Chapter 30 Making Winter Clothes
The geese and ducks are submerged in the tank, and it takes at least more than 20 days before they can be brine and dry.
During this period, the uncle and the second uncle looked for people everywhere to buy glutinous rice and late rice, which was specially requested by the second girl.
Uncle's meaning, to make a forty percent glutinous rice year's poop, just meaning, it's okay.
It is also particular about making New Year's baba here: the family with a wealthy family is basically sixty percent glutinous rice and four percent early rice; The average family economy is 50% glutinous rice and 50% early rice; Forty percent of glutinous rice and sixty percent of early rice with poor family economy; Some families are really bad, so they simply don't make New Year's poop, and Xiaohu's family hasn't made New Year's poop for four or five years.
They have never made New Year's poop from late rice, and they have never heard of it. So when I heard Erya ask for late rice, I was very embarrassed.
On the one hand, late rice is much more expensive than early and medium rice, and it is usually sold for money, and it is uncertain whether there is still any late rice left.
On the other hand, I don't know what will happen to the new year's poop that has never made late rice, and if I can't eat it, will I waste so much food?
Erya has eaten rice cakes made of late rice, which are definitely better than those made of early rice, sticky, smooth and soft. Therefore, he tried his best to persuade: "Uncle, second uncle, don't worry, you can really do it." It's much more delicious than early rice, and when the time comes, people will definitely ask you for a secret. ”
I think that at the beginning, when her father tried to make rice cakes with late rice, he was also scolded by his grandfather, but the next year, his grandfather followed by making rice cakes with late rice.
The eldest uncle and the second uncle had no choice but to look for someone to buy late rice everywhere, but fortunately, they finally bought it.
The eldest uncle and the second uncle were busy soaking rice and borrowing mills, while the second aunt took the eldest aunt and the second aunt to make clothes and quilts.
Erya specially taught the eldest aunt and second aunt to make the pants she requested.
The pants worn by the people here really made Erya speechless. It's all the kind of big-waisted pants, long, wide and big waist, worn on the body, wrapped around the waist, with a strap to stop the middle circle twice, tied tightly and tied a knot, this is considered to be worn. If that hand doesn't get it right, the pants will slip to the bottom and fall to the heels. Therefore, the first thing Erya did when she used Liu Er's body was to find out the dowry cloth and make the pull-up sweatpants that were often worn in later generations.
This time I made a wedding dress for Momiji, as well as the new clothes that the family wore for the New Year, and all the pants, and the second girl unanimously asked to make the style she designed.
Speaking of making clothes, Erya felt pain and joy in her heart.
At the beginning, Erya saw that the leather clothes made by her second aunt looked good, and life in the mountains was boring, so she pestered her second aunt to teach her to make clothes.
also blamed Erya for being too stupid, for more than six months, she still had collar sockets, sleeve sockets, waistbands, and crotch pants, and she couldn't sew well. The second aunt was a little impatient, and shouted to the second girl in a very impulsive tone: "When I was studying, I could get started alone in three months and make a set of clothes and pants." It's been half a year since you started, why can't you figure out these things that have passed the door? ”
The second uncle heard it next to him, and he was very unhappy. Angry at the second aunt: "That can only show that your master is powerful, you can't even tell yourself, how can she understand?" ”
Because of this, the two almost broke up, and Erya never wanted to learn anything to make clothes after that.
It's just that the second uncle was always worried about this, and when he returned to the provincial capital, he specially found several sewing books in the bookstore for Erya.
At that time, Er Ya was in junior high school, and I don't know if he was in a competitive mentality, but Er Ya still took advantage of the vacation time to teach herself how to cut and sew.
Later, because of her mother's poor health, the eldest sister had to drop out of school at home, and the second girl also taught the eldest sister to sew with her own skills.
Later, when the environment was better, the eldest sister set up her own garment factory with her sewing skills, and she has always been in a dominant position in her mother-in-law's family.
Let's not talk about the old topics, but let's come back here.
The eldest aunt and the second aunt were a little blindsided by this new type of pants. In the countryside, even if the half-old woman wears a little flowery, she will be laughed at for being improper. If you wear these new pants, you can't be nagged to death?
"Auntie, second aunt, look, I've been dressed like this for more than two months, do you see the difference? It's covered by a gown, and as long as you don't say it yourself, who is idle and has nothing to do to lift your clothes to see what kind of pants you are wearing! ”
The second aunt saw that the pants worn by her nephew and daughter-in-law were indeed better and safer than those they wore, and immediately agreed to make the same pants as Erya.
What else can I do with my aunt? Hongguo has been asking for such pants for a long time, but she has not paid attention to her. Now, I had to do it.
The second girl asked again: "Auntie, auntie, do you have that kind of well-spun yarn?" ”
The second aunt snatched the conversation: "That! In the past, when our family had land to grow cotton, we spun our own thread. The thread spun by your aunt is quite symmetrical, and many people who have their own looms come to our house to buy thread! How much do you want? I'll go buy cotton skins and come back, let your aunt spin the yarn, and I'll roll the cotton rolls by hand. ”
The eldest aunt also said, "How much do you want?" I come to spin, if you buy ready-made, not to mention expensive, not to mention, it is not necessarily good, uneven is a pile, and there are many broken threads, but it is not easy to use. ”
"Then I want a lot of it, I want to weave a ** for the red leaves first, dye it red, and wear it when I get married. We have two people in our own house, and we wear them differently. That line doesn't need to be too thin and it doesn't need to be too tight. In this way, the clothes are soft and comfortable to wear. ”
"You're going to make clothes! Then just buy muslin, why do you need yarn? The second aunt asked puzzled.
"I want to knit with bamboo myself, and it is elastic! It is not good to make cotton, and it is uncomfortable to wrap yourself when you sleep at night. ”
The second aunt wanted to say something more, but the eldest aunt interrupted: "Don't say it brother and sister, just do whatever your niece and daughter-in-law want." When the time comes, when she makes the clothes, she will know what will happen! ”
"That's right! Then I'll go tomorrow, ask someone who has dry land at home, buy cotton directly, and we will stir and roll it ourselves! ”
The eldest aunt smiled and slapped the second aunt: "It's going to be funny, how can we have a cotton stirring machine in our house?" ”
"Yes, yes! I forgot about it as soon as I was happy! ”
Erya then taught them how to make goose down clothes; Because goose down is drilled when it is hot, cotton, satin, and silk here are actually not suitable for goose down clothes and quilts.
Erya has no other way but to use a double layer of muslin cloth, spread a thin layer of cotton wool in the middle, and make it into two sides, with a goose down core made of muslin in the middle.
As it turned out, the effect was still good, and I didn't run down after wearing it for many years. Of course, it may have run, but it may have run in the cotton wool in the sandwich.
Originally, I planned to make two goose down quilts for the red leaves, but later the second aunt saw that the finished goose down cotton clothes were light and warm, so she was reluctant. The goose down left behind made a goose down padded jacket for each person in the family.
You don't have to do extra quilts yourself, so there are a lot fewer things. Hongguo followed with a needle and thread, picked up rags, handed scissors, and learned to make clothes by the way.
Anzi and Xiaolong have been running behind the buttocks of several brothers during this time, and the brothers practice horse walking, and they also practice; The brothers boxed, and they followed suit; The brothers learned to read, write, and arithmetic, and they also learned, wrote, and arithmetic.
According to the elder brothers, the two children learned faster than them, and unanimously requested that Erya teach them alone. However, Erya still thinks that it is better for them to follow their brothers in a down-to-earth manner, so as not to have an unstable foundation and unrealistic steps.
A truly intelligent person is not always learning new things, but can discover new horizons and expand new horizons in the original things.
It's a long way to go.
There is no entanglement of children, and there is no need to make quilts. Just making clothes, that's a lot faster. Three women plus a little Lori, but in about ten days, all the clothes to be made for the family were ready.
The rest is the shoes, and that thing is incompetent. Let her design the look, don't say a word, and get her hands on it, but let her go to the soles of her shoes with a stitch and a thread. Cut! Whoever loves to do it, who goes!