest?" Zhao Lijuan was now a little curious, so she asked again, "Did your father say what he bought back?"

"No." Li Chunsheng shook his head.

"You brat, you didn't even ask what happened before you ran back like an idiot."

"Hehe," Li Chunsheng suddenly laughed, "Dad didn't say, but Uncle did. He said he bought a sewing machine."

"Why did you come back sewing chickens...? Why did you come back sewing chickens?"

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"Sewing machine?"

Zhao Lijuan and Liu Guifang both exclaimed in surprise.