Xianggong farming

Chapter 23 Nalang Dress

Seeing Qi Dalang's face blushing because of her few words, Ji Xinmiao felt an indescribable joy in his heart, he dared to look at me like that, I'll let you see!Before he could explain anything, he ran into the furniture store.

Qi Dalang, who was left with a demented face, was thinking about what he said wrong just now.

The things were brought back by the second uncle in his own carriage, so there were a lot of things piled up in her room.The next morning, Ji Xinmiao and her two younger sisters tidied up the house together after finishing the housework.It wasn't until all the things were piled up together that they went to Yu's house together.

As soon as she sat down, Yu said with a smile: "Xin Miao, today my aunt taught you how to plant clothes."

Ji Xinmiao asked embarrassingly: "Auntie, do you think I can learn to make clothes with this skill?"

Mrs. Yu nodded: "It's nothing, it's just that the stitching is a little rough, and it's flat. If I don't teach you how to plant clothes, you won't have time for Nalang to dress up, so we have to start from here today."

"Narang pretending?" Ji Xinmiao looked at Yu Shi stupidly: "Auntie, what is that?"

When Ji Xinmei heard that her eldest sister didn't understand this, she was surprised and hurriedly said to her: "Elder sister, haven't you even heard of this in Jiang's house? Don't girls in the city do this? Nalang pretends to marry a girl to someone else's house." Finally, from the next morning, the clothes of your husband-in-law have to be taken care of by your wife. So, you have to make two clothes for your future brother-in-law. Daughter-in-law did it."

"Ah? I have to do the whole body? I have this ability?" Ji Xinmiao started to get scared before she started, and kept muttering in her heart, what kind of custom!Just marry as long as you marry, why are you doing so many tricks?It's not two people who are in free love. How can she have the intention to make clothes for men?Besides, she wasn't good at it.

Seeing Ji Xinmiao's surprised look, she thought that she had forgotten the customs and habits of her hometown after being away for many years, and she was afraid that her poor craftsmanship would make the man laugh at her.So Mrs. Yu said with a smile: "Why don't you have this ability? Which girl is married, can she not make this man's dress? Sit down quickly, your mother sent the Qi family Dalang's size yesterday, and now I Let me teach you how to cut clothes. In fact, after a new daughter-in-law marries into someone else's home, not only will you give your husband a new dress, but everyone in the family must have a new wife's red dress, which represents the new daughter-in-law In the past, when girls in the village got married, they would give each of the man’s family a pair of shoes as a gift for their new daughter-in-law.”

God, kill me?Each family member makes a pair of cloth shoes as a new daughter-in-law gift?Does it mean that you don't have to marry if you can't finish it?She really doesn't know how to do such a difficult job.

I knew she was intimidated by the job.

Yu smiled and shook her head and said: "Don't be scared, your mother said, you have not long learned needlework, and she and I have made the new shoes of the Qi family. But Dalang's can be made by you. This is your husband-in-law, you can't let needles made by other women go on him, and if others know about it, they will have to laugh at him."

After hearing the words, Ji Xinmiao finally breathed a sigh of relief: "How many sets do you have to make?"

"At least two sets, from the inside to the outside. Fortunately, it was only August when you married in, and the weather was still warm, so all you needed were underwear and underwear, then two pairs of shoes, and Purse or something. It’s not too much, if you get married around Chinese New Year, it’s too late for you now.”

Well, in fact, they are married in August, so it's too late for her to make such a lot of things, okay?Now there is no sewing machine, it all depends on one hand?In her previous life, she only knew how to do cross-stitch, and in her previous life, she only had the ability to sew a ragged edge.

Finally, the sisters are used for it. Ji Xinmei knows some needlework, so she can help her in many details, and Ji Liulan took care of the shoe soles, so she made a few stitches to make a look.

But just pretending, looking at the needle holes in his hand, Ji Xinmiao vomited blood: Sister Hang's custom!Can't you just buy two sets?

It's not that she's lazy, it's not that she's tender, it's really that she can't do this embroidery, can she?Qi Dalang, you're lucky, girl, it's the first time I really do needlework after living two lifetimes, and this first finished product is for you to commemorate, if you treat me badly, see how I will deal with you!
Yu looked at her wrinkled thread and cloth and smiled to herself, she took a bandage and said to Ji Xinmiao: "Xin Miao, this purse is for a man to tie around his waist when he gets married. The elders who are drinking tea can see it, so you have to embroider carefully, so you don’t lose face. Come on, you first tie the cloth on it and embroider the flowers, and then sew it up, so it will definitely look better.”

After watching Yu's demonstration, Ji Xinmiao blushed and immediately threw away the invisible scar in her hand, and immediately picked up another piece of blue cloth that hadn't been trampled by her to clamp it up. Yu hurriedly Said: "Don't worry, draw a pattern first and then clip it on. I heard that you can read and write. You must be better at this than your aunt. You can draw a pattern yourself."

Thinking of the mess I embroidered just now, Aunt Yu must have looked at it and asked her to draw a picture before embroidering, right?Immediately, she blushed, so she was not humble, and immediately lowered her head and began to draw.

"Eldest sister, what do you want to draw?" Seeing that the elder sister was thinking so seriously, Ji Xinmin immediately approached curiously.

What are you drawing?Ji Xinmiao thought that the picture of lovebirds just now was too difficult to embroider, besides, she and Qi Dalang were flying together?Can his gorilla-like build fly?
Thinking of this season, Xinmiao trembled in his heart, picked up the charcoal brush in Yu's basket, rinsed a few strokes, and then stopped: "I painted a green pine. Look, how good is a green pine? It is tall and bright, proud of the frost and snow, better than the snow. So what kind of lovebirds are much stronger, right?"

Looking at the style drawn by Ji Xinmiao, Mrs. Yu knew that she thought the style just now was too complicated and said that on purpose, so she smiled and said: "Hey, Xin Miao's painting is also an elegant style. Although it is simpler, it is more suitable for men. It is very appropriate to say, after all, I am a person who can read and write, and I am really inferior to you, auntie."

Hearing this, although Ji Xinmiao felt a little blushed, she was still a little proud: sister can't embroider well, but she can draw well, right?So I sat down and began to toss the pine tree slowly.

One day, Ji Liulan came in with two pairs of shoe soles that she had paid for, and Mrs. Yu praised her for her good needlework, and joked: "Lanzi, you must be a capable daughter-in-law in the future. Look at the soles of these shoes. , Auntie is not better than you."

Ji Liulan was not happy when she heard the praise, but sat beside Ji Xinmiao after laughing.

"What's wrong?" Seeing her unhappy face, Ji Xinmiao turned to look at her: "Is your mother not feeling well again?"

Ji Liulan bit her lip and shook her head in silence.

How wronged was this little girl?Ji Xinmiao frowned secretly.

Since Ji Liulan often got together with the three Ji family sisters, Ji Xinmiao gradually got to know the character of this little cousin, she was honest but aggressive, and although her family was poor, she was quite optimistic.Today's situation should not be a trivial matter.

"What's the matter? We are good sisters, so there is nothing we can't say? If there is something embarrassing, let us help you out." Ji Xinmiao comforted in a low voice.

Tears welled up in Ji Liulan's eyes, but how could she speak?

Seeing this, Mrs. Yu asked softly, "Lanzi, is it about the Chen family in Xiaping Village?"

Ji Liulan's tears came out all of a sudden, Ji Xinmiao didn't know what was going on, so she turned to Yu Shi: "Auntie, what's the matter?"

Mrs. Yu looked at Ji Liulan and saw that she didn't respond, so she hesitated before saying in a low voice, "Lanzi was engaged to Brother Chen when she was ten years old. Brother Chen's parents are her cousin's brother-in-law. Yesterday I saw Aunt Jiang from Xiaping Village came to her house, and I thought she was here to propose a marriage. Could it be that something went wrong with the Chen family's marriage?"

When Ji Liulan heard that Aunt Yu's guess was so accurate, she immediately burst into tears.She didn't dare to cry at home, her mother had been sick all the time, and she couldn't get out of bed after Aunt Jiang came yesterday.If she cries again, her mother's illness will get worse.In front of her cousin Ji Xinmiao, for some reason, she just wanted to cry.

Ji Liulan could only cry, but fortunately there were all Ji's sisters in the room and no one laughed at her, but Ji Xinmiao put her arms around her and asked, "Lanzi, do you know why the Chen family regretted their marriage? They have been engaged for five years, and if they say they will quit, this is too much, right? Don't cry, crying won't solve the problem, you only need to find the reason before you can talk to them."

Ji Liulan choked up and said: "What did his family say that he is going to study, and he doesn't know when he will be able to come back. Besides, he has studied for so many years, and he never gives up if he doesn't seek fame. He also said that seeking fame is not the case. It's easy, it's okay to find a man who has been around for three to five years, but I'm already 15 years old, so I can't delay me and let me find a better one. Actually, I've heard about it a long time ago, what kind of shit book does he read? After studying the book for five or six years, I couldn’t even memorize the Three Character Classic, it’s because my family dislikes me and my family is getting poorer.”

"Pfft! Why do you feel sad for such a useless man after five years of reading and can't recognize all the "Three Character Classics"? They think your family is poor, and your family will be poor for the rest of your life? Don't be sad, it's their fault. It's not your fault. People in the countryside didn't say that no one would want anyone who divorced, let's find a better one for his family to see!" Ji Xinmiao laughed deliberately.

"Big sister, it's really impossible to find a better one after being divorced..." Ji Liulan moved her mouth and said worried words.

As an adult, Ji Xinmiao sincerely comforted: "Lanzi, sister is a few years older than you. In fact, I really want to tell you that if the Chen family is really the kind of family that hates the poor and loves the rich, they just don't regret their marriage. It’s not a good life to go in. Poverty is not terrible, but the fear is that the people’s hearts are not good. People eat chaff and treat it as meat, and people are bad, and meat is hard to swallow. If you trust the eldest sister, then you will follow me meticulously. The few fruit trees I picked for you in your vegetable garden and yard have been taken care of, but within three years, I guarantee that your family’s oil, salt and money will not worry.”

After crying, Ji Liulan felt a little better. After hearing her cousin's persuasion, she felt that her cousin was a knowledgeable person, and what she said would be correct.However, being divorced like this made her feel uneasy for a while.

"Sister, I know that what you said is reasonable. Yesterday, Jiang Matchmaker also said a lot of things, and what she said inside and out was also the same. I know she was afraid that my family would not agree to divorce and cause trouble, but what she said It's still true. Lan Zi understood what the eldest sister said today. It's just that I can't get angry."

Ji Xinmiao took out a cotton handkerchief and handed it to her: "Why can't you be angry? If you want to vent your anger, it is to let them know that if you don't marry into their family, your life will be better. Live well and live smoothly Now, let the Chen family know that they are unlucky to miss you as a daughter-in-law, so you will lose all anger, you know?"

Ji Liulan is a poor child who has been in charge for a long time, knowing that what her cousin said is correct, she wiped away her tears vigorously and nodded solemnly: "Sister, I won't cry, you are right, such a family doesn't matter if you don't marry. I will remember your words well, and carefully take care of those fruit trees in my spare time."

Mrs. Yu heard their sisters talking about fruit trees again and again, so she looked at Ji Xinmiao and asked, "Xin Miao, can you help my aunt get some fruit trees?"

Ji Xinmiao looked at Mrs. Yu honestly: "Auntie, it's too hot now, and the fruit tree you picked won't survive. If you want to pick it up, I'll ask my elder brother to pick it up for you in March and April next year. I want to pick it up." Any good fruit tree will do."

After hearing this, Mrs. Yu felt that what Ji Xinmiao said was true, so she also said sincerely: "I see that your family has taken over a lot of peach and plum trees. My natal family has a very good orange tree and early peach tree. I'll cut back a branch from time to time, and if you help me, my aunt will thank you."

Ji Xinmiao smiled and said, "It's not necessary to thank you, Auntie, you are our master now. If you really want to pick it up, then you can pick up two more. Even if it is the same fruit, there are actually many varieties, and The time of maturity is different. At the time when Haizi can’t eat, I will send it to the town to exchange for pocket money. Don’t say thank you, you are our sister’s master.”

At this time, there are no people who grow fruits for a living, because there is no level of fruit cultivation, and there is no way to preserve them horizontally. Therefore, when the season comes, most of the fruits in the countryside become snacks for children, and those sent to towns are not good. many.Ji Xinmiao concluded that the town is so big and there are many wealthy families, there will always be no one to eat the fruit.

Of course, there must be good fruit.After the fruit trees she grafted are all greatly improved varieties, Ji Xinmiao believes that they will definitely taste better than ancient fruits.

"Okay, then Aunt Yu doesn't say much. If you sisters don't know anything about embroidery, as long as Auntie understands, she will teach you without any secrets." Yu's heart is different for the eldest daughter of the Ji family. the opinion of.

It seems that debts of favor exist in any era, and she didn't suffer from exchanging skills for skills, did she?However, Qi Dalang, you owe me. In order to make clothes for you, I gave away all my housekeeping skills.

(End of this chapter)