Qiao Baozhu's obvious resistance also made Shen Xiao very uncomfortable.
Shen Xiao didn't understand why Qiao Baozhu's mood suddenly became bad. He lowered his head and thought that it was probably because he asked where the urine bucket was just now, which made her shy.
That’s right, they have only known each other for a few days. She is a shy girl, and she must be embarrassed if I ask her such private questions so casually.
Shen Xiao scratched his head, not knowing what to say.
Seeing Qiao Baozhu carrying a kettle and preparing to wash up, he quickly said, "I'll go to the cafeteria to get some breakfast. What do you want to eat?"
Without even raising her head, Qiao Baozhu rolled up her sleeves and said softly, "I'm not picky about food. I eat whatever you buy. The lunch box is in the cupboard. Do you still have the meal ticket and money?"
Shen Xiao said "yes", took the lunch box and went out.
After Qiao Baozhu finished washing up and cleaning the house inside and out, Shen Xiao came back with the lunch box.
As soon as Shen Xiao entered the room, he took out the lunch box from his arms and explained before Qiao Baozhu asked, "Before going home this morning, I went to the hospital first. Wei Hong hadn't gotten up yet, so I bought breakfast first, and wanted to wait until the doctor went to work before taking Wei Hong home."
"I just went to the canteen to get food and came back, and I met my sister-in-law and Wei Hong. My sister-in-law said that Wei Hong woke up and saw breakfast and was reluctant to eat it, thinking about her brothers and sisters at home who had no food to eat."
Qiao Baozhu paused while placing her chopsticks and sighed softly, "Children of poor families grow up early. Wei Hong is such a sensible girl."
"Did you send her home? How's her mother? Did she not get angry again after seeing Wei Hong?"
Qiao Baozhu had a nonchalant expression on her face, but her heart was beating fast. Bai Hongmei made one scene after another, relying on Shen Xiao's comradeship with Wei Yanda. This life-saving grace made Shen Xiao unable to sit idly by and watch the mother and son of the Wei family.
After what happened in the past few days, Qiao Baozhu felt that Shen Xiao should change and should pay attention to methods and approaches.
"I didn't go. I just told Wei Hong to be obedient when she got home and to tell the lady next door if she had any problems."
Qiao Baozhu nodded, thinking that Shen Xiao had finally learned his lesson. In his previous life, his reputation was ruined by Bai Hongmei's scheme. Before, she thought Shen Xiao had a crush on Bai Hongmei and was willing to sacrifice so much for her.
After a few days of contact, I found that Shen Xiao's pure warrior thinking was too simple and idealistic. In his previous life, he ended up like that because he was betrayed by Bai Hongmei and Qiao Xifeng.
In this life, since she has received help from Shen Xiao, she will definitely help him guard against Bai Hongmei before the divorce.
After breakfast, Shen Xiao and Qiao Baozhu acted separately this morning.
Shen Xiao drove Instructor Duan and they went straight to the city and invited the expert from the mental hospital to come back and treat Bai Hongmei.
Deputy Company Commander Jiang brought a few people and came over after breakfast to help with thatching the house. There was no need for Qiao Baozhu to make arrangements. These people had their own rules on how to work and what tools to use.
Zhang Cuilian, Wu Meili and Ji Hehua also came with their children.
The children had seen Qiao Baozhu calling people, so they took the fruit candies given by Qiao Baozhu and ran out to play.
It was still early and there was no rush to cook, so Qiao Baozhu invited a few people into the house to have tea and chat.
As soon as a few people entered the room, they saw that Qiao Baozhu had sewn strips of cloth on the edge of her kang mat.
Ji Hehua touched the cloth strip on the kang mat, with surprise in her eyes, and praised with a smile.
"It was only after I came to the Great Northern Wilderness that I learned that there were such earthen beds. The straw mat at my house was not woven finely enough, and the edges would either scratch my hands or my clothes. It turned out that there was such a good way to sew the edges."
Wu Meili, who has always been frugal, touched the strip of cloth as wide as her palm and sighed with a look of pain on her face: "Such a large piece of work cloth must cost about 50 or 60 cents."
Qiao Baozhu saw that Wu Meili was reluctant to spend money, so she quickly explained, "This piece of work cloth is the same as those scraps of cloth. It's a cheap defective product. I bought it to make shoe soles, so I don't mind sewing a little edge."
When Wu Meili heard that Qiao Baozhu had specially bought scraps of cloth to make shoe soles, she gasped and stared with a look of disbelief.
"You're buying scraps of cloth to make shoe soles? Aren't the old clothes and pants at home enough to make shoes? If they're really not enough, you can just twist some hemp ropes and use them as shoe soles."
Wu Meili is a down-to-earth person. She just thought that spending money on buying cloth strips was too expensive, so it would be better to try another way.
Zhang Cuilian was sitting behind Qiao Baozhu. She heard Wu Meili complaining that Qiao Baozhu shouldn't spend money on rags, and she kept winking at her in anxiety.
Wu Meili didn't see Zhang Cuilian's intention, and asked with concern: "Sister-in-law, what's wrong with your eyes? Are you blinded by something? Can I help you blow it out?"
Zhang Cuilian cursed Wu Meili inwardly for being a fool and said unhappily, "It's okay, I'll just rub it a few times and it will be fine."
"Oh, then rub it. If you can't rub it open, I'll blow air into it for you."
After that, Wu Meili continued to explain to Qiao Baozhu how to use hemp rope to thread the soles of shoes, and Ji Hehua couldn't help but listen.
Patting Wu Meili's back, he said softly, "Sister-in-law, hemp rope soles are fine for summer. Winter is coming soon, Baozhu must want to make a pair of cotton shoes for Captain Shen. Wearing hemp shoes in winter will make your feet very cold."
Wu Meili then smiled sheepishly: "That's right, the cotton shoes we wear in winter need to be made thicker."
Qiao Baozhu has lived two lives. Although she may not be good at other things, she has developed a pair of sharp eyes when it comes to judging people.
Wu Meili is a simple and innocent girl, and there is no malice in what she says or does. It’s just that deep down, many things can’t be thought of that far ahead.
Zhang Cuilian and Ji Hehua also noticed this strength of hers. They were afraid that Wu Meili would offend Qiao Baozhu by talking too much, so they kept reminding her and trying to make up for her.
Qiao Baozhu was not angry, and explained to Wu Meili with a smile: "I didn't buy all these scraps of cloth to make cotton shoes for Shen Xiao."
"I want to get a few more pairs of soles, and when I go back to my parents' home, I can sell them at a recycling point to supplement my household income."
“Are there people who recycle shoe soles?”
Wu Meili and others were very surprised.
Qiao Baozhu nodded: "You have seen my mother, she is mute, no work unit is willing to hire her. Over the years, she has relied on sewing shoe soles to subsidize my schooling."
"To be honest, my mother can earn 18 or 19 yuan a month by sewing shoe soles."
"Good girl, tell me quickly, how do you make money from this?"
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