Chapter 121 Clothing Controversy

Ling Ling and Wan Li had offended the twin brothers. Their mother, Sun Xiuli, was also a stingy person. However, due to the small dispute between the children, she could not directly go to Lin Yue to make trouble. She could only hold her anger, find some clothes, and imitate Lin Yue by knocking leaves on the clothes.

But she had no experience and had not been to the scene yesterday. She only heard the two children's recounting that they were smashing things without any reason and had damaged three pieces of clothing, which made her even angrier.

Commander Zhou went to Beijing to attend the military parade and didn't know about this. Today, his eldest son Zhou Zhenye and his wife brought their children home and saw Sun Xiuli smashing the last piece of clothing.

Zhou Zhenye rarely took the initiative to talk to Sun Xiuli: "Hey, little girl, what are you doing? Do you have a grudge against clothes?"

Sun Xiuli was even more angry at her stepson's taunting, but she still had to pretend to be gentle and kind to deal with this stepson who was almost her own age. She kept inviting the family of three to go into the house and rest.

Zhou Zhenye's wife smiled and said, "Little girl, stop busying yourself. We are going back to our own home. Why are you being so polite?"

Sun Xiuli forced a smile and said, "Okay, then you guys sit down first. I'll go out and buy some food and cook for you at noon!" After saying that, she hurried out. She didn't want to stay with this family for long.

Lin Yue worked overtime last night and sewed clothes for several children. Today, Lingling and Wanli put on new clothes and took their brother and sister downstairs to play. They said they were playing, but in fact they were just showing off.

Wanli and Xiao Mushroom both wore white long-sleeved pullovers on top and old khaki-colored coarse cloth pants on the bottom. Lingling wore a skirt on the bottom, made of pure white fabric with many chrysanthemum petals printed on it, which was quite interesting. She wore the sandals her mother had bought for her on purpose. Although the weather was getting colder, she didn't care, as long as she looked good.

She was holding a little kid in her arms, who was wearing a white one-piece baby suit. The little guy's face had started to gain weight, and when he heard the voice, he smiled a cute toothless smile, looking very confident.

The four siblings standing downstairs attracted quite a few people. The children were simply attracted by their beautiful new clothes, but the adults were different. They touched the patterns on the clothes and discussed with each other how to make them, treating the children like clothes racks.

Some children were very excited when they heard their mothers researching how to make clothes, thinking that their mothers would make them new clothes when they got home. Unfortunately, they were wrong. Although their mothers researched, they had no intention of making new clothes for them.

Sun Xiuli also noticed the clothes on several children. She stopped and looked at them carefully for a while. She had to admit that they were indeed very beautiful. All the way she was thinking about how to talk to Lin Yue about it so as not to lose face as a teacher's wife.

As soon as he entered the house, he saw his twin sons surrounding Zhou Zhenye's baby son named Cha Cha, each holding a big stone and smashing his clothes.

Sun Xiuli rushed forward to stop them and snatched all the stones from the children's hands. She lifted up the clothes and saw that the clothes that could have been saved were now completely unwearable.

Chacha was suddenly robbed of his stone and clothes. He was startled and ran away crying. Sun Xiuli saw that the situation was not good and hurried to chase him into the house. Sure enough, she heard the little brat crying in his mother's arms: "Mom, Aunt Sun stole my things!"

Sun Xiuli rushed in to explain: "No, Cha Cha, be good, Mammy is not trying to take your things, she is trying to tell you that it is wrong to throw stones at clothes, you can't do that!"

Cha Cha looked up and asked seriously, "What should I use to hit it? Like you did with a hammer?"

Sun Xiuli's face was full of black lines, while Xu and Zhou Zhenye's shoulders were shaking from trying to hold back their laughter. Sun Xiuli was really too angry, that's why she hated her stepson's family so much, they were all uneducated!

At Lin Yue's home, the outfits of the four siblings set off a trend in the family compound. Lingling and Wanli took this opportunity to start a business among the children. They exchanged a lot of things with their unique skills. White Rabbit milk candy was nothing to them. There were also dried meat, apples, and cakes. There were too many things. The two siblings could not finish them, so they took them all back home and asked Lin Yue to deal with them.

When Lin Yue found a small golden longevity lock from the pile of things, she knew that she couldn't let the children continue like this.

She questioned the two siblings again and found out that basically all the things for exchange were there, except for some food. Only then did she feel relieved.

She was afraid that the child was ignorant, so she sent him back personally.

This little gold pendant belonged to no one but the grandson of Zhang Yuandong's boss, Teacher Xu. Lin Yue found Auntie Li privately and asked as soon as he entered the courtyard: "Auntie, is anyone home?"

Auntie Li was cooking. She wiped her hands on her apron and said with a smile, "It's Xiaolin. Why are you here at this time? What's the matter?"

Seeing that she had no intention of letting him in, Lin Yue showed the longevity lock a little bit of its golden edge and said with a smile, "Auntie, I came here today because of this thing. My two children found it outside and said it might be dropped by your Xu Bin. They chased him for a long time but couldn't catch him, so they asked me to ask. Can you see if it's mine?"

Although the little transaction between Lingling and Wanli was just a minor quarrel between children, the time node was quite special and Lin Yue could not say it openly, so she changed her words and the listeners understood it immediately.

When Auntie Li saw what Lin Yue held in his hand, her expression changed. Since the overthrow of the landlords in the 1950s, gold has been a taboo among the people. Anyone who has it must hide it carefully, for fear of being discovered by others. She smiled stiffly, and it was not right to take it or not.

She understood at this time that Xiaolin asked if anyone was home right away because he didn't want to do anything else, but was just thinking about her. She quickly let him into the house and said with a forced smile: "Xiaolin, do you want to take out that thing of yours and let me see it?"

Lin Yue stretched out his hand and said, "Auntie, please take a closer look. If this is really Xu Bin's thing, you must keep it well. It should be made of brass, so it is worth a lot of money!"

Auntie Li took the longevity lock and said, "Yes, it's made of copper. My grandson has been weak since he was young, and I heard that a longevity lock can help him feel better, so I made him one out of brass! It's not worth much, but the child has worn it since he was young, so I have to keep it as a souvenir!"

At the end, her expression softened and she stuffed an apple into Lin Yue's hand. "Eat an apple. Auntie has to thank you very much. It's a blessing for your two children! I heard from my son Binbin that they printed flowers on his clothes. I saw it and it was so beautiful! When I was a child, I also saw people dyeing with leaves, but later my life was bad and I never saw it again. I didn't expect you to be so skillful and have this skill!"

Lin Yue smiled and said, "Auntie, you are joking. You know, I had a hard life since I was a child. There was nothing to play with, so I just figured it out on my own!"

Auntie Li nodded, then echoed a few words, and said, "Come to think of it, Sun Xiuli from the 42nd Division came to me a few days ago and wanted to ask me for a favor. She wanted you to make some clothes for her two children. I saw that you have four children, so you would be busy enough, so I helped you refuse!"

Auntie Li's words were nice. Sun Xiuli didn't ask her to help mediate. From her tone, she thought that once she opened her mouth, Lin Yue would have to rush to make the clothes and send them over. She had previously ridiculed Lin Yue for being too embarrassed to come to her as an ally! Auntie Li would certainly not be stupid enough to agree to such a thing. Sun Xiuli had been in the family compound for six or seven years, but she had not learned to read the situation. Her head was full of class ideas. Sooner or later, something bad would happen!

Lin Yue thought of Sun Xiuli and felt a little strange, but he knew that Aunt Li meant well, so he smiled and thanked her, said a few polite words, and then left.

To be honest, no parent in the family home has ever asked them to make clothes for them. On the one hand, it is because this season is neither too cold nor too hot, and parents think it is a waste to make autumn clothes for their children. On the other hand, transactions between children only require some snacks, which is much more cost-effective than favors between adults, so they are happy to let the children handle it themselves.

Lin Yue was also happy to see it at first. Not only did it give the two children a chance to exercise, but they also made many friends of different ages. But after today, she felt that this matter could be stopped. Not only because of this incident, but also because there were only so many children in the compound, and almost all of them had been exchanged with the two children. If she continued to tease those children and continue to exchange, Lin Yue was afraid that someone would say bad things behind her back.

After returning home, Lin Yue thought about Sun Xiuli and decided to ask Wang Tingting.

When Wang Tingting heard the name, she chuckled and said, "She used to be a nurse in the hospital. Although she doesn't work in the hospital now, there are still gossips about her in the hospital. I came late, but I know a lot!"

Lin Yue nodded. What is this called? This is called "Even though she is no longer in the Jianghu, her legend still exists in the Jianghu."

"She was the one that Teacher Zhou married later, you know that, right? Then do you know how they got together?"

Lin Yue shook his head in support and urged, "Can you tell me about it?"

Wang Tingting sighed and continued, "It's not so glorious to say. When Commander Zhou's first wife was ill, she was hospitalized in the military hospital. I just said that the date of birth of the twins was less than ten months away from the time when Commander Zhou's first wife died! Also, if you look at the attitude of Commander Zhou's eldest son towards Sun Xiuli, you will understand!"