"I just got home and you're here. Are you home alone, aunt?
Where's Qiqi Huanhuan? Did they go to work?"
The two little girls are not young anymore, and Kiki is seventeen years old this year.
Aunt Jiang also didn't plan to let the eldest girl work in the fields all day long.
At this age, you should stay at home and take good care of yourself. You will be able to get married in the next two years.
"At their second uncle's house, mending shoe soles with their cousin."
Anyway, people these days never have time to relax.
Even if women comrades do not go out to work, they still have to mend clothes and make shoes at home.
Especially cloth shoes, which are more durable for men to wear and will break down after a while.
If it can be repaired, put a patch on it. If it cannot be repaired, see if you can take it apart and do it again.
After work and finishing my housework, I have to find time to sew a few stitches on the soles of shoes, otherwise how would I have the time to go to work?
"The two girls started preparing two days ago, saying they wanted to make two pairs of shoes for their second sister-in-law. They also asked me to pay for some cotton, saying they wanted to make a pair of cotton shoes for the winter."
They also knew about Liu Daya's family situation.
The two girls were worried that their second sister-in-law didn't have cotton shoes for the winter, so they wanted to take advantage of this time to make a pair for her.
Jiang Mengxue then remembered that she had brought a few cotton tickets with her.
He took it out of his trouser pocket and handed it to Aunt Jiang.
"Aunt, I just happened to bring you some cotton tickets. I've already prepared cotton clothes and quilts for my wedding, and I won't need these tickets, so I'll give them all to you."
Aunt Jiang couldn't read, and she was so surprised when Jiang Mengxue said it was cotton tickets.
Although their brigade planted some cotton this year, the cotton distributed to each household was not enough to make even a piece of cotton clothing.
As for the commune, some bills will be issued to members at the end of the year.
Cotton coupons were extremely rare, and cloth coupons were also very scarce.
It takes several years to save enough to make a set of clothes.
"Hey kid, take these tickets back to your mother. You have a large family, and with two more people coming this year, you're definitely short of cotton."
Although Aunt Jiang wanted it very much, her family was really short of it after all.
Not to mention that no one in the family has changed their clothes to cotton for many years.
Every year I take out the cotton from my clothes, wash them, dry them in the sun, and pat them.
Even so, it's not very warm.
Even the quilt Erhe used for his wedding was an old quilt.
Jiang's mother brought a few pounds of cotton from home, and the few of them took out the old quilt and added some new cotton in it.
We can only let the two newcomers build it.
To make a new quilt, you need at least seven or eight kilograms of cotton.
A thicker one weighs about ten pounds.
Where do they get so much cotton?
"Aunt, you can keep it. I brought a lot of cotton to our family last year, and we have enough for our family now.
Also, my mother asked me to bring a lot of things with me, so please pack them up."
Her arms were already sore from carrying it all the way here.
"Why did you bring so many things? Your two sisters-in-law are about to give birth, and these things are for their health.
These past few days, some of the brats at home have been going into the mountains, saying they want to set traps.
It would be best to catch some pheasants and rabbits and save them for tomorrow.
I'll keep the candies so I can sweeten my guests tomorrow.
You can take the rest back later."
Aunt Jiang was unwilling to accept so many things.
Their family has since moved back to Taoyuan Brigade.
Several brothers and sisters-in-law helped them a lot, and they never hesitated to spend money on food and daily necessities.
Life is hard for everyone these days, and these things are enough to feed the family for several months.
Even if those brats couldn't catch any prey, the worst that could happen was that she would kill a few chickens at home tomorrow.
Since Jiang Mengxue brought it to me, I didn’t plan to take it back.
But she didn't argue with her aunt. Instead, she took out two pillowcases she had prepared.
"Aunt, take a look at these two pillowcases. They're wedding gifts I prepared for Er He. Don't they look festive?"
It is a festive bright red color and has embroidery on it, which is extremely exquisite.
People are reluctant to use it, for fear of accidentally damaging the silk thread.
"This, this, this is too precious.
Girl Xue, I'm not being polite to you, but this is really too precious, Erhe can't accept it.
Erhe is getting married, and as his cousin, giving him two kilograms of candy is already a generous gift.
No matter what I say, I can’t accept such an expensive thing from you.”
Aunt Jiang felt that her family really couldn't afford it.
Not only did she not have this pillowcase at home, she had never seen one as beautiful as this even in the supply and marketing cooperative in the city.
I guess Jiang Mengxue bought it in the city, and she must have spent a lot of money on it.
In fact, this is really unfair to Jiang Mengxue.
This was a gift from someone when she got married. She probably bought it at a supply and marketing cooperative.
The style wasn't very new; she had seen it at the supply and marketing cooperative, and it wasn't worth much.
It may just be that the new technology used makes the colors look better.
"Aunt, this isn't much money. I'm not trying to scare you. This was a gift from someone when I got married.
Even if you buy it at the supply and marketing cooperative, it's not worth much. I really didn't lie to you."
Aunt Jiang still didn't believe it. It didn't look like it was worthless.
"Don't lie to me, Auntie. Although I haven't been to the county for a long time, I'm not new to the world.
In the past, I saw new fabrics on the county buses, but they cost several cents per foot.
That's the solid color. The ones with patterns are more expensive.
The pattern on this pillowcase is so beautiful, the craftsmanship alone must be worth a lot of money."
Is there?
Although many of the things Jiang Mengxue uses on a daily basis are from the space.
But when she went to the supply and marketing cooperative or department store, she would casually ask about the prices of things.
Otherwise, if she doesn't know anything when asked about something she is using, that would definitely be abnormal.
"Aunt, did you remember it wrongly? These two pillowcases won't cost more than three yuan in total.
You won’t return the three-dollar gift that my cousin gave me, right?
Are you not going to be with me anymore?"
Aunt Jiang was shocked. How could it be so serious?
But if it really is only three dollars as my niece said, then it’s not too expensive.
"What are you talking about, kid? Aren't you afraid you'll spend too much money?
If you say so, then I will accept it. It is so beautiful that Daya will definitely like it when she sees it."
Although Liu Daya has not married yet, Aunt Zhang has already started to treat her as her daughter-in-law.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had only met once, but Aunt Jiang had a very good impression of Liu Daya.
The little girl is pretty and capable, and she is nimble and dexterous.
The most important thing is that my son likes it.
Ever since their marriage was decided, Er He has become more motivated to work and has become much more mature and stable than before.
This may be the difference between getting married and not getting married.
After a man gets married, the burden on him becomes heavier, and he naturally has more responsibilities and more obligations than before.
You have to think about your own family in the future.
Especially when you have children in the future, you can’t let them go hungry as soon as they are born.
You have to go to bed early and get up late to work hard.
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