When Xiao Moxi returned home, her brother and sister-in-law were already back. The adults and children were all gathered in the living room, eating sunflower seeds and watching TV. There were also fruits and snacks on the coffee table. Normally, she would immediately go and get some snacks to eat, or sit down and eat sunflower seeds.
She shrank back, her figure flashed by, and she quickly ran up the stairs.
"Moxi, you're back?" Zhang Yulan called out to her retreating figure as she went up the stairs.
"Moxi, everyone's here, why did you go upstairs?" Ye Mei found it strange; it wasn't like her usual self.
"Oh, I have a lot of homework to do today, so I can't chat with you guys anymore." Moxi ran up without turning her head.
When she said she had homework to do, no one thought much of it. They chatted for a while and then went to sleep. Everyone was tired that day.
DouDou and GuoGuo are now used to sleeping in their own rooms.
Su Xiaonuan went back to her room first. She was thinking about how to deal with Xiao Moran since the children wouldn't sleep with her.
The next second, the door opened, and he came in carrying a bundle of cloth.
"What are you doing bringing in a bundle of cloth?" She had been lying on the bed, but she sat up abruptly in a panic.
“I don’t have any extra blankets for me to sleep on the floor.” He casually threw the bundle of cloth in the middle of the bed. “Tonight, let this divide our bed in two. I promise I won’t invade your territory, honey. Let me sleep in the bed.”
"Why don't you bring a tree in?" she said, looking at the man in front of her with a mixture of amusement and exasperation.
“I did think about it. I was worried that if you accidentally rolled over and hugged the tree, it would hurt your skin. This fabric is so nice, so soft and smooth.” He raised an eyebrow at her. “If you don’t want to sleep hugging the baby’s father, then I’ll find you something comfortable to hug, right?”
"You make it sound like I can't sleep without something to hug." She scoffed, ignored him, and went to sleep.
I was so tired after a long day that I fell asleep almost immediately.
Xiao Moran wasn't much better off. He wanted to take a good look at her while she was asleep, but his eyelids were drooping and he soon fell asleep as well.
Zhang Yulan got up very early. She wanted to go to the kitchen to make breakfast, but she really didn't know where to start. She wasn't burning firewood. She wandered around the kitchen for a while and was about to leave when Xiao Nuan came in.
"Mom, why are you up so early?" Su Xiaonuan asked. "The city is not like the countryside. You don't have anything to do up so early. You can only plant vegetables after the trees in the vegetable garden are moved."
"Xiao Nuan, find me something to do," Zhang Yulan said awkwardly, rubbing her hands. "I've been busy my whole life, and I really can't stand being idle. I was just thinking of coming to the kitchen to make breakfast when I realized I don't know how to use this stove."
"Mother-in-law, you've just arrived, take a few days to rest first." Ye Mei came in, took an apron from the shelf and tied it around her waist. "The children want to eat my scallion pancakes again. You can't help me in the kitchen anyway, so go outside for a walk, or go for a stroll by the lake."
Zhang Yulan felt utterly useless, and even shook her head helplessly. After leaving the kitchen, she paced back and forth in the living room, her gaze falling on the Bee brand sewing machine.
"Mom, if you really can't stay idle, then why don't you make some bed sheets for the children?" Su Xiaonuan thought of the bundle of fabric in the room, which would be perfect for her mother-in-law to pass the time. Otherwise, it would be troublesome if the old lady couldn't stay idle and kept making a fuss about going back.
We finally managed to get her out of here, and if she goes back, she probably won't want to come out again. We need to let her gradually adapt to life here before she will stay in the provincial capital. So we need to find her something to do first.
"Great, great!" Zhang Yulan, hearing there was something to do, immediately went to lift the cover from the sewing machine. "It's still new, do you have any fabric?"
"Yes, wait here." Su Xiaonuan carried the thermos upstairs.
The sound of the door opening startled Xiao Moran awake. He opened his eyes, looked at Su Xiaonuan carrying a thermos, and stretched. "You're up so early? Were you tired yesterday? Why didn't you sleep in a little longer?"
"I woke up thirsty." She waved the thermos, walked in, placed it on the table, poured a cup of water into it (it was a little hot, so she put it aside), walked to the bedside, stretched out her arms, and bent down.
Xiao Moran got excited, thinking she was opening her arms for a hug.
Just as he was about to reach out and catch her, her hands reached across his body and she picked up the bundle of cloth lying between them. She then turned and gave the man, whose arms were now empty, a deep look. "What are you thinking? Did you think I was going to hug you?"
"What are you doing hugging that cloth?" he teased. "Is hugging a cloth more comfortable than hugging me?"
"What are you thinking about?" She glared at him. "I saw your mother was bored and wanted to take this cloth to find her something to do. Otherwise, she might make a fuss about going back to the countryside."
"Then I'll sleep a little longer." He lay down again. "Let my mom do with this bundle of cloth. If it's not enough, there are plenty more in the upstairs rooms. Let her do whatever she wants with it."
He stored a lot of fabric in his room on the third floor, not worried that his mother would waste it. Now, his Sanwen Nuan bedding factory is doing well, although not as well as the Nuan Nuan brand mattresses, because he hasn't launched a large-scale advertising campaign yet.
After carrying the fabric to the living room, Su Xiaonuan felt that her mother's sewing machine in the living room was disturbing everyone's rest. There were also several people in the family who got off work late, such as Xiaohong, Zhongling, and Tiezhu.
To avoid disturbing their rest, she moved the sewing machine to the third floor and opened the room where the fabric was stored. It was filled with fabrics of various colors and patterns, neatly stacked. Even rulers, scissors, chalk, elastics, zippers, and other supplies were readily available. It was like a small warehouse, filled with goods delivered in bulk.
Su Xiaonuan set up her sewing machine in the room next to where the fabrics were stored, and even put two desks together to make a workbench.
While Zhang Yulan was testing the sewing machine, Su Xiaonuan cut out some fabric on the workbench and took it to Zhang Yulan, saying, "Mom, let's not make bed sheets anymore. Bed sheets tend to shift, and the kids don't sleep well. Let's make fitted sheets so they can be put directly over the mattress and stay in place. No matter how they sleep, we won't have to worry about them shifting."
"Oh, there are bed sheets like this?" Zhang Yulan asked curiously, taking the fabric pieces that Xiao Nuan had cut out. "Tell me, how do I make them?"
Under Su Xiaonuan's guidance, Zhang Yulan quickly put on the fitted sheet. To verify its effectiveness, Zhang Yulan even took it to her own room to try it out. It was indeed easy to use, much better than a sheet. If you sleep on a sheet, you have to spend a long time making it in the morning, but with this fitted sheet, you don't have to make it at all after sleeping.
“This is really practical, but it’s not as nice as a bed sheet. A bed sheet can cover the sides of the bed,” Zhang Yulan said frankly. “It’s fine for us old folks and children, but you young people are particular, so this won’t look good.”
"Mom, let's go." Su Xiaonuan pulled Zhang Yulan to the third floor. She cut out the fabric again and had Zhang Yulan piece it together. When it came to sewing the lace, she simply had Zhang Yulan get up and sit down to finish the lace on the bed skirt. She also added elastic bands around the bed skirt to secure it.
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