"Ruirui, Feifei, go into your room and do your homework. I have something to tell my parents." Xuemei said after dinner.
Ruirui and Feifei nodded, then went into the room and closed the door. Both Liu's father and mother looked at Xuemei. Xuemei then said, "Today, the supply and marketing cooperative cleared out a batch of scrap fabric. These are fabrics that were damaged, over-dyed, or had holes in them from rats. I went there at noon today and saw that there's no problem making clothes. I think I should be able to get a few pieces. I plan to pick them up tonight. If I bring them back in the afternoon, too many people will see them. Dad, can you come with me later?"
Father Liu nodded, then asked, "What time are we leaving? Is anyone still there?"
"There are people guarding the supply and marketing cooperative tonight. We are all going to get the cloth tonight. They agreed to leave at 9 o'clock in the evening, so we can just leave from home at 8:30." Xuemei said.
Mother Liu checked the time and asked, "There's still an hour left. Xuemei, do you know how much that cloth sells for? How much will it cost you?"
"Anyway, there's no need for a ticket. It's only 25 cents a foot, which is cheaper than the cloth that usually requires a ticket. Mom, twenty yuan will definitely be enough for me." Xuemei recalled.
"Let me give you twenty-five dollars. If there's any left, you can keep it for yourself." Mother Liu thought for a while and said.
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Boom boom boom…
Liu's mother woke up from the stool in shock and quickly ran to the yard to open the door.
After Liu's father and Xuemei arrived at the main hall, he asked, "How was it? Did you run into anyone along the way?"
Father Liu put down the two snakeskin bags and replied, "There weren't many people on the road tonight, so Xuemei and I had a relatively smooth journey there and back."
"That's good. Let me see how the fabric is." After being relieved, Father Liu went to see the fabric in the snakeskin bag.
"Mom, there are 80 feet of cloth in total, with four or five kinds of fabrics, which have been divided. I also asked for ten pounds of scraps of cloth to make shoes." Xuemei added.
"Okay, I'll distribute them tomorrow during the day. These fabrics are pretty good, most of them are cotton, which should be enough to make a set of underwear for all four of you siblings. I just don't have time to make them recently." Mother Liu said as she flipped through the fabrics.
"Mom, when you have time, you can make a set of clothes for you and dad first, and we four can take our time. Or you can cut the fabrics for the four of us siblings, and then I will sew them." Xuemei said.
Xuemei is not very good at cutting clothes, but she is pretty good at sewing clothes, with neat and tight stitches.
"Okay, I got it. You still have to go to work tomorrow, so go to bed first!" said Liu's mother.
Xuemei nodded.
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That day, Xuemei was on her way home from get off work.
"Comrade Xuemei, what's wrong with you?" A clear young man's voice came from behind Xuemei.
Xuemei turned around and found that it was Han Chen, carrying a large backpack on his back and a sack in his hand.
Xuemei raised her black hands to show Han Chen, and then said, "My bicycle chain fell off, and I don't know how to fix it. It seems I can only carry the bicycle home. Fortunately, it's only two miles away." After Xuemei finished speaking, she spread her hands and sighed.
Han Chen laughed out loud at Xuemei's quirky look. Afraid that Xuemei might misunderstand him, he quickly said, "Comrade Xuemei, I know how to put on the chain. I'll help you fix it."
"real!"
Han Chen looked at the girl's big, round eyes filled with surprise, and felt his heart pounding. Then, in a gentler tone than ever before, he said, "Really? Let me try and you'll know."
Han Chen put down the backpack and looked at Xuemei's black hands. He then took out a kettle from the backpack and said, "Comrade Xuemei, come over here. I'll help you wash your hands."
Xuemei felt warm at heart when she saw Han Chen being so attentive. She smiled and said, "Okay, thank you very much, Han Zhiqing."
Han Chen looked at the two dimples on Xuemei's face when she smiled and wanted to rub them with his fingers. After washing his hands, Han Chen just took out the handkerchief when he found that Xuemei had already taken out her handkerchief from her pocket and started to wipe them.
Han Chen quickly fixed the chain on Xuemei's bike and checked other parts of the bike. When he found nothing wrong, he said to Xuemei, "Comrade Xuemei, it's done."
"Han Zhiqing, you are so amazing. You just do this and that and it's done." Xuemei said as she imitated with her hands.
Han Chen suppressed his laughter and said, "It's not as amazing as you say. Many people can do it. It's very simple."
Xuemei shook her head, and then said seriously: "Although many people can do it, I don't think it's easy. It took me almost twenty minutes before you came, but you finished it in two or three minutes after you came. Anyway, I think you are great." After Xuemei finished speaking, she gave Han Chen a thumbs up.
Han Chen looked at Xuemei and asked, "Really?"
Xuemei quickly replied, "Of course it's true." She then realized Han Chen was still looking at her, and the atmosphere between them seemed a little off. She quickly lowered her head, her eyes flashing, and then she said a little panickedly, "Han, Han Zhiqing, you have oil on your hands. I'll get some water from my kettle to wash them for you."
After saying that, he ran to where he put his schoolbag and took out his water bottle.
Han Chen's hands were sculpted under the flowing water, their fingers slender and well-defined, a beauty that combined elegance and strength. Xuemei lost herself in the sight.
"Comrade Xuemei, that's enough. These can't be washed off. Can you put the kettle away?" Han Chen reminded.
Xuemei then realized that she had been staring at Han Chen's hand and the water in the kettle had already been poured out. Xuemei thought that although Han Chen was a good person, she had already lost her composure in front of him several times because of his appearance and his fingers. She should keep a distance from Han Chen in the future.
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