Chapter 30: Husband-Waiting Stone
Uncle Hao and Ziyi stepped on their freshly-made skis, without taking away a cloud. They only took away Ke's eyes full of unwillingness and Zhang Yuling's reluctance to leave.
Poor Yike, it’s been more than a year since he came here, but he still has no idea what the outside world is like. She really wanted to go out and see what the 1960s were like, but unfortunately, no matter how she acted cute, or even used threats and inducements, success was still elusive. Yike was so desperate to get out of the mountain that she hugged Ziyi's arm and said coquettishly, "Good Ziyi, good brother, take me with you."
"No, it's too cold now."
"I'm not afraid of the cold, really."
"That won't work either. We have to buy so many things that we won't be able to take care of you."
"I don't need any care. I was alone before. How could I need someone to take care of me?"
"The past was the past, and the present is the present. Now that you are my wife, I will take care of you."
"If you don't want me to leave, I won't be your wife anymore."
"Be good, be obedient, don't lose your temper, I'll take you out next time."
Ziyi quickly peeled off the thing that was stuck to his body like an octopus. He was not tempted by the beauty at all and refused to let go. Although Yike is not pretty now and is just a little kid, who can make Yike feel good about herself? Actually, I'm not feeling good about myself. Except for being a little short, I'm really a little beauty.
"Yike, it's very dangerous down the mountain. If you go out without a letter of introduction, you will be caught by the people with red armbands. Be good, don't be angry. Next time, I'll ask Ziyi to get you a letter of introduction before taking you out." Zhang Yuling thought Yike was really angry and hurriedly spoke to comfort him.
"Okay, I'm not angry anymore, good aunt, you are still the best to me." Seeing that Ziyi refused to agree, Zhang Yuling had to turn around and hug Qiu to comfort her. She hugged Zhang Yuling's arm and acted cute, which made Zhang Yuling's heart melt. "Come, let's go pick out two pieces of leather and make you two sets of leather jackets, leather pants and leather shoes for changing. I was busy last time and only made one piece. Let's go and see which kind of leather you like and I'll make it for you." Zhang Yuling pulled Yike into the storage cave. This hole seemed to be dug by humans. Although it was not big, there were a lot of things piled up inside, especially animal skins.
"Auntie, why don't you sell all these animal skins?"
"Everyone is hungry, who would be willing to buy? There's not even meat to sell, so it's not worth it to sell it cheaply. It's better to keep it and make clothes. It's cold in winter, and it's especially warm when you spread it on the bed. If you add one or two sheets, it can be a quilt. Cloth and cotton outside are expensive, and we don't have cloth coupons or cotton coupons, so we can't buy them. We can only buy them on the black market, which is very expensive."
When it comes to cloth and cotton from outside the mountains, Uncle Hao and Aunt Hao look disdainful. They don't want such expensive things at all. Our animal skins are just as warm.
First look at the animal skin, and then think about the rabbit skin coat in the cave that was pieced together from various places. They are completely not on the same level. I complained again in my heart that the time-travel god didn't give me a golden finger, and my life was nothing like the life of a time-travel girl. I despise you, the Great God of Time Travel! Yike rolled his eyes at the time-travelling god in his heart and raised his index finger downward.
The time-travel master: You always bring me out for fun no matter what, what does that mean? No, I have to ask the Black and White Impermanence to help me think of a solution. Should we send that person over here as soon as possible?
Why. Poor Yike, if he hadn't taken two sets of clothes from his sister Han Guihua, he would probably be naked in the winter.
"I really am not stealing my sister's clothes. I am just borrowing them. When I become rich in the future, I will pay you back double." Yike comforted herself by thinking that if her sister Han Guihua didn't have clothes, Yang Huaihua would make them for her. Now, with his small body and powerful soul not proportional, Yi Ke can only sigh at the beasts that can be used to make clothes.
The piles of animal skins in front of me were so dazzling that I had difficulty making a choice. Zhang Yuling smiled as she watched Yike touching this and that, not knowing which leather to choose, as if she saw herself in the past. When Wang Cuihua first arrived here, she was scared to death, fearing that she would accidentally make the man around her unhappy. He even peeled off his own skin, how could he be as bold as Yi Ke to touch it. After a while, Wang Cuihua realized that her man was a good person and would not hit anyone, so she was no longer afraid. So it is also difficult to choose leather for making clothes. I like every piece of leather and I want to make one piece in every color. Thinking of the man who treated her so well, Zhang Yuling smiled a happy smile.
I chose over and over, picked up one and thought that one was better, and finally I chose a brown wolf skin, a leopard skin with white polka dots, and a fox skin. The fox skin was for making a scarf, and I didn't choose the ones with too bright colors. We are in the mountains, so we can't wear too bright clothes, otherwise we will become food for various beasts without knowing it.
After choosing the leather, Yike started to learn how to make clothes from Zhang Yuling. Although Yi Ke was small, he had practiced kung fu for a year and lived alone in the mountains. Without the original owner's mother Yang Huaihua withholding food, he ate a lot of chicken and rabbit meat, so his body became strong. As long as Zhang Yuling has drawn the shape of the leather, she can cut it directly without complaining about not having enough effort. When Yike and Zhang Yuling worked together, their speed was not comparable to one plus one equals two. They made a leopard skin top and a pair of wolf skin pants in just half a day.
"Come on, how about trying it on first?" Zhang Yuling stuffed the clothes and pants into Yike's arms and asked her to put them on quickly. Wearing a mink top and leather pants gives you a clean, neat and refreshing look.
"It looks really good! We are so beautiful. Once we put on this leather jacket, we look so shiny and beautiful!" Zhang Yuling praised.
"Aunt, this is all your good work. You are really capable. The clothes you make are beautiful and the meals you cook are delicious." Yi Ke also praised sincerely.
"Your Uncle Hao taught me all this. Before, all I knew was farming and making rice bran buns. I'd never even seen these things, let alone making them. After I married your Uncle Hao, he taught me everything step by step. Your Uncle Hao is a really good person, capable and responsible. I can marry him, maybe it's the blessing I made in my previous life..." Zhang Yuling couldn't stop praising Uncle Hao.
"Aunt, you are fine too. You and Uncle Hao are both fine. You two are destined to be together for a thousand years and to sleep on the same pillow for a hundred years."
"You and Ziyi have the same fate. Ziyi is also a good man like her uncle Hao. They both value friendship and loyalty. We are mother and daughter and we are talking in private. Don't let such a good man go."
"Don't worry, auntie."
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At noon, the two of them had a simple meal, buns stuffed with rabbit meat, and the leftover chicken soup from yesterday mixed with the buns. After eating, they started making clothes again.
Time slipped away quietly during the clothing-making process, and the old man the sun came and went, and came back again. Today is the eighth day since Ziyi and Li Haoran left the cave. Before they set off, Ziyi estimated that he would be back in a week. Now it is the eighth day, and Ziyi and Li Haoran have not returned yet.
Old Man Sun slipped out of the forest again without a word. The light in the cave became dimmer and dimmer. Zhang Yuling, who had looked out of the cave entrance countless times, became more and more anxious. Although Li Haoran and Ziyi were very good at martial arts, they were afraid that they might encounter a group or just a few wild beasts. Even a brave warrior could not defeat the overwhelming number of beasts.
Yike was extremely worried, but he didn't dare show it on his face. He even pretended to be relaxed and comforted Zhang Yuling.
The fire in the cave was burning with blazing flames, the meat and bone soup in the pot was gurgling, and the boiling hot water was gushing out like a spring.
Without even a moment's thought to watch the soup boiling in the pot, Zhang Yuling sat on the big rock at the entrance of the cave as usual, staring eagerly at the woods emitting the faint light of snow, like a husband-waiting rock.
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