At this time, an old man wearing a worn cotton jacket and a leather cotton hat came over from the street of the town, pulling a flatbed cart.
Just when Lin Yizhen was wondering if he was the one who came to deliver the sewing machine to her, she saw the man pulling a flatbed cart towards her.
Lin Yizhen quickly stood up from the ground and saw what was on the flatbed truck.
The cardboard box with the three big words "sewing machine" printed on it came into view, and Lin Yizhen hurriedly pushed her bicycle towards it.
After comparing the numbers on the cigarette cases with the old man, the old man put down the cart and started unloading the things on it. He also helped Lin Yizhen tie the sewing machine to the bicycle.
Lin Yizhen paid one dollar for the fare and gave the old man a handful of fruit candies as a token of gratitude.
The old man happily took the money and candy and left with his cart.
After the old man left, Lin Yizhen held the cardboard box containing the sewing machine in one hand and the handlebars of the bicycle in the other, and slowly pushed the bicycle back.
When they reached a deserted section of the road, Lin Yizhen put the sewing machine into the space.
Without the sewing machine on the bicycle, Lin Yizhen felt that the bicycle was much easier. Without the sewing machine on the bicycle, Lin Yizhen simply got on the bicycle and rode away.
Halfway through the ride, Lin Yizhen put the bicycle into the space and went back home over Jingshan.
When she got home, Lin Yizhen couldn't wait to go into the space to unpack the cartons and assemble the sewing machine.
It’s a pity that I still couldn’t assemble it after fiddling with it for a long time.
In the end, it was Xiaoyu who came to help. Xiaoyu knew how to refine equipment, so assembling these things was not difficult for her at all.
After the sewing machine was assembled, Lin Yizhen tried it herself according to the instructions.
I found that the speed of sewing clothes was indeed fast, but the stitches were a bit big and not as dense as those embroidered by the palace embroiderers.
Well! It doesn't matter if the stitches are big, you can make lining.
For clothes worn outside, it is better to have them made by embroiderers. The clothes made by embroiderers are more exquisite than those bought outside, and the style is also unique.
After Lin Yizhen tried it, she moved the sewing machine to Shangyifang for the embroiderers to use.
After the sewing machine was taken away, Lin Yizhen felt that there was nothing to do, so she went to the Imperial Garden to practice martial arts.
After dinner, Lin Yizhen delivered food to the people in the cowshed. Then she went into the house to cut red paper, preparing to write couplets and cut window decorations.
The Chinese New Year is just two days away, and I’ve bought everything I need.
Now only couplets and window decorations are left.
As for other pastries and snacks, Lin Yizhen asked the puppets in the imperial kitchen to prepare them.
However, in order to hide it from the villagers, she also boiled some lard in the kitchen to let the aroma spread.
After finishing all these, Lin Yizhen took out a two-jin piece of fat meat, two jin of brown sugar, two boxes of yam and jujube paste cakes, and two pheasants from her space and went to Ahuapo's house.
In addition to Ahua's mother-in-law's family, Lin Yizhen also sent holiday gifts to the village chief's family, several families in the village who had good relations with her, and the cowshed.
However, because of the different number of people, Lin Yizhen delivered different quantities to each family.
The families who received holiday gifts from Lin Yizhen also gave gifts in return.
Although it was not as valuable as what Lin Yizhen had given, it was the best thing their families could offer.
Lin Yizhen did not object and happily accepted the return gift.
On the morning of New Year's Eve, Lin Yizhen was in the kitchen making paste to paste up spring couplets and window decorations when Aunt Zhuang came over carrying a basket.
Six freshly fried meatballs were brought to Lin Yizhen.
Lin Yizhen also took a box of lotus cakes, a box of yam and jujube paste cakes, a handful of wine-filled candies, and a few pieces of chocolate to take back to Aunt Zhuang.
When Aunt Zhuang saw Lin Yizhen giving her so many things, she quickly refused.
But Lin Yizhen stuffed the things into her basket before she could finish her words, and then pushed her out of the yard.
Aunt Zhuang called out several times, but Lin Yizhen didn't open the door, so she had no choice but to take these things and go home.
The meatballs Aunt Zhuang sent were large and looked delicious. Lin Yizhen tasted them and found them a bit salty. She had to eat them with rice or cook them in a dish.
It was just time for dinner, and Lin Yizhen moved all the food that Xianghe had brought to Wenhua Palace to the table outside.
Lin Yizhen often eats the food in the space.
Therefore, there was nothing new about it, but I was interested in the meatballs sent by Aunt Zhuang.
The first dish she ate today was the meatballs sent by Aunt Zhuang.
After eating it with rice, it is indeed not that salty. The taste is not bad, salty and fragrant, and it goes well with rice.
But Lin Yizhen couldn't eat more after eating one because there was too much fat in the meatballs and it felt a bit greasy.
Lin Yizhen didn't eat the remaining meatballs and started eating the dishes that Xianghe brought.
Today Xianghe ordered four dishes and a soup: stir-fried venison, stir-fried choy sum, steamed fish, a mixed platter, and a bowl of black chicken and ginseng soup.
The portions of dishes were not big, just enough for Lin Yizhen to eat by herself.
After finishing lunch, Lin Yizhen digested the food in the yard. Then she went into the house to take out the written couplets and cut window paper-cuts and began to paste the couplets and window paper-cuts.
Because Lin Yizhen was alone, she was afraid that the couplets and window decorations would be pasted crookedly.
I called Xiaoyu out and asked her to help check whether it was pasted correctly.
Lin Yizhen's newly built house has many doors and windows. After she put up the couplets and window decorations, she was exhausted, especially her arms, which were so sore that she could hardly lift them.
Seeing that Lin Yizhen was so tired, Xiaoyu quickly said to her, "Master, I'll close the door. You can go into the space! Let Xianghe and the others help you massage."
Lin Yizhen nodded weakly and said, "Okay!"
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