Lu Wanqing pursues profits, but she won't let Zhao Xiaolan disregard everything for the sake of making money.
She only let me do the clothes because she enjoys making them; otherwise, I'd rather work hard myself than let her get tired.
Lin Ye felt a great sense of accomplishment seeing them working together to make clothes, and he would do whatever he could to avoid troubling Lu Wanqing.
As the weather gradually turned colder, everyone put on sweaters. Lu Wanqing brought a sweater with her; she found one for herself and another for Zhao Xiaolan. However, there were no men's sweaters available, so she thought she would buy some yarn and knit one for him.
After listening to her idea, Lin Ye smiled and asked, "Can you knit sweaters?"
In those days, all women in the countryside knew how to knit sweaters, and even little girls who didn't know how would be taught by their mothers.
But Lu Wanqing has lived in the capital since childhood, and she buys all the sweaters she wears. It's hard to imagine that she would hit someone.
"Are you underestimating me?" Lu Wanqing gave him a cute glare. "I can learn. Sister-in-law Li Fang is really good at knitting sweaters."
Seeing that she was working hard to learn to knit a sweater for him, Lin Ye patted her head and said with concern, "You have to take care of Mom and cut clothes every day, you're already very tired, so don't learn to knit. I'm very healthy, a thermal undershirt and a tracksuit are enough to keep me warm. When it gets a little colder, I'll wear the cotton-padded jacket you made for me."
Lu Wanqing wouldn't listen to him and stubbornly said, "No, other men have sweaters made by their wives, so you have to have one too."
Her domineering little face melted Lin Ye's heart. He hugged her and kissed her until he was satisfied before reluctantly going to work.
Lu Wanqing and Zhao Xiaolan were making clothes while waiting for Li Fang to arrive.
She didn't have any yarn on hand, but she had already arranged with Li Fang yesterday to have her give her some.
When Li Fang came over, she was holding a ball of dark green yarn, which weighed about two pounds.
Generally speaking, a women's sweater requires about 1.4 pounds of yarn, while men, being taller, need even more.
Lu Wanqing liked the color of the yarn that Li Fang brought over, so she immediately put down the fabric and insisted that Li Fang teach her how to knit a sweater right away.
Li Fang took out a pair of knitting needles for Lu Wanqing, and took a pair for herself, and began to teach her hand by hand.
She used to see other women sitting together, chatting and knitting sweaters so skillfully that she thought knitting was easy. But she never realized there were so many stitches, and different stitches were needed for different areas. It was much harder than designing clothes.
"Don't rush. I was also very slow at first. Practice makes perfect. Once you finish one piece, you'll have mastered the technique." Li Fang taught very seriously.
After a morning of work, the two finally finished tying the collars. Lu Wanqing didn't choose a round neck, but instead opted for a heart-shaped collar. Next, they would work on the body parts.
Li Fang asked about the time and realized it was almost noon, so she should go home to cook. She said she would come back in the afternoon, then found a place to put her knitting and prepared to leave.
Seeing that she was about to leave, Lu Wanqing quickly took out a set of pure cotton thermal underwear from the closet and handed it to her, "I won't give you the money for the yarn. This is for Kunkun. Try it on when you get back and see if it fits."
The implication is that if it doesn't fit, it can be taken back and altered.
When Li Fang saw the clothes, her eyes crinkled with joy. All the clothes he used to wear were made by his grandmother. His own mother had never learned to use a sewing machine and had never made him any clothes.
"There's even a little tiger sewn on the chest, it's so well done, Kunkun will definitely love it." Li Fang thanked them repeatedly as she held up the clothes.
Shortly after she left, Lin Chunhua walked in with a big cloth bag, smiling broadly.
"Wanqing~ Mom~"
Last time she came, she didn't even have time to recognize the place. Now there were three large rooms, and curtains were hanging at the door of each room. She really didn't know which room Lu Wanqing was in, so she had to call out in the courtyard.
Lu Wanqing led Zhao Xiaolan out of the studio, and they both smiled when they saw Lin Chunhua.
"Sister, you're here!" Lu Wanqing hurriedly stepped forward to take the things from her hands and placed them on the table in the yard.
When Elaine Chao saw her daughter, she warmly took her hand.
Lin Chunhua felt a warmth in her heart. Although she and Zhao Xiaolan were not related by blood, every time they met, they seemed to be very close, even closer than a mother and daughter.
Lin Chunhua sat in the courtyard, took a sip of tea, and then took out a light red sweater from her cloth bag for Zhao Xiaolan to change into.
When Elaine Chao went inside to change into a sweater and came out again, she looked incredibly youthful despite being in her forties. The light red sweater made her skin appear even more radiant.
"Mom, you're so beautiful!" Lin Chunhua and Lu Wanqing exclaimed at the same time.
At the same time, both of them had the same thought: if Lin Baoguo were still alive, he would be so happy to see the still beautiful Zhao Xiaolan.
Unfortunately, there has been no news from Liu Zhengfeng. It is unknown whether he is completely unreachable or if some other change has occurred.
"Wanqing, here's some yarn. Do you like this color? If you do, I'll knit one for you and Aye each." Lin Chunhua's words pulled Lu Wanqing back to reality.
Lu Wanqing smiled, holding the yarn. "Sister, I'm learning to knit!"
She showed Lin Chunhua a small section of the collar she had knitted, which amused Lin Chunhua.
"That's right, at your speed, it'll probably be next year before A-Ye can wear it!"
Lu Wanqing pouted, her face flushing red. "Sister, please stop teasing me. Otherwise, you can knit him a sweater, and I'll knit him a scarf."
"That's a great idea!" Lin Chunhua agreed with a smile.
Lu Wanqing wasn't a stubborn person. It took her half a day just to tie the collar. Lin Ye's sweater was too big, so she probably wouldn't be able to finish it in less than a month.
Besides, she has orders to complete every day, and one order is enough to buy two sweaters, so she can still do the math.
Lin Chunhua arrived, and she took over cooking lunch.
After the group finished eating, Li Fang came over again, and the group chatted and laughed as they knitted together under the banyan tree.
With the foundation laid in the morning, learning to knit a scarf became much easier. Lu Wanqing knitted for two hours and knitted a little over an inch long.
While knitting, Lin Chunhua talked about her husband, whose injured leg wound had scabbed over and would heal soon.
The dam repair work is still ongoing. The original team leader was injured last time, so Wang Guangming is acting as team leader and is in charge of supervising and coordinating the work. He is doing a pretty good job.
“I think Wang Guangming is a shrewd and capable man, and he treats his wife very well,” Lu Wanqing chimed in.
When Li Fang first heard Wang Guangming's name, she chimed in, "Haha, a good man is one who's good to his wife!"
As the group was chatting idly, the postman delivered a letter to Lu Wanqing.
When she saw that the letter was signed by Liu Zhengfeng, she couldn't wait to open it and read it.
After reading it, her fingers trembled with excitement, and the letter almost flew out of her hand...
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