Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 79

But Xiuyao didn't have the shy and joyful look of a girl who is about to get married, and compared to her cousins ​​Liu Xia and Liu Yun, she seemed unwilling to get married.Thinking about my aunt now, it is really too late not to marry again.

Liu Xu dragged Xiuyao onto the kang, "Wait a minute, I'll make you new clothes." Then she pulled out a bundle from the kang cabinet and handed it to Xiuyao to open.

Liu Yun saw it and smiled and said: "Yaoyao, sister-in-law prepared it for you a long time ago, and I hope you will come to give it to you, or do I have someone send it to the county to dye it for you? Refuse to do it for me."

Liu Xu said angrily: "You are going to get married, why are you still greedy for me without sewing, don't let Yaoyao make fun of me." She asked Xiuyao to open it and have a look.

Xiuyao opened the package, and saw a begonia red blouse on top, and a pea green skirt on the bottom, delicate red and restrained green, although it is red and green, it is very delicate and beautiful, and the stitches are so fine that it is almost invisible come out.She said happily, "Auntie, is it really for me?"

She hasn't had new clothes yet, all the clothes are passed down from her eldest sister, and the third sister will give them to her when they wear them, patch after patch, and there will be no new clothes even during the Chinese New Year.

And until now, Xiuyao hasn't worn a skirt yet, she has been wearing pants.If it's a serious family, girls will start wearing skirts at the age of seven. The old Qin family doesn't have this condition. Mrs. Zhang said that wearing skirts is inconvenient for work, especially for little girls. Wearing skirts is also easy to get dirty and scratched, not as convenient as trousers .

Unexpectedly, my aunt prepared for herself, and Xiuyao's tears fell down without disappointment.

Liu Xu smiled and patted her head, "You girl, sometimes you are more adult than an adult, and then you are so childish, there is nothing to cry about, isn't it just a skirt, from now on, my aunt will make it for you every year."

Xiuyao hurriedly said: "Auntie, there's no need, I don't grow that fast, and I usually wear new clothes and I ruin them."

Liu Xu snorted, "If we don't wear new clothes, then what we'll do is to eat something good and wear something beautiful. Don't worry about it. You take what I give you. If anyone has an opinion, you let them Come to me. Your nanny is getting older and has more and more problems." As she spoke, she urged Xiuyao to change into it quickly.

Xiuyao took off the old clothes in twos and twos, and put on the new dress in a hurry. The crabapple red jacket was rolled with bright red edges, and a branch of crabapple flowers was embroidered under the collar, nothing else. Ornamentation.A cluster of winter jasmine flowers was embroidered on the hem of the skirt, and the skirt hanging down was also made of the same color fabric, with simple crabapple flowers embroidered on it.The embroidery work is exquisite, which further enhances the quality of the dress, and it will not make people think that it is needlework made by small farmers.

Filled with joy, Xiuyao looked at the mirror held up by Liu Yun and Liu Xu again and again, she hardly recognized the person inside, and kept asking: "Is this me? Is it me?"

After a year, her stature has grown a bit, her skin has become more and more fair under the background of this delicate color, her eyes are black and bright, her red lips are softer, she is also a good-looking little beauty.

She also had to admire the fact that Yaoyao has a good background, she was a pretty little girl at first, but when she thought of her previous body and appearance, she was a little dazed, and it felt like a whole life had been so long in just one year.

Liu Yun and Liu Xu's eyes lit up, and they all praised her for being pretty. Liu Yun smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, among our relatives, Yaoyao is the prettiest."

Xiuyao's cheeks were slightly red, and she said angrily: "Third sister is laughing at me, I'm not the prettiest, my aunt's sister, my aunt, and my third sister are all prettier than me."

Liu Xu smiled and said, "Anyway, you are the prettiest in your family. Your third sister knows how to dress up. Don't look at little girls, but you are never sloppy."

Xiuyao said with a smile: "Auntie, it's only my third sister who can make my mother happy. If you don't braid your hair and try to change it, you will be scolded, maybe you will be beaten." Mrs. Zhang will scold them for not having that life Think about that flamboyant moth, why is she dressed like a goblin?

Liu Xu sneered and said, "Your mother is a bit crazy. No matter how poor the family is, why do you treat your daughter's family like a boy? Look at you, all of you have been made ashamed."

Xiuyao giggled, "Auntie, my mother hasn't hit me this year."

Liu Xu laughed and said, "She wants to beat you again, what an idiot she is."

Liu Yun glanced at her and frowned slightly, thinking that my sister should not talk about elders like that, but my sister is also an elder, so she didn't dare to say so, so she just smiled and changed the subject, "You still have some cloth left over from making clothes last time , Why don’t you give it to me, I’ll make a pair of new shoes for Yaoyao, good people can’t be made by my aunt, I’ll make some too.”

Liu Xu said, "You are too busy to take care of yourself, let me do it."

Liu Yun didn't agree, "I can't take care of it, but sister, you should get busy too. Why don't you take it seriously all day long."

Liu Xu blushed, and spat: "Damn girl, go about your own business, what do you care about so much."

Seeing this, Xiuyao decided that her aunt didn't want to marry, but she didn't know why, and her mother never said it, and she was too embarrassed to inquire about her child's family, but she was deeply worried about her aunt.

Liu Xu gave Xiuyao some candy and snacks, and Liu Yun dug out a bunch of shoe patterns and patterns to show Xiuyao, "Yaoyao, let's see which pattern you like."

Xiuyao looked at them, and found that they were all embroidered, including crabapple flowers, peach blossoms, orchids, jasmine, etc. She was surprised and said, "Sister, we still need to embroider our own shoes."

Liu Yun smiled and said, "This is your first pair of shoes, of course you have to make them look better."

When Xiuyao heard that, she was impolite, she pawed and pulled, seeing that it was all right, she said, "Let's take this."

Seeing that she had picked a simpler peach blossom, Liu Yun said, "You pick a more beautiful one, this magnolia flower is really pretty."

Xiuyao smiled and said: "Third sister, this is it, we are not those rich ladies, what do you want to be so beautiful, this is very good."

Liu Yun smiled, knowing that Xiuyao was not a greedy little girl, she said: "Well, this is also good, embroider a broken branch flower." Then she compared Xiuyao's feet, fat and thin, and other details.

Xiuyao reminded: "Third sister, just make it bigger for me, my feet are still long."

Liu Xu, who was picking up cloth heads at the side, reprimanded softly: "What do you know about children, what are you doing big? Only people like your nanny can't wait to make a pair of big shoes for a girl and drag them around all day long. If the shoes don't fit your feet, your feet will grow long." It’s too big and crooked, it’s unsightly. It’s two fingers bigger at most, so you can wear it with some cotton stuffed on top of your fingers, but it’s not enough.”

Liu Yunlian said yes, Xiuyao was naturally happier, and she was also very happy to have such a good aunt and cousin.

Liu Xu found some shredded silk and satin cloth heads, which were given by the Sun family and also by Mr. Ren.During the Chinese New Year, the students all gave gifts to Mr. Ren, so Liu Fei asked his sister-in-law and sister to help him make a satchel for Mr. Ren, and some other students gave shoes.It just so happened that the Ren family made clothes for Mr. Ren and there was some cloth left over, so Mr. Ren simply asked for some and gave it to Liu Fei, asking him to take it home and make shoes for his family.

She pinched the fabric with dark patterns and said casually: "You said that there are many patterns woven on this kind of fabric, and there is no need to dye or embroider, and the price is not cheap, one piece is worth as much as we don't know how many pieces. "

Xiuyao glanced at it, and knew that those on the silk and satin were jacquards, and they had to be woven on a jacquard machine. Auntie's simple loom that could only weave plain weaves was definitely not enough. of?"

Liu Xu picked out the silk threads with her fingernails, and said, "It's from the weft thread. The warp thread must be the same as ours. Look at the color." Then she took an awl and picked them off one by one, muttering: "Three horizontal and four Vertical, two horizontal..."

She counted for a long time, then suddenly said: "We may not be able to."

Scared Xiuyao and Liu Yun and asked her what happened, Liu Xu said: "Let's also modify the loom and see if it works."

Liu Yun hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law, it's better not to change it, just use it like this, if you want to change it, you can change it after a while." Anyway, wait until Shun Shun gets married properly.

However, Xiuyao was also interested by Liu Xu. She knew that the ancient weaving technology was very developed, especially the silk weaving industry. There were large water conservancy spinning machines and large water conservancy looms. All kinds of flower building machines and multi-shedding machines.Hualou looms require someone above them to be responsible for pulling the jacquard healds, so that the required patterns can be woven separately, similar to Shu brocade and Yun brocade, sometimes only a few inches can be woven in a day, and the craftsmanship is very exquisite.

But they don't have to be so complicated, as long as they can weave patterns other than plain weave, such as twill, swastika, geometric patterns, etc., and even simple flowers, birds, insects and fish are also acceptable.

For example, folding branches or spreading flowers, with simple patterns and few colors, can be completed with only four to six healds. This kind of loom is fully capable.

However, how to change is only theory, practice is not enough.

She was aroused by Liu Xu, and she didn't care about discussing any patterns with Liu Yun, so the two of them threw themselves on the loom to study.

Now Xiuyao can also weave, so she can better understand the principle of weaving and how the warp and weft are woven together. "Auntie, I think our plain weave can actually be woven faster, but the satin jacquard can't be woven any faster."

Sometimes beauty is accomplished by sacrificing speed. It is said that the beautiful brocade cannot be changed to mechanization, and it is still handmade. What's more, the two of them just want to transform the existing ancient loom Woolen cloth.

The two of them were studying vigorously, when one of them was hit on the head by Mrs. Li, "It's time to eat, and you didn't make a sound after calling you for a long time. I thought you were doing something bad inside."

Xiuyao rubbed her head, and said with a grin, "It's like scratching an itch, grandma. It doesn't hurt at all." Then she put down the charcoal pencil, straightened her waist, moved around, and ran out first, so as not to be caught again. Grandma nagging.

The second elder brother and Liu Sheng went to the school together to tell Liu Fei and Qin Yang that someone had come to their house, and they came back for dinner at noon.Seeing Xiuyao, Qin Yang gave her another hungry wolf without exception. This time, Xiuyao was prepared not to be thrown down by him, but pressed him on the table and taught: "Smelly lamb, don't Throw me down again, or I will ignore you."

Qin Yang grinned, showing his white baby teeth, "Sister, why are you so stingy? I can't afford it!" As he said that, he raised his face and went to wash his hands, making everyone else laugh.

Liu Xu scolded with a smile: "This little bastard, he went to school and didn't know what to learn and came back to make fun of us all day long."

Xiuyao was happy in her heart, and she wanted to make up a few words, "It would be great if reading is so dexterous."

When Qin Yang heard it, he immediately jumped over, "Sister, let's compare."

Xiuyao gave him a blank look, "Why don't you compare yourself with Second Sister." Second Sister doesn't learn a single word, hum, if you compare with her, you are afraid of scaring them to death, hum.

Qin Yang said with a chuckle: "Okay, sister, I'll just teach you. I know a lot of words now, and my husband praises me for being quick at reading."

Xiuyao hit him, "Knowing words quickly is not a skill, you must keep it firmly in mind and never forget that is the skill. You can't just read, you have to be able to write and use it, this is the skill."

Qin Yang immediately said loudly: "All I know are those who know how to write and use. The husband has already praised me, Brother Fei, don't you think so?"

Xiuyao patted him again when she heard it, "It's not big or small, it's called Third Brother."

Qin Yang was tired of her, and said coquettishly: "Sister, I miss you so much, tell me a story."

Over there, Liu Fei and the others laughed again, and everyone cleaned up and went to eat.After the meal, Qin Xian and Liu Fei went to talk in the house, and asked for some pens, ink and paper, and Guan Liufei asked for a copybook he had learned, so he could learn it by himself when he went home.

For Qin Xian's progress, Lao Liutou and Li Shi are also very happy. They feel that literacy is better than illiteracy, and the old Qin family also needs a literate person, so they told Liu Fei not to be reluctant, thinking that Qin Xian can use whatever he can. Give it to him, and buy it again if there is no more.

Liu Fei had already asked her husband for leave, and taught Qin Xian at home for more than an hour, and then Qin Xian left and went home, and Li Shi had to pack a bunch of things for him to take home.

Liu Family Mill’s conditions are much better now, but the expenses are also high. Liu Xia is married, and then Liu Yun, Liu Xu, and Liu Sheng also have to marry a wife. Everything is money. To save money, most of the gifts for in-laws are from their own homes. Ready-made, will not spend extra money to buy anything.

After Qin Xian left, Lao Liu's family was busy with their own work as usual.

Liu Xu was still thinking about the loom, Liu Fei took Qin Yang to continue studying at the school, but Xiuyao wanted to discuss with her grandfather about the sweet potato.

Last year when Liutou and her were digging sweet potatoes, he also felt very surprised, and he and Xiuyao picked sweet potatoes one by one, which was comparable to picking piglets.I planted several ridges of sweet potatoes last year, but I chose less than a hundred of He Xiuyao's favorites, and kept them for this year's planting.

"Grandpa, we have to use the kang mat for sweet potatoes this year. Now that there are sweet potatoes on the mat, let's find time to dig ridges, and we can plant sweet potatoes when it rains." One month, the mat is on the kang, and there is a kang to heat it up, which is enough Germinated.

Old Liutou naturally agreed, "Last autumn, the fields with sweet potato seedlings were plowed deeply, and we also kept some of the manure from retting. Then it will be directly sown and ridged, and it will not be troublesome at all."

Seeing her grandpa supporting her so much, Xiuyao said happily, "Grandpa, you are so kind, and you are not afraid that I will make you white."

Old Liutou laughed happily and said: "What is white species? Don't you think we have collected it? Girl, don't tell me, this thing is really interesting. Such a small seedling can grow such a big seedling." A nest of sweet potatoes." He gestured with his hands, "Oh, each one in a nest is really not small, and there are more grains than wheat."

Listening to him measuring sweet potatoes by their nests, Xiuyao laughed, "Grandpa, sweet potatoes can't really be eaten."

Old Liutou hummed, "That's right, we cook and eat the ones you don't want in winter. Your uncle and uncle don't like to eat them, saying they feel uncomfortable after eating them, but your third sister really likes them. But you can’t eat too much, so we just boil porridge and put it in. We sent some to your grandpa’s family, and some of them ate a few, most of them didn’t like it, so they sent them back.”

Originally, Lao Liutou thought about letting the third grandpa's family plant some seedlings together, but the third grandpa and Lao Qintou thought that it would be better to keep the land for proper crops.

Xiuyao pursed her lips and said happily, this sweet potato is really not high-end, it looks very ugly, especially after it is cooked, each one is not attractive, if the skin is broken, it will be sticky, no wonder they are rich in the south of the Yangtze River. The land is not rare, so the diaosi sweet potatoes are not popular.

It is estimated that this has something to do with the fact that the original sweet potato variety was not very good.And the north is not that hungry, so this sweet potato has always been unknown.

Old Liutou was also afraid that his granddaughter would be unhappy and people would say that her sweet potatoes were not good, so he said: "I love...." Who knows that Xiuyao also said: "Grandpa, they don't like it, but pigs like it."

Lao Liu scratched his head and smiled happily, "Well, let's raise more pigs in the coming year in exchange for money." He took Xiuyao to see the yellow sand that had been dried and washed from the river long ago, and Xiuyao was very happy. satisfy.

(End of this chapter)