One should be able to do as much as one can. The space cafeteria originally had enough food stored, enough for her and Lu Ting to eat for several years.
This year, she had cleared some of herb fields to plant some rice and wheat, and the harvest hadn't begun yet. With so much food, even if she and Lu Ting were to eat it all, they wouldn't be able to finish it.
Moreover, as long as she took the rice out of the space, it would start to grow insects if it was not eaten for a few months. She wanted to process all the stored food in the space cafeteria this year, so she gave some to the elders on both sides.
After dinner, Su Yan left more than ten pounds of wool for her mother, including thick and thin yarns of various colors.
"Mom, you knit well. Please knit a few sets of sweaters for my children."
"A few ounces of yarn is enough for a baby sweater. Why would you need so much?"
"It's cold in winter, so you definitely need to wear two sweaters at a time. So you need to prepare three sets of thin sweaters and three sets of thick sweaters for your children to change into.
Don’t all the nurses in your hospital know how to knit sweaters? You can ask them to help and give them some wool when the time comes.”
"I see. I'll see what I can do. With so much yarn, I can probably knit a few sets of sweaters for two or three-year-old children."
"Mom, just weave it as you see fit."
The reason why Su Yan gave the task of knitting sweaters to her mother was because her mother knew many needle techniques and could knit sweaters quickly, well, and very beautifully.
Although a sweater is worn inside, nice clothes can also be pleasing to the eye, and it is meaningful to pass them down one by one.
She planned that even if she gave birth to a second child in the future, the second child would wear the eldest child's old sweaters and cotton-padded jackets, and she would make some new clothes for him appropriately.
Most families have gone through this, so there is no need to talk about favoritism or fairness. The treatment enjoyed by the child who comes out first is naturally different.
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