Chapter 201: A Small Elm Tree
Xie Qiujin frowned when she heard this: "How can that be? Wash your hands first, I'll boil some water for you to take a hot bath."
The stream water is so cold, how could she bear to let her daughter wash her hair by the stream, so that she wouldn't get cold.
"Thank you, mother~"
Knowing that her mother meant well, Sang Yu immediately agreed sweetly.
Taking a hot bath these days is quite troublesome. You have to boil water, add water, and then take out the water in the bathtub in batches and pour it out after you finish bathing.
Sang Yu, who used to want to take a bath every day and wash her hair every other day, gradually changed this good habit. She would try not to take a bath unless she felt really uncomfortable.
Boil water in two large pots together, and only one boil is enough for washing once.
Sang Yu first washed off the yellow mud on her arms and cheeks by the stream, and even the mud on her hair, and gently wiped it several times with a linen cloth dipped in water.
After taking off her clothes and getting into the bathtub with the right water temperature, Sang Yu couldn't help but let out a comfortable sigh: "It feels great!"
The size of the bathtub was not too big, even smaller than the simple bath tubs of later generations, but it was big enough for Sang Yu to sit cross-legged in it, as she was really thin now.
While washing her body, she was thinking whether she should raise a cow or a sheep and drink some milk to supplement her diet.
Otherwise, what if she can’t grow taller in the future? She doesn’t want to be a dwarf all her life.
After washing herself with soap and putting on her inner clothes, Sang Yu heard Xie Qiujin's voice coming from outside the door.
"Yu'er, are you done washing?"
"I've finished washing, mother. I'm getting dressed now and will be done soon." As she said this, she was about to reach out to take her outer robe.
"Don't wear them yet. They're so dirty. I've got new clothes for you. I'm coming in."
In fact, after buying the linen, Xie Qiujin and Mrs. Shi started making clothes for the whole family after making the bedding.
The amount of fabric they bought at the beginning was definitely not enough. They thought of making it for Sang Yongjing and Sang Yu, who often went out, and those who didn't go out would wait for a while.
But they didn't expect that Sang Yu made money faster than they made clothes. Before she finished making the clothes, she bought a few more pieces of cloth.
Originally, Sang Yu's clothes should have been made in the first batch, but she didn't like the skirt and wanted to change it into pants. Xie Qiujin made many modifications and it was not completed until now.
They were all women, and Sang Yu was still wearing her underwear. She didn't feel shy about Xie Qiujin coming in directly. Instead, she looked at the light pink clothes in her hand with anticipation.
Seeing her staring at the clothes, Xie Qiujin couldn't help but laugh: "Try it on first to see if it fits. If there's anything uncomfortable, I'll make alterations for you."
The top was still the familiar long-sleeved T-shirt, no, it should be called a short jacket, because Sang Yu found that it had two layers of fabric, which was an autumn and winter style.
At first glance, the lower part looks like a skirt, but when you shake it open, you will find that it is actually two trouser legs, which are very similar to the later skirts and pants.
Sang Yu couldn't wait to put on her new clothes, ran to Xie Qiujin, turned around, and asked with a smile, "How is it? Does it look good?"
"Beautiful! Our Yu'er is the most beautiful young lady in the world."
This was a bit too much praise, making Sang Yu feel a little embarrassed for a moment. She lowered her head shyly, but found that there was embroidery on the hem of her short jacket.
From her angle, the embroidery was turned exactly 180 degrees, making it difficult to distinguish.
Xie Qiujin reminded with a smile: "It's a small elm tree."
As a mother, she always hopes to make clothes perfect for her children, but her energy is limited. She also wants to finish the clothes quickly and wear them for Sang Yu, so she can only reduce the embroidery on the clothes.
Finally, I chose to embroider a small elm tree on the hem of the clothes and the trouser legs, which made the solid-colored clothes appear less monotonous and also echoed Sang Yu's name.
Sang Yu's eyes lit up when he heard this. What is this called? This is called private customization, exclusive logo.
Even if you wear the most ordinary linen clothes, you will never see anyone else wearing them.
She tried a few more movements, raising her legs high, squatting, kicking, etc., all of which were very smooth, without any sense of being restricted by the skirt.
"Mom, the clothes you made for me are so good. If someone else makes them for me in the future, I'm afraid I won't be able to get used to them."
Xie Qiujin smiled and rubbed her head: "From now on, Yu'er's clothes will be made by mother, so you can have new clothes to wear every day."
After taking a shower and changing into new clothes, Sang Yu felt refreshed and sat in the pavilion wringing her hair with a dry linen cloth.
She has been in poor health since she was young, and her hair is thinner and sparser than that of ordinary people.
But after being completely soaked, it is still difficult to dry out, and you have to use a dry cloth to carefully squeeze out the water inside.
Before she had finished twisting all her hair, the father and son of the Sang family came in from the courtyard gate carrying bamboo baskets on their backs.
Sang Yu, who felt that twisting her hair was too troublesome, threw the cloth on the table, stood up and turned around twice, deliberately revealing the small elm tree at the hem of her clothes. There was only one expression on her face - waiting for praise.
As soon as he saw her new dress, Sang Xingjia was the first to praise her: "Little sister, this new dress suits you very well, it looks great!"
Sang Yongjing, who was a beat slower to react, hadn't figured out why she was spinning when Sang Xingjia whispered to him, "Hurry up and praise her for looking good."
"Ah, yes, it looks good!" He quickly agreed.
After receiving the praise she wanted, Sang Yu raised her already proud head even higher, like a proud little peacock.
It was rare to see her like this, and both father and son couldn't help but smile foolishly.
When Xie Qiujin, who had used the excuse of "what's the point of working with new clothes on" to chase Sang Yu out and clean the bathtub herself, came out after finishing her work, she saw the three people standing in the yard with silly smiles on their faces.
She was a little confused: "Why are you laughing like that? How many snails did you catch?"
After she reminded him, Sang Yongjing remembered that there were snails in the basket on his back, and hurriedly took off the bamboo basket on his back.
He quickly ran to the kitchen and took out a large basin, then lifted up the entire bamboo basket and dumped it down.
The black snails in the basket suddenly poured out like a tide, piling up a small mountain in the basin. Even the large basin could not hold them all, and the mountain overflowed onto the ground outside.
Sang Yu and Xie Qiujin slowly opened their mouths, looked at the basin full of snails, and then looked at Sang Yongjing.
Finally, Sang Yu was the first to ask, "Dad, did you guys destroy the snails' nest?"
She had personally gone to catch snails and knew that there were quite a few snails on the edge of that water area, but it was not possible to just catch a bunch of them. She had to pick them up one by one slowly.
Judging from the number of snails in the basin, there must be at least forty or fifty kilograms. Excluding the time wasted on the way back and forth, how could two people pick up so many snails?
"Hehe, Yu'er, it's such a pity that you didn't go today. Let me tell you..."
Sang Yongjing had a lot of things to say, and he wanted to wait until he got home to show off to his family. Sang Yu asked the right person.
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