When the women at the entrance of the village saw that Xia Manni and Si Ni'er were really coming towards them, they quickly changed the subject.
However, they didn't have much contact with Xia Manni, and didn't know that Xia Manni came to meet them today. Usually, Xia Manni was either with the children in the fields, or with the children in the mountains, or with the children to the market.
When you meet them, you should say hello. If you hear something you don't like, you can scold them harshly.
But they knew very well that Xia Manni had one good point, which was that she never held grudges.
If someone gossiped about her, she would scold the person and make him cry that day, but she would greet him with a smile the next day.
The women were a little unsure of what Xia Manni meant, so they didn't say anything, but they all looked up at Xia Manni and Si Ni'er who were walking towards them.
"Aunt, auntie, and sister-in-law are all resting here?" Some of the women had some work in their hands, but most of them were chatting.
"Ah, Manelle. How come you have time to come and sit down today?"
"Yeah, I haven't seen you much lately. What are you busy with?"
"Oh, this is Si Ni'er. I really didn't realize how she became more and more beautiful."
"Hey, sister-in-law, look at what you said. It's not that Mannier takes good care of us."
"No, it doesn't look like..."
Xia Manni just said a word, and the women were no longer restrained, and began to talk about the situation of the Xia family as if they had been released from their previous restraints.
She grew up in the countryside and didn't quite understand the group activities in the village when she was very young. Until one day, a little girl who was close to her came to play with her and asked her to take her home when she was going home.
She remembered the girl saying she was afraid of running into the group of women sitting and chatting at the street corner, and she didn't quite understand. It wasn't until she walked past the group with the little girl that she knew of their existence.
It was practically an organization, and there was nothing in the village that they wouldn't comment on. Some stories were even exaggerated, and everyone listened with gusto, regardless of whether they were true or not.
Xia Manni had always been a good student, and because she no longer had parents, the villagers were all very kind to her. So, when she passed by that group, the villagers usually made kind comments.
Later, she gradually grew sensible and learned how to chat with these adults. Actually, this "organization" didn't exist for any malicious reasons. If they didn't get together to chat and gossip, what else could they do in a rural area with so few entertainment options?
Later, Xia Manni figured it out: if you can't beat them, then joining them is the best solution.
Gradually, she became the youngest member of the chat group in their village. Other children would run away when they passed by for fear of being embarrassed by this group of people, but Xia Manni would sit down and chat with them when she passed by.
"Auntie, can your little grandson speak now?" Xia Manni waited until the aunts and the ladies finished talking about the Xia family, and then she brought up a topic for everyone to discuss.
"Oh, isn't it? You don't know my little grandson..."
Si Ni'er looked at her mother who hadn't said what she was going to do for a long time, and looked at Xia Manni with some confusion. Xia Manni took the opportunity to pull Si Si Ni'er to sit down.
The aunts and the ladies' conversation turned from their grandson to whose daughter-in-law, and then from whose daughter-in-law to what to eat for lunch.
"Hey, Manier, is this the cloth you are holding?" Finally, someone turned their gaze to Xia Manni again.
"Yes, Aunt Qiao'er, I just waited until the weather got light to come out and think about making clothes for the children." As luck would have it, the person who spoke was Qiao Niang, whom Xia Manni was looking for.
"Hey, don't tell me, now that you mention it, the weather is indeed getting a lot colder. I'm even thinking of taking out last year's cotton-padded clothes to dry in the sun."
"Auntie, to be honest, my family hasn't found any cotton-padded clothes. Where did you buy this cotton?"
This is a southern area where few people grow cotton. Most people buy it themselves.
"Hey, whatever you buy, I have something for you." Aunt Qiao said enthusiastically. She didn't have any ill will towards Xia Manni. After all, it's not easy for a woman to take care of four children.
"No, auntie. I have too many children to use your things. Besides, what if your family needs them in the future?" Don't take such polite words seriously, otherwise you will be ungrateful.
"Mannie is sensible. You can go to the cotton shop in the east of our county town. It's cheaper there." said another aunt.
"Thank you, auntie. I'll go buy it after I prepare the fabric." Xia Manni's words caught everyone's attention.
Although the color of Xia Manni's material is not bright, the quality is acceptable.
"Manelle, you have good material."
"Aunt Qiao has heard that you have good craftsmanship for a long time. I also want to learn how to make clothes from you." If Xia Manni said she wanted to make clothes when she came out, people probably wouldn't be disgusted and reject her, but it would give them a sense of official business.
She lived in a village. Although she once became a hot topic in the village, she had not found any villagers who were particularly targeting her except Yan Zi.
She also wanted to take this opportunity to ease the relationship with the aunts and ladies, as she never knew what she might need their help in the future.
When Xia Manni said this, the village women sitting there were a little surprised. Could it be that the sun was rising from the west? It turned out that there was something Xia Manni didn't know.
It's needlework that everyone can do, which makes the aunts and the ladies very happy.
Recently, because of Xia Manni's wild boar hunting in the mountains, they were constantly being scolded by their husband and mother-in-law at home. They said that Xia Manni could do anything, even hunt wild boars, and that they could only sit at the entrance of the village and talk nonsense.
Today they finally found a balance, and both of them became enthusiastic towards Xia Manni.
"It's hard to say. Our Qiao Niang can do anything."
"That's right, you made the right choice by finding Qiao Niang. No one in our village has hands more skillful than Qiao Niang."
"You guys always make fun of me and let Mannie laugh at me. Mannie, don't listen to them. Tell your aunt what you don't understand."
Xia Manni smiled innocently and said, "Aunt Qiao, my hands are clumsy. I have never made clothes before."
Aunt Qiao was so excited when she heard this that she said, "That's hard to say. I'll teach you."
Half an hour passed, and Xia Manni was still learning how to lay the wires. Even Si Ni'er, who was sitting next to her, had learned it.
Aunts: So Xia Manni is so clumsy
Aunt Qiao: Otherwise, she can just do it herself.
Xia Manni: “…”
Half a day passed, and finally Aunt Qiao helped Xia Manni to align the line, and made an appointment to come to her after she bought the cotton.
Xia Manni was so good at getting the upper hand that she kept saying, "Aunt Qiao is so nice, she's worthy of being called Aunt Qiao." After she bought the cotton, she brought a large piece of wild boar meat to see Aunt Qiao.
Unexpectedly, just after she bought the cotton, the price of cotton suddenly increased sharply.
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