No one can become fat overnight. The old lady taught Yang Donghu to embroider the round eyes on the tiger head first.
"Like this, pass the needle through here and fill in the color. Compare and see, the two eyes are different sizes. Then leave a space here and use the thread to embroider the tiger whiskers. It looks better than embroidering it."
The old lady took the embroidery cloth, squinted her eyes and looked at Yang Donghu's work carefully, pointing at the pattern on the embroidery cloth and said softly.
Yang Donghu looked in the direction of the old lady's hand and took up the needle to mend it twice. It looked much neater than the ones he had embroidered randomly.
He usually felt very happy when he made a pair of shoes, and he was even more happy this time. Zhao Luochuan also renovated the floor in Zhu Cuilan's room. After wiping the sweat off his body and washing his hands, he gathered around the grandparents and grandchildren to join in the fun.
"It's better looking than what we embroidered back then. At least the eyes are just right, not one big and one small, right?" Zhao Luochuan surrounded Yang Donghu from behind, and saw the pair of round eyes on the cloth through his hands, and remembered the messy flowers and plants on the handkerchief before.
Zhao Luochuan is still using that handkerchief. The old lady has also seen it and laughed twice when she heard it.
When she smiled, Yang Donghu patted Zhao Luochuan's arm in embarrassment and said in a feigned anger: "Why are you so annoying? If you think it's ugly, just give it back to me."
"I didn't say it was ugly. I didn't say that. I use it very well. How can you give something away and then ask for it back? You're cheating."
The old lady was around and it was broad daylight, so the two of them couldn't hug each other. They just exchanged a few words. The old lady found it amusing to watch them and thought from the bottom of her heart that Zhao Luochuan was a good guy.
While they were making a fuss at home, Zhu Cuilan started to rush home after buying things. In the past, she would hide and tuck away the things she bought on the cart, for fear that others would see them and say she was showing off. Now that there was such a big happy event in the family, Zhu Cuilan was too lazy to think about what they said.
Anyway, you can never dislike those things about yourself, and you can't change them by hiding something, so you might as well live a happy life.
For the past half month, the Zhao family has been the talk of the villagers after dinner. The marriage and pregnancy alone are enough for them to talk about for a while. What's more, every household is not far away, and the aroma of Zhu Cuilan's cooking meat is not only wafting in her own yard.
The women who didn't get to help at the banquet were already jealous when they saw that those who helped were bringing a lot of meat, chicken, fish, etc. to their homes. They also saw that Zhu Cuilan was either stewing bones or killing chickens all day long, and they were so greedy that they said bad things behind her back.
I saw them bringing in another cart of stuff today, so I definitely wanted to see what was on it.
The weather is not hot and it is not busy now. People are chatting under the big tree, and there are a few children running around. Zhu Cuilan is happy every time she sees the children. She thinks that soon their family will also have such babies running around in the yard and laughing. Just thinking about it makes her feel proud.
If Yang Anjin comes and has another one, that would be double happiness.
"Aunt Cuilan, what have you been doing this time?" Ever since Mrs. Lin ate a chicken from the Zhao family and the big piece of meat that Lin Zhi brought back last time, she stopped saying harsh words in front of the Zhao family and her attitude softened a lot.
"Let's go to town to buy something. There's nothing to eat at home. Come, have some candy." Zhu Cuilan said as she took out candy and shared it with the children. The salty and sour plums were expensive, and she bought them specially for Yang Donghu, so she was reluctant to share them.
Tianniu sat in Aunt Zhao's arms and called out "Grandma Cuilan" sweetly. The soft and sweet voice made Zhu Cuilan so happy that she grabbed a handful of candy and stuffed it into her arms.
The other children also got some. Jinbao and a few other boys were running around in circles. When they heard there was candy, they hurried over and called their grandma. Each of them got a handful.
After Zhu Cuilan distributed the candies, she saw Suhe, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, also sitting there. Little Shanli was still a little afraid of people, and Suhe wanted her to interact more with the children in the village.
Since she was going to live in the village, how could she just stay at home without interacting with others? Therefore, Suhe often came under the tree.
"Come, Xiao Shanli, you have some candy too. Come, take it yourself."
Xiao Shanli was reluctant to take it at first, but she turned around and looked at Suhe. Seeing her nod, she took the candy and timidly said thank you.
Her voice was too soft and Zhu Cuilan didn't hear it clearly. She laughed and turned around to continue talking to the women.
Zhu Cuilan was carrying both candy and meat on her cart, and some people were already getting jealous. The one who spoke up was the Third Wife, who had wanted to help last time but hadn't been able to. She was Jinzhi's sister-in-law, but they had very different tempers, and the Third Wife was much more harsh in her words and actions: "You haven't got anything to eat yet? I'm afraid the meat must be piled up like a mountain. It's only been a short time since you bought meat again. No wonder your dog is fatter than everyone else's."
The last time Jinzhi went to help, she wanted to go together, but Zhu Cuilan only invited her to the banquet, not to help. She didn't get the advantage of the last table, and she was sarcastic in front of Jinzhi for several days.
"Is Donghu feeling better now? My brother is not as good as my sister. Is he still unable to eat?" Yun Qiao's mother had a brother who had given birth to a child and had much more experience than Zhu Cuilan, so she asked with concern.
Zhu Cuilan wasn't very familiar with the Third Wife, so she ignored the sarcasm in her words and replied to Yun Qiaoniang with a smile: "He's much better than the first two days. He can eat now, but he still can't stand fishy smells and eggs. He can still drink some bone soup, though. I'm going to buy some more to make soup for him."
Before Yun Qiaoniang could say anything, the third wife interrupted, "You're so pretentious just because you're pregnant, like no one has ever been pregnant before. Back then, just eating a brown sugar egg was a great tonic, but you're so picky, you won't even eat an egg. You're not hungry, but after two meals, he'll eat everything."
"What are you talking about?" Zhu Cuilan became furious upon hearing her words and retorted, "What do you mean by being pretentious? You still have the nerve to say you've been through it all, who doesn't have to suffer during pregnancy? The fact that you even think brown sugar and eggs are a tonic only shows you've had a miserable life. Even during pregnancy, you can't enjoy anything good. Our Donghu is lucky enough. I just wouldn't let him eat, and Dachuan wouldn't be happy about it. You can't blame anyone else for your wife's inattention."
Aunt Zhao also spoke up, "Exactly. Every girl or boy who gets pregnant goes through a near-death experience. Why are you being so hypocritical? You've given birth to a child, too. How can you say such heartless things?"
The third wife was a tactful person. She quickly admitted her mistake when she saw that she had angered everyone. She didn't want to really fall out with Zhu Cuilan. After all, the Zhao family was getting better and better, and there would always be a time when she could ask for help after the relationship was good.
She laughed dryly twice: "I just said it casually, why do you take it seriously? I am just a bad mouth, I don't have any bad intentions. If you don't believe me, ask Jinzhi, right?"
Jinzhi rolled her eyes where she couldn't see, but said nothing. The Third Wife had often said bad things about Chen Ran to her face. If she wasn't a sister-in-law, Jinzhi would have broken up with her long ago. She didn't want to speak for the Third Wife.
The third wife said the wrong thing and couldn't get a word in afterwards. Zhu Cuilan talked freely with others, but it didn't last too long. After all, the bones she had just bought still needed time to stew.
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