Chapter 19: Zhilan

Looking at the clothes on this pair of children, Yan Nian remembered the fabric she bought, and hurriedly said to the two coquettish Xiaobao: "Baby, my mother will make you a new dress, you play first." ”

Yanyan happily wrapped the flower cloth on the kang around her body and stood in front of a bronze mirror on the ground.

Nuno stood aside, looked at his sister, and shouted in a milk voice: "Sister is stinky, put down the flower cloth quickly." ”

After Yan Nian told the two children, he went out with the children's old clothes.

Wang Zhilan's sister-in-law in the village was tending to the small garden in front of the house, Yan Nian pushed open the door and shouted: "Where is sister-in-law Zhilan at home?" ”

Seeing Yan Nian coming, Zhilan hurriedly put down the work in her hand and stepped forward, and said with a smile: "Yan Nian is here." ”

Zhilan was a woman in her thirties who had been widowed for many years, and her husband was stoned to death while working in a nearby quarry, and she was living with a fifteen-year-old daughter.

Yan Nian looked at this woman who was as hard as herself, and felt a lot closer.

"Sister-in-law is busy."

"It's nothing, plant a little greens in the garden, and let the rats pick out and eat the seeds, isn't it, I'll make up for it again, come into the house and talk."

Saying that, Zhilan pulled Yan Nian to the house.

"Sister-in-law, I pulled a few feet of cloth today, and I came to beg you to make me and Xiaobao a new dress."

Yan Nian spread out the fabric in his hand and the clothes of the two Xiaobao and put them on the kang.

"Okay, I'll measure you, and I'll make it for you later."

"Thank you, sister-in-law, you can make a price for this price, and Yan Nian will not give it to you less."

"What are you talking about Yan Nian, my sister-in-law knows that you led the child to move out of the Liu family, I deeply understand that it is not easy for a woman to live with a child. Sister-in-law has nothing to help you, so you don't have to mention whether you have money or not. ”

"How can you do it, it's not easy for you, I can't let you contribute in vain."

Seeing Yan Nian's insistence, Zhilan smiled and found a ruler and measured it on Yan Nian: "Okay, you have the final say." ”

After measuring, I saw her write down the size on the fabric, and began to measure Xiaobao's clothes again.

Yan Nian looked at this hard-working woman, and saw that although Zhilan was wearing an ordinary green cloth gown, after all, she could do her work and was dressed very decently. The young woman in her thirties still has the charm, and she can't find the folds left by the years on her face, and she wears a pair of blue and purple cloth shoes on her feet, and the edges of the shoes are wrapped in white cloth, which feels very clean.

Zhilan felt that Yan Nian was looking at herself, raised her head and asked with a smile, "Yan Nian, what are your plans for the future?" You can't just be like your sister-in-law for the rest of your life! ”

"Sister-in-law, I think you're very good, it's hard to move out of the Liu family, I don't want to get stuck in the quagmire again after leaving the wolf's den, it's good."

While the two were talking, Zhilan's daughter Lu Xiaowei walked in, "Sister-in-law is here." ”

"Well, here we are." Yan Nian looked at Xiaowei, who was not much smaller than herself, and felt very uncomfortable.

It is said that the daughter-in-law of a rich house is not as good as the daughter of a poor family, which is not false at all. Seeing Lu Xiaowei wearing neat floral clothes and a delicate and lovely face, she was looking at herself with a smile.

"It's so beautiful." Yan Nian praised.

was praised by Yan Nian, Xiaowei's face suddenly turned crimson, and she lowered her head embarrassedly.

Looking at the girl's shy appearance, the mother said: "Look, so old and so shy, I don't go out at all, and I don't even dare to see anyone." ”

As soon as her mother said it, Xiaowei turned around to leave, and muttered in her mouth: "Mother, you talk about me again." ”

Yan Nian took Xiaowei's hand and said, "We are two years apart, look at how happy you are now, with your mother by your side, you can look at me again." With that, Yan Nian coughed lightly.

Being pulled by Yan Nian like this, Xiaowei suddenly felt Yan Nian's closeness to her, sat beside Yan Nian, bowed her head and didn't speak.

In the midst of embarrassment, he heard the sound of footsteps walking into the house, and Zhilan turned to look at the door.

"Why are you here again?" With Zhilan's voice coming in, Xiao Wei saw that someone was busy getting up and standing on the kang tip.

Yan Nian searched for the memories of the original owner and knew that this was a rich man in the village, named Hua Fusheng. The family raised dozens of big cows, and hired a few long-term workers to herd cattle all year round. He has become a hands-off shopkeeper, idleness every day, and does not do good deeds.

"Coming, come and see you." After speaking, Hua Fusheng looked up and saw Yan Nian in the room and Xiao Wei standing timidly next to him.

"Yan Nian, haha, how do you have time to come?" Hua Fusheng looked at Yan Nian with a smile on his face and said.

Yan Nian saw that this guy was seven feet tall and quite handsome, and thought, "I'm blind to this human skin." ”

"Ah, I'll come over and ask my sister-in-law to make two clothes." Yan Nian didn't want to mess with this guy.

After speaking, Yan Nian got up, "Sister-in-law, you're busy, I should go back." ”

Hearing that Yan Nian was leaving, Zhilan hurriedly said, "Yan Nian, don't go, sit down again." After speaking, he looked up and looked at himself with a pair of big panicked eyes.

Yan Nian didn't know what was going on, so he sat down.

"Are you here?" Zhilan looked at Hua Fusheng, who was looking at her, and asked.

Hua Fusheng grinned, raised his hand and scratched his head and said, "It's nothing, I also want to make a piece of clothing and let you measure the size, I sent someone to the town to buy fabrics." ”

When Zhilan heard that she was going to make clothes, she hurriedly said, "Okay, I'll give you the measurements." ”

Zhilan didn't have much income with her children, and the two acres of thin land at home were only enough for the two to eat, so she relied on herself to make a few clothes for the villagers to fill the family.

Zhilan skillfully measured Hua Fusheng's body.

Hua Fusheng looked at this woman who was a hundred times more beautiful than his own wife, and the evil universe in his heart began to flood again, and he looked at Zhilan evilly, and said softly: "You have to measure it for me." ”

"Don't worry, I promise not to let you buy more fabrics."

Zhilan quickly measured it and wrote it down on the paper, "It's done, you can remember this size and buy cloth." ”

"Well, then thank you Zhilan." As he spoke, he took out a few pieces of broken silver from his sleeve and put them on the kang, "This will be given to you first, as the manual fee for this time, and I will pay you when you have finished your clothes." ”

Yan Nian looked at this local tyrant, and felt ridiculous in his heart, this scoundrel is quite generous, see how Zhilan solves this guy.

"You hurry up and put it away, I'm just making a handicraft money, and the measuring tape is free of charge, besides, this is too much."

As she spoke, Zhilan picked up the silver and handed it to him: "Take it." ”

After taking the silver, Yan Nian thought that this person was leaving, but when he turned around, he saw this person walking in front of Xiao Wei, staring at Xiao Wei greedily with his eyes and saying, "Your mother doesn't want it, come, uncle will give it to you." ”

Xiaowei shook her head and looked at her mother, "Take it, I don't want it." As he spoke, he pushed Hua Fusheng's hand and ran out.

Hua Fusheng turned his head and said with a smile: "Look at that little sample, do I have human hair on my body?" Scared like that! ”

Then he looked at Yan Nian, who was sitting on the edge of the kang, smiled and said, "It's hard to be a good person." ”

After that, I saw him throw the silver on the kang and turn to look at Zhilan.