Chapter 22 Learning to Make Clothes
Xiaoxi wanted to slap herself when she thought about how she had actually gone to help Qinlan cook breakfast in the morning. Wouldn't it be better to read books at this time?
Sun Ying saw this scene as soon as she came in. She paused for a moment, then quickly smiled and said, "Hey, I just finished my meal."
Qinlan saw it and hurried over to greet Sun Ying, "Sister-in-law, you are here. Your cooking is still delicious. The pancakes this morning were all rushed by the children."
Sun Ying smiled and waved her hands, "I just made it for the children to eat, it's not worth anything. You too, insisted that Xiaoxi bring some corns over."
At this time, Xiaoxi poured a cup of tea and handed it to Sun Ying, "Auntie, have some tea."
"Look at your daughter, she is really smart." Sun Ying's eyes were full of smiles. Who doesn't like such a well-behaved girl?
"A flatterer." Li Wenting pouted in a low voice.
Qin Lan glanced at Xiaoxi without saying anything, and then asked, "Auntie, what do you want?"
"Just now, your Xiao Li called me and said that he wanted me to make some clothes for Xiaoxi. You are helping Tingting to braid her hair, so how about I take Xiaoxi to the store to choose cloth myself?" Sun Ying looked at Qin Lan and said. In fact, Li Hongbin asked her to help take Xiaoxi to buy cloth and then make clothes. She said this just to make Qin Lan look better.
Qin Lan's smile froze, and she smiled again, "I have to trouble you again, sister-in-law. It would be great if you could pick the cloth. I'll go get the money now, and you can buy whatever cloth you like."
"The money is not urgent, wait until I get it back."
But Qin Lan was very insistent, so Sun Ying had to let her go.
Soon Qin Lan came down with the money, and before leaving, she reminded Xiaoxi, "Don't cause trouble for Auntie."
"Xiaoxi is so well-behaved, how could she cause trouble for me." Sun Ying said as she pulled Xiaoxi out of the door.
Sun Ying first went back to get two fisherman's hats and put them on Xiaoxi: "You are a little girl, it would be ugly if you get tanned. Don't dislike this hat."
Xiaoxi smiled with her eyes curved, "I don't dislike it, Auntie. This hat is very comfortable to wear."
Sun Ying was also very happy: "That's good. This is the hat we use when we go to the sea. Although it doesn't look good, it is practical."
The two talked all the way to the store.
The salesperson looked at Xiaoxi in surprise and smiled: "This little girl is so lucky. Someone has taken her to buy clothes for two consecutive days."
When Sun Ying heard this, she knew that Qin Lan brought Xiaoxi to buy clothes yesterday, and something went wrong, otherwise why would Xiao Li ask her to buy clothes for Xiaoxi again today?
However, she did not show it on her face, and smiled and said, "Isn't it a blessing? Do you have any cloth of color suitable for little girls?"
"Yes, yes, yes."
Soon, Sun Ying selected a piece of small floral cloth, a piece of light blue cloth and a piece of beige cotton cloth.
Back at the Chen family, Sun Ying took a tape measure and measured Xiaoxi, and wrote down the numbers.
Then she sat in front of the sewing machine to make clothes.
Sewing machines are not available in every family these days. Xiaoxi has not seen a sewing machine in the Li family yet, but she suspects that it is because Qin Lan does not know how to use it.
In the past, in Xiajia Village, only the village chief's family had a sewing machine. If you want to use it, you have to tell his family in advance. After using it, the polite people will bring some food over. Moreover, not everyone can use a sewing machine, and those who can't have to ask someone who can help. Therefore, anyone who can use a sewing machine will always be looked up to.
Xiaoxi sat next to the sewing machine, holding her chin and watching Sun Ying cutting. After Sun Ying finished cutting, she stepped on the sewing machine skillfully and quickly passed the cloth through the needle and thread on the sewing machine.
The sewing machine made a regular clicking sound. Xiaoxi was a little fascinated by it.
Soon, the small floral fabric took the shape of a dress.
Sun Ying compared it on Xiaoxi and continued sewing.
Sun Ying looked at Xiaoxi's well-behaved face, holding it with her hands, and her heart softened. There were three boys in her family, all of whom were naughty since childhood, and two of them were away from home. She only had one son, Chen Dongfang, who was the same age as Xiaoxi, but now he went to his uncle's house for summer vacation.
Sun Ying had never felt the experience of having a girl quietly by her side. She thought about it and smiled, "Do you want to learn how to make clothes?"
Xiaoxi was stunned, and then nodded with bright eyes.
After learning how to make clothes, she could buy cloth and make clothes for herself in the future. She didn't want to have to look at people's faces because of a piece of clothing. No one could change the clothes she made.
Sun Ying took a piece of cloth that had just been cut and taught Xiaoxi how to use the sewing machine.
Xiaoxi quickly learned simple sewing.
Sun Ying asked Xiaoxi to practice repeatedly with the unused scraps of cloth, and she went downstairs to make lunch.
When Sun Ying finished making lunch and went to see Xiaoxi, Xiaoxi actually made a small wallet with scraps of cloth.
Sun Ying sighed: "You are so smart, you really take after your father, you can learn anything." Not like Xiao Qin. His personality is also like Xiao Li, hardworking, serious and sensible. He looks like Xiao Qin. He
is really good at giving birth, and he has taken the advantages of both of them.
Xiaoxi was happy to stay at Chen's house, but Qin Lan was not happy. That night, she quarreled with Li Hongbin, angry that Li Hongbin did not give him face. With her own mother around, she still asked the sister-in-law next door to buy cloth for her daughter to make clothes. Isn't this obviously saying that she is not qualified as a mother.
"I asked you to buy clothes for Xiaoxi, but you gave them to Tingting. Xiaoxi wears her patched clothes every day when she comes to our place. Are you qualified?"
"Didn't I buy her another set? She didn't wear it herself. She wears that ragged clothes every day. I think she did it on purpose. And I gave the new skirt to Tingting, but Tingting also said that she exchanged her own clothes with Xiaoxi. She didn't want to."
Li Hongbin looked at her coldly and left.
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For several days, Xiaoxi followed Sun Ying to learn sewing and helped Sun Ying. She went home to eat at dinner time. Sun Ying wanted to keep Xiaoxi at her house for dinner. But Xiaoxi refused. When she
got home that day, Qin Lan had just prepared lunch, so Xiaoxi washed her hands and helped serve the dishes. Li Wenting and Li Wenhua also came soon.
Qin Lan looked at Xiaoxi unhappily: "You are good at calculating time. You eat when it's time. I want you to help wash vegetables and cook."
Xiaoxi's hand holding the chopsticks froze, and she pointed at Li Wenting and Li Wenhua and looked at Qin Lan, "Are you talking about me or them?"
Qin Lan immediately understood what Xiaoxi meant, frowned and said, "What are you comparing with them? Tingting has never done housework since she was a child, and Wenhua is a boy. Aren't you used to doing housework before?"
Xiaoxi said without even looking at her, "I heard that being a nanny in a family home costs 20 yuan a month. If you pay me 20 yuan a month, I will be your nanny."
Qin Lan was furious. If she really did that, not only would people in the family home laugh at her and say she was abusing their daughter, but her husband Li Hongbin would probably quarrel with her again.
She pointed at Xiaoxi with a shaking hand and said, "I asked you to do some housework and you are so fussy about it. Do you behave like a daughter?"
Xiaoxi said without even blinking her eyelids, "Of course I would be fussy. You treat me as a nanny, so why shouldn't I ask you for the nanny's money?"
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