Chu Xi, with excitement on his face, returned happily to Shijia Village and called Shi Xiaomei, the only true friend in the village.
"Xiaomei, are you free later? I want to make two sets of quilts, but I'm not very good at it. If you are free, please help me."
"Okay, you go back first, I'll be right there. I'll bring my tools with me, I have them all at home."
Shi Xiaomei has always been so straightforward and can't hide anything in her heart. She is also the easiest person to get along with. If you are good to me, I will be good to you. If you are not good, I will ignore you.
Chu Xi felt embarrassed to ask others for help while carrying such heavy tools by herself, so she went home to put her things down and then immediately rode her bike to find Shi Xiaomei. The two of them used the bike to pull the tools back to Chu Xi's home.
I didn't dare tell her that my parents came to prepare things, I just said that I wanted to send them back to my family.
I discussed this with Shi Peng this morning. Due to the sensitivity of our parents' identities, we should not make our relationship public. This way we can take better care of them. Otherwise, we might get ourselves involved and end up not being able to help them.
So the two of them started working on the spacious kang at home, measuring the size, cutting the cloth, laying the cotton, threading the needle, and the work was done very quickly!
In rural areas, making quilts requires fluffing the deseeded cotton until it's as soft as white clouds and soft to the touch. This is a laborious and difficult task. However, Chu Xi had taken out the compressed, vacuum-packed cotton from the space, saving her from this step. She had already taken out the cotton and stored it away last night.
First, arrange the soft cotton into the desired size. After arranging the cotton, place the sieve on the cotton to filter out the dirty and poor quality cotton.
Thread the red quilt twine through the small holes in the yarn stick. Have two people help lay the red quilt twine over the cotton to create a web-like structure. Repeat with the white quilt twine.
Use stacking basins to press so that the cotton and quilt thread are entangled with each other, making the quilt stronger and less likely to separate.
After finishing one side, turn the cotton ball over to the other side and repeat the above steps. The quilt is now preliminarily ready.
Chu Xi was very envious of Shi Xiaomei as she watched her work very hard. This was not something that could be done by brute force, so she could only study hard and try to do it herself next time. Otherwise, she could only secretly use the space quilt, which was useful but would arouse suspicion.
Place the stack of basins on the quilt, stand on it, and twist the basins hard. This will make the fluffy quilt stronger and less likely to break.
Just put on your favorite duvet cover and you can have a good sleep.
Shi Xiaomei also reminded her that the newly-stretched quilt should not be exposed to the sun, otherwise the cotton will absorb the sunlight and expand extremely, causing the quilt threads to break, which is not conducive to the long-term use of the quilt.
I made two quilts directly, found a piece of fabric that felt comfortable to the touch and cut out the quilt covers. Touching the brand new quilts, I thought that my parents would definitely be very happy to see their daughter's heart, and that scene would be very warm.
Then Chu Xi asked Shi Xiaomei how to sew soles to make shoes, knit sweaters, weave hats and scarves, make cotton-padded clothes, etc. He asked Shi Xiaomei to stay for dinner and continued. It was nearly ten o'clock in the evening before he finished. He sent Shi Xiaomei home with two big apples and a bag of melon seeds.
After returning home, Chu Xi was still unable to sleep due to excitement. She looked at the little stone who was snoring slightly, sensed the movement in Shi Peng's room, and immediately slipped into the space.
There was no time to make many things, so she could only find some more traditional styles of things for urgent use.
I can look for sweaters. I found two solid-colored ones, and then I suddenly thought of Shi Peng, so I found a green sweater. I'll just consider it as my hard work reward for the past few days...
Oh, and there is our little baby Little Stone, we can’t forget him.
Find again...
I bought a lot of things, but the quality was definitely not as good as my own, so soon a pile of things were piled up on the cabinet at the head of the kang.
Sweaters, pants, fur hats, cotton gloves, toothbrushes, toothpaste, towels, soap, etc., all scattered in a pile.
But there is no need to do that for things like thermoses and vanishing creams which are of good quality, just buy them.
There are also some food and supplements, but they need to be given to them slowly, otherwise it will easily cause trouble and may bring them into big trouble.
The labeling was very serious in the past, but it should be better now.
I was thinking about this and that and fell asleep before I knew it.
In the dream, I returned to that blurry courtyard. There were many flowers in the courtyard. Every day, my two brothers took me out to play, and my younger brother followed me around...
The happiest thing is that when my parents come home from get off work, they often bring delicious and fun things...
The scene shifted, and it seemed to be my home in my previous life, a house in a high-rise residential complex, with my father, mother, and brother...
"Dad, Mom..." Chu Xi murmured softly in her sleep. A moment later, Shi Peng came to the door, walked in gently, touched her forehead, and laughed softly. He immediately covered his mouth, pulled the quilt for her, and just stared at the blurry and peaceful face in front of him in the dark night.
Looking at the sweet sleeping face of Little Stone next to him, Shi Peng felt for the first time a feeling he had never felt before, warmth and happiness. It also made him feel that this was his home, a home that belonged to him, a home that he should take responsibility for.
He clenched his fists lightly and made a secret decision.
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