Chapter 26 Sending a Quilt
“Chuckle—”
Before daybreak, the chickens are already working.
The hardworking people have already risen.
Xie Shuangbai turned over at the sound of the rooster crowing and continued to sleep.
Xie Qiushi and the others also woke up and lay quietly in bed.
Xie Chunmiao stretched and said:
"Big sister, it's great to have a brother. We don't have to get up early."
Thinking about how Mrs. Huang had not allowed them to burn firewood before, they could only work with cold water.
They were shivering in their thin clothes, and the work in their hands seemed to never be finished.
Now we not only have hot water, but we can also sleep in.
Xie Xiachan looked at the roof and said softly:
"Well, we must be filial to our brother."
Xie Chunmiao nestled in the thick quilt: "Need I tell you, second sister? I will definitely treat my brother well!"
"You all know the situation at home. Let's think about how we can help Big Brother."
Xie Qiushi glanced at the two of them, then looked out the window: "Get up, let's go cook, it's just right for big brother to wake up."
"Okay." The three of them got up quickly, not wanting to stay in the warm bed at all.
Xie Shuangbai was awakened by the daylight.
This sleep was so comfortable, I didn’t even have any dreams.
He slowly stood up and drank a glass of spiritual spring water as usual.
He put on his clothes and combed his hair facing the air. He looked in the bronze mirror yesterday and found it was too expensive, so he could only comb his hair blindly.
He checked his clothes and went out.
Xie Qiushi and the other two had just finished making breakfast when they saw Xie Shuangbai calling out to him, "Brother, it's time to eat!"
"Why are you guys here so early?"
Xie Chunmiao pointed to the sun in the east:
"Is it still early? The sun is already out."
Xie Shuangbai smiled awkwardly.
In modern times, he would still be sleeping at 5 o'clock, but now in this quiet mountain village, it is considered a lazy act.
"Brother, this porridge is freshly cooked, drink it while it's hot."
Xie Qiushi put the porridge on the table.
Xie Shuangbai looked at his sisters who were taking care of him like a patient, "You guys should eat too, don't keep busy for me."
He took a sip of the porridge, and the rich aroma of rice filled his taste buds, and his body instantly came alive.
Xie Qiushi took a bite of food and said, "Brother, I forgot to buy scissors and a ruler yesterday. We have to go to Aunt Cui to borrow some. How about we take the cloth over and cut the clothes directly, then come back and sew them?"
Xie Shuangbai thought about it and said, "Alright, have you put away the quilts Aunt Cui lent us?"
"Not yet. We'll fold it after we finish eating. Can we take it over later?"
"How many new quilts are left?"
"We have five beds in our room, and you have four."
Xie Shuangbai was puzzled: "Why use so much?"
Xie Chunmiao counted on his hands: "Luckily my brother bought them all, otherwise it really wouldn't be enough. The kang bed is big, so we need two mattresses underneath. The three of us each have one mattress, and my brother has two mattresses to cover himself and two bunk beds."
"Now that we have a kang, it's very hot. I only need one quilt this thick. The quilt underneath is also thick. I can split one quilt into two and use the extra quilt from Aunt Cui's two quilts."
"Okay, let's make the quilt again after dinner."
After dinner, Xie Shuangbai returned to the house.
He came back in the dark last night and didn't even see clearly that there was a new quilt on the bed.
The bed he slept on was covered with a bright red mandarin duck quilt that covered half of the kang bed, and the other half was pink, a very bright rose pink, so bright that it hurt his eyes.
He smiled helplessly. Among the five colored sisters, they chose these two for him. Did they want him to get married?
Fortunately, the quilt he chose was dark green, no wonder he didn't notice the large quilt in the morning.
He took away a bright pink bed that he had never slept in.
The remaining beds in Xie Qiushi's room were also bright pink, just enough to make a pair.
Xie Shuangbai asked Xie Chunmiao to go to Wang's house to ask Brother Wang to borrow a cart to transport quilts and cloth.
Soon the Wang brothers followed.
"Shuang, what do you want to pull?"
Xie Shuangbai walked to the yard with the quilt in his arms, "I'll take back the quilt Aunt Cui borrowed from you last time."
The Wang brothers quickly took it and said, "This bed you took doesn't look like the one I borrowed from you."
"I know. I'll ask my aunt to help me fix it."
The Wang brothers said "oh" and didn't ask any more questions.
He went to the kitchen to soak the mung beans, and then they locked the door, took the quilts and cloth, and went to Wang's house.
As Xie Shuangbai walked to the door, she heard Wang Tiantian ask Cui: "Grandma, when will my brother come?"
Cui pointed at her little forehead and said, "You little girl, you don't even care about your own father this much!"
Xie Shuangbai walked into the yard and called out, "Auntie!"
At this time, the sunlight seemed to have feet, emitting an orange-red light from behind Xie Shuangbai.
Wang Tiantian saw Xie Shuangbai in the orange halo from afar, her eyes lit up, and she rushed towards him at the speed of a rocket.
She called out in a baby voice: "Brother!"
Xie Shuangbai took a step back due to the force of her rush. He bent down to pick her up, and touched her little face with a smile:
"Sweetheart has gained weight, did you miss me?"
The little girl hugged his neck excitedly: "I miss my brother!"
"I want sweets too!"
After saying that, Xie Shuangbai took out the malt candy he bought at the grocery store yesterday, like a magic trick.
"Wow! It's Tangtang!"
"Eat sweet candy."
The little girl ate the candy happily, her mouth as sweet as honey: "Tiantian loves brother the most!"
"Oh, why buy candy? It's so expensive." Cui complained with a smile, "This girl asks you several times every day, and today she finally reminded you."
Xie Shuangbai lifted up Xiao Tiantian's little butt and hugged her: "Auntie, if Tiantian misses me, take her to find me. It's not far away."
Cui smiled and explained, "You just moved in, and I'm worried she'll cause trouble."
"It's okay, you guys come often, I like it."
Mrs. Cui saw so many quilts on the cart pushed by her two sons and asked, "What are these quilts?"
"Isn't this the quilt you lent me last time? There are two new quilts I bought yesterday."
He briefly recounted yesterday's purchases. Cui smiled and joked, "You're quite clever! We never thought of buying a quilt from a pawnshop." Touching the large quilt, she said happily, "This is a great quilt. Even the outside is covered in satin. This quilt is truly worth the money."
The noise in the yard attracted Cui's two daughters-in-law, who looked at the quilt and praised him for buying it.
Seeing Cui touching the quilt with eyes full of love, Xie Shuangbai said, "Aunt, please carry the quilt to the main room first."
"Okay." Cui's two sons and daughters-in-law helped to move.
The quilt and cloth were placed on the table in the main room.
Xie Shuangbai said, "Auntie, I bought a lot of quilts yesterday. These two are specially for the three children. Please don't dislike them!"
Although Wang Dadi was the village chief, his family was not rich. The cotton in the quilt he had lent to Xie Shuangbai had become hard, so when he bought quilts, he thought of giving them two.
When Cui heard this, she quickly refused: "Such a good quilt, you should keep it and use it. It's cold here, and winter is not easy. You should keep it, and listen to your aunt!"
"Don't worry, Auntie, there's enough left at home. Besides, this isn't for you. I'm giving it to Tiantian and the others. You can't refuse it."
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