Rebirth Farmer Yaomei

Chapter 62 Quilting
In the Ning family's house, Chun Ling and Luo Shuang'er hadn't left yet and were talking with Yu Shi. Seeing them coming back, they all got up and smiled and said, "We should go home too."

Although Yu Shi's fetus is seated firmly, but after all, her belly is big and her actions will not change. It is better to have someone at home with her than to be alone. Ning Wan is very grateful, and hastily picked a few pieces from the ruler she bought and gave them to them. "Take it and make something small."

Sanjia Village was closed, and it was rare to see such a ruler. Chunling and Luo Shuang'er saw that it was a high-quality silk yarn, so they hurriedly declined, "Why is this so embarrassing? You can keep it for yourself."

Ning Wan forced it over, "This is a ruler sold in a shop, it's very cheap, I bought a lot, you just take it."

When Chunling and Luo Shuanger saw the big bag of rulers, they stopped pushing, "Then we'll take it." Then they compared each other, "This piece of green flowers can be used as a handkerchief!"

"This piece of azurite satin can be used as a shoe upper!"

Because Ning Wan has specialized in this business, she has a very good vision, so she instructed them, "This handkerchief is cut from this side, and the rest can be made into a small sachet; although this piece has a defect, it should be avoided. Just cut a purse..."

Everyone discussed a few words together, and Mrs. Yu also helped them out. Chun Ling and Luo Shuang saw that the weather was not good, so they stayed and left.

Ning Wan sent her to the door and turned back, seeing that her mother was turning out all the ruler heads in the bundle, seeing her come back, she hurriedly asked: "How much do these many ruler heads cost?" Ning Wan smiled, "It's less than half It's money."

The mother was very happy when she heard that, "It's really a good deal. After all, it's all new cloth and the material is good. If it's a whole piece of cloth, you can't buy it for a few feet." For the purse, I put the rest together, the same as the new cloth, and the leftovers or defects are discarded."

In Sanjia Village, life is not rich, and everyone tries to use what they have.The scraps of cloth cut for making clothes are new, so they are reluctant to cut them off. First, they pick larger and better ones and cut them into small pieces such as squares, triangles, or rhombuses, and put them together into large pieces for use.Although the original intention is to save money, the patchwork fabric is particularly popular because of its colorful colors and the pleasing patterns that can be displayed when patchwork.

Ning Wan said: "I thought the same way. It would look good if you put together a few big pieces to make the quilt." If you buy the quilt directly, the price will be expensive. These cost a lot, making patchwork is much more economical. Another thing, Ning Wan also thought, mother is bored at home, it would be good to do some patchwork needlework.

Where did you have so many rulers at home before?Therefore, making at most a few small futons is the most common thing in the homes of most people in Sanjia Village, and this kind of colorful little thing, placed on the kang, is very colorful against the khaki reed mat.So Yu couldn't help laughing when her daughter said that she wanted to make a quilt, "It's really good, it looks much better than ordinary cloth." Then she remembered, "The quilt at home is enough, and I don't need it right now." Get a new quilt."

Ning Wan shook her head, just as her father brought in a large bundle of cotton, she pointed to the cotton and said, "The quilts at home are too old, so we will replace them with new ones this winter. Besides summer clothes, we will each make new ones." A new cotton coat, a jacket..."

Now Mrs. Yu rarely complains when seeing her husband and daughter buying all kinds of things, but now seeing such a big burden, she still can't help asking in surprise, "Why did you buy so much?"

"When the eldest sister and the second sister got married, they made new quilts for dowry at home, and now we should change them too, not to mention that we didn't spend much money." Ning Wan laughed again: "Mother, it will be cold when you were born. Yes, just changed to a new quilt, so as not to freeze my little brother."

When the little brother was mentioned, Dad immediately agreed, "The quilts at home have been used for many years, so it's good to replace them with new ones."

Mother just laughed, took the cloths and looked at them one by one, and made a lot of plans, and finally put them away reluctantly after a long while, "You are all tired, go to bed quickly."

In the past, Mrs. Yu often complained that she had nothing to do, but now she happened to be doing needlework. Ning Wan was too busy with harvesting and drying vegetables every day, so she came to help. Chunling and Luo Shuanger also came up to do a few needles when they were free.

Lots of people make it easy to work. Within a few days, the quilt for the eldest sister’s unborn child was finished, then Ning Wan’s clothes, father’s clothes, mother’s clothes, and then put together the quilt cover: father’s It is a square pattern, try to choose calm colors, it is very plain; the mother is a triangle and then put it into a square, the colorful ones are very beautiful, the Ning Wan one takes the most effort, and the diamond-shaped floral cloth is placed in the middle of the quilt to form a beautiful pattern. A large flower, with layers of petals of various colors scattered all the time, is colorful.

After the quilt was finished, plain flowered cloth was cut for the lining, and fine white Songjiang cotton cloth was used as the lining. Yu Shi had to starch all these cloths first.

In Sanjia Village, the quilt surface, lining, and even the lining of the quilt must be starched before use.

I don’t know when the method of sizing started, but it is easy. You only need to soak the cloth in noodle soup for an hour, take it out and beat it with a mallet, and then stretch it repeatedly to dry it in the sun.The starched cloth is very stiff, not easy to be damaged, and the most important thing is that it is also very easy to wash next time. It is the method that poor families came up with to save money.

But Ning Wan doesn't like starched quilts.She has been covered with starched quilts since she was a child, so she always thought that all quilts were so hard and cold.It was the first time she put on an unstarched quilt when she arrived at Zhao's house, and only then did she know that there were such soft and comfortable quilts.So she had already thought about it, and before winter came, she must change all the quilts at home.

Therefore, when Ting Niang asked her to add more rice soup to starch the quilt when cooking in the morning, she objected: "The newly made quilt doesn't use starch, just sew it."

"But that kind of quilt is not only easy to get dirty, but also easy to break."

"We'll wash it when it's dirty, and replace it with a new one if it's torn," Ning Wan said with a smile, "Mother, listen to me, when you use an unstarched quilt, you'll know how different it is!"

Yu hesitated for a while, but finally agreed. Now she is used to listening to her daughter in everything, "That's all right." Then she said: "The cloth without starch is easy to sew." After all, the cloth becomes hard when it is starched. up.

"So it's better if you don't starch it!" Ning Wan said, and helped her mother to spread the cotton in the quilt: took out the snow-white cotton, and Yu gently pulled it around with her hands to make it more flat , and then put it on the prepared cloth, after the first layer is placed, there will be the second room. At this time, it will be staggered from the first layer, and then the third layer will be placed... After a few layers, press it with your hand, and you will be able to When you feel that the entire cotton layer is very flat, you can sew it up.

At this time, the quilt must be sewn very closely, staggered horizontally and vertically, so as to prevent the cotton from moving unevenly in the quilt, which is neither good-looking nor warm.

Cotton clothes and quilts are waffled in the same way, but the quilt should be uniform, and the cotton clothes should be waffled slightly thinner in the armpits and arms to facilitate activities.This year, the Ning family not only made thick cotton padded clothes for winter, but also made a set of jackets with a thin layer of cotton batting for everyone, which can be worn in the early cold of autumn.

The quilts are all ready, but the news of the eldest sister's birth has not yet come.When Shopkeeper Liu came to Sanjia Village, he brought the good news that Ning Qing was pregnant.

Ning Qing was pregnant only a few months after marrying into the house of Merchant Liu.

Ning Wan knew about it a long time ago, but her parents were very happy when they heard it, "This is a good thing! It's just Qing'er's first pregnancy, so be careful!"

The new daughter-in-law became pregnant within a few months of marriage. After giving birth to a child and passing on the blood to the man, she will be more fully integrated into her husband's family, and she will be more confident.

The mother said: "I should have gone to have a look, but I can't move my body. I need my mother-in-law to take care of Qing'er."

Shopkeeper Liu has always been good at talking, so now he said with a smile: "Father, mother, just rest assured that Qing'er is pregnant with our Liu family's child, and my father, mother and I will take good care of her."

Parents were even more delighted when they heard that, "Qing'er married into your family, it's really the right marriage."

Shopkeeper Liu took a carp from the load, "Yesterday I bought two live fish in the town, and I cooked one for Qing'er at home. This one was kept in a water tank until this morning, and I brought it to the village. Mother repairs the body."

Niang took it with a smile, "It's hard for you to think about it, but is Qing'er feeling sick? Maybe he can smell fish?"

"Although it's a bit embarrassing, but I also ate a large piece of fish."

"That's good. Only by eating more at this time can children grow well."

"My mother said the same thing." Merchandiser Liu wentssiped a few words, and then took up the burden of loading the goods again, "Father, mother, I'm going to sell goods in the village first, and I'll come back to accompany you two elders later." As soon as you arrive at Sanjia Village, you will come to announce the good news first.

Father said: "Go to business first, and come home for dinner at noon!"

Shopkeeper Liu agreed, "I'll listen to my dad!" and left in a hurry.

Mother handed the fish to Ning Wan, "Steam a plate of wild pork at noon, scramble a plate of eggs, a plate of mushrooms, then make this fish, and get some vegetables."

Seeing this, Luo Shuang'er ran over and said, "I'll do it."

Ning Wan waved her hand to stop her, "Just do your work, I'll do it."

Ning Wan already knew what kind of person Liu is, and she didn't trust him like her parents did.On the surface he is very generous and kind, but in fact he is the most calculating in his heart, no matter who he associates with, he will never lose money.

Since Merchant Liu got engaged to Ning Qing, he would have lunch at Ning's house when he went to Sanjia Village to sell goods. Although the family couldn't go to the town to buy wine and meat every time, they would try their best to cook some delicious food.Right now, the Ning family's life is going well, and when Merchant Liu comes, meat and eggs are indispensable every time he comes, so he should have given fish.

Don't look at Liu's salesman who keeps saying that this fish is bought for his mother's body, but it's only one fish, why won't it be placed on the man's table when it's ready?In the end, most of the food was eaten by Shopkeeper Liu, so he just spoke nicely.

Speaking of the Liu shopkeeper's family, from the perspective of the Sanjia villagers, life is naturally good. Living in the town, the family has business and business, but in fact, the Liu family is only slightly better than the farmers in the mountain village.Moreover, the Liu family has always been used to doing business, and the small calculations in their hearts are extremely sophisticated, but every fish has to be calculated.

Although a fish is nothing, but Ning Wan also had a stubborn temper, she just didn't want to send the fish to Shopkeeper Liu, but her mother couldn't eat it.

(End of this chapter)