Before Lin Wei joined the army, the family had two main sources of cloth for making clothes. One was the cloth coupons issued per person each year, and the other was the industrial cloth that Zong Shao bought with industrial coupons from the county supply and marketing cooperative.
There were many things the family needed that could only be bought with industrial coupons. Lin Wei asked Zong Shao to buy them on the island for the convenience of mailing. Only when she bought those fragile items that were not convenient to mail would Lin Wei use the industrial coupons she received every month to buy them.
Although this would incur additional mailing fees every month, for a family of three, the few industrial coupons Lin Wei had were not enough.
Since she had to pay for the postage anyway, Lin Wei simply asked Zong Shao to buy everything she needed, and saved her own industrial coupons for emergency use.
Therefore, before joining the army, Lin Wei had saved up a lot of industrial coupons, but these industrial coupons were all from Shicheng and could not be used on Yazhou Island. Not to mention the risks of selling them to others, she would also feel heartbroken because they were all saved up with great difficulty.
After much thought, Lin Wei bought a few pieces of industrial cloth from the company before leaving. Firstly, she thought the cloth was durable, and secondly, her two children were at a growing age and the cloth would definitely come in handy.
As it turned out, Lin Wei's decision was very forward-looking.
After arriving on the island, because he borrowed a ticket for an electric fan from someone, most of the industrial coupons that Zong Shao issued every month were used to pay back the person, resulting in a shortage of industrial coupons on hand.
As for the cloth coupons, there was no need to even think about them. They were distributed at the beginning of the year, and the ones Lin Wei received at the beginning of the year had already been used up. Zong Shao did have cloth coupons issued by the army, but those coupons were for him to make shirts and he couldn't touch them.
If it weren't for those fabrics, Lin Wei might still be worrying about the changing seasons.
But now, she has already prepared new clothes for her two children.
Lin Wei started making clothes for her two children in mid-September. According to her speed, it would take at least a month to make at least four sets of clothes by hand. If she added the coats, she would probably be busy until November.
But after Lin Wei started working, she met Huang Aiyun, who had a sewing machine at home and was willing to lend it to Lin Wei to make clothes, so her speed increased greatly and the clothes were finished in mid-October.
It's just that the temperature hadn't dropped before, so the two children were still wearing summer clothes. It was not until Zhao Li asked them to dress up this time that Lin Wei found new clothes and let the two brothers change into them.
The new clothes were made according to the drawings drawn by Deng Xiangyun. There was nothing special about the style, just an ordinary round-neck long-sleeved pullover. The unique part was the pockets, which were in the shape of seafood.
Like the clothes Mingming is wearing, the pocket is in the shape of a crab. You can put your hand in between the crab claws, and the crab's body is the pocket, with both sides connected. There are two little crayfish in the pockets of Ruirui's clothes, with their tails sticking up and their claws bared.
When they were changing clothes in the morning, the two children saw the crabs and lobsters in their pockets and were so happy that they put their hands in their pockets and never took them out.
Because he was so happy, Mingming even went to Xiao Shitou's house to show off his new clothes.
Seeing the big crab on Mingming's belly, Xiao Shitou's eyes widened and he asked enviously, "Is this your new clothes?"
"Yes, mine is a crab, and my brother's are two lobsters, but his pockets are not as big as mine." Mingming thinks the crab on his clothes is the most majestic.
Although Xiao Shitou liked the crab on Mingming's clothes very much, he thought about it carefully and felt that two lobsters would be fine, but there was nothing on his clothes.
So when Deng Xiangyun came out of the kitchen, she saw her son looking dejected. After asking him the reason, she smiled and said, "There is definitely no clothes with crab and lobster pockets at home, but mom made you one with shell pockets. Do you want it?"
Little Stone had eaten scallops before, so he knew that this was also seafood, and nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, yes!"
So when Lin Wei and her husband took their two children to Zhou's house, Little Shitou changed into clothes with shell pockets.
Mingming was surprised and asked, "You have new clothes too?!"
Little Stone said happily: "Yes, my mother made it for me."
Mingming called his younger brother to come over and stand side by side with him and Xiao Shitou, then asked them to stick out their stomachs and hold up the pattern on their pockets with their hands and said, "When we stand together, we are the three seafood brothers! I am the big crab!"
Little Stone actively followed up: "Then I am Little Shell!"
Rarity said uncertainly, "Then I am Lobster Two?"
Lin Wei: “…” It’s better to call it crayfish.
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Not only the three children were captured by the seafood pocket. The children of Zhao Li, Liu Dan and Yang Yi also liked it very much after seeing it and surrounded the three children to ask questions. When they heard that these were new clothes made by their mother, they all ran to their mother and said they wanted clothes with the same pockets.
The three mothers got a headache after hearing this. When they made hats before, they were busy enough just embroidering eyes and a mouth, but this time they had to embroider a pocket as big as half a belly!
Liu Dan couldn't help but ask: "Are you deliberately giving us a hard time?"
Deng Xiangyun smiled and pointed at Lin Wei: "Although the style was my idea, her child wore the clothes first."
Lin Wei pointed at Zhao Li and said with a smile, "She asked our whole family to dress up and attend! She also said we should be ranked."
Zhao Li: "Is it me who screwed myself?"
Liu Dan and Yang Yi: "Of course not!"
The pit has been set, what else can I do? I have to grit my teeth and do it. Therefore, Deng Xiangyun’s small classroom is about to start again.
Because of this incident, Zhao Li moved up the voting time, went out and called in all the men who were talking, and explained the voting rules to them clearly.
The rules are very simple. Five families take turns to go on stage, and the people below vote. The family with the most votes will be the first, and so on.
To be honest, none of the five men wanted to take part in this activity, but their wives didn’t object and their children responded enthusiastically, so they had no choice but to go ahead with it.
The voting rules are simple, the process is quick, and the results are obvious.
Because the three children's new clothes were unanimously loved by the children, the adults from the Zong and Zhou families were carried away and tied for first place in the competition. Ranked third is Yang Yi's family. Except for Qi Tao, everyone in their family wore new clothes. Although they were not so exquisitely designed, the ready-made clothes they bought from the supply and marketing cooperative were of good workmanship and style.
As for Liu Dan and Zhao Li's family, the eldest brother will not talk about the second brother.
Although it was an informal competition, Zhao Li still carefully prepared a notebook and a handwritten certificate as prizes.
The notebook was fine, but the certificates with the first, second and third place awards for "Beautiful Family" made the adults present curl their toes. The winning families suggested that they should just skip the award-winning process.
But Liu Dan was not afraid of the trouble and said seriously: "How can such an important link be omitted? It must be held as usual."
Lao Zhang also said cheerfully: "Yes, these prizes were carefully prepared by my wife."
Not only did the two families who lost the election disagree, but the children also disagreed. Mingming was particularly opposed. This was the first time he had won an award in his life!
Ruirui, Xiao Shitou and Yang Yi's two children also opposed the cancellation of the award ceremony. It was not easy for them to win the award.
The other children looked at the children who won awards with envy on their faces. They also wanted to win a prize!
Finally, at the strong request of the children and the families of the unsuccessful candidates, the award ceremony continued.
When Lin Wei held Mingming and Zong Shao held Ruirui, one of the two children opened the certificate of first place in the "Beautiful Family" competition, and the other held up the notebook of the first place award of "Beautiful Family" to accept the applause and congratulations from the onlookers, she had only one thought in her mind -
Fortunately, there were no mobile phones in this era!
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