Chapter 391: Can’t Stop Showing Off
Niu Niu’s embroidery patterns are simple, but as a novice, it takes time to embroider well.
Therefore, Yi Chizhi did not rush her, but let her embroider slowly. The embroidery time should not be too long. She should take a fifteen-minute break every half hour, and she should not be idle during the break.
First, do a set of eye protection exercises, then look at the scenery to relieve eye fatigue, and finally look at the green onions and green vegetables to cleanse your eyes.
After completing the whole procedure, the time was just right.
Liu Lan sighed, "Thanks to my job as an embroiderer, my family has never been short of green leafy vegetables and spring onions this year."
Niuniu, who was back on the kang, embroidering peach blossoms on a frame, said, "I don't have any at home."
"Next year, ask your grandmother to dig the soil for you and plant it. Otherwise, in the middle of winter, it will be a vast expanse of white, bare ground, which is not kind to the eyes, especially ours."
Niuniu cried out, "The soil is frozen, how can we dig it?"
"Dig it up before the soil freezes over, build a wooden frame or box, and place it in a room with a kang (a heated kang). If the temperature is right, there's water and light, and it can survive."
“It’s not a very good life.”
Thinking of the shallots and green leafy vegetables she saw, Niuniu complained like a little adult, "The shallots are still green, but the green leafy vegetables are yellow."
“Photosynthesis is not done well.”
Yi Chi Chi, who had finished embroidering a thread, continued calmly, "But it's winter, so it's better to have it than not."
That's true.
At around 2 p.m., after a busy morning, Liu Lan finished her needlework. She looked at her work and cheered before happily announcing, "My Moonlit Begonia is finally finished."
Congratulations, she can now concentrate on another painting.
Niuniu was a little envious. She looked at her own pitiful and messy peach blossom, then at Liu Lan's work, and asked Yi Chichi, "Auntie, when will I be able to embroider something like Aunt Lan Lan's?"
Yi Chichi, "???"
Is this kid so fierce?
I just learned to walk and I'm already thinking about running, long-distance running at that.
But if children have ideas and are willing to work hard for them, the elders should not discourage them but encourage them.
"Don't worry, finish embroidering the peach blossoms first, then embroider the others. Once they are almost done, you can embroider the complicated ones like your Aunt Liulan's."
Liu Lan nodded in agreement, "Your aunt is right, little girl, be patient and lay a good foundation. Once you are proficient, not only me, but also your aunt's difficult skills will be able to be mastered."
This kind of education is quite beautiful, so beautiful that Niuniu grinned and said, "Then I will embroider seriously."
This girl keeps her word. Since she promised to be serious, she will show it through practical actions.
Go home and take the cloth with you.
Aunt Ma and the others, "..."
"I feel something is wrong."
Liu Dalin's rough face was stained with worry. "Ever since Niuniu started learning embroidery from Xiaoyi, she seems to have been obsessed and doesn't like to go out and play anymore."
Aunt Ma's mouth twitched. "Like you."
The whole family's eyes immediately fell on Aunt Ma's face, even Niu Niu, who was concentrating on inserting the needle, looked over.
Liu Chengqi was even more bewildered, "Was Dalin like this when he was a child?"
"It's not that great. When something new happens, I get too excited. But it will be fine after the excitement wears off."
The implication is: There is no need to worry too much about Niu Niu's situation.
Besides, "It's too cold, and no one comes to play with her."
After thinking about it, a few people felt that it made sense, but it was not a good idea to poke it with a piece of cloth and needle and thread every day.
"Niuniu, why don't you take a break?"
Niuniu paused, remembering something, "Dad, can we dig the soil now?"
Liu Dalin exclaimed, "Digging?"
He looked at the land outside, which was covered by thick snow, then looked at Niuniu. He scratched his scalp, which was itchy from not washing his hair for a long time, and wondered, "Why are you digging?"
"Grow green onions and leafy greens, or garlic."
The leaves that grow from garlic plants are also green and look beautiful.
Liu Dalin thought she wanted to eat leafy greens, so he tried to negotiate with her in a gentle tone, "We don't have any leafy greens right now. How about we eat some pickled cabbage first? When the soil thaws in spring, Dad can plant some for you, okay?"
"No."
"Why?"
"I won't need it in the spring. Everything will be green, and I won't have to stare at the green onion leaves to wash my eyes."
"…What does this have to do with washing your eyes?"
This conversation left Liu Dalin and the others confused, so Niu Niu explained it in detail and then made a final summary.
"Auntie said that in our line of work, eyes are particularly important and must be protected. So, Dad, you have to dig some soil for me and plant some colorful things to relieve my eye fatigue."
Liu Dalin's expression turned serious. "We need to plant some."
Then the question arose, how could he dig the soil in such a freezing cold weather?
Do you have to light a torch first to melt the snow and the ground before digging up the seeds to plant?
When Liu Chengqi saw him like this, he knew that his brain was starting to act stupid again.
I couldn't help but stood up and said, "Don't worry about it, I'll go solve this problem."
Before he finished speaking, he took the big cotton-padded jacket, hat, scarf, hand cover and other things from the kang and dressed himself neatly.
Then he put on his sheepskin boots and went out.
Everyone, “???”
"Dad, where are you going to solve this?"
Niuniu's mother chased after him and called out, to which Liu Chengqi replied, "Find someone. Clear a room at home to store these. Don't let them freeze to death..."
His voice drifted from afar, then was blown away by the wind.
Niuniu's mother came into the room with a head full of questions, "Did Dad go to look for Chi Chi?!"
"It's about the same. Otherwise, I'll go to your uncle's house and look for Lanlan."
Aunt Ma knew her old man's temper very well. Besides, Chi Chidao and Lan Lan were the only ones in the village who worked in this line of work.
In the cold winter, no one else can find green leaves except these two families who want to protect their eyes.
"Can you give it to me?"
Liu Dalin was a little worried that his father would return empty-handed.
"I will definitely give it to you." Aunt Ma was full of confidence.
Facts proved that she was right. Wen's mother, who understood Liu Chengqi's intention, released her hand that was holding down Dajuzi, stood up and said, "There are no more, only one."
Liu Chengqi went to Liu Lan's house first. After all, they were relatives, so it was easier to ask for help.
But his uncle's family was so large that apart from one wooden box which contained some fairly lush green onions and a few green leafy vegetables, the rest of the boxes had been eaten bare, leaving only stubble.
I really can't do it.
So, I can only come to the Wen family again.
"It would be nice to have one."
Wen's mother led him to the room and pointed to a row of boxes neatly arranged on the kang, saying, "Take any one you like."
The green on the kang was so dazzling that Liu Chengqi looked a little dazed and asked, "Why did you plant so much?"
Before he finished speaking, he pinched a scallion and stuffed it into his mouth as if with self-awareness, and the spicy taste instantly filled his mouth.
"Oh my god, this tastes just right!"
I miss you so much.
So, Yi Chichi, who came from the workshop after hearing the noise, saw her team leader squatting in front of the kang and eating Xuan Xiaosong in a very unpresentable manner.
One after another, I can’t stop showing off.
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