While having dinner, Su Xieqiu discussed with her two children about her trip to the city the next day.
"Chenchen, Aunt Su is going to the city to buy some things tomorrow. Can you and your sister go play with Sister Linglan?"
Linglan is the little girl of Sun Dahan and Wang Fengqin, and she is eight years old this year.
The little girl was sensible and hardworking. Although she didn't go to the fields to earn work points, she still did the housework.
Wash clothes, cook, feed chickens, and keep the house clean and tidy.
They also have a mission pig in their family, which is also taken care of by the little girl and her second brother.
Chenchen nodded, finished his meal, and said, "Aunt Su, if Sister Linglan is not available, my sister and I can stay at home alone. I can look after my sister."
He knew that Sister Linglan had to do a lot of work every day, and whenever she had some free time she would go out to catch insects for the chickens.
So Chenchen didn't want to trouble others, he could take care of his sister at home by himself.
"You two are too young. I am worried about you at home."
Su Xieqiu said with a smile: "I just want you to play with Sister Linglan at her house. You two are so well behaved and you won't delay her work. It's okay."
"Okay, Aunt Su."
Chenchen nodded obediently.
An An didn't understand what they were saying, but she laughed along.
The three of them had finished their meal, and the villagers had just finished work.
Su Xieqiu took her two children to Sun Dahan's house next door.
Sun Dahan and his two sons were collecting firewood in the yard, while Wang Fengqin and her daughter Linglan were cooking in the kitchen.
Knowing her purpose, Wang Fengqin readily agreed.
This kind of thing is very normal in rural areas.
If someone has to go out for something or is visiting relatives and it is inconvenient to take care of the children, they will ask the neighbors to help take care of the children.
"Zhenyu's wife, just send the child here tomorrow and let my daughter Linglan take care of him for you. You don't have to rush back."
Wang Fengqin said with a smile.
Su Xieqiu looked at Linglan with dry and yellow hair and touched her head with a smile.
She liked this hardworking little girl very much. She was shy but worked efficiently and effectively.
Although the clothes he was wearing were covered in patches, they were washed very cleanly.
"Thank you Linglan in advance. I'll bring you some candy when I get back."
"Auntie, I don't eat candy. Chenchen and An'an are very well behaved. I am willing to take them out to play."
Linglan also liked this beautiful and sweet-smelling aunt. She spoke very gently and was not at all as fierce as people in the village said.
And the clothes she wore were very beautiful. She was even prettier than Sister Lanhua, the prettiest girl in their team.
Su Xieqiu smiled, thought of the original owner's clothes, and prepared to give two pieces to Linglan.
She has no shortage of clothes now. The fabrics in the space are enough for her to wear new clothes every month.
Therefore, it would be better to give away the original owner’s clothes so that they don’t take up space in the closet.
She said to Wang Fengqin, "Sister-in-law, I have some old clothes that I don't wear anymore. If you don't mind, I'll bring them to you tomorrow and you can alter them for Linglan to wear."
Wang Fengqin's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she said gratefully, "Daughter-in-law Zhenyu, we don't dislike you at all. Thank you so much."
It is difficult to buy cloth nowadays. Not only is it expensive, but it also requires cloth coupons.
If the relationship is not very good, I would not be willing to give away old clothes, let alone a piece of rag.
Although Su Zhiqing has no relatives here, Han Zhenyu does have relatives here.
Su Zhiqing didn't give the clothes to his relatives, but thought of her daughter instead. Wang Fengqin was really grateful from the bottom of her heart.
Country people could only get a few feet of cloth coupons after working for a year, which was not enough for a large family.
Linglan in their family has been picking up her second brother's clothes since she was a child.
The second oldest picks up the oldest's clothes, and the oldest picks up their father's clothes.
The family's clothes were patched up and it was rare for them to buy a new piece of clothing for several years.
Now that Su Xieqiu wants to give Linglan clothes, she is so happy that she cannot wait to be disgusted.
Not to mention old clothes, even if it was just a piece of rag, she would happily accept it as a patch.
But Wang Fengqin was not the kind of person who wanted to take advantage of others. She remembered that Su Xieqiu said last time that he couldn't make shoes.
She smiled and said, "Daughter-in-law Zhenyu, the weather is going to get cold soon. After the busy farming season, I will get some clothes and make a pair of cotton shoes for each of you."
Su Xieqiu was worried about this. She had just learned how to use a sewing machine to make clothes, but she was really not good at making shoes because the soles were too difficult to make.
Han Zhenyu's aunt made two pairs of cloth shoes for her and Han Zhenyu some time ago, but they don't have cotton shoes yet.
Now that the weather is about to get cold, we need to prepare all these.
There are also Chenchen and Anan, although they brought a lot of clothes and shoes.
But the winters here are too cold, so we still need to prepare thicker clothes and cotton shoes for them.
Su Xieqiu thought for a moment and said, "Sister-in-law, to be honest, I'm planning to ask someone to help make cotton shoes. If you're free, I'll leave this matter to you."
Wang Fengqin smiled cheerfully and said, "No problem, leave it to me. Tell me the shoe size later and I will make it for you in two days."
Su Xieqiu smiled and nodded, but she didn't know how much it would cost to make a pair of shoes?
So he asked, "Sister-in-law, I will provide fabrics and cotton. How much do you think is appropriate for a pair of shoes? Or you can also ask Han Zhenyu to get something else, food or fabrics."
Wang Fengqin waved her hands quickly, "Hey, Zhenyu's wife, what's the point of talking about money? I just made a few pairs of cotton shoes. It doesn't cost much. I'm just sitting around doing nothing in the winter. How can I ask you for money?"
"Sister-in-law, there are four people in our family and we need to do replacements. If you don't want money, I'd be embarrassed to ask you to help."
"What's there to be embarrassed about? You're just sitting around doing nothing in the winter. The materials are all yours. I'm just helping you sew them. It doesn't cost anything."
No matter what Su Xieqiu said, Wang Fengqin refused to take any money, saying that if she was paid, she would not do it and would not even take her clothes.
Su Xieqiu had no choice but to stop talking about this topic and prepare to get some cloth and cotton for her later.
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The next morning
Su Xiaqiu sent the two children to Sun Dahan's house and went to the village entrance to wait for the team's ox cart going into the city.
She had already gone to the brigade headquarters to inquire yesterday, and learned that a ox cart would be going to the city to transport things today.
The Sanhua Brigade was not very big and had no tractors, so the only way to get anything into the city was to use ox carts or mule carts.
If villagers want to go to the city to buy something, they can only walk.
Su Xieqiu planned to tell Han Zhenyu to leave his bicycle at home next time he goes on a business trip so that it would be more convenient for him to go into the city in the future.
What she didn't know was that Han Zhenyu deliberately took the bicycle away so that she would go into the city less often and stop going to the black market.
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