Chapter 32 Quilt
The factory was brightly lit, with some small stools scattered on the ground.
In front of each stool stood a pile of packaging cartons and paper bags. For hygiene reasons, everyone wore gloves.
"Are you packing boxes?"
"Yes! Director Tian said that we need to send out these persimmon cakes as soon as possible in the next few days, and let everyone who can come to our home come over. Look, everyone in our family who sold persimmon cakes this year has come over. If you don't have any, come and take a look. Next year, everyone will know what to do!"
"Very good, very good!"
Everyone sat down again and started to work. Tian Xin looked for her mother in the crowd.
What happened just now was so sudden that she didn't even react. Only now did she remember that she came here to look for someone.
She took off all the big red flowers and red quilt covers on her body and put them on her arms.
It's quite heavy! I guess she can't use up all of this to make quilts for her wedding! The villagers are so kind!
This is just the beginning. She hasn't done anything earth-shattering yet, but she has been given such high-level courtesy. What will happen in the future?
There is still a long way to go!
It seems that I have to work harder in the future to ensure that every household can drive a car and everyone has the ability to support their family, so that I can repay the kindness of these people to her.
Even if we can't do all of this, at least we should make sure that everyone no longer has to worry about their children's tuition. The elderly can afford to see a doctor and eat meat, and the children can wear new clothes during the Spring Festival!
Two years left in our three-year term! Let’s work harder!
Tian Xin secretly cheered herself up in her heart.
"Xinxin, come here!"
Her mother suddenly appeared from nowhere and called her from behind.
"Mom, where were you just now? I didn't see you."
"There were too many people, and I was pushed to the back. I saw that they were all trying to please you, so I didn't move in."
"Xinxin! The villagers are so grateful to you! This year, those who sold persimmon cakes will have a happy New Year at home!"
"Mom, isn't this what I'm doing to make life easier for everyone? Everyone is so enthusiastic! If they do this again next time, you have to stop them for me. This... is too much!"
Tian Xin tried to lift her arm, but couldn't move it because it was too heavy!
"Here, give it to me and I'll take it back!"
Mom took the quilt from Tian Xin and put it on her shoulders.
“It’s quite heavy!”
"Yeah, that's too much!"
"These gifts will have to be returned in the future!
"Still? Not really. Aren't these given to me by the villagers?"
Tian Xin didn't quite understand what her mother meant.
"Of course not. I'm talking about returning this gift! I'll give them new ones when someone in their family gets married or their child is one month old. These will be used to make quilts for your wedding!"
Mom smiled and looked at Tian Xin.
"Oh, Mom, what are you talking about? Marriage is still a long way off from me, let's not talk about this anymore!"
Tian Xin ended the topic awkwardly.
Mom took the quilt cover back, and Tian Xin sat on a small stool and started to help everyone wrap it.
She is a little absent-minded!
My mother just mentioned making a quilt for her wedding, which reminded her of her wedding in her previous life.
At that time, her only relative from her mother's side was Tian Fushun. When her uncles and aunts learned of her marriage, they only sent some quilt covers and fabrics, but no one came to attend her wedding.
Tian Fushun's wife, Aunt Tian, added to her dowry and used those quilt covers to sew a wedding quilt for her. She was born in Tian Fushun's family home.
In Xiaowan Village, a bride's family always brings a quilt as a dowry, which symbolizes the daughter's status in her family. The more quilts a bride brings, the more her family values her.
On their wedding day, most brides have four or five wedding quilts piled on the headboard of their beds. Wealthy families may have even more.
The bright red satin quilt cover and the soft pure cotton lining are the warmth that the bride can feel from her family after marrying into her husband's family.
Aunt Tian had a daughter, two years younger than Tian Xin. She had originally intended to make quilts for her daughter's dowry. However, she treated Tian Xin like her own daughter, and provided her with all the necessary bedding and daily necessities for her wedding—nothing shabby. She even made six quilts, saying it was a sign of "six six good lucks."
"If the dowry is too little, my husband's family will look down on me. Let's treat Xinxin as our own daughter." Aunt Tian said to Uncle Tian.
So later, every holiday, she would go to visit the two old people and treat them as her own parents.
"Xinxin, what are you thinking? This box is not folded like this!"
Aunt Zhang pointed at the box in Tian Xin's hand.
"ah?"
When Tian Xin came to her senses, the box in her hand was broken.
I was distracted just now and the box was moving back and forth in my hands, and a corner was missing.
"Aunt Zhang, where is Aunt Tian?"
Tian Xin suddenly thought of Aunt Tian, her mother in her previous life.
Although they often visited each other after returning to this life, Aunt Tian and she were not yet that close.
"Oh, she didn't come today. The girl in her family is getting married, and she needs to prepare her dowry."
"Get married? You mean Ruirui! When?"
"You don't know yet? It was decided a few days ago. It was said that Ruirui was dating someone outside, and they were getting married on New Year's Day!"
"New Year's Day? So soon? Why is she in such a hurry to get married when she's still young?"
"You young people nowadays are all dating on your own. When we were young, this age was already considered old, not young anymore."
"That's too fast!"
Tian Xin lowered her head, feeling strange.
"Xinxin, you're almost there too, right? Do you have a partner?"
Aunt Zhang suddenly gossiped...
ah?
"I don't have any! I'm not in a hurry, Auntie. I have to find a way for everyone to make money first! This is important!"
Tian Xin said this in a decisive tone, as if she had made some kind of decision.
"Hey, these two things don't conflict with each other. Can you forget about us, your family members, after you get married?"
"That can't be possible! That won't happen!" Tian Xin vowed.
"Would you like me to introduce you to one?" Aunt Zhang suddenly smiled.
"No, forget it, I'm not in a hurry, not in a hurry! Haha..."
Tian Xin laughed awkwardly twice.
The factory was noisy at the moment, and everyone was busy with their work, so no one noticed the conversation between the two. Otherwise, the matchmaker would have definitely broken down her doorstep.
Hurry and run away before Aunt Zhang continues.
Tian Xin stood up and looked around at the work in everyone's hands.
"Come on, everyone, stop for a moment. I've discovered something. Let me tell you about it."
Tian Xin walked to the middle of the factory.
"How many sets of gift boxes can Aunt Li make in a day?
"If I'm quick, I can do 20 sets. If I'm slow, I can do a dozen or so! You have to be careful when doing this, don't rush!"
Aunt Li talked as she worked, without stopping!
“How much can Aunt Zhang do?”
"I can be a little faster, but it won't be much. I still have to go back to cook, so I can't do much!"
"That's right!" Tian Xin stood up, picked up a small box and introduced it to everyone.
"This gift box we make is a high-quality package. If we want it to sell well, it must be qualified from the inside out. Not only must the persimmon cake taste good, but the box must also look good."
"City people pay attention to face when giving gifts. If the packaging is beautiful, it will get 80 points! So carefulness is a must!"
Tian Xin put the box down and continued, "But there's another point, and that's efficiency. We must not only do our best, but also do it quickly. That way, next year, the year after, and every year thereafter, we'll have more and more dried persimmons, and we won't be afraid of not being able to keep up! For you, making more means earning more money, so time is very important."
"Xinxin, everyone understands what you said. Being careful is a given, but if you want to be fast, it will be very difficult. We are not machines, and we won't do well if we rush."
"Don't worry, Aunt Zhang, there is a way to do this quickly. Everyone, just listen to me and I'll explain it to you."
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