Chapter 890
If the wooden basin is just a simple piece of clothing, the little wives in the village can also make it.
Whether it’s beautiful or not, at least it’s something you can wear when going out.
But making a cotton-padded jacket requires skills and craftsmanship. If the craftsmanship is not good, the cotton will escape along the gaps in the sewing. A cotton-padded jacket will be out of cotton within a few days, and it will have no effect of keeping warm at all.
Moreover, those who are good at making cotton-padded jackets will know how to distribute the amount of cotton, so that the made cotton-padded jackets can be strong and warm, and maybe they can show off two flowers on the fabric, making it look more beautiful.
After listening to Lin Quan's explanation, Xu's mother suddenly realized.
"Oh, mother-in-law, please leave it quickly, we'll do it
. Xu Huajing saw Mother Lin carrying a large basin of water in, and hurried forward to greet her.
Mother Lin smiled and said: "The stove is too small, and it can't burn much at a time. Hot water, so I went to boil it in a pot to make it faster. With hot water, you can soak your feet and feel more comfortable.
The eldest aunt, second aunt and aunt all wanted to help, but Mother Lin refused.
"You don't know how to make a stove in the countryside, so it won't take much trouble. I'll have it done in a moment.
Seeing this, Xu's mother hurriedly stood up: "My mother-in-law, let me help you. If we cooperate, we can go faster. At one point
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Xu's mother pointed to the Xu family brothers: "Come two people, take this basin of water to the kitchen and pour it into the pot.
Xu Maoran stood up first. He saw that Lin's mother could fill the wooden basin with water alone. It took a lot of effort to lift it up, but the basin was only two centimeters above the ground.
"Why... it's so heavy." Xu Maoran's face turned blue, and he word by word jumped out from between his teeth.
He felt that he had lost all his face this year today.
Mother Lin said hurriedly: "The wooden basin in the countryside, But they are all made of solid wood, strong and heavy. Now filled with water, the weight is really not light. If you don't use some skill, it is really difficult to lift it up.
Xu's mother said helplessly: "I told you, let the two Come alone, you can do it by yourself, okay?"
Xu Maoran moved aside and pointed to his younger brother: "Hurry up and
help Xu Maoran and Xu Maotuan put the wooden basin on the stove. Mother Lin took a look at the table and poured water into the pot.
"There are many of us, so I'm afraid this water is not enough. We have to fetch another basin. " "
Where can we fetch water?"
"Well, do you know how to use a well?"
"I haven't used it before, but it shouldn't be hard
to hear. Mother Lin and Mother Xu let them go.
This was the first time for the Xu family brothers to see a well, and each one was more curious than the other. "
I heard that it can come out just by pressing it with water, but why doesn't it work? "
I'll give it a try.
"It still doesn't work..."
Several brothers took turns to fight, but no one could press the water out.
They are all the best among the younger generation in Beijing, and they belong to the generation of their parents who call them "other people's children."
But the brothers really didn't expect that now they would be stumped by a well.
In the kitchen, Mother Lin waited for a long time but no water came. She suddenly remembered something and said hurriedly: "It's broken. I forgot to tell them how to get the water out of the well. My mother-in-law, please help me light the fire first, and I'll go out." After
Lin's mother left, the eldest aunt and the second aunt went into the kitchen hand in hand, and saw Xu's mother in a big cotton-padded jacket sitting on a small horse, adding firewood to the stove, her movements were very skillful.
The red firelight fell on her face, making her look much gentler.
"It's been a while since I last saw you, and I feel like you've completely blended in.
" Mother Xu smiled and said, "This is just like doing as the Romans do. Do you want to try making a fire? It's interesting
. "Let me try." Second Aunt pulled Xu's mother up, sat on the pony, picked up a piece of firewood from the ground, and was about to add it to the stove.
"Oh, we have to wait for the firewood inside to burn." It’s almost time to add more.
“Isn’t it better to have a stronger fire?” the second aunt asked doubtfully.
"Of course, the stronger the fire, the better, but not the more firewood, the better. We have to do this first..."
In the yard, Mother Lin came out with a pot of hot water, pulled apart the brothers who were surrounding the well, and poured the hot water. Go up.
"I forgot to tell you just now that it's freezing cold today and the well is frozen. You have to pour hot water on it to make the water inside flow. Then the well water can come out.
After pouring the hot water on it, it will pass again. After two or three minutes, Mother Lin started to fetch water, and sure enough, the well water flowed out.
"It's cold outside. Come inside quickly and I'll fetch water .
" "It's okay, Auntie, we young people are not afraid of the cold. You go in first." After we got the water,
Mother Lin didn't insist anymore and went inside to boil the water.
After the water boiled, Xu Wanning came back with a stack of wooden basins.
She was shocked when she saw so many wooden basins. With a jump, "Where did you get so many pots?" ""
I received a call from my father in the morning, so I told Uncle Chen, the carpenter, to help him make some wooden basins.
Uncle Chen and his son are both carpenters, and making wooden basins is the easiest, so most of the day In no time, the father and son made ten of them.
A small family can have just one.
In the village, most of the family members share a basin. Some of them are not particular about washing their faces and feet in the same basin.
The Lin family never lived like this even in the most difficult times. Basically, everyone in the family had their own basin.
Lin An knew that Xu Wanning's family had always lived in the capital. Although they did not have much pursuit of material things, their living habits were definitely different from those in the countryside.
So he asked someone to help make the wooden basin early, but luckily he was able to do it in time.
"Uncle Chen is still working on it. I'll pick it up tomorrow morning. Let's make do with it tonight.
" The eldest aunt said, "Lin An, don't bother
going out. They also know that the conditions cannot be compared with those at home, so before coming here They are all mentally prepared.
But they didn't expect that either Lin An or Lin's mother would think of all the little details for them.
This made everyone feel very emotional and moved.
Only when you really care about Xu Wanning and care about her feelings will you notice these small details. You only hope that her family can live a more comfortable time when they come home.
While the family was washing up, Xu Wanning dragged Lin An to the bedroom and locked the door.
"Although there is a kang at home, it still gets cold when you wake up at night. I need you to cooperate with me.
"What do you need me to do? "
Xu Wanning took out more than ten sets of warm clothes out of thin air.
There were men's and women's styles. They were all the simplest styles without any patterns on them.