Chapter 18 Make a cheongsam
The first rays of sunshine in the early morning, still crossing the eastern horizon on time, accompanied by the sound of roosters in the early morning, sounded one after another in Beiping City, and a new day began......
Xie Shuyao, who was woken up by Xie's mother early in the morning, after grooming in a daze, saw that her mother was still dressing up with Bai Ruolin's cousin, Xie Shuyao didn't know how long she had waited like a log. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ When it was time to leave, Xie Shuyao looked at the watch on his wrist, he was woken up at seven o'clock in the morning, and now it was almost nine o'clock, Xie Shuyao couldn't help but sigh in his heart: It's not easy for a woman to go out once!
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Xie Shuyao, who was sitting on the tram, couldn't stop yawning several times in a row, Xie Shuyao estimated that it would take a while to get off the train, so she simply leaned against the window, and continued to sleep like no one else, Xie Shuyao, who was sleeping in a daze, seemed to hear Bai Ruolin's voice in a dream: "Auntie, Cousin Shuyao doesn't seem to have slept well last night!" β
"Leave her alone, don't follow this little girl's way, don't forget what I told you before......"
After that, Xie Shuyao listened to the voices of the two of them, and slowly became distant and ethereal, only listening to their voices, but not knowing their meanings-
Xie Shuyao felt that she hadn't slept for long, so she was woken up by Xie Mu again, Xie Shuyao, who was woken up, tried to blink her eyes that couldn't be opened, and rubbed her somewhat astringent eyes with the back of her hand, gently shook her somewhat groggy head, dragged her top-heavy body, followed behind Xie Mu, and effortlessly squeezed out of the crowded tram. After getting out of the car, Xie Shuyao was so pierced by the sun that he couldn't open his eyes, he squinted his eyes and looked left and right, and turned around to see the familiar Qianmen City Tower, which turned out to be Qianmen Street again-
I didn't walk a few steps with my mother, and then I came to a small store, this independent store door is similar to those antique buildings in Beijing in later generations, on the carved railing above the store door, there are several gilt characters 'Yijugong silk and satin foreign goods', and a white cloth is pulled up below, which reads 'Songjiang Standard Buckle Beijing Blooming Cloth', and there is a signboard in front of the door that attracts passers-by, which reads 'add a big foot'.
Xie Shuyao didn't understand what this signboard meant, and she didn't think about it, it was probably a discount or something! Xie Shuyao turned around and saw her mother enter the store, so she followed Xie's mother and cousin into the store, the store was not very big, and the cabinets on the walls were full of all kinds of traditional silk and satin, as well as all kinds of foreign tweed fabrics, Xie Shuyao was dazzled. Xie Shuyao, who was not interested in these fabrics, took a deep breath, prepared for a long and boring shopping with his mother, and didn't know how long his mother would stay here-
Xie Shuyao saw his cousin following his own Lao Zhou, and took the trouble to ask the shopkeeper in the store about the fabric. Based on her previous experience, Xie Shuyao knew that they would be shopping in this store for a long time, and she should have to wait for them for a while. Anyway, it doesn't have anything to do with me now, so I sat down on the wooden chair where customers can rest in the store. Xie Shuyao covered her mouth, yawned, and slowly closed her eyes, wanting to take advantage of this gap to make up for sleep-
Just when Xie Shuyao was about to fall asleep, he was woken up by someone patting him on the shoulder again, Xie Shuyao frowned, looking at the culprit in front of him, Xie Shuyao muttered in a little confusion: "What are you doing?" Are you leaving? β
Mother Xie preached angrily: "Hurry up, I have selected a few fabrics for you, see which one you like?" These fabrics are for you to make cheongsam, and your cousin Ruolin and I have been choosing them for you for a long time. β
As soon as she heard about making a cheongsam, Xie Shuyao's sleepiness disappeared a lot, she beat her spirits, and looked along her mother's left hand, only to see that the counter more than two meters long was full of red, yellow, blue and green fabrics. A sense of sleepiness struck, and Xie Shuyao couldn't help but yawn again.
Xie Shuyao blinked, looking at her mother and her cousin who was staring at the fabric a little helplessly, Xie Shuyao thought for a while, and asked Xie's mother, "What kind of fabric did you choose?" β
Xie Mu pointed to a piece of cloth with a silver-white background and small pale yellow flowers printed on it; There is also a black background with a large peony flower printed on it; As soon as Xie Shuyao saw this big peony flower, she knew that it must be the fabric chosen by her mother, because only her mother liked this kind of cloth printed with large flowers to make clothes. Xie Shuyao felt that these two pieces of fabric were too gorgeous and eye-catching, and they were really not suitable for him.
Some dry eyes swept quickly among the dozens of fabrics, Xie Shuyao felt that he really didn't know how to choose, and he was not interested in these colorful fabrics, so he said helplessly to his mother: "Mom, you can help me choose whatever you want!" β
After finishing speaking, poor Xie Shuyao didn't notice that Xie Mu and Bai Ruolin on the side were secretly looking at each other and smiling, and they didn't know what the two were thinking, but it was certain that the two of them succeeded in their tricks.
After hearing what her daughter said, Xie's mother casually took out a white background from under her fabric, which was printed with small red flowers, Xie Shuyao saw her mother take out this piece of cloth, and comforted herself in her heart: Hmph! Whatever fabric you choose, if I don't wear it then, what can you do with me?
Just when Xie Shuyao kept comforting herself, she saw that Xie Mu took out another piece of light blue fabric, and before she had time to take a closer look, she saw her mother take out a piece of tender yellow fabric printed with small flowers, Xie Shuyao looked at her mother a little helplessly and kept pulling out pieces of fabric, Xie Shuyao looked at her mother's behavior a little inexplicably, I don't know what my mother is going to do, it shouldn't be all for herself to make clothes, right? Xie Shuyao thought a little uneasily, is this too wasteful?
Seeing her mother take out several pieces of fabric of different styles in one go, Xie Shuyao asked weakly at her mother at this time: "Hehe-hey-that, Mom?" What are you doing with all this cloth? β
Mother Xie seemed to be in a good mood, and said kindly to Xie Shuyao with a smile: "Aren't you very happy to make clothes for you!" β
"Cousin Shu Yao! Auntie really loves you, look at how beautiful those fabrics are! The clothes you make must be very good-looking, and I envy you a little! Bai Ruolin ran over at this time and said with an envious look at Xie Shuyao.
Xie Shuyao echoed helplessly: "Good-looking, good-looking!" But Xie Shuyao's heart couldn't help but sneer: No matter how many clothes I make, I will still be the same as before, and I will not wear them there, why waste all this money! Heyββ
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"Shu Yao, come here and ask the tailor to measure your shoulder width for you, so that I can make clothes for you-"
Xie Shuyao had no choice but to go over, and the old tailor behind Ren took a tape measure and measured it on himself, and after two or three strokes, the tailor master measured out the size needed to make clothes, and then Xie Mu said to the tailor master: "Master, these two pieces of fabric make cheongsam for her." The other light yellow one made her a long dress. β
"Madam, what style do you want to make these two cheongsams?"
"Wellβthis white fabric is made with narrow sleeves and high slits. the other, with long narrow sleeves and short slits; Both of them have to be made into long cheongsams, and the collar is as good as mine, and they both have to be oblique. Andβ" Mother Xie said as she thought to the old tailor.
"High slits?" When Xie Shuyao heard that he was going to open a high slit for himself and expose his thighs? frowned, and couldn't help but ask.
Mother Xie wanted to say something, but was suddenly interrupted by Xie Shuyao, turned around and asked her daughter, "What's wrong?" Don't like high slits? β
Xie Shuyao nodded, and then said to her mother: "That, cheongsam, can you not open it?" β
The tailor smiled honestly: "Yes, yes, but the kind is not suitable for the lady to wear, in fact, if the lady is willing, it is also possible." β
Xie Mu shook her head with a smile, and said to the tailor master: "Forget it, the high slit will become a low slit!" Everything else doesn't change! β
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After explaining everything, Xie's mother paid a part of the deposit, and the agreement with the shopkeeper in the store came to pick it up ten days later, and was just about to take Xie Shuyao and Bai Ruolin out together, Xie Shuyao saw a blue and white jacket on the upper body, a white knee-length skirt on the lower body, and Qi bangs on the forehead, and she didn't see her appearance clearly; The waterfall-like long black hair imprinted into Xie Shuyao's eyes the moment she turned around, it was really beautiful long hair! Xie Shuyao couldn't help but admire in his heart.
Seeing her say to the guy on the side, "I'll pick up the clothes I ordered a few days ago, this is the credential." As he spoke, he handed a voucher to the guy in the store.
This woman, who is about the same age as herself, turned around again, Xie Shuyao finally saw her appearance clearly, with a pair of smart big eyes blinking under her slender eyebrows, a delicate and small nose, and a clean, white and tender melon seed face with some redness, she is indeed a beautiful embryo. If anyone notices, they will find that this girl has a somewhat similar appearance to Xie Shuyao.
"Huh? Si Ting? How did you end up here? Xie Shuyao recognized the woman in front of her, this was the daughter of her uncle's family, and she was also her sister - Xie Siting.
Hearing someone call herself, Xie Siting looked up to find who she had just said hello, and followed the voice to find it, it was a short-haired woman wearing a goose-yellow jacket on her upper body and a blue knee-length skirt on her lower body.
Xie Siting, who recognized Xie Shuyao, happily ran over and took Xie Shuyao's hand, and said happily: "Sister Shuyao, why did you cut your hair, I almost didn't recognize you!" By the way, how did you end up here? β
Xie Shuyao pulled out his hand held by Xie Siting with some difficulty, looked at the somewhat childish Xie Siting in front of him with some amusement, pouted, and pretended to be a little angry and said, "Did you deliberately pretend not to know me when you saw that I cut my hair?" β
"How so? Hey? Auntie is here too! Hello Auntie! Xie Siting found that there was actually a person standing on the side, and after a closer look, it turned out to be an aunt.
"It's Si Ting! How did you end up here? Xie Mu asked with a kind look.
"Oh, I'm here to fetch me my mother's custom-made clothes." Xie Siting replied respectfully.
As he spoke, the guy in the store had already packed the clothes and took them over, and he also tied a very beautiful bow.
Mother Xie saw that Xie Siting's clothes had been taken, so she said to Xie Siting: "Siting, don't be in a hurry to go back first!" It's going to be noon soon, my aunt is going to be Dong today, and I'll take you to eat something delicious, how about it? β
"Great! Auntie, I'm going to Quanjude to eat roast duck, last time I came to eat with my classmates, it was very delicious, and it was not far from here. When it came to eating, Xie Siting, who was excited, unceremoniously went directly to Quanjude to eat roast duck.
As soon as Xie Shuyao heard Quanjude's roast duck, her saliva was about to flow out, Xie Shuyao hated herself a little, why did she come to Peking for so long, why didn't she think of going to Quanjude to eat roast duck?
But I can finally eat it today, and this time it didn't come out in vain, and it's still a bit of a harvest! The gluttonous worms in Xie Shuyao's stomach were also hooked out, and some of them thought of feeling good.
Mother Xie scolded with a smile: "Okay, you little gluttonous worm leads the way, auntie, I can't find where this Quanjude is?" β
A group of people giggled and walked out of the silk shop and went straight to Quanjude-