Chapter 27 Tailoring
Cui knew that he wanted to thank the Wang family for their kindness to him, and her eyes became moist.
What a good child, he was almost tortured to death by Huang.
She took Xie Shuangbai's hand and calmed down: "Okay, Auntie understands everything. If you have any problems in the future, just tell me."
Xie Shuangbai looked at her and smiled: "I really have something to trouble you with."
He pointed at the quilt in the distance and said, "I want to change that thick quilt into two thinner pads. I don't know if it's easy to do."
Before Cui could reply, the eldest daughter-in-law Xue said, "It's not that difficult. I'll make it for you. It will be healed in two days."
The second daughter-in-law, Li, who was standing next to him, also chimed in: "That's right, my eldest sister-in-law and I will make it for you in one day."
Cui smiled at the two daughters-in-law and said, "Just bring it over. I'll ask your sister-in-law to make it for you later."
"Then I'll trouble my sister-in-law and aunt. By the way, let Daya and the others learn from you."
Xie Shuangbai looked at her three sisters and said, "You should learn from your sister-in-law and aunt."
The three nodded: "Aunt, sister-in-law, please teach us."
Cui smiled and said, "That's easy. Just bring all the quilts you want to make and you can have new quilts in two days."
Xie Qiushi and Wang Shunyi pulled the cart and went back to get three quilts.
The second daughter-in-law, Li, saw a few pieces of dark red cloth on the table and reached out to touch them. She was surprised and said, "Sister-in-law, feel this cloth. It's really thick. Even the pattern is something we haven't seen before."
Xie Chunmiao looked at them mysteriously and said, "Sister-in-law, guess how much we paid for it."
Li saw that it was so thick and had a new pattern, so it must be expensive: "This thick one must be at least 300 wen."
Xie Xiachan also smiled and came over: "Three and a half pieces of cloth plus needlework only cost 260 coins."
Mrs. Li exclaimed, "What! This is too cheap! We have never come across such good cloth at such a low price!"
She sighed in her heart that they were lucky. Although the color was a bit rustic and dark, it was really cheap. She wanted to try her luck.
Cui was curious about what they said, so she came over to touch it. It was indeed good. Not only was the cotton thick, but it was also woven very densely. It was obviously high-quality cotton.
She smiled and praised Xie Shuangbai: "Frost boy is really good at shopping. Even scholars are better at saving money than us when buying things!"
Xie Shuangbai felt embarrassed by their stares: "Aunt, it was just a coincidence. There happened to be three pieces of badly dyed cloth in the store, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to pick up such a big bargain!"
"I didn't see where it got stained."
Cui looked at it carefully again but still couldn't find any damage. She spread the cloth out and saw that there were many irregular dark indigo patterns on the dark red cloth wrapped inside.
Only then did Xie Shuangbai see the flaws clearly; they were all inside.
No wonder it’s so cheap, but it’s not ugly.
Cui Shi saw all the miscellaneous patterns and sighed, "What a shame to waste such fine cloth. But we farmers don't care about these things. As long as we are warm, it's fine."
Xie Xiachan came over and looked at the cloth spread out on the table: "Aunt, we need to borrow your clothes-cutting scissors."
"Okay, you three can all sew?"
"Except my younger sister, we both know how to do it."
Xie Chunmiao blushed when she was called out: "I... I can sew clothes."
Cui looked at the three of them and smiled, "Okay, I'll go get it. You can just measure the size here and I'll watch you cut it to avoid mistakes."
After saying that, she turned and went to the inner room to get a pair of scissors.
Cui waved to Xie Shuangbai and said, "Let me measure your size first."
Xie Shuangbai obediently walked in front of Cui. Her rough hands held a bamboo ruler and moved it over Xie Shuangbai's body, measuring and praising him:
"Look at this figure, straight and long, it will definitely look good in a long gown, but the waist is a bit thin, you need to eat more in the future, look at how strong your brother Wang is!"
Xie Shuangbai's cheeks turned slightly red when he was told that. Several women were looking at him and laughing, which made him feel a little helpless. Somehow, Jia Baoyu suddenly popped up in his mind.
Jia Baoyu, who grew up among women, might be more comfortable in such a situation.
Fortunately, this period of time did not last long.
Cui quickly finished measuring Xie Qiushi and the other two: "What do you plan to do?"
Xie Shuangbai expressed his thoughts.
Cui nodded: "Okay, let's do as you say. I can imagine that you will look good in a red robe. I have never seen a man wearing a red robe except the groom. I will take a good look at it when it is ready!"
"I'll deliver the clothes to you the day after tomorrow, and I'll take Tiantian to see your place while I'm at it."
"Okay, Auntie, I'll make delicious food for Tiantian and you, and I'll pay you for your work. I can't ask you to work for nothing."
Cui laughed and scolded: "You little bastard, it's not free work at all. The big quilt you gave me is not money, so why don't you give me two taels of silver for these two quilts? If you say that again, I will be angry!"
Xie Shuangbai touched his nose: "You know the quilt is not that expensive."
"Mother-in-law is right. Xiaoshuang, please don't be so polite to us!"
Xue really likes this young scholar now. She has no younger brother at home, so she really treats Xie Shuangbai as her younger brother.
"Okay, then thank you, aunt and sister-in-law!"
Cui was finally satisfied: "That's right!"
When Xiao Tiantian saw her grandma smiling, she also smiled and happily circled around Xie Shuangbai.
Xue pointed at Tiantian and said, "Go with your Uncle Xie. I don't want you anymore."
Tiantian stared at Xue and Xie Shuangbai with her big, confused eyes: "Let's go, follow brother."
Hearing this, Mrs. Xue laughed angrily. Mrs. Li, the second son's wife, was also amused by the sweet childish talk. She lowered her head and looked at her little son in her arms: "Sister-in-law, people say that children are no longer under the control of others when they grow up. I think the same is true for my daughter."
"Shuang, I don't want this girl anymore, you can take her away!"
Xie Shuangbai knew she was just saying this in anger, so he joked, "That's great! I got a grown-up girl for free. Come with me today, Tiantian!"
The naive little Tiantian didn't know what was going on, and she happily hugged his thighs and smiled foolishly.
Wang Dadi and the Wang brothers also returned from the fields. They were puzzled by the laughter in the house. When they entered the house and saw Xie Shuangbai, they joked, "I was wondering, I've never seen your aunt greet me with such a smile before. Now that you're here, it's no surprise."
"You damn old man, you're even plotting against me. I can't help but feel happy seeing Frost kid."
The Wang brothers were no longer surprised to see their parents quarreling.
Wang Dadi looked at the many quilts and cloths on the table and asked, "Are you cutting clothes?"
As Xie Qiushi began to dismantle the quilt, he said, "Yesterday we went to town to buy some cloth and a quilt. Today, we asked Auntie to teach us how to do it."
Wang Dadi glanced at their clothes and said, "I'm sorry. Winter is coming soon and you still don't have any thick clothes."
Xie Shuangbai knew that Uncle Wang was about to get sentimental again, so he quickly changed the subject: "Uncle, where have you been?"
"I didn't do anything, just went to check the land."
Wang Dadi wanted to smoke a cigarette, looked at the room full of people, young and old, and pulled Xie Shuangbai out: "Smoke with uncle."
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