Chapter 295 Jealousy
So, Lin Qiuping and Qi Zhiyuan took Qi Xiaohui away.
Yi Chichi and Wen Shi left the family area and went to their fellow villager's home.
Along the way, I met many sisters-in-law carrying their children home, and men returning home from get off work.
The sisters-in-law talked to Yi Chichi, and the men talked to Wen Shi.
They chatted as they walked, and only after they were some distance away from the family quarters did they finally have some peace and quiet.
Then, Wen Shi sighed.
"Old Qi has new clothes."
This is jealousy.
Yi Chichi was quite convinced by this, "You have it too, shorts and a vest."
“You can’t wear this outside.”
Too indecent.
"You talk as if I made you new clothes and you can wear them when you have time."
Yi Chichi asked sharply, "The new clothes I made for you last year, apart from the ones I wore when I went to Guangzhou, have you worn them since then?"
"No."
No time, no chance to wear it. "
"Do you want more? If you want, I'll make you two more sets."
Wen Shi thought about it and decisively refused.
"Forget it, let's not waste the money. Let's wait until I take a long vacation."
That's fine.
"Wife, haven't you made new clothes for a while?"
It took some time, but she had clothes to wear and was in no rush.
The main reason is that in this day and age, you can’t wear this or that, and wearing a pair of braid is considered to be fashionable.
However, she had no feelings for Braj.
So, wait until the reform and opening up before dressing yourself up properly.
Nowadays, just dress appropriately and cleanly.
If you go too far, it will be a shame if you are targeted by someone with ulterior motives.
"I have clothes to wear, so you don't have to worry about me putting myself in a difficult position."
That's true, the family's financial power is in the hands of the daughter-in-law anyway.
He hummed and told her a piece of gossip.
"Uncle Gao and his friends have stockpiled a new batch of bird's nests. Do you want to buy some?"
Yi Chichi touched his pocket and said, "Yes."
But, “Why would people hoard bird’s nests?”
"I stocked it up for you."
Last year, his wife's purchase of bird's nests allowed fellow villagers to see the benefits.
They don't produce bird's nests here, but they do next door. The bird's nests there are not valuable. It is said that there are piles of bird's nests in the bird's cave, and no one picks them. So Uncle Gao and his friends took a small path and picked a lot of them.
When I went to see Uncle Gao to make an embroidery frame before, he mentioned this matter, but he has been busy in the past few days, so it has been put off until now.
“How much have you stockpiled?”
"More than ten kilograms, maybe."
After all, Uncle Gao and his friends don't have time to go to the bird's nest cave to pick bird's nests every day. They go to pick them once in a while. This stuff doesn't weigh much, and when they bring it back and pick out the feathers and other debris, the weight will be even less.
After this explanation, Yi Chichi expressed his understanding.
"I'll collect them all and send them back later."
"As you say."
The two walked and talked, and after about half an hour, they arrived at the village.
Smoke from cooking fires rose up, an old yellow dog was lying at the entrance of the village, and children were playing at the entrance. Some were making wind chimes with shells, and some were playing with small shell claws.
The afterglow falls on the children's faces, making their smiles look so innocent and full of vitality.
The appearance of the couple broke the tranquility of the village.
The big yellow dog started barking, and the child who heard the noise looked over.
Then--
“%￥#…”
The children spoke in a jumbled dialect, and Wen Shi smiled and talked to them in the dialect. Yi Chichi didn't understand much, so he smiled when the children looked at him curiously.
Then, the couple was surrounded by children and went to Uncle Gao's house.
This family also didn't speak Mandarin, and all they could do was speak a bunch of chirping dialect. There was no way out, so Yi Chichi could only teach the process of greeting and conversation. She sat aside, peeling and eating a lychee that the hostess enthusiastically gave her.
I don't know what kind it is, the core is a bit big, and the taste is surprisingly good.
Yi Chichi not only ate it himself, but also peeled it and fed it to Wen Shi.
Uncle Gao and his family laughed when they saw them, and the hostess even made a joke. She didn't understand what they said exactly, but the look and tone of her voice showed that she was joking.
Soon, Uncle Gao came out with a pile of embroidery frame parts, put them on the ground, and said something to Wen Shi.
He nodded, pulled Yi Chichi up and walked to the pile of parts, "Wife, check it."
Yi Chichi said "oh" and checked them one by one. They were polished very smoothly and there was no burr where her fingertips brushed against. Just as she was about to nod to accept the result, the burr at the buckle interface caught her attention.
It felt a little prickly when I brushed my fingers over it.
She silently checked all the buckle joints, and then said to Wen Shi, "This one won't work. It's too rough. It needs to be polished smooth."
Otherwise the silk will get stuck and get caught, easily ruining the embroidery.
Wen Shi nodded and turned to negotiate with Uncle Gao.
Then, Yi Chichi saw Uncle Gao take out his carpentry tools and start sanding on the spot.
Because Yi Chichi has high requirements, polishing takes some time.
So, Wen Shi said hello to Uncle Gao, and then he and Yi Chichi, led by the hostess, went to a familiar family to trade dried fruits and dried seafood.
More than half an hour later, the three of them returned to Gao's house with a great harvest.
The second polishing of the embroidery frame has been completed. Yi Chichi inspected the goods again and nodded with satisfaction, indicating that there was no problem.
Then it’s time to check out and buy the bird’s nest.
The amount of good bird's nests they picked out was a little less than they expected, only about seven pounds in total.
Even so, Yi Chichi felt satisfied.
It’s enough to keep them fed for quite a while.
It can also be arranged for my great aunt and the others. As for that little brat Qin Jiu, he is not yet old enough to eat bird's nest.
Can be ignored.
I don’t know how Wen Shi negotiated with them. Anyway, except for the embroidery frame, he did not take any of the bird’s nests, seafood and dried fruits he bought, but left them at Gao’s house.
On the way back, Yi Chichi asked him, "Are you going to send it tomorrow?"
"Um."
He nodded. "There are too many things. It would be bad to take them back. It's safer to leave them at Uncle Gao's house."
"Are you free tomorrow?"
"I have to go out tomorrow, so I can send it on the way."
Yi Chizhi didn't ask him what he was going to do, but just said, "Are you going home tonight?"
"It's hard to say. If I don't come back, just lock the door yourself and don't worry about me."
"good."
She nodded and reminded him, "Remember to send a telegram to Mom if you go to the post office to send something."
Forget about calling, because Wen Shi probably doesn’t have time.
As for writing letters...
Too slow!
Telegraph is still faster.
The downside is that it's a bit expensive, and is charged by the word.
But it doesn't matter, their family doesn't need to save this little money.
Nod your head when you smell it.
By the time they got home, it was already dark.
There were electric lights in the family quarters, but they were not as bright as those in later generations, and there were frequent power outages.
But there was no power outage today, and when the lights were turned on, the light was much brighter than candles and flashlights.
Yi Chichi wanted to try the embroidery frame, so she directed Wen Shi to assemble it.
This was not the first time he had done this job, so he was considered a semi-experienced hand and completed the assembly in about ten minutes.
"Wife, bring the silk cloth and try it."
Yi Chizhi, who was packing clothes in the room, said "oh", took out the silk and installed it, then dragged a chair over to feel the height, which seemed a bit low, "adjust it a little higher."
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