The east side of their house is better. The neighbor to the east has a large family and there is no shortage of snow clearing labor, so they don't need to sweep too far. They only need to sweep the snow together with the residents next door.
But we have to sweep a little more distance to the west. There are two old people living to the west of them.
The two elderly people have no children and are not young at all. It is easy to fall if they step on the snow, but elderly people of this age cannot fall. If they fall, they may not be able to get up again.
So not only did a few people clean up the road, but they also helped the two elderly people sweep away the snow in the yard.
The two old men were old and their legs and feet were not very good. When they saw them sweeping the yard, they came to them with a tray and staggered a little: "Thank you, otherwise we two old bones would just be there."
I can watch it, but I can’t sweep it away. I can’t sweep it away, thanks to you!”
After saying that, he looked at Zhang Yu and Xie Xiaohui who were following him, and pulled the two of them to give them a bagful of melon seeds from the tray.
While pretending to be happy, he said: "I got a few hair bumps in the courtyard this year and caught a lot of them. Isn't it the Chinese New Year soon? I'll clean them up and they'll be fried. Try it and see how it tastes."
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[To be honest, I have been using the Huanyuan app recently to read and catch up on updates. It allows me to switch between sources and read aloud with many sounds. .huanyuanapp is available for Android and Apple.]
Because the old man was old and his attitude was very firm, the two of them did not dare to push each other for fear of bumping into the old man.
The two old men had no children due to the war, so they were particularly kind to the children nearby.
The two old people also came from the chaotic era in the past, and they were both people who were used to living a hard life, and they were not willing to eat anything delicious.
But every year, some snacks such as Mao Ke are planted in the yard. Whenever children come over, they will put some for the children to make them sweet.
After clearing the snow, the women also prepared meals when they returned home. After having a hot meal, the family went about their business.
The women occupied a big kang by themselves and gathered together to put on shoe soles, quilts, and cotton-padded clothes.
In this era without machines, people's clothes and hats were sewed from head to toe by women.
Even if there are sewing machines, they are the exclusive property of a few people. At least in Zhang Yu's memory, even in Beijing, sewing machines are rarely seen.
Therefore, needlework at this time has become a must-have skill for every woman. Many people will ask about a woman's needlework when talking about getting married.
Good needlework can bring great benefits to a woman's marriage.
At this time, the matchmaker acts as a matchmaker. When mentioning a girl, the biggest compliment is to say: "She is good at needlework, and her life will be no problem."
At this time, men, women, old and young all wore home-made cotton clothes.
Homemade cotton clothes are soft and warm.
At this time, mothers taught their daughters the techniques of making cotton-padded clothes, passing them down from generation to generation.
When the girl was growing up, she saw her mother making cotton-padded clothes and quilts a lot, and by the time she learned these things, she was almost good at it.
The eldest aunt's craftsmanship is famous in the neighborhood. Although the second aunt's craftsmanship is not as good as that of the eldest aunt, it is still good.
I just took advantage of my free time today to give some guidance to the juniors below.
"Learn from your aunt. Your aunt's craftsmanship is one of the best in Shiliba Village. Others can't learn it even if they want to." Huan Mei nodded her daughter's head with her finger, indicating that she should study hard and not be distracted.
"Mom, can you learn some other work? I really can't do these needlework!" Xie Xiaoyan asked pitifully.
"You also said, look at what kind of work you are doing? Look, I asked you to make a pair of cotton trousers, and you sewed two legs into one." Huan Mei looked at the work done by her daughter again, and the whole
It's so popular that it almost jumps.
A good pair of cotton trousers, this year's new cloth, I was afraid that she wouldn't know how to cut or sew, so I cut it for her and put it on the kang in order, but I didn't expect that in the blink of an eye I would
If you don’t see the effort, you can make it like this.
"Mom, I really can't learn this. Look at my hands." Xie Xiaoyan stretched out her hand towards her mother. There were five or six needle holes in it, and some of the needle holes were covered with blood.
Xie Xiaoyan didn't know what was wrong. The light needle seemed to be very heavy in her hand. It took a lot of effort to sew each stitch, and the stitches were not straight, and the thread was twisted.
Juanmei looked at the twisted threads and cotton pants sewn into one leg and wanted to get angry, but she couldn't bear it anymore when she saw her daughter's pricked hands and the traces of blood on the cotton pants.
"Go, go, get out of the way, don't waste my things anymore, look at the cotton pants I made for you to sew, really, I might as well do it myself." With that, he took it from his daughter's hand.
I took over the miserable pair of cotton trousers and took them apart and sewed them. After a while, a pair of straight cotton trousers came out.
"Look, isn't this quite simple? I'm not that big, and it can be sewn out in a moment? Tell me, what's so difficult about this?" He sighed again: "I remember when I
There is no need to learn needlework. I know how to do it after watching your grandma do it a few times. Why did I end up like this when I came to you? Who do you look like?"
"But I really can't sew. Rather than sitting here doing needlework, I would rather go out to fetch water and firewood. If I can't help it, I would rather go to the fields to work than touch a needle." Xie Xiaoyan said with a grimace.
"I am willing to do as much as I can for you now. But after you get married, can I still do these jobs for you?"
Huan Mei shook her head as she spoke, and looked at her daughter with a look of hatred, "I'm worried about you. You only have sewing skills, and you can't even make a patch. What will you do after you get married?"
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Do I still have to chase you to your mother-in-law's house to do these needlework for you? Just see if your mother-in-law won't talk about you to death..."
"Mom, I won't marry, I will depend on you for the rest of my life." Xie Xiaoyan blushed when she heard her mother's words, and she kept acting coquettishly while holding one of her mother's arms.
"You!" Huan Mei laughed at her daughter, and nodded her head helplessly, "Okay, okay, stay at home for the rest of your life and be an old girl."
Huan Mei's words made the people around her laugh.
"Xie Xiaohui, why are you laughing? What's so funny?" Xie Xiaoyan looked around and angrily asked her brother, who was the most bullied.
"I didn't laugh, I didn't laugh, I didn't laugh, how could I laugh at you? You are my sister, you must have seen it wrong, hahahaha!"
