After Su Yan finished lunch at the Su family's house, she went to the supply and marketing cooperative for a walk, buying whatever she found suitable. On her way back, she took some vegetables and fruits out of the space. When she got home, Hua Jing told her that Lu Ting was going on a business trip tomorrow.

"Yan Yan, did you know that Xiao Ting said he's going on a business trip tomorrow?"

"I think I heard about it before. I'll pack his luggage later."

"Yan Yan, your Aunt Xiao Fang wants to learn how to sew from you. I wonder if you are free."

"Aunt Qin, do you want to learn how to sew on a sewing machine? I'm only so-so at making simple clothes, but if you want to make something really exquisite, you need to find a master sewer. I also learned from Lu Ting, and then I slowly figured it out on my own."

If Grandpa Lu Ting wasn't here, she would have wanted to ask him to be her teacher. Aunt Qin had to help Lu Jin take care of the children, so where would she find the time to learn how to make clothes?

"I'll tell her about this."

"If she really wants to learn tailoring, she can ask Grandpa to be her teacher. By the way, aunt, why didn't you learn to make clothes from Grandpa?"

"I can't even draw straight lines. Watching my dad drawing on the canvas with chalk gives me a headache."

Su Yan smiled and said, "Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. Everyone is good at different things."

Hua Jing took Lu Yiming to Lu's house and told her what Su Yan said. Qin Xiaofang still wanted to give it a try.

It just so happened that Su Yan bought some cloth for Lu Yiming last month, and she made summer clothes for him in the next room in the afternoon.

Summer clothes for children are not that difficult to make. Su Yan plans to make a polo shirt with dungaree shorts and two sets of vests with shorts for Lu Yiming.

When Qin Xiaofang came over with the child, Su Yan was busy cutting fabric.

"Xiaoyan, Aunt Fang wants to learn how to make clothes from you. Can you teach me?"

Su Yan said seriously, "Aunt Fang, I only know how to make simple summer clothes for children, and do things like sewing and mending. I'm not very good at those complicated things.

If Aunt Fang wants to make a living from this craft and learn the true craft of making clothes, I think it would be best for you to learn from a master and start as an apprentice."

"Xiaoyan, who did you learn this from?"

"I learned a little bit from Lu Ting. I bought my winter coats and padded jackets at the department store. Lu Ting bought me a sewing machine just to let me play with it. I just need to learn how to sew and mend things."

It’s not that Su Yan doesn’t want to teach Qin Fang, but she feels that her current level is indeed not enough to be someone else’s master. Can she teach a first-class apprentice with her third-rate level?

How could Su Yan not know what Qin Xiaofang was thinking? She just thought that since Qin Xiaofang had a sewing machine at home, she could learn from her for a while. When her family had money, she could buy a sewing machine and make clothes for the neighbors in the village. Taking work at home would definitely provide much more freedom than working as a nanny outside.

Hua Jing agreed, "Xiaoyan rarely makes clothes at home. This sewing machine is usually left unused at home. In the summer, Xiaoyan will make one or two pieces of clothing for Yiming. She's not as skilled at making clothes as Xiaoting."

Su Yan also told her that learning to make clothes is not a matter of one day or one night, and she is now slowly groping in the dark. Seeing that her sister-in-law and Su Yan both said this, Xiaofang had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​learning to make clothes.

Su Yan was afraid that she would not give up, so she took a piece of cloth and taught her how to operate the sewing machine. As a result, Qin Xiaofang did not operate it properly and the needle of the sewing machine broke directly.

Frightened, Qin Xiaofang quickly stood up and said, "It's a bit difficult to make clothes. I'm clumsy and I probably can't learn it. Xiaoyan, did I break the sewing machine?"

"It's not broken, just the needle is broken."

Qin Xiaofang felt a little embarrassed. She stood there and watched for a while, then picked up Lanlan from the bed and went back to Lu's house.

"Xiaoyan, it's summer vacation now and I want to ask for leave to go back home."

"Then you can go back tomorrow and play at home for a few more days. I will take care of Yiming myself."

"Xiaoyan, my Ruirui wants to come over and play with Xiaoyu and the others for two days, what do you think..."

"Aunt, since Ruirui, Dandan and the others want to come over and play, they can come. You don't have to worry about having no place to sleep. Lu Ting will be away on a business trip tomorrow, and Yiming will sleep with me.

Dandan can sleep with you, and Ruirui and his brother can sleep on the floor with straw mats."

Her aunt came to help her take care of the children. Except for Zhenzhen, none of her children had ever been to her house to play. Since her aunt suggested it, she would invite them to come over and play.

In the afternoon, Su Yan made a pair of elastic shorts for Lu Yiming. Hua Jing frowned as she saw the shorts that were not open-crotch shorts.

"Xiaoyan, why don't you make open-crotch pants for Yiming?"

"He would call for help when he needed to go to the bathroom."

Lu Yiming himself was a little embarrassed. He told Su Yan that he would not wear open-crotch pants in the future and would scream when he needed to pee.

"Xiaoyan, I think it's better for children to wear open-crotch pants before they are three years old."

For children in later generations, it is quite good if they have not worn open-crotch pants since they were nine years old. Adults just need to take care of the children when they need to go to the toilet. A two-year-old child must learn to go to the toilet by himself.

Thinking of this, Su Yan decided to take some time out another day to find the carpenter who made children's chairs and ask him to make a small stool for defecation so that the child could learn to go to the toilet by himself.

Seeing that Su Yan insisted, Hua Jing didn't know what to say. At most, she would help Yiming pee a few more times a day.

Because Lu Ting was going on a business trip tomorrow, Su Yan prepared a table full of delicious dishes for dinner. Lu Ting looked at the chicken and fish on the table and knew that his wife was worried about him having to sit on the train for several days and there was nothing delicious to eat on the train.

"Yan Yan, you and I might go to Guangfu when we go south this time. Is there anything you want to buy?"

"I don't have anything I want to buy. Can you please see if there are any nice flowers in the flower market? I can buy a few pots of them. If there are any good flower seeds, please buy me some."

I heard the Spring Festival flower market is very lively, but I don't know how the summer flower market is doing. There are only roses, hydrangeas, and tulips planted around the space villa. There are really no high-end flowers like peonies and orchids.

"Okay, if you like growing flowers, my friend in Luoyang has quite a few in his backyard. I can ask him to dig up some seeds and send them over next spring."

"Seriously, if you can find someone to dig more."

Hua Jing asked, "Where are you going to plant the peonies? In the Lu family courtyard?"