A pleasant life in a courtyard

Chapter 27 Mother’s Show Off
When Mrs. Li came to Jia's house with a pile of fabrics and borrowed a sewing machine.

Before the whole morning had passed, the content titled "The Li family has become prosperous" had already been publicized by Jia Zhang and everyone in the hospital knew about it.

Several leading women in the courtyard gathered at the Li family's house in the afternoon, and the Li family's house suddenly became lively.

Mother Li was treated as a star for the first time after marrying into the compound.

"Such an old fabric can be used to make a lot of clothes." The third aunt's eyes were shining, and she looked back and forth at the finished fabrics with her hands. She had already planned the use of the scraps after making the clothes. .

Mother Li smiled and replied: "I'm going to make three sets. I'll see if I can make a small vest with the remaining fabric."

Hearing what she said, the third aunt saw that there was no advantage to be taken, and the corner of her mouth curled up slightly, and she let go of the cloth in her hand angrily.

The aunt asked tentatively: "I think this cut size is for Li Xia?"

"Yes, I will make two sets for Xia'er, and then I will make another set myself." Mother Li turned her head and explained to Aunt Ma.

Then, as if she was afraid that they would misunderstand, and as if she wanted to show off, Mother Li continued with an embarrassed look: "I didn't want it originally. I said I had enough clothes, but our family insisted on giving it to me." It’s not enough to make one outfit and then make new clothes for his eldest sister, he has to buy two sets because he is a big girl and should dress nicer.”

"Oh, your Li Xiang is really caring about his family, and he also cares about my mother and sister." The second aunt praised her at the top of her voice, fearing that others wouldn't hear her praise.

As if this was not enough, she also tried to compare with her own children. Originally, she was flattering [-]% true and [-]% false, but as she said this, she felt uneasy, thinking of her elder who lost his father and ran away with his wife. Son, what's the use of having such a son?

Jia Zhang smashed the melon seeds on the plate to entertain the guests, and even didn't care about the shoe soles she brought.

You can't eat these melon seeds on weekdays. It's only during New Year's Day or important events that every household is willing to weigh some.

The enthusiasm shown by everyone today really made Li's mother a little excited. She even took out the melon seeds that Li Xiang brought back. You should know that she was originally going to keep these until the Chinese New Year.

Mrs. Jia Zhang didn't bother to eat it herself. She ate two pills by herself, peeled off two more pills and secretly put them in her pocket, planning to take them home for her grandchildren to eat later.

While she was peeling the shells, she joined the crowd in praising him: "That's right, Li Xiang is one of the best young people in our community."

Although Mother Li was very happy, she still pretended to be calm and said that her child was not as good as they said.

This party lasts until the sun goes down.

If everyone hadn't gone back to catch up on cooking, we wouldn't have been able to leave for a while.

Mother Li stood up and sent everyone off politely. At this time, Li Xiangcai, who had been hiding in the back room reading, appeared.

These women are really good at chatting. They can chat all afternoon about trivial family matters, and they do this basically every day, except today the place is at their home.

Because their own table was occupied, the eldest sister and the younger brother had no choice but to go to Jia's house with their homework. After the homework was finished, the younger brother continued to stay and play with Bangge, while the eldest sister went to play with her classmates in the courtyard next door.

Girls at this age have a lot of vanity. They didn't have the chance before, but now they finally get the chance. Even though the clothes are just piles of fabric and they don't even have a figure, the older sister can't wait to share the news with her good friends. La.

Children are very playful. It wasn't until it got dark and someone else was about to have dinner that the two of them came back from outside one after another.

"Where did he go? I've been looking for a long time and there's no one there." Mother Li, who couldn't find anyone at Jia's house, put the food on the table and kept nagging as usual.The eldest sister led the younger brother to wash his hands and replied obediently: "After finishing my homework, I went next door to find Xiuxiu."

The younger brother also answered in a sensible manner: "Banggan and I were playing at the entrance of the compound and we didn't go far."

Mother Li seemed noncommittal to their answers. In fact, she didn't necessarily know the answer, and she also knew that the children must be nearby.

She just wants to nag. This is the passive skill of her profession as a mother. As long as there is an object in front of her that can be cast, this passive skill will be automatically cast.

Because the eldest son is at home, the food on the table is no longer as bland as usual, mostly a combination of cabbage and steamed buns.

Today, in addition to the vinegared cabbage, a plate of golden scrambled eggs was placed in the middle of the table. Mother Li generously used three eggs, and the staple food was replaced with soft steamed buns.

But it's still not white flour, it's corn flour. It's thinner than corn flour, unlike corn flour where corn cobs are ground and mixed in, which makes your throat crackle when you eat it.

The food is very simple, but it is much better than the dining tables of many people today.

The family was eating and chatting.

Mother Li happily shared today's experience with her children.

"Today I have almost cut the fabric. All I have to do next is to sew it on. The sewing machine's stitches are faster than my hands, and the stitches are denser. But I'm not very good at it, and I'm always afraid of damaging it if someone uses it."

Li Xiang picked up a pair of chopsticks and put the eggs in her bowl, and then comforted her: "It's okay, Mom, feel free to use it. I'll find a way to bring one back to you after a while. It always feels low to use other people's things." One head per person.”

Mother Li quickly refused: "Why do you want that thing? I only make clothes a few times a year. I can sew minor repairs myself. If you don't need it, don't worry about it."

"Who said you can't make new clothes several times a year? From now on, your son will make the family have endless new clothes all year round." Of course Li Xiang did not accept his mother's reason for rejection, but he deliberately teased her and joked Said: "I know you are too lazy to make clothes and find it troublesome, so that's why you don't want a sewing machine. Let's go to the department store to buy it as a family. That will save trouble."

"Oh~ I heard you talking nonsense here, I don't know how much it will cost to blush." ​​Mother Li only thought that her son was talking about making her happy, so she didn't take it seriously and just talked and laughed.

Her son, who is still in school, is trying to buy some food and clothing for the family. She believes that her son will be able to make their family live a good life, but not now.

While the family was laughing, a voice of greeting came from outside the door.

"Sister-in-law Li, are you still eating?"

The visitor is Aunt Wang. Four members of her family live in the front yard. Her husband is also a worker in a steel rolling mill, with a high level of work.

With his salary alone, the family is living quite well.

However, as the two children grew older, his eldest son did not continue to go to school or find a job after finishing junior high school. He just wandered around on the street and got into trouble.

Aunt Wang came to his house today because of this matter.

(End of this chapter)