Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 58 My dear, please make me another set of clothes!

"Old man, why do you charge such a high price?"

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, while Li Guoqiang and Xu Dani were chopping firewood in the yard to prepare dinner, Qu Yinfeng sat on the south kang, staring at Xu Guangshan, and finally asked the questions in her heart.

Based on her understanding of Xu Guangshan, she knew that Xu Guangshan was not the kind of person who was greedy for money, so besides being angry, she was more confused.

Hearing this question, Xu Guangshan's eyelids trembled slightly, then he slowly opened his cloudy eyes and uttered a dry and hoarse voice.

"My dear, I dreamed a while ago that Kunzi and my daughter-in-law came back together and said they wanted to take me to their new home!"

As soon as these words came out, Qu Yinfeng's eyes suddenly shrank, and then she asked with trembling lips and dry mouth, "Why didn't you tell me this earlier?"

Hearing this, Xu Guangshan slowly raised his right hand and placed it on the back of Qu Yinfeng's hand, with a doting smile on his face.

"My dear, you have suffered so much these years. I think that young man should be a kind-hearted man. After I am gone, you should be nice to him and take good care of him. If you can't hold on any longer one day, you can entrust Dani to him and let him keep Dani by his side as a servant girl or something. This can be considered as finding a home for Dani."

"You old man, you deliberately charged me such a high price just to make me the good guy, right?"

Qu Yinfeng glared, pinched Xu Guangshan's arm, and then cursed in a bad mood.

After she finished speaking, her eyes were already filled with tears without her noticing.

"Hoho~"

Xu Guangshan was pinched and scolded, but instead of getting angry, he grinned.

However, the laughter that came from his throat was really too unpleasant, as if it came from an old bellows.

As he laughed, he held Qu Yinfeng's hand slightly tightly and whispered an order.

"My dear, please make me another set of clothes! I want to wear the new clothes you make and follow Kunzi and my daughter-in-law to their new home."

At this point, he paused for a moment, then continued to urge with some concern: "Try to do it faster, I feel like they are coming to pick me up soon!"

"You are such a heartless person! You have been ordering me around for most of my life, and now you still want to order me around? If you have the ability, do it yourself. I don't have the time to make new clothes for you!"

Upon hearing this, Qu Yinfeng shook off Xu Guangshan's hand and said something disparaging with a stern face.

After saying that, she turned over and got out of the fire pit and walked out quickly.

"Grandma, where are you going?"

At this time, Xu Dani, who was just about to enter the house with firewood, saw Qu Yinfeng's hurried figure and asked hurriedly.

"Oh! Grandma has something to do and needs to go to your Grandpa Fu's house. You stay at home with your uncle and I will be back to cook for you in a while!"

Qu Yinfeng paused slightly, then said something casually and walked out of the yard.

When Xu Dani heard Qu Yinfeng's words, she didn't think much about it and immediately went into the house with firewood.

Li Guoqiang was still busy chopping firewood by the courtyard wall, so he naturally did not notice the tear marks on Qu Yinfeng's face that had not yet dried.

Not long after, Qu Yinfeng returned home with a piece of flowered cloth in her arms, and then immediately took out a basket from the cabinet next to the south kang. The basket contained needles, ropes, awls, pliers, thimbles, scissors and some pieces of cloth of different sizes.

"Grandma, who are you making clothes for?"

When Xu Dani saw what Qu Yinfeng did, she couldn't help but ask with some confusion.

When Qu Yinfeng heard the question, her body stiffened slightly, then she forced a smile and answered softly, "Your grandpa hasn't worn new clothes for a long time! So grandma plans to make a new set of clothes for your grandpa."

"Oh! Can I help you do that?"

Xu Dani nodded in realization, then asked with great interest, "Okay! Grandma is old and her eyesight is useless, so you can help her thread the needle!"

When Qu Yinfeng heard Xu Dani's request, she nodded and agreed without thinking.

After all, logically speaking, this dress should have been made by Xu Dani, but because she was too young, this task fell on Qu Yinfeng.

"Okay, okay! Then Dani will help grandma thread the needle!"

When Xu Dani saw that she could help, she jumped a few times with joy on her face.

Qu Yinfeng looked at Xu Dani like this, her face darkened slightly, then she quickly forced a smile and sent Xu Dani to the outer room to help Li Guoqiang light a fire, heat the kang and cook.

Then, while it was still light, she spread out the borrowed piece of floral cloth on the kang and cut it to approximate size with scissors.

That way, when it got dark, she could continue sewing by the light of the fire in the stove.

By the time she had cut all the cloth she needed, Li Guoqiang and Xu Dani had just cooked half a pot of rice in the big iron pot in the north stove.

Looking at the white rice in the pot, Xu Dani stood by the stove and couldn't stop swallowing her saliva, with a hint of greed in her eyes.

By the way, she hasn't eaten rice for a long time.

Because the fine grains that their family had received from the production team in the past were basically all taken away by Qu Yinfeng to exchange for coarse grains with others as soon as they got them, so even if they wanted to steal some, they didn't have the chance.

When Li Guoqiang saw Xu Dani's greedy look, he felt a little happy. Then, without saying a word, he scooped a large bowl of rice from the pot and handed it to Xu Dani.

Since rice is not meat, he doesn't have to worry about Xu Dani eating too much and suddenly getting diarrhea like she did after eating rabbit meat at noon today.

However, when Xu Dani saw the fragrant rice in front of her, she not only did not reach out to take it, but also hurriedly took a few steps back.

"Big brother, I can't eat your food!"

"Why?"

Li Guoqiang was slightly stunned, then looked at Xu Dani with some curiosity.

"Because I ate your food, you don't have enough food to eat!"

Xu Dani blinked her big eyes and then answered seriously.

"Oh! So that's how it is!"

When Li Guoqiang heard the answer, he was immediately touched by Xu Dani's understanding. He waved his hand hastily and said, "It's okay. I have money. I can buy more food when I run out of it. Just eat it without worry!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Xu Dani quickly waved her hands and refused, "No, no, grandma once said that you can't take other people's things for free!"

"How can this be eaten for free? Didn't you help me peel corn kernels today?"

Li Guoqiang raised his eyebrows, then hurriedly began to persuade.

"Then you've already given me candy!"

Xu Dani was slightly stunned, then she retorted seriously.

After saying that, she glanced at the bowl of rice with some envy, and suddenly a good idea came to her mind.

"How about I wash your feet after dinner?"

(End of this chapter)