Chapter 504 Wiping Tears
The corners of Zhuang Qingning's lips, which had just been raised, suddenly drooped a little.
Just as someone said, this daily task is determined according to the specific situation of the host, and it targets the weak points.
Needlework was what she was worst at. Even though this body had done a lot of work under Zhuang Ruman and Song, she had never been able to do needlework well.
It is really not an easy task to ask her to sew the soles of shoes.
However, in order to pay off the hard work points as soon as possible so that it would be convenient to exchange for the things you need in the future, you have to do this even if it is difficult! Zhuang Qingning secretly encouraged himself.
It just so happened that Zhuang Qingning and Zhuang Mingli went to Qingzhu Garden with Chu Jinzhou today and said they would be back tomorrow. If she had just made a fool of herself, Zhuang Qingsui wouldn't have to see it.
To make shoe soles, you need thick needles, hemp ropes, and shoe sole materials.
Zhuang Qingning has both of the first two at home, but the last one...
The thousand-layer cloth is made from tattered clothes that farmers wear that can no longer be repaired. Farmers cut them into pieces, add paste, and apply it on the cloth layer by layer. They stick the pieces together until they are about half an inch thick, and then put the pieces in the sun to dry.
After it's dried, a shoe sole model of the right size will be carved out according to the size of the foot, and this is the shoe sole that needs to be sewn.
Zhuang Qingning's family doesn't have this thing.
After thinking for a while, Zhuang Qingning put on another coat and walked towards Zhuang Yonghe's house, preparing to ask He to borrow a shoe sole.
"Ning girl is here." He was the only one at home. When she saw Zhuang Qingning coming, she hurriedly invited her into the house and gave her a cup of hot tea, "Warm your hands quickly."
"It's so cold, why are you here?"
"I want to borrow a pair of soles from my aunt so I can learn how to sew them myself."
As Zhuang Qingning spoke, she saw that He's eyes were red and there seemed to be traces of tears on her face. She was suddenly a little surprised, "Aunt, what are you doing..."
"Did something happen to Auntie?"
"It's nothing, it's nothing. I just lit the stove and the charcoal caused the smoke..." He waved her hands repeatedly without even raising her head, and only explained vaguely.
But while she was saying this, He's voice started to sob and tears started to fall.
Perhaps knowing that she really could not control herself anymore, He did not try to hold back her tears. She just covered her face and sobbed.
Zhuang Qingning guessed that something might have happened to He, but he didn't expect her to react so strongly. He was shocked and hurriedly helped He to sit down on a stool at the side. He didn't rush to ask what caused He's emotional breakdown, but just watched quietly by her side, gently stroking her back.
He sobbed and cried for about a cup of tea.
Maybe it was because she had vented her emotions after crying, or maybe she felt embarrassed to keep crying in front of Zhuang Qingning, but He stopped sobbing and wiped her tears with her sleeves.
"Aunt, what's going on?" Zhuang Qingning asked.
He had just wiped her eyes clean, and now two more tears fell. After a long while, she whispered, "I don't even know how to start talking about this kind of thing..."
Especially in front of a junior like Zhuang Qingning.
"Auntie, you are crying like this, you must have encountered some difficulties. If you are very upset and don't know what to do, you might as well tell me."
Zhuang Qingning whispered softly, "Auntie always said that there is no one in the family who can talk to you in confidence. Even if I am not a thoughtful little cotton-padded jacket, I am still a cotton waistcoat, right? If auntie has anything to say, can't you tell me?"
He usually speaks softly and seems weak, but Zhuang Qingning knows her well and knows that she is a very strong person at heart.
The fact that I cried like this today is enough to show that what I encountered was very serious.
When Mrs. He heard Zhuang Qingning say this, her eyes suddenly turned red again. After moving her lips several times, she spoke with some difficulty, "My eldest nephew will be getting married in a few years, so I, as his aunt, went back to my parents' home to buy anything that I could find."
"As a result, after I went back a few days ago, before I could make any arrangements, my sister-in-law pulled me aside and told me to worry more about your Uncle Yonghe during this period of time."
"I just thought that my sister-in-law felt that it was almost the end of the year, but the workshops were still busy, and all the big and small things in the family were handled by your uncle alone, so she asked me to worry more and let him rest more and not get too tired. I hurriedly said that I was taking care of it, and it would only be these few days before the end of the year, and it would be fine after I finished my work."
"But my sister-in-law rolled her eyes at me and said that I was stupid when I was at home before and I am still like this now. I don't plan and take precautions for everything. When I heard this, I was a little confused and hurriedly asked what she meant."
"My sister-in-law said that in the past, our family lived in poverty, and we were busy all day long just to have enough food and clothing, and we had no time to think about anything else. But now that our family is living a good life and has more money, it is inevitable that we will have more thoughts. When a landlord's family harvests a few more buckets of grain, they will think about taking a concubine. They say that our family is living a good life now, and everything is going well, so some people will naturally have more thoughts."
"Then I realized that what my sister-in-law was talking about was your uncle Yonghe. I quickly said that your uncle Yonghe was an honest man and it was impossible for him to think about those things. But my sister-in-law said that Yonghe was an honest man, but he couldn't stand being honest. Those vixens outside pounced on him. They said that there were gossips in the village these days, saying that the widow Liu in my mother's village was having an affair with your uncle Yonghe."
"I didn't believe it at first. I've been with your uncle Yonghe for many years and I know his character. And that widow Liu is really not a decent person. It's fine if others say she's not decent, but sometimes she even says it herself. I'm thinking that maybe widow Liu is unhappy with our family and deliberately made up these words to ruin our reputation."
"But the rumor is very credible. It says that on the day when my nephew went to the girl's house to give the betrothal gift, he saw the widow Liu putting a handkerchief into your uncle Yonghe's hand... I was immediately..."
When Zhuang Qingning heard this, his heart sank.
On the day of He's eldest nephew's engagement, Zhuang Qingning came to visit He because he was worried about her and had caught a cold. As a result, she ran into Zhuang Yonghe who came back hurriedly, saying that he had a stomachache and diarrhea.
Zhuang Qingning was still wondering about this that day. He thought that if he had diarrhea, he could still walk such a long way back home, which meant that his stomach upset was probably not serious.
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