"You're still smiling! You and your father are both virtuous and prodigal!"
Xu's mother looked annoyed when she saw her smiling.
"Okay, Mom, I bought everything, and the supply and marketing cooperative doesn't want to return it!"
Xu Yin happily pulled her mother to the table.
"And take a look, these are all new materials from the supply and marketing cooperative, which were not available before. We don't have to buy new fabrics for free. When we wait until the New Year to buy them, we won't be able to buy them. They have already been snatched up by the city people. I call this a preemptive strike.
To be strong! Ask your sister-in-law to make new clothes for your two elders later. If anyone asks, just say that you are a filial daughter. How honorable!"
Father Xu cheerfully agreed: "Yes! The other day, I asked the branch secretary to smoke a filter. He asked if we had a distinguished guest coming to our house to give such a nice gift. I said no, it was my daughter who bought it for me.
.But he is so envious that he wants to trade his daughter with me..."
"Just go ahead! I know your filter!"
Xu's mother drove the man to a corner angrily, holding up the fabric her daughter bought, feeling happy and distressed at the same time.
"Tell me, why are you wasting this money? It's not like your father and I don't have any clothes..."
"Oh Mom, this is how I honor you. When I make more money in the future, I will not only make new clothes for you, but also build a big house for you to live in!"
Xu Yin's few words made Xu's mother smile again.
Sister-in-law Xu hugged Little Douding who was sucking the candy and looked at this scene with a smile.
For some reason, she firmly believed that what her sister-in-law said would come true one day.
My sister-in-law has this ability.
After Xu's mother was made happy, she went into the house to tidy up with the cloth and some durable food.
Xu Yin handed the extra packet of toffee, a pound of shortbread with red bean paste filling and three pieces of fabric to Mrs. Xu.
"Sister-in-law, keep these and take the time to make new clothes for yourself and Doudou. Orders will come slowly and don't be in a hurry. We are already much faster than other tailor shops."
Sister-in-law Xu wanted to give Xu Yin money, but Xu Yin didn't want it.
"Sister-in-law, you are going out now. Isn't it right for me to buy some food and clothes for my nephew? I will get the report in a few days. I also want to pull a piece of light and breathable fabric for my eldest brother."
“Everyone has one!”
Xiao Douding suddenly said something.
"Yes!" Xu Yin laughed, "Everyone in our family is wearing new clothes!"
Xiao Douding blinked: "You didn't, aunt."
"Why not? Didn't you just make new pants last month?"
"No clothes."
"Yes, I have a lot of clothes! I'll change them later and make new ones."
Xu Yin is quite confident in her profession.
Little Douding believed it, clapped his little hands and jumped up and down: "Everyone has it!"
"Doudou is absolutely right!"
Although Teacher Qu didn't ask her when she could finish it soon, Xu Yin guessed that he probably wanted it to be done as soon as possible, so she decided to put him in the queue.
After distributing the gifts, Xu Yin gave the orders and fabrics received from the school to her sister-in-law.
By the way, I told her that I would work on this princess dress in the next few days and try to finish it before getting the report sheet.
Sister-in-law Xu was pleasantly surprised when she saw the design of the princess dress drawn by Xu Yin: "It looks great! It will look great on a little girl!"
Then I thought about whether the baby in my belly was a girl or a boy. If it was a girl, I would tie the seersucker and make such a beautiful skirt for her when she grows up.
Xu Yin didn't know what she was thinking. If she knew, she would have twitched her lips: You don't have to ask about this baby, you are just a kid if you ask! If you want a daughter, you should look forward to the next baby.
But having said that, it seems that there have been signs of family planning in the city for a long time. There is a shortage of labor in the countryside, so the control will not be so strict in the short term, but it is hard to say next year.
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The food in Lao Xu's family has been good recently, with no big fish or meat, eggs, duck eggs, scrambled eggs, steamed eggs, braised eggs...
With the suggestion of Xu Yin, an invisible foodie, I was able to stay the same for several days.
Occasionally add fried bacon and sausage dishes, and the family looks much better than before.
The one who has changed the most is Sister-in-law Xu.
In addition, she has been busy taking orders and making clothes for more than a month and rarely goes out. When she first appeared, the neighbors next door almost didn't recognize her.
"Cui...Cuihua? I haven't seen you go out for a while. What are you doing at home?"
Chen Qiaohong, who married into Xujia Village in the same year as her, was carrying a tub of clothes to wash at the river port. Passing by Xu's house, she happened to see Mrs. Xu opening the door and coming out.
Sister-in-law Xu smiled at her.
Her rosy and shiny face, against the backdrop of the morning glow, had a bit of beauty that I had never noticed in the past. She had not been seen out recently, and her skin had become a lot whiter.
Li Qiaohong couldn't express what she felt in her heart.
She and Li Cuihua are both from Lijia Village. They are somewhat related through ancestors. They married in the same village. The two families are not far apart. It is expected that the relationship between the two will be relatively good.
It was true on the surface, but only she knew in her heart that she did not want Li Cuihua to live well. On the contrary, she wished that she would be tortured by her husband's family and suffer unspeakably.
Who knew that the old Xu family disliked her having a younger brother and sister, and were worried that she would have to help her mother-in-law's family after marrying into her husband's family, so they rejected the matchmakers sent by her mother-in-law's family, but instead fell in love with Li Cuihua.
It's like saying in disguise that she is not as good as Li Cuihua.
This tone lasted until I got married.
After she got married, she felt much better when she saw the life Li Cuihua was living in her husband's family - her mother-in-law and sister-in-law taught her everything.
Xindao thought, so what if I married a soldier, so what if I received a fixed salary every month, it was not like working as a cow or horse for my husband's family.
So every time she passed by the gate of Xu's courtyard, she would take a few glances in.
I feel particularly good when I see Li Cuihua dragging his tired body and being busy here and there by his mother-in-law and sister-in-law.
Unexpectedly, after the busy farming season this year, the old Xu family didn't know what the trouble was. For more than a month, they neither heard the old woman of the Xu family curse, nor did they see Li Cuihua dragging her exhausted body to the village to pick up manure or chop firewood in the backyard.
Occasionally I bumped into her at the river pier a few times, and when I glanced at her, I saw that there were not as many clothes in her basin as there were in my own basin.
What's even more strange is that in the past half month, the person who washes clothes in the river has been an old woman from the Xu family.
Li Cuihua doesn't even need to wash the clothes at home? When did her life become so good?
Li Qiaohong tried her best to suppress the jealousy in her heart and forced out a smile: "Cuihua, you look really good recently. Could it be that you have a baby?"
Sister-in-law Xu nodded with a smile: "Yes, so I haven't gone out much recently."
"..."
Li Qiaohong stared at her in disbelief: "Have you really got it?"
Is that why the old lady of the Xu family is so kind to her? She doesn’t ask people to do menial work, but even helps her wash clothes?
Then I thought: That's not right! When she was pregnant with Doudou, she didn't seem to be treated like this.
After all, Doudou is still the eldest grandson of the old Xu family, so he can’t have a second child, right?