Sister Ding and Sister Feng comforted Tian Tiantian together. The old sisters-in-law were bored and liked to tease the young wives.
People like Tian Tiantian who are shy are exactly their favorite candidates.
From this perspective, it is inevitable that the villagers and city dwellers in the family compound are divided into two camps. The sisters-in-law in the village speak without restraint and they like to talk about what happens on the kang between the couple the most. Sisters-in-law in the city pay more attention to privacy and will not talk about these things.
The four people looked at the cotton and cloth prepared by Song Shuxi.
This is a really big project.
Spread the cut cloth flat on the kang, and have four people each take a corner, spreading cotton little by little and pushing it towards the middle.
The four people were very careful when spreading the cotton, and tried to place it in small balls to avoid unevenness. Then smooth it out little by little with your hands.
Finally, sew it together with another piece of fabric little by little.
It is impossible to use a sewing machine in this process, so four people have to work together.
Song Shuxi wore two thimbles to protect her hands.
Strength lies in numbers. The four of them finished making such a large mattress in just one morning.
"Let's eat here at noon. I've prepared everything." Song Shuxi didn't want them to go back. The three of them really helped a lot.
Tian Tiantian and the others did not refuse. The four of them had a good relationship and they often had meals together, so there was no need to separate them so clearly.
"Today we are having big rice dumplings, which I just learned a few days ago," Song Shuxi has been very passionate about this recently.
It's very simple to make. Use two eggs to fry some egg sauce, mash the steamed potatoes and eggplants, add brown rice, and mix them together. Then use large vegetable leaves to wrap them together.
The taste is very good.
One per person, simple and delicious.
After dinner, I continued to struggle with the mattress.
The kang was too big, and it was not easy to buy cloth of such a width, so Song Shuxi used small pieces of cotton cloth of different colors to piece together beautiful patterns and made a large kang cover. When she spread it on the kang, the whole room became brighter.
"Shuxi, your craftsmanship is so great. These messy-looking fabrics become all kinds of beautiful little animals in your hands," Tian Tiantian praised sincerely. She learned how to make clothes from Song Shuxi and knew her craftsmanship best.
Especially the hand embroidery craftsmanship. When there is a small hole in a piece of clothing, other people would just patch it up with a piece of cloth, but Song Shuqian would embroider a suitable pattern on it, making it look like a new piece of clothing no matter how you look at it.
When she first arrived at the family compound, many people made bets on how long Song Shuxi could stay there and how many times she would quarrel with Wei Jianguo on average per week.
Although their place is not the most difficult place, it is still far worse than big cities like Jinling.
Many young wives who came here to follow the army could not stand the hardship and went back on their own initiative not long after arriving.
At first glance, Song Shuqian looks like a girl who has been pampered at home.
When I first arrived, I didn’t know how to light a fire, so the whole house was filled with smoke, which provided a lot of entertainment for everyone.
Unexpectedly, she adapted so well and now works quite well. I can’t compare with the sisters-in-law in the village, but taking care of myself is not a problem.
Since getting married, Wei Jianguo has been dressing very smartly.
They were all military uniforms, and Song Shuqian would help him alter them to make them fit better, and would repair any damaged parts so that they could not be seen with the naked eye. During the break, Wei Jianguo put on more clothes, a summer sweat shirt, which looked very cool. It was hard to say what was good about it, but it just felt very comfortable.
Relying on her skills, Song Shuxi has now successfully integrated into the group of military wives.
After finishing their work, the four people moved to the yard.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, under the shade of the trees, the stone table and stone benches that had been exposed to the sun for the whole morning were warm and very comfortable.
The four of them sat there, feeling the afternoon breeze, with the wild tea they had picked together in their hands.
It's so pleasant to drink water and chat at the same time.
"When are we going to pick mountain products? Go to the mountain behind?" Song Shuqian was thinking about her chestnuts.
Mrs. Feng poured cold water on him without any hesitation, "The kitchen team goes up to the mountain behind us every year. We have to ensure the nutrition of the soldiers in winter. When the supply is insufficient, the kitchen team has to find a way out themselves. They live off the mountain, so they go there quite early every year."
"Then let's go directly to the village below and find fellow villagers to exchange things, okay?"
"This is feasible. We still have a lot of stuff here. But the inspection is strict now, so we must barter and never use money." Mrs. Feng said this because of the people who like to inform on others in the compound recently.
If you spend money, you will inevitably be reported for speculation.
"Then let's find a time to go and exchange together. I still have a piece of red cloth. The weather is cold in the second half of the year, and it's time for weddings in the village. I should be able to exchange for a lot of things." Tian Tiantian needed a lot, so she wanted to send it back home.
"Tomorrow?" Song Shuqian asked.
"It's not possible tomorrow. We have to wait another half a month. This half month is the time for the villagers to prepare. They will exchange as much as they pick. They will start stockpiling goods for their own families half a month later." Mrs. Feng has been here for a long time and knows a lot about these things.
After finishing their business, the four of them started chatting about gossip.
The tube-shaped building where Tian Tiantian lives is the birthplace of gossip.
"You all know Ma Caoya, right? She's the one who was anxious to have a baby, and now she's finally pregnant. Now she calls her son to her flat belly every day, touches her belly whenever she wants, and sticks out her back high, which is really weird.
Recently, everyone I meet asks me why I haven’t gotten pregnant yet and whether I’m not capable of it. As a result, everyone turns and runs away when they see her.
The whole person is floating without any boundaries.
When I found out she was pregnant, I was so happy that I wanted to set off some firecrackers to celebrate."
"Ah? Why are you celebrating her pregnancy?" Song Shuxi was a little confused. Is there some story here that she doesn't know?
Noticing everyone's looks, Tian Tiantian cried out that she was wronged.
"You don't know how hard she worked to have this child. The couple worked until midnight every day. They started as soon as it got dark, and when they were tired, they took a nap. When they woke up in the middle of the day, they did it again one or two times. They also exercised before getting up in the morning.
The most terrifying thing was that the two of them didn't hold back their voices at all, their throats were howling. I haven't had a good night's sleep in a long time.
Now they have finally got what they wanted and can finally calm down. At least the 10 months of pregnancy and the one month of confinement were quiet. "
Tsk tsk tsk
Song Shuqian even felt a little sympathy for Tian Tiantian. What kind of life did she live every day? Why was she so shameless?
"No one is going to report this to the Women's Federation?" Sister Ding felt that this matter would affect many people, and there would definitely be those who would not want to see others doing well.
"Why is no one responding? Ma Caoya said that she can even interfere with the couple's bedroom affairs. She also said...she also said...that everyone should work hard with her to have a baby as soon as possible."
Tian Tiantian's face turned red after she finished speaking. She was really unhappy because she was forced to eavesdrop every day.
Moreover, her husband Liu Xinguo would also have a reaction after hearing about the scene, so in the end she would be the only one who suffered.
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