Chapter 196 Grandma Yu's Handkerchief
The four children hurried out of the shop and went to the mill shed at the back.
The shed was quite simple, with walls on three sides and one side wide open with a straw mat tied on it as a door curtain.
There was only a small millstone and a few bags of beans in the mill, including soybeans, red beans, mung beans and black beans.
Sanlang was only wearing a thin shirt at this time and was grinding beans with sweat pouring down his face.
"Daddy!" Baoya called out in a clear voice and ran over with her short legs.
Yun Sanlang paused, turned his head and saw four children standing at the door. He immediately smiled and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
He answered loudly: "Hey!"
"Why are you here? It's a mess here. I'm going to make a mess of you."
"Aunt San asked us to come over and play." Yun Chenglu said.
Sanlang was helpless, knowing that the store didn't need the children's help and they had nowhere to take care of these four children, so they sent them over to him to look after them.
"Then why don't you just stand by the wall and watch me grind the beans."
"Just watching is so boring," Baoya pouted, "Dad, let us help you grind the beans! I'm so energetic!"
Yun Sanlang certainly knew that his little girl was very strong, but he was reluctant to let her get tired.
Just as he was about to refuse, Yun Chenglu and Yun Yue also came over.
Yunyue stood on tiptoe and placed her small hands on the handrail of the millstone: "Uncle San, we take turns here, so we won't be tired. I haven't even pushed the millstone yet!"
"Okay, we have to grind half a bag this morning. If you get tired, I'll take over." Yun Sanlang noticed the children's curiosity and didn't want to discourage their enthusiasm.
"Then I'll go first!" Yun Yue puffed out her chest confidently, gripped the armrests with her small hands, and started pushing hard.
However, her strength was still too little, and after pushing for a long time, she only managed to move the millstone forward half an inch.
"It turns out the millstone is so heavy." Yunyue stretched out her little hand and knocked hard on the solid stone millstone, feeling a little frustrated.
Yunhua also came over to try, and her situation was similar. In the end, only Yun Chenglu and Baoya were able to push it forward.
Yun Chenglu pushed the machine for dozens of rounds and almost ground all the beans. Then he wiped the sweat off his forehead and stopped to rest.
I have to say that Nan Xuan’s training is still very useful. His physical strength and endurance have improved a lot compared to before.
Even after working so hard, he only had a little sweat on his forehead. He didn't even breathe heavily and didn't feel very tired.
It was Baoya's turn. The little girl was very strong and she helped Yun Sanlang grind all the beans for today in one breath.
Yun Sanlang was both happy and distressed when he saw this, fearing that she would be tired.
Seeing Baoya put down the millstone with a relaxed look, I finally felt relieved.
Yunyue watched from the side and sighed: "Hey, Xiaobaoya didn't eat all that food in vain."
"Sister, it seems like we both need to eat more. Look, Baoya is short and small, but she's stronger than us."
Yunhua also nodded: "We are the older sisters, we can't be outdone by Baoya."
Yun Chenglu looked at Yunhua and Yunyue's serious expressions and thought to himself: What's this? Baoya can lift such a huge rock. I'm afraid you two will be eaten into balls and still not be as strong as Baoya!
The children were chatting amongst themselves when the straw curtain of the shed was lifted and Cuiqiao poked her head out.
"Baoya, Yunhua, Yunyue, an old woman has come and seems to be looking for you."
"Looking for us?" Yun Yue looked puzzled. What old woman? What did she want from us?
But Baoya has already realized that it must be Grandma Yu!
"Okay!" Her eyes lit up, "Let's go now!"
Cuiqiao let go of the curtain and left.
Baoya held Yunhua in one hand and Yunyue in the other, and the three little girls rushed out of the shed together.
It was almost noon and there were not many people in the store. The weather was cold and there were not many customers sitting on the tables and benches outside.
As long as you are not in a hurry, you can either eat in the store or buy some to take home.
As soon as Baoya and the other three entered the shop, they saw an old woman with gray hair sitting at a table in the corner.
There was a bowl of sweet tofu pudding in front of the old woman, and she was scooping it up with a spoon and putting it into her mouth slowly.
"Grandma Yu!" Baoya called her happily and ran to sit on the bench opposite her.
Yunhua and Yunyue also sat down next to Baoya. Only Yun Chenglu was still confused. He didn't know how his sisters knew this old woman.
"What a coincidence! I came here to eat tofu pudding today, and you came to the shop today." Grandma Yu smiled.
Baoya held her cheek with her chubby little hand: "What a coincidence, is grandma coming to my house to eat tofu pudding again?"
Granny Yu carefully finished the last bite, put down the spoon, took out a handkerchief and wiped her mouth. Then she said, "Not entirely, right? I promised to embroider handkerchiefs for you last time. Have you forgotten?"
She looked at Baoya, Yunhua, and Yunyue's faces one by one, and finally reached out and touched the tip of Baoya's nose: "You little kids, how come your memory is worse than mine?"
When she said this, Baoya and the others remembered that the last time Grandma Yu came, she had indeed promised to give them embroidered handkerchiefs.
Yunyue's eyes lit up: "Mother-in-law, have you finished embroidering?!"
Grandma Yu nodded and said, "It's done. I brought it to you now."
As she spoke, she took out a stack of handkerchiefs from her bosom and spread them out on her legs. The three little girls immediately surrounded her.
The snow-white, soft, fine silk handkerchief was densely stitched with embroidery of a lotus flower emerging from the water with dewdrops hanging on it, pale pink petals, and emerald green lotus leaves. It was very beautiful.
When the three children had seen enough, Grandma Yu folded the handkerchief and made the embroidery for the other handkerchief.
It is a cluster of peonies blooming enthusiastically, with petals layered on top of each other and golden stamens looming, as if the petals would tremble when the wind blows.
The last one is embroidered with two white rabbits eating radishes. Their eyes are bright and their chubby bodies have clear fur, which makes them very cute.
"See which one you like and choose it yourself." Grandma Yu smiled with her eyes curved, and the wrinkles on her face seemed to become kind.
The handkerchief was embroidered so beautifully that Baoya and the other two were stunned. The embroidery was exquisite and lively, which was incomparable to the ordinary embroidery patterns in the embroidery shops in the town.
The embroidery is exquisite, with dense double-sided embroidery, an absolute work of craftsmanship.
"Mother-in-law, you...you are so amazing!" Baoya held the handkerchief embroidered with a white rabbit and turned it over and over, unable to see enough.
Yunyue likes the one embroidered with peonies. The colors are bright and lively, and it looks festive.
Yunhua is like a lotus emerging from the water, which I feel is elegant and unique, and very suitable for me.
"Mother-in-law, this is too expensive." Yunhua said.
She was older than Baoya and Yunyue, and knew something about the patterns and prices of embroidered handkerchiefs.
Handkerchiefs like the ones embroidered by Grandma Yu would probably cost more than ten taels of silver in an embroidery shop in Ping'an Town.
They can't accept it.
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