marriage is natural

Chapter 560

He Wei, who had just arrived in Chonglin, sneezed loudly three times.

"Could it be a cold?" He Qingdong put on a coat for her, "It's windy by the lake, so wear more clothes."

He Wei sniffed: "I don't feel cold, why are you sneezing so much." But He Qingdong was so considerate, she didn't have the nerve to refuse, and happily accepted his coat.

A group of people found a three-star hotel with a good reputation and stayed at the most famous crab lake in Chonglin, and started a gluttonous journey of delicious blue crabs.

Xu Shi has just experienced a serious natural disaster. Chonglin is quite enthusiastic about foreign tourists. I hope you can treat this place as your home and live here every day for consumption.

In Chonglin, the price of blue crabs is not cheap, at least Hemu thinks so. It costs more than 100 catties, and the swimming crabs at the fishing pier can eat four or five catties.But at this price, in Haicheng or other cities, it is only enough to buy one not very fat blue crab, but here you can eat five or six, and they are only fat and oily.

He Mu bald her son who was having a good meal: "The price of the crab alone, why don't you talk about the gas fee and the hotel fee? These add up to five or six hundred and one catty."

"Oh my mother, this is a self-driving tour. Is it a good way to travel? It's not just about eating crabs, but also enjoying the scenery. Look how beautiful the lake is and how fresh the air is. You can also go to Chonglin if you have time. It is said that after the typhoon, there has been a sale in the department store, maybe Qingshi sells three or four hundred autumn shirts, but here it only costs one or two hundred, wouldn’t buying a few more pieces make the gas cost back?”

When He Mu heard it, she agreed, and immediately said that she would go to Chonglin's department store after lunch.

Xu Huixiang and Li Mingyue said with a smile, and Sister Fu, who was not dragged down by her grandson, was also tempted by the word promotion.

Therefore, the itinerary in the afternoon was divided into three groups: one group was the women's shopping group headed by Hemu; The representative of the family, Zhou Ruolei, took a look at the house; the rest of the people were members of the lake tour group, including the second elder of the He family, including the pregnant old daughter-in-law Wu, and followed everyone in a good mood.After that, I rented two hand rowing boats to see who can row faster, and the losing team will invite everyone to a crab feast in the evening.

He Wei and the two followed Zhou Ruolei's address on the envelope, asked a few passers-by, and finally found her home.

The typhoon destroyed Zhou Ruolei's original home. Now the family of three lives in a low-rent house provided by the government with other poor households.The so-called low-rent housing, as the name suggests, the rent is very low, but relatively, the houses are also simple.

The total area is less than [-] square meters, divided into three rooms, one for the mother and daughter, one for Zhou Ruolei's brother who is studying in college, and the other for the kitchen and dining room.Washrooms are shared by residents on the first floor.

When He Wei stepped into the courtyard gate of the low-rent housing, Zhou Ruolei was playing rubber bands with a few friends in the building: "Small ball, kicking, Malanhua 21; 31, [-], [-] ..."

Seeing He Wei and He Qingdong who were dressed completely differently from low-rent housing residents, Zhou Ruolei blinked her big eyes and stopped curiously and asked, "Excuse me, who are you looking for?"

When Zhou Ruolei received the letter from He Wei, she excitedly ran around the building holding the letterhead, caught her little friend and said:
"Look! The big sister who helped our family sent me a letter!"

"Big sister also said that she will come to Chonglin to see me on the eleventh day."

"What gift do you think I should prepare for her? A thousand paper cranes? Or a lucky star?"

In the end, Zhou Ruolei spent a month stacking three colorful lucky stars in glass jars.

The glass jar is a rice wine jar dug out at home. It has a big bottom and a small mouth. It is filled with a lucky star made of three sheets of glossy colored paper worth one yuan, and then stuffed with a wooden red wine cork and tied with her mother's clever The hand-knitted hemp rope bow immediately transformed into a decent gift.

As the eleventh day approached, she wiped and dusted the three glass jars. Seeing this, the neighbors couldn't help but say to Zhou's mother: "Your family, Lei Lei, is a demon. If she wanders casually, it's fine." Can you believe it? You too, don’t try to persuade your family, Lei Lei, to take it easy, and help her mess around. If she doesn’t come by then, let’s see how disappointed she is..."

Zhou's mother smiled and said: "If the child likes to make a fuss, let her go. It's not a valuable thing. It's okay if you don't come, Lei Lei said, and find a courier to send it there."

Seeing the mother and daughter doing this, the neighbor pouted and shook his head, expressing his incomprehension.I thought in unison in my heart: Just wait and see if anyone comes to see you during the National Day holiday.

Unexpectedly, on the second day of the [-]th long holiday, He Wei really fulfilled her promise and came to the door, carrying a gift box in her hand, including specialties from Kyoto and snacks from Qingshi.

Zhou Ruolei was so excited that she blushed, she greeted the person to her home with hands and feet, and shouted into the room: "Mom! Mom! Sister Xiaohe has come to see us!"

Zhou's mother came out of the back room in surprise, with her hands on her apron, talking incoherently, not as calm as her daughter.Chatting with He Wei nervously, he was busy in the kitchen, making soup and boiling eggs.

Zhou Ruolei carefully took out the three cans of Lucky Stars and presented them to He Wei like a treasure.

He Wei didn't refuse, and took out a set of exquisite diaries and a durable pen from her bag to Zhou Ruolei.The little girl's eyes were red with excitement.

Zhou's mother served soft-boiled eggs, and said gratefully and embarrassedly: "There is nothing at home to thank you for. The child just stacked a few cans of stars, saying that they can keep people safe and lucky. Look at you, last time you helped solve the problem of the two children. I don’t know how to thank you for the tuition fee, and it’s so expensive this time…”

He Wei shook her head, smiled and said a few words of relief, then changed the subject and asked, "Is Lei Lei's school far from home? Do you need to be picked up when you go to school?"

Zhou's mother wiped the moisture from the corners of her eyes, and replied truthfully: "It's not far, it's next to the low-rent housing. She and the children in the building go to and from school together. Her brother, Lei Lei, went to study in the capital. My wife and I rented a booth at a nearby farmer's market for mending. I have to go out at five o'clock in the morning, but I have time in the afternoon, so I can do a little handwork at home..."

As Zhou's mother was talking, the chatterbox opened up, and she picked up the needlework on the table and started to do it.

Seeing her swift movements, He Wei asked casually, "Auntie used to be a tailor?"

"Yeah, when I was young, I worked with an old tailor in the village for a few years, but nowadays, few people like to buy cloth and find a tailor to do it, and the business of tailor shops in the city is also so-so. People are willing to hire small workers, but they don’t have the capital to do it by themselves..."

He Wei's heart fluttered. Didn't the second sister find a few tailors to make clothes for the elderly and children in the orphanage, but the tailors in Kyoto not only charged high prices, but also had an arrogant attitude, which made the second sister furious and said that they would fire them.

It would be great if you find a skilled housewife like Zhou Mu who has a difficult family and can help them.It's a pity that the road is a bit far away, so I can't send the fabric and report the size of each person, and then send it back when Zhou's mother is done?The courier fee consumed by this back and forth can probably be used to buy a new set of clothes for the children.

He Qingdong saw through He Wei's entangled thoughts, squeezed the back of her hand and suggested: "You can hire someone to the orphanage."

He Wei glanced at him sideways: "To put it lightly, so many people's clothes, even if the style is simple, if she is alone, she can't finish it in a month, right? What if I leave Leilei alone?"

He Qingdong smiled, this is also a question, but he raised his head and asked Mother Zhou directly, saying that the Kyoto Welfare Institute hired a tailor to make sportswear, and asked her if she would take the job.

Mother Zhou is of course willing, but considering her daughter, she shakes her head, it's too far away.

But Zhou Ruolei said: "Mom, don't worry, it will only be a month or so. Then I will let Yunyun come to sleep with me, or I will sleep at Yunyun's house and come back during the day to have a look. Anyway, there is nothing valuable in our house. What to worry about."

Zhou's mother laughed and scolded: "I don't miss things, I don't miss you."

"I don't have anything to worry about. I have grown up. I can cook, wash clothes, and go to and from school by myself. You can go there without worry. And my brother is in Kyoto, and I can visit his school when I have time." , what a wonderful thing. If I hadn't had to go to school, I would have gone."

In this way, Zhou's mother decided to go to Kyoto to make clothes.The shortest time is half a month, and the longest is a month. The wages are calculated according to the previous tailors in Kyoto: 25 yuan for each set of sportswear, and [-] yuan for pure cotton T-shirts. A set of sportswear is in order.This is much better than setting up a stall at the farmers market to sew and mend.Moreover, food and housing are included in the orphanage, and there is basically no expense.

Before He Wei left, she made an agreement with Zhou's mother that if there were others who knew as much about tailoring as she did and were willing to go to Kyoto to work together, they would wait at the Chonglin Expressway entrance at 9:[-] on the [-]th.There will be a car to pick them up and go to Kyoto.

He Qingdong planned to ask Old Wu to drive to the capital, and when he went, he would pick up a few people, and bring back some chicken, duck eggs and rice noodles produced by the farm to honor his mother-in-law.

I didn't expect to come to Chonglin to have a meal of blue crabs and get a serious business done. On the way back to Crab Lake, He Wei was holding her mobile phone and reporting her grades with her two godmothers.

Tang Baoyin suddenly felt elated: "Good job! It's better to recruit more Aunt Zhou, then I'll go and fire those tailors who don't work hard tomorrow. We're sure we won't find anything. Others, negotiating prices every day, I am annoyed by them..."

Lu Yanjin also said: "Yes! Even if you can't recruit more people, it doesn't matter if Aunt Zhou is alone. I will make it for a few children who have scratched first, and the others will take their time. Those tailors should quit. She doesn't work hard, has a bad attitude, and is picky all day long, and the dean's mother has said it several times."

"Then what are you waiting for? Let them quit now. The wages will be settled according to the working hours, and the fabrics in their hands will be returned to me!"

He Wei didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What if Aunt Zhou changed her mind temporarily and said she didn't want to go? Let's wait until the fifth day."

"What are you afraid of! I didn't expect it before. My little sister, you said that, my mind has opened up. There is no suitable tailor in Beijing, so I will look around. The population of Great China is so large, I don't believe it. Except for those few If you are lazy, no one will come to the orphanage to make clothes."

Tang Baoyin did what she said, and after talking on the phone with her younger sister, she drove to the orphanage.Originally, it was said that I would rush to work and make clothes during the eleventh period, because after October, the weather will be cold as soon as it is cold, so I must speed up the progress.As a result, I went to the orphanage and found that none of the tailors were working. Some said they had something to do and others said they were home visitors.

Tang Baoyin was so angry that she made phone calls one by one, and fired them directly.

I asked the dean's mother to check the fabrics in stock again. Except for a tailor who received five sets of sportswear fabrics, but only made four sets of clothes, and one set was probably stolen by her, Tang Baoyin sneered: "Minger She came to check out and deducted the cost of a set of clothes. She didn't work hard and cheated, and I took advantage of it."

Tang Baoyin's action finally made those tailors realize that something was wrong.

Originally relying on their ability to make clothes, and after investigation, in the whole of Kyoto, except for those high-end tailors who specialize in customization, there are only a few tailors with ordinary prices. His face was ashamed and angry for a while.

"I said that the person surnamed Tang must be trying to give us a blow. Who told us not to listen to her and obediently make clothes in the orphanage. If we ignore her tomorrow, she will definitely come back to us. By then , I don’t believe it’s still the old price.” Among them, the oldest male tailor said.At the beginning, he was also the one who picked the head, wanting to take advantage of this opportunity to make more money, saying that the orphanage is funded by the government, and the money for the clothes must also be paid by the government.The others followed suit.

"I think it's better to go back and ask." The seamstress who was nearly forty years old said hesitantly, "The area where I live is not far from the main store of Yuxiu Pavilion, and the rich people nearby go to Yuxiu Pavilion. Made-to-order, those who have no money will not come to me to do it, they will go to the street stalls to buy, since the beginning of spring, there are not many orders at all, if the business of the orphanage is lost, what should I do..."

"Women are timid." The male tailor snorted contemptuously, "The girl surnamed Tang is not a social worker in the orphanage. She dismissed her if she said she would be dismissed? The dean hasn't said anything yet. If you don't believe me, call the dean and say Maybe she is looking forward to us going back, give her a step down, increase the original price by five yuan, and we will start working immediately."

However, the fact is that they can do whatever they want.The dismissal was already a certainty. According to Tang Baoyin's instructions, the dean's mother settled the wages of the previous few days with them. When she settled the settlement with the middle-aged seamstress, she even deducted a set of sportswear fabrics.

The seamstress was ashamed and went home blushing.

"Mom? Why did you come back so early today?" Zhao Huimin poked her head out of the back room when she heard the movement from the door.

"Minmin, Mom was fired from the orphanage." The woman cried while covering her face.

"How could you be dismissed? Didn't you say that life in the orphanage is not difficult at all? It's much simpler than the sportswear you made for me at home. How can I dismiss you? No! I'll ask them to argue!" Zhao Huimin Hearing this, he said angrily.

(End of this chapter)