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Chapter 17: Eccentricity

In the cabin, Lu Xiaoyu took out something like a show off.

"Xiao Wu bought this pig's trotters for my mother to make soup." Lu Xiaoyu held up the pig's trotters in his hand and shook them, "Ms. Ding said, I made soup with the pig's trotters and soybeans, and drank the milk.

"

Hearing that it was used to make soup for Qiu's milk, Lu Xiaoli didn't say anything.

She was willing to give food to her mother. Even if Xiao Wu didn't ask her and her eldest sister how they spent the copper coins, she didn't think there was anything wrong.

Lu Xiaoyu held the basket and took out a big pig bone inside from the lotus leaf: "This is a big pig bone. We bought pig feet and Aunt Ding added them to it. Xiao Wu said we can all make soup together."

drink."

As he said this, Lu Xiaoyu couldn't help but swallowed and drank.

Pork bones are used to make soup. She has never had pork bone soup in her entire life.

I don’t know if it tastes better than fish soup.

Lu Xiaoli looked at the naked and meatless pig bones, his face darkened, but he didn't say anything.

Everyone said it was to add a head, so it was to add a head.

All she wanted to know now was how much copper money Xiaosi and Xiaowu had left to buy the rice dumpling leaves.

If there is a lot left, can she divide it into two cents?

Even if she doesn't get a penny, if she has more copper coins at home, she can always buy more rice and eat for a few more days.

After Lu Xiaoyu showed off the pig's feet and pig bones wrapped in lotus leaves, he wiped his hands with the rag on the table and took out a slightly yellowed white cloth from the basket with his fingertips.

"Cloth? Where did the cloth come from?"

Lu Xiaoli rushed over, grabbed the white cotton cloth, shook it open, looked at it again and again, and compared it again and again, "Who are you buying this cloth for?"

She and her eldest sister had already started learning to do needlework, so they naturally knew that such a large piece of cloth was enough for her to make a coat, and more.

However, it should be barely possible to make a suit for Xiaosi or Xiaoyu.

"Xiaowu bought it."

Lu Xiaoyu looked at the cloth in Lu Xiaoli's hand, and his expression became more and more proud.

This cloth was very cheap to buy. Xiaowu got it from a cloth shop and it only cost seventeen cents.

It's seventeen cents, and pig's feet and pig bones are twenty cents more.

She had never seen such cheap cloth. It was Xiaosi's cleverness that allowed her to get such a huge discount.

"How much does this cost!"

Looking at the cloth in his hand, Xiao Li was about to cry: "Did Xiaosi spend all the money he got from selling rice dumpling leaves today? He knew it was for himself..."

Xiaosi is such a spendthrift, buying such things.

"No."

Lu Xiaoyu interrupted Lu Xiaoli and took the white cotton cloth over: "I bought this for Xiao Wu. Xiao Si said that I would make some clothes for Xiao Wu."

Xiaowu has never worn any clothes since he was born. He is wrapped in a quilt in the winter. Now that the weather is hot, he has no cloth on his body and is wrapped in a quilt all day long.

Hearing several sisters mention him, Lu Xiaowu stood up unsteadily on the edge of the bed and screamed twice.

"What kind of clothes does he want to wear?" Lu Xiaoli glared at Lu Xiaowu, who was staggering and trying to lean against the bed. "He can't even walk."

Lu Xiaoyu was also angry and retorted loudly to the second sister: "If you can't walk, you don't have to wear clothes?"

If Xiao Si said that he bought it for Xiao Wu, then he bought it for Xiao Wu. Even the second sister was not allowed to object.

The clothes at home were worn by Xiaoqing and Xiaoli, and Xiaoli wore them by Xiaoyu. They were all tattered and tattered. Qiu was not willing to dress Xiaowu, saying that Xiaowu was still young and didn’t need to wear clothes. All the good stuff was removed.

It was left to be patched, but it was not good. The cloth that was about to rot was smeared with paste, leaving it smeared on the soles of the shoes.

Lu Xiaoqing took the white cotton cloth handed over by Xiaoyu, unfolded it and looked at it.

The fine white cotton cloth is soft to the touch and not as prickly as coarse cloth. There are several holes chewed by mice in three places and stained with urine. I don't know if they can be washed clean.

However, even so, this was the best cloth she had ever seen.

Lu Xiaoqing measured it with his hands and found that it was five feet long.

This piece of cloth can be pieced together to make a long-sleeved gown and trousers for Xiao Si, and can also be used to make a pair of short-sleeved gown and trousers. However, if it is to be used to make a suit for Xiao Si or Xiao Yu, it can barely be done.

"Why buy it for my little brother Wu?" Lu Xiaoli was unconvinced.

The little brother has done nothing, why should I buy it for him?

If you want to buy something, you should buy it for her. Over the years, every time my parents made new clothes, they would make them for my eldest sister, and then she would wear something that her eldest sister couldn't wear.

She also wants to have her own new clothes.

"Why can't you buy it for Xiaowu?"

Lu Xiaoyu felt that the second sister was becoming more and more unattractive: "Buying it for Xiao Wu is not for other people to wear. Xiao Wu doesn't have any clothes yet."

"He is so young, what clothes should he wear? If he buys it, he should buy it for me...my eldest sister and I."

After Lu Xiaoli finished speaking, his face turned red and he secretly glanced at the eldest sister.

Now she feels more and more that her parents are partial. When her mother gave birth to Xiao Wu, she didn't feel that Xiao Wu drank milk and did not compete with their sisters for food. But since Xiao Si came, she found that her parents' eyes

Just go around Xiaosi and give him all the good things.

The family finally saved some money, and they also bought medicine and made porridge for Xiao Si.

Xiaosi and Xiaowu are just a little more chirpy than her, so why are parents so partial?

To provide for her parents in old age, she can also take care of her parents in their old age. If her parents give her rice porridge and cloth rice, she is also willing to provide for her parents in her old age. Why does she have to have Xiaosi and Xiaowu?

"Okay."

Lu Xiaoqing was the eldest sister. Seeing that Lu Xiaoli's temper was getting worse, he could only remind her gently, "Dad, mom, please hear..."

If parents hear Xiaoli talking like this, they will be angry.

I'm making clothes for Xiao Wu, not for others, so why not?

"That's right, second sister, you are too stingy." Xiao Yu raised his hand to tease Xiao Wu who was trying to learn to walk next to him, "Why can't you make new clothes for our Xiao Wu? Xiao Wu is our little brother, right?

Ah, Xiaowu."

The ignorant Xiaowu just screamed "Ahhh" and excitedly raised his hand to grab Xiaoyu's fingers. He had no idea what the sisters were talking about.

Lu Xiaoli was so aggrieved that she almost shed tears. When she saw that her sisters didn't help her, she was so angry that she slammed the door and walked out.

She knew that she was the least popular member of the family.

She also wants to wear new clothes. Why is it that every time the family makes new clothes, they are made for the eldest sister? Why do the delicious food have to be given to Xiaosi and Xiaowu...

Xiaoyu looked blankly at the wooden door that was closed and popped open. She didn't understand why the second sister was unhappy. So many copper coins were sold today. What a good thing. Why wasn't the second sister happy?

never mind!

Xiaoyu took off her garland and showed it to Xiaowu: "This is the garland your fourth brother made for me. Isn't it beautiful?"

The colorful flowers made Xiaowu scratch his little hands and get more and more excited.

Lu Xiaoqing put the cloth in his hand on the bed and gestured back and forth, calculating how to avoid the holes and make a complete set of clothes.

The weather is getting hot, and Xiaosi doesn't have any decent clothes yet.

Xiao Wu is still young and grows up quickly. There is no need to make new clothes. Why not make this piece of cloth for Xiao Si. When Xiao Si wears it smaller, he can continue to wear it for Xiao Wu.

It's not a waste either.

However, it would be nice if this cloth was not white. Even if it is black, khaki is better than white.
Chapter completed!
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