Yun Muye stroked the brightly colored blanket and praised:
“It looks great, well done!”
Gu Zhinian was embarrassed by the praise, "This is my first time doing it, I'm not very familiar with it yet."
Wang Yanmei took over the conversation, "It's great that you can do it like this on your first try. When I first got married, my mother-in-law taught me how to sew a quilt, but I twisted it into a knot and people laughed at me for a long time."
Gu Zhinian was able to make the quilt so well because of his love for little Tangyuan. Every stitch was full of love. After making two quilts, he folded them and put them aside. Then he took a piece of soft fabric and
"Sister Wang, can you make a baby sleeping bag?"
Wang Yanmei was puzzled. "What's a sleeping bag?"
Gu Zhinian thought for a moment and gestured with his hands, "The upper body is like a cotton-padded jacket, and the lower part is very long and flared, and it buckles up at the bottom. It's for children to wear when they sleep."
Wang Yanmei's eyes lit up. "Sister, that's a good idea. Children often kick off the quilt at night and get cold easily. If they wear this sleeping bag, we don't have to worry about them. No matter how hard they try, they won't be able to get it off."
Gu Zhinian asked,
"How do I sew this sleeping bag?"
Wang Yanmei took the cloth and spread it flat.
"It's easy! If you can make a cotton-padded jacket, you can make this. I'll teach you."
"Okay, thank you, big sister."
Gu Zhinian really didn’t know how to thank her. She was such a warm-hearted elder sister. If it weren’t for her elder sister’s help, she would not have been able to sew the small quilt so quickly.
"What size do you make?" Wang Yanmei asked.
"Wear it until the child is about three years old. Try to make it a little bigger."
"OK!"
Wang Yanmei instructed Gu Zhinian to measure the size and cut the pieces of cloth, making the sleeping bag as big as possible so that he could wear it for a few more years.
It was the first time that Gu Zhinian made a cotton-padded jacket for a child. She couldn't get the collar right because it was made of cotton and it got twisted while she was sewing. She had to take it apart and redo it. She was very slow at it. Wang Yanmei didn't offer to take over, but only patiently guided her. As a mother, she is willing to make her own child's things stitch by stitch.
In half a day, Gu Zhinian only finished one collar. She folded the rest and would continue sewing tomorrow. Yun Muye massaged her sore neck to relieve the pain.
Gu Zhinian has recently become addicted to making clothes. Every morning when she opens her eyes and finishes her meal, she starts sewing a cotton-padded jacket. If there is a little unevenness, she will tear it apart and redo it. Yun Muye is afraid that she will be tired and advises her to take a break. Gu Zhinian touches her growing belly with worry in her eyes.
"I want to make more things for Xiao Tangyuan while I can still move, so that they can be used in the future."
Yun Muye took the half-finished sleeping bag,
"It's not too late to do it after the baby is born. You've been too tired recently. You need to rest more."
Gu Zhinian reached for the sleeping bag and said, "Let me finish this one."
In the largest hotel in An City, Gu Juan was wearing pajamas and sitting lazily on the edge of the bed, calling home. His mother answered the phone.
"Hey, son, are you used to it over there?"
"fine."
"Mom, I want to stay here for a while."
"What's wrong? Are things not going well?"
Gu's mother's gentle voice came, and Gu Juan opened his mouth, not knowing how to start. He himself was not sure whether his sister was here or not. He just heard a name and wanted to stay regardless of anything.
If not, I will disappoint my parents again.
"I have some personal matters to attend to."
The son didn't want to say much, and Gu's mother didn't ask much. She was confused and wondered if her son had met someone he liked in the mainland.
Mother Gu hung up the phone and went downstairs. There was a spacious and grand staircase with mahogany handrails winding down. The white marble steps were covered with precious red carpet. The ceiling above was extremely luxurious and the hall was magnificent. This was the mansion built by the Gu family on Anju Mountain, where three generations of the Gu family lived.
The Gu family settled in Hong Kong, their ancestral home in Beijing. When Grandpa Gu was young, he fled to Hong Kong to escape famine. With his fearless and ruthless spirit, he mixed in both the black and white worlds and gradually made a fortune. By the time of Gu Juan, the fourth generation, the family business was extensive, including real estate, shipbuilding, jewelry, and weaving...
In this generation, Mr. Gu gave birth to three sons, and the eldest daughter gave birth to a son and a daughter, Gu Juan and his younger sister Gu Zhinian.
The second son's family had two sons, and the third son's family also had two sons.
Grandpa Gu had five grandsons and one granddaughter in his life. This little princess was the only one in the family, and he raised her with great care. However, the youngest granddaughter was lost when she was three years old. The whole Gu family was in great grief. Grandma Gu could not accept the fact that her granddaughter was lost. She was always sick and was recuperating in a sanatorium in Gangshi.
The mainland has developed rapidly in recent years and has a lot of room for development. The Gu family will naturally not miss it. Gu Juan came to the mainland to discuss business this time, intending to get a piece of the pie in the mainland.
Mother Gu walked down the stairs and sat on the black leather sofa. Aunt Gu and a girl about twenty years old came over. The girl tilted her head playfully and called her "Auntie".
Mother Gu smiled and said, "Pingping, you are here to accompany your cousin again."
Zhang Pingping took Second Aunt Gu's arm and said, "Can't I come and see my aunt? I miss her too."
Mother Gu smiled. Zhang Pingping looked around and asked shyly, "Aunt, where is Brother Juan?"
"He's gone to the mainland, supposedly for business. He just called and said he won't be back for the time being because he has some personal matters to attend to. I wonder what they are?"
Second Aunt Gu said, "Could it be that he has found a girl he likes over there?"
Mother Gu shook her head. "I don't know. He didn't say anything."
Zhang Pingping looked panicked, "Cousin, Brother Juan wouldn't do that!"
Second Aunt Gu patted her hands and shook her head, signaling her to be quiet. Her cousin fell in love with Gu Juan, and she was quite happy about the relationship. Unfortunately, Gu Juan did not have this idea, and her cousin was only too enthusiastic.
Zhang Pingping likes Gu Juan, she likes him madly. Ever since she first saw Gu Juan at the age of seventeen, she has liked him very much and has been deeply fascinated by him. From then on, she ran to her cousin's house every day just to see her sweetheart.
She knew that Gu Juan didn't like her, but Gu Juan didn't like any other woman either. She thought that as long as she boiled the frog in warm water and took her time, one day Gu Juan would see her existence and fall in love with her. But now, she learned that Gu Juan might have someone he liked, and he stayed in the mainland and refused to come back. No, she couldn't just sit there and wait for death. She also wanted to go to the mainland to chase Gu Juan.
"Aunt, where is Brother Juan on his business trip in the mainland?"
"It seems to be Anshi?"
Zhang Pingping slowly curled the corners of her lips, returned home, and without telling her family, bought a plane ticket to the mainland as quickly as possible.
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