Xie Yan stared intently, muttering, "Wife, you look absolutely stunning in that military overcoat! So incredibly beautiful!"
Yu Yuehui was very unsure of herself, and asked nervously, "Really?"
She has always looked bad in any clothes since she was little. She remembers seeing other people wearing red shirts and looking good, so she cried and begged her father to buy her a red shirt and make it for her too, but she looked ugly in it.
Many people laughed at her back then. She was still young, and when she was sad, she would just hide and cry secretly. But ever since then, she has never liked wearing new clothes again.
She also came to believe that she didn't look good in any clothes.
So when Xie Yan said it looked good, her first thought was that Xie Yan was just trying to flatter her.
Xie Yan nodded firmly, "Yes! You must believe me!"
"It really looks beautiful." He then pulled Yu Yue back to the mirror. "Look at yourself, isn't it beautiful!"
Yu Yue looked up at herself in the mirror and thought she looked pretty good. She smiled and said with a blush, "Okay, I'll put it away for now and wear it when it gets cold in a couple of days!"
Xie Yan nodded and reluctantly took off his military overcoat.
Even though he was already sweating after wearing it for a short while, he still didn't want to take it off!
When Yu Yue was preparing to air out the clothes this time, she took out her old cotton-padded coat, looked at the spots on the coat, sighed, and realized she had to wash it all over again!
When Xie Yan returned from outside, he saw a yard full of clothes drying in the sun. "Wife, what day is it today? Why are you hanging clothes out to dry?"
Yu Yue came out of the house. "It's just that the weather is nice, so I took out the clothes I'll be wearing in winter to air them out. When it gets cold in a while, I can just take them out and wear them!"
"I'm afraid some of the clothes will get damp!"
Xie Yan nodded and entered the room. He saw a cotton-padded coat without an outer shell on the kang (a heated brick bed). Xie Yan didn't pay attention to it at first, but when he suddenly noticed small black spots on the cotton, he was startled and thought the cotton was moldy!
"Honey, is this cotton moldy? Can't we use it anymore?"
Upon seeing this, Yu Yuehui laughed and said, "That's not moldy. Touch it and see what these black things are!"
Xie Yan walked over in confusion, touched it, and sure enough, it was cottonseed. "What kind of cottonseed is this? Wait a minute! Cottonseeds aren't like this."
He had seen cotton before.
"What is this? I've never heard of it before! And there are so many seeds!"
Yu Yue replied: "Wild cotton!"
Xie Yan: "Ah!"
How come he's never heard of it?
"Do we have wild cotton here?"
Yu Yue shook her head. "It's not wild cotton, it's just wild cotton, that's what it's called!"
"It is a kind of grass whose seeds look like cotton, hence the name."
Xie Yan frowned. "Then it's not cotton?"
Yu Yue nodded, “But it looks a lot like cotton, and we have plenty of it on the mountains here; whenever we can’t buy cotton, we use it.”
"Don't underestimate it, it's very warm to wear."
Xie Yan touched it and said, "It's not soft at all!"
Without a single fiber, how can it be warm!
Yu Yue smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm fat, I'm not afraid of the cold!"
"Only healthy people like us wear them; everyone else wears cotton!"
Xie Yan pursed his lips, his heart throbbing with an unbearable bitterness. He forced a smile, turned and sat down at his desk, but couldn't concentrate on reading a single book.
The cotton coat enveloped him completely, making it hard for him to breathe!
The more I understand Yu Yuehui, the more I feel sorry for her.
After a long silence, Xie Yan abruptly closed the book, stood up, and looked at Yu Yuehui, "Wife, do we have a hacksaw at home?"
Yu Yue put down her needle and thread. "Father has some. What do you need it for?"
Xie Yan took out a gold bar, "Saw this off?"
Yu Yue replied: "?"
Why are you sawing it like that?
Xie Yan: "It's useful! I want this piece! I'll go get the hacksaw from Dad right now!"
Yu Yuehui grabbed Xie Yan, "Do you need money? There's still money at home!"
Xie Yan shook his head, "No, wife, I'm just useful. Wait for me to get the saw."
Xie Yan returned with a saw, placed a piece of newspaper underneath, took out the gold bar and started sawing. It took him a long time to leave a mark on the gold bar.
Xie Yan rubbed his sore arm, feeling quite indignant!
He clearly didn't slack off! How come there are only a few traces?
Yu Yuehui couldn't bear to watch any longer, so she took the saw and started sawing without saying a word.
Xie Yan stood at the back, glanced at his reddened hands, and silently went behind his back.
A moment later, Yu Yue handed Xie Yan a piece of gold that had been sawed off, saying, "Here you go!"
Xie Yan took a look at it, found it to be the right size, wrapped the rest in newspaper, and put it away.
He found the axe in the house and prepared to make rings on a large stone slab. He had decided to make a pair of rings for himself and Yu Yuehui first, and then make another one to exchange for cotton on the black market!
Why not use the family's money to buy it?
This means that Xie Yan is now penniless; he doesn't have a penny left!
He wanted to buy some cotton to surprise Yu Yue.
This prevented him from asking Yu Yuehui for the money!
We'll have to figure it out ourselves!
What solution could he possibly come up with?
The only option left is to target the space gold bars.
Anyway, there's quite a lot inside, and even after using one, there's still plenty left.
After finding a good spot, Xie Yan started smashing things with great effort.
He got tired quickly, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and looked at the rectangular gold bar with satisfaction.
Yu Yue watched him for a long time before finally understanding what Xie Yan was going to do.
He picked up the axe Xie Yan had put down and asked, "Do you want to hammer it into a long strip?"
Xie Yan nodded, "First, pound it into long strips, then divide it into five equal parts!"
Yu Yue nodded and began to pound away. The gold bars became incredibly obedient in her hands, and in no time, the long bar that Xie Yan wanted appeared.
Xie Yan: "..."
Although he knew his wife was strong, he was still shocked every time he experienced it for the first time!
He obediently took the hacksaw and handed it to Yu Yuehui, saying, "Wife, divide it into five parts!"
Under Xie Yan's direction, five round rings appeared two hours later!
Xie Yan held it in her hands and examined it repeatedly. It's so beautiful!
This is all genuine gold!
Indeed, our ancestors had the best sense of aesthetics.
Although there were no patterns on them, Xie Yan still carefully selected the two best-looking ones, took Yu Yuehui's hand, and put them on her!
Bring the other one along with you.
Then he put their hands together and said, "Wife, this is called a ring. Wearing this will make it obvious to everyone that we're a couple!"
Yu Yuehui pulled Xie Yan back and examined him closely, "Mmm, beautiful."
I looked at three more, and they were almost identical to these two.
She took off the ring Xie Yan was wearing. "No, no one can tell at a glance. Wait for me a moment, I'll fix it."
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