Chapter 23 A thankless job
Qin Lan was so angry at Xiaoxi that she was speechless.
Li Wenting patted Qin Lan on the back and soothed her, "Mom, don't bother with such unreasonable people. Don't get angry. I'll help you with anything you want to do." She then pulled Qin Lan to sit down and brought the rice that Xiaoxi had just served to Qin Lan, "Mom, eat, don't get angry."
The more Li Wenting said this, the angrier Qin Lan became with Xiaoxi, and the more she felt that Li Wenting, who she had raised, was considerate.
Xiaoxi sat down calmly, picked up the rice bowl and took a chopstick of chili fried pork, and said to Li Wenting with a smile: "Remember what you said, you can help your mother with her work in the future, but don't say you can't do it."
Li Wenting's face froze. She was just coaxing Qin Lan, she didn't want to work.
Xiaoxi had already started eating, and her leisurely look made Qin Lan and Li Wenting very angry.
Li Wenhua, who had been watching, didn't dare to say anything. In his heart, he gave a thumbs up to his second sister Xiaoxi. The second sister was very strong in fighting. She sat down to eat silently, not daring to make any noise, for fear of being involved in the battle.
Afterwards, Li Wenting said to Li Wenhua, "You see, whenever mom asks her to do something, she compares us with her. I'm afraid she will take us with her when she does something in the future." Li
Wenhua looked at Li Wenting and said, "Just take us with you. It would be best if mom pays us, and we can earn some pocket money together."
Li Wenting said angrily, "Are you stupid, or are you missing a point in your brain? She is using us as a gun."
"You are the one who is using me as a gun. I am the one who is missing a point after listening to you." Li Wenhua said softly and ran away.
In the evening, as soon as Li Hongbin came back, Qin Lan ran to complain to him, "......You still want wages, how can you say that, a girl has fallen into the eyes of money, so utilitarian, who will be interested in her in the future. She really grew up in the countryside, so petty."
Li Hongbin's hand squeezing the towel was stunned, and he looked at Qin Lan, "You let Xiaoxi do it, why not let the other two do it? Xiaoxi has been doing housework for more than ten years, isn't it enough?"
Qin Lan regretted that she shouldn't have told Li Hongbin about this. This Li Hongbin is partial to Xiaoxi, and it is really biased.
In the evening, Li Hongbin knocked on Xiaoxi's door. Xiaoxi was reading in the room. "Dad, what's wrong?"
Li Hongbin took three big group cards and gave them to Xiaoxi, saying with a smile, "Buy whatever you want. If you don't have enough, come to me again."
Xiaoxi looked at the huge sum of money and shook her head, "Dad, I don't need money." Since she figured it out, she felt comfortable physically and mentally. Except for the occasional quarrel with Qin Lan and Li Wenting, she ate well, lived well, didn't have to work, and had books to read. She really didn't need to spend money, not to mention that she had a few yuan in her family.
"Tingting and Wenhua have pocket money since they were young. This is the pocket money I give you." Li Hongbin looked at the books on the table and said, "You can buy books, notebooks, stationery, etc. when school starts. There will always be a place to use money."
Xiaoxi accepted it.
After this, Qin Lan no longer often asked Xiaoxi to do work for her. Xiaoxi was happy and at ease. She spent all her time reading books and learning to make clothes.
Of course, at the Chen family, Xiaoxi often helped Sun Ying sweep the floor and wipe the table with her quick hands and eyes. These past few nights, Sun Ying would sigh with Teacher Chen that her daughter was the best.
Sun Ying also quickly made clothes for Xiaoxi, a floral dress, a light blue dress, a set of tops and pants, and a set of cotton pajamas.
They were all simple and generous styles. She also made a few hair ties for Xiaoxi with the scraps of cloth she cut off. Tied at the end of two braids, she looked youthful and pretty.
Xiaoxi looked like a different person wearing this floral dress. She couldn't let it go and touched it again and again.
She also used the leftover fabric to make a set of cotton pajamas for Li Hongbin and a bib and a cloth bag for Sun Ying. These things can be used even if they are not made well.
Sun Ying held the bib and said happily, "This bib is big, it can cover my top, so I don't have to worry about getting my clothes dirty when I cook in the future. The cloth bag is also convenient to use. Xiaoxi, you learn so quickly, you've already mastered it." Xiaoxi
smiled and said, "These are all simple styles and easier to make. Besides, the needlework is not yet neat enough, so there is still a lot of room for improvement."
"It's great that you can make it like this at the beginning. It will be better if you practice your craft more in the future."
Xiaoxi washed all the clothes that Sun Ying made for her that day. The next day, when she wore the floral dress and went downstairs for breakfast, Li Wenhua called out, "Second sister, your skirt looks beautiful."
Li Hongbin had breakfast at home today and was at home now. He smiled and said, "Sister-in-law's craftsmanship is still good. I must find a chance to thank her."
Li Wenting stared at Xiaoxi's skirt for a long time.
Qin Lan took a look and said, "Now that the clothes are ready, don't go to Chen's house if you have nothing to do. If you keep pestering your sister-in-law every day, how can she work? Don't cause trouble for her. "
Li Hongbin was surprised: "Have you been going there every day these days?" After thinking for a while, he smiled and said, "But do you want to wear new clothes as soon as possible?" "
I went to learn sewing and making clothes from my aunt. My aunt asked me to learn from her."
Li Hongbin was very surprised, "Then I have to thank my sister-in-law even more. She helps me make clothes and is my teacher. Qin Lan, you can give my sister-in-law something as a thank-you gift."
Qin Lan was also very surprised. She didn't expect that Sun's sister-in-law would teach Xiaoxi to make clothes. But she didn't think much of this. She was still angry that Li Hongbin asked Sun Saozi to help Xiaoxi make clothes and didn't give her face. "You knew to ask me when you took the thank-you gift. Why didn't you consult me when you asked Sun Saozi to help you make clothes?"
Li Hongbin frowned and looked at Qin Lan. He knew that if they continued to talk, they would just argue endlessly and be seen by several children. Then he sat down to eat breakfast without answering.
In the evening, he came back from work and went to the counter to get a box of Longjing tea and a bottle of Xifeng wine sent by his comrade-in-arms, and asked Xiaoxi to go to Chen's house with him.
When Xiaoxi came down from the upstairs, she was carrying a box of peach cakes and two kilograms of brown sugar, "Dad, take this with you."
"Did you buy this?" Li Hongbin looked at the peach cakes and brown sugar in surprise.
"I bought them at the supply and marketing cooperative today." Qin Lan didn't care about it, and Xiaoxi was afraid that Li Hongbin was too busy to come, so she went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy these two items. Now she couldn't buy anything too expensive, so she could only do what she could, but she still had to express her gratitude.
Li Hongbin took Xiaoxi to Chen's house with mixed feelings.
After the two thanked and left, Teacher Chen smiled and said, "You are now a teacher. Now you have a thank-you gift."
"I think Xiao Qin is still blaming me in her heart. When Xiao Li asked me to make clothes for Xiaoxi, I knew it was a thankless job."
"What do you mean?" Teacher Chen put down the teacup.
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