Aunt Ma helps people with needlework here, and now the sergeants from the guard station will also send clothes over for people to sew, starch and wash them.
Seeing Song Liyun come in, the women stood up and gave up their seats.
Song Liyun has been in Ruijin Town for so long, but he has never seen a gathering of women.
Seeing that everyone was very reserved, he hurriedly smiled and said: "Sisters-in-law, aunts and ladies, please sit down, you're welcome!"
Not long after Song Liyun arrived in Ruijin Town, she met Aunt Ma under the introduction of Boss Mu. All the clothes and shoes of the three siblings were made by Aunt Ma, and she was the most familiar with Song Liyun.
Seeing that everyone was acting awkward, Aunt Ma immediately followed suit and smoothed things over: "Come, everyone sit on the kang, don't be afraid, Miss Song is very nice.
You must have heard from the men of various families that Miss Song will send food and firewood to the Jinglao Hall this winter.
Mr. Zhang has boasted several times, saying that the big Kang in the hall will be warmer this year."
Several women here have met Song Liyun to some extent, but they are not familiar with her, and they were frightened by her beating people in the street. They all said in private that she was not easy to get along with.
At this time, seeing Song Liyun speaking with a smile and a friendly tone, without the aura of shock that day, and what Sister-in-law Ma said, they also relaxed, but they spoke cautiously, for fear of offending Song Liyun and getting slapped in the face.
Song Liyun brought cotton and cloth, and the women naturally talked about clothes and other things.
Aunt Ma had already received the letter. Two days ago, Song Liyun had said that she would make three sets of smocks. When she saw the new cloth, she knew it was time.
He pulled the cloth bag and took a look, and immediately shouted: "Oh! This is the best green fu cloth, thick and wear-resistant. This piece must cost at least 300 yuan!"
What she held in her hand was a piece of thick stone blue cloth, which Song Liyun bought for the brothers in Qili County.
The two of them are small and thin, and one piece of cloth is enough to cut two sets of clothes, large and small.
Hearing Aunt Ma's request for 300 renminbi, Song Liyun smiled and did not say that the piece of cloth cost 500 renminbi. He only said: "I also bought a piece of twill cloth, and my sister-in-law will make a set for me."
The red wedding dress and other clothes in Song Shuirong's box were sold to used clothes shops by her, and one of them was bought by Xu Yan'er.
The three brothers and sisters are all wearing old clothes. Even if they are not particular about their clothes, they should wear new clothes during the Chinese New Year.
Aunt Ma looked at the fabrics and new cotton prepared for Han Ming and Hei Jin below, and praised them: "They are all good fabrics, hey! If you add them all together, you will have to spend a tael of silver."
She was talking about how much it cost, and several other women came around to touch and look at it, with envy in their eyes.
Living in the town, they rarely have money to buy new clothes.
Now the Song family sells acorn tofu and sells vegetables to the health clinic. Life is getting better and better.
Finally, a young daughter-in-law said: "Miss Song, I heard from Mr. Zhang from Jinglaotang that you would like to pay them to peel acorns?"
Song Liyun smiled and said: "I always ask people to help me with the work. Of course I have to pay for it, but I didn't give any money. I gave it to Uncle Zhang and the others, acorn noodles and firewood."
Although the young daughter-in-law was shy, she mustered up her courage and said, "We can also help you with the work. We also need acorn tofu and firewood, okay?"
It's only the twelfth lunar month now, and it's still very early in March when we can dig wild vegetables. Moreover, I heard that there is war on the border again, and food prices in various places have risen sharply.
There are advantages to being closed here in Ruijin Town. They are all self-sufficient. Few families buy food. Even news is spread slowly by others.
But even these scattered words made everyone worried, fearing that those terrible days would return.
Now each family can only make the cooked porridge thinner and try to eat it with multigrain acorn noodles.
Now if we can get the Song family's acorn tofu that has no bitter taste, we can save a lot of food.
In the past, Song Liyun might have had to think about polishing her secrets and hiding her clumsiness, but now that she and Song Zhenping have become famous in the first battle, it's no longer possible to keep a low profile.
In addition, although his fresh vegetables have not been publicized in a big way, now that Xue Zhuang has started selling them, making a lot of money will soon become a household name.
There is no need for her to dodge anymore.
I originally thought that there would be many opportunities to employ people in the future, but now that the question has come to me, let’s start now.
It's just that she doesn't understand most of the people in Ruijin Town. People have to be used, so she should observe them first before doing anything.
Song Liyun didn't answer for a while. The little daughter-in-law was also very anxious and couldn't help but ask again: "My husband and I are farmers. Although we farm more than ten acres of land, there are many people in the family, including seven or eight people, old and young.
Living on the ground alone was not enough to eat, so I wanted to find some work."
"There are seven or eight people in your family, how could you..." Song Liyun was a little surprised. Not many people in Ruijin Town could have the whole family.
The younger daughter-in-law looks to be only twenty years old, and she is also a fast-talking person. It is obvious that she is still a little proud of the large number of people in her family.
"Miss Song, I know what you want to ask, just tell the truth! I am the only one who can have a complete family in this house.
My father-in-law and mother-in-law used to be honest people. They didn't dare to launder sand gold, so they kept farming. They also collected pine nuts and wild fruits in exchange for money.
When the bandits brought people here, my whole family happened to be picking acorns, so we stayed in the mountains and didn't come back, so we escaped the disaster."
The young daughter-in-law said nonchalantly that she had not yet gotten married at that time, and she only got married half a year after the tragedy. By that time, Ruijin Town had already returned to peace, which did not prevent her from getting married, giving birth to a baby, and becoming a mother, so she did not feel the pain.
But several women in the room became jealous. These were the ones whose family members had been robbed and killed.
Song Liyun didn't mean to hurt anyone, and just said to his daughter-in-law: "Of course your family can help me with things, but it's the New Year now, and everyone has to prepare for the New Year, so let's do work after the New Year!"
When she heard that she could get a job, her daughter-in-law immediately became happy. After the New Year, it will be after the New Year. Anyway, now she can get some washing and sewing work from Aunt Ma to supplement the family income.
Several other women were excited when they heard that they could take over the job. An extra kilogram of grains would make the porridge thicker, and they were also willing to do it.
Song Liyun saw how many people were thinking, and also promised to give him a living after the new year, and everyone smiled.
After chatting for a while, the little daughter-in-law named Chuntao walked away happily holding a few clothes that needed to be washed.
The other women soon sat down and said goodbye to Song Liyun one after another.
Aunt Ma watched from the side, and she was also happy when she saw that Song Liyun agreed to find something for everyone to do.
Now the only thing these women can do is wash clothes for the sergeants in the guard station, and two clothes cost a penny.
These women are idle anyway. There is hot water on the kang stove, and they can barely earn three to five cents.
When the weather warms up and the sergeants can wash themselves, they will not be able to earn even three to five cents.
If Song Liyun could do some work, such as peeling acorns at Jinglaotang, he could have a few more kilograms of acorn noodles to satisfy his hunger during the spring famine.
At this time, Aunt Ma was in a happy mood. While tailoring Song Liyun's clothes, she talked about the gossip of various households in the town.
In the past, she never mentioned those sad things.
Listening to her talk, Song Liyun realized why Boss Mu's family was originally in Qili County, but he still stayed in Suijin Town to open a store.