Chapter 97: Sister-in-law knows so many things

Gu Xiaoxi smiled and replied, "Last night, Lu Jiansen borrowed the sewing machine from the political commissar's house. I thought since I had borrowed it, I would make cotton-padded clothes for the whole family to wear in winter. Sister Guifen, do you want to make some clothes? I can help you."

Li Guifen's eyes lit up. "That's great. I also have two kilograms of cotton saved. Let's make a cotton coat for my eldest son! I'll go get the cotton."

Seeing that she had only made one, Gu Xiaoxi casually pointed to a bag of cotton in the corner of her room and said, "Sister-in-law, I still have a lot of cotton here. My cotton coat is almost done. I'll give it all to you!"

"How can this be possible? Let me buy it from you!" Li Guifen also really wanted the cotton.

The weather in Qingbei is getting cold. If the family has a new cotton-padded jacket, this New Year will be more enjoyable.

Gu Xiaoxi pursed her lips and smiled, "Buy whatever you want. If my sister-in-law has snails, clams, or anything delicious in the future, just send me some. I won't have to pay you then."

"No, I still have to pay for it. Snails are worthless. When we have some at home in the future, I will send them to you." Li Guifen insisted.

Although Xiaoxi is a nice person, she can't always take advantage of others.

Seeing that she insisted, Gu Xiaoxi agreed.

She felt that Sister Guifen was a kind-hearted person, and that no one else was treated this way by her.

Although the snow was heavy outside, Li Guifen's heart was warm. She went back and brought her own cotton and cloth over.

Knowing that Feng Xia was good at making cotton shoes, he specially called Feng Xia over.

That's how three women got together on a snowy day.

Gu Xiaoxi helped them make clothes, while Li Guifen and Feng Xia helped Gu Xiaoxi make cotton shoes.

After Lu Jiansen came back and saw this scene, he simply invited Li Guifen's husband and Feng Xia's husband to come to his house for dinner with their children.

Naturally, three men were in the kitchen.

During the meal, Lu Jiansen also specially invited Political Commissar Luo and his wife.

Political Commissar Luo was a little surprised when he saw that his family's sewing machine played such an important role in Gu Xiaoxi's hands.

The political commissar's wife was even more surprised. She had never thought that just by borrowing the sewing machine for one day, Lu Jiansen's wife would make a cotton coat for her husband, Lao Luo.

No wonder her husband, Mr. Luo, favors this kid Lu Jiansen!

This guy has good taste and finds a good wife!

That night, Lu Jiansen's small courtyard was particularly lively.

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The next day.

When I woke up, the snow had stopped and it was white outside.

Lu Jiansen was not at home, but Gu Xiaoxi still saw his breakfast warming in the pot on the remaining fire in the kitchen.

When she was sitting at the dining table and drinking her porridge slowly, she saw the note Lu Jiansen left for her.

"Xiaoxi, I'm on a mission and won't be back at noon. I've prepared the Chinese medicine and warmed it on the coal stove. Remember to drink it."

"The sewing machine has been returned to the political commissar's home. Your eldest brother also has a mission, so I asked him to send away the cotton-padded clothes you made for your family yesterday. Be good, eat well, and wait for me to come back!"

After reading the note, Gu Xiaoxi felt warmed and emotional at the same time.

As a soldier, there is very little time to be truly idle.

Just after finishing breakfast, I saw Liu Meihua and several military wives coming over.

Liu Meihua said to Gu Xiaoxi who was standing at the door, "I heard that you are good at making clothes. How about making a few clothes for us?"

Gu Xiaoxi suddenly understood why Lu Jiansen returned the sewing machine to the political commissar's house so quickly.

She explained to the other wives of the military officers, "I borrowed the sewing machine from the political commissar's house yesterday, but I've already returned it. I'm sorry. I plan to knit a sweater today."

Liu Meihua frowned, "Do you have any cotton? We can exchange it with you."

Gu Xiaoxi didn't want to trade with her, but she still said, "I brought the cotton for Sister Guifen and Sister Fengxia. It's 70 cents a pound. There are about five pounds left. There are so many of you. How are we going to divide it?"

Liu Meihua immediately said, "I want them all!"

The other military wives frowned, "We need some cotton, too."

Gu Xiaoxi walked back into the house and took out a bag of pure white cotton. "This is all we have. How about you each take a pound?"

"Okay. One pound then!"

Just like that, the five military wives each received a pound of cotton, gave Gu Xiaoxi some money and left.

When Liu Meihua left, she couldn't help but take a look at the clothes and cotton-padded shoes that Gu Xiaoxi was wearing.

Lu Jiansen was so nice to her and bought her all the good things.

After everyone left, Gu Xiaoxi took a shovel and shoveled the snow in the yard, and also used garbage cleaning skills to clean the snow on the roof.

My house is an old one, so it is not suitable to have too much snow piled on the roof.

However, as soon as she shoveled the snow, it started snowing again.

She went back to the kitchen, drank some Chinese medicine, and then processed the wild rabbit skin that Lu Jiansen had peeled.

She had made a pair of rabbit fur gloves before, and she was still one pair short of finishing them. Now that she had nothing to do, she just made the other one.

After making the gloves, she took a look into the small companion space.

When she realized that she was a little slow in picking up the eggs and a group of chicks hatched automatically in the cage, she quickly picked up the remaining eggs.

She couldn't afford to raise so many chickens, so she started killing them again.

After killing five chickens in a row, she plucked the feathers and removed the bones using a perfect peeling technique.

After washing it again, she chopped the chicken, picked some chilies from the small space, and started making chicken chili sauce.

When it was ready, she packed it into canning jars, then lit a fire in the bakery and made a roast chicken.

While waiting for the chicken to roast, she took out the wool and knitted a sweater.

Just after weaving for a while, Lu Jianlin's voice suddenly came from outside the courtyard gate.

"Sister-in-law!"

Gu Xiaoxi was slightly stunned and immediately walked out of the kitchen.

When she saw Lu Jianlin standing outside in the heavy snow with his luggage, she was startled and quickly let him in.

"It's snowing so heavily, why are you here?"

She quickly poured him a cup of hot tea.

Lu Jianlin put the two big fish in his hands into the kitchen and explained, "The military district medical clinic is short of people, and Director Chen asked me to come over and stay for a while."

"That's right! I've made a fire in the kitchen. It's warmer. You can sit here and warm yourself by the fire!"

"Okay." Lu Jianlin took a sip of tea and looked around silently.

Gu Xiaoxi squatted beside the bread cellar, turned the roast chicken over, and kneaded the dough in advance.

Lu Jiansen didn't come back at noon, and she didn't want to cook, so she planned to steam some buns.

We can also have roast chicken to entertain Lu Jianlin.

"Sister-in-law, are you roasting a chicken?" Lu Jianlin looked at the interesting bread cellar with curiosity.

"Well. You've come just in time. Today is the first time this bread cellar is being used."

When Lu Jianlin heard this, he couldn't help laughing.

His sister-in-law knows so many things!

Moreover, he felt a sense of joy at being welcomed!