Jiaohu

Chapter 21 Making Clothes

"Ahem, I heard that your daughter came down from Jianlin Mountain?"

Zhao Zhanzhong makes people unable to tell his age.

If you say he is young, he is not young with his gray hair, stooped body, and the appearance of coughing after speaking a few words; but if you say he is old,
This thick voice, the eyes that open from time to time have no muddy meaning, just a casual glance makes people feel intimidated,
It can't really be said that he is one of those senile old people.

Zhao Zhanzhong's pipe and pot never left his hand, sitting opposite Zhao Cunwu, he spoke slowly:
"Amazing,
In the past few decades in Brassica Village, only one person, Zhao Zheng, has such ability.Your daughter can do it at a young age.Why didn't I see before that she was such a powerful child? "

"Yes, before"

Zhao Cunwu swallowed his saliva, very nervous,
"The child Huniu was a little bit stronger than her peers before. I didn't expect, and I didn't expect this child to be able to go up to Jianlin Mountain."

Zhao Zhanzhong glanced at Zhao Cunwu,
If Zhao Huniu were here, she would definitely sigh that the looks of the father and son are really alike,
Zhao Cunwu immediately stopped talking.

"It can only be said that you are really incompetent as a father. You, a father, don't even know what your own daughter is like,"

"Yes, the village chief said yes"

"You don't have to be too nervous." Seeing Zhao Cunwu's embarrassment, Zhao Zhanzhong coughed a few times, "I called you here, just to ask for more details. This is my duty as the village head. After all, Huniu came down the mountain. You didn’t say anything. You can ask her, if you feel any discomfort, it’s better to go see the doctor as soon as possible.
There is also a girl's family, so it is better to do less of such dangerous things in public.

Girls, it is right to find a good family as soon as possible.

dont you agree? "

"Yes, the village chief, what you said is true."

"Okay, there's nothing to say, you can go back. We're about to have lunch here, so I won't keep you," Zhao Zhanzhong knocked the pipe and pot on the table, and a ball of soot fell on the ground.

"I heard that Huniu brought a lot of things down from the mountain, so they should be able to exchange for a lot of money, right?"

"This this"

"Haha, good thing, this is also a good thing. If you have money, buy more seedlings and seedlings, and take good care of the fields. It's decent. On your mother's side, just don't make trouble, save some dowry, and send Hu Niu to marry in the future."

"Yes, I remember, I remember."

"Well, go ahead,
Feng'er—"

A girl who was seven to eight points similar to Zhao Long came out from the back room and said to Zhao Cunwu:
"Uncle, let me take you out."

"Hey, hey, sorry for the trouble, Miss Feng,"

Following Zhao Feng out of the village head's house, Zhao Feng nodded to Zhao Cunwu, turned around and went back to the house; leaving Zhao Cunwu at the door of the village head's house, obviously relieved, patted his chest and walked towards home.

Zhao Zhanzhong became the head of Brassica Village when he was in his 30s, and single-handedly contributed to many major events in Brassica Village. In fact, he is a man of considerable ability; He hardly takes care of things, but his majesty in the village is still the same,

Zhao Cunwu couldn't help thinking about what Zhao Cunwu said just now,
Hu Niu has indeed reached the age of marriageability, should it be time to find her a husband's family?No matter how reluctant he is, the girl will always marry.

It's just that Hu Niu doesn't seem to have this idea, and I don't see any boys she is better off with on weekdays.
There is no woman in the family, so this kind of thing is always done by the mother, which is more convenient.

Why don't you ask some aunt in the village
"father,"

The calling voice in front of him pulled Zhao Cunwu out of his own world, he looked up, his daughter was standing in front of him, and the little girl from the Liu family was beside him,
"Why are you here, good girl?"

"I heard that you came to the village chief's house, so I asked Xiaowan to bring me to pick you up."

"Well," Zhao Cunwu looked at Liu Xiaowan, and smiled kindly at the girl, "I happened to meet Xiaowan, let's go to your house for dinner. I haven't thanked you when Huniu went to your house for dinner, so I went to my uncle's house for dinner." Bar."

"No, no, no, Uncle Wu,"

Liu Xiaowan quickly waved her hands,
"I'm just helping Sister Huniu lead the way. My father has already cooked at home and is waiting for me to eat when I go back. Then I'll go back first, Uncle Wu, Sister Huniu!"

After saying goodbye to Zhao Huniu's father and daughter, Liu Xiaowan turned her head and trotted away.

Zhao Huniu looked at Zhao Cunwu,

"Come on dad, let's go back to eat too."

"Hey."

This is the first time that Zhao Cunwu and Zhao Huniu, father and daughter, walked on the country road in Brassica Village.There are few pedestrians on the road during lunch time, almost no pedestrians,
The father and daughter walked side by side in silence,

Until Zhao Cunwu said something clumsily:

"Huniu, have you been around lately, that is, the children in our village, have you been easy to get along with?"

"Ok?"

Zhao Huniu thought for a while, "Let's go Liu Xiaowan."

"No, it's not a girl, it's a boy."

"Boy?"

"Um,"

"No."

Zhao Huniu's decisive answer was expected, but Zhao Cunwu was still helpless,

"Forget it, forget it, dad thinks so, or dad, think of a way."

Zhao Huniu didn't take Zhao Cunwu's words to heart either, and the father and daughter went home to cook and cook. After eating enough, they ordered something for Zhao Cunwu, and then went back to their houses to rest.

In the afternoon, Zhao Huniu went to the village chief's house again, and for no other reason, she still gave some things she brought back from the county town, and compared with the ones sent to Liu's house, there was less cloth; A chicken gave a fish, even Guo Yin’s home, she gave a chicken,

Kou Yujiao was very grateful and had a high opinion of Zhao Huniu.

This girl named Zhao Huniu is down-to-earth, hard-working and kind-hearted. There are rumors in the village that she is a good hunter. She is warm-hearted and loyal.

Kou Yujiao came in and bought a cup of tea, the more she saw Zhao Huniu, the more she liked it.

Yuntai Village is based on the surname of Zhao. Although the villagers cannot be said to be xenophobic, the Liu and Guo families who have settled here so many years ago can also know a little about it. The surrounding wild lands, so if you want to live, you can only find some other work to make a living,

The Liu family relied on copying letters and documents for the village chief Zhao Zhanzhong’s family, and a one-year subsidy for a scholar; the Guo family used to rely on Kou Yujiao to help with laundry and sewing, but now Guo Yinshu, a first-class scholar, can barely support the family.

But Kou Yujiao's body is delicate, and she suffers from one or two illnesses every year. Including the expenses of going to the doctor and taking medicine, life is even tighter than that of the Liu family.

Moreover, Kou Yujiao is a widow from outside. In order to avoid suspicion, the women in the village basically do not allow their men to have contact with the Guo family, and they themselves seldom come;

It was the first time Kou Yujiao met someone as enthusiastic as Zhao Huniu in more than ten years.

"Is this tea to your liking? Or is it weak? What do you like to drink or eat? Have you had lunch yet?"

"After eating Aunt Guo, you don't have to work hard, this tea is very good,"

Tea is thirst quenching for Zhao Huniu, so it’s better not to pick and choose—"Aunt Guo, I think you are too thin, you should eat more meat."

"Hey, I have had an appetite for so many years, and I can't change it for a while,"

Kou Yujiao sat down opposite Zhao Huniu, and while answering with a smile, picked up the embroidery frame on the table,

"My appetite has always been small. It was like this when I was young. Now that I'm older, I can't eat anymore."

"That's not okay,"

Hearing what Kou Yujiao said, Zhao Huniu said seriously:

"Even if you can't eat much, you should eat meat. Eat meat or eggs, so that your body will be strong and strong, and you will not get sick easily."

"Okay, I will eat more in the future,"

Kou Yujiao nodded kindly, as if chatting with her own children.Zhao Huniu noticed the embroidered cloth in Kou Yujiao's hand,
"What is Aunt Guo embroidering, can I have a look?"

"Okay, come on, kid, let's see,"

The embroidery stretcher was passed to Zhao Huniu's hand, and Zhao Huniu turned to look: what was embroidered was a clump of green bamboo, the stitches were fine and lifelike, as if the green bamboo was put on the cloth,
"The embroidery is really good,"

This is Zhao Huniu's heartfelt praise.

"Yinshu's robe was torn in a place recently, so I embroidered this to mend it for him," Kou Yujiao replied with a smile after receiving the embroidery stretcher Zhao Huniu handed back.

"Can Aunt Guo know how to make clothes?"

Seeing the patterns embroidered by the woman, Zhao Huniu suddenly remembered that she still had two bolts of cloth at home, one for herself and one for Zhao Cunwu.Zhao Huniu didn't know how to sew, and she didn't intend to learn. Originally, she planned to ask someone to help her in the village. Seeing that Kou Yujiao's embroidery was very good, she immediately thought of asking Kou Yujiao for help.

"Clothes? Yes, yes, but I haven't made them for a few years, so I'm afraid they are new to me."

"It's not in the way, don't worry about it, it's better to do it slowly."

"What are you going to do?"

"Yes,"

Zhao Huniu nodded,

"To tell you the truth, Aunt Guo, I brought back two bolts of cloth from the county today to make new clothes for my father and me. It's just that I've never been good at needlework. I'm afraid I won't be able to make it in time for the winter. I'm worried about who to turn to." Help. If Aunt Guo is willing, I will pay some hard work and ask Aunt Guo to do it for me this time."

"Hey, I thought what happened, it turned out to be like this,"

Kou Yujiao said kindly: "Of course. You can bring the cloth and the size later, and I can make it for you right away. It doesn't cost any money. It's not difficult. When it's done, I'll send it to you with Yinshu." yes."

"Thank you Aunt Guo!
It's just that the hard work still has to be paid, and it takes time to make two sets of clothes. I'm afraid Aunt Guo won't be free to do other things. "

As Zhao Huniu said, she took out a small silver coin from her purse and handed it to Kou Yujiao.

(End of this chapter)