Sewing a quilt?
Winter is over, why are you still sewing a quilt?
Bai Ying didn't hide her inner doubts and turned her head to look at Chu Xianglan, "Mom, why are you still making a new quilt in spring?"
Chu Xianglan poked Bai Ying's head and scolded her with a smile, "Silly child, this is to prepare your dowry. Even a daughter's wedding needs a new quilt. It's still so cold now, and I can't let you live a hard life on the farm, right? At the very least, I have to prepare two new quilts for you, one for sleeping and one for covering yourself."
Hearing this, Bai Ying felt warm in her heart and her eyes became a little moist.
Chu Xianglan really had nothing to say about her adopted daughter.
How could she return to the Lin family in her previous life because she was afraid of bringing trouble to her parents?
The grace of giving birth to her is great, and the grace of raising her is no less. When she came to the Bai family, she was still in her infancy. It was Chu Xianglan who worked hard day and night to raise her little by little!
"Sister Zhang," Chu Xianglan said with embarrassment, "I was planning to take Yingzi to the commune to buy cloth this afternoon..."
Hearing that Chu Xianglan was busy, Huang Xia, who had been dawdling at the table, suddenly perked up. She quickly stood up and said, "Mom, you're busy, but I am! I'll take my sister-in-law to the commune to buy some cloth this afternoon. You can help sew a quilt with Aunt Zhang. I don't know how to sew quilts, so I can't help much."
Chu Xianglan thought about it and nodded to Huang Xia, "Okay, you and Yingzi go to the commune together this afternoon. Remember to go quickly and come back before dark. It's not safe for two women to walk at night."
Huang Xia patted her bulging chest and assured: "Mom, I'm with you, are you still worried?"
Chu Xianglan's mouth twitched. She was worried because Huang Xia was following them!
Huang Xia has been married into the Bai family for more than seven years. She has long understood the character of her eldest daughter-in-law very well. In other families, mothers-in-law always make things difficult for their daughters-in-law, but in her family, Huang Xia is almost the head of the family. Even the eldest son can't control his wife.
Only in front of the second brother could Huang Xia behave herself for a while.
"Sister Zhang, wait a minute, I'll be there soon."
Chu Xianglan said something to Aunt Zhang again, then pulled Bai Ying to the corner of the yard, stuffed the money and cloth coupons she had prepared long ago into her pocket, and whispered to her, "Don't care what your sister-in-law says, don't give her the money, and don't listen to her about what kind of cloth you want, just pick what you like."
Her eldest daughter-in-law is lazy and greedy, and she will not do anything that is not beneficial.
She was so diligent today in wanting to go to the commune with me. Maybe she was eyeing the ticket and money to buy cloth for Bai Ying. If she really gave the money to Huang Xia, she might be buying cloth for Huang Xia to make new clothes when she comes back.
"Mom, I understand."
Bai Ying guessed that Huang Xia was likely to cause trouble today, so she planned to take advantage of the situation and see what Huang Xia could come up with.
Afraid of trouble?
She was very timid in her previous life, which led to her living a cowardly life. She couldn't do anything she wanted to do, but she forced herself to do a lot of things she didn't want to do.
After living her life again, she finally understood that if one wants to live comfortably in this world, one cannot be afraid of troubles, but can only be afraid that troubles will not come!
"But... I have money on hand to buy clothes, so use this money to prepare my dowry. I'll take the cloth coupons." Bai Ying returned the wrinkled twenty yuan to Chu Xianglan. As soon as he saw that it came from her family, he knew that she had saved it for a long time by living frugally.
These days, neighborhood relationships are much closer than in later generations.
Anyone who can help out at weddings and funerals will do so, and families whose daughters are getting married will also help each other sew quilts, without having to spend any labor costs.
But I have to buy the cotton and cloth myself, which is a considerable expense. Plus I have to buy dowry items such as washbasins and thermoses, so twenty yuan is not enough.
The custom here is that any family that cares about their daughter will prepare a dowry for her, for fear that she will have an inconvenience living in the man's home. If Chu Xianglan is not allowed to prepare a dowry, she would probably feel uncomfortable.
As for the money spent on her? Bai Ying planned to find an excuse to pay it back later. Her family was large and not well-off, and they had already spent a lot of money on her schooling over the years. She couldn't let the Bai family continue to sacrifice for her.
"You kid! Okay, okay, then I'll use this money to prepare a bigger dowry for you so you don't have to suffer on the farm."
Chu Xianglan remembered that Bai Ying had just received a subsidy, and she had spent two yuan before. The remaining money was enough to buy cloth for making clothes. "Then mother will leave first. Remember to come back early today!"
After giving Bai Ying some worried advice, Chu Xianglan went to her neighbor Aunt Zhang's house to sew a quilt with her.
Seeing Chu Xianglan leave, Huang Xia, who was standing in the room, rolled her eyes and came forward, "Sister-in-law, you still have to be on duty at the brigade clinic this morning. With so many people coming and going, it's inevitable that some of them might be dishonest. What if you lose some money? Let me keep it for you."
Haha... Mom really didn't think much about it. My sister-in-law set her eyes on the money in her hands so quickly.
"No, how dare I trouble my sister-in-law?" Bai Ying refused decisively, and said pointedly, "Even a child as old as Gou Niu knows that you can't keep people waiting for dinner at home, let alone such a large sum of money. I will definitely pay more attention."
Hearing Bai Ying exposing her past, Huang Xia didn't know if she had something to hide or what, but strangely, she didn't refute it. Instead, she laughed dryly and withdrew her hand in disappointment.
"Well, then sister-in-law will be waiting for you at the clinic at noon. As soon as you get off work, we will go to the commune."
"OK."
Bai Ying responded and left the yard with the medicine box.
Considering Huang Xia's abnormal reaction since yesterday, Bai Ying did not rush to the brigade clinic immediately for safety reasons, but instead stayed behind the willow tree at the door of her house, keeping an eye on her family's movements.
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