After dinner, Fu Nanyao stared at Ali for a long time, making his face blush.
After a long while, Ali finally asked hesitantly, "Sister, why are you looking at me?"
Fu Nanyao frowned: "Don't call me sister, you are older than me."
Ali changed his tone: "Miss Nan Yao, why are you looking at me?"
It had been a long time since anyone called her "Miss." The feeling of being a master returned to her. Fu Nanyao half-lowered her eyes and said, "My legs and feet are not good, so I can't go to work in the fields. You can help me with more farm work in the future. Your trousers and sleeves are too short. I can help you sew them."
Ali's face turned even redder, and he stammered, "Okay, okay."
"Then take off your clothes and pants."
Ali's face was completely red: "Take it off, take it off?"
Fu Nanyao glared at him and said, "What are you thinking about? I just saw that your sleeves and trouser legs are too short, so I wanted to help you sew them up. How else can I sew them?"
Yan Funing smiled and said, "Go to Bei Mo's room and take off your clothes. Then ask Bei Mo to give them to Nan Yao."
The three of them walked towards the east wing.
Fu Beimo let Ali into his room.
Soon, Ali stood behind the door, took out the clothes and pants he had taken off, and handed them to Fu Beimo.
Fu Beimo took it to the large room in the east wing.
Yan Funing was in the west wing. She found two pieces of cloth that were similar in color to Ali's clothes and took them to the east wing.
Fu Nanyao was just wondering what color to pick up for Ali, when she saw Yan Funing bring it in, she asked with a smile, "Where did this come from?"
"I asked the cloth shop owner for it when I bought the cloth before." Yan Funing handed the cloth to her. "I think the colors are similar, so it won't look too abrupt when we splice it together."
Fu Nanyao gestured and nodded: "Yeah, just right, not bad."
Yan Funing sat for a while and then left the east wing.
Fu Beimo hurriedly walked up to her and muttered softly: "Sister-in-law, my sister only helped with the sewing because she wanted Ali to do more work."
Yan Funing smiled and said, "Your sister has difficulty walking, so it's really hard for her to work in the fields."
At this time, Ali's voice came from the small room in the east wing: "I will work more."
Yan Funing smiled again and went back to the west wing to sew her own clothes.
After a cup of tea, Fu Nanyao fixed her sleeves and trouser legs and left the room.
Fu Beimo took the clothes and gave them to Ali.
After a while, Ali came out dressed.
Seeing that he was less cramped because of his short sleeves and trouser legs, Yan Funing smiled and said to Fu Nanyao, "You sewed very well."
Fu Nanyao also laughed: "It's mainly because sister-in-law chose a good color. The navy blue doesn't look dirty."
Ali stroked his sleeves and said shyly, "Thank you, Miss Nan Yao, thank you, sister-in-law!"
At this time, Fu Beimo took a hoe and a shovel from the woodshed, handed one to Ali, and the two of them went out of the fence.
Yan Funing remembered that there were no vegetables at home, so she walked a few steps quickly and ordered, "Bei Mo, pick two cabbages and two radishes when you get home."
Fu Beimo turned back and waved to Yan Funing: "Okay, sister-in-law."
Then he walked towards the fields with Ali.
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The golden sun sets in the west, the setting sun reflects the dusk, and the sunset is in the west.
Yan Funing and Fu Nanyao came to the yard at the same time to collect clothes.
The two looked at each other and smiled.
"The sun has been shining these past two days, and all the clothes have dried out."
Fu Nanyao put away her own clothes and her brother's clothes.
"Mm, clothes that have been dried in the sun have a nice fragrance. It smells really good."
Yan Funing collected her and Fu Ciyi's clothes.
Fu Nanyao turned her head and looked at her: "Does it smell good?"
"Well, smell it." Yan Funing let her smell the clothes in her hand.
"It really does have a fragrance." Fu Nanyao sniffed her own, "Why is there no fragrance on my clothes?"
"No?" Yan Funing leaned over and sniffed the clothes in Fu Nanyao's hands. "The fragrance is relatively light, right?"
Fu Nanyao said angrily, "Bei Mo's clothes must have become smelly, and they're drying with mine, so my clothes don't smell good anymore."
Yan Funing chuckled: "Next time, wash it more in soap nuts, and it will naturally have a fragrance."
All the clothes were collected, and only a bed sheet was left.
Fu Nanyao reached out and touched it: "It's dry, do you want to dry it in the sun for another day?"
Yan Funing also reached out and touched it: "It was indeed done."
Fu Nanyao added, "Let it dry for a while, it will be more comfortable to lay on."
Suddenly, Fu Ciyi's cold voice rang out from the west wing: "Now that it's dry, put it away."
Since her brother had spoken, Fu Nanyao said nothing more and went back to her room with her clothes.
Yan Funing responded, first put the clothes on the bed in the room, and then folded the sheets.
Just then, Fu Beimo and Ali came back.
The two men put the hoe and shovel in the woodshed, and the cabbage and radish in the kitchen.
Yan Funing said to Ali, "Go home and get a container for rice."
Ali happily agreed and ran away.
When he came back, he was holding a wooden cylinder.
Yan Funing used the cylinder to fill two kilograms of rice for him, and also gave him a cabbage, a radish, and three pork ribs.
There were more things than agreed upon. Ali couldn't believe it: "Didn't you say two kilograms of rice?"
Yan Funing said, "Rice is used for cooking, and vegetables must be eaten."
Ali's eyes turned red again, and he expressed his sincere gratitude: "Thank you, sister-in-law!"
I haven't felt the warmth of home since I was a child, but I felt it all day today.
Yan Funing said softly, "It's getting dark, go back and cook dinner."
"Sister-in-law, what kind of work should I do tomorrow?"
Yan Funing thought for a moment and said, "My husband is going to teach at the village school tomorrow. I plan to ask Bei Mo to bring him lunch. But Bei Mo has only been to the village school once, and I'm afraid he might get lost along the way. You should go with him and keep an eye on him along the way."
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